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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred H. Stegens, Olmsted Township, OH (US);
Eric A. Stegens, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Scott Fetzer Company, Westlake, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 1/302 ; A47L 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 1/302 ; A47L 9/06 ;
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner brushroll including a spindle, bristle tufts carried by the spindle, and sleeves fitted on the ends of the spindle, the bristle tufts including angled end tufts that extend through the sleeve outwardly beyond the ends of the spindle to provide a wide cleaning path and improved edge cleaning capability upon rotation of the brushroll. The sleeve on one end of the brushroll has a pulley.