Patent ID: 11896194
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 19:
20. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a cleaner body; and
a suction nozzle connected to the cleaner body,
wherein the suction nozzle comprises:
a housing defining an opening at a front portion of the housing, and
a rotary cleaning unit located inside of the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing, at least a portion of the rotary cleaning unit being exposed through the opening of the housing,

wherein the rotary cleaning unit comprises:
a nozzle body rotatably coupled to an inside of the housing, the nozzle body having a cylindrical shape,
a plurality of fiber filaments and a plurality of metal filaments disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle body,
a fiber layer that surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the nozzle body, and
a supporting portion configured to support the plurality of fiber filaments and the plurality of metal filaments,

wherein the fiber layer includes a plurality of planting portions that are spaced apart from each other, each planting portion being configured to receive a portion of the plurality of fiber filaments and a portion of the plurality of metal filaments,
wherein each planting portion comprises a hole and a bridge that crosses the hole,
wherein each fiber filament comprises a bundle of threads that twist around each other, and each metal filament comprises a bundle of threads that twist around each other,
wherein a center of each fiber filament and a center of each metal filament are coupled to the bridge,
wherein an end of each fiber filament and an end of each metal filament extend outward from a center of the nozzle body, and
wherein the supporting portion comprises an adhesive that is cured between the nozzle body and the fiber layer, the supporting portion extending at least one of in a lengthwise direction of the nozzle body, a circumferential direction of the nozzle body, or a spiral direction of the nozzle body.