Vacuum cleaner with a longitudinally divided handle

摘要

A vacuum cleaner with a longitudinally divided handle has a first handle semi-shell 2 on the housing 1 and a second handle semi-shell 3 on a lid 4 which is held pivotably on the housing 1. In order to facilitate the construction and the operation, a lock is arranged in the handle 2, 3, the bolt 6 of which lock is connected to an actuating key 7 which is adjustable counter to the force of a spring 27 and is mounted swivellably in one handle semi-shell 3, whereas the latch 8 of the lock is arranged on the other handle semi-shell 2. <IMAGE>