Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner with Built-In Dustpan Accessory

摘要

Described is a vacuum cleaner, such as a wet/dry vacuum cleaner, having an improved vacuum hose storage assembly and dust pan assembly for use with a vacuum cleaner having a debris collection drum. The integrated pickup port in the dust pan can be formed by the shape of the product its used on or become a separate piece such as used in this design. The advantage of having the design integrated in the vacuum allows the user to pick up debris either collected by a broom or by other means into the collection chamber of the vacuum without having to remove the hose from the storage position and without having to hold the product while in use; freeing the users hands to control the broom or other device to direct additional debris to the vacuum for collection

主权项

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a lid having a top face and a bottom face; a collection drum having an interior region for collecting solid debris; a powerhead assembly including a motor assembly attached to the top face of the lid, wherein the powerhead is in air flow communication with the collection drum, and wherein the motor assembly draws air from the interior of the collection drum; a vacuum inlet on a wall of the drum, wherein the inlet directs vacuumed material into the interior region of the collection drum; and a dust pan assembly removably attached to an exterior wall of the collection drum.