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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Heribert Schwarz, Bad Neustadt, DE;
Thomas Seith, Bad Neustadt, DE;
Artur Weigand, Niederlauer, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for sucking up particles to be collected, in which at least one collecting compartment for collecting these particles is connected via an inlet opening of a partition to a suction device located inside at least one accommodating compartment. The collecting compartment is connected to the suction device in a manner that enables an airflow to be guided from the collecting compartment to the suction device. The partition contains, as an inlet opening, an air guiding funnel whose inlet surface forms a significant portion of the partition surface.