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EP 0845237 B1 20000405 - Vacuum cleaner

Title (en)

Vacuum cleaner

Title (de)

Staubsauger

Title (fr)

Aspirateur

Publication

EP 0845237 B1 20000405 (EN)

Application

EP 96119228 A 19961129

Priority

EP 96119228 A 19961129

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0845237A1] A vacuum cleaner includes an optical dust sensor (3) for detecting a quantity of dust which sensor is provided at a predetermined position of a suction path (73) for sucking air by a suction force of the vacuum cleaner, an output signal is supplied to a display device (2) so that a display corresponding to the quantity of the sucked dust, which signal is output from the optical dust sensor and is varied in stageless condition corresponding to the quantity of the dust. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A47L 9/28

IPC 8 full level

A47L 9/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47L 9/2815 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0845237 A1 19980603; EP 0845237 B1 20000405; DE 69607629 D1 20000511; DE 69607629 T2 20001019

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 96119228 A 19961129; DE 69607629 T 19961129