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Vibration isolating means

CA 1204904 A · Owner: Shop-Vac Corporation · Inventors: Berfield, Robert C.

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A vacuum cleaner is provided with a subassembly including an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor and a housing which supports the fan and motor. This assembly is supported on the upper surface of the lid of the dirt collecting drum, with the fan housing being clamped between a motor housing and the lid. First and second thin ringshaped gaskets mounted in face-to-face relationship are cemented to the fan housing and lid, respectively. A lightly compressed third relatively thick ring-shaped gasket is interposed between the motor housing and fan housing. This three gasket combination serves to effectively isolate the lid and motor housing, as well as other elements of the vacuum cleaner …

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  • Granted May 27, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 27, 2003.
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FiledSeptember 16, 1983
GrantedMay 27, 1986
Term endedMay 27, 2003
Patent numberCA 1204904 A
Classification (IPC)A47L9/22 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 16, 1983Patent grantedMay 27, 1986Term endedMay 27, 2003

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