is moving in the direction of movement of the floor care appliance so that the nap is always brushed from the bottom to the top and dirt and debris is lifted from the nap where it is entrained in the airstream being drawn into the apparatus by the suction generator to provide efficient and effective deep cleaning action application_number US 61996903 A description reference is now made to fig1 showing a preferred embodiment of a floor care apparatus 10 of the present invention it should be appreciated that while an upright vacuum cleaner 10 is illustrated embodiments of the present invention also include different upright vacuum cleaners and extractors and canister vacuum cleaners and extractors equipped with a powerhead incorporating a power driven agitator such as shown for example in u s pat no 6 148 474 which is owned by the assignee of the present invention and is incorporated herein by reference the upright vacuum cleaner 10 includes a nozzle assembly 16 and a canister assembly 18 pivotally connected to the nozzle assembly the canister assembly 18 further includes a control handle 20 and a hand grip 22 a power switch 24 is provided for turning the vacuum cleaner on and off of course electrical power is supplied to the vacuum cleaner 10 from a standard electrical wall outlet through a cord not shown as is known in the art in the present preferred embodiment the hand grip 22 is slidably mounted to a stem 21 of the control handle 20 as forces are exerted on the hand grip 22 by an operator the.