Meaning of the symbols in these instructions
All safety instructions are marked with this symbol. Read these instructions
carefully and follow them to avoid injury to persons or damage to property.
Tips and recommendations are marked with this symbol.
Intended use
❐ This device is designed for vacuum cleaning normal household dust.
❐ On no account should the device be used to suck up the following:
– Liquids or wet substances (e. g. wet carpet shampoo)
– Glowing ash, cigarette ends, matches etc.
– Infl ammable or explosive substances
– Very fi ne dust (e. g. concrete dust), ash or toner
– Pointed, hard objects such as e. g. large pieces of broken glass
❐ This device may be used by children aged 8 and over and by people with reduced
physical, sensory or mental abilities or a lack of experience and/or knowledge if
they are supervised or have received instruction on how to use the device safely
and have understood the dangers resulting from this. Children may not play with the
device. Cleaning and user maintenance may not be performed by children, unless
they are older than 8 years of age and are supervised.
❐ This device is for personal use only and is not intended for commercial applications.
❐ The device must only be used as described in the operating instructions. Any other
use is deemed to be improper.
❐ The following are excluded from the warranty: all defects and damage caused by
improper handling or unauthorised attempts to repair. The same applies for normal
wear.
Safety instructions
Danger of injury
❐ Danger of suffocation! Keep the packaging material away from children and animals.
❐ Keep the device, the cable and the plug away from water or other liquids in order to
avoid electric shocks. Never touch the mains plug, the cable or the device with wet
or moist hands.
❐ Keep animals, hair, jewellery, wide clothing, fi ngers and all other body parts away
from the nozzles of the device. They could become stuck to the device. Should the
vacuum cleaner become stuck, switch the device off immediately.
❐ Please take particular care when cleaning stairs so that you do not stumble and fall.
❐ Wear sturdy shoes when using the device.
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