IP Library Granted Patent US 12691480
Granted Patent B2
US 12691480 · App. 18/722,694 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Cleaner

Inventor: Hendrik Mantel (Neuenkirchen, DE)
Assignee: GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
B08B9/0936B08B2209/08
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Patent No.
US 12691480
App. No.
18/722,694
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a cleaner comprising a base member connectable to a conduit for a cleaning agent, a head rotatably mounted about a first axis on the base member and a nozzle head mounted rotatably about a second axis on the head and having at least one nozzle. According to the invention, the nozzle head has an auxiliary nozzle which forms a cleaning jet and directs it toward the head, or an auxiliary nozzle which forms a cleaning jet and directs it toward the head is arranged on the nozzle head.

Claims (21)

1 . A cleaner comprising a base member connectable to a conduit for a cleaning agent, a head mounted rotatably about a first axis on the base member, a nozzle head mounted rotatably about a second axis on the head having a nozzle, and an auxiliary nozzle forming a cleaning jet directed toward the head, wherein the nozzle head includes the auxiliary nozzle or the auxiliary nozzle is arranged on the nozzle head;

wherein the auxiliary nozzle is arranged on the nozzle head and is configured to direct the cleaning jet to hit a base of the head, the base of the head being a bottommost portion of the head and being arranged on a side of the head facing away from the base member.

2 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is arranged at a greater distance from the second axis than the base of the head.

3 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein an outlet of the auxiliary nozzle is arranged flush with a surface of the nozzle head.

4 . The cleaner according to claim 3 , wherein the surface of the nozzle head is planar.

5 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle includes a bore in the nozzle head.

6 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is arranged on a nozzle receiver.

7 . The cleaner according to claim 6 , wherein an outlet subchannel is arranged between an interior space of the nozzle head and the auxiliary nozzle.

8 . The cleaner according to claim 7 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle branches off from the outlet subchannel and an end of the outlet subchannel is closed by a seal arranged between the nozzle and the nozzle receiver.

9 . The cleaner according to claim 7 , wherein a separating member separates the outlet subchannel and a channel arranged in the nozzle from one another.

10 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is configured such that the cleaning jet may move in a direction having at least one component of movement that is orthogonal to a surface of the head.

11 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein an outlet of the auxiliary nozzle is arranged flush with a surface of the nozzle head.

12 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle includes a bore in the nozzle head.

13 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is arranged on a nozzle receiver.

14 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is configured such that the cleaning jet may move in a direction having at least one component of movement that is orthogonal to a surface of the head.

15 . The cleaner according to claim 3 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is configured such that the cleaning jet may move in a direction having at least one component of movement that is orthogonal to the surface of the head.

16 . The cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle includes a bore in the nozzle head.

17 . The cleaner according to claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is arranged on a nozzle receiver.

18 . The cleaner according to claim 8 , wherein a separating member separates the outlet subchannel and a channel arranged in the nozzle from one another.

19 . The cleaner according to claim 18 , wherein the auxiliary nozzle is configured such that the cleaning jet may move in a direction having at least one component of movement that is orthogonal to the surface of the head.

20 . The cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the base of the head is flat.