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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
Charles A Reed, Jr, Shelton, CT (US);
Charles Z Krasznai, Trumbull, CT (US);
Richard B Kosten, West Haven, CT (US);
Robert Osit, Shelton, CT (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A hand-held vacuum cleaner including a housing having mating first and second half housing elements. The housing has a handle and a nozzle. A motor is mounted within the housing for driving a shaft. A fan is mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith. A selectively separable bag assembly is mounted on the housing. A working air channel is defined within the housing communicating the nozzle with the bag assembly. The bag assembly includes a collar, a dirty air collector bag attached to the collar, and a combination latch and handle member pivotally connected to the collar. The housing includes a wall member for receiving the collar of the bag assembly and a detent member for holding the latch and handle member in a locking position when the member is pivoted into engagement therewith for securing the bag assembly onto the wall member of the housing.