Patent ID: 9565982
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A floor care appliance in the form of a carpet cleaning appliance in the form of a brush vacuum cleaner having a brush set facing the floor for receiving a driven brush roller, comprising: a handle in the form of a hand grip; an attachable filter housing attached to the handle via corresponding connections; a pivotable connecting element having air guiding channels connecting the brush set and the attachable filter housing; the brush set accommodating at least one electric motor for a suction fan and for the drive of the brush roller; a first of the air guiding channels of the pivotable connecting element being configured to supply dirt-laden air from the brush set to the filter housing and a second, parallel one of the air guiding channels being configured to return filtered air to the brush set; and at least one discharge opening located in the brush set configured to exhaust air from the suction fan; the pivotable connecting element having an additional third air guiding channel in the form of an exhaust air channel communicating with the discharge opening of the suction fan exhaust air and configured to supply the exhaust air to a discharge region in the filter housing having an air outlet and an interposed filter.