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Vacuum-cleaner-hose assembly having a swivel bend and vacuum cleaner having such assembly

  • US 5,755,578 A
  • Filed: 10/30/1996
  • Issued: 05/26/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vacuum-cleaner-hose assembly comprising:

  • a vacuum-cleaner hose (6,

         36);

    a housing (4);

    a swivel coupling (3,

         33) for coupling the vacuum-cleaner hose to the housing (4) of a vacuum cleaner so as to allow swivelling about a swivel axis (5) and at an angle relative to said swivel axis (5); and

    an air channel (7,

         37) extending through the vacuum-cleaner hose (6,

         36) and the swivel coupling (3,

         33),the swivel coupling (3,

         33) comprising a hose guide (8,

         38) which surrounds a flexible portion (24,

         54) of the vacuum-cleaner hose (6,

         36) and holds said portion of the vacuum-cleaner hose (6,

         36) in a curved position.

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