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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Bissell Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventor:
Phong H. Tran, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 9/20 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 5/365 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/1633 (2013.01); A47L 9/1666 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/20 (2013.01); Y10S 55/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner has a cyclone separator for separating dirt and other contaminants from a dirt-containing working airstream and a collection chamber collecting the separated dirt. The vacuum cleaner can further include fines catcher defining a second collection chamber, where the bottom end of the fines catcher is spaced from the bottom wall of the first collection chamber.