Patent ID: 6502279
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A turbo-brush for cleaning a surface, comprising a casing provided with a suction opening, a rotating brush provided with bristles, a turbine which has a rotor provided with vanes and is operationally connected to said brush, a suction nozzle and a suction pipe connected to a suction device, said casing having a housing inside which said turbine is rotatably supported for rotating about an axis of rotation, said suction nozzle being located between said brush and said turbine for sucking a flow of air from said suction opening, direct it onto said brush and then towards said turbine, wherein said housing of said turbine has a first lip projecting to a distance from a distal end of the vanes of said turbine which ranges from about 0.001% to about 0.1% of the diameter of said rotor of said turbine.