(19)
(11) EP 1 656 874 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/20

(21) Application number: 05024573.7

(22) Date of filing: 10.11.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47L 9/28(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

(30) Priority: 12.11.2004 JP 2004328752

(71) Applicant: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd
Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Fujiwara, Toshiaki
    Higashiomi-shi Shiga 527-0092 (JP)

(74) Representative: Turi, Michael et al
SAMSON & PARTNER Widenmayerstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Vacuum cleaner with motor overheating safety device


(57) A vacuum cleaner includes an electric motor for driving a rotational brush for brushing dust particles from a surface to be cleaned, an electric blower for generating a suction air stream for sucking in the dust particles, a dust chamber for collecting the dust particles therein, a motor controller for controlling the electric motor, an input controller for controlling the electric blower, a current detector for detecting a current flowing through the motor controller, and a temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the electric motor. If the temperature of the electric motor increases over a predetermined temperature value, the electric motor is stopped and the stoppage of the electric motor is detected by the current detector.







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