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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Brent Peterson, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Brent Peterson, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Echo, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable blower having a propulsion unit for continuously generating a supply of pressurized fluid and a conduit assembly for controllably directing fluid from the propulsion unit to and through a discharge opening on the conduit assembly. The discharge opening is bounded by a rim, defined at least partially by a discrete component made from a first material. The conduit assembly has a first portion made from a second material to which the discrete component is operatively connected. The first material is at least one of: a) more resistant to abrasive wear than the second material; b) more resistant to impact than the second material; and c) harder than the second material.