IP Library Granted Patent US 12,290,229
Granted Patent B2
US 12,290,229 · App. 17/893,047 · Granted May 6, 2025

Air agitator nozzle system

Inventors: Michael Saubert (Hoffman Estates, IL); Salameh Alsweis (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
A47L9/08A47L5/14A47L5/36A47L7/04A47L9/0477A47L9/12
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Patent No.
US 12,290,229
App. No.
17/893,047
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing an air agitator nozzle system are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a vacuum and a nozzle. The vacuum is configured to suck particles from a floor surface. The nozzle is configured to spray air at the floor surface to loosen the particles and to push the loosened particles toward the vacuum to be sucked from the floor surface.

Claims (30)

1. A system, comprising:

a vacuum cleaner that is configured to suck particles from a floor surface; and

a plurality of nozzles configured to spray air at the floor surface to loosen the particles and to push the loosened particles toward the vacuum cleaner to be sucked from the floor surface, wherein:

the air that is sprayed from the plurality of nozzles comes from an air exhaust of the system,

a manifold provides the air from the air exhaust of the system to the plurality of nozzles, and

an entirety of the manifold is located in front of the plurality of nozzles while the vacuum cleaner is in use.

2. The system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a vacuum motor that generates suction that sucks particles from the floor surface and generates exhaust that is sprayed from the plurality of nozzles to loosen and push the particles.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the air exhaust of the system comprises a motor exhaust of the vacuum cleaner.

4. The system according to claim 1 , comprising:

an agitator brush disposed behind the manifold, wherein the plurality of nozzles prepares the floor surface for further agitation by the agitator brush.

5. The system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a housing that includes a filter to filter out the sucked particles.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the vacuum cleaner comprises a head and a first air conduit, wherein the plurality of nozzles is part of the head, wherein the housing is in flow communication with the head via the first air conduit.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the head comprises the manifold, wherein the housing is in flow communication with the manifold via a second air conduit.

8. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a head that is configured to suck particles from a floor surface; and

a plurality of nozzles configured to spray air at the floor surface to loosen the particles and to push the loosened particles toward the head so that the loosened particles are sucked from the floor surface, wherein:

the air that is sprayed from the plurality of nozzles comes from an air exhaust of the system,

a manifold provides the air from the air exhaust of the system to the plurality of nozzles, and

an entirety of the manifold is located in front of the plurality of nozzles while the vacuum cleaner is in use.

9. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 8 , comprising:

an agitator brush disposed in the head, wherein the manifold is disposed in front of the agitator brush so that the plurality of nozzles can prepare the floor surface before the agitator brush agitates the floor surface.

10. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 8 , comprising:

a vacuum motor that generates suction that sucks particles from the floor surface and generates exhaust that is sprayed from the plurality of nozzles to loosen and push the particles.

11. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 8 , wherein the air exhaust of the system comprises a motor exhaust of the vacuum cleaner.

12. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 8 , comprising:

a housing that includes a filter to filter out the sucked particles.

13. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 12 , wherein the housing is in flow communication with the head via a first air conduit.

14. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 13 , wherein the head comprises the manifold, wherein the housing is in flow communication with the manifold via a second air conduit.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2023
From: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
To: JPP, LLC
Reel/Frame 063578/0139 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2023
From: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
To: CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES
Reel/Frame 063464/0433 →