Accessory tool for vacuum cleaner
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorDerek Smith
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Abstract
An accessory tool for a vacuum cleaner includes a body comprising a suction chamber, a crevice nozzle on the body, the crevice nozzle comprising a suction inlet into the suction chamber, and a swiper tool on a lower side of the body. The swiper tool has an exterior rubbing surface configured to be rubbed against the surface to be cleaned, and the tool is usable by swiping the swiper tool back and forth on a surface to be cleaned in a direction generally along a swiping axis and by sawing the swiper tool back and forth on a surface to be cleaned in a direction generally along a sawing axis.
Claims20
An accessory tool for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a body comprising a suction chamber;
- an attachment tube extending from the body, the attachment tube being in fluid communication with the suction chamber;
- a crevice nozzle on the body, the crevice nozzle comprising a first suction inlet into the suction chamber;
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- a swiper tool on a lower side of the body, the swiper tool comprising a wall disposed below the crevice nozzle and the suction chamber, the wall comprising an exterior rubbing surface configured to be rubbed against a surface to be cleaned;
- the swiper tool comprising a swiping axis defining a first direction of intended movement of the swiper tool and a sawing axis, the sawing axis being generally transverse to the swiping axis and defining a second direction of intended movement of the swiper tool;
- wherein the wall is longer along the sawing axis than along the swiping axis.
An accessory tool for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a body comprising a suction chamber;
- an attachment tube extending from the body, the attachment tube being in fluid communication with the suction chamber;
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- a swiper tool on a lower side of the body, the swiper tool comprising:
- a wall disposed below the suction chamber, the wall comprising an exterior rubbing surface configured to be rubbed against a surface to be cleaned;
- a suction inlet through the wall, the suction inlet in fluid communication with the suction chamber;
- a plurality of serrations on the exterior rubbing surface adjacent to the suction inlet, the plurality of serrations extending outwardly of the wall;
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- a plurality of nubs on the exterior rubbing surface adjacent to the suction inlet, the plurality of nubs extending outwardly of the wall;
- the swiper tool comprising a swiping axis defining a first direction of intended movement of the swiper tool and a sawing axis, the sawing axis being generally transverse to the swiping axis and defining a second direction of intended movement of the swiper tool;
- wherein the wall is longer along the sawing axis than along the swiping axis;
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- wherein at least one of the plurality of serrations and the plurality of nubs are spaced from each other in a direction generally along the sawing axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.