Patent ID: 8375510

Claim:
An attachment for a vacuum cleaning appliance, comprising: a head comprising a bristle carrier and a bristle cover, the bristle carrier comprising a plurality of bristles and the bristle cover comprising a plurality of apertures; a handle connected to the head; a conduit connectable to a vacuum cleaning appliance for conveying an air flow towards the appliance; an actuator for effecting relative movement between the bristle carrier and the bristle cover between a deployed configuration, in which the bristles protrude from the bristle cover through the apertures, and a stowed configuration, in which the bristles are retracted relative to the bristle cover to dislodge hair collected between the bristles; wherein the head comprises a first suction opening of the conduit and the handle comprises a second suction opening of the conduit; and a device for varying the air flow through the suction openings depending on the configuration of the bristle carrier and the bristle cover, said device for varying the air flow being configured to close at least part of the second suction opening when the bristle carrier and the bristle cover are in the stowed configuration.