Electrically actuated floor care appliance having a fluid or pneumatic control arrangement

Claim 1

An electrically operated floor care appliance including; a. a housing containing a driving motor for said floor care appliance, b. an electric switch mounted adjacent said motor and having an on and off position for energizing and de-energizing said motor, c. means for actuating said electric switch, at least a portion of which is remotely disposed relative to said electric switch, d. said means for actuating said electric swtich including a collapsible chamber and an expansion chamber, at least one of which is manually operable, and a fluid conduit means diposed therebetween and in fluid communication with said collapsible chamber and said expansiOn chamber, e. a handle for said electrically operated floor care appliance, f. said handle mounting one of said collapsible chamber and said expansion chamber, remote from said floor care appliance housing, and said housing mounting the other of said collapsible and expansion chambers, g. said handle also carrying at least a portion of said fluid conduit means extending between said collapsible and expansion chamber, h. one of said collapsible and expansion chambers providing, upon manual actuation, a pressure wave for operation of the order of said chambers through said fluid conduit means, and i. means for drivingly connecting one of said expansion and collapsible chambers to said electric switch for moving said electric switch from on and off position to the other of said positions, in response to remote manual operation of that one of said collapsible and expansion chambers mounted with said handle.