Patent ID: 8826491

Claim:
A vacuum cleaning appliance having a stand which is movable along a floor surface, and a suction device having a device upper part which is mounted on the stand, and a dirt collection container situated beneath the device upper part, the stand having at least one lifting device and an actuating element which is pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis for raising and lowering the dirt collection container, which in its raised position abuts against the device upper part in a flow-tight manner, and in its lowered position is situated at a distance from the device upper part and rests on the floor surface, wherein the actuating element is configured as a push bar which is adapted to be gripped by the user in a standing posture in order to move the vacuum cleaning appliance, and is upwardly pivotable about the pivot axis by at most 135° in order to lower the dirt collection container, wherein the push bar is lockable in the raised position of the dirt collection container, wherein the vacuum cleaning appliance has at least one locking element which is movable back and forth between a locked position, in which the push bar is locked, and a released position in which the push bar is pivotable, and wherein when the dirt collection container is raised, the at least one locking element is automatically movable into its locked position by pivoting the push bar.