Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Mark Iles
Jean-Paul Mark Iles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10667661Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body, a front agitator and a rear agitator, each agitator being rotatable relative to the main body, a mechanism for rotating the front agitator and the rear agitator, and a surface agitating edge located between the front agitator and the rear agitator.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Scott Andrew Maguire
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Publication number: 20160037986Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body, a front agitator and a rear agitator, each agitator being rotatable relative to the main body, a mechanism for rotating the front agitator and the rear agitator, and a surface agitating edge located between the front agitator and the rear agitator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jean-Paul Mark ILES, Spencer James Robert ARTHEY, Scott Andrew MAGUIRE
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Patent number: 9066640Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body, a front agitator and a rear agitator, each agitator being rotatable relative to the main body, a mechanism for rotating the front agitator and the rear agitator, and a surface agitating edge located between the front agitator and the rear agitator.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Scott Andrew Maguire
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Patent number: 8745818Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body having a downwardly-directed suction opening and at least one surface engaging support member, a front agitator and a rear agitator, with each agitator being rotatable relative to the main body, and a mechanism for rotating the front agitator and the rear agitator. The front agitator has a relatively flexible pile and the rear agitator has relatively stiff bristles arranged to dislodge matter from the pile of the front agitator. The pile of the front agitator and the at least one surface engaging support member extend downwardly beyond the bristles of the rear agitator so as to space the bristles of the rear agitator from a relatively hard surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Scott Andrew Maguire
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Patent number: 8671514Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator assembly, an agitator chamber housing the agitator assembly, and a sole plate defining a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the agitator assembly enters the agitator chamber. A set of support members is located on a leading and trailing section of the sole plate, the support members extending downwardly beyond the sole plate to support the sole plate above a relatively hard floor surface. The lowermost extremities of the sets of support members are located in a first plane, and the edges of the opening are located in a second plane which is inclined upwardly relative to the first plane. The agitator assembly includes agitating members which extend outwardly from the opening beyond the second plane but within the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Patent number: 8495790Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator and an agitator chamber housing the agitator. The agitator includes a flexible body and surface engaging members mounted on the body. The agitator chamber includes a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the surface engaging members enters the cleaner head. The opening is located in a plane. The cleaner head includes a drive mechanism for rotating the agitator about a rotational axis which is inclined both relative to the plane of the opening and towards the rear of the opening so that, with rotation of the agitator, the surface engaging members protrude through the opening towards the front of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Steven John Forbes, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Patent number: 8484800Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a first rotatable agitator and a second rotatable agitator for sweeping debris from a surface, each agitator comprising a disc-shaped body and a plurality of resilient members, preferably in the form of bristles, mounted on the body for engaging the surface. The agitators are housed within an agitator chamber which includes a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the bristles enters the cleaner head. The opening is located in a plane, and each body is inclined relative to the plane of the opening so that, with rotation of the agitator, the bristles protrude through the opening. The bristles of the first agitator are angularly offset from the bristles of the second agitator.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Steven John Forbes, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Publication number: 20130139349Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body having a downwardly-directed suction opening and at least one surface engaging support member, a front agitator and a rear agitator, with each agitator being rotatable relative to the main body, and a mechanism for rotating the front agitator and the rear agitator. The front agitator has a relatively flexible pile and the rear agitator has relatively stiff bristles arranged to dislodge matter from the pile of the front agitator. The pile of the front agitator and the at least one surface engaging support member extend downwardly beyond the bristles of the rear agitator so as to space the bristles of the rear agitator from a relatively hard surface to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Scott Andrew Maguire
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Patent number: 8448294Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator and an agitator chamber housing the agitator. The agitator includes a drive shaft, a flexible body connected to the drive shaft and surface engaging members mounted on the flexible body. The agitator chamber includes a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the surface engaging members enters the cleaner head. The opening is located in a plane relative to which the flexible body is inclined so that, with rotation of the agitator, the surface engaging members protrude through the opening, preferably towards the front of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Steven John Forbes, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Patent number: 8424157Abstract: A tool for a surface treating appliance includes a main body connected to a conduit. The main body includes a first suction channel and a second suction channel in fluid communication with the first suction channel and located between the first suction channel and an outlet from the main body. In use, a relatively low vacuum is generated in the first suction channel which draws a first dirt-bearing fluid flow into the main body, and a relatively high vacuum is generated in the second suction channel, which draws a second dirt-bearing fluid flow into the main body and receives the first dirt-bearing fluid flow from the first suction channel. To maintain the pressure differences between the suction channels, the main body includes flexible surface engaging members located about the suction channels, and between the first suction channel and the second suction channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Ian Gell, Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Giles Ashbee, Thomas James Dunning Follows, Stephen Benjamin Courtney
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Publication number: 20130086769Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body, a front agitator and a rear agitator, each agitator being rotatable relative to the main body, a mechanism for rotating the front agitator and the rear agitator, and a surface agitating edge located between the front agitator and the rear agitator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Scott Andrew Maguire
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Publication number: 20120198644Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator assembly, an agitator chamber housing the agitator assembly, and a sole plate defining a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the agitator assembly enters the agitator chamber. A set of support members is located on a leading and trailing section of the sole plate, the support members extending downwardly beyond the sole plate to support the sole plate above a relatively hard floor surface. The lowermost extremities of the sets of support members are located in a first plane, and the edges of the opening are located in a second plane which is inclined upwardly relative to the first plane. The agitator assembly includes agitating members which extend outwardly from the opening beyond the second plane but within the first plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Jean-Paul Mark ILES
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Publication number: 20120144621Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator and an agitator chamber housing the agitator. The agitator includes a drive shaft, a flexible body connected to the drive shaft and surface engaging members mounted on the flexible body. The agitator chamber includes a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the surface engaging members enters the cleaner head. The opening is located in a plane relative to which the flexible body is inclined so that, with rotation of the agitator, the surface engaging members protrude through the opening, preferably towards the front of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Steven John FORBES, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Publication number: 20120144619Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a first rotatable agitator and a second rotatable agitator for sweeping debris from a surface, each agitator comprising a disc-shaped body and a plurality of resilient members, preferably in the form of bristles, mounted on the body for engaging the surface. The agitators are housed within an agitator chamber which includes a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the bristles enters the cleaner head. The opening is located in a plane, and each body is inclined relative to the plane of the opening so that, with rotation of the agitator, the bristles protrude through the opening. The bristles of the first agitator are angularly offset from the bristles of the second agitator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Steven John FORBES, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Publication number: 20120144620Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator and an agitator chamber housing the agitator. The agitator includes a flexible body and surface engaging members mounted on the body. The agitator chamber includes a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by the surface engaging members enters the cleaner head. The opening is located in a plane. The cleaner head includes a drive mechanism for rotating the agitator about a rotational axis which is inclined both relative to the plane of the opening and towards the rear of the opening so that, with rotation of the agitator, the surface engaging members protrude through the opening towards the front of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Steven John Forbes, Spencer James Robert Arthey, Jean-Paul Mark Iles
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Publication number: 20100319159Abstract: A tool for a surface treating appliance includes a main body connected to a conduit. The main body includes a first suction channel and a second suction channel in fluid communication with the first suction channel and located between the first suction channel and an outlet from the main body. In use, a relatively low vacuum is generated in the first suction channel which draws a first dirt-bearing fluid flow into the main body, and a relatively high vacuum is generated in the second suction channel, which draws a second dirt-bearing fluid flow into the main body and receives the first dirt-bearing fluid flow from the first suction channel. To maintain the pressure differences between the suction channels, the main body includes flexible surface engaging members located about the suction channels, and between the first suction channel and the second suction channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Ian GELL, Jean-Paul Mark Iles, Giles Ashbee, Thomas James Dunning Follows, Stephen Benjamin Courtney