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Blower-vacuum device
Assignee: Black and Decker Inc
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Filing: 1996-01-30
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Granted: 1997-02-25
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Expires: 2016-01-30
Abstract
Abstract A blower vacuum comprising a motor (10) operated by a switch (16) and located in a housing (4), a fan (14) drivable by a motor, at least one attachment member (6,106) which covers the fan and which is releasably attachable to the housing, and a safety interlock located at the interface between the housing and the attachment member comprising an actuating means (53) for activating the switch only when the attachment member is attached to the housing and a locking means (54, 42) for locking the attachment member to the housing when the motor is switched on.
Inventors
- 👤 Craig Webster
- 👤 John Sadler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:47
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L9/00; A47L9/28; A47L9/2889; A01; A01G; A01G20/00; A01G20/40; A01G20/43; A01G20/47; A47L5/00; A47L5/12; A47L5/14; A47L9/2836; A47L9/2842; E; E01; E01H; E01H1/00; E01H1/08; E01H1/0809; E01H1/0827; E01H1/0836; F; F16; F16P; F16P3/00; F16P3/08; H; H01; H01H; H01H3/00; H01H3/02; H01H3/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A blower vacuum comprising: a motor (10) operated by a switch (16) and located in a housing (4), a fan (14) drivable by a motor, at least one attachment member (6, 106) which covers the fan and which is releasably attachable to the housing, and a safety interlock located at the interface between the housing and the attachment member comprising; actuating means responsive to the attachment member for activating the switch only when the attachment member is attached to the housing, characterised in that the safety interlock additionally comprises; a locking means (54) for locking the attachment member to the housing when the motor is switched on.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A blower vacuum comprising: a motor (10) operated by a switch (16) and located in a housing (4), a fan (14) drivable by a motor, at least one attachment member (6, 106) which covers the fan and which is releasably attachable to the housing, and a safety interlock located at the interface between the housing and the attachment member comprising; actuating means responsive to the attachment member for activating the switch only when the attachment member is attached to the housing, characterised in that the safety interlock additionally comprises; a locking means (54) for locking the attachment member to the housing when the motor is switched on.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 characterised in that the attachment member is releasably attached to the housing by a catch means (40, 140) which is selectively engagable by a latch means (42).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 2 characterised in that the locking means (54) locks the latch means (42) in a position in which it engages the catch means (40,140).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 2 characterised in that the latch means comprises a hook (70) which engages with a recess (72) in the catch means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 4 wherein the catch means is located on the attachment member and additionally comprises at least one projection (74) and the actuating means is responsive to the projection/s to actuate the motor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 characterised in that the locking means is responsive to an actuating member (50) on the housing which is operable by a user of the blower vacuum.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 6 characterised in that the actuating means is responsive to the actuating member (50) to activate the switch (16).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 characterised in that the actuating means is responsive to an extension (40, 74) of the attachment member (6, 106) to activate the switch.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 claims wherein the actuating means comprises at least one pivot lever (53, 62,66, 86) which activates the switch (16) when an actuating member (50) operated by the user of the blower vacuum and an extension (74, 40) of the attachment member both engage the actuating means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 characterised in that the attachment member is a blower involute (6) when the blower vacuum is in blower mode and a vacuum involute (106) when the blower vacuum is in suction mode.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 characterised in that the attachment member is a grill when the blower vacuum is in blower mode and a suction duct when the blower vacuum is in vacuum mode.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
A blower vacuum according to claim 1 characterised in that the actuating means is responsive to an extension (74) of the attachment member (6, 106) which extension does not bear the main weight or stresses of the releasable attachment between the attachment member and the housing.
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