Wet and dry vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A wet and dry vacuum cleaner having a vacuum cleaner head, having a dirt container and having an inlet fitting which is designed for the connection of a suction hose, wherein the inlet fitting is connected in terms of flow to an inlet connector, which is situated in the wet and dry vacuum cleaner, of the wet and dry vacuum cleaner such that dirt particles that are drawn in can pass via the inlet connector into the dirt container, wherein the inlet connector is designed as a diffuser with horizontal outflow. Furthermore, the inlet connector of the wet and dry vacuum cleaner may have a Y shape in the sense that the inlet connector comprises one inflow opening for the suction flow and two outlet openings.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A wet and dry vacuum cleaner comprising:
 a vacuum cleaner head having a dirt container and having an inlet fitting designed for the connection of a suction hose, the inlet fitting being connected in terms of flow to an inlet connector situated in the wet and dry vacuum cleaner such that dirt particles drawn in can pass via the inlet connector into the dirt container,   the inlet connector being designed as a diffuser with horizontal outflow.   
     
     
         17 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner recited in  claim 16  wherein a suction flow through the inlet connector designed as the diffuser is directed toward an inner wall of the dirt container. 
     
     
         18 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 17  wherein the inner wall of the dirt container is a side wall of the dirt container. 
     
     
         19 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 17  wherein the inlet connector has a diffuser opening, a wall spacing of the diffuser opening with respect to the inner wall being less than one fifth of a container width of the dirt container. 
     
     
         20 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  wherein a cross-sectional area of a diffuser opening of the diffuser is at least 50 percent larger than a cross-sectional area of the inlet fitting in a region of the wall passage into the dirt container. 
     
     
         21 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  wherein the inlet connector is arranged in a volume defined by the dirt container. 
     
     
         22 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 21  wherein the inlet connector is arranged exclusively in the volume. 
     
     
         23 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  further comprising an electric turbine arranged in the vacuum cleaner head. 
     
     
         24 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  further comprising a dirt filter positioned, in relation to the suction flow, downstream of the inlet connector. 
     
     
         25 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  wherein the inlet connector is formed as a single piece. 
     
     
         26 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  wherein the inlet connector is formed integrally on the dirt container. 
     
     
         27 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  wherein the inlet connector is composed of plastic. 
     
     
         28 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 16  wherein the inlet connector has an end portion in a region of the diffuser opening, wherein the end portion has an inflow opening for the suction flow and has an outflow region including two outflow openings. 
     
     
         29 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 28  wherein the inflow opening is formed so as to be inclined in relation to a substantially planar top surface of the end portion. 
     
     
         30 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 28  wherein the outflow openings include in each case one wall region, wherein the wall regions of the outflow openings are formed parallel to a planar top surface of the end portion of the inlet connector. 
     
     
         31 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 28  in that the end portion is, via a shape, designed to divert a direction of the suction flow. 
     
     
         32 . The wet and dry vacuum cleaner as recited in  claim 28  wherein the inflow opening of the end portion is arranged above a maximum fill level of the dirt container.