EP0352496B1 - Apparatus for cleaning vertical blinds, curtains or the like - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for cleaning curtain slats, curtains or the like hanging in their installation positions on a running rail.
- Slats, curtains, curtains or the like used for window decoration get dirty over time and therefore have to be cleaned at certain time intervals. This proves to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, in particular in the case of curtain slats, since the soiled slats have to be dismantled for the purpose of cleaning, have to be cleaned bit by bit by washing and brushing and then have to be reassembled.
- a cleaning device is already known from DE-A-35 27 764 for cleaning curtain slats in particular.
- This is a device with two motor-driven brush rollers, which are arranged one above the other and between which the slats to be cleaned are passed.
- the lower brush roller dips with its jacket into a liquid bath during circulation and therefore continuously delivers cleaning fluid to the lamellae passing between the brush rollers.
- this cleaning device enables faster cleaning of the slats than by hand, the time-consuming removal of soiled slats and the reassembly of cleaned slats remains unaffected.
- DE-A-15 85 775 discloses a device for cleaning curtains in a hanging state.
- the cleaning liquid is fed to the items to be cleaned by means of an electrically operated pump on the pushed-together curtain, which is covered with a coat, and is subsequently collected in a tub arranged under the curtain.
- the invention is intended to remedy this. Accordingly, the object underlying the invention is to provide a device by means of which curtain slats, curtains or the like can be cleaned quickly and easily and under the same physical conditions for the entire good.
- a washing device which can be hooked into a running rail guiding the material to be cleaned and whose main components consist of a stop, a nozzle assembly, a jacket extending downward from the latter and, in the application case, enclosing a tubular jacket.
- the stop and the nozzle assembly of the washing device can expediently be enclosed by a frame which, in turn, carries the jacket which encloses the items to be cleaned in a tubular manner in the application case.
- the stop and the nozzle assembly can have clamping elements, which enable the cleaning items suspended on a running rail to be locked in the pushed-together state.
- the curtain slats, curtains or the like to be cleaned therefore do not need to be removed for cleaning and then hung up again, but remain in their intended hanging position. It can be seen that the device according to the invention enables cost-effective and quick cleaning of curtain slats and similar items to be cleaned.
- Another important advantage of the device according to the invention is that all parts of the goods to be cleaned are subjected to the same physical cleaning conditions.
- the latter is particularly important with slat curtains, because after cleaning there are length deviations between individual slats can occur if the cleaning conditions were different. Naturally, this affects the intended decorative character of such a curtain.
- the distance between the nozzle piece and the collecting trough is expediently adjustable in order to be able to adapt to different lengths of the items to be cleaned.
- the drip pan in the the sheath enclosing the material to be cleaned should protrude into it, can advantageously be connected to the frame enclosing the nozzle assembly and the stop via adjustable suspension means.
- an auxiliary vessel is arranged between the drip pan and a pump for the optional delivery of detergent-active medium or the rinsing liquid at the lowest point of the circuit, which has a larger capacity than the storage container and can be optionally switched to one storage container each , so that the entire supply of washing-active medium on the one hand and rinsing liquid on the other hand can be accommodated in the auxiliary vessel.
- the auxiliary vessel stands on the floor and the associated storage containers are arranged so high that their contents can always drain into the auxiliary vessel when the valve is in the appropriate position.
- the auxiliary vessel For the purpose of emptying the auxiliary vessel, however, it can be raised to a level above the storage container.
- auxiliary units such as the storage containers, piping and valves, are expediently a pump, a heater and the auxiliary vessel are arranged on a trolley, thus providing an easy-to-use mobile device for the above-mentioned purpose.
- the pump When used as intended, the pump sucks the wash-active medium previously supplied from the corresponding storage container from the auxiliary vessel then standing on the floor and pumps it in circulation over the items to be cleaned. Additional heating can be provided in the circuit. After the cleaning process, rinsing liquid is circulated over the material to be cleaned in the same way.
- a stop 1.1 and a nozzle assembly 1.2 are releasably connected with the aid of clamping elements 1.3 designed as screws with lock nuts to a running rail 1.4 which hangs the curtain slats.
- the curtain slats are pushed together to form a slat block 1.5.
- the stop 1.1 and the nozzle assembly 1.2 surround a frame 1.6, to which a downwardly extending jacket 1.7, which encloses the lamella block 1.5, is fastened.
- the nozzle assembly 1.2 can alternatively be supplied with wash-active medium or with rinsing liquid via a fluid supply line 1.8, which is only indicated.
- a carriage 2 can also be seen, which has a storage container 2.1 for washing-active medium and a further storage container 2.2 for rinsing liquid (water).
- the containers 2.1, 2.2 are connected via pipes 2.3 and valves 2.4 to an auxiliary vessel 2.8 placed on the floor.
- the auxiliary vessel 2.8 can optionally be filled with wash-active medium from the reservoir 2.1 or with rinsing liquid from the reservoir 2.2.
- a suction line projects into the auxiliary vessel 2.8 and is in flow connection with a pump 2.5 from which the line 1.8 extends to the nozzle assembly 1.2. The line is led through a heater 2.6.
- the washing device When used as intended, the washing device is first attached to the running rail 1.4 in the manner explained above.
- the nozzle assembly 1.2 then extends over the slats pushed together to form the lamella block 1.5 and the latter are enclosed by the jacket 1.7 hanging on the frame 1.6, which extends on the underside into the collecting trough 2.7, from which a discharge line opening into the auxiliary vessel 2.8 extends.
- the auxiliary vessel 2.8 is filled with wash-active medium from the storage container 2.1 and then this medium is conveyed to the nozzle assembly 1.2 by means of the pump 2.5, in order then to run downwards from above over the fins combined in the finned block 1.5.
- the washing-active medium that collects in the collecting trough 2.7 then flows back to the auxiliary vessel 2.8 and is again guided, ie in a circuit, by means of the pump 2.5 over the fins.
- rinsing liquid is filled from the storage container 2.2 into the auxiliary vessel 2.8 and then passed in the same way in a circuit over the lamellae of the lamella block 1.5.
- the washing device 1 After rinsing, the washing device 1 is removed.
- the lamella block 1.5 then hangs freely and drips in a drip pan 3.1 arranged under the latter.
- the drip tray is suspended in connecting chains of the slats, not shown.
- the slat block 1.5 can be accommodated between two lateral terminal strips 3.2 and dried. This is shown in FIG. 4.
- the set-up times are extremely short and all parts of the items to be cleaned are cleaned under the same physical conditions.
- the set-up times are independent of the number and area of the lamellae and in view of the completely identical treatment of all lamellae of a lamella block, no length deviations of individual lamellae can occur.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Reinigen von Vorhang-lamellen, Gardinen oder dergleichen in ihren Einbaulagen an einer Laufschiene hängend.The invention relates to a device for cleaning curtain slats, curtains or the like hanging in their installation positions on a running rail.
Zur Fensterdekoration eingesetzte Lamellen, Gardinen, Vorhänge oder dergleichen verschmutzen im Laufe der Zeit und müssen deshalb in bestimmten Zeitintervallen gereinigt werden. Dies erweist sich insbesondere bei Vorhang-Lamellen insofern als arbeits- und zeitaufwendig, als die verschmutzten Lamellen zum Zwecke der Reinigung demontiert, jeweils Stück für Stück durch Waschen und Bürsten gereinigt und danach wieder montiert werden müssen.Slats, curtains, curtains or the like used for window decoration get dirty over time and therefore have to be cleaned at certain time intervals. This proves to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, in particular in the case of curtain slats, since the soiled slats have to be dismantled for the purpose of cleaning, have to be cleaned bit by bit by washing and brushing and then have to be reassembled.
Zum Reinigen insbesondere von Vorhang-Lamellen ist aus der DE-A-35 27 764 bereits eine Reinigungsvorrichtung vorbekannt. Dabei handelt es sich um eine Vorrichtung mit zwei motorisch angetriebenen Bürstenwalzen, die übereinanderliegend angeordnet sind und zwischen denen die zu reinigenden Lamellen hindurchgeführt werden. Die untere Bürstenwalze taucht beim Umlauf mit ihrem Mantel in ein Flüssigkeitsbad ein und fördert daher laufend Reinigungsflüssigkeit auf die zwischen den Bürstenwalzen hindurchlaufenden Lamellen.A cleaning device is already known from DE-A-35 27 764 for cleaning curtain slats in particular. This is a device with two motor-driven brush rollers, which are arranged one above the other and between which the slats to be cleaned are passed. The lower brush roller dips with its jacket into a liquid bath during circulation and therefore continuously delivers cleaning fluid to the lamellae passing between the brush rollers.
Diese Reinigungsvorrichtung ermöglicht zwar eine schnellere Lamellenreinigung als von Hand, aber das zeitaufwendige Abnehmen verschmutzter und das Wiedermontieren gereinigter Lamellen bleibt davon unberührt.Although this cleaning device enables faster cleaning of the slats than by hand, the time-consuming removal of soiled slats and the reassembly of cleaned slats remains unaffected.
Die DE-A-15 85 775 offenbart eine Vorrichtung zum Reinigen von, Gardinen im hängenden Zustand. Auf die zusammengeschobene mit einem Mantel übergezogene Gardine wird die Reinigungsflüssigkeit mittels einer elektrisch betriebenen Pumpe dem Reinigungsgut zugeführt und im weiteren in einer unter der Gardine angeordneten Wanne aufgefangen.DE-A-15 85 775 discloses a device for cleaning curtains in a hanging state. The cleaning liquid is fed to the items to be cleaned by means of an electrically operated pump on the pushed-together curtain, which is covered with a coat, and is subsequently collected in a tub arranged under the curtain.
Durch die Erfindung soll hier Abhilfe geschaffen werden. Demgemäß besteht die der Erfindung zugrundeliegende Aufgabe in der Schaffung einer Vorrichtung, mittels der Vorhang-Lamellen, Gardinen oder dergleichen schnell und einfach sowie unter gleichen physikalischen Bedingungen für das gesamte Gut gereinigt werden können.The invention is intended to remedy this. Accordingly, the object underlying the invention is to provide a device by means of which curtain slats, curtains or the like can be cleaned quickly and easily and under the same physical conditions for the entire good.
Diese Aufgabe ist erfindungsgemäß durch eine Waschvorrichtung gelöst, die in eine das zu reinigende Gut führende Laufschiene einhängbar ist und deren Hauptbauteile aus einem Anschlag, einem Düsenstock, einem sich von letzterem abwärts erstreckenden und das Reinigungsgut im Anwendungsfalle schlauchförmig umschließenden Mantel.This object is achieved according to the invention by a washing device which can be hooked into a running rail guiding the material to be cleaned and whose main components consist of a stop, a nozzle assembly, a jacket extending downward from the latter and, in the application case, enclosing a tubular jacket.
Der Anschlag und der Düsenstock der Waschvorrichtung können dabei zweckmäßigerweise von einem Rahmen umschlossen sein, der seinerseits den das Reinigungsgut im Anwendungsfalle schlauchförmig umschließenden Mantel trägt.The stop and the nozzle assembly of the washing device can expediently be enclosed by a frame which, in turn, carries the jacket which encloses the items to be cleaned in a tubular manner in the application case.
Ferner können der Anschlag und der Düsenstock Klemmelemente aufweisen, der eine Arretierung des an einer Laufschiene hängend geführten Reinigungsguts in zusammengeschobenem Zustand ermöglichen.Furthermore, the stop and the nozzle assembly can have clamping elements, which enable the cleaning items suspended on a running rail to be locked in the pushed-together state.
Mittels einer derartigen Waschvorrichtung gelingt die Reinigung von Vorhang-Lamellen und ähnlichem Reinigungsgut, indem letzteres in einem ersten Schritt in seiner Einbaulage an der Laufschiene hängend zu einem Block zusammengeschoben, dann in einem zweiten Schritt waschaktives Medium und danach in einem dritten Schritt Spülflüssigkeit jeweils von oben im Kreislauf über das zusammengeschobene Reinigungsgut geleitet und schließlich in einem vierten Schritt das Reinigungsgut getrocknet wird.With such a washing device Cleaning of curtain slats and similar items to be cleaned by first pushing the latter together in a block in its installed position on the running rail, then in a second step washing-active medium and then in a third step washing liquid from above in a cycle over the pushed-together items to be cleaned guided and finally in a fourth step, the items to be cleaned are dried.
Die zu reinigenden Vorhang-Lamellen, Gardinen oder dergleichen brauchen somit zum Zwecke der Reinigung nicht abgenommen und dann wieder aufgehängt zu werden, sondern bleiben in ihrer bestimmungsgemäßen Hängelage. Es ist ersichtlich, daß die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung ein kostengünstiges und schnell durchführbares Reinigen von Vorhang-Lamellen und ähnlichem Reinigungsgut ermöglicht.The curtain slats, curtains or the like to be cleaned therefore do not need to be removed for cleaning and then hung up again, but remain in their intended hanging position. It can be seen that the device according to the invention enables cost-effective and quick cleaning of curtain slats and similar items to be cleaned.
Ein weiterer wichtiger Vorteil der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung besteht darin, daß alle Teile des zu reinigenden Gutes gleichen physikalischen Reinigungsbedingungen unterworfen werden. Letzteres ist insbesondere bei Lamellen-Vorhängen wichtig, weil nach dem Reinigen Längenabweichungen zwischen einzelnen Lamellen auftreten können, wenn die Reinigungsbedingungen unterschiedlich waren. Naturgemäß beeinträchtigt dies den bestimmungsgemäßen dekorativen Charakter eines derartigen Vorhangs.Another important advantage of the device according to the invention is that all parts of the goods to be cleaned are subjected to the same physical cleaning conditions. The latter is particularly important with slat curtains, because after cleaning there are length deviations between individual slats can occur if the cleaning conditions were different. Naturally, this affects the intended decorative character of such a curtain.
Gemäß einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist zweckmäßigerweise der Abstand zwischen dem Düsenstück und der Auffangwanne einstellbar, um eine Anpassung an unterschiedliche Längen des Reinigungsgutes vornehmen zu können. Die Auffangwanne, in die der das zu reinigende Gut schlauchförmig umschließende Mantel hineinragen sollte, kann mit Vorteil über verstellbare Tragmittel mit dem den Düsenstock und den Anschlag umschließenden Rahmen verbunden sein.According to a development of the invention, the distance between the nozzle piece and the collecting trough is expediently adjustable in order to be able to adapt to different lengths of the items to be cleaned. The drip pan in the the sheath enclosing the material to be cleaned should protrude into it, can advantageously be connected to the frame enclosing the nozzle assembly and the stop via adjustable suspension means.
Eine andere Weiterbildung der Vorrichtung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwischen der Auffangwanne und einer Pumpe zum wahlweisen Fördern waschaktiven Mediums oder der Spülflüssigkeit am tiefsten Punkt des Kreislaufs ein Hilfsgefäß angeordnet ist, das ein größeres Fassungsvermögen als die Vorratsbehälter aufweist und wahlweise auf je einen Vorratsbehälter schaltbar ist, so daß der gesamte Vorrat an waschaktivem Medium einerseits und Spülflüssigkeit andererseits in dem Hilfsgefäß aufgenommen werden kann.Another development of the device is characterized in that an auxiliary vessel is arranged between the drip pan and a pump for the optional delivery of detergent-active medium or the rinsing liquid at the lowest point of the circuit, which has a larger capacity than the storage container and can be optionally switched to one storage container each , so that the entire supply of washing-active medium on the one hand and rinsing liquid on the other hand can be accommodated in the auxiliary vessel.
Durch ein zweckentsprechendes Verrohrungsschema, zugeordnete Ventile und eine Pumpe wird erreicht, daß aufeinanderfolgend waschaktives Medium und dann Spülflüssigkeit (Wasser) im Kreislauf von oben über das Reinigungsgut gepumpt werden kann.An appropriate piping scheme, assigned valves and a pump ensure that washing-active medium and then rinsing liquid (water) can be pumped in succession from above over the items to be cleaned.
Das Hilfsgefäß steht bei bestimmungsgemäßer Verwendung der Vorrichtung am Boden und die zugeordneten Vorratsbehälter sind so hoch angeordnet, daß ihr Inhalt bei entsprechender Ventilstellung immer in das Hilfsgefäß ablaufen kann. Zum Zwecke der Entleerung des Hilfsgefäßes ist dieses jedoch auf ein Niveau oberhalb der Vorratsbehälter anhebbar.When the device is used as intended, the auxiliary vessel stands on the floor and the associated storage containers are arranged so high that their contents can always drain into the auxiliary vessel when the valve is in the appropriate position. For the purpose of emptying the auxiliary vessel, however, it can be raised to a level above the storage container.
Zweckmäßigerweise sind alle Hilfsaggregate, wie die Vorratsbehälter, Verrohrungen und Ventile, eine Pumpe, eine Heizung und das Hilfsgefäß auf einem Wagen angeordnet, womit eine leicht handhabbare mobile Vorrichtung für den obengenannten Zweck vorliegt.All auxiliary units, such as the storage containers, piping and valves, are expediently a pump, a heater and the auxiliary vessel are arranged on a trolley, thus providing an easy-to-use mobile device for the above-mentioned purpose.
Bei bestimmungsgemäßer Verwendung saugt die Pumpe aus dem dann auf dem Boden stehenden Hilfsgefäß das diesem zuvor aus dem entsprechenden Vorratsbehälter zugeführte waschaktive Medium an und pumpt es im Kreislauf über das zu reinigende Gut. Dabei kann im Kreislauf eine Zusatzheizung vorgesehen sein. Nach dem Reinigungsvorgang wird in gleicher Weise Spülflüssigkeit im Kreislauf über das zu reinigende Gut geführt.When used as intended, the pump sucks the wash-active medium previously supplied from the corresponding storage container from the auxiliary vessel then standing on the floor and pumps it in circulation over the items to be cleaned. Additional heating can be provided in the circuit. After the cleaning process, rinsing liquid is circulated over the material to be cleaned in the same way.
Anhand der beigefügten Zeichnungen soll nachstehend ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung erläutert werden. In schematischen Ansichten zeigen:
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- die in eine Laufschiene für Vorhang-Lamellen eingehängte Waschvorrichtung in einer Schnittansicht und die zu einem Block zusammengeschobenen Vorhang-Lamellen,
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- die Waschvorrichtung in einem der Schnittlinie A-A in Fig. 1 entsprechenden Querschnitt,
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- in einer schematischen Gesamtansicht einen alle Hilfseinrichtungen aufnehmenden Wagen und die Waschvorrichtung bei bestimmungsgemäßer Verwendung und
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- den unteren Teil eines zwischen Klemmelementen aufgenommenen Lamellen-Blocks sowie eine unter diesem angeordnete Abtropfwanne.
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- the washing device suspended in a track for curtain slats in a sectional view and the curtain slats pushed together to form a block,
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- the washing device in a cross section corresponding to the section line AA in FIG. 1,
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- in a schematic overall view of a carriage accommodating all auxiliary devices and the washing device when used as intended and
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- the lower part of a slat block accommodated between clamping elements and a drip tray arranged below this.
Aus Fig. 1 ist ersichtlich, daß ein Anschlag 1.1 und ein Düsenstock 1.2 mit Hilfe von als Schrauben mit Kontermuttern ausgebildeten Klemmelementen 1.3 mit einer die Vorhang-Lamellen hängend aufnehmenden Laufschiene 1.4 lösbar verbunden sind. In der Zeichnung sind die Vorhang-Lamellen zu einem Lamellen-Block 1.5 zusammengeschoben.From Fig. 1 it can be seen that a stop 1.1 and a nozzle assembly 1.2 are releasably connected with the aid of clamping elements 1.3 designed as screws with lock nuts to a running rail 1.4 which hangs the curtain slats. In the drawing, the curtain slats are pushed together to form a slat block 1.5.
Den Anschlag 1.1 und den Düsenstock 1.2 umgibt ein Rahmen 1.6, an dem ein sich abwärts erstreckender und den Lamellen-Block 1.5 umschließender Mantel 1.7 befestigt ist. Über eine nur angedeutete Strömungsmittelzuleitung 1.8 ist der Düsenstock 1.2 alternativ mit waschaktivem Medium oder mit Spülflüssigkeit versorgbar. Unter dem Lamellen-Block 1.5 befindet sich eine Auffangwanne 2.7, in die das untere Ende des den Lamellen-Block 1.5 umschließenden Mantels hineinragt. Dies zeigt Fig. 3.The stop 1.1 and the nozzle assembly 1.2 surround a frame 1.6, to which a downwardly extending jacket 1.7, which encloses the lamella block 1.5, is fastened. The nozzle assembly 1.2 can alternatively be supplied with wash-active medium or with rinsing liquid via a fluid supply line 1.8, which is only indicated. Under the lamella block 1.5 there is a collecting trough 2.7, into which the lower end of the jacket surrounding the lamella block 1.5 projects. This is shown in FIG. 3.
Aus Fig. 3 ist ferner ein Wagen 2 ersichtlich, der einen Vorratsbehälter 2.1 für waschaktives Medium und einen weiteren Vorratsbehälter 2.2 für Spülflüssigkeit (Wasser) besitzt. Die Behälter 2.1, 2.2 sind über Rohrleitungen 2.3 und Ventile 2.4 mit einem am Boden abgestellten Hilfsgefäß 2.8 verbunden. Das Hilfsgefäß 2.8 kann wahlweise mit waschaktivem Medium aus dem Vorratsbehälter 2.1 oder mit Spülflüssigkeit aus dem Vorratsbehälter 2.2 gefüllt werden. In das Hilfsgefäß 2.8 ragt eine Ansaugleitung hinein, die mit einer Pumpe 2.5 in Strömungsverbindung steht, von der sich die Leitung 1.8 zum Düsenstock 1.2 hin erstreckt. Die Leitung ist über eine Heizung 2.6 geführt.From Fig. 3 a
Bei bestimmungsgemäßer Verwendung wird zunächst die Waschvorrichtung in der oben erläuterten Weise an die Laufschiene 1.4 angehängt. Der Düsenstock 1.2 erstreckt sich dann über den zum Lamellen-Block 1.5 zusammengeschobenen Lamellen und letztere sind von dem an dem Rahmen 1.6 hängenden Mantel 1.7 umschlossen, der unterseitig bis in die Auffangwanne 2.7 hineinreicht, von der sich eine in das Hilfsgefäß 2.8 einmündende Abflußleitung forterstreckt.When used as intended, the washing device is first attached to the running rail 1.4 in the manner explained above. The nozzle assembly 1.2 then extends over the slats pushed together to form the lamella block 1.5 and the latter are enclosed by the jacket 1.7 hanging on the frame 1.6, which extends on the underside into the collecting trough 2.7, from which a discharge line opening into the auxiliary vessel 2.8 extends.
Nach diesen Vorbereitungen wird das Hilfsgefäß 2.8 mit waschaktivem Medium aus dem Vorratsbehälter 2.1 gefüllt und anschließend dieses Medium mittels der Pumpe 2.5 zum Düsenstock 1.2 gefördert, um dann von oben über die im Lamellen-Block 1.5 zusammengefaßten Lamellen abwärts zu rinnen. Das sich in der Auffangwanne 2.7 sammelnde waschaktive Medium strömt dann zurück zu dem Hilfsgefäß 2.8 und wird erneut, also im Kreislauf, mittels der Pumpe 2.5 über die Lamellen geführt. Wenn der Reinigungsvorgang nach einer bestimmten Waschzeit beendet ist, wird anstelle des waschaktiven Mediums Spülflüssigkeit aus dem Vorratsbehälter 2.2 in das Hilfsgefäß 2.8 gefüllt und dann in gleicher Weise im Kreislauf über die Lamellen des Lamellen-Blocks 1.5 geleitet.After these preparations, the auxiliary vessel 2.8 is filled with wash-active medium from the storage container 2.1 and then this medium is conveyed to the nozzle assembly 1.2 by means of the pump 2.5, in order then to run downwards from above over the fins combined in the finned block 1.5. The washing-active medium that collects in the collecting trough 2.7 then flows back to the auxiliary vessel 2.8 and is again guided, ie in a circuit, by means of the pump 2.5 over the fins. When the cleaning process has ended after a certain washing time, instead of the washing-active medium, rinsing liquid is filled from the storage container 2.2 into the auxiliary vessel 2.8 and then passed in the same way in a circuit over the lamellae of the lamella block 1.5.
Nach dem Spülen wird die Waschvorrichtung 1 entfernt. Der Lamellen-Block 1.5 hängt dann frei und tropft in eine unter letzterem angeordnete Abtropfwanne 3.1 ab. Die Abtropfwanne ist in nicht gezeigte Verbindungsketten der Lamellen eingehängt. Bei besonders formempfindlichen Lamellentypen kann der Lamellen-Block 1.5 zwischen zwei seitlichen Klemmleisten 3.2 aufgenommen und getrocknet werden. Dies zeigt Fig. 4.After rinsing, the washing device 1 is removed. The lamella block 1.5 then hangs freely and drips in a drip pan 3.1 arranged under the latter. The drip tray is suspended in connecting chains of the slats, not shown. In the case of particularly shape-sensitive slat types, the slat block 1.5 can be accommodated between two lateral terminal strips 3.2 and dried. This is shown in FIG. 4.
Die besonderen Vorteile des mittels der vorstehend erläuterten Vorrichtung durchführbaren Reinigungsverfahrens liegen darin, daß die Rüstzeiten äußerst gering sind und alle Partien des Reinigungsgutes unter gleichen physikalischen Bedingungen gereinigt werden. Bei der beschriebenen Lamellenreinigung sind die Rüstzeiten unabhängig von Anzahl und Fläche der Lamellen und angesichts der völlig gleichartigen Behandlung aller Lamellen eines Lamellen-Blocks können keine Längenabweichungen einzelner Lamellen eintreten.The particular advantages of the cleaning process which can be carried out by means of the device explained above are that the set-up times are extremely short and all parts of the items to be cleaned are cleaned under the same physical conditions. With the described lamella cleaning, the set-up times are independent of the number and area of the lamellae and in view of the completely identical treatment of all lamellae of a lamella block, no length deviations of individual lamellae can occur.
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- Device for the cleaning of curtaining slats, curtains or the like in the installed positions thereof hanging at a guide rail, with a washing device (1), a sleeve (1.7) and a collecting tank (2.7), characterised thereby that the washing device (1) can be suspended in a guide rail (1.4) guiding the stock to be cleaned and comprises, as main components, an abutment (1.1) and a nozzle assembly (1.2), wherein the sleeve (1.7) extends downwardly from this and in the case of use encloses the stock for cleaning in hose-like manner.
- Device according to claim 1, characterised thereby that the spacing between the nozzle assembly (1.2) and the collecting tank (2.7) is adjustable for the purpose of adaptation to the length of the stock to be cleaned.
- Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterised thereby that an auxiliary vessel (2.8) is arranged between the collecting tank (2.7) and a pump (2.5) for the selectable conveying of active washing agent or the rinsing liquid and at the deepest point of the circuit, which vessel has a larger holding capacity than the reservoir containers (2.1, 2.2) and is selectably connectible to each of the reservoir containers.
- Device according to claim 3, characterised thereby that the auxiliary vessel (2.8) is raisable to a level above the reservoir containers (2.1, 2.2) for the purpose of emptying.
- Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised thereby that all auxiliary units, such as the reservoir containers (2.1, 2.2), piping (2.3) and valves (2.4), a pump (2.5), a heater (2.6) and the auxiliary vessel (2.8) are arranged on a carriage (2).
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| AT89111850T ATE98104T1 (en) | 1988-07-28 | 1989-06-29 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING CURTAIN BLADES, CURTAINS OR THE LIKE. |
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