Patents by Inventor Joshua Thomas MUTLOW

Joshua Thomas MUTLOW 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).

  • Brushbar, cleaner head and method of manufacture of a brushbar
    Patent number: 10426306
    Abstract: A brushbar including: a body having a channel extending in the longitudinal direction and a retaining feature provided along each side of the channel and spaced away from a bottom, wherein a depth of the channel decreases in the longitudinal direction of the channel; an agitator element that includes a flexible strip and an agitator, wherein the flexible strip is disposed in the channel and extends between each retaining feature and the bottom of the channel such that the retaining features retain the flexible strip in the channel and the agitator extends radially from the channel; and a shim disposed between the flexible strip and the bottom of the channel such that the flexible strip abuts each retaining feature, wherein a thickness profile of the shim decreases in the longitudinal direction by an amount corresponding to the decrease in the depth of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Andrew Isley, Joshua Thomas Mutlow
  • BRUSHBAR, CLEANER HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF A BRUSHBAR
    Publication number: 20170209008
    Abstract: A brushbar including: a body having a channel extending in the longitudinal direction and a retaining feature provided along each side of the channel and spaced away from a bottom, wherein a depth of the channel decreases in the longitudinal direction of the channel; an agitator element that includes a flexible strip and an agitator, wherein the flexible strip is disposed in the channel and extends between each retaining feature and the bottom of the channel such that the retaining features retain the flexible strip in the channel and the agitator extends radially from the channel; and a shim disposed between the flexible strip and the bottom of the channel such that the flexible strip abuts each retaining feature, wherein a thickness profile of the shim decreases in the longitudinal direction by an amount corresponding to the decrease in the depth of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Andrew ISLEY, Joshua Thomas MUTLOW