EP0605280B1 - Device for collecting waste and dust - Google Patents

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EP0605280B1
EP0605280B1 EP93403067A EP93403067A EP0605280B1 EP 0605280 B1 EP0605280 B1 EP 0605280B1 EP 93403067 A EP93403067 A EP 93403067A EP 93403067 A EP93403067 A EP 93403067A EP 0605280 B1 EP0605280 B1 EP 0605280B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0002—Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process
    • A46B15/0053—Brushes fitted with ventilation suction, e.g. for removing dust
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    • A46—BRUSHWARE
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    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • 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
    • A47L7/00—Suction cleaners adapted for additional purposes; Tables with suction openings for cleaning purposes; Containers for cleaning articles by suction; Suction cleaners adapted to cleaning of brushes; Suction cleaners adapted to taking-up liquids
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
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  • the invention relates to a device for collecting residues and dust.
  • Pick-up devices are known, such as household vacuum cleaners, the use of which requires the use of disposable paper bags intended to contain the residues and dust sucked, generally constituted by a movable assembly on casters comprising a motor driving a turbine d suction and a suction head connected by a flexible hose to said assembly.
  • Document DE-U-19.59.657 describes a cleaning brush, in particular for clothes, with a suction opening provided inside a frame or an annular zone delimited by the bristles.
  • the invention aims to facilitate the collection of residues and dust in all places, even cramped, by means of a new light device, simple design and economical manufacturing.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for collecting residues and dust of the type comprising an elongated body carrying a set of bristles, said body being hollow so as to constitute inside its enclosure for receiving residues and dust, characterized and in that the body has, at a longitudinal end, outside the set of bristles, an opening for suction or for collecting dust or residues.
  • a device 1 according to the invention comprises a body 2 of elongated shape carrying a set of bristles 3 preferably arranged in several rows at its lower end.
  • the body 2 is hollow so as to constitute inside its enclosure 4 for receiving residues and dust entering through an opening 5 located at a longitudinal end of the body 2 and extending transversely over the width of said end of the body.
  • the opening 5 has a mouth 6 making an angle with the lower plane of the body 2 on which the bristles 3 are implanted.
  • the opening 5 is extended upwards by a vertical conduit 7 which narrows substantially in the height direction and in turn opens into an end 8a of a substantially horizontal channel 8 occupying substantially half the width of the body 2 .
  • the horizontal channel 8 has at its other end 8b an end partition 9 inclined in the downward direction to open out through an opening 10 in the receiving enclosure 4.
  • the receiving enclosure 4 extends substantially over the entire length and entire width of the body 2, so as to offer a maximum receiving volume.
  • the electric motor 12 driving the turbine 11 and the batteries 13 are preferably housed in a part 14 extending perpendicular to the body 2, said part being capable of receiving a grip handle 15 of a type known per se in a sleeve 16 for fixing .
  • a switch, not shown, for controlling the power supply to the electric motor 12 can be located on the handle, so as to allow the enclosure 4 to be placed under vacuum without bending down or without raising the device vertically.
  • the receiving enclosure 4 is provided with a drain hatch 17 advantageously situated at the end of the body 2 opposite the end comprising the opening 5.
  • the drain flap 17 is adjacent to a filtration means 18 allowing the passage of air, but retaining the dust so that the dust does not pass through the turbine 11 to exit through the air exhaust openings 14a provided on the part 14 perpendicular to the body 2.
  • the filter 18 is subject to the drain flap 17 so that the opening of the flap 17 allows the replacement of the filter 18 which switches with the flap 17 around a hinge 19 when opening hatch 17.
  • the drain flap 17 is located in this example in the upper part of the body 2 opposite the bristles 3: the invention also covers the case of a drain flap fitted at the end into the end of the body 2 so as to allow washing and inspection of enclosure 4 over the entire cross section of this enclosure 4.
  • an electrical contact with gravity actuation ensures the power supply and the starting of the electric motor 12, when the body 2 of the device is tilted in the direction approaching the mouth 6 of the ground or the surface analogous to cleaning.
  • This gravitational electrical contact is for example constituted by a ball 20, which establishes a short circuit between two segments 21, 22 of a switch 23 or similar closing contact.
  • the device 31 is used as an ordinary broom carrying bristles 3 so as to form a small pile A of dust and residues.
  • the device 31 is shown in the suction position of a small pile B of dust and residue: the suction results from the fact that the electric motor 12 powered by electric batteries 13 by means of the electrical gravity contact 20 drives the suction turbine 11.
  • the device 32 is shown in the emptying position of the enclosure 4 in a receptacle C, owing to the fact that the emptying hatch 17 is open and advantageously snapped into the open position by snap-in conformations known per se.
  • the collection of dust and residues is carried out after sweeping by means of a single device allowing emptying and cleaning immediately after use.
  • the dust drive means may advantageously be replaced by an electric brush rotatably mounted about a substantially horizontal axis and transverse to the body of the device and this in the immediate vicinity of the dust and residue collection opening.

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Abstract

Device for collecting waste and dust, comprising a body (2) of elongate shape which carries a set of bristles (3). The body (2) is hollow so as to constitute, on the inside, a chamber (4) for collecting waste and dust. <IMAGE>

Description

L'invention est relative à un dispositif de ramassage de résidus et de poussières.The invention relates to a device for collecting residues and dust.

On connaît des dispositifs de ramassage tels que des aspirateurs ménagers dont l'utilisation nécessite l'emploi de sacs en papiers jetables destinés à contenir les résidus et les poussières aspirés, constitués en général par un ensemble déplaçable sur roulettes comprenant un moteur entraînant une turbine d'aspiration et une tête d'aspiration relié par un tuyau flexible audit ensemble.Pick-up devices are known, such as household vacuum cleaners, the use of which requires the use of disposable paper bags intended to contain the residues and dust sucked, generally constituted by a movable assembly on casters comprising a motor driving a turbine d suction and a suction head connected by a flexible hose to said assembly.

Ces aspirateurs connus présentent plusieurs inconvénients :

  • . du fait que le sac jetable contenant de la poussière reste à demeure dans ledit réservoir, il en résulte une prolifération microbienne incompatible avec des applications requérant un haut niveau d'hygiène ou de sécurité.
  • . du fait que l'ensemble déplaçable sur roulettes est lourd et présente un encombrement relativement important, il n'est pas possible d'accéder à des recoins ou des emplacements exigus, où se trouvent des tas de poussières et de résidus.
These known vacuum cleaners have several drawbacks:
  • . because the disposable bag containing dust remains permanently in said tank, this results in microbial proliferation incompatible with applications requiring a high level of hygiene or safety.
  • . because the movable assembly on casters is heavy and has a relatively large footprint, it is not possible to access nooks or cramped locations, where there are piles of dust and residues.

Le document DE-U-19.59.657 décrit une brosse de nettoyage, en particulier pour habits, avec une ouverture d'aspiration prévue à l'intérieur d'un cadre ou d'une zone annulaire délimitée par les poils.Document DE-U-19.59.657 describes a cleaning brush, in particular for clothes, with a suction opening provided inside a frame or an annular zone delimited by the bristles.

L'invention a pour but de faciliter le ramassage de résidus et de poussières en tous endroits, même exigus, au moyen d'un nouveau dispositif léger, de conception simple et de fabrication économique.The invention aims to facilitate the collection of residues and dust in all places, even cramped, by means of a new light device, simple design and economical manufacturing.

L'invention a pour objet un dispositif de ramassage de résidus et de poussières du type comportant un corps de forme allongée portant un ensemble de poils, ledit corps étant creux de manière à constituer en son intérieur une enceinte de réception de résidus et de poussières, caractérisé et en ce que le corps présente à une extrémité longitudinale, extérieurement à l'ensemble de poils, une ouverture d'aspiration ou de ramassage de poussières ou de résidus.The subject of the invention is a device for collecting residues and dust of the type comprising an elongated body carrying a set of bristles, said body being hollow so as to constitute inside its enclosure for receiving residues and dust, characterized and in that the body has, at a longitudinal end, outside the set of bristles, an opening for suction or for collecting dust or residues.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques de l'invention :

  • le corps présente à une extrémité longitudinale une ouverture d'aspiration ou de ramassage de poussières et de résidus,
  • le corps présente à une extrémité longitudinale une trappe de vidange de poussières et de résidus,
  • le dispositif comporte une partie sensiblement perpendiculaire au corps recevant un moyen d'aspiration, tel qu'une turbine entraînée par un moteur électrique,
  • le dispositif comporte un moyen de contact électrique gravitaire, actionné lorsque l'on bascule le corps du dispositif selon un angle rapprochant du sol une extrémité du corps correspondant à l'aspiration des poussières et des résidus,
  • le dispositif comporte un moyen de filtration situé au voisinage de la trappe de vidange,
  • le dispositif comporte des moyens d'entraînement mécanique de poussières et de résidus en situation de proximité immédiate de l'ouverture de ramassage de poussières et de résidus,
  • les moyens d'entraînement mécanique comportent au moins une brosse rotative,
  • la brosse rotative est électriquement entraînée en rotation autour d'un axe,
  • l'axe de la brosse rotative est transversal au corps du dispositif.
According to other characteristics of the invention:
  • the body has, at a longitudinal end, an opening for suction or for collecting dust and residues,
  • the body has at one longitudinal end a trap for emptying dust and residues,
  • the device comprises a part substantially perpendicular to the body receiving a suction means, such as a turbine driven by an electric motor,
  • the device comprises a means of electrical gravity contact, actuated when the body of the device is tilted at an angle approaching the ground, one end of the body corresponding to the suction of dust and residues,
  • the device comprises a filtration means located in the vicinity of the drain flap,
  • the device comprises means for mechanically driving dust and residues in a situation of immediate proximity to the opening for collecting dust and residues,
  • the mechanical drive means comprise at least one rotary brush,
  • the rotary brush is electrically driven in rotation about an axis,
  • the axis of the rotary brush is transverse to the body of the device.

L'invention sera mieux comprise grâce à la description qui va suivre donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif au regard du dessin annexé dans lequel :

  • La figure 1 représente schématiquement une vue en perspective avec arrachement partiel d'un dispositif selon l'invention.
  • La figure 2 représente schématiquement une vue en coupe transversale d'un dispositif selon l'invention.
  • La figure 3 représente schématiquement une vue du dispositif selon l'invention en cours d'utilisation.
The invention will be better understood thanks to the description which follows given by way of nonlimiting example with regard to the appended drawing in which:
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a perspective view with partial cutaway of a device according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 schematically shows a cross-sectional view of a device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 schematically represents a view of the device according to the invention in use.

En référence aux figures 1 et 2, un dispositif 1 selon l'invention comporte un corps 2 de forme allongée portant un ensemble de poils 3 disposés de préférence en plusieurs rangées à son extrémité inférieure.Referring to Figures 1 and 2, a device 1 according to the invention comprises a body 2 of elongated shape carrying a set of bristles 3 preferably arranged in several rows at its lower end.

Le corps 2 est creux de manière à constituer en son intérieur une enceinte de réception 4 de résidus et de poussières entrant par une ouverture 5 située à une extrémité longitudinale du corps 2 et s'étendant transversalement sur la largeur de ladite extrémité du corps.The body 2 is hollow so as to constitute inside its enclosure 4 for receiving residues and dust entering through an opening 5 located at a longitudinal end of the body 2 and extending transversely over the width of said end of the body.

L'ouverture 5 présente une embouchure 6 faisant un angle avec le plan inférieur du corps 2 sur lequel sont implantés les poils 3.The opening 5 has a mouth 6 making an angle with the lower plane of the body 2 on which the bristles 3 are implanted.

L'ouverture 5 se prolonge vers le haut par un conduit 7 vertical qui se rétrécit sensiblement dans le sens de la hauteur et débouche à son tour dans une extrémité 8a d'un canal sensiblement horizontal 8 occupant sensiblement la moitié de la largeur du corps 2.The opening 5 is extended upwards by a vertical conduit 7 which narrows substantially in the height direction and in turn opens into an end 8a of a substantially horizontal channel 8 occupying substantially half the width of the body 2 .

Le canal horizontal 8 comporte à son autre extrémité 8b une cloison d'extrémité 9 inclinée dans le sens descendant pour déboucher par une ouverture 10 dans l'enceinte de réception 4.The horizontal channel 8 has at its other end 8b an end partition 9 inclined in the downward direction to open out through an opening 10 in the receiving enclosure 4.

L'enceinte de réception 4 s'étend sensiblement sur toute la longueur et toute la largeur du corps 2, de manière à offrir un volume de réception maximal.The receiving enclosure 4 extends substantially over the entire length and entire width of the body 2, so as to offer a maximum receiving volume.

L'entraînement des résidus et des poussières par l'embouchure 6 de l'ouverture 5 à travers le conduit vertical 7 puis le canal 8 jusque dans l'enceinte 4 de réception résulte de la dépression et de l'aspiration créées par une turbine 11 d'aspiration entraînée par un moteur électrique 12 alimenté par des batteries électriques 13 rechargeables.The entrainment of residues and dust by the mouth 6 of the opening 5 through the vertical conduit 7 then the channel 8 as far as the receiving enclosure 4 results from the depression and the suction created by a turbine 11 suction driven by an electric motor 12 powered by rechargeable electric batteries 13.

Le moteur électrique 12 entraînant la turbine 11 et les batteries 13 sont de préférence logés dans une partie 14 s'étendant perpendiculairement au corps 2, ladite partie étant apte à recevoir un manche 15 de préhension de type connu en soi dans un manchon 16 de fixation.The electric motor 12 driving the turbine 11 and the batteries 13 are preferably housed in a part 14 extending perpendicular to the body 2, said part being capable of receiving a grip handle 15 of a type known per se in a sleeve 16 for fixing .

Un interrupteur non représenté de commande d'alimentation du moteur électrique 12 peut être situé sur le manche, de manière à permettre la mise en dépression de l'enceinte 4 sans se baisser ou sans relever le dispositif à la verticale.A switch, not shown, for controlling the power supply to the electric motor 12 can be located on the handle, so as to allow the enclosure 4 to be placed under vacuum without bending down or without raising the device vertically.

L'enceinte de réception 4 est pourvue d'une trappe de vidange 17 avantageusement située à l'extrémité du corps 2 opposée à l'extrémité comportant l'ouverture 5.The receiving enclosure 4 is provided with a drain hatch 17 advantageously situated at the end of the body 2 opposite the end comprising the opening 5.

La trappe de vidange 17 est voisine d'un moyen de filtration 18 permettant le passage de l'air, mais retenant les poussières de manière à ce que les poussières ne traversent pas la turbine 11 pour ressortir par les ouvertures d'évacuation d'air 14a prévues sur la partie 14 perpendiculaire au corps 2.The drain flap 17 is adjacent to a filtration means 18 allowing the passage of air, but retaining the dust so that the dust does not pass through the turbine 11 to exit through the air exhaust openings 14a provided on the part 14 perpendicular to the body 2.

Dans la variante préférée représentée, le filtre 18 est assujetti à la trappe de vidange 17 de sorte que l'ouverture de la trappe 17 permette le remplacement du filtre 18 qui bascule avec la trappe 17 autour d'une charnière 19 lors de l'ouverture de la trappe 17.In the preferred variant shown, the filter 18 is subject to the drain flap 17 so that the opening of the flap 17 allows the replacement of the filter 18 which switches with the flap 17 around a hinge 19 when opening hatch 17.

La trappe de vidange 17 est située dans cet exemple en partie supérieure du corps 2 à l'opposé des poils 3 : l'invention couvre également le cas d'une trappe de vidange emboîtée en bout dans l'extrémité du corps 2 de manière à permettre le lavage et l'inspection de l'enceinte 4 sur la section transversale tout entière de cette enceinte 4.The drain flap 17 is located in this example in the upper part of the body 2 opposite the bristles 3: the invention also covers the case of a drain flap fitted at the end into the end of the body 2 so as to allow washing and inspection of enclosure 4 over the entire cross section of this enclosure 4.

Dans la variante de réalisation représentée, un contact électrique à actionnement par gravité assure l'alimentation et le démarrage du moteur électrique 12, lorsque l'on incline le corps 2 du dispositif dans le sens rapprochant l'embouchure 6 du sol ou de la surface analogue à nettoyer.In the variant embodiment shown, an electrical contact with gravity actuation ensures the power supply and the starting of the electric motor 12, when the body 2 of the device is tilted in the direction approaching the mouth 6 of the ground or the surface analogous to cleaning.

Ce contact électrique gravitaire est par exemple constitué par une bille 20, qui établit un court-circuit entre deux segments 21, 22 d'un interrupteur 23 ou contact de fermeture analogue.This gravitational electrical contact is for example constituted by a ball 20, which establishes a short circuit between two segments 21, 22 of a switch 23 or similar closing contact.

En référence à la figure 3, trois dispositifs 30, 31, 32 selon l'invention sont représentés dans trois positions successives d'utilisation.Referring to Figure 3, three devices 30, 31, 32 according to the invention are shown in three successive positions of use.

Le dispositif 31 est utilisé comme un balai ordinaire portant des poils 3 de manière à former un petit tas A de poussière et de résidus.The device 31 is used as an ordinary broom carrying bristles 3 so as to form a small pile A of dust and residues.

Le dispositif 31 est représenté en position d'aspiration d'un petit tas B de poussière et de résidus : l'aspiration résulte du fait que le moteur électrique 12 alimenté par des batteries électriques 13 au moyen du contact électrique gravitaire 20 entraîne la turbine d'aspiration 11.The device 31 is shown in the suction position of a small pile B of dust and residue: the suction results from the fact that the electric motor 12 powered by electric batteries 13 by means of the electrical gravity contact 20 drives the suction turbine 11.

Le dispositif 32 est représenté en position de vidage de l'enceinte 4 dans un réceptable C, du fait que la trappe de vidange 17 est ouverte et avantageusement encliqueté en position ouverte par des conformations d'encliquetage connues en soi.The device 32 is shown in the emptying position of the enclosure 4 in a receptacle C, owing to the fact that the emptying hatch 17 is open and advantageously snapped into the open position by snap-in conformations known per se.

Ainsi, grâce à l'invention, le ramassage des poussières et résidus s'effectue après balayage au moyen d'un dispositif unique permettant un vidage et un nettoyage immédiatement après utilisation.Thus, thanks to the invention, the collection of dust and residues is carried out after sweeping by means of a single device allowing emptying and cleaning immediately after use.

Pour des applications correspondant à des conditions d'asepsie ou de contrôle de contamination particulièrement exigeante, on prévoira en variante de réalisation de rendre la partie 14 perpendiculaire au corps 2 séparable, de manière à permettre un traitement séparé du corps 2 dans des installations appropriées.For applications corresponding to particularly demanding asepsis or contamination control conditions, provision will be made in an alternative embodiment to make the part 14 perpendicular to the body 2 separable, so as to allow separate treatment of the body 2 in appropriate facilities.

Bien que décrite en référence à des modes de réalisations particuliers, l'invention n'y est nullement limitée mais couvre au contraire toute variante dans le cadre et dans l'esprit de l'invention : ainsi, les moyens d'entraînement des poussières pourront avantageusement être remplacés par une brosse électrique montée à rotation autour d'un axe sensiblement horizontal et transversal au corps du dispositif et ce à proximité immédiate de l'ouverture de ramassage des poussières et des résidus.Although described with reference to particular embodiments, the invention is in no way limited thereto but on the contrary covers any variant within the scope and in the spirit of the invention: thus, the dust drive means may advantageously be replaced by an electric brush rotatably mounted about a substantially horizontal axis and transverse to the body of the device and this in the immediate vicinity of the dust and residue collection opening.

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  1. Device for collecting waste and dust of the type comprising a body of elongated shape carrying an arrangement of bristles, said body (2) being hollow in order to constitute in its interior a chamber (4) for receiving waste and dust, characterised in that the body (2) comprises at one longitudinal end, outside the arrangement of bristles, an opening (5) for sucking or collecting dust or waste.
  2. Device according to Claim 1, characterised in that at one longitudinal end, the body (2) comprises a flap (17) for emptying dust and waste.
  3. Device according to one of the preceding Claims, characterised in that the device comprises a part substantially perpendicular to the body (2) receiving suction means, such as a fan (11) driven by an electric motor (12).
  4. Device according to Claim 3, characterised in that the device comprises gravitational electric contact means (20), actuated when one tilts the body (2) of the device at an angle bringing one end of the body (2) close to the ground, corresponding to the suction of dust and waste.
  5. Device according to Claim 2, characterised in that the device comprises filtration means (18) situated in the vicinity of the emptying flap (17).
  6. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the device comprises means for the mechanical sweeping of dust and waste, situated in the immediate vicinity of the opening (5) for collecting dust and waste.
  7. Device according to Claim 6, characterised in that the mechanical sweeping means comprise at least one rotary brush.
  8. Device according to Claim 7, characterised in that the rotary brush is set in rotation electrically about a shaft.
  9. Device according to Claim 8, characterised in that the shaft of the rotary brush is transverse with respect to the body (2) of the device.
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