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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 16, 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 9/10 (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 vessel carried on the housing. The dirt vessel includes a sidewall and an open end. A plunger is received in the dirt vessel. The plunger is selectively displaceable between a first position spaced along the sidewall away from the open end and a second position spaced along the sidewall adjacent the open end.