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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1983
Clark I Platt, St. Joseph Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner structure arranged to provide front edge cleaning fully to the intersection of a floor surface and an upright wall surface by a forward movement of the vacuum cleaner nozzle thereto. The vacuum cleaner structure includes a front wall of the nozzle having openings and associated structure for selectively closing the openings when the nozzle is spaced remotely from the upright wall surface and automatically causing the openings to be opened when the nozzle front wall is closely juxtaposed to the upright wall surface. The closure member, in the illustrated embodiment is pivotally mounted to the front wall and movement thereof is effected by an actuator sensor button slidably mounted in the front wall to overcome the gravity biasing and suction biasing of the closure member to the closed position, as an incident of the front wall of the nozzle being juxtaposed to the upright wall surface.