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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Joseph B. Wofford, Danville, KY (US);
Eric E. Muhlenkamp, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/122 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A floor cleaning apparatus includes a body having a suction inlet and an exhaust outlet. A dirt collection vessel and a suction generator are both carried on the body. The suction generator moves an airstream through the suction inlet, the dirt collection vessel and the exhaust outlet. A filter drawer is carried on the body. A filter stop on the body aligns a filter in the filter drawer with an airstream port on the body as the filter drawer is moved from a fully opened toward a fully closed position.