Floor cleaner
AssigneeTechtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
InventorsSteven Kegg, Abhijeet Shrawage, Kirti Paulla
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Abstract
A cleaning head for a floor cleaner including a brushroll assembly configured to clean a surface to be cleaned and reduce brushroll maintenance, such as removing hair and debris wrapped around the brushroll assembly and removing debris from a bearing of the brushroll assembly. The brushroll assembly may comprise agitator members to assist in cleaning and maintenance.
Claims20
A cleaning head for a floor cleaner comprising:
- a housing;
- a brushroll chamber having an opening in a bottom side of the housing;
- and
- a brushroll assembly operably mounted in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll assembly having an agitator body extending between a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and an agitating member extending through the opening and configured to contact a surface to be cleaned,
- wherein the agitating member includes
- a vane extending longitudinally along the agitator body and connected to the agitator body along a first vane edge and a second vane edge such that the vane forms a loop extending outwardly from the agitator body.
The cleaning head of claim 12, wherein the brushroll assembly rotates relative to the housing about a longitudinal axis that extends through the first end and the second end of the agitator body, and wherein the second vane is spaced from the first vane around the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.