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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
James Dyson, Malmesbury, GB;
Giles Ashbee, Malmesbury, GB;
Simon Edward Ireland, Malmesbury, GB;
Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Malmesbury, GB;
Emma Jane Heatley-adams, Malmesbury, GB;
James Dyson, Malmesbury, GB;
Giles Ashbee, Malmesbury, GB;
Simon Edward Ireland, Malmesbury, GB;
Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Malmesbury, GB;
Emma Jane Heatley-Adams, Malmesbury, GB;
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, GB;
Abstract
A grooming device includes a head and a handle. A first end of the handle is connected to the head, and a second end of the handle is connectable to a vacuum cleaning appliance. The head includes a bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles, and a bristle cover having a plurality of apertures. The device includes an actuator manually operable by a user to effect relative movement between the bristle carrier and the bristle cover from a stowed configuration in which the bristles are retracted relative to the bristle cover to a deployed configuration in which the bristles protrude from the bristle cover through the apertures. The handle includes a conduit for conveying an air flow from the head to the second end of the handle. Resilient members are provided for returning the head to the stowed configuration automatically when the actuator is released by the user. In addition to enabling hair or other matter collected between the bristles of the bristle carrier to be readily dislodged from the device, the automatic retraction of the bristles can ensure that the bristles are not exposed when the device is not in use.