Electric vacuum cleaner

• US 7,350,263 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2004
• Issued: 04/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshimi, Kazuyoshi, Kamatani, Kazumasa, Takami, Hiroyuki, Nakai, Kouichi, Ueyama, Shuzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Redding; David
• Application Number:
  US10/788,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20040163202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 153/28, 153/31, 153/34, 153/35
• US Class Current: 15/331
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/32 with means for connecting a hose hose couplings for suction cleaners A47L9/24
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/122 flat
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/325 for wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/327 for suction cleaners with hose between nozzle and casing

Abstract

An electric vacuum cleaner including a vacuum cleaner main body, a suction tool main body connected to the vacuum cleaner main body and having an suction inlet which is open at a lower surface thereof, a dust box connected to the vacuum cleaner main body, and a grip portion for operating the vacuum cleaner main body. The suction tool main body, an interior of the vacuum cleaner main body, the grip portion and the dust box are directly connected in this order such that circulation of air is permitted. The interior of the vacuum cleaner main body and the grip portion are connected in a freely attachable and detachable manner.

Claims

1. An electric vacuum cleaner comprising

a vacuum cleaner main body,

a suction tool main body connected to the vacuum cleaner main body and having an suction inlet which is open at a lower surface thereof,

a dust box connected to the vacuum cleaner main body, and

a grip portion for operating the vacuum cleaner main body,

wherein said grip portion is connected to said dust box through a hose,

wherein the suction tool main body and an interior of the vacuum cleaner main body are connected through a connecting hose,

wherein the suction tool main body, the connecting hose, the interior of the vacuum cleaner main body, the grip portion and the dust box are directly connected in this order such that circulation of air is permitted, and

wherein the interior of the vacuum cleaner main body and the grip portion are connected in a freely attachable and detachable manner, and the connecting hose is connected to the suction tool main body in a freely attachable and detachable manner.

2. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein a packing is provided at a connecting portion of a flow path between the interior of the vacuum cleaner main body and the grip portion.

3. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the connecting hose is extensible, and a part of the connecting hose is housed in the interior of the vacuum cleaner main body.