EP0176697A3 - Cleaning apparatus for dry or wet suction and/or for rinse extraction cleaning - Google Patents

Cleaning apparatus for dry or wet suction and/or for rinse extraction cleaning Download PDF

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EP0176697A3
EP0176697A3 EP85109743A EP85109743A EP0176697A3 EP 0176697 A3 EP0176697 A3 EP 0176697A3 EP 85109743 A EP85109743 A EP 85109743A EP 85109743 A EP85109743 A EP 85109743A EP 0176697 A3 EP0176697 A3 EP 0176697A3
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suction
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cleaning
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Nicole Schilling
Sabine Engel
Erich Mayer
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Alfred Kaercher SE and Co KG
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    • 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
    • A47L11/4013—Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like
    • A47L11/4016—Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like specially adapted for collecting fluids
    • A47L11/4022—Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like specially adapted for collecting fluids with means for recycling the dirty liquid
    • 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
    • A47L11/34—Machines for treating carpets in position by liquid, foam, or vapour, e.g. by steam
    • 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
    • A47L11/4083—Liquid supply reservoirs; Preparation of the agents, e.g. mixing devices

Abstract

1. Cleaning apparatus for dry suction, wet suction and/or for rinse extraction cleaning comprising a suction unit (5), a dirt collecting tank (21) communicating with the suction side of said unit via a drain line (15), a suction line (38) opening into said tank, and a feed pump (6) communicating on its suction side with a cleaning fluid tank (20) via a feed line (35) and on its delivery side with a spray line (10), said suction unit (5) and said feed pump (6) being arranged in a housing (3) having in a side wall (13) connections with openings (14, 12, 16) for said suction line, for said drain line and for said feed line, the removable dirt collecting tank (21) and the likewise removable cleaning fluid tank (20) being arranged next to the housing (3) such that openings (34, 36, 37) at connections of said tanks (20, 21), to which continuations of said suction line, said drain line and said feed line, respectively, are joined, are aligned with the corresponding openings (14, 12, 16) of said housing (3), and said tanks (20, 21) are braced against said connections of said housing (3) such that the respectively corresponding openings of said housing (3) and said tanks (20, 21) are sealed against one another, characterized in that said openings (34, 36, 37) and the connecting line portions (35, 38, 40) of said tanks (20, 21) joined to said openings are arranged on a slide-in unit (31, 32) insertable from above into a recess (30) in a side wall (27, 29) of said tank (20, 21).
EP85109743A 1984-09-29 1985-08-02 Cleaning apparatus for dry or wet suction and/or for rinse extraction cleaning Expired - Lifetime EP0176697B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT85109743T ATE52680T1 (en) 1984-09-29 1985-08-02 CLEANING DEVICE FOR DRY VACUUMING, WET VACUUMING AND/OR FOR SPRAY EXTRACTION.

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DE8428799U 1984-09-29
DE19848428799U DE8428799U1 (en) 1984-09-29 1984-09-29 VACUUM, WET, AND SPRAY EXTRACTORS

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EP0176697A2 EP0176697A2 (en) 1986-04-09
EP0176697A3 true EP0176697A3 (en) 1987-02-04
EP0176697B1 EP0176697B1 (en) 1990-05-16

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DE (3) DE8428799U1 (en)

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EP0176696A3 (en) 1987-03-25
EP0176696B1 (en) 1989-04-26
ATE42455T1 (en) 1989-05-15
EP0176697A2 (en) 1986-04-09
ATE52680T1 (en) 1990-06-15
EP0176696A2 (en) 1986-04-09
DE8428799U1 (en) 1985-02-14
DE3577649D1 (en) 1990-06-21
EP0176697B1 (en) 1990-05-16
DE3569661D1 (en) 1989-06-01

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