Global Patent Index - EP 1836941 B1

EP 1836941 B1 20140212 - Electric vacuum cleaner

Title (en)

Electric vacuum cleaner

Title (de)

Elektrischer Staubsauger

Title (fr)

Aspirateur électrique

Publication

EP 1836941 B1 20140212 (EN)

Application

EP 07004691 A 20070307

Priority

  • JP 2006068898 A 20060314
  • JP 2006073826 A 20060317

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1836941A2] An electric vacuum cleaner, including: a dust separating section (52) to separate a dust sucked from a suction opening with air; a dust-collecting chamber (73) for collecting the dust separated at the dust separating section (52); a light emitting diode (D1) for emitting a light into the dust-collecting chamber (73); a light receiving diode (D2) for receiving the light through the dust-collecting chamber (73); a control device (200) for judging an amount of the dust through the suction opening /or judging whether or not the dust collected in the dust-collecting chamber (73) reached to a predetermined amount based on a light receiving condition of the light receiving device (D2); a display unit (17) for displaying the amount of the dust judged with the judging device and a alarm device (1000) for alarming in response with the judging amount detected by the control device (200).

IPC 8 full level

A47L 9/19 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

A47L 9/10 (2013.01 - KR); A47L 9/19 (2013.01 - EP KR US); A47L 9/2815 (2013.01 - EP US); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01 - EP US); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1836941 A2 20070926; EP 1836941 A3 20091021; EP 1836941 B1 20140212; KR 20070093850 A 20070919; RU 2007109267 A 20080920; RU 2359604 C2 20090627; US 2007214597 A1 20070920

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 07004691 A 20070307; KR 20070024450 A 20070313; RU 2007109267 A 20070313; US 71686207 A 20070312