Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorThomas Michael McVey
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Abstract
A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner, comprising an agitator; and a housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, a dirty air inlet in a lower part of the chamber and a dirty air outlet, wherein a partition is disposed between the agitator and the dirty air outlet such that the partition and the housing define a settling region of the chamber adjacent the dirty air outlet, the partition is provided with a first debris opening and a second debris opening disposed above the first debris opening such that, in use, debris swept past the first debris opening by the agitator is swept towards the second debris opening.
Claims11
A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- an agitator;
- and
- a housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, a dirty air inlet in a lower part of the chamber and a dirty air outlet, wherein a partition is disposed between the agitator and the dirty air outlet such that the partition and the housing define a settling region of the chamber adjacent the dirty air outlet, the partition is provided with a first debris opening and a second debris opening disposed above the first debris opening such that, in use, debris swept past the first debris opening by the agitator is swept towards the second debris opening, and a debris diverter is disposed within the chamber above the second debris opening and rearward of a longitudinal axis of the agitator with respect to a forward direction of travel of the cleaner head and is arranged to deflect debris through the second debris opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.