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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Byung-jo Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Yun-hee Park, Gwangju, KR;
Inventors:
Byung-Jo Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Yun-Hee Park, Gwangju, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Gwangju, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a passage-conversion valve assembly for a vacuum cleaner, having a valve member having a socket for a hose nozzle and mounted in an air passage in a cleaner body, a resilient member mounted in the air passage to resiliently bias the valve member in one direction, and an actuator mounted to one sidewall of the air passage to push the valve member in an opposite direction to the resilience by the resilient member when the hose nozzle is mounted to the socket.