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EP 1407707 A3 20050323 - Suction hose

Title (en)

Suction hose

Title (de)

Saugschlauch

Title (fr)

Tuyau d'aspiration

Publication

EP 1407707 A3 20050323 (DE)

Application

EP 03019815 A 20030830

Priority

DE 10247661 A 20021011
DE 10305869 A 20030213

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1407707A2] The hose, in particular, in the form of a corrugated suction hose for vacuum cleaners consists of helically wound plastic profiles (1') which are shaped so that their sections (6) provide a partial or complete internal cover on the corrugation waves (4).

IPC 1-7

A47L 9/24

IPC 8 full level

A47L 9/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47L 9/24 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] US 4471813 A 19840918 - COTHRAN LIGGETT A [US]
[X] US 5007462 A 19910416 - KANAO SHIRO [JP]
[A] DE 3636168 A1 19880428 - LICENTIA GMBH [DE]
[X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 11 30 September 1999 (1999-09-30)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1407707 A2 20040414; EP 1407707 A3 20050323

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 03019815 A 20030830