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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165286 | Agitator construction An agitator includes a high strength, continuous metal axle, a pulley held on one end of the metal axle and a sleeve of lightweight plastic material received over the axle. The agitator is manufactured by molding a pulley body onto an underlying metal support or D-n... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159276 | Rotary cleaning body, suction port body of vacuum cleaner, and production method of rotary cleaning body Catching grooves (34) extending in the axial direction are formed in the cylindrical outer surface of a brush base (35) that has a slender, substantially cylindrical shape and made of a twistable material. Brush attaching portions (43) of brush ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7007336 | Agitator construction An agitator includes a high strength, continuous metal axle, a pulley held on one end of the metal axle and a sleeve of lightweight plastic material received over the axle. The agitator is manufactured by molding a pulley body onto an underlying metal support or D-n... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6859970 | Agitator for vacuum cleaner/extractor An agitator includes an axle, a pulley having a hub mounted to the axle and a belt receiving face having at least one lengthwise channel and a sleeve of molded material received over the axle and in the at least one lengthwise channel. A method of constructing an ag... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6564417 | Cylindrical brush with locking pin A cleaning brush for a power-driven pool cleaner having a rotatable shaft incorporates a flexible web having first and second opposing edges, the first edge having at least one first element extending in the direction of the first edge, and the second edg... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6244947 | Wire brush attachment for angle grinder Accessories for an angle grinder include a rotary disk tool having a working zone around the periphery of the disk comprising a plurality of wire bristles and a rest means for supporting the grinder on a surface to be shaped. The rest means may be a non-r... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6234662 | Cooking whip A cooking whip for mixing foods is disclosed. The cooking whip includes an elongate tubular handle portion. A whip portion has a head and a plurality of resiliently deformable loops extending from the head. The whip portion is detachably coupled to the lo... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6108853 | Vacuum cleaner beater brush A vacuum cleaner beater brush for lifting dirt from carpeted surfaces without damaging the carpet's fibers. The vacuum cleaner beater brush includes an elongate roller with a pair of opposite ends, and an outer side surface. Each of the ends of the roller... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6007891 | Message board eraser, eraser holder and attaching mechanism An eraser for a dry surface erase is disclosed. The eraser includes a cylinder having a tangentially extending flat surface to thereby form a "b" shaped member. The cylinder is provided with a covering of felt, cloth or other substance suitable for erasin... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5951780 | Surface treatment method and apparatus including brush means and impact means mounted on a single shaft Surface treatment apparatus having impact elements for impacting a surface to be treated, a brush element for brushing the surface, a drive device for operating the impact element and the brush elements, and a carriage device enabling the surface treatmen... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5056181 | Rotary brush In a rotary brush wherein the surface of a rotating basic shaft has mounted thereto at least one flexible blade, the surface of the blade made of rubber or a thermoplastic elastomer as its base material and which stands face to face with a surface to be c... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5029361 | Floor nozzle for vacuum cleaner A floor nozzle for use with a vacuum cleaner has an agitator rotatably disposed in a housing and includes a rotor and at least one elongate web mounted on a circumferential surface of the rotor. The elongate web is made of a flexible material and has a pl... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4159555 | Soil-releasing roller for wet or dry carpet-cleaning apparatus A rapid-rotation beater or soil-loosening roller for wet or dry carpet-cleaning apparatus which has a circular axial profile and a plurality of inclined angular projections defining between them annular grooves having widths of several millimeters. The ro... | 07/03/1979 |
