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Cleaning nozzle attachment for a suction cleaner

  • US 3,908,223 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1974
  • Issued: 09/30/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a rug and carpet 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, said attachment including a nozzle body having front and rear ends etending generally transversely to the axis of said wand and an underside having a suction opening therein, said nozzle body also having a socket member movably mounted therein adjacent to said rear end and a tubular portion adapted to receive one end of said wand, and at least one wheel rotatably carried by said socket member and adapted to roll on a rug or carpet to be cleaned when said attachment is in use, the improvement comprising mechanism for extending said wheel to a predetermined lowered position below the underside of said nozzle body in response to movement of the tubular portion of said socket member to an upright position with respect to said body, whereby the rear end of said body is elevated and said body is supported in a stable condition on said rug or carpet by said wheel and the front end of said body.

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