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Floor cleaning apparatus

US8776305B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

5References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Gilles Troff · Stuttgart, DE
Brunhold Roppelt · Welzheim, DE
Rainer Schaefer · Leutenbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2013
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47L11/4025
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A floor cleaning apparatus is provided, including a dirt collection device for picking up dirty liquid from a floor surface to be cleaned as well as a dirty liquid tank, into which the dirty liquid can be transferred. In order to provide a floor cleaning apparatus of this type, which can be handled in a more user-friendly manner, it is proposed that the floor cleaning apparatus has a tank rinsing mechanism with at least one rinsing line, which includes at least one inlet opening for rinsing liquid, which can be provided for the tank rinsing mechanism, as well as at least one outlet opening for delivering rinsing liquid into an interior of the dirty liquid tank.

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