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Abstract

A handle assembly for a vacuum cleaner having an improved rotating connection portion which is capable of rotatably connecting a rigid wand with a flexible hose of the vacuum cleaner, which has a simple internal structure, and can be manufactured at a low cost. The rotating connection portion is disposed between a connector for separably receiving an end of a rigid wand and a flexible hose of the vacuum cleaner. A suction control switch is installed in one side of the rotating connection portion. A first annular groove is formed through an outer periphery of a distal end of the connector, and an elastic C-shaped ring is inserted into and fixed in the first annular groove. A second annular groove is formed through an inner periphery of a front end of the rotating connection portion. When the distal end is inserted into the front end, C-shaped ring is elastically inserted into the second annular groove. Alternately, a first groove is formed through an outer periphery of a distal end of the connector, and a second groove is formed through an inner periphery of a front end of the rotating connection portion. When the distal end is inserted into the front end, an elastic hook-shaped fixing member is inserted into the second locking groove and the first groove in due sequence.

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