Floor cleaner
AssigneeTechtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
InventorRafael Davila
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Abstract
A floor cleaner including a base that includes a suction inlet, a brushroll chamber, and brushroll. The base further includes a brushroll cover releaseably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber. The brushroll chamber includes a brushroll, an endcap, a tab extending from the endcap, a driven end and a non-driven end. The endcap includes the tab extending from the endcap. The tab is movable between an unfolded and a folded position. Upward movement of the tab in the unfolded position removes the brushroll from the brushroll chamber.
Claims26
A floor cleaner comprising:
- a vacuum source;
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- a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base having an upper portion and a bottom portion, the base further including;
- a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source;
- a brushroll chamber, the brushroll chamber having a top opening in the upper portion of the base, and a bottom opening in the bottom portion of the base;
- a brushroll operably positioned in the brushroll chamber,
- the brushroll having a driven end and a non-driven end,
- the driven end of the brushroll being releasably connected to a drive mechanism;
- a cover coupled to the upper portion of the base configured to cover the top opening of the brushroll chamber, the cover being movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the top opening is covered when the cover is in the closed position and the top opening is uncovered when the cover is in the open position;
- an endcap mounted on the non-driven end of the brushroll, the end cap releasably coupled to the base;
- wherein the endcap includes a tab movable between an unfolded and a folded position wherein upward movement of the tab in the unfolded position removes the brushroll when the cover is in the open position.
A floor cleaner comprising:
- a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base having an upper portion and a bottom portion, the base further including;
- a brushroll chamber, the brushroll chamber having a top opening in the upper portion of the base, and a bottom opening in the bottom portion of the base;
- a brushroll operably positioned in the brushroll chamber,
- the brushroll having a driven end and a non-driven end,
- the driven end of the brushroll being releasably connected to a drive mechanism;
- a cover removably coupled to the upper portion of the base to cover the top opening of the brushroll chamber;
- an endcap mounted on the non-driven end of the brushroll movable between a coupled position and a released position;
- wherein the endcap includes a tab movable between an unfolded and a folded position, wherein upward movement of the tab in the unfolded position moves the endcap to the released position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.