US Patent Issued to Diversey on Oct. 27 for "Floor cleaning apparatus" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,078, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Diversey Inc. (Fort Mill, S.C.).

"Floor cleaning apparatus" was invented by Thomas Keller (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Mario Wetzlei (Flawil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor cleaning apparatus (1) is provided including a cleaning assembly (500), a suction unit (10), an inlet channeling unit (20), and an outlet channeling unit (30). The suction unit (10) has a motor (11) and an impeller (12). The inlet channeling unit (20) is in fluid communication with at least one portion of the cleaning assembly (500). The outlet channeling unit (30) connects the suction unit (10) to an ex...