Timothy M Pugh

US Patent:

D2865793, Nov 4, 1986

Filed:

Feb 21, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/581592

Inventors:

Timothy G. Pugh - Arnold MD
Thornton H. Gogoll - Easton MD
Don R. McCloskey - Trappe MD
Vernon R. Lacher - Queenstown MD

Assignee:

Black & Decker, Inc. - Newark DE

US Classification:

D26 85

US Patent:

42098750, Jul 1, 1980

Filed:

Aug 11, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/932762

Inventors:

Timothy G. Pugh - Baltimore MD
Omer L. Shifflett - Lutherville MD

Assignee:

Black & Decker, Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

A47L 524

US Classification:

15344

Abstract:

A hand-held cordless electric vacuum cleaner including separable power and bowl units secured by a releasable latch. The power unit includes a housing formed with a handle and enclosing an electric motor and fan, batteries for the motor, and a switch for turning the motor on and off. The bowl unit includes a hollow bowl provided with an air inlet opening and an integral internal nozzle communicated with the fan when joined to the power unit. A filter assembly including a ring and a filter bag is positioned wholly within the bowl between the air inlet opening and fan and is removable from the bowl after the units are separated, whereby dirt and debris contained in the bowl are not spilled during separation of the units. A flapper covers the nozzle when the unit is off to prevent dirt in the bowl from coming out of the opening.

US Patent:

42258146, Sep 30, 1980

Filed:

Aug 11, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/932761

Inventors:

Carroll M. Gantz - Baltimore MD
Timothy G. Pugh - Baltimore MD
Alvydas P. Karasa - Joppa MD

Assignee:

Black & Decker, Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

H01M 1046

US Classification:

320 2

Abstract:

A storing and recharging base for a cordless electric vacuum cleaner of the type which includes an elongated housing having an electric motor and fan and rechargeable batteries therein. The base has a flat bottom and key slots so that it can rest on a horizontal flat surface or be hung on a wall. The base has an upper surface contoured generally complementary to the lower surface of the vacuum cleaner housing, and has a pocket at one end which receives a nose portion of the vacuum cleaner, and a spring at the other end which releasably engages in a recess in the vacuum cleaner so that the vacuum cleaner can be stored on a horizontal surface, e. g. on a counter top or shelf, or in a drawer, or can conveniently be hung on a wall. The base also has a plug which electrically engages a receptacle in the vacuum cleaner connected to the batteries. A line cord connects the plug to a charger plug which includes a transformer and a plug for insertion into an A. C.