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Pressure based sensing means for adjusting the height of an agitator in a vacuum cleaner head

US6123779A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1999
Grant dateSep 26, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/325
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner head has a rotatably mounted brush and a pressure sensor which is drivingly connected to the brush to move the brush with respect to the dirty air inlet in response to the air pressure in the air flow path to the vacuum cleaner head.

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