EP2606801B1 - Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur - Google Patents

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EP2606801B1
EP2606801B1 EP12196793.9A EP12196793A EP2606801B1 EP 2606801 B1 EP2606801 B1 EP 2606801B1 EP 12196793 A EP12196793 A EP 12196793A EP 2606801 B1 EP2606801 B1 EP 2606801B1
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Stephan Cordes
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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
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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
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  • the invention relates to a vacuum cleaner suction tube with at least one inner tube, at least one outer tube, and at least one locking device according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • Vacuum cleaner suction tubes are known in a large number of configurations in the prior art, for example from US Pat WO 2005/082222 A1 .
  • Vacuum cleaner suction pipes establish the connection between the suction hose of a vacuum cleaner and the suction tool, for example a floor nozzle.
  • vacuum cleaner suction tubes can be changed in terms of their length, for example by telescoping an inner tube in an outer tube.
  • the length of the vacuum cleaner suction tube is gradually adjusted by moving the inner tube relative to the outer tube.
  • the shortest distance of a change in length is determined, for example, by the minimum spacing of a latching recess, which is used to lock the tubes relative to one another.
  • the EP 0 937 435 A2 discloses a vacuum cleaner suction tube with an inner tube and an outer tube, the inner tube having embossed recesses that cooperate with a locking mechanism attached to the outer tube.
  • the locking mechanism has elastic latching hooks which, in a locking position, engage in the embossed depressions in the inner tube and thus fix the position of the inner tube relative to the outer tube. Actuating the locking mechanism enables the locking hook to move so that it moves elastically out of the recesses in the inner tube against the spring force applied by its holder, which enables the user to adjust the position of the inner tube relative to the outer tube. As soon as the next locking recess is reached, the spring force causes the locking hook to be pressed into it.
  • telescopic vacuum cleaner suction tubes are also available from the DE 197 06 210 A1 , from the WO 2004/049891 A1 and the DE 201 03 442 U1 known.
  • the vacuum cleaner suction tubes known from the prior art have the disadvantage that a sufficiently temporary stabilization of the set position between the inner tube and the outer tube can only be achieved with an additional spring force that acts on the spring elements, so that even when the locking mechanism is released by the User always has to overcome a spring force in order to move the inner tube relative to the outer tube, which means an additional effort for the user.
  • the known vacuum cleaner suction pipes have the disadvantage that the distance between the locking positions is relatively large, which means that only imprecise adjustment is possible.
  • the invention is based on the object of specifying a vacuum cleaner suction tube which enables the length to be adjusted precisely and easily.
  • the locking device can be moved into the release position by displacement relative to the outer pipe and in the axial direction of the outer pipe, and that the rack is disengaged in the release position by a relative force between the outer pipe and the inner pipe without the influence of a spring force can be pushed out with the rack by the tooth flanks of the teeth of the rack pushing the tooth flanks of the teeth of the rack upwards, whereby the inner tube can be moved relative to the outer tube.
  • the locking device can thus be brought into at least one release position by manual displacement in the axial direction of the outer tube.
  • the locking device releases a movement of the rack out of engagement with the rack, so that the rack can be pushed back into a recess, for example, without the influence of a spring force, whereby the inner tube and the outer tube can be moved relative to one another.
  • the inner tube is guided in the outer tube, the outer diameter of the inner tube preferably corresponding to the inner diameter of the outer tube.
  • the length of the vacuum cleaner suction tube is adjusted by moving the inner tube relative to the outer tube or the outer tube relative to the inner tube.
  • the space enclosed by the inner tube and the outer tube forms the suction channel that can be used when the vacuum cleaner suction tube is in operation, from the end of the inner tube facing away from the outer tube to the end of the outer tube facing away from the inner tube.
  • a locking device which fixes the position of the inner tube relative to the outer tube or of the outer tube relative to the inner tube.
  • the locking device has a rack, the teeth of which are held in the locking position in engagement with the teeth of the rack in a wall of the inner tube, whereby a relative movement of the inner tube to the outer tube is blocked.
  • the intermeshing teeth of the rack and the rack lead to a power transmission between the inner tube and the outer tube, which prevents a relative movement of the inner tube to the outer tube.
  • the toothed strip in the inner tube is preferably stamped into the wall of the inner tube.
  • a stainless steel is preferably suitable as the material for the inner tube and the outer tube.
  • the locking device In the non-actuated state, the locking device is advantageously in the locking position, so that a relative movement of the outer tube relative to the inner tube is prevented without actuation by the user. If a user moves the locking device out of the locking position into the release position by manual operation by manually shifting the locking device in the axial direction of the outer tube or the inner tube relative to the outer tube, a movement of the rack is released from engagement with the rack. It is not necessary here for all the components of the locking device to be displaced in the axial direction, but rather it is sufficient if only a single component or a plurality of components of the locking device are moved.
  • the toothed rack In the release position, the toothed rack can thus move radially to the vacuum cleaner suction pipe without a spring force or any other elastic force acting on the toothed rack. In the release position, only its weight acts on the rack; the rack is otherwise preferably free of force. The rack is held in its position preferably in a form-fitting manner with little play.
  • the tooth flanks of the teeth of the toothed rack slide against the flanks of the teeth of the Rack upwards so that the rack moves on the rack like a ratchet while the inner tube is telescoped relative to the outer tube.
  • the rack can consequently move on the rack without spring force as long as the locking device is in the release position.
  • the toothed rack is only held by its weight in engagement with the toothed bar, which can be overcome by applying the relative force.
  • the teeth of the rack and the teeth of the rack are preferably of the same size, so that the teeth mesh with one another in an advantageous manner.
  • the teeth of the rack and the teeth of the rack also preferably have straight teeth, so that in the release position the flanks can advantageously slide past one another.
  • the teeth of the rack and the teeth of the rack are arranged orthogonally to the axis of the outer tube and the inner tube.
  • the vacuum cleaner suction tube described has the advantage that the locking device is actuated in the same direction as the direction of adjustment of the inner tube and the outer tube, whereby a particularly advantageous adjustment can be made by a user, since the forces for unlocking and adjusting are in the same axis be applied.
  • a user can consequently grasp the locking device with one hand in order to bring it into the release position, while with the other hand he applies a displacement force to the inner tube so that the inner tube moves relative to the outer tube and an adjustment of the length of the vacuum cleaner Suction pipe takes place.
  • the large number of teeth on the rack and the rack has the advantage over locking devices with only one or two locking hooks that a larger area is available for power transmission. Due to the large area, a spring force for holding the locking hooks in their engaged position is unnecessary.
  • a plurality of inner tubes or a plurality of outer tubes are present, so that a plurality of locking devices is also provided, whereby the vacuum cleaner suction pipe can be adjusted at several points, which preferably corresponds to the number of locking devices.
  • the locking device has a spring, and that the spring produces a force when the locking device is deflected from the locking position, with which the locking device in the locking position can be reset.
  • the spring In the locking position, the spring is preferably unloaded or at least only slightly loaded, so that the locking device is held in the locking position when there is no actuation by a user. If the user now deflects the locking device from the locking position - by moving the locking device relative to the outer tube in its axial direction, the spring is elongated or compressed, so that it creates a restoring force from the release position into the locking position. The locking device is thus always automatically returned to the locking position, if the user does not act on the locking device. For the release position, this means that the locking device must be actively held by the user in the release position in order to adjust the length of the vacuum cleaner suction tube.
  • the spring is designed, for example, as a helical spring that is subjected to tension and / or compression; alternatively, the spring is designed, for example, as a metal ring made of spring steel, which is deflected in such a way that a restoring force is produced.
  • the force of the spring always acts in such a way that the locking device is returned to the locking position.
  • Any spring element that is suitable for applying a restoring force to the locking device is suitable as a spring.
  • the locking device has an outer sleeve, that the outer sleeve is pushed onto the outer tube in an end region and that the release position is reached by axially displacing the sleeve.
  • the displacement of the outer sleeve as part of the locking device consequently leads to the fact that a movement of the rack is released from engagement with the rack and the tooth flanks of the teeth of the rack are against the tooth flanks of the teeth of the rack due to the relative force applied by the user , slide up.
  • the outer sleeve is preferably designed and manufactured to be closed in an annular manner and, for assembly, is pushed onto the outer tube in an end region and fastened to it.
  • the outer sleeve is movable, namely at least slightly displaceable in the axial direction of the outer tube, attached to the outer tube.
  • a user grips the outer sleeve on the outer tube with one hand and moves it in the axial direction into the release position so that the length of the vacuum cleaner suction tube can be adjusted with the other hand by moving the inner tube.
  • the design of the outer sleeve as a ring-shaped closed component has the advantage over the sleeves composed of several half-shells that greater stability and a more sophisticated haptic impression can be achieved.
  • the outer sleeve has a web, that the web reaches through the wall of the outer tube in an opening, and that the web cooperates with the spring arranged in the outer tube.
  • the outer sleeve is movably attached to the outer pipe, the web preferably being arranged on the side of the outer sleeve facing the outer pipe and reaching through the wall of the outer pipe, which has an opening for this purpose. The end of the web is consequently located inside the outer tube.
  • the spring which is preferably also arranged inside the outer tube, is connected, for example, to the web, so that when the outer sleeve moves relative to the outer tube, the spring is actuated by the web and thus its restoring force into the locking position via the web on the outer sleeve and thus exerted on the locking device.
  • the web is preferably formed in one piece with the outer sleeve.
  • the outer tube is widened in an end region, that the locking device has an inner sleeve, and that the inner sleeve is arranged in the widened end region.
  • the outer tube is preferably widened at least in the end region that faces the inner tube.
  • the enlargement means a partial or complete enlargement of the inside and outside diameter of the outer tube in a section in the end area.
  • the expansion preferably corresponds to the material thickness of the inner sleeve, which is arranged in this end area, so that the inner diameter of the inner sleeve corresponds approximately to the outer diameter of the inner tube.
  • the inner sleeve is preferably firmly connected to the outer tube, so that, for example, the spring for resetting the locking device into the locking position is held on the inner sleeve.
  • the inner sleeve also optionally has sealing elements that seal the transition area between the inner pipe and the outer pipe.
  • the rack is guided in the inner sleeve, for example by the rack is guided in an opening in the inner sleeve with little play, so that a movement of the rack is radial to the vacuum cleaner suction tube is possible, but a movement of the rack - with the exception of the small play - in the other spatial directions is prevented by the inner sleeve.
  • the rack is preferably fixed in its position relative to the inner sleeve. In the assembled state, the wall of the outer tube with the enlarged end region is consequently located between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve.
  • the locking device has a clamping bar, that the clamping bar in the locking position acts on the surface of the rack opposite the teeth, and that the clamping bar in the release position causes the rack to move out of engagement with the Toothed bar releases.
  • the clamping bar acts on the rear side - namely the surface of the rack opposite the teeth - and thus presses the rack - the teeth of the rack - into engagement with the rack, which prevents movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube.
  • the clamping web exerts, for example, a force on the rack which is directed radially towards the vacuum cleaner suction tube.
  • the contact between the clamping bar and the rack is changed in such a way that the rack can move away from the rack, which means that the teeth of the rack are no longer in engagement with the teeth of the rack and the inner tube can be telescoped to the outer tube.
  • the influencing of the clamping web for releasing or locking takes place by axial displacement of at least part of the locking device, preferably the outer sleeve.
  • the interaction between the clamping web and rack is improved in that the clamping web has clamping teeth, that the rack has control teeth on the surface facing away from the teeth, that in the locking position the tooth tips of the clamping teeth act on the control teeth, and that an axial displacement of the locking device of the Clamping web is moved relative to the rack, so that the clamping teeth and the control teeth can be brought into engagement in the release position.
  • the tooth tips of the clamping teeth which are preferably flattened, exert a force on the control teeth of the rack, the force preferably also being exerted on the tooth tips of the control teeth, which are preferably also flattened.
  • the power transmission between the clamping teeth and the control teeth keeps the rack in the locked position in engagement with the rack.
  • the clamping bar is moved relative to the rack, preferably in the axial direction of the outer tube, so that the tooth tips of the clamping teeth are no longer on the tooth tips of the control teeth, but the clamping teeth and the control teeth can be brought into engagement, whereby a movement of the rack in radial direction to the vacuum cleaner suction tube is possible, which corresponds approximately to a tooth height of the clamping teeth or control teeth.
  • the clamping teeth and control teeth are preferably of the same size and larger than the teeth of the rack or the rack.
  • the movement of the locking device in the axial direction preferably corresponds to about half the width of a tooth base of a clamping tooth or a control tooth, so that the tooth tips positioned on top of one another can be moved into the closest valley between the control teeth of the rack or the clamping teeth of the clamping web.
  • the size of the clamping teeth or the control teeth is accordingly so large that the width of a tooth root is between 0.5 and 15 mm.
  • the tooth tips of the clamping teeth and the tooth tips of the control teeth are preferably flattened so that the flattened tips of the clamping teeth and the control teeth can advantageously be positioned on top of one another in the locking position.
  • the clamping web is designed as a separate component or, alternatively, is designed in one piece with the inner sleeve, so that the inner sleeve has the clamping teeth.
  • the clamping web is arranged and guided in the inner sleeve.
  • the clamping teeth of the clamping web and the control teeth of the rack are at least temporarily in engagement, namely precisely when the rack is lifted up by sliding the teeth on the teeth of the rack.
  • the teeth of the rack are temporarily no longer in engagement with the teeth of the rack.
  • the rack is preferably guided with little play, for example in the inner sleeve, so that in the release position only a movement in the radial direction to the vacuum cleaner suction tube is possible, which is limited by the clamping web or the height of the clamping or control teeth.
  • the vacuum cleaner suction tube can be telescoped in the release position.
  • the clamping web can be moved through the web of the outer sleeve.
  • the web of the outer sleeve reaches through the wall of the outer tube so that the end of the web is located inside the outer tube.
  • the web is preferably connected to the spring on the inside of the outer tube so that it interacts with the spring.
  • the locking device is actuated by moving the sleeve axially on the outer tube.
  • the clamping web is connected to the outer sleeve in such a way that the clamping web is moved through the web when the outer sleeve is moved.
  • a slide is provided within the outer tube for this purpose, on which the clamping web is arranged and which is guided on the inner tube by reaching around it at least halfway.
  • the web causes an axial movement of the carriage and thus a displacement of the clamping web from the locking position into the release position and vice versa.
  • the connection between the web and the clamping web is optionally designed as a simple guide made of plastic or as part of the inner sleeve.
  • the web of the outer sleeve is preferably connected to the spring and the clamping web at the same time, so that the spring in the release position always brings about a return of the clamping web to the locking position.
  • the web is consequently connected to the clamping web in such a way that when the outer sleeve is displaced in the axial direction, the clamping web is also moved in the same axial direction, whereby the clamping teeth of the clamping web move relative to the control teeth of the rack and the release position is achieved.
  • This allows the rack to move in the radial direction and the inner tube and the outer tube can be telescoped.
  • control teeth have a tooth root width which corresponds to twice the tooth root width of the teeth.
  • Half of the tooth root width of the control teeth corresponds approximately to the distance by which the locking device, in particular the outer sleeve of the locking device, has to be moved in order to move from the locking position into the release position. It follows from this that the locking device has to be moved approximately by a tooth width of the teeth of the rack in order to move from the locking position into the release position.
  • a tooth base width of the teeth of the rack is also approximately the distance by which the vacuum cleaner suction tube can be telescoped minimally.
  • the embodiment according to the invention is advantageous in that the rack has between five and fifteen teeth, in particular that the rack has exactly eight teeth.
  • a number between five and fifteen teeth of the rack leads to an advantageous stability of the lock in the locking position and reliably prevents the outer tube and the inner tube from being displaced relative to one another in the locking position, for example by breaking off teeth, since between five and fifteen teeth one Provide sufficient space for the teeth to transmit force.
  • eight teeth have proven to be particularly advantageous.
  • the clamping bar has between two and five clamping teeth and the rack between three and six control teeth, in particular the clamping bar has exactly three clamping teeth and the rack has exactly three whole and two half control teeth.
  • the clamping teeth and the control teeth only interlock temporarily in the release position of the vacuum cleaner suction tube, namely when the rack is moved away from the rack, in that the flanks of the teeth of the rack and the rack slide up against one another.
  • the aforementioned number of clamping teeth and control teeth leads to a reliable interaction of the clamping web and the rack, without the rack, for example, is tilted or unstable.
  • the rack can be advantageously guided in particular by half control teeth which are each arranged at the end of the clamping web.
  • the operation of the locking device is simplified in that the locking device can be deflected in the axial direction in two directions, and consequently can be brought into two release positions.
  • the axial movement of the locking device, in particular the outer sleeve of the locking device can thus take place both in the direction of the inner tube and in the direction away from the inner tube, with a release position always being reached.
  • the spring is provided in such a way that it always creates a restoring force in both directions into the locking position.
  • the clamping web is also moved in one direction as well as in the other direction and, in the release position, enables the rack to evade the engagement of the rack teeth with the rack.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner suction pipe 1 with an inner pipe 2, an outer pipe 3 and a locking device 4.
  • the inner pipe 2 has a toothed strip 5, which is stamped into the inner pipe 2 in this embodiment.
  • the locking device 4 is displaceable attached to the outer tube 3 and can be brought into a release position by manual actuation by a user from a locking position - shown.
  • the locking device 4 has a toothed rack 6, the teeth of which are held in the locking position shown in engagement with the teeth of the rack 5 of the inner tube 2, whereby the inner tube 2 is fixed in terms of its position relative to the outer tube 3 and the vacuum cleaner suction tube 1 is not telescopic is.
  • the locking device 4 can be brought into a release position.
  • the rack 6 In the release position, the rack 6 is freely movable in such a way that it can be pushed back out of engagement with the rack 5 without the influence of a spring force, whereby the inner tube 2 and the outer tube 3 can be displaced towards one another by a relative force applied by a user .
  • the toothed rack 6 is pushed upwards out of engagement with the toothed rack 5 in that the tooth flanks of the teeth of the toothed rack 6 slide on the teeth of the toothed rack 5.
  • the locking device 4 has a spring 7 which, when the locking device 4 is deflected from the locking position into the release position, produces a force which resets the locking device 4 into the locking position. In the non-actuated state, the locking device 4 is therefore always in the locking position.
  • the locking device 4 has an outer sleeve 8 which is held on the outer tube 3 so as to be displaceable relative to the outer tube 3 in the axial direction.
  • the outer sleeve 8 is in Fig. 1 Slidable both to the left and to the right, with a release position being reached in both directions.
  • the outer sleeve 8 is pushed onto the end region of the outer tube 3 and connected to the outer tube 3.
  • the outer sleeve 8 has a web 9 which reaches through the wall of the outer tube in an opening 10, so that the web 9 cooperates with the spring 7 arranged in the outer tube 3. If the outer sleeve 8 according to Fig. 1 deflected to the left or right, the spring 7 causes a restoring force which restores the locking device 4, in particular the outer sleeve 8, into the locking position.
  • the in Fig. 1 The illustrated end region of the outer tube 3 is in this exemplary embodiment expanded, with an inner sleeve 11 of the locking device 4 being introduced into the expanded end region of the outer tube 3.
  • the inner sleeve 11 is connected to the spring 7, holds the spring 7 in its position and thus represents an abutment for the spring 7.
  • the locking device 4 furthermore has a clamping web 12 which acts with clamping teeth 13 on control teeth 14 of the rack 6 in such a way that the teeth of the rack 6 are held in engagement with the rack 5 in the locking position.
  • the control teeth 14 are arranged on the surface opposite the teeth of the rack 6.
  • the tooth tips of the clamping teeth 13 and the tooth tips of the control teeth 14 are flattened in this embodiment and are in contact with one another in the locking position.
  • the web 9 of the outer sleeve 8 is connected to the clamping web 12 in such a way that if the outer sleeve 8 in one direction - according to Fig. 1 to the left or to the right - is moved, the clamping web 12 is moved along with the web 8, so that the clamping web 12 moves parallel to the outer sleeve 8. To reach the release position, the clamping web 12 is thus to the left or right - according to Fig.
  • Fig. 2 shows a section of an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner suction tube 1.
  • the cutting plane is rotated by 90 °.
  • an end region 15 of the inner tube 2 is shown, in which a device for connecting the vacuum cleaner suction tube 1 to a suction hose is arranged.
  • the device is well known in the prior art and is therefore not described in more detail.
  • the vacuum cleaner suction tube is set to its shortest length, so that the inner tube 2 runs completely inside the outer tube 3 and only the end region 15 with the device for connecting protrudes from the outer tube 3.
  • FIG. 2 The locking device 4 is shown on the right with an outer sleeve 8 attached to the enlarged end region of the outer tube 3.
  • the toothed strip 5 of the inner tube 2 can be seen from within the inner tube.
  • the toothed strip 5 is embossed in the wall of the inner tube 2.
  • the inner sleeve 11 is introduced into the enlarged end area of the outer tube 3.
  • the spring 7, which is fixed laterally in the inner sleeve 11, serves to reset the locking device 4 into the locking position shown.
  • the outer sleeve 8 is fastened axially displaceably on the outer tube 3.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner suction tube 1 in a perspective view.
  • the inner tube 2 protrudes from the outer tube 3.
  • the end region 15 of the inner tube 2 is used for the known connection to the suction hose of a vacuum cleaner.
  • the end region 16 of the outer tube 3 is used - also known - connection, for. B. with a floor nozzle.
  • the design of the end regions 15 of the inner tube and of the end region 16 of the outer tube is sufficiently known in the prior art, so that it will not be discussed further.
  • the length of the inner tube 2 corresponds approximately to the length of the outer tube 3.
  • the clamping web 6 is arranged on a slide 17.
  • the clamping web 6 is connected to the web 9 of the outer sleeve 8 via the slide 17, so that when the web 9 moves - through the outer sleeve 8 - the carriage 17 and thus the clamping web 6 are moved.
  • the clamping web 6 thus moves parallel to the outer sleeve 8 and is movable between the release position and the locking position.

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  1. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1), comprenant au moins un tuyau intérieur (2), au moins un tuyau extérieur (3) et au moins un dispositif de verrouillage (4), le tuyau intérieur (2) présentant une baguette dentée (5) munie de dents, le dispositif de verrouillage (4) étant fixé au tuyau extérieur (3), dans lequel le dispositif de verrouillage (4) peut être amené d'une position de verrouillage à une position de libération par un actionnement manuel de la part d'un utilisateur, le dispositif de verrouillage (4) présentant une crémaillère (6) munie de dents, et dans lequel, dans la position de verrouillage, la crémaillère (6) est maintenue en prise avec la baguette dentée (5) du tuyau intérieur (2) de sorte que la position du tuyau intérieur (2) est fixée par rapport au tuyau extérieur (3), dans lequel le dispositif de verrouillage (4) peut être amené dans la position de libération par un décalage par rapport au tuyau extérieur (3) et dans la direction axiale du tuyau extérieur (3), dans lequel la crémaillère (6), dans la position de libération, peut être forcée hors de la prise avec la baguette dentée (5) par une force relative entre le tuyau extérieur (3) et le tuyau intérieur (2) sans l'influence d'une force de ressort en ce que les flancs de dent des dents de la baguette dentée (5) poussent les flancs de dent des dents de la crémaillère (6) vers le haut, de sorte que le tuyau intérieur (2) est déplaçable par rapport au tuyau extérieur (3), dans lequel le dispositif de verrouillage (4) présente une barrette de serrage (12), la barrette de serrage (12), dans la position de verrouillage, agissant sur la surface, opposée aux dents, de la crémaillère (6), et la barrette de serrage (12), dans la position de libération, libérant un mouvement de la crémaillère (6) hors de la prise avec la baguette dentée (5), la barrette de serrage (12) présentant des dents de serrage (13), la crémaillère (6) présentant des dents de commande (14) sur la surface détournée des dents, dans lequel, dans la position de verrouillage, les pointes de dent des dents de serrage (13) agissent sur les pointes de dent des dents de commande (14), et un décalage axial du dispositif de verrouillage (4) déplaçant la barrette de serrage (12) par rapport à la crémaillère (6) de sorte que dans la position de libération, les dents de serrage (13) et les dents de commande (14) peuvent être mises en prise,
    caractérisé en ce que la crémaillère (6) présente entre cinq et 15 dents, en particulier en ce que la crémaillère (6) présente exactement huit dents.
  2. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (4) présente un ressort (7), et en ce que le ressort (7), lors d'une déviation du dispositif de verrouillage (4) de la position de verrouillage, génère une force qui permet de rappeler le dispositif de verrouillage (4) dans la position de verrouillage.
  3. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (4) présente une douille extérieure (8), en ce que la douille extérieure (8) est emmanchée dans une zone d'extrémité sur le tuyau extérieur (3), et en ce qu'un décalage axial de la douille extérieure (8) permet d'atteindre la position de libération.
  4. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la douille extérieure (8) présente une barrette (9), en ce que la barrette (9) traverse la paroi du tuyau extérieur (3) dans une ouverture (10), et en ce que la barrette (9) coopère avec le ressort (7) disposé dans le tuyau extérieur (3).
  5. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le tuyau extérieur (3) est élargi au niveau d'une zone d'extrémité, en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (4) présente une douille intérieure (11), et en ce que la douille intérieure (11) est disposée dans la zone d'extrémité élargie.
  6. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la barrette de serrage (12) peut être déplacée par la barrette (9) de la douille extérieure (8).
  7. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que les dents de commande (14) présentent une largeur de pied de dent qui correspond au double de la largeur de pied de dent des dents de la crémaillère (6).
  8. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la barrette de serrage (12) présente entre deux et cinq dents de serrage (13) et la crémaillère (6) présente entre trois et six dents de commande (14), en particulier la barrette de serrage (12) présente exactement trois dents de serrage (13) et la crémaillère (6) présente exactement trois dents de commande entières et deux demi-dents de commande (14).
  9. Tuyau d'aspiration pour aspirateur (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (4) peut être dévié dans deux directions dans la direction axiale, et peut donc être amené dans deux positions de libération.
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