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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7155773 | Cleaning head for floor cleaning device An overload coupling is provided for the limited transfer of torque in a floor cleaning device. A drive element and a driven element are arranged concentrically to one another, thereby forming an intermediate space. The intermediate space accommodates at least one c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7055210 | Floor treatment system with self-propelled and self-steering floor treatment unit The invention relates to a floor treatment system with a self-propelled and self-steering floor treatment unit, which comprises an electrically driven floor treatment assembly and also a rechargeable power supply unit, and with a central charging station for recharg... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053578 | Floor treatment system The invention relates to a floor treatment system with a self-propelled and self-steering floor treatment unit, which comprises an electrically driven floor treatment assembly and also a rechargeable power supply unit and an electrical control system, and with a cen... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6905554 | Method and device for cleaning a vehicle The invention relates to a method for cleaning a vehicle with a vehicle washing facility which comprises at least one first cleaning tool which is vertically aligned and can be moved past the vehicle in a longitudinal and in a transverse direction thereof and at lea... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6880803 | Closure device for the fluid delivery line of a high-pressure cleaning apparatus In a closure device for the fluid delivery line of a high-pressure cleaning apparatus having arranged in the fluid delivery line a closure member which is pressed with a closing force against a valve seat and thereby closes the fluid delivery line, and which is lift... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6866483 | High-pressure cleaning device High-pressure cleaning device with an electric motor and a pump for conveying a cleaning fluid, with a plunger, which is displaceable by the cleaning fluid in dependence on its pressure or its flow rate, and with an electric switch, which is actuable by the plunger ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6736333 | Rotor nozzle, in particular, for a high-pressure cleaning device The invention provides a rotor nozzle, comprising a casing and a rotor body arranged therein. The rotor body has a flow-through channel and a spherical bearing part in a step bearing surrounding an exit opening of the casing. An end part closes the casing and has se... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6679275 | Vehicle washing installation In order to further develop a vehicle washing installation comprising at least one nozzle arrangement which is movable past a vehicle to be cleaned in the longitudinal and transverse directions thereof and is adapted to be supplied with a cleaning liquid ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6553600 | Mobile sweeping machine In order to facilitate emptying of the dirt collection container in a mobile sweeping machine with a rotationally driven rotary brush which is mounted in a housing, a dirt collection container which can be detachably connected to the housing and with a di... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6517639 | Method and device for decontaminating interior spaces A method and a device for decontaminating interior spaces are proposed. It is provided here that a base station and at least one mobile subunit are provided, the base station comprising a supply of decontamination agent and fuel and the subunit comprising... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6508867 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided having a housing, a suction unit arranged therein and a suction pipe which enters the housing and is connected to the suction side of the suction unit via a dirt collecting container and a separating device. The closed dirt co... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505371 | Sweeper In order to construct a sweeper, which comprises a rotary brush arranged in a housing, a dirt collector which can be detachably attached to the housing and, adjacent the rotary brush in the dirt collector, a dirt inlet on the bottom edge of which a sill i... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6499962 | Bearing arrangement for a swash plate pump A swash-plate-end bearing for the motor shaft in a high pressure cleaning appliance which includes a motor and a reciprocating pump driven thereby, wherein the pistons of said pump rest resiliently on a swash plate driven by the motor whose shaft is rotat... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6474958 | High-pressure cleaner with clamping element for reciprocating pump In order for a high-pressure cleaner having a reciprocating pump, on which there is positioned a pump head into which at least one piston, which can be moved back and forth in the longitudinal direction of the reciprocating pump, projects, the pump head c... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6439475 | High-pressure cleaning apparatus In order to so construct a high-pressure cleaning apparatus with a motor pump unit, in which a high-pressure pump is arranged so as to adjoin a motor in the direction of the motor shaft of the motor, and with a hose drum for a high-pressure hose which con... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428291 | Reciprocating pump for a high pressure cleaning appliance In the case of a reciprocating pump for a high pressure cleaning appliance including a pump housing in which there is disposed at least one pumping chamber having an inlet valve, an outlet valve and a reciprocating piston that projects thereinto in sealed... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6351870 | Combined high pressure cleaning and suction appliance In order to keep the dimensions of the drive motor as small as possible in a combined high pressure cleaning and suction appliance incorporating a drive motor whose drive shaft drives both a high pressure pump and a suction fan, it is proposed that the dr... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6324714 | Sweeping machine In order to simplify the construction of the mounting arrangement in a sweeping machine including a rotatably driven brushing roller which is rotatably mounted at each end in a frame and is driven at one end by a gear wheel which forms the mounting for th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6321406 | Cleaning device In order to facilitate moving with a cleaner comprised, on one side, of two parallel brush-rollers secured to a frame and actuated so as to rotate in opposite directions and, on the other side, of a push bar attached to the frame, it is suggested by the i... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318238 | Wobbling drive of an axial piston machine A wobble drive in an axial piston machine, particularly the axial piston pump of a high-pressure cleaning device, having a wobble body (1) rotatable around an axis of rotation (D) and a wobble plate (2) driving with its front side at least one piston (10a... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6243913 | Cleaning device In order to further develop a cleaning device comprising a cleaning liquid tank and a dirty liquid tank as well as a pump in flow communication with the cleaning liquid tank for spraying a surface to be cleaned and a suction unit for receiving the sprayed... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6123111 | High pressure hose having a fitting for attachment to a corresponding connector member In order to produce a high pressure hose having a fitting for attachment to a corresponding connector member, wherein the fitting comprises a connecting element for establishing connection to the high pressure hose and a coupling element for establishing ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6061868 | Traveling floor cleaning appliance In order to construct a traveling floor cleaning appliance, which has a cleaning tool engaging on a floor surface, a cleaning liquid tank as well as a dirty liquid container and a suction unit for taking up a cleaning liquid sprayed on the floor surface a... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062822 | High-pressure cleaning apparatus In a high-pressure cleaning apparatus comprising an electric motor, a high-pressure pump driven by the electric motor, and an automatic switching-off means for the electric motor including a switch actuatable by an actuating element moveable in dependence... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6029906 | Rotary nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus A rotary nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has a housing into which a feed line for a cleaning fluid issues, an outlet provided in the housing for expelling the cleaning fluid, a nozzle body through which the cleaning fluid flows, and a bearin... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5951746 | Suction device for cleaning purposes In order to develop a suction device for cleaning purposes having a collecting container, which includes a closable suction inlet, a suction outlet and a filter disposed therebetween and is connected to a suction unit by a suction line emanating from the ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5934887 | High-pressure cleaning device In order to enable the production of the motor shaft to be simplified in the case of a high-pressure cleaning device comprising a piston pump, the pistons of which are driven by a motor via a wobble plate non-rotatably connected to the motor shaft of the ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5911230 | Apparatus for treating an article In an apparatus for treating an article comprising a treatment bridge with a head beam which is arranged above the article and two side beams which are arranged at the sides of the article and extend transversely to the head beam, and delivery devices whi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5901409 | Road sweeping machine In order that a road-sweeping machine with a chassis, with unsteered rear wheels and steered front wheels, with an engine which is disposed substantially above the rear wheels and drives them, with a seat near the engine and with a sweeping roller dispose... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5886436 | High-pressure cleaning apparatus In a high-pressure cleaning apparatus comprising an electric motor arranged in a housing, a high-pressure pump arranged in a housing with at least one piston entering a pump chamber in a sealed manner, and a swash plate carried by a motor shaft protruding... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5788292 | Connector for the pipe coupling of a high-pressure cleaning apparatus In a connector provided with a coupling ring for the pipe coupling of a high-pressure cleaning apparatus, the pipe coupling comprising a coupling sleeve with a conical sealing surface, a circular-cylindrical sealing surface adjacent thereto, and an outer ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5731065 | Multilayered, textile, gas-permeable filter material against toxic chemical substances In order to improve the handling and filtering characteristics of a multilayered, textile, gas-permeable filter material against toxic chemical substances and, in particular, filter and protective materials for the production of sheet-like filters and pro... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5597122 | Flat jet nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device In order to obtain a flat jet having a particularly uniform distribution of pressure in a flat jet nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device with an outlet opening and a flow channel arranged upstream of and opening into this outlet opening, it is sugges... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5558503 | High-pressure cleaning device with bypass mechanism and pulsation dampeming In order to minimize the dimensions of the spring (22) and the pump motor in a high-pressure cleaning device comprising a high-pressure pump pumping cleaning liquid out of a suction line (1) into a pressure line (6) leading to a discharge device, a bypass... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5497530 | Wiper device for hard surfaces, in particular a window wiper In order to reduce the energy consumption of the suction unit, on the one hand, and to improve the cleaning effect, on the other hand, of a wiper device for hard surfaces, in particular a window wiper, comprising a slit-shaped suction nozzle, on which a f... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5429306 | High-pressure cleaning device with extendable handle In order, on the one hand, to be able to use a high-pressure cleaning device comprising a high-pressure pump, a liquid supply and a pressure line for the liquid supplied by the pump as well as a housing surrounding the pump, in the usual way as a portable... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5414218 | Arrangement for cable tensile strain relief A cable tensile strain reliever comprising a cable sheath which is attached its attachment to a body absorbing the tensile strain and a clamping part for constricting the cable and fixing it relative to the sheath, which not only provides adequate strain ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5395053 | Rotor nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device In order to limit the rotational frequency of the nozzle body in the housing in a rotor nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device with a housing provided in a front wall with a pan-shaped bearing for the front, spherical end of a nozzle body having a thr... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5395052 | High-pressure cleaning device with pump housing/spray gun connection A high-pressure cleaning device is provided. The device includes a housing enclosing a liquid pump and motor for driving the pump. A spray gun consisting of a jet pipe and an actuating handle is connected to the liquid pump via a hose. The spray gun is re... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5328097 | Rotor nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device In order to reduce the undesired rotation of the nozzle body about its own longitudinal axis in a rotor nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device comprising a casing having in a front wall a pot-shaped recess with a central opening therein, a nozzle body... | 07/12/1994 |
