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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. KG, Winnenden, DE;
Jacob Janzen, Backnang-Waldrems, DE;
Jochen Engele, Rudersberg, DE;
Marc Meisenbacher, Fellbach, DE;
Matthias Mack, Freiberg, DE;
ALfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG, Winnenden, DE;
Abstract
A self-propelled, self-steering floor cleaning appliance is provided with at least one cleaning element for cleaning a floor surface, including a drive device having an undercarriage, a sensing part for sensing obstacles, at least one displaceable holding part for holding the sensing part on the floor cleaning appliance and at least one detection element for detecting a displacement of the at least one holding part and for providing a signal relating thereto. The floor cleaning appliance includes at least one accommodating part on which the at least one holding part is held so as to be displaceable in a first and a second direction of displacement, which is aligned at an angle to the first direction of displacement, and the at least one detection element is actuatable by the at least one holding part upon displacement of the holding part in the first and in the second directions of displacement.