Patent ID: 6481047
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner for removing lint from a lint trap of a clothes dryers and the like, the vacuum cleaner having a housing, the housing having a plurality of compartments therein, the compartments including a first compartment for a motor and fan unit, the first compartment having a motor and fan unit therein, the compartments further including a second compartment for receiving lint removed from a dryer, the second compartment being adjacent to the first compartment and separated therefrom by a first partition, the first partition having an opening therethrough, the motor and fan unit having a plenum and the opening in the first partition communicating with the first and second compartments and further communicating with the plenum of the motor and fan unit, the housing having an opening therein spaced from the opening in the first partition and the plenum further communicating with the opening in the housing, the second compartment having a second partition, the second partition being spaced from the first partition, the second partition having an opening therethrough, the opening in the second partition being located asymmetrically in relation to the transverse axis of the second partition, the second partition being removable and reversible in the housing whereby the relative placement of the opening in the second partition to the housing may be changed.