Patent ID: 6175988
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner apparatus comprising:a debris collection tank having a bottom wall, an upstanding sidewall and an open top;a housing assembly adapted to be releasably connected to said tank for covering said open top, said housing assembly comprising a tank cover member and a motor support base member forming a discharge volute chamber therebetween;a flexible vacuum hose adapted to be connected to said tank;a centrifugal impeller disposed in said volute chamber for discharging bypass vacuum air through said volute chamber to the exterior of said vacuum cleaner;an electric motor supported by said housing assembly and drivingly connected to said impeller;a motor cooling air shroud mounted on said housing assembly and forming, at least in part, a motor cooling air inlet passage and a motor cooling air discharge passage for conducting motor cooling air to and from said motor, said shroud including a handle part for carrying said vacuum cleaner apparatus said handle part including a recess therein for receiving part of said vacuum hose in a stored position of said vacuum hose on said apparatus; anda motor cooling air fan drivenly connected to said motor.