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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Andrew Walker, Durham, GB;
Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing and a motor fan assembly arranged to generate an air flow. A detachable dirt container is mountable to the housing; the dirt container having a dirty air inlet in fluid communication with the motor fan assembly. A filter is for separating dirt from the air flow, the filter being mounted between the dirt container and the motor fan assembly. The housing comprises at least one air outlet for exhausting clean air from the motor fan assembly. Wherein the detachable dirt container comprises at least one projecting lip arranged to overlap the at least one air outlet when the detachable dirt container is mounted on the housing and direct the air flow away from the dirty air inlet.