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EP 0197962 B1 19881228 - VACUUM CLEANER HOSE

Title (en)

VACUUM CLEANER HOSE

Publication

EP 0197962 B1 19881228 (EN)

Application

EP 85904693 A 19850913

Priority

SE 8404933 A 19841002

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO8601990A1] A vacuum cleaner hose comprising a flexible shell of plastics material which is provided with one slectric wire or several wires secured to the shell all along their length. The electric wire (15) comprises a core of soft non-conductive material about which one filament or several filaments of conductive material are helically wound.

IPC 1-7

A47L 9/24

IPC 8 full level

A47L 9/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47L 9/24 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 8601990 A1 19860410; DE 3566948 D1 19890202; EP 0197962 A1 19861022; EP 0197962 B1 19881228; JP S62500287 A 19870205; SE 447444 B 19861117; SE 8404933 D0 19841002; SE 8404933 L 19860403

DOCDB simple family (application)

SE 8500348 W 19850913; DE 3566948 T 19850913; EP 85904693 A 19850913; JP 50411185 A 19850913; SE 8404933 A 19841002