Patents by Inventor Thomas Tement

Thomas Tement 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).

  • Floor cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning a floor
    Patent number: 11071431
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor includes a housing, chassis, wheels, motor, steering mechanism, cleaning assembly, optionally a squeegee assembly, and at least one of a side sweeping system, front sweeping system, and pick-up system. The side sweeping system includes a turntable with central axis, a drive wheel disposed in coaxial relationship with the turntable, a sweeper motive device in communication with the drive wheel, a plurality of brushes distributed radially around the drive wheel and adapted to be driven by rotation of the drive wheel, and a pivoting connector configured to enable the side sweeping system to pivot laterally in response to contact with a wall while at least one of the brushes maintains contact with the floor adjacent the wall while the apparatus is in operation, and the brushes move debris disposed on the floor adjacent the wall toward the front of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Windmeisser, Thomas Bahr, Markus Müller, Martin Forster, Markus Stofer, Laurent Ryssen, Thomas Tement
  • Floor Cleaning Apparatus And Method Of Cleaning A Floor
    Publication number: 20190082921
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor includes a housing, chassis, wheels, motor, steering mechanism, cleaning assembly, optionally a squeegee assembly, and at least one of a side sweeping system, front sweeping system, and pick-up system. The side sweeping system includes a turntable with central axis, a drive wheel disposed in coaxial relationship with the turntable, a sweeper motive device in communication with the drive wheel, a plurality of brushes distributed radially around the drive wheel and adapted to be driven by rotation of the drive wheel, and a pivoting connector configured to enable the side sweeping system to pivot laterally in response to contact with a wall while at least one of the brushes maintains contact with the floor adjacent the wall while the apparatus is in operation, and the brushes move debris disposed on the floor adjacent the wall toward the front of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dieter Windmeisser, Thomas Bahr, Markus Müller, Martin Forster, Markus Stofer, Laurent Ryssen, Thomas Tement
  • Floor cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning a floor
    Patent number: 10130231
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor includes a housing, chassis, wheels, motor, steering mechanism, cleaning assembly, optionally a squeegee assembly, and at least one of a side sweeping system, front sweeping system, and pick-up system. The side sweeping system includes a turntable with central axis, a drive wheel disposed in coaxial relationship with the turntable, a sweeper motive device in communication with the drive wheel, a plurality of brushes distributed radially around the drive wheel and adapted to be driven by rotation of the drive wheel, and a pivoting connector configured to enable the side sweeping system to pivot laterally in response to contact with a wall while at least one of the brushes maintains contact with the floor adjacent the wall while the apparatus is in operation, and the brushes move debris disposed on the floor adjacent the wall toward the front of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Windmeisser, Thomas Bahr, Markus Müller, Martin Forster, Markus Stofer, Laurent Ryssen, Thomas Tement
  • Floor Cleaning Apparatus And Method Of Cleaning A Floor
    Publication number: 20170027401
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor includes a housing, chassis, wheels, motor, steering mechanism, cleaning assembly, optionally a squeegee assembly, and at least one of a side sweeping system, front sweeping system, and pick-up system. The side sweeping system includes a turntable with central axis, a drive wheel disposed in coaxial relationship with the turntable, a sweeper motive device in communication with the drive wheel, a plurality of brushes distributed radially around the drive wheel and adapted to be driven by rotation of the drive wheel, and a pivoting connector configured to enable the side sweeping system to pivot laterally in response to contact with a wall while at least one of the brushes maintains contact with the floor adjacent the wall while the apparatus is in operation, and the brushes move debris disposed on the floor adjacent the wall toward the front of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Dieter Windmeisser, Thomas Bahr, Markus Müller, Martin Forster, Markus Stofer, Laurent Ryssen, Thomas Tement
  • Double-sided mop
    Patent number: 9307883
    Abstract: A mop includes a first section having a first side, a second section having a second side, and an embedded, semi-permeable layer disposed between the first and second sections to manage an amount of liquid flowing from the first side to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Bober, Alfred A. Widmer, Thomas Tement, Pedro Manuel Esteves Lopes, Mehmet Avci
  • DOUBLE-SIDED MOP
    Publication number: 20140259494
    Abstract: A mop includes a first section having a first side, a second section having a second side, and an embedded, semi-permeable layer disposed between the first and second sections to manage an amount of liquid flowing from the first side to the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew M. Bober, Alfred A. Widmer, Thomas Tement, Pedro Manuel Esteves Lopes, Mehmet Avci