Vacuum cleaner with edge blower feature

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a suction area in fluid communication with a surface under the vacuum cleaner, an air pump providing an air flow; a left nozzle residing at a left front corner of the vacuum cleaner base and pointed down and to the left of the suction area; a right nozzle at a right front corner of the vacuum cleaner base and pointed down and to the right and to the left of the suction area; and a valve controllable to place the air flow in fluid communication with at least one of an exhaust port, the left nozzle and the right nozzle, wherein: the left and right nozzles adjustable to point down at a user preferred angle below horizontal.