US 11,751,677 B2
Cable broom
Britt R. Calloway, Midlothian, VA (US); Robert Mayes, Hanover, VA (US); Tim Stumph, Midlothian, VA (US); and Chris Turner, Aylett, VA (US)
Assigned to Old Dominion Brush Company, Henrico, VA (US)
Filed by Old Dominion Brush Company, Henrico, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,278.
Application 17/816,278 is a continuation of application No. 17/353,321, filed on Jun. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,399,623.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,450, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361660 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A46B 9/06 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 9/06 (2013.01) [A46B 9/02 (2013.01); A46B 13/008 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3066 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A block segment for a gutter broom, comprising:
an outer edge;
an inner edge opposite the outer edge;
bristles comprising first bristles having a first stiffness and second bristles having a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness; and
openings comprising the bristles and arranged in an outer row adjacent the outer edge and an inner row adjacent the inner edge, the outer row comprising at least two adjacent outer row openings having the first bristles and at least two adjacent outer row openings having the second bristles, the adjacent outer row openings having the first bristles being adjacent the adjacent outer row openings having the second bristles, and the inner row comprising at least two adjacent inner row openings having the first bristles, the adjacent inner row openings having the first bristles being adjacent the adjacent outer row openings having the second bristles,
wherein the bristles comprise a greater number of individual first bristles than individual second bristles.