Patent ID: 6574823
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A46B,A47L

Abstract:
A brushroll for use in a vacuum cleaner comprising:a) a spindle having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis; b) first and second rows of rotationally opposed bristle tufts; c) said first row having a majority of its tufts disposed at acute angles with respect to the spindle axis and tilted toward said first end of said spindle; d) said second row having a majority of its tufts disposed at obtuse angles with respect to the spindle axis and tilted toward said second end of said spindle; and e) wherein a majority of the tilted tufts of said first row are at an obtuse angle of 97Â°, and at least some of the tilted tufts of said second row are at supplemental angles of 83Â°.