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Article: British Inventors Develop Hand-Holdable Vacuum Cleaner
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 10, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Andrew Walker and David Rowntree, both of Newton Hall, Great Britain, and Eric Coburn of Coxhoe, Great Britain, have developed a vacuum cleaner.
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "There is provided a hand-holdable vacuum cleaner, comprising: an electric motor; an electrical on-off switch for operating said motor; a fan connected to an output shaft of said motor; an airflow pathway comprising an inlet for dirty air, an outlet for clean air, and a collection chamber located in fluid communication between said inlet and said outlet; means for separating out debris entrained with dirty air entering via said inlet and depositing the ...