Bissell Homecare, Inc.

Daniel M Heidenga

Alan J Krebs

Gary A Kasper

Tom Minh Nguyen

Kevin T Downey

Joseph A Fester

George Moyher, Jr

Timothy S Parker

Steven J Butkiewicz

Brandon Graham

Christian J Choe

A vacuum accessory tool comprises a housing that defines a suction nozzle and a hair removal assembly associated with the suction nozzle. In one embodiment, the vacuum accessory tool further comprises an agitator assembly located in the suction nozzle and driven by an air turbine. In another embodiment, an impeller associated with the air turbine is weighted to prevent build-up of hair and other debris at the impeller.

Vacuum accessory tool

A vacuum cleaner comprises a hair collection assembly having a hair collection element adapted to collection hair from a surface. The hair collection assembly can be mounted to the cleaning head of the vacuum cleaner for movement between a use position in which the hair collection element is in contact with the surface and a second position in which the hair collection element in spaced from the surface. The hair collection element can further be configured to collect hair from the surface when the cleaning head is moved in a first direction and to not collect hair from the surface when the cleaning head is moved in a second direction. A method of removing hair from a surface is also described.

Vacuum cleaner with hair collection element

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Wyoming, MI, United States of America

Daniel M Heidenga