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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Jonas Beskow, Stockholm, SE;
Anders Haegermarck, Trángsund, SE;
Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner brushroll clutch having a motor, clutch assembly input rotated by the motor, brushroll, clutch assembly output to rotate the brushroll, drive clutch, and starter clutch. The drive clutch is connected to the clutch assembly output and moveable between a first position in which it does not directly contact the clutch assembly input and a second position in which it directly contacts the clutch assembly input to transmit a first torque directly from the clutch assembly input to the clutch assembly output. The starter clutch is connected to the drive clutch and moveable between a first position in which it does not engage the clutch assembly input and a second position in which it engages the clutch assembly input to transmit a second torque from the clutch assembly input to the drive clutch to move the drive clutch into the second drive clutch position.