Intake nozzle and vacuum cleaner having the same

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EP 1 621 125 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/18

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.02.2006 Bulletin 2006/05

(21)	Application number: 05254803.9

(22)	Date of filing: 01.08.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A47L 9/04^(2006.01)

A47L 9/00^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

30.07.2004 KR 2004060413

(71)	Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
	Yongdungpo-gu Seoul (KR)

(72)	Inventor:
	Lee, Dong Youl, 102-402 Seojin Apt. Masan-si, Gyeongsangnam-co (KR)

(74)	Representative: Palmer, Jonathan R.
	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road GB-London WC1X 8BT GB-London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	Intake nozzle and vacuum cleaner having the same

(57) An intake nozzle (100) and vacuum cleaner having the same are disclosed, by which a rotational speed of an agitator is variable. The present invention includes a nozzle case (110), a first air intake port (120) provided to a bottom of the nozzle case to suck an air containing dust by an air intake force generated from driving an air intake device, an agitator (130) rotatably provided to the first air intake port (120) to agitate the dust on a floor, and a speed adjusting device varying a rotational speed of the agitator (130).

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