Patent ID: 6519810
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner, comprising a body provided with motorized suction means, a suction nozzle unit for sucking dust-laden air using suction force generated from said suction means, and an extension pipe connecting said suction nozzle unit to said body and directing the dust-laden air under pressure from the suction nozzle unit into the body, wherein said suction nozzle unit comprises:a nozzle casing provided with a suction nozzle for sucking the dust-laden air into the casing, said nozzle casing also having a mounting unit provided with a fitting bore communicating with said suction nozzle; a hollow suction pipe having a first end portion removably fitted into said fitting bore, said first end portion including a dusting brush part formed along a lower edge thereof, the dusting brush being removably received within said fitting bore of said mounting unit of said nozzle casing, said suction pipe further having a second end portion; locking means for removably locking said suction pipe to the mounting unit of the nozzle casing; and connection means for connecting said second end portion of said suction pipe to said extension pipe while allowing the extension pipe to be tiltable upward and downward and horizontally rotatable relative to the suction pipe.