Patent ID: 6136056
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A connection member for a filter bag for vacuum cleaning equipment, comprising a tabular base that comprises two superposed base layers of stiff material which together define a first passage opening extending through both said base layers, and a slide element that defines a second passage opening and that is located between said base layers and that can be longitudinally displaced relative to said base, said slide element having on one side of the second passage opening a handle portion projecting from said base and, on the other side of the second passage opening, said slide element is connected to a closure means in such a manner that the slide element may be moved from an initial position, in which the second passage opening is in registration with the first passage opening into a closed position in which said closure means closes the first passage opening, wherein, said closure means comprises a strand of plastic material that extends transversely in initial state, said plastic material not being fully cured and adapted to plastically deform on the application of a tensile force, said plastic material adhering one a first side to said slide element and on a second side to said base and, on movement of the slide element into the closed position, said plastic material stretches in a longitudinal direction and is drawn out as a diaphragm the first passage opening.