Carpet-cleaning brush

• US 20020032949A1
• Filed: 10/26/2001
• Published: 03/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gyongyi Putics, Zinaida Vonjar
• Original Assignee: Gyongyi Putics, Zinaida Vonjar
• Inventors: Vonjar, Zinaida, Putics, Gyongyi
• Granted Patent: US 6,568,028 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/402
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/3053 Clothes brush, i.e. brushes specifically designed for cleaning clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 3/20 the bristles being fixed or joined in rubber bodies, e.g. in soft rubber
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/02 Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
• CPC Class Codes: A46D 1/00 Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles making artificial bristles D01D, D01F

Abstract

The invention relates to a carpet-cleaning brush, in particular for cleaning rugs or carpets, which have been soiled by the hair of animals kept in the room. Said brush has bristles (3) in the form of an angle of arc, a brush body (2) for receiving said bristles, a brush head (1) which is fixed thereto and provided with a handle, in addition to a dust-collector head (7) which preferably contains a suction connection (72). The invention is characterized in that the brush body (2) is a rubber plate, pierced by the limbs of elastic, U-shaped metal wire bristles (3) which are fixed on an inclined plane in the direction of pull of the brush. Said bristles form an angle of 5-15° (α) in relation to the plane, which is perpendicular to the plane of the brush body. The limbs which form part of the U-shaped bristles (3) are provided with a plastic coating (4) or similar, at least on the free, protruding ends.

Claims

1. Carpet-cleaning brush in particular for the cleaning of rugs and carpets soiled by animals kept in the room which contains the bristles (3) bent in the shape of an angle or an arc in the direction of pull (arrow 5) of the brush, a brush body (2) receiving the bristles (3), a brush head fitted to the latter and provided with a handle (9), as well as a suction pipe end (7), characterized in that to the long side of the brush head (1) in the direction of pull of the brush (arrow 5) and the brush body (2) receiving the bristles (3) a dust collector pipe end (7) is connected whose housing (70) is narrowing in the direction of pull of the brush (arrow 5) and is provided with an open mouth (71), the longitudinal bordering interior surface of which is formed as a dust-feeding shovel (74).

2. Carpet-cleaning brush according to claim 1 characterized in that the upper surface of the brush head (1) opposite to the brush body (2) is designed as a textile brush (8) coated with a velvet like textile fabric (80) on an elastic pad the fibers of which are arranged slantwise in the direction of pull of the brush (arrow 5).

3. Carpet-cleaning brush according to claim 1 in that the brush head (1) is provided with a connecting element (6) for the handle (9) on both of its short sides and that to these elements by means of a releasable joint the handle (9) is connected inclined in the direction of pull forming an angle of 30-45°

with the plane of the brush head (1).

4. Carpet-cleaning brush according to claim 1 characterized in that the narrowing end of the funnel like housing (70) of the dust collector pipe end (7) joint with the brush head (1) is provided with a suction pipe end whereas its lower exterior surface is equipped with a supporting wheel (75).