US Patent Issued to Alfred Karcher on Sept. 8 for "Floor cleaning machine and method for operating a floor cleaning machine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,727, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Alfred Karcher SE & Co. KG (Winnenden, Germany).

"Floor cleaning machine and method for operating a floor cleaning machine" was invented by Ulrich Bauer (Winnenden, Germany) and Michael Mueller (Winnenden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor cleaning machine is provided, including a base, a rocker which is arranged at the base via a first pivot bearing for pivotal movement about a first pivot axis, a sweeping roller which is arranged at the rocker via a rotary bearing for rotational movement about a rotary axis, a motor device for rotatably driving the sweeping roller, and a traction...