Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Masakazu Onda

Hidenori Kitamura

Yuichi Shimizu

Saburo Kajikawa

Akihiro Hirano

Masashi Okushima

Sadahiro Shimada

Hirokazu Nagaoka

Tetsuharu Nomachi

Koji Yamamura

Seiji Ishikawa

Kazuma Suoh

Yasunori Tsuzaki

A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.

Vacuum cleaner capable of compressing dirt

An electric vacuum cleaner includes a main body. A hose is connected to the main body. A motor-drive brush is provided in a floor nozzle. An extension pipe connects the floor nozzle and one end of the hose. An electric conductor is located in the extension pipe. The extension pipe includes an outer tube, an inner tube, a first electric connection terminal, a second electric connection terminal, a first conductor casing, and a second conductor casing. The first electric connection terminal is pfovided on one end of the outer tube. The second electric connection terminal is provided on one end of the inner tube. The inner tube slidably extends into the outer tube. The electric conductor is connected between the first electric connection terminal and the second electric connection terminal. The electric conductor is accommodated in the first conductor casing and the second conductor casing. The first conductor casing is provided on the outer tube. The second conductor casing is provided on the inner tube. The outer tube has a dust suction passage. The inner tube has a dust suction passage. The first conductor casing has an interior isolated from the dust suction passage in the outer tube. The second conductor casing has an interior isolated from the dust suction passage in the inner tube.

Electric vacuum cleaner

Growing community of inventors

Yokaichi, Japan

Masakazu Onda