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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norbert Veser, Weinstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Andreas Stihl AG & Co., , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ; F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417234 ; 417364 ;
Abstract
A hand-held vacuum/blower device has a housing and a motor arranged in the housing. The housing includes a blower spiral. A blower wheel is arranged in the blower spiral. The housing has a top side and a bottom side. A first grip is connected to the top side, and a second grip is connected to the bottom side. A support element is provided at the bottom side and has a first support surface for supporting the vacuum/blower device in a rest position. The second grip has a second support surface extending at least over a portion of its length at the same level as the first support surface.