Cleaning tool and cleaning device having such a cleaning tool

US7992245B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Schuetz · Brisbane, AU
• Juergen Walz
• Wilhelm Eisenmann · Murrhardt, DE
• Alexander Fuchs · Tuttlingen, DE
• Markus Duenne · Vreden, DE
• Ruwantha De Silva · Schwieberdingen, DE
• Andreas Van De Ven · Leutenbach, DE
• Rainer Schaefer · Leutenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L11/4041
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a cleaning tool for a cleaning device, the cleaning tool being subject to wear during operation. In order to make it easier to identify wear, the invention proposes that the cleaning tool comprise a sensor device with a sensor element which has a physical characteristic variable which changes as a function of the degree of wear of the cleaning tool. The invention also proposes a cleaning device having such a cleaning tool, the cleaning device having a detector device which is coupled to the sensor device for the purpose of sensing the change in the physical characteristic variable of the sensor element, and having an indicator device which is connected to the detector device.