Device for storing nozzles for a vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A vacuum cleaner assembly, comprising a device for storing nozzles, a tube handle (12), a tube shaft (13), a floor nozzle (14), and a hose (11), said hose being fluidly connected, at one end, to a vacuum source and, at an opposite end, to said tube handle (12), said tube handle (12) interconnecting said hose (11) with said tube shaft (13), said tube shaft having said floor nozzle (14) secured thereto, wherein said device for storing nozzles comprises a holder (15), said holder including a fastener (28,29,37,38) for releasably securing an accessory (27,34,39) to said holder, said holder being secured to said tube handle (12).
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Abstract
A device for storing nozzles or tools for a vacuum cleaner. The cleaner includes a tube handle (12) to which a tube shaft (13) with a floor nozzle (14) can be secured. The tube handle (12) is attached to a vacuum cleaner hose (11) which is connected to a vacuum cleaner body or source. The device includes a holder (15) which releasably retains several accessories (27,34,39). The holder is located on or adjacent the tube handle (12).
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- 1. A vacuum cleaner assembly, comprising a device for storing nozzles, a tube handle (12), a tube shaft (13), a floor nozzle (14), and a hose (11), said hose being fluidly connected, at one end, to a vacuum source and, at an opposite end, to said tube handle (12), said tube handle (12) interconnecting said hose (11) with said tube shaft (13), said tube shaft having said floor nozzle (14) secured thereto, wherein said device for storing nozzles comprises a holder (15), said holder including a fastener (28,29,37,38) for releasably securing an accessory (27,34,39) to said holder, said holder being secured to said tube handle (12).
- 18. A holder for vacuum cleaner nozzles, comprising a body having a first part (16) and a second part (17), said first part comprising a plurality of walls (18, 19, 20, 21) which cooperate to define first and second pockets (26, 33), said first pocket being adapted to receive and retain a first vacuum cleaner nozzle and said second pocket being adapted to receive and retain a second vacuum cleaner nozzle, wherein said walls include upper and lower wall portions (19), a front wall portion (20), a rear wall portion (21), and members (26, 29, 37), said members cooperating to releasably retain said first and second nozzles in said first and second pockets, said members including a shoulder (28) which extends into said first pocket and is received by an open end of said first nozzle, wherein said second part defines a third pocket (38) which is adapted to receive and frictionally retain a brush nozzle.
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