Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly pivotally connected to the nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes a suction inlet. The canister assembly includes a first housing member and a removable cover that cooperate together to form a wand receiver, a hose connector and an integral air path between the wand receiver and the hose connector.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly pivotally connected to the nozzle assembly. A suction generator and dirt collection vessel are carried on one of these assemblies. A control handle with a user interface is carried on the canister assembly. A transmitter is carried on the control handle and a receiver, remote from the transmitter, is carried on either the nozzle assembly or canister assembly.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus includes a housing having a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly. The canister assembly is pivotally connected to the nozzle assembly. Both a suction generator and dirt collection vessel are carried on the housing. The apparatus also includes a telescopic wand assembly having a first end equipped with an operator handle and a second end incorporating an airstream inlet. A wand assembly coupler is provided on the housing. The wand assembly coupler receives and holds the second end of the telescopic wand assembly. A flexible hose is connected to the first end of the telescopic wand assembly and provides fluid communication between the wand assembly and the dirt collection vessel and suction generator. The telescopic wand assembly is displaceable between a floor cleaning position wherein the second end of the wand assembly is held in the coupler and a specialty cleaning position wherein the second end is released from the coupler.

Abstract: A floor cleaning appliance includes a housing having a canister assembly and a nozzle assembly. A suction generator and a dirt collection vessel are carried on the housing. A suction inlet, a rotary agitator and a bare floor wiper are carried on the nozzle assembly. In addition the floor cleaning apparatus includes a switch for slowing or interrupting drive to the rotary agitator and a displaceable height adjustment assembly. The height adjustment assembly is displaceable between one or more carpet cleaning positions and a bare floor cleaning position. The height adjustment assembly engages the switch and slows or interrupts drive to the rotary agitator when in the bare floor cleaning position.

Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly. A suction generator and a dirt collection vessel are both carried on the housing. The vacuum cleaner also includes a detachable telescopic wand assembly. That wand assembly includes a first wand section, a second wand section, a wand lock for securing the two wand sections together and a trigger actuator for operating the wand lock. The trigger actuator is located remote from the wand lock on the wand assembly.

Abstract: A dirt cup for a vacuum cleaner includes a housing defining a dirt collection chamber, an inlet and an outlet in the housing in fluid communication with the dirt collection chamber and a filter holder on the housing external to the dirt collection chamber and downstream from the outlet. A vacuum cleaner incorporating the dirt cup is also provided.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly housing includes a first wall, a second wall and an access opening in those walls. A locking tab receiver is provided on the first wall adjacent the access opening. A notch is provided on the second wall adjacent the access opening. Finally, a separate, removable panel closes the access opening. That panel includes a locking tab on a first edge that engages the locking tab receiver and a hinge lug on a second edge that is pivotally received in the notch.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly, a canister assembly, a suction generator and a dirt collection vessel. The nozzle assembly includes a housing having a transverse axis and a bulkhead defining at least a portion of an agitator cavity in the housing. A suction port is provided in the bulkhead. An air guide carried on the housing has a portion curving toward an inlet end and a first side of the suction port. The bulkhead is angled away from a transverse axis of the housing toward the inlet end and a second side of the suction port.