Wheel driven suction nozzle

A wheel driven suction nozzle including:

• a) a housing having front and rear ends, a pair of opposed side walls and formed with a cavity adjacent said front end;
• b) an agitator having a soft fluff material on an outer surface thereof for cleaning and shining a bare floor, said agitator is removably and rotatably mounted within the cavity at a pair of ends of said agitator;
• c) a cover hingedly connected to the housing and movable between an open position which provides access to the cavity and allows for removal of the agitator, and a closed position which covers the cavity and prevents removal of the agitator;
• d) a recess formed in each side wall of the housing for receiving an end of the agitator, said recesses allowing for vertical removal of the agitator when the cover is in the open position;
• e) a latch for releasably retaining the cover in the closed position;
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• f) a rear wheel operatively connected to the agitator whereby rotation of said rear wheel rotates the agitator.

A wheel driven suction nozzle including:

• a) a housing having front and rear ends and formed with a cavity adjacent said front end;
• b) an agitator having a soft fluff material on an outer surface thereof for cleaning and shining a bare floor, said agitator is removably and rotatably mounted within the cavity;
• c) a cover hingedly connected to the housing and movable between an open position which provides access to the cavity and allows for removal of the agitator, and a closed position which covers the cavity and prevents removal of the agitator;
• d) latching means for releasably retaining the cover in the closed position;
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• e) a rear wheel operatively connected to the agitator whereby rotation of said rear wheel rotates the agitator, said rear wheel being pipped to include a plurality of outwardly extending pips around an outer periphery thereof, said pips being generally conical in shape and have a truncated outer end.

A wheel driven suction nozzle including:

• a) a housing having front and rear ends and formed with a cavity adjacent said front end;
• b) an agitator having a soft fluff material on an outer surface thereof for cleaning and shining a bare floor, said agitator is removably and rotatably mounted within the cavity;
• c) a cover hingedly connected to the housing and movable between an open position which provides access to the cavity and allows for removal of the agitator, and a closed position which covers the cavity and prevents removal of the agitator;
• d) latching means for releasably retaining the cover in the closed position;
• e) a rear wheel operatively connected to the agitator whereby rotation of said rear wheel rotates the agitator;
• f) a cylindrical-shaped axle extending from opposed ends of the agitator;
• g) in which a curved slot is formed in opposed side walls of the housing, said curved slots having an open top end for receiving the cylindrical axles of the agitator;
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• h) in which the cover includes downwardly extending side walls which enclose the open top end of the slots when said cover is in the closed position, said side walls retain the agitator within the cavity when the cover is in the latched position.