Patent ID: 9585532
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A46B,A47L

Claim:
1. Brush roller of a floor care device, wherein: the brush roller as a cylindrical rotational element comprises a central segment and outwardly located first and second end pieces, the brush roller is configured and adapted to be arranged by the end pieces via bearings in a brush housing of the floor care device, the brush roller as a hollow body comprises a receiving shaft extending spirally along the central segment with an outwardly located through passage area for receiving and retaining a continuous brush strip, and the receiving shaft extends along the first end piece to an opening that is located on an end face side of the first end piece and that communicates into the receiving shaft for insertion and removal of the brush strip, the central segment comprises at least 50% of the total length of the brush roller, the central segment is formed as a self-supporting hollow body of plastic and comprises the receiving shaft extending spirally along an outer circumferential surface of the central segment, the end pieces engage with a form-fitting connection into the hollow body of the central segment, the end pieces comprise shaft ends for being received in the bearings of the floor care device, the second end piece continues the receiving shaft for the brush strip extending axially beyond an axial end of the central segment, the receiving shaft extends spirally along an entire axial length of the central segment and the first and second end pieces, the second end piece has an opening of the receiving shaft on an end face side of the second end piece, and the brush strip can be slidingly inserted into and removed from the receiving shaft through both the opening on the end face side of the first end piece and the opening on the end face side of the second end piece.