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US 10,588,472 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi Won Choi, Byoung In Lee, Hak Bong Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vacuum cleaner including a brush to rotate and collect foreign materials on the floor, and a grinder to grind the foreign materials collected through the brush. Since the hair-like foreign materials wound around the brush are grinded and cut by the grinders, a cleaning cycle of the brush can be extended.
Claims20
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a brush configured to rotate to collect foreign materials on a floor;
- and
- at least one grinder configured to grind the foreign materials collected by the brush,
- wherein the brush comprises a plurality of drum portions each formed in a shape of a cylinder, a plurality of blades protruding from each of the plurality of drum portions, and at least one foreign material collector formed between respective drum portions and having an outward facing circumferential surface with a radially recessed portion thereon, facing a respective grinder.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a fan motor configured to generate a suction force to suction in foreign materials together with air;
- a brush configured to rotate to collect the foreign materials on a floor;
- and
- at least one grinder configured to grind the foreign materials collected by the brush,
- wherein the brush comprises:
- a plurality of drum portions each formed in a shape of a cylinder,
- a plurality of blades protruding from each of the plurality of drum portions, and
- at least one foreign material collector formed between respective drum portions and having an outward facing circumferential surface with a radially recessed portion thereon, the radially recessed portion facing a respective grinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.