Patents by Inventor Christian Egler

Christian Egler 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).

  • Patent number: 10357139
    Abstract: A traveling floor cleaning machine is provided, including a chassis, a cleaning tool apparatus which is arranged on the chassis with at least one cleaning tool and a holder for the at least one cleaning tool, and a suction apparatus which includes a suction unit and an aspiration apparatus, wherein the suction unit is arranged on the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Christian Egler, Frank Nonnenmann
  • Patent number: 9955840
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for a floor cleaning appliance is provided, including a main body carrying a cleaning cover which is subject to wear, and including a signal transmitter which provides a wireless signal in dependence upon the degree of wear of the cleaning cover. To be able to detect in a cost-effective manner when a maximum admissible degree of wear of the cleaning cover is reached, the signal transmitter is of rigid construction and fixed to a movable carrying part, the carrying part being held on the main body and being movable from a normal position to an evasive position against a restoring force, the carrying part protruding further from the main body in the normal position than in the evasive position, and the carrying part and/or the signal transmitter contacting the floor surface to be cleaned when a maximum admissible degree of wear of the cleaning cover is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schuetz, Frank Nonnenmann, Juergen Merz, Christian Egler, Thomas Hausner, Attila Orban
  • Publication number: 20160278598
    Abstract: A traveling floor cleaning machine is provided, including a chassis, a cleaning tool apparatus which is arranged on the chassis with at least one cleaning tool and a holder for the at least one cleaning tool, and a suction apparatus which includes a suction unit and an aspiration apparatus, wherein the suction unit is arranged on the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Philipp Werner, Christian Egler, Frank Nonnenmann
  • Publication number: 20160220087
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for a floor cleaning appliance is provided, including a main body carrying a cleaning cover which is subject to wear, and including a signal transmitter which provides a wireless signal in dependence upon the degree of wear of the cleaning cover. To be able to detect in a cost-effective manner when a maximum admissible degree of wear of the cleaning cover is reached, the signal transmitter is of rigid construction and fixed to a movable carrying part, the carrying part being held on the main body and being movable from a normal position to an evasive position against a restoring force, the carrying part protruding further from the main body in the normal position than in the evasive position, and the carrying part and/or the signal transmitter contacting the floor surface to be cleaned when a maximum admissible degree of wear of the cleaning cover is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Schuetz, Frank Nonnenmann, Juergen Merz, Christian Egler, Thomas Hausner, Attila Orban
  • Patent number: 7937801
    Abstract: A floor cleaning appliance has a brush head in which a brush roller is rotatably mounted and which has at least one suction nozzle which is disposed next to the brush roller. Further, the floor cleaning appliance has a shank which is mounted on the brush head in a pivotable manner and on which a suction unit is disposed, as is a cleaning liquid container for cleaning liquid which can be applied to the floor surface to be cleaned, and a dirty liquid container for accommodating dirty liquid which is sucked up from the floor surface by means of the suction unit, the cleaning liquid container and the dirty liquid container together forming a container assembly which is adapted to be releasably connected to the shank. In order to develop the floor cleaning appliance in such a way that it is easier to handle, it is proposed that the cleaning liquid container is adapted to be releasably connected to the dirty liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Egler, Roland Schick, Brunhold Roppelt
  • Publication number: 20100132150
    Abstract: A floor cleaning appliance has a brush head in which a brush roller is rotatably mounted and which has at least one suction nozzle which is disposed next to the brush roller. Further, the floor cleaning appliance has a shank which is mounted on the brush head in a pivotable manner and on which a suction unit is disposed, as is a cleaning liquid container for cleaning liquid which can be applied to the floor surface to be cleaned, and a dirty liquid container for accommodating dirty liquid which is sucked up from the floor surface by means of the suction unit, the cleaning liquid container and the dirty liquid container together forming a container assembly which is adapted to be releasably connected to the shank. In order to develop the floor cleaning appliance in such a way that it is easier to handle, it is proposed that the cleaning liquid container is adapted to be releasably connected to the dirty liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Egler, Roland Schick, Brunhold Roppelt