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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Euan Skinner Macleod, New Territories, HK;
John Taylor, Glasgow, GB;
Ross Richardson, Auchterarder, GB;
William Edwards, Bellshill, GB;
Euan Skinner Macleod, New Territories, HK;
John Taylor, Glasgow, GB;
Ross Richardson, Auchterarder, GB;
William Edwards, Bellshill, GB;
Hoover Limited, Mid Glamorgan, GB;
Abstract
A changeover valve, for an upright vacuum cleaner, comprises a movable valve member () connected via a flexible duct to a dirt separator of the cleaner, and a valve body () having inlet ports () connected, respectively, to an air inlet in the underside of a floor-engaging unit of the cleaner and, via a flexible hose, a suction nozzle of the cleaner. The valve member () is movable relative to the valve body () for selective alignment with either of the inlet ports ().