Patent ID: 7665181

Claim:
A hand held re-circulating vacuum comprising: a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge, and an interior space; a handle portion extending from at least a portion of the upper surface and having an interior space connecting with the interior space of the body; a flow path through the interior space having an air intake opening and an air exhaust opening, both openings located proximate to the leading edge; a vacuum blower motor operative to draw fluid into said air intake opening and expel fluid out of said an air exhaust opening; a debris chamber in the flow path before the vacuum blower motor to receive and retain debris pulled through the air intake opening; a flow path of intake air being substantially parallel to the surface to be cleaned for a majority of a distance to the debris chamber; a flow path for exhaust air being substantially parallel to the surface to be cleaned for a majority of a distance from the vacuum blower motor; a filter in the flow path between the debris chamber and the vacuum blower motor; and a disinfecting means located proximate to the openings.