Vacuum cleaner head

• US 9,788,696 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2012
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SEB SA
• Original Assignee: SEB SA
• Inventors: Guinot, Thierry, Soen, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO
• Application Number:
  US14/347,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,848 Days
• Field of Search: 15 411, 15 42, 15 44
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/26 with driven dust-loosening tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/04 with driven brushes or agitators
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0466 Rotating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0626 Rigidly anchored lips, e.g. nozzles adapted for picking up liquids

Abstract

Vacuum cleaner head (100) comprising a bottom sole (10) and wheels (30, 35) defining the ground clearance of the bottom sole and comprising at least one suction duct (20) open toward the ground and converging from an outer edge of the bottom sole (10) toward a suction orifice (15) connected to the vacuum cleaner, characterized in that the suction head comprises a sealing skirt (40) arranged around the periphery of the bottom sole (10), and in that the sealing skirt (40) has at least one opening (45) positioned opposite said at least one suction duct (20).

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner having a suction head comprising a bottom sole and wheels defining a ground clearance of a bottom sole and comprising a plurality of suction ducts open toward a floor and converging from an outer edge of the bottom sole toward a suction orifice connected to the vacuum cleaner, wherein the suction head has a generally triangular shape and further comprises a sealing skirt arranged around the outer edge of the bottom sole, and wherein the sealing skirt comprises openings that the suction ducts extend from and wherein at least one of the ducts opens in the point of a middle suction head and extends to the suction orifice.

2. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 1, wherein the sealing skirt has an elasticity for bending as the suction head is moved over a carpet in such a way that the suction head can sink into the carpet.

3. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 2, wherein the bottom sole comprises at least one chamfer to permit the sealing skirt to bend as the vacuum head is moved over the carpet.

4. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 3, wherein said at least one chamfer serves as a mechanical stop for the sealing skirt bent by a movement of the vacuum head in a first direction.

5. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 4, wherein the bottom sole comprises at least one mechanical stop for the sealing skirt bent by a movement of the suction head in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

6. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 2, wherein the wheels comprise a tread designed in a barrel shape to induce the sinking of the suction head into the carpet.

7. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 2, wherein said at least one opening of the sealing skirt defines a first air passage section and in that the curvature of the sealing skirt defines a second air passage section.

8. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the sealing skirt is parallel to a forward or backward movement direction of the suction head and wherein in such parallel portion said sealing skirt is preshaped to bend toward an outside of the bottom sole of the suction head as the suction head sinks into the carpet.

9. Vacuum cleaner having a suction head as in claim 1, wherein the vacuum head comprises a rotary brush.