SUCTION PORT BODY FOR VACUUM CLEANER, AND VACUUM CLEANER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suction port body for a vacuum cleaner suitable for cleaning a carpet.

SOLUTION: The suction port body 11 includes a suction head 12, a connecting pipe 35, a pair of front wheels (front side support members) 76 and rear wheels (rear side support members) 77. The suction head 12 has a bottom wall. A front end section 16a2 located on the front side rather than the front edge 17a of a suction opening 17 at least out of a bottom wall front region 16a on the front side rather than the rear edge 17b of the suction opening 17 formed in the bottom wall is provided in a higher position than a bottom wall rear region 16b on the rear side rather than the rear edge 17b. The suction head 12 includes a connection part 21 having a connection tube and a bearing part at the rear part. A front end opening of the connection tube faces the longitudinal center part of the suction opening 17 from the rear side. The connecting pipe 35 is supported in a vertically turnable manner to the bearing part. The front wheels 76 abutting on the surface to be cleaned are mounted close to both sides of the front end opening of the connection tube on the front side of the bearing in the bottom wall rear region 16b. The rear wheels 77 abutting on the surface to be cleaned are mounted to the bottom wall rear region 16b behind the front wheels 76.

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