Cleaner head for a cleaning appliance
AssigneeTechtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
InventorsTobias Hale, Peter Davies, Samuel Bennett
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Abstract
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance including an agitator rotatable about an axis; a housing having a front side, a rear side, and first and second sides which extend between the front and rear sides, said housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, the chamber having a dirty air inlet and a dirty air outlet; and a spray nozzle device for spraying cleaning fluid onto the agitator in a direction towards the rear side of the housing, said spray nozzle device being fluidly connectable to a cleaning fluid supply tank of a cleaning apparatus.
Claims26
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance comprising:
- an agitator rotatable about an axis;
- a housing having a front side, a rear side, and first and second sides which extend between the front and rear sides, said housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, the chamber having a dirty air inlet and a dirty air outlet;
- and
- a spray nozzle device for spraying cleaning fluid onto the agitator in a direction towards the rear side of the housing, said spray nozzle device configured to be fluidly connectable to a cleaning fluid supply tank of a cleaning apparatus,
- wherein the spray nozzle device includes a first portion having a fluid pathway extending along an axis A from which cleaning fluid is ejected, said fluid pathway extending towards the front side of the housing and wherein the spray nozzle device includes a deflector for deflecting cleaning fluid ejected from the fluid pathway towards the agitator, and
- wherein the housing further includes a floor facing surface that includes the dirty air inlet, and wherein the dirty air inlet is between the axis of the agitator and the rear side of the housing.
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance comprising:
- an agitator rotatable about an axis;
- a housing having a front side, a rear side, and first and second sides which extend between the front and rear sides, said housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, the chamber having a dirty air inlet and a dirty air outlet;
- and
- a spray nozzle device for spraying cleaning fluid onto the agitator in a direction towards the rear side of the housing, said spray nozzle device configured to be fluidly connectable to a cleaning fluid supply tank of a cleaning apparatus,
- wherein the spray nozzle device includes a first portion having a fluid pathway extending along an axis A from which cleaning fluid is ejected, said fluid pathway extending towards the front side of the housing and wherein the spray nozzle device includes a deflector for deflecting cleaning fluid ejected from the fluid pathway towards the agitator,
- wherein the chamber includes an opening for permitting access to and removal of the agitator from the chamber, a cover cooperatively associated with the housing for permitting access to the chamber through the opening, and wherein the cover is moveable to an agitator access position to permit the agitator to be removed from the chamber through the opening.
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance comprising:
- an agitator rotatable about an axis;
- a housing having a front side, a rear side, and first and second sides which extend between the front and rear sides, said housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, the chamber having a dirty air inlet and a dirty air outlet;
- and
- a spray nozzle device for spraying cleaning fluid onto the agitator in a direction towards the rear side of the housing, said spray nozzle device configured to be fluidly connectable to a cleaning fluid supply tank of a cleaning apparatus,
- wherein the chamber includes an opening for permitting access to and removal of the agitator from the chamber, a cover cooperatively associated with the housing for permitting access to the chamber through the opening, and wherein the cover is moveable to an agitator access position to permit the agitator to be removed from the chamber through the opening, and
- wherein the cover is pivotably movable with respect to the housing to the agitator access position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.