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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Eric J. Streciwilk, Perryville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Eric J. Streciwilk, Perryville, 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 includes a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator carried on the housing and a dirt collection assembly carried on the housing. The dirt collection assembly includes (a) a dirt vessel having an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall, a bottom wall, an inlet and an open end and (b) a filter assembly including a base that covers the open end of the dirt vessel, a manifold housing, a filter chamber and a filter element held in the filter chamber.