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Vacuum cleaner wand

  • US 4,494,270 A
  • Filed: 03/25/1983
  • Issued: 01/22/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wand for connecting a vacuum cleaner and a power nozzle, said wand comprising:

  • a sheath having first and second ends;

    an upper wand assembly removably received in said first end of said sheath, said upper wand assembly being adapted to be detachably connected to a vacuum cleaner;

    a lower wand assembly having a first end removably received in said second end of said sheath and in releasable locking engagement with said upper wand assembly, and having a second end adapted to be connected to a power nozzle;

    said upper and lower wand assemblies each having a respective hole formed therein, and said upper wand assembly having an omega spring therein, a portion of said omega spring protruding through said hole of said upper wand assembly and engaging said hole of said lower wand assembly when said lower wand assembly is in said releasable locking engagement with said upper wand assembly;

    said sheath having release means for releasing said lower wand assembly, said release means comprising an element depressable to force the portion of said omega spring engaging said hole of said lower wand assembly into said upper wand assembly to permit retraction of said lower wand assembly from said sheath, said element having an S-spring for contacting said omega spring.

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