Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L23/00—Cleaning footwear
  • A47L23/02—Shoe-cleaning machines, with or without applicators for shoe polish

Definitions

• On-line multiple station machine for brushing or cleaning by washing shoes, boots, ankle-boots, half-boots with projection of washing, rinsing, disinfection products and hot air. Its utilization applies to ail environments where sanitary rules imply a total cleanliness of the shoes.
• the transmission and drive mem- bers located in a bottom casing are driven by a common drive element.
• Each station is comprised of two vertical brushes (11) with, at the center, a flat brush (6) for brushing the soles.
• a holding ramp with garlic the controls is arranged straight above the housing of the brushes.
• the access to the stations is on both sides of the housing of the brushes.
• In-line multiple brushing or cleaning machine by washing shoes, boots, boots, boots, with projection of washing products, rinsing, disinfection, hot air. Its use is in all environments where health rules imply total cleanliness of shoes.
• the transmission and drive members located in a box in the lower part are moved by a common drive element.
• Each station is composed of two vertical brushes (11) with in the center, a flat brush (6) for brushing the soles.
• a support ramp with all the controls is located directly above the brush housing. Access to the stations is on either side of the brush housing.
• the present invention relates to a machine with multiple stations, dry brushing or washing, boots, boots and various shoes, with projection of pure water or added with cleaning product, cleaning, disinfection, decontamination, with blowing hot air.
• This brushing and cleaning operation is essential in many fields. It is imposed by basic hygiene measures or by the legislation and health rules in force in the various corporations and countries concerned. The fields of application are varied: agro-food, building, earthworks, public works, drilling, nuclear, winter sports or the like.
• This invention consists of a very compact machine, with multiple vertical brushes (11) in line, with access to the various stations located on either side of the machine.
• the number of stations in line is from two to a number whose only limit is the size of the machine and the technical constraints of the drive materials.
• Each vertical brush (11) with the exception of the end brushes in the case of straight line machines, is used on two stations simultaneously.
• Another form of machine is possible, it is an in-line machine, leaning against the wall of a workshop exit corridor for example. In this case, access to the stations can only be done on one side.
• round, octagonal for example, in a closed loop shall we say, all the brushes are used on two stations simultaneously.
• each of the vertical brushes is a brush with a vertical axis of smaller diameter (6) allowing the brushing of the soles.
• a non-slip perforated sheet (10) or a grid depending on the request or the type of machine, which can be dismantled, has an opening for passage, covers this brush leaving only the part useful for brushing beyond and allows the operator to maintain of the shoe.
• Each vertical brush (11) is of a height adapted to the shoes by stacking elements of appropriate height, the spacing of these same brushes can be different for a certain number of stations of the same machine, depending on the percentage people: female or male, using the machine.
• This brushing machine can be combined with other functions, namely, washing with pure water or with various additives: detergents, disinfectants and also with a supply of hot air.
• This list is not exhaustive. This requires the installation of precise solenoid valves and metering devices (adjustable), adjustable at 2,3,4,5% of the flow of the working fluid, of hot air turbines.
• This machine consists of a rigid frame on which are fixed all the elements constituting it.
• FIG. 4 a front view of a 4-station type machine.
• This invention consists more particularly in the lower part, in the brushing and washing section, of a frame of four parallel beams, of great rigidity.
• the two central longitudinal members form a box by the addition of an upper (16) and lower (17) sheet in which the drive device (4) of the vertical axes of the brushes (15) and (20) is located.
• a bearing (12) is fixed allowing the rotation of the vertical axes of the rod brushes (20) and of the sole brushes (15).
• a pinion (4) is driven by a flat belt (7) notched on both sides.
• other type of drive are necessary and possible.
• the training can be carried out using a chain.
• the drive of the pinions can be carried out using a train of pinions which train each other.
• the center of the last brush in the case of a straight line machine as well as the center of the motor are offset with respect to the general axis of the brush centers in order to allow the release of the return strand of the belt or chain.
• central beams and the external beams (1) are fixed collecting tanks (9) for liquid or solid matter having a slope towards one or both ends, in the case of very long machines, in order to collect the liquids when washing shoes or tubs.
• the brush protection casing covers all of the rotating members. It has, in machine veraon in a straight alternating compact line, on either side of its alternating and offset sides, openings allowing the passage of the leg. The openings are located in the center of an assembly formed by two vertical brushes and a flat brush.
• the casing is articulated (30) in the end opposite to the motor in order to allow complete tilting and thus to have full access to all the rotating members for efficient or easy maintenance or cleaning of these, of the component parts. the chassis, recovery tanks (9).
• the casing (18) is made up of several sections which can be lifted off.
• the two external beams (1) they consist of a sheet folded in a "U" shape, the opening being towards the outside of the frame and closed by a fitting cover (19).
• the two external beams (1) they consist of a sheet folded in a "U" shape, the opening being towards the outside of the frame and closed by a fitting cover (19).
• the liquid pipes For machines with washing, disinfection, decontamination means, inside this "U” pass the liquid pipes.
• the pipes are also inside.
• the liquid is sprayed on the front face of the vertical brushes, using jets (2) fixed on the "U" side rails on either side of each opening and inside the protective casing the blade of water is projected forward, in tangent to the vertical brushes making it possible to reduce the consumption of water and additives in a significant manner.
• the water is driven out during the rotation that it performs before the solution is brought to the boot, hence consumption exaggerated liquid and longer wash time.
• the vertical brushes (11) are composed of stackable elements, of different height allowing, if necessary, to adjust very precisely the brushing height to the real height of the boots, the latter different from a woman's boot compared to a boot. of a man.
• This machine makes it possible to have posts of different brush heights, the fixing being made by a ring provided with a clamping screw at the end of the vertical axis.
• each element has a crown of hard bristles (5) of helical shape which, associated with the direction of rotation of the brushes and the step to the right on one side, to the step to the left of the other of this helical crown, makes that the vertical brushes (11) in their entirety are very effective and the dirt is brought down by this archimedes screw in the tanks (9).
• the flat brushes are fixed on a vertical axis (15) threaded at its end. It consists of a horizontal washer on which the brush rests. A centering pin (13) prevents the brush from turning, the tightening is obtained by a bolt (21) screwed in the axis (15).
• the safety of people is ensured at this level by one or more safety switches called "punch" of an easy access whatever the station concerned. (29).
• the connection between the holding ramp (26) and the electrical cabinet is made by a multi-wire electric cable, the connection being interrupted during the raising of the casing by a waterproof, withdrawable multi-plug socket (28), fixed at the end of this ramp.
• the gearmotor (3), the solenoid valves (22), the metering device (23) the pressure reducer, the hot air turbines of the machine in a straight line, these are positioned on a platform (8) at the end of the machine and protected by a removable casing.
• a platform In the case of a long machine, a platform is located at each end or at intervals, in the line of brushes.

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