Dayco Products, Inc.

Lowell T Noyes

Homer N Holden

Philip K Loyer

Janos J Legrady

A vacuum cleaner hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the vacuum cleaner hose construction comprising an elongated vacuum hose having an electrical conductor extending therealong and being provided with an end portion, and an electrical connector carried by the hose and being fixed to the end portion, the connector having a pair of spaced apart knife-like portions each being provided with opposed edges defining sides of a slot therein that has an open end and a closed end, the knife-like portions of the connector having the open ends of the slots thereof facing in the same direction and being interconnected together at one end thereof to an intermediate part of the connector whereby the portions and the part define a U-shaped configuration that has a bight facing in the same direction as the open end of the slots, the end portion being disposed in the slots of the connector and being wedged between the opposed edges thereof for providing electrical connection therebetween, the connector having a holding unit carried thereby and disposed adjacent the conductor to hold the conductor in the slots by trapping the conductor between the holding unit and the closed ends of the slots, the holding unit comprising a U-shaped holding member having a pair of spaced apart legs and a cross member interconnecting the legs together, the legs being respectively disposed adjacent the knife-like portions and between the same, the bight of the U-shaped holding member facing in the same direction as the bight of the connector.

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Lowell T Noyes