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Wheel for floor care appliances

US8418311B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

2References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AB Electrolux · SE

Inventors

Anna-Karin Trydegård · Sundbyberg, SE
Esbjörn Svantesson · Stockholm, SE
Stefan Jonsson · Sollentuna, SE
Maria Berndtson · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2007
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60B3/001
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner having a vacuum cleaner body, a suction fan and motor operatively associated with the vacuum cleaner body, and a wheel. The wheel has a wheel body having an axis of rotation, a tread surface, and a cushion layer radially interposed between the wheel body and the tread surface. The cushion layer includes a resilient shell having a plurality of resilient cells therein. The shell and the plurality of cells have one or more gasses in them, and are dimensioned to damp vibrations and impacts between the tread surface and a floor surface that the tread surface contacts as the wheel rotates about the axis of rotation.

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