Cleaning tool for a floor cleaning appliance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9955840
SERIAL NO

15097814

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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.

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Patent Owner(s)

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ALFRED KARCHER GMBH & CO KG71364 WINNENDEN

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Egler, Christian Weinstadt-Struempfelbach, DE 3 52
Hausner, Thomas Stuttgart, DE 9 12
Merz, Juergen Waiblingen, DE 13 35
Nonnenmann, Frank Schorndorf, DE 15 58
Orban, Attila Backnang, DE 7 116
Schuetz, Michael Stuttgart, DE 15 661

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