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US 11,589,670 B2Granted
Edge cleaning brushes for floor cleaner
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorTodd R. VanTongeren
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Abstract
A floor cleaner can include a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned and at least one edge cleaning brush provided on the housing. The edge cleaning brush includes multiple cleaning implements which rotate at different velocities. A gear system, such as a planetary gear system, can drive one cleaning implement at a lower speed than another cleaning implement.
Claims19
A floor cleaner for cleaning a floor surface, comprising:
- a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned;
- an edge brush motor comprising a drive shaft;
- an edge cleaning brush mounted on the housing and coupled with the edge brush motor via the drive shaft, wherein the edge cleaning brush comprises:
- a first cleaning implement configured to rotate at a first speed;
- and
- a second cleaning implement configured to rotate at a second speed that is greater than the first speed;
- wherein the drive shaft defines a rotational axis of the edge brush, and wherein the first and second cleaning implements are concentrically aligned to rotate about the rotational axis.
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A floor cleaner for cleaning a floor surface, comprising:
- a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned;
- an edge brush motor comprising a drive shaft;
- an edge cleaning brush mounted on the housing, wherein the edge cleaning brush comprises:
- a first cleaning implement;
- and
- a second cleaning implement coupled with the drive shaft to rotate at the same speed as the drive shaft;
- and
- a gear system coupling the first cleaning implement with the edge brush motor, the gear system modifying a driving force produced by the edge brush motor to rotate the first cleaning implement at a speed less than the speed of the drive shafts;
- wherein the drive shaft defines a rotational axis of the edge brush, and wherein the first and second cleaning implements are concentrically aligned to rotate about the rotational axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.