| US 7,337,493 B2 | ||
| Upright-type electric vacuum cleaner with detachable dust collector | ||
| Shuzo Ueyama, Kasai (Japan); Hidetoshi Fukuoka, Hyogo-ken (Japan); Shinichi Hagino, Himeji (Japan); Jun Yoshida, Himeji (Japan); and Yoshihiro Mori, Kasai (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/865,302. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-170776 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0261215 A1, Dec. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 15—352 [15/353; 15/346; 55/DIG. 3] | 7 Claims |
| 1. An upright-type electric vacuum cleaner comprising
a vacuum cleaner main body including at least a detachable dust collector and an exhaust outlet,
a suction body having a suction inlet provided at a lower front of the vacuum main body, and
a suction fan for sucking dust and air through the suction inlet to the dust collector,
wherein
the dust collector is disposed on a rearward side of the vacuum cleaner, said dust collector can be attached to and detached
from other parts of the vacuum cleaner main body without first removing any other part of the vacuum cleaner,
an exhaust passage, through which exhaust air of the suction fan passes, is formed substantially on an entire front surface
side of the dust collector, and
the exhaust outlet is formed on the front surface side of the exhaust passage.
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