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EP0537457B1 - Vacuum cleaner adjustable length tube - Google Patents

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EP0537457B1
EP0537457B1 EP92114843A EP92114843A EP0537457B1 EP 0537457 B1 EP0537457 B1 EP 0537457B1 EP 92114843 A EP92114843 A EP 92114843A EP 92114843 A EP92114843 A EP 92114843A EP 0537457 B1 EP0537457 B1 EP 0537457B1
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Manfred Rietzke
Ernst Endres
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • the invention relates to a variable-length intake manifold according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a known length-adjustable suction tube of this type (US-A-3 351 363) has two tubes which are displaceably mounted one inside the other, the inner tube not only having a guide groove which extends in the axial direction but also a plurality of locking notches which are arranged at a distance from one another in the axial direction.
  • the inner tube carries a seal which bears against the inner wall of the outer tube and guides the inner tube in a centered manner.
  • the end of the outer tube overlapping the inner tube is unchanged in diameter from its remaining length and is enclosed by a sleeve which sits tightly thereon and extends axially beyond the free end of the outer tube in question and forms a guide piece for a spherical locking member.
  • the inner tube has locking notches which are arranged at a distance from one another in the axial direction and cooperate with the locking member for the purpose of axially locking the two tubes.
  • a sleeve-shaped locking member is also mounted coaxially displaceably against the force of a spring on the sleeve. In its rest position, this locking member holds the locking member in engagement with one of the locking notches, thereby counteracting the two tubes Axial displacement are locked in the selected axial extended position.
  • the locking member is released in the radial direction, so that it is lifted radially when the tubes are axially adjusted and is only secured against radial adjustment again by the locking member when the locking member has fallen into one of the locking notches.
  • a disadvantage of this construction is the need to arrange two cylindrical sleeves with a sufficient radial gap for accommodating return springs coaxially with the outer tube, which results in a substantial increase in diameter in the area of the locking arrangement. The effort for creating and assembling the components is also considerable.
  • a sleeve on the outer jacket of the outer pipe fixed which engages with a cylindrical extension as a guide piece, the inner tube to be inserted into the outer tube.
  • the inner tube has locking notches which are arranged at a distance in the axial direction and in which a roller-shaped locking member engages radially in the locking position. In the locking position, this locking member is held by means of a rotary knob, the axis of rotation of which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube.
  • the invention has for its object to take measures in a suction pipe according to the preamble of claim 1, through which a simplified structure is achieved.
  • a suction pipe there is no need to widen the outer pipe in the region of the latching device, so that the outer pipe can run freely with the same diameter.
  • the adapted guide piece In the jacket of the outer tube, only an opening is required for the adapted guide piece, which is secured therein against displacement in the axial and in the circumferential direction.
  • the guide piece is preferably supported in its edge area on the outer edge of the opening so that it cannot slip into contact with the inner tube.
  • the guide piece with the inserted locking element is secured by a slid-on sleeve, which encloses the jacket of the outer tube and also the guide piece.
  • the sleeve is arranged in an unadjustable manner with respect to the outer tube and, if necessary, is fastened directly to it.
  • the locking member is designed as a separately adjustable component and is connected via a connecting piece to an actuating button arranged on the outside of the sleeve for manual actuation.
  • the locking member adjustable against the force of a spring is mounted in particular between the guide piece and the sleeve.
  • a slot in the jacket of the sleeve is required, through which the connector reaches up to the actuation button.
  • the locking member can be adjustable in the circumferential direction if the slot also runs in the circumferential direction and is in particular axially displaceable in the case of an axially extending slot.
  • the sleeve can tightly enclose the outer tube and have a radial shape in the region of the guide piece, which also guide the adjustable locking member and on which the actuating button can be arranged.
  • a sealing ring that can be integrally formed on it or attached to it as a separate component.
  • the sleeve can Wear a radially inward-facing pin that engages in the longitudinal guide groove stamped into the inner tube and prevents relative rotation between the tubes.
  • the sleeve In the axial direction, it is expedient if, on the one hand, it rests with a collar on the front edge of the outer tube and, on the other hand, it engages with the guide piece held in the outer tube, for example via a snap-in connection.
  • a telescopically variable in length suction tube for vacuum cleaners has an inner tube 1 which is provided with an embossed guide groove 2 extending in the axial direction.
  • the locking member 4 engages in the locking position shown in the locking notch and sits in the rest in a cutout 5 of a guide piece 6, which with its edge zone on the outer edge of an opening, in the outer surface of the inner tube 1 with play surrounding outer tube 7 is provided.
  • the guide piece 6 engages in this opening 7.1, positively and tightly and is thus secured against adjustment in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction.
  • the guide piece 6 guides a locking member 8 which is mounted perpendicularly thereto and is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the tube and which can be moved against the force of a spring 9.
  • the locking member 8 engages radially on the outside on the locking member 4 and holds the same in the locking notch 3.
  • the free space is dimensioned so high that the locking member 4 comes out of the effective area of the inner tube 1 or the locking notches 3.
  • the flanks of the locking notches 3 are inclined so that the locking member 4 is automatically lifted out of the locking notch by relative displacement of the tubes 1,7.
  • the free space for the locking member 4 is radially limited by a stop web 10, which can be integrally connected to the locking member 8.
  • the outer tube 7 has the same diameter throughout as far as the inner tube can engage with it.
  • the outer tube 7 carries in the area of the latching device containing the guide piece 6 a sleeve 11 lying tightly against the lateral surface, which has a radial shape 12 only in the area of the guide piece 6 and the locking member 8 held thereon.
  • the shape overlaps the two parts 6, 7 so that they are secured against radial adjustment.
  • the stop web 10 lies on the inside of the formation 12 in a sliding manner.
  • In the formation 12 there is an in Axial direction slot 13 through which a connecting web 14 engages, which is integrally connected to a sliding actuating button 15 arranged on the top of the formation 12 and is in a detachable plug connection with the locking member 8.
  • limiting webs 16 are also formed on the actuating button 15, which engage the guide piece 6 or the locking member 8 designed as a locking slide.
  • the sleeve 11 Since the sleeve 11 tightly encloses the outer tube 7 over half the circumference and the guide piece 6 engages in the adapted radial shape 12, the sleeve 11 is secured against twisting and radial adjustment.
  • it has a stop collar 17 which engages in front of the free end edge 18 of the outer tube end, while the axially opposite end of the sleeve 11 or the formation 12 engages behind the guide piece 6 by means of a radially inwardly directed latching lug 18.
  • the sleeve 11 is thus arranged in an unadjustable manner with respect to the outer tube 7, but can be released again by lifting out the catch 19.
  • a sealing ring 20 which in the present case is integrally connected to the stop collar 17, is used, which surrounds the inner tube tightly and centers and guides it in a slidable manner.
  • a sealing ring 21 is arranged at the end of the inner tube inserted into the outer tube 7, which also bridges the gap between the two tubes 1, 7 and, in addition to an airtight seal, also accomplishes the centering between the tubes 1, 7.
  • the sleeve 11 also carries a radially inwardly directed pin 22 which engages in the guide groove 2 and thus prevents a relative rotation of the tubes 1,7.
  • a suction pipe designed in this way can be assembled in an automatic production device after only the guide piece 6 with the locking member 8 and the spring 9 is to be inserted radially from the outside into the adapted opening in the outer pipe 7 and then only the inner pipe with the sleeve 11 already threaded onto the outer pipe introduced and the sleeve must be pushed onto the outer tube and the attached parts 6,8,9.
  • the actuating button 15 then only needs to be plugged on in the radial direction.
  • a recess 23 adapted to the latching member 4 can be provided in the locking member 8, otherwise the structure being identical, the spring 9 being designed as a tension spring.
  • the pipes 1, 7 can be freely moved axially against one another, the latching member 4 being lifted upward into the recess 23 when there is no latching notch 3 below it. If the actuating button 15 is released when the latching member 4 has fallen into a latching notch 3 and the tension spring 9 z. B. pulled to the right in the drawing until the locking member 8 is above the locking member 4, then the locking member 4 is arvetiert in the locking notch 3 and a further axial displacement of the tubes 1.7 is no longer possible.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein längenveränderbares Saugrohr gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a variable-length intake manifold according to the preamble of claim 1.

Ein bekanntes längenveränderbares Saugrohr dieser Art (US-A-3 351 363) weist zwei ineinander verschiebbar gelagerte Rohre auf, wobei das Innenrohr neben einer sich in Achsrichtung erstreckenden Führungsnut auch mehrere in Achsrichtung mit Abstand voneinander angeordnete Rastkerben aufweist. An dem im Außenrohr liegenden Ende trägt das Innenrohr eine Dichtung, die an der Innenwandung des Außenrohres anliegt und das Innenrohr zentriert führt. Das das Innenrohr übergreifende Ende des Außenrohres ist im Durchmesser gegenüber seiner übrigen Länge unverändert und ist von einer darauf dicht aufsitzenden Hülse umschlossen, die sich über das betreffende freie Ende des Außenrohres axial hinaus erstreckt und ein Führungsstück für ein kugelförmiges Rastglied bildet. Das Innenrohr weist in Achsrichtung mit Abstand voneinander angeordnete Rastkerben auf, die mit dem Rastglied zum Zwecke der axialen Verriegelung der beiden Rohre zusammenwirken. Zur Steuerung des Rastgliedes ist auf der Hülse ein ebenfalls hülsenförmiges Sperrglied koaxial verschiebbar gegen die Kraft einer Feder gelagert. Dieses Sperrglied hält in seiner Ruhelage das Rastglied in Eingriff mit einer der Rastkerben, wodurch die beiden Rohre gegen Axialverschiebung in der jeweils gewählten axialen Auszugsstellung verriegelt sind. Durch axiales Verschieben des Sperrgliedes wird das Rastglied in radialer Richtung freigegeben, so daß es bei einer Axialverstellung der Rohre radial ausgehoben wird und durch das Sperrglied erst wieder gegen Radialverstellung gesichert wird, wenn das Rastglied in eine der Rastkerben eingefallen ist. Von Nachteil ist bei diesem Aufbau die Notwendigkeit, zwei zylindrische Hülsen mit einem ausreichenden radialen Spalt für die Unterbringung von Rückstellfedern koaxial zum Außenrohr anzuordnen, wodurch sich eine wesentliche Durchmesservergrörßerung im Bereich der Verriegelungsanordnung ergibt. Dabei ist auch der Aufwand für die Erstellung und Montage der Bauteile erheblich.A known length-adjustable suction tube of this type (US-A-3 351 363) has two tubes which are displaceably mounted one inside the other, the inner tube not only having a guide groove which extends in the axial direction but also a plurality of locking notches which are arranged at a distance from one another in the axial direction. At the end lying in the outer tube, the inner tube carries a seal which bears against the inner wall of the outer tube and guides the inner tube in a centered manner. The end of the outer tube overlapping the inner tube is unchanged in diameter from its remaining length and is enclosed by a sleeve which sits tightly thereon and extends axially beyond the free end of the outer tube in question and forms a guide piece for a spherical locking member. The inner tube has locking notches which are arranged at a distance from one another in the axial direction and cooperate with the locking member for the purpose of axially locking the two tubes. To control the locking member, a sleeve-shaped locking member is also mounted coaxially displaceably against the force of a spring on the sleeve. In its rest position, this locking member holds the locking member in engagement with one of the locking notches, thereby counteracting the two tubes Axial displacement are locked in the selected axial extended position. By axially moving the locking member, the locking member is released in the radial direction, so that it is lifted radially when the tubes are axially adjusted and is only secured against radial adjustment again by the locking member when the locking member has fallen into one of the locking notches. A disadvantage of this construction is the need to arrange two cylindrical sleeves with a sufficient radial gap for accommodating return springs coaxially with the outer tube, which results in a substantial increase in diameter in the area of the locking arrangement. The effort for creating and assembling the components is also considerable.

Es ist bei einem längerveränderbaren Saugrohr auch bekannt, (DE-A-39 29 399), an einer am Außenmantel des Außenrohres festgesetzten Hülse ein das freie Ende des Außenrohres überragendes Führungsstück einstückig anzuformen, welches das einzuschiebende Innenrohr koaxial umschließt. In das Führungsstück ist ein radial verstellbar gelagerter Betätigungsknopf eingesetzt, der mit einem das Innenrohr umschließenden Rastbügel verbunden ist, welcher radial gegen die Kraft eines im Führungsstück abgestützten Federelements verstellbar ist. An der dem Betätigungsknopf abgewandten Seite greift der Rastbügel in eine der dort in axialer Richtung mit Abstand voneinander angeordneten Rastkerben des Innenrohres ein. Da die Flanken der Rastkerben und der Querschnitt des Rastbügels rund ausgebildet sind, besteht insbesondere beim Auftreten von axialen Stoßkräften die Gefahr, daß sich die Verriegelung löst und die Verrastung in einer benachbarten Rastkerbe unter Verkürzung der aktiven Länge des Saugrohres erfolgt.It is also known in the case of a longer-changeable suction pipe (DE-A-39 29 399) to integrally form a guide piece which projects beyond the free end of the outer pipe and which coaxially surrounds the inner pipe to be inserted, on a sleeve fixed to the outer casing of the outer pipe. A radially adjustable actuating button is inserted into the guide piece, which is connected to a locking bracket which surrounds the inner tube and is adjustable radially against the force of a spring element supported in the guide piece. On the side facing away from the actuating button, the latching bracket engages in one of the latching notches of the inner tube, which are spaced apart in the axial direction there. Since the flanks of the locking notches and the cross section of the locking bracket are round, there is a risk, in particular when axial impact forces occur, that the locking is released and the locking takes place in an adjacent locking notch while shortening the active length of the suction tube.

Bei einem weiteren längenveränderbaren Saugrohr (DE-A-39 17 351) ist eine Hülse am Außenmantel des Außenrohres festgesetzt, die mit einem zylindrischen Fortsatz als Führungsstück das in das Außenrohr einzuschiebende Innenrohr umgreift. Das Innenrohr weist in Achsrichtung mit Abstand angeordnete Rastkerben auf, in welche radial ein walzenförmiges Rastglied in der Verriegelungsstellung eingreift. In der Verriegelungsstellung wird dieses Rastglied mittels eines Drehknopfes gehalten, dessen Drehachse senkrecht zur Rohrlängsachse steht. In der dem Sperrelement zugewandten Stützfläche des Drehknopfes befindet sich eine Quernut, in welche das Rastglied bei entsprechender Drehstellung des Drehknopfes radial ausweichen kann, um aus dem Eingriff mit der betreffenden Rastkerbe zu gelangen und eine Längenveränderung des Saugrohres vornehmen zu können. Das axial über das Außenrohr hinausreichende Führungsstück verkürzt auch hier den aktiv nutzbaren Verstellweg des Innenrohres und der radial gerichtete Verriegelungs-Drehknopf bewirkt eine wesentliche einseitige radiale Durchmesservergrößerung, wobei seine Betätigung quer zur Verschiebebewegung der Rohre erfolgen muß.In a further length-adjustable suction pipe (DE-A-39 17 351) there is a sleeve on the outer jacket of the outer pipe fixed, which engages with a cylindrical extension as a guide piece, the inner tube to be inserted into the outer tube. The inner tube has locking notches which are arranged at a distance in the axial direction and in which a roller-shaped locking member engages radially in the locking position. In the locking position, this locking member is held by means of a rotary knob, the axis of rotation of which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube. In the support surface of the rotary knob facing the locking element there is a transverse groove into which the locking member can move radially when the rotary knob is in the corresponding rotary position in order to be able to disengage from the locking notch in question and to be able to change the length of the suction tube. The guide piece extending axially beyond the outer tube also shortens the actively usable adjustment path of the inner tube and the radially directed locking rotary knob brings about a substantial one-sided radial increase in diameter, its actuation having to take place transversely to the displacement movement of the tubes.

Daneben ist es auch bekannt (US-A-3 351 363, DE-C-37 18 578, DE-C-39 16 351), bei einem längenveränderbaren Saugrohr das das Innenrohr übergreifende Ende des Außenrohres zylindrisch aufzuweiten und in der Aufweitung eine Verriegelungsvorrichtung anzuordnen, die mit Rastkerben des Innenrohres zusammenwirken. Dieser Aufbau erfordert eine besondere Behandlung des Außenrohres zur Erzeugung der zylindrischen Aufweitung, wozu entsprechende Sonderwerkzeuge bereitgestellt werden müssen.In addition, it is also known (US-A-3 351 363, DE-C-37 18 578, DE-C-39 16 351), in the case of a variable-length suction pipe, to expand the end of the outer pipe, which spans the inner pipe, cylindrically, and in the widening a locking device to arrange, which interact with notches in the inner tube. This structure requires special treatment of the outer tube to produce the cylindrical expansion, for which purpose special tools must be provided.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, bei einem Saugrohr gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 Maßnahmen zu treffen, durch die ein vereinfachter Aufbau erzielt wird.The invention has for its object to take measures in a suction pipe according to the preamble of claim 1, through which a simplified structure is achieved.

Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe erfolgt gemäß der Erfindung durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruchs 1.This object is achieved according to the invention by the characterizing features of claim 1.

Bei einer Ausgestaltung eines Saugrohres gemäß der Erfindung entfällt ein Aufweiten des Außenrohres im Bereich der Rastvorrichtung, so das das Außenrohr bei unverändertem Durchmesser frei auslaufen kann. Im Mantel des Außenrohres ist lediglich ein Durchbruch für das angepaßte Führungsstück erforderlich, das darin gegen Verschieben in axialer wie in Umfangsrichtung gesichert ist. Das Führungsstück stützt sich dabei vorzugsweise in seinem Randbereich auf dem Außenrand des Durchbruchs ab, so daß es nicht mit dem Innenrohr in Gleitanlage treten kann. Die Sicherung des Führungsstücks mit dem eingelegten Rastglied erfolgt durch eine aufgeschobene Hülse, die den Mantel des Außenrohres und auch das Führungsstück umschließt. Die Hülse ist unverstellbar gegenüber dem Außenrohr angeordnet und gegebenenfalls unmittelbar daran befestigt. Das Sperrglied ist als separat verstellbares Bauteil ausgebildet und über ein Verbindungsstück mit einem an der Außenseite der Hülse angeordneten Betätigungsknopf zur manuellen Betätigung verbunden. Hierfür ist insbesondere zwischen dem Führungstück und der Hülse das gegen die Kraft einer Feder verstellbare Sperrglied gelagert. Für seine Betätigung ist ein Schlitz im Mantel der Hülse erforderlich, durch den das Verbindungsstück bis zum Betätigungsknopf greift. Das Sperrglied kann dabei in Umfangsrichtung verstellbar sein, wenn auch der Schlitz in Umfangsrichtung verläuft und ist insbesondere axial verschiebbar bei axial verlaufendem Schlitz. Die Hülse kann das Außenrohr eng umschließen und im Bereich des Führungsstücks eine radiale Ausformung aufweisen, die auch das verstellbare Sperrglied führen und auf welcher der Betätigungsknopf angeordnet sein kann. Zur Zentrierung und dichten Führung des Innenrohres ist es zweckmäßig, der Hülse im Bereich des benachbarten Endes des Außenrohres einen Dichtring zuzuordnen, der einstückig daran angeformt oder als separates Bauteil daran festgesetzt werden kann. Außerdem kann die Hülse einen radial nach innen gerichteten Zapfen tragen, welcher in die in das Innenrohr eingeprägte Längs-Führungsnut eingreift und eine Relativverdrehung zwischen den Rohren verhindert. Zur Sicherung der Hülse in axialer Richtung ist es zweckmäßig, wenn sie mit einem Bund einerseits an der Stirnkante des Außenrohres anliegt und andererseits mit dem im Außenrohr gehaltenen Führungsstück beispielsweise über eine Rastverbindung in Eingriff steht.In one embodiment of a suction pipe according to the invention, there is no need to widen the outer pipe in the region of the latching device, so that the outer pipe can run freely with the same diameter. In the jacket of the outer tube, only an opening is required for the adapted guide piece, which is secured therein against displacement in the axial and in the circumferential direction. The guide piece is preferably supported in its edge area on the outer edge of the opening so that it cannot slip into contact with the inner tube. The guide piece with the inserted locking element is secured by a slid-on sleeve, which encloses the jacket of the outer tube and also the guide piece. The sleeve is arranged in an unadjustable manner with respect to the outer tube and, if necessary, is fastened directly to it. The locking member is designed as a separately adjustable component and is connected via a connecting piece to an actuating button arranged on the outside of the sleeve for manual actuation. For this purpose, the locking member adjustable against the force of a spring is mounted in particular between the guide piece and the sleeve. For its operation, a slot in the jacket of the sleeve is required, through which the connector reaches up to the actuation button. The locking member can be adjustable in the circumferential direction if the slot also runs in the circumferential direction and is in particular axially displaceable in the case of an axially extending slot. The sleeve can tightly enclose the outer tube and have a radial shape in the region of the guide piece, which also guide the adjustable locking member and on which the actuating button can be arranged. For centering and tightly guiding the inner tube, it is expedient to place the sleeve in the region of the adjacent end of the outer tube assign a sealing ring that can be integrally formed on it or attached to it as a separate component. In addition, the sleeve can Wear a radially inward-facing pin that engages in the longitudinal guide groove stamped into the inner tube and prevents relative rotation between the tubes. To secure the sleeve in the axial direction, it is expedient if, on the one hand, it rests with a collar on the front edge of the outer tube and, on the other hand, it engages with the guide piece held in the outer tube, for example via a snap-in connection.

Die Erfindung ist nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnungen eines Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert.The invention is explained below with reference to the drawings of an embodiment.

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  • Fig. 1 ein halbseitig im Längsschnitt teilweise dargestelltes Teleskoprohr mit Verriegelungsvorrichtung,
  • Fig. 2 einen Querschnitt durch die Anordnung nach Figur 1,
  • Fig. 3 eine Draufsicht auf die Anordnung nach Figur 1 bei aufgeschnittener Hülse und
  • Fig. 4 eine abgeänderte Ausführungsform.
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  • 1 is a half-section in longitudinal section partially shown telescopic tube with locking device,
  • 2 shows a cross section through the arrangement according to FIG. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view of the arrangement of Figure 1 with the sleeve and cut open
  • Fig. 4 shows a modified embodiment.

Ein teleskopartig in der Länge veränderbares Saugrohr für Staubsauger weist ein Innenrohr 1 auf, das mit einer in Achsrichtung sich erstreckenden eingeprägten Führungsnut 2 versehen ist. In die Mantelfläche des Innenrohres 1 sind auch vorzugsweise mehrere in Achsrichtung mit Abstand voneinander angeordnete Rastkerben 3 eingedrückt, die für das Zusammenwirken mit einem runden Rastglied 4 ausgebildet sind. Das Rastglied 4 greift in der dargestellten Verriegelungsstellung in die Rastkerbe ein und sitzt im übrigen in einem Ausschnitt 5 eines Führungsstückes 6, das mit seiner Randzone auf dem Außenrand eines Durchbruchs, der in der Mantelfläche eines das Innenrohr 1 mit Spiel umgebenenden Außenrohres 7 vorgesehen ist. Das Führungstück 6 greift in diesen Durchbruch 7.1, formschlüssig und dicht hinein und ist so gegen Verstellen in Achsrichtung und in Umfangsrichtung gesichert. Sein Bund 6a positioniert es dabei gleichzeitig in radialer Richtung, so daß es nicht gegen das Innenrohr 1 gedrückt werden kann. Das Führungsstück 6 führt außer dem Rastglied 4 auch einen senkrecht dazu und in Rohrlängsrichtung verschiebbar gelagertes Sperrglied 8, das gegen die Kraft einer Feder 9 verschoben werden kann. In der dargestellten Verriegelungsstellung greift das Sperrglied 8 radial außen auf das Rastglied 4 und hält dasselbe in der Rastkerbe 3. Durch Verschieben des Sperrgliedes 8 gegen die Kraft der Feder 9 soweit (vorliegend gemäß Figur 1 nach rechts), daß es aus dem Überdeckungsbereich mit dem Rastglied 4 gelangt, dann ist radial außerhalb des Rastgliedes 4 in der dann erreichten Freigabestellung ein Freiraum freigegeben, in den das Rastglied 4 wandern kann. Der Freiraum ist dabei so hoch bemessen, daß das Rastglied 4 aus dem Wirkungsbereich des Innenrohres 1 bzw. der Rastkerben 3 gelangt. Dabei sind die Flanken der Rastkerben 3 so geneigt, daß durch Relativverschiebung der Rohre 1,7 das Rastglied 4 selbsttätig aus der Rastkerbe ausgehoben wird. Der Freiraum für das Rastglied 4 ist durch einen Anschlagsteg 10 radial begrenzt, der einstückig mit dem Sperrglied 8 verbunden sein kann. Das Außenrohr 7 besitzt dabei einen durchgehend gleichen Durchmesser, soweit das Innenrohr damit in Eingriff treten kann. Das Außenrohr 7 trägt im Bereich der das Führungsstück 6 beinhaltenden Rastvorrichtung eine eng an der Mantelfläche anliegende Hülse 11, die lediglich im Bereich des Führungsstückes 6 und dem daran verschiebbar gehaltenen Sperrglied 8 eine radiale Ausformung 12 aufweist. Die Ausformung übergreift die beiden Teile 6,7 so, daß sie gegen Radialverstellung gesichert sind. Dabei liegt der Anschlagsteg 10 an der Innenseite der Ausformung 12 gleitend an. In der Ausformung 12 befindet sich ein in axialer Richtung verlaufender Schlitz 13, durch den ein Verbindungssteg 14 greift, welcher einstückig mit einem auf der Oberseite der Ausformung 12 angeordneten, verschiebbaren Betätigungsknopf 15 verbunden ist und in einer lösbaren Steckverbindung mit dem Sperrglied 8 steht. Parallel zum Verbindungssteg 14 sind an den Betätigungsknopf 15 noch Begrenzungsstege 16 angeformt, welche auf das Führungsstück 6 bzw. das als Verriegelungsschieber ausgebildete Sperrglied 8 greifen.A telescopically variable in length suction tube for vacuum cleaners has an inner tube 1 which is provided with an embossed guide groove 2 extending in the axial direction. A plurality of locking notches 3, which are arranged at a distance from one another in the axial direction and are designed to interact with a round locking member 4, are also preferably pressed into the lateral surface of the inner tube 1. The locking member 4 engages in the locking position shown in the locking notch and sits in the rest in a cutout 5 of a guide piece 6, which with its edge zone on the outer edge of an opening, in the outer surface of the inner tube 1 with play surrounding outer tube 7 is provided. The guide piece 6 engages in this opening 7.1, positively and tightly and is thus secured against adjustment in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction. Its collar 6a positions it simultaneously in the radial direction, so that it cannot be pressed against the inner tube 1. In addition to the locking member 4, the guide piece 6 also guides a locking member 8 which is mounted perpendicularly thereto and is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the tube and which can be moved against the force of a spring 9. In the illustrated locking position, the locking member 8 engages radially on the outside on the locking member 4 and holds the same in the locking notch 3. By moving the locking member 8 against the force of the spring 9 to the extent (in the present case to the right according to FIG. 1) that it comes out of the overlap area with the Locking member 4 arrives, then a free space is released radially outside the locking member 4 in the release position then reached, in which the locking member 4 can move. The free space is dimensioned so high that the locking member 4 comes out of the effective area of the inner tube 1 or the locking notches 3. The flanks of the locking notches 3 are inclined so that the locking member 4 is automatically lifted out of the locking notch by relative displacement of the tubes 1,7. The free space for the locking member 4 is radially limited by a stop web 10, which can be integrally connected to the locking member 8. The outer tube 7 has the same diameter throughout as far as the inner tube can engage with it. The outer tube 7 carries in the area of the latching device containing the guide piece 6 a sleeve 11 lying tightly against the lateral surface, which has a radial shape 12 only in the area of the guide piece 6 and the locking member 8 held thereon. The shape overlaps the two parts 6, 7 so that they are secured against radial adjustment. The stop web 10 lies on the inside of the formation 12 in a sliding manner. In the formation 12 there is an in Axial direction slot 13 through which a connecting web 14 engages, which is integrally connected to a sliding actuating button 15 arranged on the top of the formation 12 and is in a detachable plug connection with the locking member 8. In parallel to the connecting web 14, limiting webs 16 are also formed on the actuating button 15, which engage the guide piece 6 or the locking member 8 designed as a locking slide.

Da die Hülse 11 das Außenrohr 7 über mehr als den halben Umfang dicht umschließt und das Führungsstück 6 in die angepaßte radiale Ausformung 12 eingreift, ist die Hülse 11 gegen Verdrehen und radiales Verstellen gesichert. Zur Festlegung in axialer Richtung weist sie einen Anschlagbund 17 auf, der vor die freie Stirnkante 18 des Außenrohrendes greift, während das axial gegenüberliegende Ende der Hülse 11 bzw. der Ausformung 12 mittels einer radial nach innen gerichteten Rastnase 18 das Führungsstück 6 hintergreift. Die Hülse 11 ist damit unverstellbar gegenüber dem Außenrohr 7 angeordnet, kann jedoch durch Ausheben der Rastnase 19 wieder gelöst werden.Since the sleeve 11 tightly encloses the outer tube 7 over half the circumference and the guide piece 6 engages in the adapted radial shape 12, the sleeve 11 is secured against twisting and radial adjustment. For fixing in the axial direction, it has a stop collar 17 which engages in front of the free end edge 18 of the outer tube end, while the axially opposite end of the sleeve 11 or the formation 12 engages behind the guide piece 6 by means of a radially inwardly directed latching lug 18. The sleeve 11 is thus arranged in an unadjustable manner with respect to the outer tube 7, but can be released again by lifting out the catch 19.

Zur Zentrierung des Innenrohres 1 im Außenrohr 7 dient einerseits ein vorliegend einstückig mit dem Anschlagbund 17 verbundener Dichtring 20, der das Innenrohr dicht umgibt und zentriert sowie gleitbar führt. Außerdem ist an dem in das Außenrohr 7 eingeschobenen Ende des Innenrohres ein Dichtungsring 21 angeordnet, der ebenfalls den Spalt zwischen den beiden Rohren 1,7 überbrückt und neben einem luftdichten Abschluß auch die Zentrierung zwischen den Rohren 1,7 bewerkstelligt. Die Hülse 11 trägt zudem einen radial nach innen gerichteten Zapfen 22, der in die Führungsnut 2 eingreift und so eine Relativverdrehung der Rohre 1,7 unterbindet.For centering the inner tube 1 in the outer tube 7, on the one hand, a sealing ring 20, which in the present case is integrally connected to the stop collar 17, is used, which surrounds the inner tube tightly and centers and guides it in a slidable manner. In addition, a sealing ring 21 is arranged at the end of the inner tube inserted into the outer tube 7, which also bridges the gap between the two tubes 1, 7 and, in addition to an airtight seal, also accomplishes the centering between the tubes 1, 7. The sleeve 11 also carries a radially inwardly directed pin 22 which engages in the guide groove 2 and thus prevents a relative rotation of the tubes 1,7.

Ein so ausgebildetes Saugrohr kann in einer automatischen Fertigungseinrichtung zusammengebaut werden, nachdem lediglich das Führungsstück 6 mit dem Sperrglied 8 und der Feder 9 in den angepaßten Durchbruch im Außenrohr 7 radial von außen einzusetzen ist und anschließend nur das Innenrohr mit bereits aufgefädelter Hülse 11 in das Außenrohr eingeführt und die Hülse auf das Außenrohr und die daran festgesetzten Teile 6,8,9 aufgeschoben werden muß. Es braucht dann lediglich in radialer Richtung noch der Betätigungsknopf 15 aufgesteckt zu werden.A suction pipe designed in this way can be assembled in an automatic production device after only the guide piece 6 with the locking member 8 and the spring 9 is to be inserted radially from the outside into the adapted opening in the outer pipe 7 and then only the inner pipe with the sleeve 11 already threaded onto the outer pipe introduced and the sleeve must be pushed onto the outer tube and the attached parts 6,8,9. The actuating button 15 then only needs to be plugged on in the radial direction.

Gemäß der Ausführungsform nach Fig. 4 kann bei sonst gleichem Aufbau im Sperrglied 8 eine dem Rastglied 4 angepaßte Aussparung 23 vorgesehen sein, wobei die Feder 9 als Zugfeder auszubilden ist. In der dargestellten Entriegelungsstellung können die Rohre 1,7 axial frei gegeneinander verschoben werden, wobei das Rastglied 4 nach oben in die Aussparung 23 ausgehoben wird, wenn sich keine Rastkerbe 3 unter ihr befindet. Wird bei in eine Rastkerbe 3 eingefallenem Rastglied 4 der Betätigungsknopf 15 losgelassen und durch die Zugfeder 9 z. B. in der Zeichnung nach rechts gezogen, bis das Sperrglied 8 über dem Rastglied 4 steht, dann ist das Rastglied 4 in der Rastkerbe 3 arvetiert und ein weiteres axiales Verschieben der Rohre 1,7 nicht mehr möglich.According to the embodiment according to FIG. 4, a recess 23 adapted to the latching member 4 can be provided in the locking member 8, otherwise the structure being identical, the spring 9 being designed as a tension spring. In the unlocking position shown, the pipes 1, 7 can be freely moved axially against one another, the latching member 4 being lifted upward into the recess 23 when there is no latching notch 3 below it. If the actuating button 15 is released when the latching member 4 has fallen into a latching notch 3 and the tension spring 9 z. B. pulled to the right in the drawing until the locking member 8 is above the locking member 4, then the locking member 4 is arvetiert in the locking notch 3 and a further axial displacement of the tubes 1.7 is no longer possible.

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  1. Adjustable-length suction tube for vacuum cleaner, comprising tubes (1, 7) insertable one in another, at one end of which the inner tube (1) is provided with a guide groove (2) extending in the axial direction and with a plurality of catch notches (3) spaced in the axial direction and is guided by its end lying in the outer tube (7) of constant diameter via a seal (21) so as to be centred on the inner wall of the outer tube (7), and on the other hand is provided in the region of the end of the outer tube (7) engaging over the inner tube (1) with a matching catch member (4), which cooperates with the catch notches (3) and is radially adjustably supported in a guide member, wherein the guide member (6) is fixed to the outer tube (7) so as to be immovable in the axial and circumferential directions, and the catch member (4) engages within the range of influence of a locking member (8), which is manually adjustable against the force of a spring (9) and which is adjustably held on the guide member (6) and, after being displaced a certain distance into a release position, clears a space, into which the catch member (4) travels by lifting out of a catch notch (3), the suction tube further comprising a sleeve (11), which encompasses the outer tube (7) and rests non-displaceably on the outer tube (1) and is coupled to the locking member (8), characterised in that at least one hole (7.1) is provided in the casing of the outer tube (7), in that the guide member (6) engages radially in the hole (7.1) and in the gap between the inner tube (1) and the outer tube (7), and in that the sleeve (11) radially encompasses the guide member (6) and secures same against radial displacement.
  2. Suction tube according to claim 1, characterised in that the locking member (8) adjustable against the force of a spring (9) is supported between the guide member (6) and the sleeve (11) and is in engagement with an actuating button (15) disposed on the exterior of the sleeve (11) via a connecting member (14) penetrating a slot (13) in the casing of the sleeve (11).
  3. Suction tube according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the sleeve (11) has a radial projection (12) which covers the guide member (6) and the locking member (8) and on which the actuating button (15) is disposed.
  4. Suction tube according to claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterised in that a sealing ring (20) which tightly surrounds the inner tube (1) and in which the inner tube (1) is centred and slidingly held is associated with the sleeve (11) in the region of the adjacent end (18) of the outer tube (7).
  5. Suction tube according to claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterised in that the sleeve (11) carries a radially inwardly-oriented spline (22) which engages in the guide groove (2).
  6. Suction tube according to claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterised in that one end of the sleeve (11) abuts the end rim (18) of the outer tube (7) and the other end is engaged axially non-displaceably with the guide member (6).
  7. Suction tube for vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterised in that the guide member (6) engages radially in the matching hole with a lug (6a), and in that the sleeve (11) prevents radial motion of the lug in the hole (7.1).
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