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Granted Patent B2
US 10,842,338 · App. 15/565,427 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Manually-displaceable cleaning device having counter-rotatable rollers

Inventors: Norbert Weis (Weinheim, DE); Daniel Baumgart (Worms, DE)
Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
A47L11/4041A47L11/22A47L11/24A47L11/282
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Patent No.
US 10,842,338
App. No.
15/565,427
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning device has a main part and a handle with which an operator can displace the cleaning device on a surface being cleaned, two counter-rotatable rollers being received in the main part such that the rollers come into contact with the floor being cleaned, the rollers being arranged in the main part such that they are only separated by a shared air gap and/or longitudinal gap.

Claims (28)

1. A cleaning device, comprising:

a main part;

a handle with which an operator can displace the cleaning device on a surface to be cleaned; and

a first and a second rotatable roller, the two rollers being counter-rotatable and being received in the main part such that the rollers come into contact with the surface to be cleaned,

wherein the rollers are arranged in the main part such that the rollers are separated by a shared air gap,

wherein each roller includes a lateral surface that is shaped to include mutually engaging profiles, the profiles being formed by the lateral surfaces of the rollers themselves, and

wherein at least one roller does not include bristles.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the rollers have different diameters.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein a ratio between the diameters of the rollers is between 7:6 and 12:6.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein a ratio between the diameters of the rollers is between 7:6 and 8:6.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the shared air gap between the rollers is in a range of from 0.5 mm to 15 mm.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein a width of the shared air gap between the rollers is in a range of from 1 mm to 10 mm.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the profile is formed by blades.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the blades are V-shaped.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the blades in a region of a minimum distance between the rollers are separated from one another by a gap.

10. The device of claim 7 , further comprising:

an air chamber, formed between the blades and surfaces of the rollers that face one another.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one roller is resiliently mounted.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the rollers are deformable.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the rollers can be rotated at such rotational speeds that the speeds at each of the outermost radial points are identical.

14. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a baffle, arranged above the rollers.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the baffle is further arranged above the shared air gap.

16. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a venting device, provided behind the rollers.

17. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a baffle, arranged above at least one of the rollers or the shared air gap.

18. The device of claim 1 , wherein each roller does not include bristles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: WEIS, NORBERT; BAUMGART, DANIEL
To: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
Reel/Frame 043818/0326 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 005 229 · Apr 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180125321A1 · May 10, 2018
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