EP3412185B1 - Aspiratoire pratique, rechargeable, pouvant être tenu à la main, fonctionnant sur accumulateur - Google Patents

Aspiratoire pratique, rechargeable, pouvant être tenu à la main, fonctionnant sur accumulateur Download PDF

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EP3412185B1
EP3412185B1 EP18174063.0A EP18174063A EP3412185B1 EP 3412185 B1 EP3412185 B1 EP 3412185B1 EP 18174063 A EP18174063 A EP 18174063A EP 3412185 B1 EP3412185 B1 EP 3412185B1
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Martin Storath
Christian Scheler
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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
    • 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
    • A47L5/24—Hand-supported suction cleaners
    • 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
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2868—Arrangements for power supply of vacuum cleaners or the accessories thereof
    • A47L9/2873—Docking units or charging stations

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  • the invention relates to a hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner with a suction nozzle, through which suction air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner in an inflow direction in the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner, an electric accumulator for operating the motor of a motor-blower unit of the vacuum cleaner and a connector for Charging the electric accumulator, the connector having an intended insertion direction.
  • the invention further relates to a system comprising such a vacuum cleaner and a charging station for such a vacuum cleaner.
  • the charging station can be displaced with respect to the lower holding element along a holding axis and is elastically pretensioned to the lower holding element in order to hold the handheld vacuum cleaner elastically against the lower holding element and to lock the handheld vacuum cleaner in the upright, docked position.
  • the US publication US 6,125,498 A discloses a handheld liquid suction device with a suction nozzle, a collecting tank, a vacuum blower and an outlet pipe. A cleaning liquid supply is also provided.
  • the liquid hand-held vacuum cleaner is equipped with a rechargeable battery pack that can be charged via charging contacts arranged on the rear of the liquid hand-held vacuum cleaner when in a storage and charging station.
  • EP 0 192 624 A2 mentioned: a connection at the bottom of a depression of a vacuum cleaner for connection to a suitable connection of a charging holder.
  • DE 35 40 898 A1 describes connections inside a vacuum cleaner that are electrically connected to terminals of a charging unit when the vacuum cleaner is used in a recess in a charging unit.
  • the invention has for its object an improved hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner with a suction nozzle through which suction air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner in an inflow direction in the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner, an electric accumulator for operating the motor of a motor-blower unit of the Vacuum cleaner and a connector to charge the electric battery.
  • the new vacuum cleaner should be easy to manufacture, easy to use and aesthetically pleasing.
  • the invention is also based on the object of providing an improved system comprising the vacuum cleaner and a charging station. The system should be simple in construction and handling.
  • the object is achieved by a hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner with the features of claim 1.
  • the hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner has a suction nozzle through which suction air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner in an inflow direction in the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner, one electrical accumulator for operating the motor of a motor-blower unit of the vacuum cleaner and a connector for charging the electrical accumulator.
  • the connector has an intended plug-in direction along an axis that extends parallel to the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of less than 45 °, preferably less than 22 °, and is arranged on the vacuum cleaner in an accessible manner via the bottom side of the vacuum cleaner.
  • angular dimensions are related to a semicircle segment of 180 °, that is, two directions can enclose an angle of at most 180 °, in which case they would point in the opposite direction.
  • a "hand-held vacuum cleaner” is a vacuum cleaner which is not only designed for use with a suction pipe or a suction hose or which connects a suction air inlet of the vacuum cleaner with a floor nozzle for floor cleaning, but also or is even designed exclusively for use without such a suction pipe or such a suction hose, for example to clean furniture.
  • the group of handheld vacuum cleaners within the meaning of the present invention also includes those 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 motor, blower and dust removal device are in the upper half, particularly preferably in the upper half One third of the distance from the floor nozzle to a handle of the vacuum cleaner arranged.
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner is due to its compact size and light weight suitable to be comfortably held and carried in the hand, preferably with only one hand.
  • the weight is particularly preferably less than 2 kg, particularly preferably less than 1.5 kg, in each case without an accumulator. Its preferred length from the handle to the air inlet without a connected suction hose or suction pipe is less than 60 cm, particularly preferably less than 50 cm.
  • Battery operated should be understood to mean that the vacuum cleaner is equipped with an electric accumulator, with which the vacuum cleaner can be operated without an additional power supply. This does not rule out that the vacuum cleaner can additionally or alternatively also be operated via a power supply line, for example when the battery is exhausted or while the battery is charging. With the accumulator operation it can advantageously be achieved that the freedom of movement of the vacuum cleaner is no longer restricted by a cable for the power supply of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the preferred hand-held battery operated vacuum cleaner is a "battery operated vacuum cleaner of regular size" according to the draft of February 2017 of DIN EN 62885-4.
  • Hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaners are becoming increasingly popular because they are easy to use and are therefore particularly suitable for vacuuming small amounts of dirt.
  • hand-held vacuum cleaners have a motor-blower unit for generating the suction air flow, the suction air from a suction opening, for example a suction nozzle, via a dust separating device to the motor-blower unit and then, for example, to a blow-out area Outlet openings is guided.
  • the dust separator in hand-held vacuum cleaners is usually designed as a bagless dust separator, in which the inflowing air is rotated in order to separate dust and dirt according to the centrifugal separator principle.
  • the “intended plug-in direction” is the direction in which the plug connector or mating connector would have to be guided in the direction of this corresponding mating plug connector or plug connector in order to establish a current-conducting contact between the plug connector and the mating plug connector ,
  • the plug-in directions of the plug connector and mating plug connector thus point to the corresponding mating plug connector or plug connector when establishing a current-conducting contact.
  • top the hand-held vacuum cleaner and the charging station. In the sense of the present invention, these should be understood in relation to the direction of gravity when the vacuum cleaner and the charging station are intended to be used.
  • the “bottom side” of the vacuum cleaner is the side of the vacuum cleaner, the surface normal of which, in the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner, generally points downwards and with the front also pointing downwards to the user.
  • the front is the side of the vacuum cleaner, the surface normal of which is generally oriented counter to the direction of flow of the suction air into the suction nozzle and on which the suction nozzle is generally arranged. The front faces away from the user when using the vacuum cleaner with the front facing down.
  • the back of the vacuum cleaner is the side whose surface normal is generally oriented in the direction of inflow of the suction air into the suction nozzle.
  • the "top" of the vacuum cleaner is the side of the vacuum cleaner, the surface normal of which generally points upwards in the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner and away from the user when the front side is directed downwards.
  • a handle for guiding the vacuum cleaner is usually arranged in the area of the back and / or top.
  • the plug connector is arranged on the vacuum cleaner in an accessible manner via the bottom side of the vacuum cleaner, it is easily accessible for a charging station to which the vacuum cleaner is coupled with its bottom side.
  • the charging station can have a particularly simple construction, as shown below. This also makes the system of vacuum cleaner and charging station particularly easy to use.
  • the bottom access to the connector can be aesthetic be advantageous because it can be avoided that the connector is visible from above or from one side when looking at the vacuum cleaner. This aspect of the invention takes advantage of the fact that the vacuum cleaner is usually only viewed from above or from the side during normal use.
  • Charging stations for hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaners are often provided for wall mounting, with the vacuum cleaner being inserted into the charging station with the suction nozzle pointing downwards.
  • a suction nozzle attached to the vacuum cleaner or a suction pipe attached to the vacuum cleaner can advantageously also point downwards, usually hanging downwards. This enables a stable storage of the vacuum cleaner with attached suction nozzle or suction tube.
  • this orientation of the vacuum cleaner allows particularly hygienic handling, because when the vacuum cleaner is at the gripping height in the charging station, the suction nozzle and pipe, which are often dirty, hang below this gripping height.
  • the connector Due to the fact that the connector has an intended plug-in direction along an axis that extends parallel to the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of less than 45 °, preferably less than 22 °, when the vacuum cleaner is from above or below the charging station is used, at the same time the connector is connected to a mating connector of the charging station in order to establish a current-conducting contact between the connector and the mating connector.
  • This allows a particularly simple construction of the charging station and a particularly simple handling of the system of vacuum cleaner and charging station.
  • the object of the invention is also solved a hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner with the features of claim 2.
  • the hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner has a suction nozzle, through which suction air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner in an inflow direction during the intended operation of the vacuum cleaner, an electric accumulator for operating the motor of a motor-blower unit of the vacuum cleaner and a connector for charging the electrical one Accumulator on.
  • the plug connector has an intended plug-in direction and is designed and arranged on the vacuum cleaner such that the intended plug-in direction of the plug connector runs counter to the inflow direction or includes an angle of more than 135 °, preferably more than 168 °.
  • the connector can also be connected to a mating connector of the charging station at the same time as it is inserted, in order to establish a current-conducting contact between the connector and the mating connector. This allows a particularly simple construction of the charging station and a particularly simple handling of the system of vacuum cleaner and charging station.
  • the object of the invention is also achieved by a system comprising a hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner as described above and a charging station for this vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner and the charging station being designed in such a way that the vacuum cleaner can be inserted into the charging station in a manner , in which the connector of the vacuum cleaner and the mating connector of the charging station are electrically connected.
  • a system can advantageously be particularly easy to use because the vacuum cleaner can be inserted into the charging station and the connector can be connected to the mating connector in the same handling step.
  • the plug connector is arranged on the vacuum cleaner in an accessible manner via the bottom side of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the preferred connector has a pin or a socket.
  • the plug connector is preferably of essentially circular cylindrical construction.
  • it can be designed as a hollow plug socket (female part of a hollow plug connection). Hollow plugs and hollow plug sockets are often used for voltage supply in the low-voltage range.
  • the preferred hollow plug socket has at least one central contact pin for engaging into the interior of the hollow plug and a spring contact or spring-mounted contact Attack on the outer jacket of the barrel connector.
  • the plug connector can be designed as a hollow plug (male part of a hollow plug connection) which has at least one contact inside and one contact on its outer jacket.
  • Other possible connector designs are, for example, jack sockets and jack plugs.
  • the preferred connector is bipolar.
  • the preferred connector is located inside the vacuum cleaner. This means that the contacts of the connector are not exposed but are arranged inside the vacuum cleaner housing. the contacts of the connector are particularly preferably accessible through an opening in the housing of the vacuum cleaner. This embodiment of the invention allows a particularly aesthetically pleasing design of the vacuum cleaner. In addition, the contacts of the connector can be protected from damage and dirt in this way.
  • the connector is preferably arranged in a bottom pocket of the vacuum cleaner. This can also help protect the connector from damage and dirt.
  • the bag can also serve as a receptacle for a tongue or a slide of the charging station, wherein the tongue or the slide can engage in the bag in order to insert the vacuum cleaner into the charging station.
  • the preferred pocket runs along an axis which extends parallel to the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of less than 45 °, preferably less than 22 °.
  • the preferred bag is open to the front of the vacuum cleaner. This ensures that the vacuum cleaner can be inserted into the charging station with the front facing in front.
  • the preferred vacuum cleaner has one or more, preferably two, upward blocking surfaces on the bottom, which are formed by one or more, preferably two, undercut (s). These locking areas are accessible from the bottom of the vacuum cleaner. With this embodiment of the invention it can be achieved that a tongue or the carriage of the charging station can engage behind the blocking surfaces in order to insert the vacuum cleaner into the charging station.
  • the barrier area (s) can be part of the aforementioned pocket.
  • the locking surfaces by the undercuts of a groove, for. B. an L-groove, a T-groove or a dovetail guide groove on the bottom side of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the preferred groove runs along an axis which extends parallel to the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of less than 45 °, preferably less than 22 °.
  • the preferred groove is open to a front of the vacuum cleaner. This ensures that the vacuum cleaner can be inserted into the charging station with the front facing in front.
  • the other end of the groove is preferably closed, that is, the groove is a blind groove.
  • the preferred vacuum cleaner has at least one generally forward-facing stop on the base side, which is accessible via the base side of the vacuum cleaner.
  • "generally directed forward” should be understood to mean that the surface normal of the stop runs counter to the inflow direction or encloses an angle with it of more than 135 °, preferably more than 168 °. It is an advantage of this embodiment of the invention that the tongue or the carriage of the charging station, which engages in the pocket and / or engages behind the blocking surfaces, can strike the stop in order to hold the vacuum cleaner.
  • the connector is arranged on the stop.
  • the preferred stop is the closed end of the blind groove.
  • the preferred charging station is for wall mounting. For this purpose, it is preferably equipped with holes through which screws can be passed to fix the charging station to the wall.
  • the charging station can preferably be mounted on the wall in such a way that the vacuum cleaner can be hung in the charging station with its front facing downward.
  • “generally downward” and “generally from above” are understood to mean an orientation or movement in the direction of gravity or a direction which includes an angle of less than 45 °, preferably less than 22 °, with the direction of gravity.
  • “Mounted” means that the vacuum cleaner is secured in its suspended position against falling out to the front, preferably also to the side.
  • the mating connector is preferably designed and arranged on the charging station in such a way that when the charging station is assembled as described above, the intended plug-in direction of the mating connector extends generally upwards, i.e. counter to the direction of gravity or in a direction that is more than an angle with the direction of gravity 135 °, preferably more than 168 °.
  • the preferred vacuum cleaner has a receptacle for a removable accumulator.
  • the receptacle is designed so that an exchangeable accumulator can be inserted into the receptacle in a direction of insertion which runs counter to the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of more than 135 °.
  • an exchangeable accumulator can be inserted into the receptacle in a direction of insertion which runs counter to the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of more than 135 °.
  • a preferred receptacle for the exchangeable accumulator it can be removed in a direction which runs in the inflow direction or forms an angle with it of less than 45 °, preferably less than 22 °.
  • the preferred accumulator is arranged in the lower part of the vacuum cleaner, particularly preferably on the bottom side.
  • a gap between the charging station and the accumulator inserted in the vacuum cleaner In a preferred charging station, in the state of the vacuum cleaner inserted into the charging station, there is a gap between the charging station and the accumulator inserted in the vacuum cleaner.
  • the charging station is intended to be mounted on a flat wall, there is a space between the wall and the accumulator inserted in the vacuum cleaner. The space allows the battery to be changed easily when the battery is inserted in the charging station.
  • a preferred accumulator has an electrical charging connection.
  • a receptacle for an accumulator separate from the receptacle for the vacuum cleaner is provided, this receptacle preferably being equipped for the accumulator with a counter-charging connection for the accumulator.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 according to the invention is shown from the outside.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 has a handle 2 so that it can be held in the hand.
  • a removable electrical battery pack 3 is provided (shown in the figures only without the actual battery elements), which supplies a blower motor (not shown in the figures) with a motor-blower unit 4 of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the battery pack 3 of the vacuum cleaner 1 is designed to be interchangeable and can be inserted obliquely from the rear in an insertion direction into the receptacle of the vacuum cleaner 1 provided for this purpose.
  • an accumulator 3 held in the receptacle a removal direction can be removed from the receptacle, the removal direction being opposite to the insertion direction.
  • the blower motor can be switched on and off via a gun switch 5. With a boost or turbo button 6, the blower motor can be temporarily operated at a particularly high speed. Below the motor-blower unit 4 there is a blow-out opening 7 for the suction air emerging from the motor-blower unit 4.
  • the vacuum cleaner has a generally upright centrifugal separator 8.
  • This centrifugal separator 8 is arranged essentially parallel to the motor-blower unit 4, which is also arranged upright.
  • a suction nozzle 9 is provided, with which suction air can be drawn into the centrifugal separator 8.
  • the suction nozzle 9 is essentially tubular, the longitudinal axis of the tube being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the centrifugal separator 8.
  • different suction nozzles 10 in Figures 4 and 5 shown
  • a suction pipe 11 also in Figures 4 and 5 shown
  • the upper part of the centrifugal separator 9 serves as a separating device.
  • suction air is sucked in through the suction port 9 in an inflow direction to the centrifugal separator 8 and circles downwards in the centrifugal separator 8, whereby the centrifugal force can separate dust and liquids which, due to gravity, fall into the lower part of the centrifugal separator 8, which serves as a dust collector.
  • the air which has already been partially freed of dust in this way now passes through a filter 12, as a result of which further dust and other components can be removed from the air. As a rule, these components also fall from the filter 12 into the dust collecting container following gravity.
  • the air passes through the filter 12 into the motor-blower unit 4 of the vacuum cleaner 1 and is blown out through the blow-out opening 7 of the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 has on its bottom surface a pocket in the form of a T-groove 13 which is open towards the front but closed to the rear.
  • the closed end of the T-groove 13 forms a stop 14 in which there is an opening 15 through which a plug connector arranged in the interior of the vacuum cleaner 1 in the form of a hollow plug socket 16 is accessible.
  • the Hollow plug socket 16 is good in the Figures 15 and 16 recognizable.
  • the plug-in direction of the hollow plug socket 16 runs slightly inclined against the inflow direction into which suction air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the undercuts of the T-groove 13 form blocking areas which, as in Figure 13 recognizable, are equipped with insertion bevels 17 at the open end of the T-slot.
  • the charging station 18 is in one Figure 12 Easily recognizable T-shaped slide 19 equipped with which the charging station 18 engages in the T-groove 13.
  • the carriage 19 is also equipped with insertion bevels 20 on its upper side, with which it enters the T-groove 13.
  • the inner surfaces of the T-bar of the carriage 19 engage behind the locking surfaces of the T-slot 13.
  • the front of the carriage 19 abuts the stop 14 of the T-slot when the vacuum cleaner 1 is inserted into the charging station 18 13 of the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the hollow plug 21 is inserted through the opening 15 in the stop 14 into the hollow plug socket 16. This is in Figures 6 . 14 . 15 and 16 shown.
  • the charging station 18 can be mounted on a wall, for which purpose it is equipped with mounting holes 22, of which in Figure 15 one is shown. It also has an in Figure 12 well recognizable shell 23, which, as in Figures 6 and 9 shown, can accommodate the lower part of the centrifugal separator 8. On its underside, the charging station 18 is equipped with cylinder sections which are open at the bottom and to which, as in FIGS Figures 4 and 5 shown, suction nozzles 10, suction pipes 11 and other accessories for storage can be plugged on from below. In an embodiment not shown in the figures, the charging station 18 also has a receptacle for an accumulator that is separate from the receptacle for the vacuum cleaner.
  • This receptacle for the accumulator is equipped with a counter-charging connection for a charging connection of the accumulator, so that the accumulator is independent of the vacuum cleaner 1, e.g. B. if it has been removed from the charging station for vacuum cleaner 1, can be charged.
  • This receptacle can, for example, be provided at the upper end of the charging station 18 at the same level as the accumulator 3 of the vacuum cleaner 1 when the vacuum cleaner 1 is inserted into the charging station 18.
  • the sectional drawings 6, 7 and 8 and the corresponding perspective representations 9, 10 and 11 show how the vacuum cleaner 1 is removed upwards from the charging station 18 or vice versa from above into the charging station 18.
  • the carriage 19 of the charging station 18 slides out of the T-slot.
  • the hollow plug 21 slides out of the hollow plug socket 18 until the charging station 18 and vacuum cleaner 1 as well as the hollow plug socket 16 and the hollow plug 21 are separated from one another.
  • the T-slot 13 slides over the slide 19, which is facilitated by the insertion bevels 20.
  • T-slot 13 and slide 19 align the vacuum cleaner 1 with respect to the charging station 18 in such a way that the hollow plug socket 16 can slide over the hollow plug 21 and thus establish a secure electrical connection.
  • the system according to the invention is simple in construction and handling; in particular, a convenient recharging of the vacuum cleaner is made possible.

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  1. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main, comportant une tubulure d'aspiration (9), par laquelle, dans l'utilisation prévue de l'aspirateur, de l'air aspiré est aspiré dans une direction de flux d'entrée dans l'aspirateur (1), un accumulateur électrique (3) pour faire fonctionner le moteur d'un groupe moto-ventilateur (4) de l'aspirateur (1) et un connecteur enfichable (16) pour charger l'accumulateur électrique (3), dans lequel le connecteur enfichable (16) présente une direction d'enfichage prévue le long d'un axe qui s'étend parallèlement à la direction de flux d'entrée ou qui forme un angle inférieur à 45° avec celle-ci,
    caractérisé en ce que le connecteur enfichable (16) est agencé de façon accessible sur l'aspirateur (1) sur la face de fond de l'aspirateur (1).
  2. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main, comportant une tubulure d'aspiration (9), par laquelle, dans l'utilisation prévue de l'aspirateur, de l'air aspiré est aspiré dans une direction de flux d'entrée dans l'aspirateur (1), un accumulateur électrique (3) pour faire fonctionner le moteur d'un groupe moto-ventilateur (4) de l'aspirateur (1) et un connecteur enfichable (16) pour charger l'accumulateur électrique (3), dans lequel le connecteur enfichable (16) présente une direction d'enfichage prévue,
    caractérisé en ce que le connecteur enfichable (16) est dimensionné et agencé sur l'aspirateur (1) de telle manière que la direction d'enfichage prévue du connecteur enfichable (16) s'étend dans un sens contraire à la direction de flux d'entrée ou forme un angle supérieur à 135° avec celle-ci.
  3. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur enfichable (16) est agencé de façon accessible sur l'aspirateur (1) sur la face de fond de l'aspirateur (1).
  4. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur enfichable (16) comprend une douille ou une broche.
  5. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des contacts électriques du connecteur enfichable (16) sont disposés dans l'intérieur de l'aspirateur (1).
  6. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le connecteur enfichable (16) est agencé dans une poche du côté de fond de l'aspirateur (1).
  7. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'aspirateur (1) comprend du côté de fond au moins une surface d'arrêt orientée vers le haut formée au moins par une contre-dépouille, qui est accessible par la face de fond de l'aspirateur (1).
  8. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la contre-dépouille est dotée d'un chanfrein d'introduction (17).
  9. Aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'aspirateur (1) comprend du côté de fond au moins une butée (14) orientée généralement vers l'avant, qui est accessible par la face de fond de l'aspirateur (1).
  10. Système, comprenant un aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9 et une station de charge (18) pour l'aspirateur (1) fonctionnant sur accumulateur pouvant être tenu à la main, caractérisé en ce que l'aspirateur (1) et la station de charge (18) sont configurés de manière à ce que l'aspirateur (1) puisse être introduit dans la station de charge (18) tout en connectant de façon électroconductrice le connecteur enfichable de l'aspirateur (1) et le connecteur homologue (21) de la station de charge (18).
  11. Système selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que l'aspirateur (1) peut être suspendu généralement par en haut dans la station de charge (18) dans une orientation avec une face avant généralement tournée vers le bas, dans lequel le connecteur homologue (21) est dimensionné et agencé sur la station de charge (18) de telle manière que la direction d'enfichage prévue du connecteur homologue (21) s'étend généralement vers le haut.
  12. Système selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que l'accumulateur peut être enlevé de l'aspirateur (1), l'accumulateur (3) comprend une prise de charge électrique, un logement séparé du logement pour l'aspirateur est prévu pour un accumulateur sur la station de charge (18) et ce logement pour l'accumulateur est doté d'une prise de charge correspondante pour l'accumulateur.
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