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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
Tti (Macao Commerical Offshore) Limited, Macau, MO;
Roderick Burgess, Charlotte, NC (US);
Robert Patrick Warren, Charlotte, NC (US);
Joseph M. Lehman, New Albany, OH (US);
Garry Fee, Huntersville, NC (US);
Michael Bloom, Charlotte, NC (US);
William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr., Waxhaw, NC (US);
Steven Marcus, Charlotte, NC (US);
TTI (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, Praia Grande, MO;
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner including a suction inlet, a conduit in fluid communication with the suction inlet, a filter having a valve releasably connected to a filter inlet, the filter configured to collect debris drawn through the suction inlet. The vacuum cleaner further comprising a release mechanism moveable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the filter is in fluid communication with the conduit to collect debris with the valve being open, and in the second position, the filter is disconnected from the conduit with the valve being closed. Movement of the release mechanism between the first and second positions closes the valve.