EP3409159A2 - Aspirateur fonctionnant sur accumulateur, pouvant être vidé facilement, pouvant être tenu à la main - Google Patents

Aspirateur fonctionnant sur accumulateur, pouvant être vidé facilement, pouvant être tenu à la main Download PDF

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EP3409159A2
EP3409159A2 EP18172270.3A EP18172270A EP3409159A2 EP 3409159 A2 EP3409159 A2 EP 3409159A2 EP 18172270 A EP18172270 A EP 18172270A EP 3409159 A2 EP3409159 A2 EP 3409159A2
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Julian Kastner
Valeria Ott
Christian Scheler
Martin Storath
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • the invention relates to a hand-held battery operated vacuum cleaner with a centrifugal separator having a separator and a dust collector with a bottom.
  • the German patent application DE 10 2004 026768 A1 relates to a handle assembly for a vacuum cleaner comprising a cyclone dust collector.
  • the handle assembly has a handle tube with an inlet and an outlet fluidly connected to a suction port assembly and a vacuum cleaner body, respectively.
  • a grip is formed on the grip tube, and the cyclone collector projects on one side of the grip tube to centrifugally separate dust from outside air flowing in through the inlet of the grip tube and to discharge clean air to the outlet of the grip tube.
  • a bottom closed dust receptacle for the separated dust is releasably connected to the handle assembly.
  • a cyclone separator for a vacuum cleaner which has an elongate housing and a suction air inlet, which in one embodiment runs perpendicular to the symmetry axis of the cyclone separator.
  • a dust collecting portion is provided in the lower portion of the elongated housing.
  • a bottom of the case, which closes the dust collecting portion down, may be opened to empty the dust collecting portion.
  • the floor is equipped with a joint and an opening tab.
  • the German patent application DE 102 58 782 B4 describes a cyclone type dust collector for a vacuum cleaner, which is adjacent to a Whirling body has a dust collecting receptacle.
  • the dust collecting receptacle is closed down and releasably connected to the cyclone body for separating the dust and debris from the air vortex of the air laden with dust or dirt and collecting the separated dust and debris.
  • a hand cleaning apparatus which comprises a suction line, an air flow generator for generating an air flow along the suction line and a cyclone separator communicating with the suction line for separating dirt and dust from the air flow.
  • the cyclone separator is equipped at the bottom with a dust collector whose bottom has an annular base. The floor can be opened by means of a joint and a pawl to empty the dust collector.
  • Similar hand cleaning devices are known from the European patents EP 2 043 493 B1 and EP 2 043 492 B1 known.
  • German patent application DE 10 2012 100 050 A1 discloses a dust collector for a battery sucker.
  • On the top of the vacuum cleaner tank is a drain opening and above the bottom side of the dust collector is a filter element which can be inserted through an opening on the bottom side into the vacuum cleaner tank.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an improved hand-held battery-powered vacuum cleaner with a centrifugal separator having a separator and a dust collector with a bottom to provide.
  • the vacuum cleaner should collect dust, dirt and liquids reliably and be easily emptied.
  • the solution of the problem is achieved by a hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner with the features of claim 1.
  • the vacuum cleaner according to the invention is equipped with a centrifugal separator having a separator and a dust collector with a bottom.
  • the dust collector is disposed below the separator.
  • the dust collector can not be emptied through an opening in the bottom of the centrifugal separator.
  • a vacuum cleaner in the sense of the present invention is a device that can generate a suction air stream that acts on an object, usually a surface, to pick up particles, such as dirt or dust particles, but also liquids, from the object in which they are detected by the suction air flow and entrained (also referred to as "suction").
  • a vacuum cleaner can achieve such a cleaning effect.
  • the vacuum cleaner is usually equipped with a suction fan for generating the suction air flow, wherein a suction port of the vacuum cleaner is in flow communication with the suction side of the suction fan.
  • the suction port is typically designed so that it can be passed over the object to be cleaned in order to suck the particles, for example dust or dirt.
  • the suction fan is usually in fluid communication with the centrifugal separator. Dirt particles taken up by the suction air flow can be collected in the dust collecting tank.
  • a "hand-held vacuum cleaner” is a vacuum cleaner that is designed not only for use with a suction tube or suction hose connecting a suction air inlet of the vacuum cleaner to a floor cleaning floor nozzle, but also or even designed exclusively for use without such a suction tube or such a suction hose, for example, to clean furniture.
  • the group of hand-held vacuum cleaners also includes vacuum cleaners which, in addition to the abovementioned possibilities, can also be operated with a suction pipe or a suction hose and a floor nozzle which can be connected to the suction pipe or the suction hose for cleaning a floor.
  • the components motor, blower and Staubabscheidevorides in the upper half particularly preferably in the upper third of the distance from the floor nozzle to arranged a handle of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner due to its compact dimensions and light weight, is suitable for being comfortably held and carried in the hand, preferably with only one hand.
  • the weight is less than 2 kg, more preferably less than 1.5 kg, each without an accumulator.
  • Its preferred length from the handle to the air inlet without attached suction hose or suction tube is less than 60 cm, more preferably less than 50 cm.
  • Battery operated should be understood that the vacuum cleaner is equipped with an electric accumulator, with which the vacuum cleaner can be operated without further power supply. This does not exclude that the vacuum cleaner can be operated additionally or alternatively via a power supply line, such as when the accumulator is exhausted, or during charging of the accumulator. With the accumulator operation is advantageously achieved that the freedom of movement of the vacuum cleaner is no longer limited by a cable for the power supply of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the preferred hand-held battery operated vacuum cleaner is a " Battery-powered vacuum cleaner of regular size "according to the draft of February 2017 of DIN EN 62885-4 ,
  • the dust collection container forms the lower end of a tube of the separator, wherein the suction air preferably circulates about a longitudinal axis of this tube, particularly preferably helically, to separate the rod, the dirt and / or the liquid from the suction air.
  • my "lower end of the pipe” is the end of the pipe, which generally points in the direction of gravity, in contrast to the other, generally opposite to the direction of gravity pointing end.
  • the bottom of the intended use is generally pointing in the direction of gravity completion of the centrifugal separator.
  • a preferred centrifugal separator collected by the separator from the suction air separated dust, dirt and liquid in the centrifugal separator above the ground.
  • the bottom of the centrifugal separator is formed by the bottom of the dust collector of the centrifugal separator.
  • the fact that the dust collector can not be emptied by opening the bottom of the centrifugal separator means that the vacuum cleaner is not set up so that the floor is opened and by this opening dust, dirt or liquid collected in the dust collector is removed from the dust collector can, for example by the fact that they can fall out of the dust collector, as known from the prior art.
  • the invention is based on the finding that, when emptying by opening the floor, as a rule over a refuse container, a large part of the dust falling out of the dust collecting container can rise into a cloud of dust. It has been found that the dust of this cloud of dust can be carried away from the refuse container and can be deposited undesirably in its environment and on the clothing of a user.
  • this dust cloud is at least partly due to the fact that when emptying by opening the bottom of the centrifugal separator, a large amount of dust falls out of the centrifugal separator almost simultaneously and unrestrained. By the invention, such a falling out can be avoided.
  • the solution of the object of the invention is also achieved by a hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner with the features of claim 10.
  • the vacuum cleaner has a centrifugal separator, which has a separator and a dust collector.
  • an actuating element for releasing the centrifugal separator is provided in order to remove the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner can.
  • a suction nozzle is provided as Sauglufteinlasse for the supply of suction air in the centrifugal separator.
  • the actuating element for releasing the Centrifugal separator is either located at the suction nozzle or not more than 7 cm (centimeters) from the end of the suction nozzle, which is adjacent to the centrifugal separator, spaced.
  • the centrifugal separator By actuating the actuating element, the centrifugal separator can be brought from a locked state, in which it is anchored in the vacuum cleaner, in a dissolved state in which it can be removed from the vacuum cleaner. It is preferably designed so that it can be operated with a finger, for example the thumb, to release the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the suction nozzle is advantageously usable as a handle to handle the centrifugal separator.
  • the suction nozzle can be used as a handle for removing the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner when the centrifugal separator is released from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the actuating element with a hand which acts on the suction nozzle to handle the centrifugal force can be actuated, particularly preferably with a finger of this hand.
  • the same hand that is used to release the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner by means of the actuator can also be used to handle the centrifugal centrifugal separator to remove it from the vacuum cleaner. This can allow a particularly simple removal of the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the preferred centrifugal separator is oriented in a general upright direction. This means that a - preferably tubular - formed part of the centrifugal separator, circulates in the suction air in the centrifugal separator to separate dust from the suction air, substantially perpendicular, that is, in the direction of gravity, and not oriented horizontally when the vacuum cleaner is held in the intended use in a manner in which the suction air flows into a suction air inlet substantially in a horizontal direction in the vacuum cleaner.
  • the suction air inlet is preferably formed by the suction nozzle.
  • the orientation is determined by the orientation of the axis around which the air circulates. This axis runs as substantially perpendicular, that is in the direction of gravity.
  • the preferred hand-held battery operated vacuum cleaner has a centrifugal separator whose dust collecting container can not be removed by opening the bottom of the centrifugal separator.
  • the bottom of the centrifugal separator is not openable.
  • non-openable it is meant that the bottom of the centrifugal separator can not be opened when intended and the centrifugal separator in particular has no means provided for opening the bottom. In other words: the centrifugal separator is always closed on the bottom side in the intended use. It is an achievable advantage of this embodiment of the invention that no seal is required to seal the bottom of the centrifugal separator in the unopened state. In particular, it can be avoided that such a seal contaminates and causes leaks.
  • the vacuum cleaner according to the invention is also suitable for receiving liquids, for example, when the vacuum cleaner is used for absorbing water or damp dirt, because the liquid advantageously can not escape through leaks.
  • the centrifugal separator has no openable bottom flap.
  • the centrifugal separator has no openable bottom flap.
  • a preferred dust collecting container can not be emptied by opening a part of the lateral surface of the centrifugal separator arranged in the region of the dust collecting container. It is meant with the lateral surface, the surface of the centrifugal separator, in which the suction air can rotate to deposit the dust and the through the ground is completed. Particularly preferably, the part of the lateral surface arranged in the region of the dust collecting container can not be opened. With this embodiment of the invention can be avoided that forms an undesirable dust cloud when emptying over the lateral surface of the centrifugal separator. In addition, the necessity of sealing such an opening and the contamination of a seal provided for this purpose and resulting leaks can be avoided.
  • the centrifugal separator is cup-shaped. That is, it has a lateral surface which is closed in the lower part by a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface does not necessarily have to be flat but may for example also have the shape of a section of an ovoid or the shape of a hemisphere. Most preferably, however, the floor is substantially flat. Pot-shaped also means that the centrifugal separator is open on the side opposite the bottom of the lateral surface. It is an achievable advantage of this embodiment of the invention that the dust collector of the centrifugal separator can be emptied through this upper opening.
  • the dust collecting container can be emptied through an upper side of the centrifugal separator, at least when it is removed from the vacuum cleaner.
  • a preferred centrifugal separator on an upper opening preferably, the dust collecting container in its state arranged in the vacuum cleaner is not emptied, preferably in that one or more part (s) of the vacuum cleaner shoots or seals the upper opening of the centrifugal separator.
  • the vacuum cleaner is based on the intended parking on a shelf at least partially with at least a portion of the bottom of the centrifugal separator.
  • "intended parking on a parking area” means parking, especially on a level parking area, which is horizontal with respect to the direction of gravity.
  • Provisionally parked means that the vacuum cleaner can be parked on such a storage surface in such a way that the vacuum cleaner at least partially with at least part of the bottom of the Centrifugal separator supported.
  • a preferred vacuum cleaner has an actuating element for releasing the centrifugal separator in order to remove the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner can.
  • the centrifugal separator can be brought by actuating the actuating element of a locked state in which it is fixed in the vacuum cleaner in a dissolved state in which the centrifugal separator is removable from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the actuating element is, for example, an actuating button or an actuating lever. It is preferably designed so that it can be operated with a finger, for example the thumb, to release the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner.
  • a preferred hand-held battery operated vacuum cleaner also includes a suction port for supplying suction air to the centrifugal separator.
  • the suction nozzle is preferably substantially tubular, wherein the longitudinal axis of the tube is particularly preferably substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the centrifugal separator. It is an achievable advantage of this embodiment of the invention that the suction nozzle can be used as a handle to handle the centrifugal separator. In particular, the suction nozzle can be used as a handle for removing the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner when the centrifugal separator is released from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the actuating element is arranged on the suction nozzle - preferably not more than 7 cm, particularly preferably not more than 5 cm, particularly preferably not more than 3 cm, particularly preferably not more than 1 cm from the end of the nozzle, which is adjacent to the centrifugal separator.
  • the actuator may not at the suction but also not more than 7 cm, more preferably not more than 5 cm, more preferably not more than 3 cm, more preferably not more than 1 cm from the end of the nozzle, which on the Centrifugal separator adjacent, spaced to be arranged.
  • the actuating element with a hand which engages the suction nozzle to handle the centrifugal force can be actuated, particularly preferably with a finger of this hand.
  • the same hand that is used to release the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner by means of the actuator can also be used to handle the centrifugal centrifugal separator to remove it from the vacuum cleaner. This can allow a particularly simple removal of the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner.
  • a preferred actuator is arranged in the upper or in the left region of the nozzle.
  • the upper region means the region of an upper half-shell, if one imagines the suction nozzle along its longitudinal extension in the middle divided by an intended in the operation of the vacuum cleaner substantially horizontal sectional plane in two half-shells.
  • the left-hand area means the area of a half-shell of the suction nozzle which is on the left in view of the suction nozzle, if the suction nozzle along its longitudinal extent is centered in the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner by an imaginary cutting plane in two half-shells running vertically in the case of intended operation of the vacuum cleaner shared presented.
  • the actuating element can be actuated with the thumb of a hand comprising the suction nozzle.
  • the actuating element can be easily operated with the thumb of a right hand, which includes the suction nozzle.
  • the suction nozzle is arranged at medium height or above the center of the removable centrifugal separator.
  • center is based on the vertical orientation of the centrifugal separator to understand, so based on the longitudinal axis of the extent tubular centrifugal separator.
  • the suction nozzle is arranged in relation to the orientation of the centrifugal separator in intended use above the dust collection container.
  • a preferred suction port has a circumference of less than 30 cm at at least one location at a distance of less than 7 cm from the actuator. More preferably, the suction port at a location at a distance of less than 5 cm, more preferably less than 3 cm, more preferably less than 1 cm from the actuator has a circumference of less than 25 cm, more preferably less than 20 cm.
  • the invention also includes embodiments in which a handle is arranged on the centrifugal separator, which is not a suction nozzle.
  • the actuator is preferably spaced at this handle, more preferably not more than 7 cm from the end of the handle adjacent the centrifugal separator.
  • the actuator is not spaced from the handle but also not more than 7 cm from the end of the handle adjacent the centrifugal separator. More preferably, the actuator is spaced no more than 5 cm, more preferably not more than 3 cm, most preferably not more than 1 cm from the end of the handle adjacent the centrifugal separator.
  • the actuating element is acted upon in the direction opposite to the actuating direction with a spring element, for example a coil spring, a spiral spring, a leaf spring or a compressible rubber-elastic element.
  • a spring element for example a coil spring, a spiral spring, a leaf spring or a compressible rubber-elastic element.
  • the spring element can hold or bias the actuating device in its non-actuated position. In particular, it may help that the insert remains in the locked position relative to the vacuum cleaner main assembly even under load and / or the electrical contact is not released in this case.
  • the actuating element is functionally connected to a latch.
  • the bolt is in the non-actuated state of the actuating element in a blocking position, in which he with a stop on the other of the two assemblies vacuum cleaner main assembly and use such locking cooperates, that the centrifugal separator is not removed from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the bolt is in the actuated state of the actuating element in an open position in which it no longer cooperating with the stop, so that the centrifugal separator can be removed from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the preferred latch is firmly connected to the actuator. This allows a particularly simple construction.
  • bolt and actuator can be integrally formed.
  • the bolt may be, for example, a projection attached to the actuator, which can engage behind the stop.
  • the actuating element is ready to operate at least in the off state of the vacuum cleaner.
  • off state means the state in which the suction fan of the vacuum cleaner is not in operation.
  • Ready to operate means that the actuator can be operated so that it releases the centrifugal separator to remove it from the vacuum cleaner can.
  • only actuated in the off state of the vacuum cleaner In this way, accidental removal of the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner during its operation can be avoided.
  • the centrifugal separator can be removed from the vacuum cleaner by a tilting movement of the suction nozzle, particularly preferably counter to the intended flow direction of the suction air.
  • the tilting movement takes place about a pivot point which lies on one side of the centrifugal separator, which is opposite to the side on which the suction nozzle is mounted.
  • the tilting movement preferably takes place around a releasable joint, which consists of a first coupling element, which is arranged on the centrifugal separator, and a second coupling element, which can be connected to the first coupling element, which is arranged on another part of the vacuum cleaner, preferably a part, which is a motor Blower unit and an electric accumulator for driving the motor-blower unit of the vacuum cleaner, instead.
  • these two coupling element elements are designed so that they can not be separated from each other when arranged in the vacuum cleaner, not tilted state of the centrifugal separator, but by tilting the centrifugal separator relative to the other part of the vacuum cleaner in a release position can be brought, in which they can be separated from each other to remove the centrifugal separator from the vacuum cleaner.
  • the first coupling element comprises a shell or a pin.
  • An axis of the pin defines the pivot axis about which the centrifugal separator is pivotally mounted against the other part of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the separator and the dust collector are made in one piece. Particularly preferably, they form a common substantially tubular body whose upper part of the separator and its lower part form the dust collector. Particularly preferably, a filter and / or a dip tube is provided in the upper part of the centrifugal separator, through which or the freed from dust air can flow out of the centrifugal separator.
  • FIGS. 1a and 1b the vacuum cleaner 1 according to the invention is shown from the outside.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 has a handle 2 to be held in the hand can.
  • a removable electric battery pack 3 is provided, which has a fan motor 4 (in FIG. 2 and 3 shown) of a motor-blower unit 5 of the vacuum cleaner 1 is powered.
  • the fan motor 4 can be turned on and off.
  • With a boost or turbo button 7, the fan motor 4 can be temporarily operated at a particularly high speed.
  • Below the motor-blower unit is a blow-8 for the emerging from the motor-blower unit 5 suction air.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 has a generally upright centrifugal separator 9.
  • This centrifugal separator 9 is arranged substantially parallel to the also upright fan motor 4 of the motor-fan unit 5.
  • a suction nozzle 10 is provided, can be sucked into the centrifugal separator 9 with the suction air.
  • the suction nozzle 10 is substantially tubular, wherein the longitudinal axis of this tube is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the centrifugal separator 9.
  • end 10 of the suction can, if from User desired, various attachment elements (not shown), z. B. different suction nozzles, or a suction pipe can be attached.
  • the centrifugal separator 9 is shown in more detail. It is cup-shaped with a cylindrical shell 11 and a closed with the shell 11 integral bottom 12. The top of the centrifugal separator 9 is open but covered by the cover component of the vacuum cleaner 1. Due to the closed with the shell 11 of the centrifugal separator 9 integral bottom 12 of the bottom 12 of the centrifugal separator 9 is not-openable, which in particular also emptying a dust collector 13 of the centrifugal separator 9 is prevented by the ground.
  • the centrifugal separator 9 comprises a separation device 14, which is arranged in the upper part of the centrifugal separator 9, and the dust collecting container 13 in the lower part.
  • the separation device 14 comprises, in addition to a part of the tubular lateral surface 11 of the centrifugal separator 9, a filter 15 surrounded by this lateral surface, which can be removed from the centrifugal separator 9 in order to empty the dust collecting container 9.
  • the air passes through a deflecting tube 17, which is present in the cover component of the vacuum cleaner 1, in the motor-fan unit 5 of the vacuum cleaner 1 and is blown through the exhaust port 8 vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the suction nozzle 10 is also equipped with a protective flap 18, which prevents at down tilted nozzle 10 and fan motor off 4 dust from the dust collector 13 passes through the suction nozzle 10 back to the outside.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 When parking the vacuum cleaner 1 on a flat horizontal Abstell tone the vacuum cleaner 1 rests in part on the bottom 12 of the centrifugal and partly on a foot 19 which is disposed below the exhaust openings 8 of the motor-fan unit 5. On the other hand, in particular, the vacuum cleaner 1 does not rest on the battery pack 3 arranged below the handle 2. In this way, it is possible for a user to easily reach the battery 3 for replacement.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 also has an actuating element 20 with which the centrifugal separator 9 can be released from the rest of the vacuum cleaner 1 to remove it from the rest of the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • an actuating element 20 with which the centrifugal separator 9 can be released from the rest of the vacuum cleaner 1 to remove it from the rest of the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • To the actuator 20 is an in Figures 3 and 4 moldable latch 21 formed in which is inserted in the vacuum cleaner 1 centrifugal separator 9 and at the same time non-actuated state of the actuating element 20 in a blocking position in which he cooperates with a stop on the cover component 13 of the vacuum cleaner 1 so blocking that the centrifugal 9 not removable from the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the latch 21 In the actuated state of the actuating element 20, however, the latch 21 is in an open position, in which it no longer cooperating with the stop, so that the centrifugal separator can be removed from the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the actuating element 21 is designed as a key switch, which is biased by a spring element in the form of a helical spring in the blocking position. If the actuating element 20 is moved downward against the force of the spring element, the bolt 21 also moves with it under the stop, whereby the centrifugal separator 9 is released in order to be able to detach it from the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the latch 21 is equipped with a run-on slope, whereby the latch 21 (and with it the actuator 20) is moved when re-inserting the centrifugal 9 by the run-in slope against the force of the spring element in the operating direction of the actuator 20, so that the latch 21 under a Lower edge of the stopper back into its blocking position here can reach the stop. With equal effect, the run-on slope can be arranged on the lower edge of the stop instead of on the latch 21 or in addition thereto.
  • the actuator 20 is disposed on the top of the suction nozzle 10 so that it can be reached with the thumb or another finger of the suction nozzle 10 comprehensive hand.
  • FIG. 4 clearly recognizable protrudes the button of the actuating element 21 in the non-actuated position from the plane of the suction nozzle 10 upwards.
  • a socket 22 of the actuating element in FIGS. 4 . 5 and 6 clearly visible at, which also protrudes from the plane of the suction nozzle surface.
  • centrifugal separator 9 of this can be tilted with a suction nozzle 10 embracing hand around the axis of a joint.
  • the tilting takes place counter to the intended flow direction of the suction air.
  • the joint and thus also the fulcrum are located on the suction nozzle 10 opposite side of the centrifugal separator in the lower part of the centrifugal separator 9 and the vacuum cleaner. 1
  • the joint consists of a first coupling element, which is arranged on the centrifugal separator 9, and a second coupling element which can be connected thereto and which is adjacent to the centrifugal separator 9 at the level of the outlet opening 8 of the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the first element is designed as a pin 23, the second as a shell 24 in the form of a cylindrical groove in which the pin 23 comes to rest in the connected state of the two coupling elements.
  • the filter 15 is first removed when removed centrifugal 9, as in FIG. 5 shown. Then the centrifugal separator 9 can be rotated around the longitudinal axis of the suction nozzle 10 by hand, which engages it on the suction nozzle 10, so that the dust can be emptied through the opening of the centrifugal separator 9. That way is the Dust collector 13 easy to empty. In particular, the dust can be careful in the in FIG. 6 also shown waste bins 25 are emptied. The emptying can be dosed by determining the angle at which the centrifugal separator 9 is rotated about the longitudinal axis of the suction nozzle 10 in order to avoid the formation of a dust cloud. Subsequently, the centrifugal separator 9 can still be cleaned, z. B. with a damp cloth. The filter 15 can be replaced if necessary.
  • the (possibly new) filter 15 can be used again in the centrifugal separator 9, and the centrifugal separator 9 can be attached in a tilted position to the other part of the vacuum cleaner 1, so that the pin 23 engages in the shell 24.
  • the centrifugal separator 9 can be moved back to its non-tilted position until the latch 21 has passed past the lower edge of the stop again in its blocking position, so that the vacuum cleaner 1 is ready for use again.
  • the vacuum cleaner according to the invention reliably collects dust, dirt and liquids and can be emptied easily.

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