(19)
(11) EP 1 576 902 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/26

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/38

(21) Application number: 05005996.3

(22) Date of filing: 18.03.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A46B 7/06(2006.01)
A47L 13/24(2006.01)
 A46B 7/02(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 18.03.2004 US 554118 P
11.01.2005 US 32933

(71) Applicant: G&S Metal Products Company, Inc.
Cleveland OH 44127 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Saunders, Craig M.
    Rocky River Ohio 44116 (US)
  • Kalman, Jeffrey R.
    Cleveland Heights Ohio 44118 (US)

(74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte 
Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München
81671 München (DE)

   


(54) Corner broom


(57) A brush head includes a frame and an assembly of brush sections connected thereto. The assembly of brush sections includes first and second wing brushes and a central brush therebetween. The first wing brush is pivotally interconnected to the frame at a first hinge, and the second wing brush is pivotally interconnected to the frame at a second hinge. The wing brushes move from a first, rest orientation, angled with one another when at rest or lightly loaded; to a second, load orientation, parallel and colinear with one another when loaded.







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