Cleaning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11330945-B2
Application number	US-201816967140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	Mar 9, 2018
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

A cleaning device includes: a main body having a front edge; a suction device having a suction opening and a suction channel; a brush assembly having a rotatable roller brush; and an apparatus for wetting a floor to be cleaned with liquid, the apparatus being associated with the roller brush. The suction opening and the roller brush are arranged in the main body in such a manner as to face the floor to be cleaned. The suction opening has a first wall facing the front edge of the main body and a second wall facing the roller brush. The roller brush loosens dirt from the floor to be cleaned. A pivotable lip is associated with the suction opening and alternately rests against the first wall or the second wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cleaning device, comprising:
a main body having a front edge;
a suction device having a suction opening and a suction channel;
a brush assembly having a rotatable roller brush; and
an apparatus configured to wet a floor to be cleaned with liquid, the apparatus being associated with the roller brush,
wherein the suction opening and the roller brush are arranged in the main body in such a manner as to face the floor to be cleaned,
wherein the suction opening has a first wall facing the front edge of the main body and a second wall facing the roller brush,
wherein the roller brush is configured to loosen dirt from the floor to be cleaned, and
wherein a pivotable lip is associated with the suction opening and alternately rests against the first wall and the second wall.

2. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the lip rests on the floor to be cleaned.

3. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the lip is provided with at least one hole.

4. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the lip has an elastically formed section.

5. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the lip comprises a rocker arm and is pivotably fixed in the main body.

6. The cleaning device according to claim 5 , wherein the lip rests under pretension on the floor to be cleaned when the lip rests against the first wall.

7. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the lip has at least one spacer along the edge associated with the floor to be cleaned.

8. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein a gap forms in each case between the first wall and the floor to be cleaned and between the second wall and the floor to be cleaned.

9. The cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the gap between the first wall and the floor to be cleaned has a larger gap size than the gap between the second wall and the floor to be cleaned.

10. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is arranged between the roller brush and the suction opening.

11. The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the suction channel is operatively connected to a suction blower.

12. The cleaning device according to claim 11 , wherein a dirt container is arranged between the suction channel and the suction blower.

Assignees

• Freudenberg Carl Kg

Inventors

• Brugora Alessandro
• Hofmeister Helmut

Classifications

• A47L9/0477 Primary

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