公开(公告)号：US20240298857A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18670121

申请日：2024-05-21

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Nathan HERRMANN ,  Max P. LACOMA ,  Devan SCHAPPLER ,  Adam UDY ,  Donald WILLIAMS ,  Hanzon R. HUNT

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/0606 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L2201/00

Abstract: A nozzle having castellations provides high suction pressure while also allowing for large pieces of debris to pass through inlet openings. In more detail, a nozzle for a surface treatment/cleaning apparatus is disclosed herein. The nozzle provides a suction channel through which debris passes into a main body of the surface treatment apparatus. Castellations are provided along a leading edge of the nozzle to allow debris to pass through the leading edge to the suction channel, and into the main body during, for instance, forward and reverse strokes of the surface treatment apparatus. In an embodiment, the castellations further include receptacles/cavities to receive and securely hold wheels therein. The wheels may extend from the nozzle at a predefined angle, also referred to herein as a camber angle, to improve vacuum handling and reduce noise during operation.

公开(公告)号：US20240099527A9

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17466242

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Steven GACIN ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Adam UDY ,  Charles S. BRUNNER ,  Xavier F. CULLERE ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Ognjen VRDOLJAK ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Daniel J. INNES

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A46B13/02

CPC classification number: A47L9/0477 ,  A46B13/006 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A46B2200/3033

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes a housing having a front side and back side, a brush roll rotatably mounted to the housing within a suction conduit and having at least a portion proximate the opening of the suction conduit, a leading roller mounted to the housing in front of the brush roll, and a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the brush roll and the leading roller for driving the brush roll and the leading roller at same time. The brush roll includes an agitator body and a first bristle/flap arrangement comprising a first deformable flap extending from the agitator body and a first bristle strip and/or row of tufts extending from the agitator body and disposed adjacent to the first deformable flap. The first deformable flap is disposed at an aggressive angle and the first bristle strip and/or row of tufts is arranged at a passive angle.

公开(公告)号：US20230363598A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18225138

申请日：2023-07-23

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Steven GACIN ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Adam UDY ,  Charles S. BRUNNER ,  Xavier F. CULLERE ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Ognjen VRDOLJAK ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Daniel J. INNES

IPC: A47L9/06

CPC classification number: A47L9/0613

Abstract: An example of an agitator for a vacuum cleaner may include a body and at least one deformable flap extending from the body. The deformable flap may include at least one taper. The at least one taper causes a cleaning edge of the deformable flap to approach the body.

公开(公告)号：US20220142427A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17587569

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam UDY ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Steven P. CARTER

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/14

Abstract: A rotatable agitator is used in a surface clearing head of a surface cleaning apparatus. The agitator is coupled to the cleaning head at least partially within an agitator chamber and is rotated about a pivot axis. The agitator includes an elongated agitator body and a hair migration portion. The hair migration portion includes a continuous row of bristles and a sidewall. The continuous row of bristles and sidewall are at least partially revolved around and extend along at least a portion of the pivot axis from one of a collection area or a first end region of the agitator and either another collection area or a second end region of the agitator. The sidewall extends substantially parallel to the continuous row of bristles within the hair migration portion. The continuous row of bristles and sidewall are configured to reduce hair from becoming entangled in the bristles and to migrate hair towards the collection area or the first end region of the agitator.

公开(公告)号：US20220031133A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17388883

申请日：2021-07-29

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Nathan HERRMANN ,  Max P. LACOMA ,  Devan SCHAPPLER ,  Adam UDY ,  Donald WILLIAMS ,  Steven Gacin ,  Patrick Cleary ,  Xavier Cullere

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/06

Abstract: An agitator including an elongated main body configured to rotate about a pivot axis, one or more soft cleaning features coupled to and extending over a substantial portion of a surface of the elongated main body, the one or more soft cleaning features defining at least one channel, and at least one deformable flap disposed at least partially within the at least one channel and extending from the elongated main body. The deformable flap may extend beyond an outer surface of the soft cleaning features. The channel may have a generally U shape and/or V shape. The channel may be configured to allow the resiliently deformable flap to move front to back as the agitator rotates about the pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US20180338656A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-29

申请号：US15987589

申请日：2018-05-23

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul CARTER ,  Adam UDY ,  Catriona A. SUTTER ,  Christopher PINCHES ,  David S. CLARE ,  Andre David BROWN ,  John FREESE ,  Patrick CLEARY ,  Alexander J. CALVINO ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  David JALBERT ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWES ,  Wenxiu GAO ,  David WU ,  David W. POIRIER ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04

Abstract: A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.

公开(公告)号：US20240341549A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18753640

申请日：2024-06-25

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul CARTER ,  Adam UDY ,  Catriona A. SUTTER ,  Christopher PINCHES ,  David S. CLARE ,  Andre David BROWN ,  John FREESE ,  Patrick CLEARY ,  Alexander CALVINO ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  David JALBERT ,  Jason THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWES ,  Nancy GAO WENXIU ,  David WU ,  David W. POIRER

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/30

CPC classification number: A47L9/0488 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0405 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0494 ,  A47L9/0606 ,  A47L9/0673 ,  A47L9/30

Abstract: A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.

公开(公告)号：US20190038098A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US16053260

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. THORNE ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Daniel INNES ,  Lee M. COTTRELL ,  Adam UDY ,  Daniel TONDERYS ,  David CLARE ,  Kai XU

IPC: A47L9/24

Abstract: A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20180070785A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-15

申请号：US15699358

申请日：2017-09-08

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam UDY ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Steven P. CARTER

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/14

CPC classification number: A47L9/0477 ,  A46B13/006 ,  A47L7/0066 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/1409

Abstract: A rotatable agitator is used in a surface clearing head of a surface cleaning apparatus. The agitator is coupled to the cleaning head at least partially within an agitator chamber and is rotated about a pivot axis. The agitator includes an elongated agitator body and a hair migration portion. The hair migration portion includes a continuous row of bristles and a sidewall. The continuous row of bristles and sidewall are at least partially revolved around and extend along at least a portion of the pivot axis from one of a collection area or a first end region of the agitator and either another collection area or a second end region of the agitator. The sidewall extends substantially parallel to the continuous row of bristles within the hair migration portion. The continuous row of bristles and sidewall are configured to reduce hair from becoming entangled in the bristles and to migrate hair towards the collection area or the first end region of the agitator.

公开(公告)号：US20170127896A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-11

申请号：US15331045

申请日：2016-10-21

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul CARTER ,  Adam UDY ,  Catriona A. SUTTER ,  Christopher PINCHES ,  David S. CLARE ,  Andre David BROWN ,  John FREESE ,  Patrick CLEARY ,  Alexander CALVINO ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  David JALBERT ,  Jason THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWE ,  Nancy GAO WENXIU ,  David WU ,  David W. POIRIER

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L5/26

CPC classification number: A47L9/0488 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/34 ,  A47L9/0405 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0494 ,  A47L9/0606 ,  A47L9/0673 ,  A47L9/30

Abstract: A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.