Vacuum cleaner with edge blower feature

Patent Number: 9386894

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

A vacuum cleaner provides a jet of high velocity air into debris resting along a floor edge. The jet of air is aimed down and to the side of the vacuum cleaner vacuum head. The jet of air dislodges the debris urging the debris into the path of the vacuum head. The jet of air is conveniently created from the vacuum cleaner exhaust, and a left or right jet may be manually selected, or automatically selected by a wall detection sensor.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
Patrick Kerigan - - -
Andrew Lord - - -
Lynn Kerigan - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 47 L 5 14
A 47 L 9 08
A 47 L 9 28