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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Inventor:
Oliver Dodgson, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/4091 (2013.01); A47L 11/4005 (2013.01); A47L 11/4016 (2013.01); A47L 11/4027 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dock for receiving a floor cleaner with a cleaning head, the dock including a receiving unit for receiving the cleaning head of the floor cleaner, and a hair removal unit for removing hair from a cleaning head received by the receiving unit. The hair removal unit may take a number of forms, for example a cutter and/or hook, a toothed comb, or a tapered roller. The removal of hair from the cleaning head of the floor cleaner may improve or maintain cleaning performance, and/or improve the aesthetics of the floor cleaner during use.