VACUUM CLEANER SUCTION TOOL WITH PILE AGITATOR ROTATABLE IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE FOR CLEANING DEEP PILE SHAG RUGS

摘要

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a suction cleaning tool having a hood member open at the bottom and adapted to rest on the surface of a shag rug. One or more surface agitator members are mounted for rotation in a horizontal plane within the hood and means are provided for exhausting a large volume of air from the interior of the hood. Air may be admitted both under the edge of the hood bounding the open bottom and through preferably tangentially directed openings in the vertical wall of the hood. The air may be exhausted through an outlet in the vertical wall or through a centrally located nozzle extending through the top wall, which nozzle may be arranged to reciprocate vertically. A still greater air flow through the hood may be obtained by introducing air into the hood from a blower preferably driven by the same motor which drives the agitators.