Patent ID: 7883116

Claim:
A telescopic tube for an electric household appliance, comprising: a first outer tube; a second inner tube slidable inside said first outer tube from a first closed configuration to a second extended configuration; and electricity conduction means comprising: a) an elongate guide body comprised of a non electrically conductive material having a first end and a second end; b) a locking member configured to connect the first end of said elongated guide body to said second inner tube so that said elongated guide body is connected to said second inner tube in a substantially cantilever manner; c) an outer channel connected to an outer surface of said first outer tube, said outer channel being provided for slidingly receiving said elongated guide body; d) a pair of hollow tubular electric conductors contained in said elongated guide body; and e) a corresponding pair of substantially rigid rod electric conductors which are able to slide, at least partially, within said tubular electric conductors so that each rod electric conductor is in contact with the inner surface of a corresponding tubular electric conductor; wherein said rod electric conductors comprise contact members engaging said tubular electric conductors so that each rod electric conductor is in sliding telescopic electric contact with the inner surface of the corresponding tubular electric conductor; and, wherein said tubular electric conductors are in the form of electrically conductive tubes embedded in said elongated guide body.