Patent ID: 6508867
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner comprising:a housing, a suction unit arranged in said housing, a suction pipe entering the housing and being connected to a suction side of the suction unit via a closed dirt collecting container adapted to be inserted into the housing and, when in the inserted position, being connected to the suction pipe in a sealed manner via an intake opening and being connected to the suction side of the suction unit in a sealed manner via an extraction opening, the dirt collecting container being at least partially fillable with a fluid into which a feed pipe enters, said feed pipe extending from the intake opening into the fluid at a point of entry, the dirt collecting container comprising a lower portion which is open at the upper end and is closed by means of a removable cover, deflector surfaces being arranged above the fluid, said surfaces forming a multiply-deflected flow path for a suction current passed through the fluid between the upper surface of the fluid and said extraction opening, said point of entry being overhung by a hood through which the feed pipe is fed and which dips into the fluid at one end while an opposite end thereof is located outside the fluid, and the end of the hood that dips into the fluid extending to a base of the dirt collecting container so that the suction current entering the fluid cannot pass therethrough.