SUCTION CLEANER BRUSH ROLL ASSEMBLY

A brush roll assembly for mounting in the air inlet passage of a suction cleaner is disclosed, wherein a pair of elongated brush strips are removably mounted in generally longitudinally extending grooves in the roll body. Each brush strip has a detent at one end thereof, which engages a retaining surface on the interior of a cavity in a drive pulley secured to the roll body. The detent is carried on the end of a resilient arm, and the arm is inwardly deflectable to disengage the detent from the retaining surface so that the brush strip can be shifted out of the groove. A multi-part construction is utilized in the drive pulley to facilitate assembly thereof on the roll body, and the roll body is helically shaped to reduce the effective profile area of the brush roll assembly.