| US 7,578,026 B2 | ||
| Vacuum cleaner | ||
| Holger Lepold, Nellmersbach (Germany); Alessandro Albanello, Stuttgart (Germany); Peter Langer, Schwaikheim (Germany); Uli Haeussermann, Fellbach (Germany); and Roland Jeutter, Berglen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG, Winnenden (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/323,479. | ||
| Application 11/323479 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP03/13533, filed on Dec. 02, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 103 30 910 (DE), filed on Jul. 07, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0156507 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47L 9/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 15—347 [15/350] | 23 Claims |
| 1. Vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a housing having a dirt chamber which is closable by a cover,
a suction socket extending into the dirt chamber,
a filter bag insertable into the dirt chamber, an inlet opening of the filter bag being connectable to the suction socket,
and
the suction socket being held on the housing so as to be displaceable back and forth between a position in which the suction
socket extends into the inlet opening of the filter bag and a position in which the suction socket releases the inlet opening,
a pivot lever adapted to be pivoted about a longitudinal axis of the suction socket and coupled to the suction socket via
a guide mechanism,
wherein the suction socket is displaceable back and forth in an axial direction by pivoting of the pivot lever.
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