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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark A Cartellone, Broadview Hts., OH (US);
Assignee:
HMI Industries, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95 69 ; 15347 ; 15353 ; 95 70 ; 95 78 ; 95268 ; 95271 ; 95285 ; 95287 ; 96 55 ; 96 58 ; 96 61 ; 96 63 ; 55323 ; 55337 ; 55471 ; 55486 ; 55524 ; 55DI / ;
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner having a reduced velocity chamber with a high velocity air inlet, an electric motor, a rotary mechanism driven by the motor for creating a vacuum in the chamber, an outlet for exhausting air from the chamber, which air flows in a selected path from the air inlet, through the chamber and out the air exhaust outlet and a disposable porous sheet filter layer in the chamber for removing large solid particles from the air. The vacuum cleaner also has an improved filter, wherein the improved filter includes a layer of material to remove very fine air particles and a layer of material to remove odors from the air.