US 12,251,063 B2
Cleaning element
Diana Thyson, Weinheim (DE); Dietmar van Loyen, Enkenbach-Alsenborn (DE); and Eduard Sanz, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to CARL FREUDENBERG KG, Weinheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/768,222
Filed by CARL FREUDENBERG KG, Weinheim (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/077991
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/073955, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 127 619.5 (DE), filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115105 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/24 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning element, comprising:
a support body; and
textile strings configured to extend from a first elongated end located at the support body to a free second elongated end,
wherein each of the textile strings comprises a plurality of strands,
wherein a first strand and a second strand of the plurality of strands run longitudinally along a respective textile string of the textile strings, and a third strand of the plurality of strands runs transversely to the longitudinal extent of the respective textile string of the textile strings,
wherein the plurality of strands comprises a fourth strand,
wherein the fourth strand runs longitudinally along the respective textile string of the textile strings,
wherein the fourth strand is disposed between the first strand and the second strand,
wherein the first, second, and fourth strands are each fixed to a longitudinally extending support thread by a plurality of stitches, and
wherein the third strand runs so as to zigzag between the first strand and the second strand or wherein the third strand runs so as to zigzag between the first strand and the fourth strand and zigzag between the second strand and the fourth strand, and wherein the third strand is directly connected to the respective support strands to connect the plurality of strands.