Vacuum cleaner with rotatable nozzle

Claim 1

IN A VACUUM CLEANING DEVICE, A HOLLOW ELONGATED NOZZLE HAVING A BOTTOM OPENING AND A SIDE OPENING, A RIGID FRAME SUPPORTED AT ITS LOWER END ON THE NOZZLE FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS INCLINED AT A FIXED ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE BOTTOM OPENING OF THE NOZZLE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH EASE OF MANIPULATION, INCLUDING A HANDLE AT ITS UPPER END PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS WHICH PROVIDES FOR MANIPULATION OF THE CLEANER, SAID FRAME CONSTITUTING AN INDUCTION TUBE CONNECTED AT THE LOWER END TO THE SIDE OPENING HAVING A DEVIATING PORTION INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS PROVIDING A RECESS FOR RECEIVING A MOTOR AND A FAN HOUSING AT ITS UPPER END FOR RECEIVING A FAN, SAID FAN HOUSING PROVIDING A SEAT FOR THE LOWER END OF A TANK, A TANK DISPOSED PARALLEL TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HANDLE WITH ONE END RESTING ON THE SEAT IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FAN, AND THE OTHER END CONNECTED TO HANDLE, A FAN IN THE FAN HOUSING, A MOTOR IN THE RECESS, MEANS CONNECTING ONE END OF THE MOTOR SHAFT TO THE FAN, A COUNTER-SHAFT JOURNALED IN THE LOWER END OF THE INDUCTION TUBE AND HAVING ONE END NOZZLE PROJECTING THROUGH THE SIDE OPENING INTO THE NOZZLE ON AN AXIS COINCIDING WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE FRAME RELATIVE TO THE NOZZLE, SAID END PORTION OF SAID COUNTER-SHAFT BEING FREELY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID NOZZLE, MEANS DRIVEABLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF THE COUNTER-SHAFT TO THE MOTOR, A ROTARY BEATER ELEMENT JOURNALED AT ITS IN THE ENDS OF THE NOZZLE FOR ROTATION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TO THE AXIS OF THE COUNTER-SHAFT, AND A TWISTED ENDLESS BELT ENTRAINED AT ONE END ABOUT SAID END PORTION OF SAID COUNTERSHAFT AND ABOUT THE ROTARY BEATER ELEMENT INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WHEREBY THE FRAME, HANDLE, TANK AND MOTOR ARE CONTINUOUSLY ROTATABLE AS A UNIT ABOUT SAID INCLINED AXIS RELATIVE TO THE NOZZLE WITHOUT DISTRIBUTING THE POSITION OF THE NOZZLE ON THE FLOOR OR THE DRIVE BETWEEN SAID COUNTER-SHAFT AND SAID BEATER ELEMENT.