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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Applicant:
Amy N. Mudd, Danville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Amy N. Mudd, Danville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/16 (2006.01); B01D 45/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner is provided including a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator carried on the housing and a dirt cup. The dirt cup includes a dirt collection chamber, a chamber inlet, a filter cavity and a chamber outlet. A filter element is received in the filter cavity. Air is axially directed into an interior chamber of the filter element and then radially discharged from that chamber.