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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Scott Andrew Maguire, Malmesbury, GB;
Andrew James Bower, Malmesbury, GB;
Inventors:
Scott Andrew Maguire, Malmesbury, GB;
Andrew James Bower, Malmesbury, GB;
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a housing, a suction opening through which dirt-bearing air enters the cleaner head, and a plurality of floor engaging support members connected to the housing. Each support member includes a curved lower surface and a rolling element located within a recessed portion of the lower surface of the support member. The outer surface of the rolling element is substantially coincident with a locus, or virtual surface, described by the lower surface of the support member.