Floor nozzle for vacuum cleaner

• US 4,854,006 A
• Filed: 03/29/1988
• Issued: 08/08/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirayama, Yasutaka, Nishimura, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Chris K.
• Application Number:
  US07/174,922
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 15/416, 15/42, 15/378, 15/421, 15/376, 15/375
• US Class Current: 15/375
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0455 Bearing means therefor

Abstract

A floor nozzle for vacuum cleaner in addition to a main rotating brush has auxiliary rotating brushes positioned aperatures in the side faces of the nozzle which extend to the bottom thereof, thereby to brush and suck dusts of edges on a carpet adjacent a wall of a room.

Claims

1. A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

a nozzle case having sides, a bottom, a suction compartment therein, an elongated nozzle mouth in said bottom extending between said sides and opening to said compartment and a notch-like aperture in one of said sides extending upward from the lower edge thereof at one end of said mouth;

a main brush rotatably mounted in said compartment with its axis generally coaxial with said aperture and its tufts extending through said mouth and slightly therebeyond;

at least one auxiliary brush in said compartment connected by torque limiting means to one end of said main brush and rotatable therewith with the tips of the tufts of said auxiliary brush rotating closely adjacent at least a major portion of the edge of said aperture; and

means for rotating said main brush.

2. The nozzle defined by claim 1 wherein the torque limiting means comprises a shaft extending coaxially from said main brush and having a longitudinal plane surface on one side thereof, a coaxial cylinder on the auxiliary brush fittable on said shaft and detent means associated with said cylinder engageable with said plane surface.

3. A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

a nozzle case having sides, a bottom, a suction compartment therein, an elongated nozzle mouth in said bottom extending between said sides and opening to said compartment and a notch-like aperture in one of said sides extending upward from the lower edge thereof at one end of said mouth, the entire edge of said aperture being substantially arcuate;

a main brush rotatably mounted in said compartment with its axis generally coaxial with said aperture and its tufts extending through said mouth and slightly therebeyond;

at least one auxiliary brush in said compartment connected to one end of said main brush and rotatable therewith with the tips of the tufts of said auxiliary brush rotating closely adjacent substantially the entire edge of said aperture to substantially eliminate airflow between the brush tips and the edge of the aperture; and

means for rotating said main brush.

4. The nozzle defined by claim 3 including a circular cap detachably coaxially mounted to the end of the auxiliary brush to retain the tufts thereon and to substantially cover the aperture.

5. The nozzle defined by claim 4 wherein the cap has an inner tapered annular surface engaging the tufts of the auxiliary brush.

6. The nozzle defined by claim 4 wherein the cap is disposed in the aperture with its periphery closely adjacent the edge of said aperture.

7. The nozzle defined by claim 3 includng means sectioning the compartment into main and auxiliary compartments with a vent therebetween, the main and auxiliary brushes being disposed respectively in said main and auxiliary compartments, and means in said auxiliary compartment separate from said auxiliary brush for guiding dust-laden suction air to said vent.

8. The nozzle defined by claim 7 wherein the tufts of the auxiliary brush are arranged spirally thereon about the axis thereof to mechanically move dust into the auxiliary compartment.

9. The nozzle defined by claim 3 wherein the tufts of the auxiliary brush are arranged in a substantially conical configuration with the concavity thereof facing outwardly of the aperture.

10. A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

a nozzle case having sides, a bottom, a suction compartment therein, an elongated nozzle mouth in said bottom extending between said sides and opening to said compartment and a notch-like aperture in one of said sides extending upward from the lower edge thereof at one end of said mouth;

a main brush rotatably mounted in said compartment with its axis generally coaxial with said aperture and its tufts extending through said mouth and slightly therebeyond;

at least one auxiliary brush in said compartment connected to one end of said main brush and rotatable therewith with the tips of the tufts of said auxiliary brush rotating closely adjacent at least a major portion of the edge of said aperture;

means for rotating said main brush; and

means for preventing fingers from being caught in the auxiliary brush.

11. The nozzle defined by claim 10 wherein the preventing means comprises a rib extending forward from the rear wall of the compartment.

12. The nozzle defined by claim 10 wherein the preventing means comprises a gap between the tuft tips of the auxiliary brush and a portion of the edge of the aperture.

13. The nozzle defined by claim 10 wherein the preventing means comprises a notch in the edge of the aperture.