Patents Examined by Andrew A Horton
  • Patent number: 11464376
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner includes a cleaning head for removing debris from a floor, a debris tube connected to the cleaning head for receiving the debris, and a steering handle connected to the debris tube. The upright vacuum cleaner also includes a hinge connecting the debris tube to the cleaning head such that the debris tube rotates relative to the cleaning head. The upright vacuum cleaner further includes braces to support the debris tube as the debris tube rotates relative to the cleaning head. The braces are disposed on opposite sides of the debris tube. Each brace includes a bearing connected to the cleaning head to allow the brace to rotate relative to the cleaning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Alex J. Wall, Matthew A. Williams, John L. Theising
  • Patent number: 11457783
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaner. The cleaner includes a housing provided with a dust container at a lower side thereof having a suction opening, a filter part configured to filter dust from air suctioned through the suction opening, the filter being spaced apart from an inner circumferential surface of the housing, a movable part configured to be elevated between a first position and a second position in a space between the outside of the filter part and the inner circumferential surface of the housing, a manipulation part of which at least a portion is exposed to outside of the housing, the manipulation part being elevated by user's manipulation, and a transfer unit of which at least a portion is accommodated in the housing, the transfer unit being configured to connect the manipulation part to the movable part. The dust container has an elevation groove, which is recessed outward from an inner surface of the dust container, in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongjae Lee, Moohyun Ko, Hyeri Kwon, Donggeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11457790
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine is provided, in particular a hand-guided and/or hand-held floor cleaning machine, including a support device, at least one cleaning roller arranged on the support device, capable of being driven in rotation and provided with a cleaning substrate, said cleaning substrate being made of a textile material; and at least one mouth towards the at least one cleaning roller that includes a first and a spaced second mouth wall having a mouth opening therebetween, wherein the first mouth wall is positioned above the second mouth wall relative to the direction of gravity, wherein the first and/or second mouth wall protrude(s) into the cleaning substrate of the at least one cleaning roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Braendle, Manuel Schulze, Fabian Moser, Moritz Irion, Swen Sorgenfrei
  • Patent number: 11457784
    Abstract: A dust collector with a dust collecting bag includes a housing defining a dust collecting chamber; a bracket in the dust collecting chamber; an operating member connectable with the bracket; the dust collecting bag being mounted to a supporting plate; and the bracket being rotatable around a rotating member from a first position to a second position. The housing further includes a connecting member, and the operating member includes a first state and a second state. When the operating member is in the first state, the bracket is located at the first position, and the supporting plate mounted on the bracket is connected with the connecting member. When the operating member is in the second state, the bracket drives the supporting plate to move towards the second position so that the supporting plate is separated from the connecting member, and the supporting plate is separated from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SKYBEST ELECTRIC APPLIANCE (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiping Liu, Feng Wang, Yimin Han, Bin Hu
  • Patent number: 11452416
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaner. The cleaner includes a housing provided with a dust container at a lower side thereof having a suction opening, a filter part configured to filter dust from air suctioned through the suction opening, the filter being spaced apart from an inner circumferential surface of the housing, an air guide configured to guide the air passing through the filter part in an inner region of the filter part to a suction motor configured to generate suction force, a movable part configured to be elevated between a first position and a second position in a space between the outside of the filter part and the inner circumferential surface of the housing, a manipulation part of which at least a portion is exposed to outside of the housing, the manipulation part being elevated by user's manipulation, and a transfer unit of which at least a portion is accommodated in the housing, the transfer unit being configured to connect the manipulation part to the movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Sungjun Kim, Hwayeong Kang
  • Patent number: 11452410
    Abstract: A grout cleaning device is disclosed herein. The device comprises a cover, a connector configured on an operative top surface of the for facilitating secure connection of a pressurized water dispenser thereon. There is also an adaptor attachable to the connector for being in fluid communication with the pressurized water dispenser. The adaptor is configured for directing a jet of water from the pressurized water dispenser on a grout slit requiring cleaning. Additionally, there is a suction attachment disposed within an interior space defined by the cover for sucking a slurry of dirt and water resulting from the cleaning of the grout slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Douglas Ott
  • Patent number: 11453369
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device is provided comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, and an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material. The wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm that can be pivotally connected to the connecting device, about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part. The joint part is locked onto said oscillating arm and at least one laterally inwardly extending protrusion provided on the oscillating arm is snapped behind a wall of the joint part. The joint part is unlocked from the oscillating arm. The wall of the joint part is allowed to bend laterally inwardly in order to release the protrusion of the oscillating arm from the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Trico Belgium SA
    Inventor: Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 11445875
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a suction motor positioned in the air flow path. A cyclone chamber positioned in the air flow path has a cyclone axis of rotation that extends in the forward/rearward direction. A pre-motor filter overlies the cyclone chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11447103
    Abstract: Disclosed is an arrangement of nozzle units for a wiper arm, wherein at least one nozzle unit comprises a rigid body, has a channel through which liquid can flow into the nozzle unit and/or out of the nozzle unit, and comprises a nozzle, which is connected to the channel. The nozzle units are in communication with each other in series such that a liquid can flow from a nozzle unit into a following nozzle unit in the series, wherein at least one nozzle unit has a contact surface which is formed such that the nozzle unit cannot rotate about the longitudinal axis thereof if the contact surface contacts a surface of a wiper arm. A wiper arm comprising the arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Jochen Zimmer, Axel Feger
  • Patent number: 11439284
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner system includes an agitator and nozzle assembly having an agitator configured to rotate about a pivot axis and a suction tube. The agitator includes an agitator body having an agitator suction inlet and defining a suction tube chamber. The suction tube chamber extends along at least a portion of the pivot axis and includes a suction tube opening disposed at one end thereof. The suction tube is received through the suction tube opening and partially into the suction tube chamber, and includes a suction tube inlet. The agitator is configured to rotate about the pivot axis relative to suction tube such that the agitator suction inlet and the suction tube inlet partially overlap and an air flow path is established which extends through agitator suction inlet, into suction tube chamber, through suction tube inlet, and into the suction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventor: Charles S. Brunner
  • Patent number: 11432691
    Abstract: A configuration apparatus for a system having an electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of the machine tool and a vacuum cleaner to suction dust generated by the machine tool, with the vacuum cleaner being actuatable by the electric device via a wireless control connection, with the machine tool having a drive motor to drive a tool holder on which a tool provided to process a workpiece is arranged or is arrangeable, with the vacuum cleaner having a vacuum housing with a dirt collection chamber to receive dirt separated from a suction flow and a suction unit to generate the suction flow, with a suction inlet being present on the vacuum housing to connect a suction hose to establish a current connection for the suction flow with the machine tool, with the vacuum cleaner and the electric device having first communication interfaces according to a first communication standard to communicate via the wireless control connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Caspar
  • Patent number: 11434095
    Abstract: Novel materials and devices can remove small defects from long rolls of flexible electronics material while they are in continuous motion. The cleaning materials are designed to remove small particles without transferring defects or damaging the flexible electronics. The device generally consists of variable speed, motor-driven cylinders mounted on moveable brackets. The cylinders are capable of matching the speed of the cleaning material such that the cleaning material is always in contact with the web roll to be cleaned. The brackets are capable of rotating so the same material can be used more than once. Another material is used to remove debris from the cleaning material. A similar device consisting of motor-driven cylinders and moveable is used to apply the debris removal film to the cleaning film, allowing the cleaning film to be used multiple times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Test Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Mark M. Stark, Alan E. Humphrey
  • Patent number: 11436940
    Abstract: A method of assisting user-configuration of hardware for a mobile autonomous cleaning robot can include detecting a flooring type of a room or other portion of an environment. A size of the portion of the environment can be detected and a total size of the environment can be determined, generating a hardware characteristic recommendation can be generated based at least in part on the flooring type, the size of the portion of the environment, and the total size of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Kolling, Christopher Mehegan
  • Patent number: 11426047
    Abstract: A floor cleaner including a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, a suction nozzle provided on the base having a suction inlet, a body portion having a fluid dispensing member selectively removable from the body portion, the body portion being pivotally mounted to the base movable between an upright storage position and an inclined floor cleaning position, a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle, and a reservoir configured to provide solution. The fluid dispensing member includes a grip, a dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir, and an actuator. The fluid dispensing member is configured to deliver solution from the reservoir through the dispensing nozzle upon user actuation of the actuator, independent of function of the base and body of the floor cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Douglas M. Rukavina, Donovan Bode, Juan Aviles Quintero, Gregory Clark, Tyler Clas, Mohammed Irfan
  • Patent number: 11426039
    Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction motor that generates suction force; a dust separation unit disposed under the suction motor and separates dust from air; a handle disposed behind the suction motor; and a battery disposed under the handle and behind the dust separation unit to supply power to the suction motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bohyun Nam, Namhee Kim, Jinju Kim, Hyeonjeong An, Jungbae Hwang
  • Patent number: 11420598
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm comprising a wiper arm member having a substantially U-shaped cross-section arranged to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft, and a wiper rod having a first end rigidly connected to and extending inside said wiper arm member and a second end arranged to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The windscreen wiper arm includes a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto said windscreen to be wiped, where said nozzle is detachably connected to said wiper rod inside the U-shaped cross-section of the wiper arm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TRICO BELGIUM SA
    Inventor: Guillaume Seiller
  • Patent number: 11413766
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner main body to which a dust collecting device is mounted; a cleaning module which is configured to be movable relative to the cleaner main body and performs the function of cleaning a floor; a connection unit which is connected to each of the cleaner main body and the cleaning module and is configured to have a variable length; and a driving unit configured to change the length of the connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Song, Bohyun Nam, Hwang Kim, Sungil Park, Myungwhoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11412909
    Abstract: A cleaning device having a handle portion and a surface contacting portion, at least one of the handle portion and the surface contacting portion having a pressure indicator, wherein the pressure indicator provides a reversible signal in response to a certain pressure applied to the cleaning device that is within a certain pressure range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 2200, INC.
    Inventor: Ashley Rothenberg
  • Patent number: 11400895
    Abstract: A wiper arm device with at least one duct connecting unit (10) for connecting at least two wiper fluid duct sections to each other, with at least one duct retaining unit (14) which can be arranged on at least one wiper arm (12) and is configured in order to retain at least the duct connecting unit (10) on the wiper arm (12) and with at least one auxiliary nozzle unit (16). The wiper arm device has a connecting unit (18) which is configured in order to connect the at least one auxiliary nozzle unit (16) detachably to the duct connecting unit (10), in particular non-destructively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Godelieve Kraemer
  • Patent number: 11395568
    Abstract: A multifunctional cleaning device includes a main body, a telescopic tube body, a cleaning head set and a control unit. Multiple drive units are mounted on one side of the main body. The main body has a detection unit for detecting cleaning range and path. The telescopic tube body is telescopically connected with the main body. The telescopic tube body has a first end and a second end. The first and second ends are respectively connected with the main body and the cleaning head set in communication therewith. The control unit is disposed in the main body to execute system control and judge received signals so as to give commands to the drive units for controlling the move of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mao-Lin Chen, Yu-Tzu Chen, Bor-Haw Chang