Vacuum cleaner with hair collection element
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a base housing comprising a suction nozzle; and
a hair collection assembly comprising;
a hair collection element provided on an exterior of the base housing and comprising an elongated support having a plurality of projections depending from the support and arranged in a single row extending across the support; and
a mounting assembly mounting the hair collection element on the exterior of the base housing, wherein the mounting assembly is moveably coupled to the base housing for movement of the hair collection element between a use position in which the plurality of projections are in contact with a surface to be cleaned, and a non-use position, in which the plurality of projections are spaced from the surface to be cleaned;
wherein the plurality of projections extend at an angle in a rearward direction from the support to contact the surface to be cleaned at an angle in the use position.
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a base having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned, and a hair collection assembly carried by the base and having a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the base moves along the surface to be cleaned.
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a base housing comprising a suction nozzle; and a hair collection assembly comprising; a hair collection element provided on an exterior of the base housing and comprising an elongated support having a plurality of projections depending from the support and arranged in a single row extending across the support; and a mounting assembly mounting the hair collection element on the exterior of the base housing, wherein the mounting assembly is moveably coupled to the base housing for movement of the hair collection element between a use position in which the plurality of projections are in contact with a surface to be cleaned, and a non-use position, in which the plurality of projections are spaced from the surface to be cleaned; wherein the plurality of projections extend at an angle in a rearward direction from the support to contact the surface to be cleaned at an angle in the use position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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