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CLEANING NOZZLE ATTACHMENT FOR A SUCTION CLEANER

  • US 3,815,170 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1972
  • Issued: 06/11/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cleaning nozzle attachment adapted to be connected to a source of vacuum and to be manipulated over a rug or carpet to be cleaned by at least one tubular wand which communicates vacuum to said attachment, said attachment comprising a nozzle body having a suction opening on the underside thereof and a hollow socket member having pivot axis means pivotally mounting said socket member in said body, said socket member communicating with said suction opening and having a tubular portion adapted to receive one end of said wand, the axis of said pivot axis means extending transversely to the axis of said tubular portion so as to be substantially intersected by the axis of said wand, means carried by said pivot axis means for engaging the surface of a rug or carpet being cleaned and for supporting said nozzle body on said surface, said last mentioned means also being operable to transmit any downward component of the thrust force applied to said socket member by said wand to said surface, and a lost motion connection between said pivot axis means and said nozzle body accommodating relative movement therebetween, whereby said nozzle body is substantially free of any downward component of the thrust force applied to said wand and said nozzle body is free to float bodily on the surface of a rug or carpet being cleaned while being manipulated over said surface by said wand.

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