Tufting method and brushroll for vacuum cleaner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9693663
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14208381

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A method of tufting, with a tufting tool, a brushroll dowel for a vacuum cleaner having a bristle stiffener protruding from the dowel and a bristle hole adjacent the bristle stiffener. The tufting tool includes a notch. The method provides a brushroll with bristles tufted into the bristle hole adjacent the bristle stiffener. A brushroll for a vacuum cleaner can be made using an injection molding process, with bristle stiffeners integrally molded with the dowel and a plurality of stiffened bristles protruding from the brush dowel adjacent to the bristle stiffeners.

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BISSELL INC2345 WALKER AVE NW GRAND RAPIDS MI 49544

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  • 2014 Application Filing Year
  • A46B Class
  • 359 Applications Filed
  • 312 Patents Issued To-Date
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Kasper, Gary A Grand Rapids, US 75 2859

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