Cleaning device

Abstract

A cleaning device has a housing and a handle connected to the housing, with which the housing is moveable by hand with its underside over a floor. A brush roller is mounted in the housing so as to rotate and to be electrically rotatably drivable. The brush roller rests with a brush structure on the floor and the rotating brush roller picks up dirt particles with its brush structure as it passes over. A receiving compartment for dirt particles, which is arranged in the housing along the brush roller. A direction of rotation of the brush roller is towards the receiving compartment, so that dirt particles picked up from the floor by the brush roller are conveyed into the receiving compartment.

1 . A cleaning device, comprising:
 a housing having an underside;   a handle connected to said housing and configured to enable said housing to be moveable by hand with said underside over a floor;   a brush roller rotatably mounted in said housing and electrically drivable, said brush roller resting with a brush structure on the floor and said rotating brush roller picking up dirt particles with said brush structure upon passing over the floor; and   a receiving compartment for receiving the dirt particles arranged in said housing along said brush roller, and said brush roller having a direction of rotation directed towards said receiving compartment, so that the dirt particles picked up from the floor with the brush roller are conveyed into said receiving compartment.   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , which comprises a universal joint connecting an end of said handle to said housing. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein said handle is detachably assembled from a plurality of handle parts. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said housing has a substantially flat, rectangular shape; and   said brush roller is arranged in a lateral edge region.   
     
     
         5 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , which comprises an electric motor with gearbox and at least one energy supply element, forming a rotary drive of said brush roller on and in said brush roller. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning device according to  claim 5 , wherein the energy supply element is at least one battery or at least one rechargeable battery. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaning device according to  claim 5 , which comprises an on/off switch for said electric motor arranged on a top side of said housing. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning device according to  claim 7 , wherein said on/off switch is a foot switch. 
     
     
         9 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said the housing has first and second housing parts that are detachably connectable to one another;   said first housing part has a base plate, which forms part of the bottom wall of said housing and to which said handle is attached; and   said second housing part is a cover shell part which is detachably connectable to said base plate;   said brush roller is arranged in said cover shell part; and   said cover shell part covers said base plate and/or projects with said brush roller over said base plate at an edge, in such a way that the underside of said base plate and said brush roller rest flush with the floor in a use position of the cleaning device.   
     
     
         10 . The cleaning device according to  claim 9 , wherein:
 said handle is attached centrally via a universal joint to said base plate;   said second housing part is detachably plugged onto and fixed to said base plate by plug-in elements and/or clip elements; and   said brush roller is arranged in a shell side region of said cover shell part.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaning device according to  claim 9 , wherein said brush roller is covered by a shell edge region with a gap spacing up to a floor gap. 
     
     
         12 . The cleaning device according to  claim 10 , wherein the covering shell edge region is made of transparent material. 
     
     
         13 . The cleaning device according to  claim 10 , wherein said receiving compartment in said cover shell part is formed as a laterally extendable drawer compartment. 
     
     
         14 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said receiving compartment has a roller-remote longitudinal sidewall and a roller-near longitudinal sidewall;   said roller-remote longitudinal sidewall is higher than said roller-near longitudinal sidewall and, in an inserted state of said receiving compartment, rests against an underside of a top wall of said cover shell part; and   said roller-near longitudinal sidewall is comparatively lower than said roller-remote longitudinal sidewall and, in the pushed-in state of said receiving compartment, a feeding gap for dirt particles is formed between the underside of said top wall of said cover shell part and said roller-near longitudinal sidewall.   
     
     
         15 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein a bearing of said brush roller is detachable for a roller exchange. 
     
     
         16 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein said brush structure on a circumference of said brush roller is formed by at least one of bristles or hair. 
     
     
         17 . The cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein said brush structure on a circumference of said brush roller is formed by at least one of spaced lamellae or ribs. 
     
     
         18 . The cleaning device according to  claim 15 , wherein said brush structure is formed by elastic lamellae spaced apart in circumferential direction at the circumference of the brush roller, and said lamellae extend substantially over a roller length and/or are set obliquely in circumferential direction towards a longitudinal center of said roller. 
     
     
         19 . The cleaning device according to  claim 16 , wherein longitudinal ribs, which are spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction are arranged between said lamellae. 
     
     
         20 . The cleaning device according to  claim 9 , wherein an underside of said base plate is configured for attaching a wiping cloth, wherein the wiping cloth overlaps said base plate with at least two opposite edge regions and is detachably held there by retaining elements.