Patent ID: 6486396
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A telescoping vacuum wand for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:a telescoping wand body including an inner vacuum pipe variably slidably received at least partly within an outer vacuum pipe coaxially along a longitudinal axis; a cord magazine chamber provided on said outer vacuum pipe; a slider with a cord guide opening, arranged slidable parallel to said longitudinal axis in said magazine chamber; a cord receiver element that is fixed relative to said inner vacuum pipe and extends variably slidably into said magazine chamber parallel to said longitudinal axis on a first side of said slider; and an electrical cord with a first cord end fixed relative to said inner vacuum pipe, a second cord end fixed relative to said outer vacuum pipe, a first loop bend fixed to a free end of said cord receiver element in said magazine chamber, a second loop bend passing through said cord guide opening of said slider, a first cord portion extending from said first cord end along said cord receiver element to said first loop bend, a second cord portion extending from said first loop bend to said second loop bend between said cord receiver element and said slider, and a third cord portion extending from said second loop bend toward said second cord end on a second side of said slider opposite said cord receiver element.