Patent ID: 7765637

Claim:
A manually guided suction apparatus for suctioning up material via a suction air stream, comprising: a suction fan that is driven by a drive motor, wherein said suction fan includes a fan wheel and a fan housing that surrounds said fan wheel, wherein said fan housing is provided with an intake opening, wherein a removal opening for material that is adapted to be sucked up is disposed upstream of said intake opening in an intake channel that is adapted to guide the suction air stream toward said suction fan, wherein said removal opening is adapted to empty into a collection bag that is adapted to be closed off in an essentially flow-tight manner, and wherein the suction air stream in said intake channel is adapted to be guided past said removal opening; a storage chamber; an endless tube that is adapted to be folded up to form a supply portion that is adapted to be stored in said storage chamber, wherein proceeding from said storage chamber, a container portion of said endless tube forms the collection bag; and a weight support for the collection bag that is adapted to prevent said supply portion from being pulled out of said storage chamber.