Patents by Inventor Dietmar Kull

Dietmar Kull 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: 20230084518
    Abstract: A battery-operated backpack suction appliance, including a collection container, a technical unit connected to the collection container in an operating position of the suction appliance, and a backpack device connected to at least one of the collection container and the technical unit in the operating position for the suction appliance to be worn on the back of an operator, wherein the collection container is made of a foamed plastic material and wherein the collection container is configured to be removable from the technical unit in a toolless manner is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Dietmar KULL, Christoph Distler
  • Patent number: 11517161
    Abstract: A cleaning machine is provided, including at least one cleaning roller, a roller housing having a roller receptacle for the at least one cleaning roller, wherein the at least one cleaning roller is exchangeably positioned on the roller housing and the roller receptacle has an opening to the outside, a lid for closing the opening, and a locking device for fixing the lid to the roller housing, wherein at least one convex holding body is arranged on the roller housing, in that a pivotable bracket is arranged on the lid, in that at least one receptacle for the at least one holding body is arranged on the pivotable bracket, and wherein a release position of the pivotable bracket, the at least one holding body can dip into and/or exit the associated receptacle, and in a locking position, an exit of the holding body from the associated receptacle is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Buschle, Roland Jeutter, Dietmar Kull
  • Publication number: 20210137330
    Abstract: A cleaning machine is provided, including at least one cleaning roller, a roller housing having a roller receptacle for the at least one cleaning roller, wherein the at least one cleaning roller is exchangeably positioned on the roller housing and the roller receptacle has an opening to the outside, a lid for closing the opening, and a locking device for fixing the lid to the roller housing, wherein at least one convex holding body is arranged on the roller housing, in that a pivotable bracket is arranged on the lid, in that at least one receptacle for the at least one holding body is arranged on the pivotable bracket, and wherein a release position of the pivotable bracket, the at least one holding body can dip into and/or exit the associated receptacle, and in a locking position, an exit of the holding body from the associated receptacle is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver Buschle, Roland Jeutter, Dietmar Kull
  • Patent number: 9249547
    Abstract: A sweeping vehicle is provided including a disc brush and a holding device for the disc brush, the holding device having a holding part and a holding arm pivotably connected to the holding part, the holding device held on the vehicle by the holding part, and the disc brush held on the holding arm. The vehicle includes an adjusting device having an adjustment member of variable length engaging the holding arm, the holding arm being pivotable relative to the holding part upon change in length of the adjustment member. The holding device includes a brush carrier pivotably mounted on the holding arm and a coupling device coupling the brush carrier to the adjusting device, the brush carrier being pivotable relative to the holding arm upon change in length of the adjustment member for pivoting the disc brush about a pivot axis aligned at a slant to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bastian Du Maire, Dietmar Kull, Uwe Weller, Martin Sickinger
  • Publication number: 20140101874
    Abstract: A sweeping vehicle is provided including a disc brush and a holding device for the disc brush, the holding device having a holding part and a holding arm pivotably connected to the holding part, the holding device held on the vehicle by the holding part, and the disc brush held on the holding arm. The vehicle includes an adjusting device having an adjustment member of variable length engaging the holding arm, the holding arm being pivotable relative to the holding part upon change in length of the adjustment member. The holding device includes a brush carrier pivotably mounted on the holding arm and a coupling device coupling the brush carrier to the adjusting device, the brush carrier being pivotable relative to the holding arm upon change in length of the adjustment member for pivoting the disc brush about a pivot axis aligned at a slant to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bastian Du Maire, Dietmar Kull, Uwe Weller, Martin Sickinger