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US 7,251,856 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner nozzle for floors and carpets
AssigneeWessel-Werk GmbH
InventorsDieter Kaffenberger, Thomas Lind
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner nozzle for floors and carpets having a housing comprised of an upper part and a slide sole, a pivotable rocker located in the housing on a rear segment in working direction and an actuating lever to operate the rocker. Strip-shaped gasket elements are attached to the rocker, which are arranged in working direction in front of and behind a suction port formed into the slide sole and can be retracted and moved out of openings on the lower side of the housing with a pivoting movement of the rocker.
Claims5
A vacuum cleaner nozzle for floors and carpets, comprising:
- a housing comprised of an upper part and a slide sole;
- a pivotable rocker located inside the housing on a rear segment in a working direction;
- an actuating lever to operate the rocker;
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- strip-shaped gasket elements arranged in a working direction in front of and behind a suction port formed in the slide sole, said gasket elements being adapted to be retracted and moved out of openings at a lower side of the housing with a swivel motion of the rocker, wherein the rocker is comprised of a pin-jointed frame plastic molding having a rod with cylindrical bearing surfaces and parallel profile strips to fasten the gasket elements as well as cross-members that connect the rod and the profile strips, and wherein the cross-members are arranged on both sides of a suction channel that runs inside of the housing to an opening in the suction port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.