Patent ID: 6481043
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A rotary brush attachment tool for a hand-held vacuum cleaner having a dust bowl terminating in a nozzle end, comprising:a housing member elongated between first and second ends that provides a flow passageway therebetween, with the first end adapted to mount to said dust bowl of said hand-held vacuum cleaner and with the second end having an open spillage pick-up window; a generally cylindrical brush having an axle rotatably mounted to the housing member in the flow passageway between said first and second ends thereof in such a way that said generally cylindrical brush partially extends out the open spillage pick-up window thereof; means for turning the generally cylindrical brush to mechanically move foreign matter into the passageway of said housing member; wherein a baffle having a nose adapted to be inserted into said nozzle end is mounted in said housing member; and wherein the first end is adapted to mount to the dust bowl over the nozzle end of the hand-held vacuum cleaner.