Floor-cleaning equipment

• US 8,468,633 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2008
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Original Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
• Inventors: Arnold, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/744,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20100251497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,785 Days
• Field of Search: 15/4, 15/411, 15/521, 15/98
• US Class Current: 15/4
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/33 having means for storing dirt
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4013 Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4025 Means for emptying
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4036 Parts or details of the surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4041 Roll shaped surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/256 for mops made of cloth

Abstract

A cleaning device includes a base body, a rotatable brush roller disposed on the base body, a dirt container disposed on the base body, a cloth holder attached removably to the base body, and a cleaning cloth attachable to the cloth holder.

Claims

1. A cleaning device comprising:

a base body;

a rotatable brush roller disposed on the base body;

a dirt container disposed on the base body;

a cloth holder attached removably to the base body; and

a cleaning cloth attachable to the cloth holder,

wherein the cloth holder includes a plurality of openings and the base body includes a plurality of rollers each projecting into one of the plurality of openings.

2. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a snap-in locking device configured to removably attach the cloth holder to the base body.

3. The cleaning device as recited in claim 2, wherein the snap-in locking device includes at least one adjustable snap-in locking tab configured to removably attach the cloth holder to the base body.

4. The cleaning device as recited in claim 2, wherein the snap-in locking device includes an actuation button disposed in a recess of the base body.

5. The cleaning device as recited in claim 4, wherein a part of the actuation button projects beyond the base body on a side remote from the cloth holder.

6. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the dirt container is removable.

7. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the dirt container includes a cap, at least part of the cap projecting beyond the brush roller.

8. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the brush roller is displaceable and removable in an axial direction of the brush roller in a spring-loaded manner.

9. The cleaning device as recited in claim 1, wherein the brush roller includes a disc-shaped projection.

10. A cleaning device comprising:

a base body;

a rotatable brush roller disposed on the base body;

a dirt container disposed on the base body;

a cloth holder attached removably to the base body;

a cleaning cloth attachable to the cloth holder; and

a snap-in locking device configured to removably attach the cloth holder to the base body,

wherein the snap-in locking device includes an actuation button disposed in a recess of the base body.

11. The cleaning device as recited in claim 10, wherein a part of the actuation button projects beyond the base body on a side remote from the cloth holder.