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Vacuum cleaner hose end structure

US4018493A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 1975
Grant dateApr 19, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 7, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/005
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner hose end structure having a molded end portion secured to a flexible hose portion and a hose end adaptor telescopically received in the molded end portion to define a desired hose end configuration. The hose end adaptor may comprise any one of a plurality of different configuration adaptors. The hose end adaptor further is arranged to retain an electrical connector in association with electrical terminals carried by the molded end portion of the flexible hose to provide a desired electrical terminal configuration which may be selectively male or female. The vacuum cleaner hose may be provided with such selectively arranged hose end structures at each of its opposite ends.

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