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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Ludger Graute, Essen, DE;
Heinrich Iglseder, Rodenberg, DE;
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a suction device attachment ( ) comprising a suction channel ( ), whereby a component ( ) whose insertion is to be monitored is disposed in said suction channel. A valve (V) having a movable closing body ( ) in the form of a valve ball ( ) that is freely retained in a valve chamber ( ) is mounted behind the component ( ) in the direction of flow (R). The invention aims at ensuring reliable insertion of such a vacuum cleaner attachment that is disposed in such a way as to protect against jamming, destruction or manipulation and that stops the volumetric suction flow when no component or a wrong component is inserted. To this end, an inlet cross section of the valve chamber ( ), which is reduced by the insertion of the component ( ) to be monitored, provokes a sufficient flow deflection (S) so as to move the valve (V) to the opening position, whereby the cross section of the hole is so large that the valve ball ( ) is pressed into its closing position by the pressure of the flow when the component ( ) is not inserted.