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A vacuum cleaner for use with both dry and wet operation is formed of a housing which encloses a blower and a motor for driving the blower, the cleaner further including a canister having a nozzle and a storage chamber beneath the nozzle, which canister is removably securable to the front end of the

A vacuum cleaner for use with both dry and wet operation is formed of a housing which encloses a blower and a motor for driving the blower, the cleaner further including a canister having a nozzle and a storage chamber beneath the nozzle, which canister is removably securable to the front end of the housing. An intake port for air under suction is provided at the front end of the housing, the port having a liquid-deflecting hood extending from an upper portion thereof into the chamber for deflecting any liquid exiting from a posterior port of the nozzle into the chamber. The intake port for the entry of the air under suction is formed within a partition which extends across the housing, the lower portion of the partition serving as a wall which extends upward from the bottom of the housing to the bottom of the intake port to retain liquid, separated from the air stream, within the chamber. An alternative embodiment of the intake port is configured as an inlet chamber having a front wall with a forwardly extending snout, the opening of the snout being positioned above an exit port of the nozzle.

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A vacuum cleaner comprising: a housing having a front end and a back end, a motor positioned in said housing, a blower driven by said motor and disposed within said housing, rotation of said blower producing a vacuum, a canister removably attached to said front end of said housing, said caniste

A vacuum cleaner comprising: a housing having a front end and a back end, a motor positioned in said housing, a blower driven by said motor and disposed within said housing, rotation of said blower producing a vacuum, a canister removably attached to said front end of said housing, said canister having an intake nozzle for reception of dirt, liquid and air drawn into said nozzle in response to a vacuum developed by said blower, said canister including a chamber for storage of the dirt and liquid drawn in through said nozzle, air conduit means disposed upstream of said blower and guiding the air stream from said canister to said blower, said air conduit means communicating with an entry port for receiving air from said canister, said entry port comprising a protrusion extending from said air conduit means into said canister to an opening in the protrusion offset from the location of said chamber so as to be above said chamber and inhibit the passage of any of the liquid from said chamber into said air conduit means when said vacuum cleaner is oriented with a horizontal orientation placing said chamber beneath said nozzle, and deflection means in said canister positioned adjacent said nozzle for separating liquid and dirt drawn in through said nozzle away from said air stream and directing said liquid and dirt into said chamber while permitting air flow into said opening of said entry port communicating with said air conduit means.