EP4064951C0 - CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING SYSTEM - Google Patents

CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING SYSTEM

Info

Publication number: EP4064951C0
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cleaning; robot; cleaning system; cleaning robot
Prior art date: 2019-11-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP20747362.0A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP4064951A1 (en

EP4064951B1 (en

Inventor

Norbert Weis

Marc Heiland

Christian Stenglein

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Carl Freudenberg KG

Original Assignee

Carl Freudenberg KG

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2019-11-28

Filing date

2020-07-23

Publication date

2025-05-21

2020-07-23 Application filed by Carl Freudenberg KG filed Critical Carl Freudenberg KG

2022-10-05 Publication of EP4064951A1 publication Critical patent/EP4064951A1/en

2025-05-21 Application granted granted Critical

2025-05-21 Publication of EP4064951C0 publication Critical patent/EP4064951C0/en

2025-05-21 Publication of EP4064951B1 publication Critical patent/EP4064951B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2040-07-23 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- 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
- 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
- A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
- A47L11/10—Floor surfacing or polishing 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
- A47L11/28—Floor-scrubbing 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
- A47L11/40—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
- A47L11/4002—Installations of electric equipment
- 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
- A47L11/4091—Storing or parking devices, arrangements therefor; Means allowing transport of the machine when it is not being used
- 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
- A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
- A47L2201/02—Docking stations; Docking operations
- 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
- A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
- A47L2201/02—Docking stations; Docking operations
- A47L2201/028—Refurbishing floor engaging tools, e.g. cleaning of beating brushes

EP20747362.0A 2019-11-28 2020-07-23 Cleaning robot and cleaning system Active EP4064951B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE102019132312.6A DE102019132312B4 (en)	2019-11-28	2019-11-28	Cleaning robot and cleaning system
PCT/EP2020/070771 WO2021104689A1 (en)	2019-11-28	2020-07-23	Cleaning robot and cleaning system

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP4064951A1 EP4064951A1 (en)	2022-10-05
EP4064951C0 true EP4064951C0 (en)	2025-05-21
EP4064951B1 EP4064951B1 (en)	2025-05-21

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Country Status (8)

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US (1)	US11690493B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP4064951B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR102773632B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN114340463B (en)
CA (1)	CA3144815C (en)
DE (1)	DE102019132312B4 (en)
PL (1)	PL4064951T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2021104689A1 (en)

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