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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Alan J. Krebs, Pierson, MI (US);
Joseph A. Fester, Ada, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alan J. Krebs, Pierson, MI (US);
Joseph A. Fester, Ada, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/28 (2013.01); A47L 9/14 (2013.01); A47L 9/165 (2013.01); A47L 9/1691 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaner system comprises a dirt separating and collecting system. The dirt separating and collecting system can include a filter module having a filter bag, wherein the inlet to the filter bag is helical and dirt entering the filter bag is visible to the user. Optionally, the filter bag filter module can be interchanged with a bagless filter module, which may include a conventional cyclone separator.