EP0388676B1 - Aspirateur de poussières - Google Patents

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EP0388676B1
EP0388676B1 EP90103962A EP90103962A EP0388676B1 EP 0388676 B1 EP0388676 B1 EP 0388676B1 EP 90103962 A EP90103962 A EP 90103962A EP 90103962 A EP90103962 A EP 90103962A EP 0388676 B1 EP0388676 B1 EP 0388676B1
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suction hose
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Klaus Stein
Heinz Kaulig
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/24—Hoses or pipes; Hose or pipe couplings
    • A47L9/242—Hose or pipe couplings
    • A47L9/244—Hose or pipe couplings for telescopic or extensible hoses or pipes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L5/00—Structural features of suction cleaners
    • A47L5/12—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum
    • A47L5/22—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans
    • A47L5/28—Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle
    • A47L5/32—Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle with means for connecting a hose

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  • the invention relates to a hand-held vacuum cleaner, in particular a brush vacuum cleaner, wherein air laden with dirt is fed from a suction nozzle arranged in the floor area to a filter via a hand suction hose as a riser into an upper area of the housing and the hand suction hose is detachably arranged in the area facing the suction nozzle for secondary suction work is, the hand suction hose is coupled to a hand suction tube serving as an extension.
  • FR-A-11 45 664 it is also known to additionally connect a hand-held suction hose with a couplable hand-held suction pipe serving as an extension to a cleaning device as a vacuum cleaner.
  • the hand suction hose envelops the hand suction pipe and is received together in a tubular receptacle on the cleaning device.
  • the object of the invention is to improve a generic arrangement and to enable a versatile training for all operating conditions with relatively low suction losses, and to ensure that the hand suction hose can be accommodated over a long range in floor suction operation without impairments. Simple handling for the production of the individual operating states is also to be created.
  • the hand suction tube in the bottom suction operation is designed as a magazine-like receptacle on the hand vacuum cleaner for the telescopically displaceably received hand suction hose and the end region of the hand suction hose in the bottom suction operation is automatically retractable into its magazine position in the hand suction tube by the vacuum.
  • a good functionality is created by the fact that the end region of the hand suction hose can be fixed in the pulled-out position with the associated end of the hand suction pipe via a latching device.
  • the end region of the hand suction hose is designed as a detachable suction mouthpiece.
  • the suction mouthpiece be designed to accommodate attachable different working nozzles.
  • the hand suction pipe be connected to a handle in the manner of a handle.
  • the brush vacuum cleaner shown consists in a known manner of a housing 1 with a handle, which is designed as a filter cassette for a filter bag.
  • a brush attachment 3 with a suction nozzle is arranged via a nozzle joint 2, which can be rolled on the floor via assigned rollers.
  • a hand suction hose 4 is connected to the upper part of the housing 1 and is supplied with the working air via the suction nozzle.
  • the hand suction hose 4 is detachably coupled to a hand suction pipe 5, the end of the hand suction hose 4 being connected to a suction mouthpiece 11 via a releasable catch 6 with the associated end of the hand suction pipe 5.
  • the hand suction pipe 5 can be inserted into a housing recess 7 and is connected to the nozzle joint 2 leading to the suction nozzle.
  • the hand suction pipe 5 serves as a magazine-like receptacle for the hand suction hose 4, which is received in the hand suction pipe 5 so as to be telescopically displaceable.
  • the outer part of the hand suction hose 4 is thus shortened decisively for normal floor suction, as a result of which the suction losses are reduced and does not hinder working with the device.
  • the hand suction hose 4 serves as a riser for the dirty working air.
  • the suction mouthpiece 11 of the hand suction hose 4 is detached from the hand suction pipe 5, as shown in FIG. 3 and appropriately designed by pluggable working nozzles 8. It is provided that the catch 6 is unlocked in the position of the hand suction tube 5 inserted in the housing 1 by an edge 9 and thus the hand suction hose 4 can be removed.
  • the hand suction pipe 5 is extended by a handle 10.
  • the suction mouthpiece 11 is pushed back into the hand suction pipe 5, which is located in the housing recess 7 of the housing 1.
  • the hand suction hose 4 is then automatically drawn in by the negative pressure in the hand suction pipe until the suction mouthpiece assumes the position shown in FIG. 1.

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  1. Aspirateurs de poussières manuel, en particulier aspirateur-balai, dans le cas duquel l'air chargé de crasse est amené à passer, par un tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4) se présentant comme un conduit montant, d'une tubulure d'aspiration se trouvant dans la zone du sol, dans une partie supérieure du boîtier, où il est atteint un filtre, et dans le cas duquel le tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4) est prévu de façon à pouvoir être détaché, pour des travaux d'aspiration de côté, en sa partie tournée vers la tubulure d'aspiration, auquel cas le tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4) est accouplé à un tube d'aspiration à la main (5) lui servant de prolongement, l'aspirateur étant caractérisé en ce que le tube d'aspiration à la main (5), lors du travail d'aspiration au sol, constitue un logement d'emmagasinage dans l'aspirateur de poussières manuel pour le tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4) y introduit avec possibilité de déplacement télescopique, et en ce que la partie d'extrémité du tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4), lors du travail d'aspiration au sol, peut être tirée automatiquement sous l'effet de la dépression dans sa position d'emmagasinage dans le tube d'aspiration à la main (5).
  2. Aspirateur de poussières manuel suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'extrémité du tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4), dans sa position de dégagement peut être fixée à l'extrémité correspondante du tube d'aspiration a la main (5) par un dispositif à encoche (6).
  3. Aspirateur de poussières manuel suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'extrémité du tuyau d'aspiration à la main (4) se présente sous la forme d'un embout d'aspiration pouvant être détaché.
  4. Aspirateur de poussières manuel suivant la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'embout d'aspiration (11) est prévu pour recevoir des becs de travail différents (8) pouvant être montés sur lui.
  5. Aspirateur de poussières manuel suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le tube d'aspiration a la main (5) est muni d'un élément de préhension et de manipulation du genre poignée (10).
EP90103962A 1989-03-22 1990-03-01 Aspirateur de poussières Expired - Lifetime EP0388676B1 (fr)

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