Patent ID: 7836547

Claim:
Vacuum cleaner comprising: a handle having a pipe socket, a suction pipe having a nozzle on a free end of thereof, an adapter, a first end of which accommodates and end region of the vacuum cleaner suction pipe and a second end of which is coupled to the pipe socket of the handle via a detachable locking means, a flexible hose, and electrical couplings forming an electrically conductive connection from the nozzle of the suction pipe, via the vacuum cleaner suction pipe, the adapter, the handle, and the flexible vacuum hose to a power supply of the vacuum cleaner, wherein the adapter is formed of at least two shells which are pivotably connected together via a film hinge which runs parallel to a lengthwise axis of the suction pipe, free end regions of the shells being detachably braced against facing end regions of the suction pipe via a screw connection in a mounted position thereof.