US2611917A - Vacuum cleaner attachment for use in cleaning venetian blinds - Google Patents

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US2611917A
US2611917A US693465A US69346546A US2611917A US 2611917 A US2611917 A US 2611917A US 693465 A US693465 A US 693465A US 69346546 A US69346546 A US 69346546A US 2611917 A US2611917 A US 2611917A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47L9/0613—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like rigidly anchored brushes, combs, lips or pads with means specially adapted for picking up threads, hair or the like, e.g. brushes, combs, lint pickers or bristles pads
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
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  • VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT ECR usE 1N CLEANING VENETIAN ELINDE Filed Aug. 28, 1946 HIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHI
  • This invention pertains to a vacuum cleaner attachment and more especially has reference to a brush adapted to clean the slats of Venetian blinds and the like.
  • the principal objects of our invention are to provide an attachment for conventional vacuum cleaners which is particularly adapted for insertion between the slats of Venetian blinds; which is provided with improved and highly efficient cleaning means for said slats; which is well adapted for construction from an inexpensive and plentiful lightweight material such as a plastic composition; and which is simple and compact in construction and of neat appearance.
  • Figure 1 is a lside elevation of the invention illustrating the manner of its employment
  • Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon line 2-2 of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.
  • the attachment comprises a tubular neck portion HB adapted to be connected to the suction line
  • the head portion is bifurcated to provide parallel spaced flattened hollow furcations H5 and H1 which are appropriately spaced for straddling a blind leaf or slat H2 therebetween while extending between said leaf and the adjacent blinds, thus cleaning four slat surfaces simultaneously.
  • Each flattened hollow furcation is generally rectangular in cross-section and includes orifices I IB extending through the upper and lower faces thereof.
  • 26 are suitably fastened to the upper and lower faces of each furcation and are provided with apertures
  • Secured by any appropriate means to the base plates are bristles
  • a vacuum cleaner attachment for dusting Venetian blinds having vertically spaced horizontal slats consisting of a head having an elongated bfurcated portion and an integral tubular neck portion inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the bifurcated portion, the furcations of said bifurcated portion being disposed one above the other when in position to receive a horizontal slat between them, each furcation being hollow and having a generally rectangular cross-section, the upper and lower faces of each furcation being flattened, spaced volunteerings extending through the upper and lower faces of each furcation, base plates secured to the upper and lower faces of each furcaticn and being provided with apertures registering with said orifices, and bristles mounted on said base plates and surrounding said orifices.

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SePt- 30, 1952 T. J. vENTslAs EFA-l. 2,611,97
VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT ECR usE 1N CLEANING VENETIAN ELINDE Filed Aug. 28, 1946 HIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHI |||IllllillllHllllIll!Il|||lllillINIINIIllIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIINIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIN nrlllllrllllllrllllril!!(lv l .A @www I 11 vel/tors Patented Sept. 30, 1952 VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT FOR USE IN CLEANING VENETIAN BLINDS Thomas J. Ventsias and James Ventsias, Joliet, Ill.
Application August 28, 1946, serial No. 693,465
1 claim. 1
This invention pertains to a vacuum cleaner attachment and more especially has reference to a brush adapted to clean the slats of Venetian blinds and the like.
The principal objects of our invention are to provide an attachment for conventional vacuum cleaners which is particularly adapted for insertion between the slats of Venetian blinds; which is provided with improved and highly efficient cleaning means for said slats; which is well adapted for construction from an inexpensive and plentiful lightweight material such as a plastic composition; and which is simple and compact in construction and of neat appearance.
These, together with various auxiliary objects which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are realized by our invention, the accompanying drawings of which are to be regarded as illustrative only of the principles thereof; and wherein:
Figure 1 is a lside elevation of the invention illustrating the manner of its employment;
Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon line 2-2 of Figure 1; and,
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.
In the annexed drawings, wherein like refer ence characters identify similar parts in the several views, the attachment comprises a tubular neck portion HB adapted to be connected to the suction line |20 of a conventional vacuum cleaner (not shown), and is angularly disposed integrally upon a head portion H4 which is shown in operative engagement with a Venetian blind I I having slats H2. Since the head portion is elongated, the neck portion is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the former as shown clearly in Figure 1. The head portion is bifurcated to provide parallel spaced flattened hollow furcations H5 and H1 which are appropriately spaced for straddling a blind leaf or slat H2 therebetween while extending between said leaf and the adjacent blinds, thus cleaning four slat surfaces simultaneously.
Each flattened hollow furcation is generally rectangular in cross-section and includes orifices I IB extending through the upper and lower faces thereof. Base plates |26 are suitably fastened to the upper and lower faces of each furcation and are provided with apertures |28 in registry with the orifices H8. Secured by any appropriate means to the base plates are bristles |22 having passages |24 in registry with the aforementioned apertures and orifices. When employing the attachment, it will be recognized that four slat surfaces will be simultaneously cleaned, the bristles |22 loosening the dirt or dust from the slats and the air currents removing the same through the passages |24 and the apertures and orifices |28 and H8, respectively.
We claim as our invention:
A vacuum cleaner attachment for dusting Venetian blinds having vertically spaced horizontal slats consisting of a head having an elongated bfurcated portion and an integral tubular neck portion inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the bifurcated portion, the furcations of said bifurcated portion being disposed one above the other when in position to receive a horizontal slat between them, each furcation being hollow and having a generally rectangular cross-section, the upper and lower faces of each furcation being flattened, spaced orices extending through the upper and lower faces of each furcation, base plates secured to the upper and lower faces of each furcaticn and being provided with apertures registering with said orifices, and bristles mounted on said base plates and surrounding said orifices.
THOMAS J. VENTSIAS. JAMES VENTSIAS.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,023,955 Harvey Dec. 10, 1935 2,028,847 Ricks Jan. 28, 1936 2,038,424 Ell Apr. 2l, 1936 2,198,339 Hamilton Apr. 23, 1940 2,231,802 Diggs Feb. 11, 1941 2,243,120 Pollitt May 27, 1941 2,255,271 Rast Sept. 9, 1941 2,276,078 Marks Mar. 10, 1942 v
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US3045275A (en) * 1961-09-05 1962-07-24 Jean C Delacretaz Device for cleaning slatted structures such as venetian blinds and the like
DE1168028B (en) * 1961-09-13 1964-04-16 Jean Charles Delacretaz Device designed as a suction nozzle for cleaning board blinds or the like.
US4718141A (en) * 1987-01-27 1988-01-12 Kuehnl Carol C Cleaning device
US4756050A (en) * 1987-09-21 1988-07-12 Vesely James G Vacuum cleaner attachment for cleaning a multiple of slats of a venetian blind
US4787118A (en) * 1987-03-30 1988-11-29 Weiland Herbert C Vacuum brush device for cleaning venetian blinds
US5337445A (en) * 1992-04-07 1994-08-16 Robert W. Lackey Corporation Vacuum fan duster
US6345409B1 (en) * 2001-01-29 2002-02-12 Lacroix John P. Vacuum nozzle for cleaning ceiling fan blades
US20040158954A1 (en) * 2003-02-18 2004-08-19 Bailey Andrew J. Vacuum attachment for blinds
US11064854B2 (en) 2016-05-31 2021-07-20 Darius Development Limited Cleaner attachment device

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US2231802A (en) * 1938-08-20 1941-02-11 Richard I Diggs Dustless blind brush
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US2255271A (en) * 1937-09-03 1941-09-09 Electrolux Corp Vacuum cleaner brush
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US2023955A (en) * 1933-05-09 1935-12-10 Laval A Cowen Vending machine
US2028847A (en) * 1933-06-06 1936-01-28 United Shoe Machinery Corp Dust removing device
US2038424A (en) * 1933-07-18 1936-04-21 Electrolux Corp Nozzle for vacuum cleaners
US2255271A (en) * 1937-09-03 1941-09-09 Electrolux Corp Vacuum cleaner brush
US2276078A (en) * 1938-01-28 1942-03-10 Fred W Carstens Dusting brush
US2198339A (en) * 1938-05-28 1940-04-23 Hamilton Mettie Anne Brush
US2231802A (en) * 1938-08-20 1941-02-11 Richard I Diggs Dustless blind brush
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Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3045275A (en) * 1961-09-05 1962-07-24 Jean C Delacretaz Device for cleaning slatted structures such as venetian blinds and the like
DE1168028B (en) * 1961-09-13 1964-04-16 Jean Charles Delacretaz Device designed as a suction nozzle for cleaning board blinds or the like.
US4718141A (en) * 1987-01-27 1988-01-12 Kuehnl Carol C Cleaning device
US4787118A (en) * 1987-03-30 1988-11-29 Weiland Herbert C Vacuum brush device for cleaning venetian blinds
US4756050A (en) * 1987-09-21 1988-07-12 Vesely James G Vacuum cleaner attachment for cleaning a multiple of slats of a venetian blind
US5337445A (en) * 1992-04-07 1994-08-16 Robert W. Lackey Corporation Vacuum fan duster
US6345409B1 (en) * 2001-01-29 2002-02-12 Lacroix John P. Vacuum nozzle for cleaning ceiling fan blades
US20040158954A1 (en) * 2003-02-18 2004-08-19 Bailey Andrew J. Vacuum attachment for blinds
US11064854B2 (en) 2016-05-31 2021-07-20 Darius Development Limited Cleaner attachment device

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