EP4064952A4 - CLEANING DEVICE - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP4064952A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cleaning device; cleaning
Prior art date: 2019-11-25
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.): Granted

Application number

EP20892840.8A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP4064952B1 (en

EP4064952A1 (en

Inventor

Hugh James Croggon

Samuel Emrys JAMES

Michael James DOUGLAS

Brandon SULESKI

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Sharkninja Operating LLC

Original Assignee

Sharkninja Operating LLC

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.)

2019-11-25

Filing date

2020-11-25

Publication date

2024-02-21

2020-11-25 Application filed by Sharkninja Operating LLC filed Critical Sharkninja Operating LLC

2022-10-05 Publication of EP4064952A1 publication Critical patent/EP4064952A1/en

2024-02-21 Publication of EP4064952A4 publication Critical patent/EP4064952A4/en

2025-07-02 Application granted granted Critical

2025-07-02 Publication of EP4064952B1 publication Critical patent/EP4064952B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2040-11-25 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
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/02—Nozzles
- A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
- A47L9/0461—Dust-loosening tools, e.g. agitators, brushes
- A47L9/0483—Reciprocating or oscillating tools, e.g. vibrators, agitators, beaters
- 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
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
- A47L9/14—Bags or the like; Rigid filtering receptacles; Attachment of, or closures for, bags or receptacles
- A47L9/1409—Rigid filtering receptacles
- 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
- A47L11/4044—Vacuuming or pick-up tools; Squeegees
- 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
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/0072—Mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action
- 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
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/02—Nozzles
- A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
- A47L9/0673—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like with removable brushes, combs, lips or pads
- 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
- A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
- A47L9/02—Nozzles
- A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
- A47L9/0686—Nozzles with cleaning cloths, e.g. using disposal fabrics for covering the nozzle

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Nozzles For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)

EP20892840.8A 2019-11-25 2020-11-25 Cleaning device Active EP4064952B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201962940237P	2019-11-25	2019-11-25
PCT/US2020/062158 WO2021108496A1 (en)	2019-11-25	2020-11-25	Cleaning device

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP4064952A1 EP4064952A1 (en)	2022-10-05
EP4064952A4 true EP4064952A4 (en)	2024-02-21
EP4064952B1 EP4064952B1 (en)	2025-07-02

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP20892840.8A Active EP4064952B1 (en)	2019-11-25	2020-11-25	Cleaning device

Country Status (3)

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US (1)	US20210153705A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP4064952B1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2021108496A1 (en)

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WO2023135094A1 (en)	2022-01-11	2023-07-20	Philips Domestic Appliances Holding B.V.	Cleaner head and wet cleaning apparatus comprising the same
EP4209167A1 (en) *	2022-01-11	2023-07-12	Versuni Holding B.V.	Cleaner head and wet cleaning apparatus comprising the same

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2020
- 2020-11-25 US US17/104,229 patent/US20210153705A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2020-11-25 EP EP20892840.8A patent/EP4064952B1/en active Active
- 2020-11-25 WO PCT/US2020/062158 patent/WO2021108496A1/en not_active Ceased

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
WO2010014367A1 (en) *	2008-07-31	2010-02-04	The Procter & Gamble Company	Head for a cleaning implement having a removable dirt bin
US20190075984A1 (en) *	2017-09-11	2019-03-14	Sharkninja Operating Llc	Cleaning device

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Title
See also references of WO2021108496A1 *

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