EP0180367A2 - Verbindungssystem eines Staubsaugers zur Reinigung von engen Räumen - Google Patents

Verbindungssystem eines Staubsaugers zur Reinigung von engen Räumen Download PDF

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EP0180367A2
EP0180367A2 EP85307358A EP85307358A EP0180367A2 EP 0180367 A2 EP0180367 A2 EP 0180367A2 EP 85307358 A EP85307358 A EP 85307358A EP 85307358 A EP85307358 A EP 85307358A EP 0180367 A2 EP0180367 A2 EP 0180367A2
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flattened
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Norman J. Schneider
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Easy Reach International Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/24—Hoses or pipes; Hose or pipe couplings
    • A47L9/242—Hose or pipe couplings

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  • This invention relates to vacuum cleaner attachment systems, and more particularly to systems using extension tubes between the cleaning tool and the vacuum cleaner hose.
  • each of the prior art patents known to the applicant is narrow over only a portion of its length and then bulges outwardly to a circular cross-section adapted for connection to the end of a vacuum cleaner hose.
  • the operator of the vacuum cleaner desires to clean narrow spaces of a length too great to be reached by conventional flattened end tools as, for example, the space beneath a refrigerator or stove. Dust, lint and other debris accumulate in such spaces and cannot be removed by presently known vacuum cleaner attachments.
  • the vacuum cleaner attachment system of the present invention makes it possible to clean narrow, deep spaces which have heretofore been unreachable by conventional vacuum cleaner tools. This is accomplished in the present invention by a flattened tool which can be fully inserted into the narrow, deep spaces.
  • the effective length of the tool is selectively increased or decreased at the will of the user by interposing flattened extension tubes between the attaching end of the tool and the flattened end of a round-to-flattened adapter capable of being mounted on the end of a vacuum cleaner attachment hose.
  • Each flattened extension tube has a receiving end formed for telescoping engagement over the flattened end of the adapter and an opposite insertion end formed for telescoping reception within the attachment end of the flattened tool. Since the receiving ends of the flattened extension tubes are all of the same size and configuration, as are the insertion ends, as many of the flattened extension tubes as may be desired can be interposed between the adapter and the flattened tool.
  • the different parts of the system are held together in the described telescoping engagement by manually operable detents on the insertion ends releasably engageable in openings formed in the receiving ends.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner attachment system of the character described which may be readily lengthened or shortened to adapt the system to differing sizes of narrow spaces to be cleaned.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner attachment system of the character described in which the various parts are held securely together for operation, but which can readily be manually detached from each other and parts removed or additional parts added.
  • the vacuum cleaner attachment system of the present invention provides a flattened suction attachment tool 11 having a width substantially greater than its height, a flattened extension tube 12 removably attachable to an end 13 of the tool 11 and likewise having a width substantially greater than its height, and an adapter tube 14 having a flattened end 16 attachable to an end 17 of the flattened extension tube 12 opposite to the tool 11, the adapter tube 14 having a substantially cylindrical end 18 opposite the end 16 formed for removable attachment to a vacuum cleaner hose (not shown).
  • the flattened attachment tool 11, the flattened extension tube 12 and the flattened end 16 of the adapter tube 14 are shown to be of substantially rectangular cross-section commensurate in size, with the width of the rectangular cross-section being over three times its height.
  • the flattened attachment tool 11, the flattened extension tube 12, and the adapter tube 14 are releasably securable to each other by forming an end 17 of-the extension tube 12 to telescope over the flattened end 16 of the adapter tube 14, and by forming the attaching end 13 of the flattened tool 11 to telescope over the insertion end 19 of the extension tube 12, the parts being releasably secured together when telescoped one on the other by detent means 21.
  • the detent means 21 is provided by making the end 16 of the adapter tube 14, and the end 19 of the flattened extension tube 12, both of which telescope within receiving ends 17 or 13, sufficiently resilient for the longer sides of the rectangular cross-sections to be squeezed together by the human hand in the manner illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 5.
  • a raised bevelled protuberance 22 is formed on one or both sides of the ends 16 and 19 so as to be releasably engageable in detent openings 23 formed through the receiving ends 13 and 17. Alignment of the detents 22 with the openings 23 is assured by positioning shoulders 24 formed on the ends 16 and 19.
  • insertion ends 16 and 19 are substantially identical to each other, as are the ends 13 and 17.
  • the end 16 can be received in the end 13 of the flattened tool 11, or it can equally well be received in the end 17 of the flattened extension tube 11.
  • the insertion end 19 of the flattened extension tube 12 can be received in the end 13 of the flattened tool 11 or in the receiving end 17 of another flattened extension 12.
  • the effective length from the adapter 18 to the outer end of the flattened tool 11 can be increased or decreased as desired.
  • the tool configuration illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings functions particularly well.
  • the tool 11 is shaped similarly to the flattened portion of an ordinary vacuum cleaner crevice tool, that is, with the height and width of the tool tapering down toward the outer end 26 in the manner illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings.
  • the outer end 26 is bevelled at 27 in the manner shown in Figure 6 of the drawings and the tip 26 is open.
  • An opening 28 controlled by a sliding door is formed through one flat face 29 of the tool 11, and a comparatively flat brush 31 is mounted around the opening 28 to stir up dust and debris sufficiently for them to be drawn into the tool 11.
  • the vacuum cleaner attachment system for cleaning narrow spaces of the present invention provides a novel approach and facility for cleaning those deep and narrow spaces beneath stoves, refrigerators, and the like, and other similarly heretofore inaccessible spaces.

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EP85307358A 1984-10-25 1985-10-14 Verbindungssystem eines Staubsaugers zur Reinigung von engen Räumen Withdrawn EP0180367A3 (de)

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US66469384A 1984-10-25 1984-10-25
US664693 1984-10-25

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EP0180367A2 true EP0180367A2 (de) 1986-05-07
EP0180367A3 EP0180367A3 (de) 1987-07-29

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WO2001065989A3 (en) * 2000-03-03 2001-12-27 Dyson Ltd Hose and wand assembly
EP1611828A1 (de) * 2004-07-02 2006-01-04 The Beechie Company LLC Verbindungssystem einer Vakuumanlage zur Reinigung von Gegenständen im Haushalt
GB2415607A (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-04 Paul Butler Vacuum cleaner attachment for restricted areas
GB2428561A (en) * 2005-08-01 2007-02-07 Bosch Gmbh Robert A vacuum cleaner accessory tool
CN104013358A (zh) * 2014-05-09 2014-09-03 苏州艾利欧电器有限公司 一种底部刷
US10631696B1 (en) 2016-03-04 2020-04-28 Kathleen J. Williamson Multi-chamber vacuum cleaner dusting attachment with independent adjustable accordion hose
US10849475B1 (en) 2016-03-04 2020-12-01 Kathleen J. Williamson Vacuum appliance dusting attachment with telescoping flexing brush and independent adjustable accordion hose attachment with handle ends
US11064854B2 (en) 2016-05-31 2021-07-20 Darius Development Limited Cleaner attachment device
US11160426B1 (en) 2017-03-02 2021-11-02 Kathleen J. Williamson Amalgamated handheld vacuum appliance dusting attachment

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US986245A (en) * 1910-05-05 1911-03-07 John S Thurman Vacuum cleaning-tool.
US1403524A (en) * 1916-06-05 1922-01-17 Daniel B Replogle Pneumatic cleaner or suction tool
US1694257A (en) * 1927-05-20 1928-12-04 Hagopian Serpoohie Dust or dirt removing apparatus
US2101222A (en) * 1936-02-18 1937-12-07 Mccracken Leonard Oren Vacuum cleaner appliance
SE7416373L (de) * 1974-01-10 1975-07-11 Eric G Doubleday
EP0095532A1 (de) * 1982-05-27 1983-12-07 Easy Reach International, Inc. Zusatzgerät für Staubsaugerrohr

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WO2001065989A3 (en) * 2000-03-03 2001-12-27 Dyson Ltd Hose and wand assembly
US7036183B2 (en) 2000-03-03 2006-05-02 Dyson Limited Hose and wand assembly
GB2415607A (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-04 Paul Butler Vacuum cleaner attachment for restricted areas
EP1611828A1 (de) * 2004-07-02 2006-01-04 The Beechie Company LLC Verbindungssystem einer Vakuumanlage zur Reinigung von Gegenständen im Haushalt
GB2428561A (en) * 2005-08-01 2007-02-07 Bosch Gmbh Robert A vacuum cleaner accessory tool
GB2428561B (en) * 2005-08-01 2007-10-31 Bosch Gmbh Robert Vacuum cleaner handpiece
CN104013358A (zh) * 2014-05-09 2014-09-03 苏州艾利欧电器有限公司 一种底部刷
CN104013358B (zh) * 2014-05-09 2016-12-07 苏州艾利欧电器有限公司 一种底部刷
US10631696B1 (en) 2016-03-04 2020-04-28 Kathleen J. Williamson Multi-chamber vacuum cleaner dusting attachment with independent adjustable accordion hose
US10849475B1 (en) 2016-03-04 2020-12-01 Kathleen J. Williamson Vacuum appliance dusting attachment with telescoping flexing brush and independent adjustable accordion hose attachment with handle ends
US11064854B2 (en) 2016-05-31 2021-07-20 Darius Development Limited Cleaner attachment device
US11160426B1 (en) 2017-03-02 2021-11-02 Kathleen J. Williamson Amalgamated handheld vacuum appliance dusting attachment

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