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US 2013/0219655 A1Published application
Vacuum cleaner with hair collection element
AssigneeBISSELL Homecare, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Moyher, JR., Steve Butkiewicz, Gary A. Kasper
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned, and a hair collection assembly provided on the cleaning head and having a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned.
Claims20
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction;
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- a hair collection assembly provided on the cleaning head and adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned, the hair collection assembly comprising:
- an elongated, cylindrical hair collection element;
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- spaced arms supporting the hair collection element on the cleaning head;
- wherein the hair collection element is configured to collect hair on the surface to be cleaned substantially only when the cleaning head is moved along the surface to be cleaned in the first direction and substantially not when the cleaning head is moved along the surface to be cleaned in the second direction.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned;
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- a hair collection assembly provided on the cleaning head and adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned, the hair collection assembly comprising:
- a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned;
- a mounting assembly for mounting the hair collection element on the cleaning head;
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- a spring mechanism biasing the hair collection element toward the surface to be cleaned;
- wherein the spring mechanism maintains the hair collection assembly in contact with the surface to be cleaned when the cleaning head is moved along the surface to be cleaned and adjusts to the height and contour of the surface to be cleaned.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction;
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- a hair collection assembly provided on the cleaning head and adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned, the hair collection assembly comprising:
- a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned;
- a mounting assembly for mounting the hair collection element on the cleaning head, wherein the mounting assembly is pivotally coupled to the cleaning head for movement of the hair collection element between a use position in which the hair collection element is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, and a non-use position, in which the hair collection element is spaced from the surface to be cleaned;
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- a rotatable coupling between the hair collection element and the mounting assembly, such that the hair collection element can rotate relative to the mounting assembly between a first orientation and a second orientation when the hair collection element is in the use position;
- wherein the hair collection element is configured to dig against the surface to be cleaned to collect hair when the cleaning head is moved along the surface to be cleaned in the first direction and the hair collection element is in the first orientation;
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- wherein the hair collection element is configured to glide over the surface to be cleaned to release collected hair when the cleaning head is moved along the surface to be cleaned in the second direction and the hair collection element is in the second orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.