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(11) EP 1 839 548 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.11.2007 Bulletin 2007/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/40

(21) Application number: 07006705.3

(22) Date of filing: 30.03.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47L 9/02(2006.01)
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 MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 31.03.2006 JP 2006098840

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tsuchiya, Norihiro c/o Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Shiromi 1-chome Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 540-6319 (JP)

(74) Representative: Samson & Partner 
Widenmayerstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Vacuum cleaner suction unit and electric vacuum cleaner equipped with same


(57) A vacuum cleaner suction unit (14) includes an outer case (12-13); and an opening portion (14a,14b) passed through in a vertical direction, the opening portion formed by the outer case. Further, a direction of a longer side in the opening portions corresponds to a direction of a width of the suction unit. The vacuum cleaner suction unit further includes a guard member (91) made of a flexible material provided at an inner periphery of the opening portion. In addition, a vacuum cleaner suction unit includes an outer case; an opening portion formed by the outer case; and a recess portion provided at the opening portion by forming a closed surface (91) at the opening portion.







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