brushbar

noun

brushbar

noun

Etymology From brush + bar.

1

A rotating bar with brushlike bristles, used in certain cleaning appliances.

  • It's all pretty simple. If you want to get hairs out of a carpet, you need a whirling brushbar of death. No amount of suck will do it.1999, Steve Wiseman, “Vacuum Cleaners”, in cam.misc (Usenet):
  • A string had caught in the brushbar and shut down the belt drive. This was quickly fixed and we hosed up the rest of the filth.2005 March, Popular Mechanics, volume 182, number 3:
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  • Innovations include placing the main motor inside the ball, using a second motor to drive the brushbar through gears, and a mechanism to drop down wheels...2005, Eureka: Innovative Engineering Design:

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