Patent ID: 7559112
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A passage-conversion valve assembly for a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a valve member having a socket for a hose nozzle and mounted in an air passage in a cleaner body, wherein the valve member comprises a duct part having a bent air path and a protrusion part connected to one end of the duct part; a resilient member mounted in the air passage to resiliently bias the valve member in one direction; and an actuator mounted to one sidewall of the air passage to push the valve member in an opposite direction to the resilience by the resilient member when the hose nozzle is mounted to the socket, wherein the actuator is pivotably mounted to one sidewall of the air passage to convert a vertical movement of the hose nozzle to a horizontal movement of the valve member.