Vacuum cleaner with muffled detachable blower exhaust

摘要

A vacuum cleaner (20) includes a housing having a housing passage (40) with a passage inlet (42), air entering through the passage inlet (42) flowing in a first direction and the housing passage (40) directing air flowing therethrough in a second direction which is more than 90 degrees different from the first direction. The vacuum cleaner (20) also includes a blower (34) adapted to be used separately from the vacuum cleaner (20), the blower (34) having a blower housing (114) with a blower inlet (46), a blower outlet (48), and defining a blower passage (50) between the blower inlet (46) and the blower outlet (48), an impeller (52) disposed in the blower passage (50) to move air between the blower inlet (46) and the blower outlet (48) and a motor (54) mounted to the blower housing (114) and coupled to the impeller (52) to move the impeller (52). The blower (34) is detachably secured to the housing with the blower outlet (48) disposed in communication with the passage inlet (42).