US 7,472,454 B2
	Vacuum cleaner comprising a cable compartment
Silvio Hamm, Suelzfeld (Germany); Roland Illig, Heustreu (Germany); and Thomas Strehler, Bad Neustadt (Germany)
Assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/587,669 PCT Filed Jan. 26, 2005, PCT No. PCT/EP2005/050323 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 26, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/072590, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 004 860 (DE), filed on Jan. 30, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0180647 A1, Aug. 09, 2007
Int. Cl. A47L 5/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 15—323  [15/327.2]

18 Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising a housing containing a housing part for receiving components of electrical appliances and a dust compartment which can be closed by a dust compartment cover that is pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a closed position wherein the dust compartment is closed and an open position wherein the dust compartment is opened, said cover being provided with a socket for the electrical supply of additional appliances, said socket being connected to an electrical cable leading out of the housing part, wherein the housing is provided with a cable compartment for automatically inserting a section of the electrical cable during pivoting of the dust compartment cover from the open position to the closed position which closes the dust compartment.