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An improved wand for connecting a vacuum cleaner and power nozzle is disclosed. The wand includes a sheath, an upper wand assembly received in the sheath and detachably connected to the vacuum cleaner hose handle, and a lower wand assembly received in the sheath and releasably connected therein to t

An improved wand for connecting a vacuum cleaner and power nozzle is disclosed. The wand includes a sheath, an upper wand assembly received in the sheath and detachably connected to the vacuum cleaner hose handle, and a lower wand assembly received in the sheath and releasably connected therein to the upper wand assembly. A resilient plug body is provided for attachment to the hose handle to be connected to the cord of the sheath. The plug body contains at least two electrical connectors separated by a slit to provide a limited degree of flexibility in the plug body to insure a good connection despite any possible minor misaligment with the opposing connectors on the cord. The upper end of the lower wand assembly has a leaf spring with a button on its underside protruding through a hole in the lower wand assembly to engage a similar hole in the upper wand assembly. The sheath has an axially slidable cam element for sliding under and raising the free end of the spring another version, the wand assemblies are connected by means of an omega spring in the upper assembly having a button protruding through holes in both assemblies. In this version, the sheath has a depressable release element having an S-spring on its underside to depress the omega spring and release the lower assembly.

대표청구항 ▼

A wand for connecting a vacuum cleaner and a power nozzle, said wand comprising: a sheath having first and second ends; an upper wand assembly removably received in said first end of said sheath, said upper wand assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end of said upper wand assembly

A wand for connecting a vacuum cleaner and a power nozzle, said wand comprising: a sheath having first and second ends; an upper wand assembly removably received in said first end of said sheath, said upper wand assembly having a first end and a second end, said first end of said upper wand assembly being adapted to be detachably connected to a hose handle of such a vacuum cleaner; a lower wand assembly having a first end removably received in said second end of said sheath and in releasable locking engagement with said second end of said upper wand assembly, and having a second end adapted to be connected to a power nozzle; said upper wand assembly having a hole formed therein adjacent said second end thereof; said first end of said lower wand assembly being adapted to be received in said second end of said sheath and telescoped about said second end of said upper wand assembly; leaf spring means having one end secured to said first end of said lower wand assembly and having adjacent its other end a button for engaging said hole in said upper wand assembly for detachably connecting said upper and lower wand assemblies; and cam means adjacent said second end of said upper wand assembly when said upper and lower wand assemblies are in said releasable locking engagement, said cam means being movable axially of said upper wand assembly from a position remote from said other end of said leaf spring means to an axial position between said other end of said leaf spring means and said button and a radial position between said leaf spring means and said upper wand assembly to space said other end of said leaf spring means radially away from said upper and lower wand assemblies to disengage said button from said upper wand assembly.