Hose assembly for canister vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. An electrically conductive hose assembly for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a hose body having a plurality of resilient helical electrically conductive wires, said wires having end portions terminating along a line substantially axial with respect to said hose body;
a terminal assembly having a projecting hollow end portion received within said hose body, said hollow end portion having on its exterior a plurality of outwardly projecting wire termination blocks for removably securing said wire end portions; and
a removable sleeve disposed around the hose body receiving the terminal assembly end portion, said sleeve when so disposed preventing removal of the wire end portions from the termination blocks.
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Abstract
An electrically conductive hose assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a hose body having a plurality of resilient helical conductive wires and a handle assembly having a projecting hollow end portion received within the hose body. Handle assembly wires are connected to the hose body wires by terminals fitted over the wire ends and crimped thereto, and a shrink wrap insulation is secured therearound. The hollow end portion has outwardly projecting wire termination blocks defining circumferential slots for removably securing the hose body wire end portions adjacent their connection to the handle wires, and the hollow end portion includes a depressed section aligned with that connection. At least one of the hose wires is secured between the hollow end portion and an axially extending resilient arm which is supported from one end in a radially spaced relation from the hollow end portion and has an inwardly extending tab at the other end. A removable sleeve is also disposed around the hose body and has inwardly projecting tabs. Mounting tabs project outwardly from opposite sides of the handle assembly end portion, and engage the sleeve tabs when the sleeve is mounted thereon.
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28 Claims
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1. An electrically conductive hose assembly for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a hose body having a plurality of resilient helical electrically conductive wires, said wires having end portions terminating along a line substantially axial with respect to said hose body; a terminal assembly having a projecting hollow end portion received within said hose body, said hollow end portion having on its exterior a plurality of outwardly projecting wire termination blocks for removably securing said wire end portions; and a removable sleeve disposed around the hose body receiving the terminal assembly end portion, said sleeve when so disposed preventing removal of the wire end portions from the termination blocks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electrically conductive hose and handle for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a hose having a flexible tubular body securable on its proximal end to the vacuum cleaner, and a plurality of resilient conductive hose wires wound helically within said tubular body to provide support therefor, each of said hose wires having an end portion projecting from the distal end of the tubular body; a handle secured to the distal end of the hose tubular body and having means for securing a cleaner attachment to the handle distal end, a tubular proximal end of the handle extending into the distal end of the hose tubular body, said proximal end having means for securing said hose wire end portions against axial movement with respect to the proximal end, said hose wire end portions further being precisely located with respect to said proximal end, and a handle plug with a plurality of connector wires, each of said handle wires having an end projecting substantially helically around said handle proximal end; and means for connecting the hose wire end portions to the handle wire ends. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An electrically conductive hose assembly for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a self supporting hose body having a plurality of resilient metal helical conductive wires, said wires each having an electrically insulated exterior covering and a nominally curved end portion; said nominally curved end portions each having a portion of said exterior covering removed for electrically exposing a length of bare metal conductive wire and terminating along a line defined by a radial of said hose body; a hard plastic hollow handle body having a handle portion and a projecting hollow end portion, said handle portion having a projecting rib adjacent said end portion, and said end portion being received within said hose body and having outwardly projecting mounting means adjacent said handle portion rib; a plurality of outwardly projecting wire termination blocks mounted longitudinally on said handle body end portion for aligning and securing said wire end portions to said handle body end portion; a plurality of electrically conductive connector wires secured to said handle portion and extending outside said handle body end portion, said connector wires each having an electrically exposed end securely affixed to one of said electrically exposed end portions of said hose body wires for providing electrical contact between said hose body and said handle body; and a slideable hard plastic sleeve of nominally circular cross-section and a diameter greater than said hose body for securing said hose body to said handle body, said sleeve having interiorly projecting distal tabs for removably securing said sleeve to the rib and mounting means located on said handle body end portion. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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Specification