Patent ID: 8147216

Claim:
A motor-pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning appliance, comprising: an electric motor, a pump, the pump having a suction inlet for taking in a liquid and a pressure outlet for discharging a pressurized liquid, the electric motor comprising a motor housing which is enclosed by a cooling housing, a cavity formed between the motor housing and the cooling housing, wherein a cooling liquid is fed to the cavity via a cooling-housing inflow and conducted away from the cavity via a cooling-housing outflow, and the cooling-housing outflow being in flow connection with the suction inlet, and a connecting device disposed laterally alongside the pump, external to the cooling housing, and having: a first connection, which is connected in a releasable manner to the cooling-housing inflow via a first flow channel, and a second connection, which is connected in a releasable manner to the cooling-housing outflow via a second flow channel and is connected to the suction inlet.