HAND-HELD CORDED VACUUM CLEANER

A housing (30) has a motor compartment (26) containing a motor mounted on partitions (202,204) defining inlet (206), cooling (210) and outlet (208) chambers for efficient motor cooling by air which enters inlet (60) and exits outlet (62) vents in the inlet and outlet chambers, respectively. A nozzle chamber (86) is disposed at one end of the housing and a bag assembly is removably detached from the rear (84) of the housing by means of a collar having a side hole through which a detent extends and which may be depressed to remove the bag assembly. The nozzle (86) is in communication with the fan chamber (140) and the fan pushes dirt through a dirt channel (88) over the motor compartment (26) into the bag of the bag assembly. The motor shaft has a pulley at the forward end thereof which is connected to a brush which is releasably retained in cups (74) in the nozzle compartment (86). A belt extends around the brush and the pulley. A door (40) provides access to the belt and has a post which is coaxial with the motor shaft and extends into the immediate proximity of the end thereof to prevent the belt from meandering off the shaft. A well at the bottom of the housing and a cooperating well defined between projections on the handle (14) provide a receptacle for the line cord when it is wound around the housing and handle.