US 12,303,084 B2
Cleaning device for wet cleaning
Marc Heiland, Worms (DE); and Christian Stenglein, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Assigned to CARL FREUDENBERG KG, Weinheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/909,449
Filed by CARL FREUDENBERG KG, Weinheim (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054997
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/190862, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 108 607.5 (DE), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135446 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/282 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 11/4047 (2013.01) [A47L 11/282 (2013.01); A47L 11/405 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning device, comprising:
a housing;
a drive device configured to automatically move the cleaning device in a movement direction; and
a wet-cleaning module accommodated in the housing, comprising a moveable cleaning element for the wet cleaning of surfaces to be cleaned and a circulating belt,
wherein the cleaning element is arranged on an outer surface of the circulating belt so as to occupy only part of the outer surface of the circulating belt,
wherein the wet-cleaning module has three positions for the cleaning element:
a cleaning position, in which the cleaning element is configured to contact a surface to be cleaned with a cleaning surface,
a parking position, in which the cleaning element is at a distance from the surface to be cleaned, and
a regeneration position located between the cleaning position and the parking position, or a regeneration position located in the parking position in which the cleaning element is configured to be cleaned and/or conditioned, and
wherein the circulating belt is configured to move the cleaning element into its cleaning position, parking position, and regeneration position.