Vacuum cleaner suction head for picking up threads

• US 4,888,852 A
• Filed: 05/27/1987
• Issued: 12/26/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Etablissements Georges Olivier
• Original Assignee: Establissements Georges Olivier SA
• Inventors: Varin, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, CHRISTOPHER K
• Application Number:
  US07/054,589
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 15/398, 15/400
• US Class Current: 15/400
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/06 with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0653 with mechanical actuation, e.g. using a lever

Abstract

The suction head comprises a housing (1) provided with a suction tube (2) and closed by a bottom sole plate (4) which has at least two longitudinal channels in the form of grooves communicating with the tube via at least one window (14). According to the invention, at least one removable blade (19) carrying a thread-pickup cloth (20) having oriented fibers is suitable for being received in one of the channels and for at least partially obstructing a window, with the fibers being directed towards the window which is left unobstructed.

Claims

1. A suction head for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

a housing provided with a suction tube and closed by a bottom sole plate having at least two longitudinal suction channels formed as grooves therein and communicating with the suction tube via at least two openings;

means for picking up fibrous substances including a thread-pickup cloth having oriented fibers;

and at least one blade carrying said thread-pickup cloth;

wherein when said means is in a utilization position, the suction head is used as a vacuum thread-pickup member, and said means is received in at least one of said suction channels selected in said sole plate and at least partially obstructs the corresponding opening, and said blade is positioned so that the fibers of said thread-pickup cloth are oriented towards one of the openings and the tips of the fibers in their rest position are substantially level with the sliding surface of said sole plate.

2. A suction head according to claim 1, wherein said blade is removable and dismountably fixed in its operating position in the selected channel.

3. A suction head according to claim 2, wherein the thread-pickup blade is rectilinear and provided with positioning means to ensure that the fibers are properly oriented.

4. A suction head according to claim 3, wherein the positioning means also constitutes a fixing means.

5. A suction head according to claim 2, wherein the blade carrying the thread-pickup cloth has at least one rib projecting therefrom for being received as a push-fit in the corresponding aperture in order to constitute a dismountable fixing.

6. A suction head according to claim 5, wherein said rib is U-shaped and co-operates with an inwardly directed rim on the sole plate which delimits the corresponding aperture.

7. A suction head according to claim 1, wherein the thread-pickup blade is suitable for being firmly received in the rear channel.

8. A suction heads according to claim 1, wherein one of said two channels has a horizontal aperture and communicates with the other of said two channels via a vertical passage established through a ridge disposed between said two channels.

9. A suction head according to claim 8, in which the aperture in one of the channels through the sole plate extends between ridge portions, and wherein the thread-pickup blade has a forwardly extending middle portion for occupying a position between said ridge portions and for partially obstructing the window.

10. A suction head according to claim 1, wherein the thread-pickup blade is shaped generally as an arc, with its side branches diverging forwardly from a middle branch intended to at least partially obstruct the aperture of the corresponding channel.