US 4,397,058 A · Furniture guard and bearing pad for vacuum cleaner nozzle

Abstract

A furniture guard and bearing pad structure for use with a vacuum cleaner nozzle. The nozzle defines a laterally enlarged front portion. The furniture guard and bearing pad structure is defined by a bumper element which is preformed to closely fit the irregular shape of the nozzle. The bumper is provided with a plurality of T-section connectors retained in outwardly opening slots in the peripheral wall of the nozzle. Bearing pads are formed integrally with the bumper and, in the illustrated embodiment, include projecting portions received in recesses in the nozzle for accurately locating the bearing pads. In the illustrated embodiment, the sidewalls of the nozzle are provided with openings receiving portions of the vacuum cleaner projecting from the base of the nozzle. A rotatable beater brush is rotatably carried by the projecting portions. In the illustrated embodiment, the projecting portions terminate outwardly flush with the sidewalls of the nozzle cover portion and the bumper overlies the projecting portion of the base across the openings of the cover portion.

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Dependent claims

In a vacuum cleaner nozzle having a base member, a cover defining a peripheral wall and being mounted to the base member, a pair of bearings, and a batter brush having a support rotatably journaled in said bearings, the improvement comprising:

a bumper mounted to said cover peripheral wall to define a peripheral furniture guard thereon;
and
resilient means carried by the bumper extending between said nozzle cover and bearings defining resilient bearing pad means.

In a vacuum cleaner nozzle having a base member, a cover defining a peripheral wall and being mounted to the base member, a pair of bearings, and a beater brush having a support rotatably journaled in said bearings, the improvement comprising:

a bumper;
mounting means for mounting the bumper to said cover peripheral wall to define a peripheral furniture guard thereon, said mounting means
comprising a plurality of T-section connectors carried by the bumper at positions spaced along the length thereof, each connector having a stem portion and a head portion, and means on said peripheral wall defining slots opening through said edge portion of a connector with the head portion thereof disposed inwardly of the wall to releasably retain the bumper outwardly on the wall;
and
resilient means carried by the bumper extending between said nozzle cover and bearings defining resilient bearing pad means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Furniture guard and bearing pad for vacuum cleaner nozzle

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Furniture guard and bearing pad for vacuum cleaner nozzle

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Abstract

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