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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Yutaka Tomooka, Takatsuki, JP;
Yasuhiro Oka, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electric vacuum cleaner includes: a catching mechanism disposed in the appliance housing for detachably catching a dust collecting bag for collecting dust, dirt and the like; a releasing lever allowing a releasing operation from the outside to free the engaged state of the dust collecting bag in the catching mechanism; and/or two type of accessory suction nozzles including a brush-equipped suction nozzle with bristles and a gap-cleaning suction nozzle having an elongate nozzle portion for cleaning gaps; and a depressed storage portion for fitting accessory suction nozzles in the appliance body. In this configuration, the suction nozzles can be attached to the depressed storage portion by inserting the nozzle portion of the gap-cleaning suction nozzle into the brush-equipped suction nozzle and fitting the integrally fitted part consisting of the brush-equipped suction nozzle and the gap-cleaning suction nozzle, into the depressed storage portion.
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