EP1541078A3 - Motorised surface cleaning apparatus - Google Patents

Motorised surface cleaning apparatus Download PDF

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EP1541078A3
EP1541078A3 EP04257527A EP04257527A EP1541078A3 EP 1541078 A3 EP1541078 A3 EP 1541078A3 EP 04257527 A EP04257527 A EP 04257527A EP 04257527 A EP04257527 A EP 04257527A EP 1541078 A3 EP1541078 A3 EP 1541078A3
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end portion
cleaning apparatus
cleaning body
surface cleaning
debris
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1541078A2 (en
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Nicholas Gerald Grey
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Grey Technology Ltd
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Grey Technology Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0328561A external-priority patent/GB0328561D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0424759A external-priority patent/GB0424759D0/en
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Publication of EP1541078A3 publication Critical patent/EP1541078A3/en
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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
    • A47L11/24—Floor-sweeping machines, motor-driven
    • 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
    • A47L11/32—Carpet-sweepers
    • A47L11/33—Carpet-sweepers having means for storing dirt
    • 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
    • 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
    • A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
    • A47L11/4041—Roll shaped surface treating tools
    • 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
    • A47L11/4075—Handles; levers
    • 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
    • A47L11/4077—Skirts or splash guards

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  • Cleaning In General (AREA)

Abstract

A surface cleaning apparatus comprising a cleaning body (1) and collection means (29) for accumulating debris retrieved from a surface to be cleaned. The collection means (29) is provided solely at a first end portion of the cleaning body (1) of the surface cleaning apparatus. A handle means (49) is connected by pivot means (54) to a second end portion (51) of the cleaning body (1) of the surface cleaning apparatus opposite the first end portion. The pivot means (54) is arranged to permit the first end portion of the cleaning body (1) to pivot relative to the handle means (49) from a first orientation to a second, depending orientation. A rotatable elongate brush arrangement (17) is provided between the collection means (29) and the second end portion (51) and is adapted to retrieve the debris from the surface to be cleaned and to direct the debris into the collection means (29). A motor (5) is provided between the brush arrangement (17) and the second end portion (51) of the cleaning body (1) and is arranged to rotate the brush arrangement (17).
EP04257527A 2003-12-09 2004-12-03 Motorised surface cleaning apparatus Withdrawn EP1541078A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0328561 2003-12-09
GB0328561A GB0328561D0 (en) 2003-12-09 2003-12-09 Surface cleaning apparatus
GB0424759 2004-11-10
GB0424759A GB0424759D0 (en) 2004-11-10 2004-11-10 Surface cleaning apparatus

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EP1541078A2 EP1541078A2 (en) 2005-06-15
EP1541078A3 true EP1541078A3 (en) 2006-05-03

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US1920624A (en) * 1928-12-24 1933-08-01 Inventia Patent Verwert Ges Floor polisher
US2235432A (en) * 1937-10-28 1941-03-18 Entwisle & Kenyon Ltd Carpet sweeper
GB1442587A (en) * 1974-02-21 1976-07-14 Moulinex Sa Domestic sweeper for carpets rugs or other floor coverings
US4099284A (en) * 1976-02-20 1978-07-11 Tanita Corporation Hand sweeper for carpets
US20020062530A1 (en) * 1999-08-07 2002-05-30 Alfred Kaercher Gmbh & Co. Sweeper
US6421875B1 (en) * 2000-06-12 2002-07-23 Pro-Team, Inc. Vortex floor tool
EP1203556A2 (en) * 2000-11-01 2002-05-08 Kao Corporation Cleaning device
CA2460997A1 (en) * 2001-07-20 2003-01-30 Nicholas Gerald Grey Surface cleaning apparatus

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GB2408924B (en) 2005-10-26
US20050204492A1 (en) 2005-09-22
GB0425220D0 (en) 2004-12-15
GB2408924A (en) 2005-06-15
EP1541078A2 (en) 2005-06-15

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