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Floor cleaning apparatus

US9675228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2014
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 21, 2034

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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