Patents by Inventor Andreas Kral

Andreas Kral has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160138231
    Abstract: A surface cleaning machine is provided, including a chassis, at least one sweeping roller which is held on the chassis via a swing arm device, an adjusting device for adjusting a position of the at least one sweeping roller relative to a floor/ground, a sensor device which determines one or more quantities characterizing the relative position of the at least one sweeping roller to the floor/ground, and a control device which controls the relative position of the at least one sweeping roller to the floor/ground, wherein the adjusting device acts on the swing arm device, wherein a position of the at least one sweeping roller relative to the floor/ground is adjusted via a pivotal position of or at the swing arm device, and wherein the sensor device is associated with the swing arm device and detects floor/ground contact of the at least one sweeping roller via the swing arm device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Kral, Bastian Du Maire, Uwe Weller, Christian Hofner
  • Patent number: 8505161
    Abstract: A road sweeper is provided with a rotatingly drivable sweeping brush, a sweepings container, a suction blower in flow communication with the sweeping brush for taking in dust-containing air, and at least one filter for separating dust from the air drawn in, wherein the filter can be acted upon on the clean side with external air stored in a pressure container and subject to pressure, via at least one external air valve for cleaning. In order for the filter to be cleaned off with as small an amount of external air as possible, the pressure container can have a pressure container wall located opposite the clean side of the at least one filter, the at least one external air valve being arranged on the wall, wherein a section of a suction conduit extends between the pressure container wall and the clean side of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Schick, Andreas Kral, Peter Knebel, Uwe Weller, Nikolaus Kocher, Marcus Haug
  • Publication number: 20130025076
    Abstract: A road sweeper is provided with a rotatingly drivable sweeping brush, a sweepings container, a suction blower in flow communication with the sweeping brush for taking in dust-containing air, and at least one filter for separating dust from the air drawn in, wherein the filter can be acted upon on the clean side with external air stored in a pressure container and subject to pressure, via at least one external air valve for cleaning. In order for the filter to be cleaned off with as small an amount of external air as possible, the pressure container can have a pressure container wall located opposite the clean side of the at least one filter, the at least one external air valve being arranged on the wall, wherein a section of a suction conduit extends between the pressure container wall and the clean side of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Roland Schick, Andreas Kral, Peter Knebel, Uwe Weller, Nikolaus Kocher, Marcus Haug
  • Patent number: 7587779
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile floor-cleaning machine having a rotationally drivable, disk-like cleaning tool which is detachably held on a tool holder, the tool holder being connected to a drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to develop the floor-cleaning machine in such a way that the cleaning tool can be easily replaced, the invention proposes that said cleaning tool is adapted to be detachably latched to the tool holder and to be disconnected from the tool holder in the axial direction by means of an unlatching mechanism which is adapted to be operated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Walz, Uwe Weller, Andreas Kral, Dietmar Schneider, Roland Schick
  • Publication number: 20080216259
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile floor-cleaning machine having a rotationally drivable, disk-like cleaning tool which is detachably held on a tool holder, the tool holder being connected to a drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to develop the floor-cleaning machine in such a way that the cleaning tool can be easily replaced, the invention proposes that said cleaning tool is adapted to be detachably latched to the tool holder and to be disconnected from the tool holder in the axial direction by means of an unlatching mechanism which is adapted to be operated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Walz, Uwe Weller, Andreas Kral, Dietmar Schneider, Roland Schick