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A suction cleaner, wherein the interior of a container thereof is divided into two chambers, namely, the first chamber and the second chamber, by a partition, and the first chamber accommodates a suction fan, a filter member and a dust-receiving box installed therein while the second chamber randoml

A suction cleaner, wherein the interior of a container thereof is divided into two chambers, namely, the first chamber and the second chamber, by a partition, and the first chamber accommodates a suction fan, a filter member and a dust-receiving box installed therein while the second chamber randomly stores a suction hose, the rear end of said hose being rotatably supported within an opening provided in said partition while the front end of said hose projects out of an opening provided on one side of said container; a device for the paying-out and hauling-in of the hose is installed adjacent the inside of said opening provided on the container; lead wires are provided for the hose along the whole length thereof, the front end of said lead wires being connected with a switch mounted on the hose while the rear end of the same being connected with a ring contact provided on the hose; said movable contact is devised to be in touch with a fixed contact provided on the partition; and said fixed contact is connected with the controlling circuits of the driving power sources.

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In a suction cleaner, the combination comprising: housing means defining a compartment therein, said housing means including an interior partition dividing said compartment into first and second chambers, said interior partition having a first opening therein providing communication between said fir

In a suction cleaner, the combination comprising: housing means defining a compartment therein, said housing means including an interior partition dividing said compartment into first and second chambers, said interior partition having a first opening therein providing communication between said first and second chambers, and said housing means having a second opening formed therein and communicating with said second chamber; suction means, filter means and dust receiving means disposed in said first chamber; an elongated flexible suction hose stored within said second chamber in a random manner, said suction hose having the front end portion thereof projecting outwardly through said second opening, the rear end portion of said hose being associated with said first opening so that said hose communicates with said first chamber; connecting means coacting between said inerior partition and the rear end portion of said hose for axially anchoring the rear end portion of said hose to said interior partition; drive means for causing said hose to be paid out or hauled in through said second opening, said drive means including a drive motor drivingly connected to a reversible rotatable roller rotatably supported adjacent said second opening and positioned for engagement with said hose for causing said hose to be paid out or hauled in through said second opening depending upon the direction of rotation of said roller; and first and second electrical lead wires provided on the hose along the length thereof, switch means mounted on the hose adjacent the front end portion thereof and connected to the front ends of said first and second lead wires, the rear ends of said lead wires being correspondingly connected to first and second ones of a first pair of electrical contacts which are mounted on said hose adjacent the rear end portion thereof, the rear end portion of said hose being rotatable relative to said interior partition so that said first pair of contacts are movable relative to said interior partition, a second pair of contacts provided on said interior partition and disposed for continuous engagement with said first pair of contacts, and circuitry means electrically connecting said second pair of contacts to said drive motor and said suction means.