Patent ID: 6532621
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner motor housing comprising:an outer wall defining a motor housing cavity with an open end and a closed end; and a motor/fan assembly positioned within the cavity, the motor/fan assembly including a motor having an output shaft, a fan casing secured to the motor and having an inlet aperture, and an impeller rotatably secured to the motor output shaft within the fan casing, wherein the motor is positioned proximate the cavity closed end, the fan casing is positioned proximate the cavity open end, wherein an airflow pathway extends generally in a first direction from the fan casing inlet through the motor/fan assembly and into the cavity closed end, and then generally in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the cavity closed end through an annular passageway around the motor/fan assembly and through the cavity open end.