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Tufting method and brushroll for vacuum cleaner

  • US 9,693,663 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2014
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of tufting, with a tufting tool, a brushroll dowel for a vacuum cleaner having a bristle stiffener protruding from the dowel and a bristle hole adjacent the bristle stiffener, comprising:

  • positioning the tufting tool relative to the brushroll dowel to at least partially receive the bristle stiffener within a notch on the tufting tool;

    inserting bristles into the tufting tool;

    guiding the bristles from the tufting tool into the bristle hole; and

    fastening the bristles in the bristle hole.

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