Patent ID: 8205911

Claim:
Telescoping tube system for a vacuum cleaner, comprising: an inner jacket tube, an outer jacket tube, an inner suction tube, an outer suction tube, and a cable, wherein the inner jacket tube has a smaller cross section than the outer jacket tube, the inner jacket tube being connected to the outer jacket tube so as to form a telescoping jacket channel, wherein the inner suction tube is located in the jacket channel, wherein the cable is guided within the jacket channel outside the inner suction tube, wherein the outer suction tube and the inner suction tube form an essentially closed suction channel within the jacket channel; and wherein a first connection element is provided on an end of the inner suction tube facing away from the outer suction tube and there is a second connection element on an end of the outer suction tube facing away from the inner suction tube, and wherein the inner suction tube is connected to the outer jacket tube by way of the first connection element and the outer suction tube is connected to the inner jacket tube by way of the second connection element.