Vacuum cleaner and cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsDerek Muir, Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Mark Davies
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Abstract
A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a first air inlet on an underside of the housing and an air outlet and a first airflow path between the first air inlet and the air outlet. The cleaning accessory also comprises at least one cleaning brush having at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing. The cleaning accessory also comprises at least one side air inlet on the side of the housing and a second airflow path between the at least one side inlet and the air outlet. The at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to engage a surface to be cleaned adjacent to the at least one side air inlet.
Claims17
A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a first air inlet on an underside of the housing and an air outlet and a first airflow path between the first air inlet and the air outlet;
- at least one cleaning brush having at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing;
- at least one side air inlet on the side of the housing and a second airflow path between the at least one side inlet and the air outlet;
- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to engage a surface to be cleaned adjacent to the at least one side air inlet;
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- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to flex from a disengaged position to a cleaning position when a force is applied to the at least one flexible cleaning element in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the at least one flexible cleaning element.
A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a first air inlet on an underside of the housing and an air outlet and a first airflow path between the first air inlet and the air outlet;
- at least one cleaning brush having at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing;
- at least one side air inlet on the side of the housing and a second airflow path between the at least one side inlet and the air outlet;
- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to engage a surface to be cleaned adjacent to the at least one side air inlet;
- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to flex from a disengaged position to a cleaning position when a force is applied to the at least one flexible cleaning element in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the at least one flexible cleaning element;
- wherein the at least one cleaning brush is moveably mounted on the housing;
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- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is moveable from a first position remote from the at least one side air inlet to a second position adjacent to the at least one side air inlet.
A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a housing having a first air inlet on an underside of the housing and an air outlet and a first airflow path between the first air inlet and the air outlet;
- at least one cleaning brush having at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing;
- at least one side air inlet on the side of the housing and a second airflow path between the at least one side inlet and the air outlet;
- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to engage a surface to be cleaned adjacent to the at least one side air inlet;
- wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to flex from a disengaged position to a cleaning position when a force is applied to the at least one flexible cleaning element in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the at least one flexible cleaning element;
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- wherein the cleaning accessory comprises a rotatable cleaning bar rotatably mounted within the housing and the cleaning brush is rotatably coupled to the rotatable cleaning bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.