Patent ID: 11910992
Assignee: BISSELL INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A handheld vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a body having an air inlet extending along an inlet axis, an air outlet, and a handle adapted to be gripped by a user to define a hand-carriable body;
a motor/fan assembly carried by the body upstream of the air outlet and in fluid communication with the air inlet and adapted for generating a working airstream, wherein a fan section and a motor section of the motor/fan assembly lie along a common motor axis;
a debris removal assembly carried by the body; and
a working air path through the body from the air inlet to the air outlet and including the motor/fan assembly and the debris removal assembly;
wherein the debris removal assembly comprises:
a chamber in fluid communication with the air inlet, the chamber defining a central longitudinal axis, the central longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the inlet axis;
a debris separator provided in the chamber and adapted for separating contaminants from the working airstream, the debris separator comprising a filter having a screen;
an air deflector positioned in opposition to the air inlet and comprising a deflector wall shaped to direct the working airstream from the air inlet generally along the central longitudinal axis and to pass through at least a portion of the filter upstream of being provided to the screen; and
wherein a grip portion of the handle defines a handle axis and wherein the central longitudinal axis, the handle axis, and the common motor axis define a triangle, wherein each vertex of the triangle measures 90 degrees or less.