Title:
床掃除機
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4559005
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
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 ) rotates, extend during part of their range of movement through an aperture ( 13 ) in a base plate ( 12 ) of a housing ( 10 ) in which the rotary brush member ( 20 ) is rotatably journalled has at least one bristle element ( 22 ), hereinafter called an end-most bristle element ( 25 ), arranged immediately adjacent to each end of said brush member ( 20 ), and a deflector member ( 26 ) is provided at each end of the aperture ( 13 ) to co-operate with said end-most bristle element ( 25 ) at the respective end of the brush member ( 20 ). The deflector members ( 26 ) deflect said end-most bristle elements ( 25 ) axially beyond the end of the aperture ( 13 ) as said end-most bristle elements ( 25 ) extend through the aperture ( 13 ) during the rotation of the brush member ( 20 ) to effectively extend the sweeping action at least up to, and preferably beyond, the outer edge of the housing.
Inventors:
Nicholas Gerard Gray
Graham Robert Centance
Graham Robert Centance
Application Number:
JP2001534277A
Publication Date:
October 06, 2010
Filing Date:
November 03, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TECH TRONIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
International Classes:
A47L9/04; A46B7/10; A46B13/02; A47L5/30; A47L11/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP8196486A | ||||
| JP63240819A | ||||
| JP5018451U | ||||
| JP64033954U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiro Kurauchi