Patent ID: 7743463

Claim:
A vacuum cleaning nozzle comprising: a housing having top and bottom housing members; an agitator rotatably mounted in the housing; a bearing shaft rotatably mounted in the housing by a pair of bearings mounted on the shaft and seated in a pair of opposed cup-shaped bearing supports, one of said bearing supports being formed in the top housing member and the other of said bearing supports being formed in the bottom housing member; an air turbine rotatably supported in the housing by on the bearing shaft; a friction drive belt operatively connected between the air turbine shaft and the agitator for rotatably driving said agitator; and an elastomeric mounting assembly including a pair of cup-shaped elastomeric mounts, each of said elastomeric mounts being seated in a respective one of the cup-shaped bearing supports for supporting the bearing shaft in the housing to reduce vibration and unbalanced forces exerted on the bearing shaft by the friction drive belt.