Patent ID: 6345408
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A nozzle unit for an electric vacuum cleaner, comprising:a body case having a nozzle open toward a surface to be cleaned, the body case having a substantially rectangular shape; a first pipe that has a first air flow passage for allowing passage of a flow of air sucked in through the nozzle and that is coupled to the body case so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to a direction of longer sides of the nozzle, the first pipe having a pivotally sliding portion that slides along the body case as the first pipe rotates, the pivotally sliding portion arranged inside the body case; and a second pipe rotatably coupled to the first pipe, the second pipe having a second air flow passage that communicates with the first air passage, wherein the first and second air flow passages are arranged substantially along a straight line, and the second pipe is rotatably mounted to said first pipe about a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the first air flow passage.