Upright vacuum cleaner with removable air path cover for canister assembly

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.

1 . An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising: 
 a housing including a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly pivotally connected to said nozzle assembly;    a suction inlet on said nozzle assembly;    a suction generator carried on said housing;    a dirt collection vessel carried on said housing;    said canister assembly including 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 said wand receiver and said hose connector;    a wand assembly including a removable wand and a first flexible hose connected between said wand and said dirt collection vessel; and    a second flexible hose connected between said suction inlet and said hose connector.    
   
   
       2 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein said dirt collection vessel is a filter bag.  
   
   
       3 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein said dirt collection vessel is a dirt cup.  
   
   
       4 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 3 , wherein said dirt cup includes a substantially cylindrical dirt collection chamber, a tangentially directed inlet and an axially directed outlet.  
   
   
       5 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , further including at least one rotary agitator carried on said nozzle assembly adjacent said suction inlet.  
   
   
       6 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein said canister assembly further includes an upright control handle.  
   
   
       7 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 6 , wherein said removable wand is a two piece telescoping wand.  
   
   
       8 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 7 , wherein said hose connector is a hose cuff.  
   
   
       9 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein a seal is provided between said first housing member and said removable cover.  
   
   
       10 . The vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , further including a lever for releasing said wand assembly from said wand receiver, said lever being captured between said first housing member and said removable cover.  
   
   
       11 . An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising: 
 a nozzle assembly including a suction inlet;    a canister assembly pivotally connected to said nozzle assembly, said canister assembly including a first housing member and a removable cover that cooperate together to form a first receiver, a second receiver and an integral air path between said first and second receivers;    a suction generator carried on one of said nozzle assembly and said canister assembly; and    a dirt collection vessel carried on said canister assembly.