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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. KG, Winnenden, DE;
Alexander Braendle, Gundelsheim, DE;
Manuel Schulze, Kornwestheim, DE;
Fabian Moser, Schorndorf, DE;
Moritz Irion, Cologne, DE;
Swen Sorgenfrei, Schwaikheim, DE;
Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG, Winnenden, DE;
Abstract
A floor cleaning machine is provided, in particular a hand-guided and/or hand-held floor cleaning machine, including a support device, at least one cleaning roller arranged on the support device, capable of being driven in rotation and provided with a cleaning substrate, a fan device for creating a suction flow, and a suction channel device for the suction flow which provides a suction channel operatively connected for fluid communication between the fan device and the at least one cleaning roller, wherein the suction channel has a mouth towards the at least one cleaning roller that includes a first and a spaced second mouth wall having a mouth opening therebetween, wherein the first mouth wall is positioned above the second mouth wall relative to the direction of gravity, wherein the first and/or second mouth wall are/is in contact against or protrude(s) into the cleaning substrate of the at least one cleaning roller.