Vacuum cleaner, especially floor vacuum cleaner

US8601640B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MIELE & CIE. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andre Bertram · Bielefeld, DE
• Volker Gerth · Steinheim, DE
• Olivier Liebig · Bielefeld, DE
• Rainer Schultz · Seevetal, DE
• Heiko Stork · Herford, DE
• Dirk Wegener · Bielefeld, DE
• Manfred Gerhards · Euskirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L9/2884
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a motor-driven suction fan disposed in the housing, a fan motor and a power supply device configured to provide power supply to the fan motor. The vacuum cleaner also includes both a rechargeable battery and cord reel permanently integrated in the housing such that the vacuum cleaner is configured to be alternately operable in a battery mode and a mains mode.