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Brush assembly of a vacuum cleaner

  • US 6,381,802 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2000
  • Issued: 05/07/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A brush assembly for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a cover;

    a base connected to a lower surface of the cover;

    a rotary drum rotatably disposed between the cover and the base, the rotary drum brushing off dust on a cleaning surface to facilitate suction of the dust from the cleaning surface into the vacuum cleaner; and

    an edge brush integrated bumper mounted around a joint surface between the cover and the base, the bumper sealing the joint surface and protecting the cover and an external object when the brush assembly collides with the external object, the bumper having a pair of edge brush portions integrally formed with the bumper, each edge brush portion being located at a side of the cover, the edge brush portions brushing off dust on the cleaning surface that is not accessible to the rotary drum.

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