Floor tool
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorMartin Paul Bagwell
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Abstract
A floor tool (50) for use in vacuum cleaning floor surfaces comprises a sole plate (55) having a suction channel (61, 62). The suction channel is bounded on at least one side by a working edge (80, 82) for engaging with the floor surface. Lint pickers (70, 72) are positioned alongside the suction channel (61, 62) and are separated from the suction channel (61, 62) by the working edge (80, 82). The lint pickers are mounted on a surface (65, 66) of the floor tool which is inclined with respect to the plane in which the working edges (80, 82) lie. The sole plate (55) is pivotally mounted with respect to a suction outlet such that movement of the floor tool (0) in a forward and backwards direction alternately brings one of the working edges (80, 82) in closer contact with the floor surface.
Claims13
A floor tool for use in vacuum cleaning floor surfaces comprising a sole plate comprising a suction channel, the channel being bounded on at least one side by a working edge and a lint picker which is positioned alongside the suction channel and is separated from the suction channel by the working edge, wherein the working edge is suitable for engaging with and agitating a floor surface across its fall width, all of the working edge lying in the same plane.
A floor tool according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the lower face of the floor tool adjacent to the working edge and on the side of the working edge remote from the suction channel is inclined with respect to the plane in which the working edges lie.
A floor tool according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the working edge is an angular edge.
A floor tool according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the lint picker extends across more than one third of the width of the suction channel.
A floor tool substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.