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Brushroll with rotatably mounted end assembly

  • US 6,591,440 B2
  • Filed: 10/10/2001
  • Issued: 07/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a tufted, vacuum cleaner brushroll including a spindle having a longitudinal rotation axis, stub shafts extending from the ends of said spindle, and end members and bearings mounted on said stub shafts, the improvement comprising one-piece plastic ferrules at the ends of said spindle, each ferrule having a hollow pin that receives one of said stub shafts and is fixed in an end of said spindle, a skirt around the end portion of said spindle, and a web between said pin and said skirt, and wherein tufts of said brushroll extend outwardly through said skirt.

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