EP3761840C0 - Cleaning device - Google Patents

Cleaning device

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Publication number: EP3761840C0
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cleaning device; cleaning
Prior art date: 2018-03-09
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP18789104.9A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP3761840A1 (en

EP3761840B1 (en

Inventor

Alessandro Brugora

Helmut Hofmeister

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Carl Freudenberg KG

Original Assignee

Carl Freudenberg KG

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2018-03-09

Filing date

2018-10-16

Publication date

2023-08-09

2018-10-16 Application filed by Carl Freudenberg KG filed Critical Carl Freudenberg KG

2021-01-13 Publication of EP3761840A1 publication Critical patent/EP3761840A1/en

2023-08-09 Application granted granted Critical

2023-08-09 Publication of EP3761840C0 publication Critical patent/EP3761840C0/en

2023-08-09 Publication of EP3761840B1 publication Critical patent/EP3761840B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2038-10-16 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/02—Nozzles
- A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
- A47L9/0461—Dust-loosening tools, e.g. agitators, brushes
- A47L9/0466—Rotating tools
- A47L9/0477—Rolls
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/02—Nozzles
- A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/29—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
- A47L11/30—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction
- A47L11/302—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction having rotary tools
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
- A47L11/4041—Roll shaped surface treating tools
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
- A47L11/4044—Vacuuming or pick-up tools; Squeegees
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/02—Nozzles
- A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
- A47L9/0666—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like with tilting, floating or similarly arranged brushes, combs, lips or pads
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/408—Means for supplying cleaning or surface treating agents
- A47L11/4088—Supply pumps; Spraying devices; Supply conduits
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
- A47L9/14—Bags or the like; Rigid filtering receptacles; Attachment of, or closures for, bags or receptacles

Landscapes

Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Nozzles For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)
Brushes (AREA)

EP18789104.9A 2018-03-09 2018-10-16 Cleaning device Active EP3761840B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE102018105461.0A DE102018105461A1 (en)	2018-03-09	2018-03-09	cleaner
PCT/EP2018/078255 WO2019170265A1 (en)	2018-03-09	2018-10-16	Cleaning device

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3761840A1 EP3761840A1 (en)	2021-01-13
EP3761840C0 true EP3761840C0 (en)	2023-08-09
EP3761840B1 EP3761840B1 (en)	2023-08-09

Family

ID=63896171

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP18789104.9A Active EP3761840B1 (en)	2018-03-09	2018-10-16	Cleaning device

Country Status (7)

Country	Link
US (1)	US11330945B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP3761840B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN111615354A (en)
CA (1)	CA3094227C (en)
DE (1)	DE102018105461A1 (en)
PL (1)	PL3761840T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2019170265A1 (en)

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DE102020102283A1 (en)	2020-01-30	2021-08-05	Carl Freudenberg Kg	Cleaning device
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2018
- 2018-03-09 DE DE102018105461.0A patent/DE102018105461A1/en active Pending
- 2018-10-16 CA CA3094227A patent/CA3094227C/en active Active
- 2018-10-16 WO PCT/EP2018/078255 patent/WO2019170265A1/en active Application Filing
- 2018-10-16 PL PL18789104.9T patent/PL3761840T3/en unknown
- 2018-10-16 US US16/967,140 patent/US11330945B2/en active Active
- 2018-10-16 EP EP18789104.9A patent/EP3761840B1/en active Active
- 2018-10-16 CN CN201880085746.3A patent/CN111615354A/en active Pending

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA3094227A1 (en)	2019-09-12
CA3094227C (en)	2023-03-21
EP3761840A1 (en)	2021-01-13
DE102018105461A1 (en)	2019-09-12
US11330945B2 (en)	2022-05-17
PL3761840T3 (en)	2024-03-18
CN111615354A (en)	2020-09-01
WO2019170265A1 (en)	2019-09-12
US20200359863A1 (en)	2020-11-19
EP3761840B1 (en)	2023-08-09

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PL3744223T3 (en)	2022-11-14	Cleaning device
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EP3517226C0 (en)	2023-06-07	Cleaning device
GB201819604D0 (en)	2019-01-16	Cleaning device
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SG11202101566SA (en)	2021-03-30	Cleaning device
SG10201912088UA (en)	2020-07-29	Substrate cleaning device
PL3796821T3 (en)	2022-04-11	Wet cleaning device
EP3806441A4 (en)	2022-02-23	Cleaning device
GB201910360D0 (en)	2019-09-04	Pool cleaning device
PT3517010T (en)	2021-08-30	Cleaning unit
PL3691505T3 (en)	2021-11-22	Surface cleaning device
GB201802846D0 (en)	2018-04-11	Overboarding device
GB201914315D0 (en)	2019-11-20	Cleaning device
GB201914316D0 (en)	2019-11-20	Cleaning device
GB201901438D0 (en)	2019-03-27	Cleaning device
KR102267555B9 (en)	2023-03-23	Oral cleaning device
PL3488755T3 (en)	2022-05-30	Cleaning device
GB201718811D0 (en)	2017-12-27	Cleaning device
ZA201903139B (en)	2020-01-29	Window cleaning device
GB201707100D0 (en)	2017-06-21	Cleaning device

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