| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 015490100 | Floor and wall cleaner | 52 |
| 20080216259 | Mobile floor-cleaning machine - The invention relates to a mobile floor-cleaning machine having a rotationally drivable, disk-like cleaning tool which is detachably held on a tool holder, the tool holder being connected to a drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to develop the floor-cleaning machine in such a way that the cleaning tool can be easily replaced, the invention proposes that said cleaning tool is adapted to be detachably latched to the tool holder and to be disconnected from the tool holder in the axial direction by means of an unlatching mechanism which is adapted to be operated by the user. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090019652 | Floor finishing apparatus - A floor finishing apparatus includes a chassis, a housing pivotably mounted to the chassis and having a mounting surface and at least partially defining a chamber, and a plurality of floor finishing units mounted to the mounting surface of the housing. The apparatus may include a rolling device carried by the housing and adapted to contact the ground to assist the housing in being pivoted with respect to the chassis. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100101033 | Floor maintenance apparatus and method of use - A floor maintenance apparatus having a floor maintenance machine and an attached sulky which allows an operator to ride in a standing position or walk behind the floor maintenance machine. A wheeled sulky having a first attaching portion, a stopping portion, a wheel receiving portion, and a platform portion having a first portion and a second portion is also provided. Methods of operating the apparatus are also provided. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100242195 | Hydraulic Fluid Flow Management System and Method - A hydraulic fluid flow management system and method includes three subsystems. The first subsystem is an engine mounted hydraulic fluid pump electrically operated flow control proportioning valve combination. The second subsystem is a hydraulic fluid flow distribution manifold assembly. The third subsystem is a computer operated controller and display which governs the operation of the electrically operated flow control proportioning valve combination. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100319147 | Floor Treating System and Method - A floor treating system is provided including a power source having a rotatable drive shaft with an axis of rotation, a floor treating attachment, means for imparting an oscillating motion from the drive shaft to the floor treating attachment, a rug beating attachment, and means for imparting a vibrating motion from the drive shaft to the rug beating attachment. Multiple embodiments provide that the means for imparting an oscillating motion impart at least two speeds of oscillating motion. Embodiments include those with means for connecting floor treating attachments at at least two different distances from the drive shaft axis of rotation. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110047730 | CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE - A chemical distribution system for a floor cleaning machine is described. The system utilizes at least one container that is selectively connected to a pump that pumps a cleaning chemical solution from the container into a tee for combining with a fluid from an onboard fluid tank at a rate determined by a machine operator. Chemical containers may be readily and interchangeably connected to the pump to permit various solutions to be selectively utilized to optimize floor cleaning. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120011668 | COMPACT AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT - An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120110757 | EASY DISASSEMBLE SWEEPER - An easy disassemble sweeper includes a sweeping device, a machine body and a trash box connected to the machine body, and further includes a magnet device for assembling or separating the trash box and the machine body. As compared with the prior art, t he machine body and the trash box of the present invention are securely assembled by a magnetic force and the present invention has a simple structure, which allows the user to quickly and conveniently assemble or separate the machine body and the trash box for the ease of cleaning the trash box. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124760 | EXCHANGEABLE SWEEPING BRUSH DEVICE AND SWEEPER HAVING SUCH A SWEEPING BRUSH DEVICE - An exchangeable sweeping brush device for a carrier vehicle is provided. The device has at least one sweeping brush which is rotationally drivable about an almost vertically oriented axis of rotation of the brush and is held on a supporting frame, the supporting frame being detachably connectable to a supporting fork of the carrier vehicle, which is pivotable about a first horizontal pivot axis oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The supporting frame comprises a first supporting assembly on which the at least one sweeping brush is rotatably mounted, and a second supporting assembly which is detachably connectable to the supporting fork, the first supporting assembly being connected to the second supporting assembly for pivotal movement about a second horizontal pivot axis and being detachably connectable to the carrier vehicle by at least one tension member. A sweeper having such a sweeping brush device is also proposed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120233792 | PORTABLE FLOOR SWEEPER - A floor sweeper that picks up large particles without compromising the ability to collect dust. First and second rotary brush parts received in respective concavities in a base of the sweeper, have mouths disposed at different heights. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130031734 | POOL CLEANER WITH BRUSH - A pool cleaner device is configured to travel along an enclosing surface of a pool. The device includes at least one elongated brush having a long axis that is oriented at a nonzero angle to a lateral axis of the device and substantially parallel to the surface when the pool cleaner is traveling along the surface. The device also includes a mechanism for causing bristles of the elongated brush to vibrate against the surface when the device is operating on that surface. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130074278 | LOW PROFILE CLEANING DEVICE - A low profile cleaning device is disclosed. The device has a low profile or height and can clean beneath structures that have a low clearance relative to the floor. The device includes sweeps mounted on a frame. As the device moves in a sweeping direction, the sweeps sweep or clean the floor. Trash or other debris collected by the device can be removed from hard to reach areas. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130086760 | ROBOT CLEANER - The robot cleaner includes a main body configured to remove dust from a floor while traveling on the floor, the main body having a lateral rim defining the external appearance of a lateral surface of the robot cleaner, and at least one side brush assembly mounted to the main body to clean the corner of the floor. The side brush assembly includes a side arm pivotably coupled to the main body, the side arm moving between a first position where the side arm is inserted into the main body and a second position where the side arm protrudes outward from the lateral rim of the main body, a brush unit provided at the side arm to sweep the floor, and a rim cover coupled to the side arm to form a part of the lateral rim of the main body when the side arm is inserted into the main body. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130247313 | MOBILE FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE - A mobile floor cleaning machine is provided, having a chassis on which running wheels are rotatably mounted, and having at least one cleaning unit which has at least one cleaning tool and is coupled to the chassis via a guide member. To improve the floor cleaning machine in such a way that the risk of damage to the floor cleaning machine or to an obstacle in the event of a frontal collision with the obstacle may be minimized, it is proposed that the guide member is elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction of the floor cleaning machine. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130305468 | COMBINATION OF A TRAY AND A CLEANING DEVICE FOR CLEANING SURFACES - In a cleaning device ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140026338 | AUTONOMOUS CLEANING DEVICE - An autonomous cleaning device that may reduce noise caused by friction with a floor includes: a main body having an opening; a brush unit that is rotatably disposed in the opening of the main body; and a blade assembly that guides introduction of dust swept up by the brush unit, the blade assembly including: a blade that guides dust toward an inner side of the main body; a support member that is coupled to the blade so as to support the blade and that has one side in which a coupling groove is formed; and an insertion member that is inserted into the coupling groove of the support member. The autonomous cleaning device can prevent noise from occurring due to abnormal contact between the blade and the floor while the autonomous cleaning device travels. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140250613 | AUTONOMOUS FLOOR-CLEANING ROBOT - An autonomous floor-cleaning robot comprising a housing infrastructure including a chassis, a power subsystem; for providing the energy to power the autonomous floor-cleaning robot, a motive subsystem operative to propel the autonomous floor-cleaning robot for cleaning operations, a command and control subsystem operative to control the autonomous floor-cleaning robot to effect cleaning operations, and a self-adjusting cleaning head subsystem that includes a deck mounted in pivotal combination with the chassis, a brush assembly mounted in combination with the deck and powered by the motive subsystem to sweep up particulates during cleaning operations, a vacuum assembly disposed in combination with the deck and powered by the motive subsystem to ingest particulates during cleaning operations, and a deck adjusting subassembly mounted in combination with the motive subsystem for the brush assembly, the deck, and the chassis that is automatically operative in response to an increase in brush torque in said brush assembly to pivot the deck with respect to said chassis. The autonomous floor-cleaning robot also includes a side brush assembly mounted in combination with the chassis and powered by the motive subsystem to entrain particulates outside the periphery of the housing infrastructure and to direct such particulates towards the self-adjusting cleaning head subsystem. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150289742 | FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE - Floor cleaning machine comprising: a) a front portion ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150327742 | AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN CLEANING DEVICE - A device for cleaning or processing a surface, wherein the device has a light source for illuminating the surface with light and an optical detection device for detecting the light reflected by the surface. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating a device according to the invention. To create a device for cleaning or processing a surface and a method of the type in question, which differentiates various surfaces with a better resolution than that in the prior art, it is proposed that the optical detection device has at least one filter element and at least one sensor element, which are arranged and designed to detect the light reflected from the surface with respect to at least four different spectral ranges. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150335220 | ROBOT CLEANER - A robot cleaner configured to elastically deform a brush part using contact force between bristles and a floor and then restoring the brush part to vibrate the bristles, thereby improving cleaning performance. The robot cleaner includes a case that moves on a floor, a brush shaft mounted to the case such that the brush shaft rotates by driving force from a drive unit, an elastic member fixed to the brush shaft, the elastic member made of an elastic material, and a brush part fixed to the elastic member, the brush part having bristles, wherein the brush part generates generate vibration during deformation and restoration of the elastic member when external force is applied. The elastic member deforms due to contact force between the bristles and the floor and is then restored, and the brush part vibrates during deformation and restoration of the elastic member. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160045091 | CLEANER AND VERTICAL CLEANER - A cleaner and a vertical cleaner are provided. The cleaner includes: a body having a connecting tube; a brush holder, with a rolling brush mounted therein; a motor cover rotatably mounted onto the brush holder around a first axis, defining an accommodating space therein, and having an opening, the connecting tube being configured to connect to the opening rotatably around a second axis different from the first axis; a motor disposed in the accommodating space for driving the rolling brush to rotate relative to the brush holder around a third axis parallel to the first axis. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160088993 | FLOOR CLEANING SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A floor cleaning device includes a sensing module, a driving module, a sweeping module and a processing module. When the floor cleaning device moves into a signal area defined within a floor surface by an emitter signal emitted from a signal terminal, the sensing module outputs a sensing signal to the processing module while receiving the emitter signal from the signal terminal. The processing module activates, in response to receipt of the sensing signal, the sweeping module to gather dirt particles from the floor surface, and controls the driving module to operate in a multi-moving mode in such a way that a housing of the floor cleaning device is driven by the driving module to move within the signal area until a duration counting from initial receipt of the sensing signal reaches a cleaning time period. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160166127 | CLEANING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160183755 | CLEANING TOOL FOR A FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE AND A FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE - A cleaning tool for a floor cleaning machine is proposed which includes a cleaning-action device and a supporting part on which the cleaning-action device is arranged and by means of which the cleaning tool is fixable to the floor cleaning machine, wherein the supporting part includes a seating having a wall and a seating space for a tool holding head of the floor cleaning machine which is bounded by the wall, and the wall includes a holding region for the tool holding head, wherein the wall includes an insertion region for the tool holding head to which the holding region is adjoined, wherein the seating space is widened in the insertion region in comparison with the holding region and tapers towards the holding region. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160192816 | FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE | 07-07-2016 |
| 015500100 | Scrubber | 9 |
| 20090056046 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE PRESSURE BETWEEN A FLOOR CLEANING IMPLEMENT AND A FLOOR - A device and method for regulating the pressure between a floor cleaning implement ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20120036659 | AUTONOMOUS SURFACE CLEANING ROBOT FOR WET AND DRY CLEANING - An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20140026339 | AUTONOMOUS SURFACE CLEANING ROBOT FOR WET CLEANING - An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140208529 | Bowling Lane Conditioning Machine - The invention relates generally to the conditioning of bowling lanes, and, more particularly to an apparatus and method for automatically applying a predetermined pattern of dressing fluid along the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of a bowling lane. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20160058258 | CLEANER HEAD - A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance, comprising a main body, a first bearing assembly, a second bearing assembly and a brushbar. The first bearing assembly is secured to the main body, and comprises a first stationary part fixed with respect to the main body and a first rotary part arranged to rotate with respect to the first stationary part. The second bearing assembly is secured to the main body, and comprises a second stationary part fixed with respect to the main body and a second rotary part arranged to rotate with respect to the second stationary part. The brushbar is coupled for rotation with the first and second rotary parts such that the brushbar rotates with the first and second rotary parts, and is configured to slidably engage the first and second rotary parts such that it can be separated from the first and second rotary parts for cleaning. | 03-03-2016 |
| 015500300 | Cylindrical brush | 3 |
| 20080229530 | GROUT CLEANING APPARATUS - An improved grout cleaning apparatus has in line cleaning wheels positioned within a housing, at the terminus of a shaft. A grip is coupled at an upper end of the shaft, and may be grasped by a user to move the apparatus for cleaning purposes. In one embodiment, a drive motor supplies power to the in line cleaning wheels, which may be made to turn in opposing directions so as to provide improved cleaning efficiency. A cleaning fluid dispenser may also provided on the shaft, to permit the dispensing of fluid proximate the cleaning wheels during operation. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20140196230 | GRAVITY FEED SOLUTION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A gravity feed solution distribution system for use with surface maintenance and conditioning machines includes front and rear counter-rotating brush rollers within a shroud, a manifold having delivery ports and disposed within the shroud above the counter-rotating brush rollers, an agitating blade extending from an inner surface of the shroud and underneath the manifold to contact the front counter-rotating brush roller, and a baffle extending downward from an inner surface of the shroud above the front counter-rotating brush roller to contact the front counter-rotating brush roller. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150297051 | CLEANING MACHINE FOR CLEANING SURFACES - A cleaning machine ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 015052000 | Rotary wiper | 1 |
| 20100162502 | Fluid Flow Adjustment Lockout - A fluid flow lockout mechanism for a floor maintenance machine is disclosed that improves operator efficiency and conserves water. The fluid flow lockout mechanism includes a fluid flow adjustment control selectively operably connected to a fluid flow control mechanism that controls the flow of fluid from a reservoir to an outlet. The fluid lockout mechanism further includes a fluid flow lockout switch having a first state in which the fluid flow adjustment control is operably connected to the fluid flow control mechanism and a second state in which the fluid flow adjustment control is not operably connected to the fluid flow control mechanism. | 07-01-2010 |
| 015520100 | Cylindrical brush | 18 |
| 20080201878 | OVERHEAD THROWING SWEEPING MACHINE - In an overhead throwing sweeping machine, the cylindrical sweeping roller ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090100617 | FLUID-POWERED CLEANING DEVICE - An apparatus for cleaning (e.g., scrubbing, washing, treating, waxing, etc.) a surface, such as a recessed crevice or area, includes a fluid-powered scrubber head and a removable brush extending from the scrubber head. The scrubber head includes a housing, an inlet at one end of the housing for receiving a flow of fluid from a fluid supply and a deflecting surface for directing the flow of fluid once received through the inlet. The deflecting surface may be a movable deflecting panel that is selectively moved relative to the housing to cover an opening in the housing. The deflecting surface may also include a partial conical surface that concentrates the flow of fluid deflected out of the housing and onto the brush outside the housing as the brush rotates in response to the fluid flow. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090293213 | SWEEPING APPARATUS - A sweeper apparatus is disclosed, which concerns at least one wheel, at least one brush and a means for attaching a pulling agent. The wheels are pulled in one direction causing the one or more brushes to spin at a desired speed flicking sand particles into small or large holes on the ground. The brushes are in mechanical cooperation with the wheels allowing the wheels and brushes to spin in substantially opposite directions. The wheels are driven through the use of a pulling agent like golf cart, truckster, tractor or other movement device which can cause the sweeping apparatus to be moved over a desired area. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120011669 | COMPACT AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT - An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120096656 | AUTONOMOUS CLEANING DEVICE - A blade assembly of an autonomous cleaning device. The blade assembly includes a blade having a first part fixed to the main body and a second part extended from the first part toward a floor and a support member having at least a portion disposed adjacent to the second part of the blade to restrict movement of the second part of the blade to within a predetermined range. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120159725 | Cleaning Robot Roller Processing - A coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a housing and at least one driven cleaning roller including an elongated core with end mounting features defining a central longitudinal axis of rotation, multiple floor cleaning bristles extending radially outward from the core, and at least one compliant flap extending radially outward from the core to sweep a floor surface. The flap is configured to prevent errant filaments from spooling tightly about the core to aid subsequent removal of the filaments. In another aspect, a coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system, a controller, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a housing and at least one driven cleaning roller. The coverage robot includes a roller cleaning tool carried by the chassis and configured to longitudinally traverse the roller to remove accumulated debris from the cleaning roller. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120167316 | Sweeper Brush Frame with Adjustable Hood - A sweeper apparatus includes a brush frame with first and second sides and a top surface. A brush roll is supported on the brush frame and is adapted for rotation to dislodge snow or other debris from an associated surface. A brush hood is connected to the brush frame and includes a hood surface located between the top surface and the brush roll. The hood surface extends between the first and second lateral sides of the brush frame and is selectively movable between an up position and a down position. A stripper bar is connected to the brush hood and is movable with the hood surface when the hood surface moves between its down and up positions. At least one actuator is operably connected between the brush frame and the brush hood and is selectively operable to move the hood surface between its up and down positions. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120222224 | DEBRIS DETECTING UNIT AND ROBOT CLEANING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A robot cleaning device includes a debris detecting unit. The robot cleaning device includes a body, a driving unit to enable the body to travel, a drum brush unit provided at the body, to sweep up debris, using a brush and a rotating drum, a debris box to store the debris swept up by the drum brush unit, a debris detecting unit to detect whether debris has been introduced into the debris box through the drum brush unit during a cleaning operation, and a controller to determine whether debris is introduced into the debris box and whether debris has been accumulated in the debris box in a predetermined amount, based on introduction or non-introduction of debris detected by the debris detecting unit. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130061408 | SURFACE-CLEANING DEVICE - A device for cleaning a surface, such as a barbeque grill, has a substantially hollow enclosure that has at least a lower side, an upper side, and a peripheral edge, and contains a plurality of motors that each has a rotational shaft selectively fixable with a rotatable brush. At least a portion of bristles of each brush projects below a plane of the lower side of the enclosure. The enclosure further contains a power source and a circuit adapted for connecting power to each of the motors for a preset period of time upon actuation of an electrical switch connected thereto. The circuit is adapted to run each motor in a first direction and then an opposing direction, such that if the device becomes stuck at an obstruction, it will eventually turns around due to the alternating directions of the motors. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130117952 | COMPACT AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT - An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130205520 | CLEANING ROBOT ROLLER PROCESSING - A coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a housing and at least one driven cleaning roller including an elongated core with end mounting features defining a central longitudinal axis of rotation, multiple floor cleaning bristles extending radially outward from the core, and at least one compliant flap extending radially outward from the core to sweep a floor surface. The flap is configured to prevent errant filaments from spooling tightly about the core to aid subsequent removal of the filaments. In another aspect, a coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system, a controller, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a housing and at least one driven cleaning roller. The coverage robot includes a roller cleaning tool carried by the chassis and configured to longitudinally traverse the roller to remove accumulated debris from the cleaning roller. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140053351 | CLEANING ROBOT ROLLER PROCESSING - A coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a housing and at least one driven cleaning roller including an elongated core with end mounting features defining a central longitudinal axis of rotation, multiple floor cleaning bristles extending radially outward from the core, and at least one compliant flap extending radially outward from the core to sweep a floor surface. The flap is configured to prevent errant filaments from spooling tightly about the core to aid subsequent removal of the filaments. In another aspect, a coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system, a controller, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a housing and at least one driven cleaning roller. The coverage robot includes a roller cleaning tool carried by the chassis and configured to longitudinally traverse the roller to remove accumulated debris from the cleaning roller. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140150191 | DRIVE COUPLING FOR HIGH-SPEED ROTATING BRUSH - Drive coupling assembly ( | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140189967 | SWEEPING DEVICE FOR A CHILDREN'S VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY FOR A PEDAL VEHICLE - A sweeping device for a children's vehicle, particularly pedal vehicle, which is detachably connectable to the children's vehicle and is provided underneath a housing with a brush roller which is connected to an axle for rotation therewith, a driver wheel being arranged for driving the axle of the brush roller, the driver wheel lying on the ground in the operative position of the sweeping device and being drivingly connected via a gearing to the axle of the brush roller, is characterized in that the driver wheel has a hollow interior in which the gearing is positioned, and that the interior of the driver wheel is covered at an open side by a separate cover member. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140259475 | Roller Brush For Surface Cleaning Robots - A roller brush for a cleaning appliance that includes a brush core defining a longitudinal axis of rotation and three or more dual rows of bristles disposed on and equidistantly spaced along a circumference the brush core. Each dual row of bristles includes a first bristle row of a first bristle composition and having a first height and a second bristle row of a second bristle composition stiffer than the first bristle composition and having a second height. The second bristle row is circumferentially spaced from the first bristle row by a gap less than or equal to 10% of the first height. Also, the first height is less than or equal to 90% of the second height. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150020326 | COMPACT AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT - An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis having forward and rearward portions and a drive system carried by the chassis. The forward portion of the chassis defines a substantially rectangular shape. The robot includes a cleaning assembly mounted on the forward portion of the chassis and a bin disposed adjacent the cleaning assembly and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. A bin cover is pivotally attached to a lower portion of the chassis and configured to rotate between a first, closed position providing closure of an opening defined by the bin and a second, open position providing access to the bin opening. The robot includes a body attached to the chassis and a handle disposed on an upper portion of the body. A bin cover release is actuatable from substantially near the handle. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150313434 | FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY FOR HOUSEHOLD USE - A floor cleaning machine, particularly for household use, includes a box-like body that defines a compartment for accommodating a cylindrical brush that has a horizontal axis. The compartment has, at one end, an access opening that can be closed by means of a closure door that has a rim adapted to engage, by interlocking, the rim of the access opening Elastic pusher elements are provided that act on the closure door in order to facilitate its disengagement from the access opening and elements for the removable locking of the closure door in the condition for closing the access opening | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150320286 | Apparatus for cleaning tile grout - An apparatus for cleaning tile grout includes a housing, a motor disposed within the interior of the housing, a power source connected to the motor, and a cylindrical brush rotatably mounted to the motor and oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, a portion of the outer surface of the brush being configured to contact the tile grout. A user maneuvers the apparatus to orient the rotating cylindrical brush on top of the grout, thereby cleaning the tile grout. | 11-12-2015 |
