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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Masaki Shibuya, Matsusaka, JP;
Koichi Fujita, Yokaichi, JP;
Masakuni Soejima, Shiga, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A suction unit for use in an electric vacuum cleaner and an electric vacuum cleaner includes a floor nozzle and a mini nozzle detachably secured to the floor nozzle. When a suction head of the mini nozzle is secured to the floor nozzle, an air communication is provided therebetween. Further, the mini nozzle is provided with an ion generating unit.