High-pressure cleaning apparatus
AssigneeAlfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWerner Schwab, Peter Pfaff
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Abstract
In order to improve a high-pressure cleaning apparatus comprising a pump unit adapted to be driven by motor, a first connection element for detachable connection to a liquid supply conduit, said first connection element being connected to the suction side of the pump unit, and a second connection element for detachable connection to a high-pressure conduit, said second connection element being connected to the pressure side of the pump unit, such that it can be handled in a more user-friendly manner, the invention proposes that the first connection element and/or the second connection element be oriented in a direction facing upward away from a supporting surface for the high-pressure cleaning apparatus.
Claims16
High-pressure cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a housing with a housing base forming a lower part of the housing,
- a pump unit supported on the housing base and adapted to be driven by motor,
- a first connection element for detachable connection to a liquid supply conduit, said first connection element being connected to a suction side of the pump unit, the first connection element being connected to the pump unit via a suction conduit which runs in a direction facing downward towards a supporting surface for the high-pressure cleaning apparatus, at least in a section thereof adjoining the first connection element, and
- a second connection element for detachable connection to a high-pressure conduit, said second connection element being connected to a pressure side of the pump unit,
- wherein:
- the first connection element oriented in a direction facing upward away from the supporting surface;
- the suction conduit is partially embedded in a depression formed by the housing base directly above a wheel of the high-pressure cleaning apparatus;
- the first connection element is formed at an end of the suction conduit facing away from the pump unit and is positioned in an area of a recess of the housing formed directly above the wheel;
- and
- the recess is formed by a portion of the housing being offset towards a center of the high-pressure cleaning apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.