Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591039 | Gaskets for floor sweeper A light weight floor sweeper has a sweeper head mounted to an elongated handle by means of a universal pivot or universal joint which allows the floor sweeper head to easily pivot about the handle in any direction to pick up debris under over hanging cabinets or und... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7340795 | Floor sweeper A floor sweeper head is mounted to an elongated handle by a universal pivot or universal joint which allows the floor sweeper head to easily pivot about the handle in any direction to pick up debris under over hanging cabinets or under furniture. The floor sweeper h... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334284 | Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus includes a surface cleaning strip and means responsive to movement of the surface cleaning apparatus over a surface to be cleaned for positioning the cleaning strip relative to the surface to be cleaned in dependence upon the direction o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331078 | Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a body including a rear compartment, a forward compartment and an intermediate compartment arranged between the rear and forward compartments. An elongate rotatable brush arrangement is positioned within and extends across the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7152267 | Floor sweeper A light weight floor sweeper having a very low profile sweeper head that uses glides rather than rollers to slide across the surface to be cleaned. The floor sweeper head is mounted to an elongated handle by a universal pivot or universal joint which allows the floo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146682 | Powered edge cleaner A floor care appliance such as a vacuum cleaner is provided having a traction wheel powered edge cleaner comprised of a vertical axis rotary agitator which is affixed to either the right or left side of the suction nozzle. The agitator is rotated by the traction whe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134161 | Mechanical broom A sweeper comprising a main wheel being capable of spinning in both a counterclockwise and a clockwise direction in response to the broom being moved backwards or forwards. The sweeper has a brush wheel driven by the main wheel and being capable of spinning in one d... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7017221 | Floor sweeping apparatus Floor sweeping apparatus (9) of the type having a rotary brush member (20), which in use is driven to rotate about a generally horizontal axis, the brush member (20) having bristle elements (22) that, as the brush member (20) rotat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013521 | Surface cleaning apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a body including a rear compartment, a forward compartment and an intermediate compartment arranged between the rear and forward compartments. An elongate rotatable brush arrangement is positioned within and extends across the ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6962209 | Simple, durable and easy-to-use earthworking machine A sod cutter (10) is disclosed including a frame (12) formed by welding the free edges of mount, frame and end plates (46a, 46b 46c) bent relative to one of two side plates (46) to the corresponding edge... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6126729 | Portable air filter system A portable air filter system having a manually operable spray pump for scenting the air flowing therethrough. The system includes an enclosure having an air inlet and an air outlet, a motor/fan assembly for moving air through the air inlet and out the air... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6094776 | Brush and spacer assembly for a vacuum cleaner A removable brush spacer assembly for attachment to the lateral edge of a vacuum cleaner nozzle in order to support an edge brush and to space the brush with respect to a surface is shown and described. The brush spacer assembly incorporates an elongated ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5970558 | Floor sweeper A sweeper comprising a housing, at least one drawer, and at least one brush rotatably mounted to the housing for sweeping debris into the drawer. The housing forms an opening for removably mounting the drawer for movement between an open and a closed posi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5911261 | Upright vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner is provided and includes an upper section with a handle (15) and a lower cleaning nozzle section (14, 14') having a main suction opening (18) formed in the underside (16) thereof. A suction source (M) is provided and an edge clea... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5896611 | Sweeping machine A sweeping machine has two circular brooms at the front region of a housing rotating towards the inside in opposing directions. Inside the housing and adjoining a sweeper plate across which the circular brooms sweep, a cylinder broom sweeping in a directi... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5794297 | Cleaning members for cleaning areas near walls used in floor cleaner A cleaning member having reduced manufacturing cost is provided for effectively sweeping out fine dust, pieces of thread, pieces of cotton waste and the like, and otherwise improving dust collecting performance. The cleaning members for cleaning areas nea... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5678279 | Floor care appliance, in particular vacuum cleaning appliance, having downwardly directed bristles preferably disposed about the outer peripheral edge A floor care appliance, in particular a vacuum cleaning appliance, for example a vacuum cleaner (1) or a floor polisher, with downwardly directed bristles (11) arranged preferably around its outer periphery, the bristles (11) being fixed in a mounting str... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5664276 | Brush-type sweeper A brush-type sweeper unit includes a prism-like body that has a base with an open front part, an open front face, and an upper face provided by a removable cap from which a handle for moving the sweeper unit extends. The body also includes parallel sidewa... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5261139 | Raised baseboard brush for powered floor sweeper A raised powered baseboard brush apparatus (10) for use on top of a conventional corner sweeper attachment (100) for a powered floor sweeper (200) for engaging a rotating elevated baseboard brush member (26) into contact with the top portion of a baseboar... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5249331 | Vacuum cleaner floor nozzle having an auxiliary agitator A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner of the present invention has an auxiliary agitator provided outside the lateral wall of a main body of the nozzle. The auxiliary agitator is covered by a protecting cover, so as to ensure safety during use. Moreover, a ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 4854006 | Floor nozzle for vacuum cleaner A floor nozzle for vacuum cleaner in addition to a main rotating brush has auxiliary rotating brushes positioned aperatures in the side faces of the nozzle which extend to the bottom thereof, thereby to brush and suck dusts of edges on a carpet adjacent a... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4815157 | Floor cleaner A floor cleaner of the present invention has wheels provided on a main body casing which is journaled to a proximal portion of an operation handle, a rotary cleaning body on each side end portion of which is mounted a driven roller which is freely engagea... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4658458 | Rotary brush sweeper with mechanism for brush height adjustment A rotary brush sweeper includes a rotary brush which is rotatable about a brush axis and which may be of generally cylindrical form. The rotary brush is supported in a brush support assembly that is pivotable about a central axis, with the brush axis bein... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4498207 | Floor sweeper with improved drive wheel construction A floor sweeper includes a housing sub-frame having a pair of end partitions which mount a brush for sweeping debris from the floor and drive wheels for supporting the sweeper and rotating the brush. The drive wheels are mounted on either side of the brus... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4484372 | Floor-sweeping machine Floor-sweeping machine consisting of a housing with a revolving brush which is mounted rotatably therein and which can be driven by means of running wheels projecting from the under side of the housing, and in which, for the purpose of rapid assembly and ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4464804 | Handheld sweeper A handheld sweeper with a rotary brush and compartments for collecting debris has a rear door pivotally mounted to close a rear opening of the compartment. A front button operates a plate terminating with a hinge-like web connected to the door to open and... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4355436 | Vacuum cleaners Wall-floor edge cleaning ability in a vacuum cleaner is improved by a disk brush positioned rim with its bristles capable of floor contact and the hard, unyielding parts entirely contained in a gap in a bumper guard affixed to an exterior side wall of the... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4222146 | Vacuum cleaners A vacuum cleaner with improved carpet-wall edge cleaning ability achieved by bringing a free brush roll cleaning end and its bristle tufts and beater bars into optimum proximity with the edge to be cleaned. Aligned bearing structures within which the brus... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4219902 | Vacuum cleaning A brush assembly is fixedly mounted to each side wall of a vacuum cleaner head closely adjacent the axis of a rotary brush. The brush bristles of each assembly are directed so as to brushingly engage the wall-floor corner. The brushes are aligned in the d... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4177533 | Cleaning device A cleaning device has a main brush which picks up dirt from a surface to be cleaned and deposits it in dirt-collecting receptacles as the cleaning device is moved over the surface to be cleaned. A pair of additional brushes is mounted in corner regions of... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4170803 | Floor sweeper having a pivotable handle A floor sweeper having an improved pivotal means for a handle is disclosed. The pivotal means comprises a main body having a concave portion thereon, a holding member having bearing apertures and a leaf spring positioned in a predetermined seat of the con... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4168561 | Floor sweeper with improved bail assembly A pair of opposed bail stay members are frictionally mounted to the horizontal bar of a T-bar bail, with the stay members engaging the bail stud. The resultant assembly is inserted up through the central slot of the sweeper top and held in position by fri... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4124913 | Floor sweeper with unitary frame A unitary top-less peripheral frame is provided which holds substantially all the functional parts of the sweeper. The frame includes end walls carrying bearings which receive the ends of the brush roller shaft, with the said end walls being spring-like a... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4107809 | Corner sweeping brush disposed on a floor sweeper A floor sweeper is provided. The sweeper includes a frame having a corner portion. A hub member is mounted at the corner portion for rotation about an upright axis which is inclined to the horizontal. The hub has a circumferential side face and an undersi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4106151 | Carpet sweeper An improved carpet sweeper includes a handle, an intermediate member having legs at the lower portion thereof, and a plurality of sweeper units, the number of legs being equal to that of the sweeper units. Each of the corresponding legs and sweeper units ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4099284 | Hand sweeper for carpets Driving wheels for auxiliary rotary wheels are provided at the forward corners of a sweeper in a spaced relationship from driving wheels for a main rotary brush to provide a long wheel base.... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4086677 | Cleaning device A cleaning device includes a housing having a frame including longitudinally spaced front and rear wall portions and transversely spaced lateral portions, and a plurality of support walls which extend in substantial parallelism with the lateral wall porti... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4040138 | Drive for use in a sweeping device A drive for rotating a corner-sweeping brush of a sweeping device includes a gear on the brush, and a translation member provided with teeth engaging the gear and rotating the same about its axis with attendant rotation of the brush when the housing of th... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4028765 | Floor or carpet sweeper A floor or carpet sweeper has a hollow housing provided on its lower side with a plurality of floor-engaging wheels. The bottom of the housing is closed by means of a cover plate which is pivoted on the housing about an axis perpendicular to the forward a... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4007508 | Manual floor sweeper Herein disclosed is a manual floor sweeper including a casing, a pair of front and a pair of rear wheels and a pair of roll brush brooms juxtaposed longitudinally in parallel with each other in a manner to rotate inwardly in response to the rotation of th... | 02/15/1977 |
