EP0672376B1 - Window cleaning implement - Google Patents

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EP0672376B1
EP0672376B1 EP95103842A EP95103842A EP0672376B1 EP 0672376 B1 EP0672376 B1 EP 0672376B1 EP 95103842 A EP95103842 A EP 95103842A EP 95103842 A EP95103842 A EP 95103842A EP 0672376 B1 EP0672376 B1 EP 0672376B1
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    • 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
    • A47L1/00—Cleaning windows
    • A47L1/06—Hand implements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G3/00—Attaching handles to the implements
    • B25G3/02—Socket, tang, or like fixings
    • B25G3/12—Locking and securing devices
    • B25G3/30—Locking and securing devices comprising screwed sockets or tangs

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  • the invention relates to a window wiper according to the preamble of claim 1, the one with a handle or connector an elongated base part for attaching a handle or handle Holder for a wiper strip made of elastic material and for along the bracket has extending water-absorbing pillow, wherein the wiper strip in an open channel of undercut running in the holder Cross-section to which they have a substantially complementary cross-sectional section has, sits.
  • DE-U-7830 211 has the task of developing a window cleaning device, the parts of which can be easily and quickly exchanged and adjusted in relation to one another, that cleaning is easy even behind radiators or other obstacles can be carried out.
  • the handle of the device is on all sides swiveling and laterally displaceable.
  • the window cleaning device described by DE-U-7830 211 has a side sliding and exchangeable wiper blade, a fur roller for moistening the windows as well as a handle.
  • the handle is on a clamping screw with a wiper blade supporting back profile strip connected. In the back profile strip are the wiper blade and the fur roller is held interchangeably.
  • the handle is over a ball in one Terminal block so connected to the rest of the device that with it in each any position can be worked.
  • a slot in the terminal strip makes it possible Move the device to the side opposite the handle. This also allows areas behind Easy to clean obstacles such as radiators and the like.
  • This wiper blade is inserted with a retaining profile strip between the two lips of the back profile strip and held there immovably by bending the free ends of the retaining profile strip.
  • window wipers are widely known for use. You allow cleaning large areas quickly and effectively. However, a good prerequisite is required Accessibility that often no longer exists in peripheral areas.
  • the invention has for its object window wipers of the type mentioned to make it operational even in cramped conditions in peripheral areas.
  • the wiper strip is so stiffened that they are pushed out with one from one or the other end of the channel Section is functional, and a fixing the wiper strip in such positions in the direction of displacement protruding from the cushion Lock is set up.
  • the wiper strip is pushed out more or less, for example to get behind a radiator on the windshield of the car into the wedge-shaped space below the valve block etc..
  • the lock expediently has one arranged in the base part on the Wiper strip directed push pin on either the wiper strip only by friction holds or, preferably, by engaging in a recess, for which then the wiper strip is provided with a series of depressions.
  • the stiffening of the wiper strip preferably consists of a metallic border or shelf.
  • a receptacle 1 for a handle that can also be used directly as a handle via a joint 2 that can be locked in different angular positions and an arm 3 a receptacle 4 connected to the in a way not to be considered here a holder 5 for a wiper strip 6 carrying base part 7 is attached.
  • the wiper strip 6 is held in a channel 8 formed in the holder 5, the opens outwards from a round cross-section via a shaft.
  • the wiper strip 6 provided with a metallic border 9 fills the channel cross section with a round bead 10 and in the shaft with part of that Bead 10 outgoing and protruding from the channel 8 wiper blade 11.
  • the metallic border 9 of the wiper strip 6, which is otherwise made of rubber 12 ends at the wiper blade 11 at a short distance from the channel 8 and is at the top pulled further forward as a support.
  • a protruding end section 13 consists only of the rubber.
  • an insert bar is drawn for illustration purposes only. It would be an alternative to the border 9.
  • the cross section of the border 9 would exist in this case likewise from the rubber 12.
  • the border 9 is provided with a series of recesses 15. In the wiper strip 6 in total, the recesses represent 15 depressions.
  • the recesses 15 serve to lock the wiper strip 6 by means of a Base part 7 arranged pressure pin 16.
  • the pressure pin 16 sits in one in different Sections articulated bore 17, from which it is above with a turning handle 18 and protrudes below with a widened pressure piece 19. Between the pressure piece 19 and a paragraph in the bore 17, a compression spring 20 is biased.
  • the Twist grip 18 forms on a protruding into the bore 17 together with a counterpart arranged here a curve guide 21, such that by twisting the rotary handle 18 of the pressure pin 16 with further tensioning of the compression spring 20 raised and pulled out of the recess 15.
  • the wiper strip 6 can then be moved in the longitudinal direction of the channel 8 and through renewed rotation of the rotary handle 18 and engagement of the pressure piece 19 in another Fix recess 15 again.
  • the wiper strip 6 can protrude up to half its length from the holder 5 and, since it is much narrower than the rest, also with one provided water-absorbing pillow 22, window wiper, in narrow spaces pass.
  • bracket 5 each arranged shock absorber 23 rounded at its corners and edges a softer plastic allows you to bump into the objects, behind which the extended wiper strip 6 should come.

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  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
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Abstract

The wiper strip (6) of elastic material (12, 13), is accommodated in an open undercut channel in an oblong mounting (5), along which a water-absorbent cushion (22) extends, and is of mating cross-section (10, 1) for the channel. The strip is stiffened, so that either end is usable when extended from a channel end, and a locking device (15, 16) secured it in such positions. The device typically consists of a thrust bolt mounted in the main portion (7) and extending towards the strip, and engaging in one of several recesses in the latter. The bolt can be spring-loaded (20) in the engaged position, being lifted free by cams working together in the axial direction.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Fensterwischer gemäss Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1, der an einem mit einem Griff oder Verbindungsstück zum Anbringen eines Griffes oder Stieles verbundenen Basisteil eine langgestreckte Halterung für eine Wischleiste aus elastischem Material sowie für ein entlang der Halterung sich erstreckendes wasseraufnehmendes Kissen aufweist, wobei die Wischleiste in einem in der Halterung verlaufenden, offenen Kanal von hinterschnittenem Querschnitt, zu dem sie einen im wesentlichen komplementären Querschnittsabschnitt aufweist, sitzt.The invention relates to a window wiper according to the preamble of claim 1, the one with a handle or connector an elongated base part for attaching a handle or handle Holder for a wiper strip made of elastic material and for along the bracket has extending water-absorbing pillow, wherein the wiper strip in an open channel of undercut running in the holder Cross-section to which they have a substantially complementary cross-sectional section has, sits.

Die DE-U-7830 211 stellt sich zur Aufgabe, ein Fensterreinigungsgerät zu entwickeln, dessen Teile einfach und schnell auswechselbar und gegeneinander so zu verstellen sind, dass eine Reinigung auch hinter Heizkörpern oder sonstigen Hindernissen mühelos durchgeführt werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck ist der Handgriff des Gerätes nach allen Seiten schwenkbar und seitlich verschiebbar.DE-U-7830 211 has the task of developing a window cleaning device, the parts of which can be easily and quickly exchanged and adjusted in relation to one another, that cleaning is easy even behind radiators or other obstacles can be carried out. For this purpose, the handle of the device is on all sides swiveling and laterally displaceable.

Das durch die DE-U-7830 211 beschriebene Fensterreinigungsgerät besitzt ein seitlich verschieb- und auswechselbaren Wischerblatt, eine Fellwalze zum Anfeuchten der Scheiben sowie einen Handgriff. Der Handgriff ist über eine Klemmschraube mit einer das Wischerblatt abstützenden Rückenprofilleiste verbunden. In der Rückenprofilleiste sind das Wischerblatt und die Fellwalze auswechselbar gehalten. Der Handgriff ist über eine Kugel in einer Klemmleiste so mit den übrigen Teilen des Geräts verbunden, dass mit ihm in jeder beliebigen Stellung gearbeitet werden kann. Ein Langloch in der Klemmleiste ermöglicht das Gerät seitlich gegenüber dem Handgriff zu verschieben. Dies erlaubt auch Flächen hinter Hindernissen, wie Heizkörper und dgl., mühelos zu reinigen. Eine Klemmschraube besorgt einmal das Festhalten der Kugel in der Klemmleiste und gleichzeitig das Anpressen einer Fixierungskralle gegen die Rückenprofilleiste und das Wischerblatt. Dieses Wischerblatt ist mit einer Halteprofilleiste zwischen die zwei Lippen der Rückenprofilleiste eingeschoben und dort durch Umbiegen der freien Enden der Halteprofilleiste unverschieblich gehalten.The window cleaning device described by DE-U-7830 211 has a side sliding and exchangeable wiper blade, a fur roller for moistening the windows as well as a handle. The handle is on a clamping screw with a wiper blade supporting back profile strip connected. In the back profile strip are the wiper blade and the fur roller is held interchangeably. The handle is over a ball in one Terminal block so connected to the rest of the device that with it in each any position can be worked. A slot in the terminal strip makes it possible Move the device to the side opposite the handle. This also allows areas behind Easy to clean obstacles such as radiators and the like. A clamp screw worried once holding the ball in the terminal block and simultaneously pressing one Fixing claw against the back profile strip and the wiper blade. This wiper blade is inserted with a retaining profile strip between the two lips of the back profile strip and held there immovably by bending the free ends of the retaining profile strip.

Solche Fensterwischer sind in weitem Umfang durch Benutzung bekannt. Sie erlauben es, große Flächen schnell und wirksam zu säubern. Voraussetzung ist jedoch eine gute Zugänglichkeit, die in Randbereichen oft nicht mehr besteht. Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, Fensterwischer der eingangs genannten Art auch unter beengteren Verhältnissen in Randbereichen einsatzfähig zu machen.Such window wipers are widely known for use. You allow cleaning large areas quickly and effectively. However, a good prerequisite is required Accessibility that often no longer exists in peripheral areas. The invention has for its object window wipers of the type mentioned to make it operational even in cramped conditions in peripheral areas.

Gemäß der Erfindung wird dieser Zweck durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Patentanspruchs erfüllt. Die Wischleiste ist derart versteift, daß sie mit einem aus dem einen oder dem anderen Kanalende ausgeschobenen Abschnitt funktionsfähig ist, und eine die Wischleiste in solchen in Verschieberichtung gegenüber dem Kissen vorstehenden Stellungen fixierende Arretierung eingerichtet ist.According to the invention, this purpose is achieved by the characterizing features of the patent claim. The wiper strip is so stiffened that they are pushed out with one from one or the other end of the channel Section is functional, and a fixing the wiper strip in such positions in the direction of displacement protruding from the cushion Lock is set up.

Hier wird bei Bedarf die Wischleiste mehr oder weniger weit ausgeschoben, beispielsweise um hinter einen Heizkörper zu gelangen, an der Windschutzscheibe des Kraftwagens in den sich unten keilförmig verengenden Zwischenraum über dem Armaturenblock usw.. If necessary, the wiper strip is pushed out more or less, for example to get behind a radiator on the windshield of the car into the wedge-shaped space below the valve block etc..

Die Arretierung weist zweckmäßigerweise einen in dem Basisteil angeordneten, auf die Wischleiste gerichteten Druckbolzen auf, der entweder die Wischleiste nur durch Reibschluß hält oder, bevorzugt, durch Eingriff in eine Vertiefung, wofür dann die Wischleiste mit einer Reihe von Vertiefungen versehen ist.The lock expediently has one arranged in the base part on the Wiper strip directed push pin on either the wiper strip only by friction holds or, preferably, by engaging in a recess, for which then the wiper strip is provided with a series of depressions.

Die Versteifung der Wischleiste besteht vorzugsweise in einer metallischen Einfassung oder Einlageleiste.The stiffening of the wiper strip preferably consists of a metallic border or shelf.

Weitere Maßnahmen, die zur vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der Erfindung dienen können, sind in der folgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispieles angegeben.Further measures that can be used for the advantageous embodiment of the invention are given in the following description of an embodiment.

Die Zeichnungen geben das Ausführungsbeispiel wieder.

Fig. 1
zeigt eine Draufsicht auf einen Fensterwischer, teilweise abgeschnitten,
Fig. 2
zeigt den Fensterwischer rechts in Seitenansicht gemäß Fig. 1 von unten und links in einem Querschnitt durch die Mitte und
Fig. 3
zeigt den genannten Querschnitt in größerem Maßstab.
The drawings show the exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 1
shows a top view of a window wiper, partially cut away,
Fig. 2
shows the window wiper on the right in a side view according to FIG. 1 from below and on the left in a cross section through the center and
Fig. 3
shows the cross section mentioned on a larger scale.

Mit einer auch unmittelbar als Griff benutzbaren Aufnahmehülse 1 für einen Stiel ist über ein in verschiedenen Winkelstellungen arretierbares Gelenk 2 und einen Arm 3 eine Aufnahme 4 verbunden, an der in einer hier nicht näher zu betrachtenden Weise ein eine Halterung 5 für eine Wischleiste 6 tragendes Basisteil 7 angebracht ist.With a receptacle 1 for a handle that can also be used directly as a handle via a joint 2 that can be locked in different angular positions and an arm 3 a receptacle 4 connected to the in a way not to be considered here a holder 5 for a wiper strip 6 carrying base part 7 is attached.

Die Wischleiste 6 ist in einem in der Halterung 5 ausgebildeten Kanal 8 gehalten, der sich von einem runden Querschnitt aus über einen Schacht nach außen öffnet.The wiper strip 6 is held in a channel 8 formed in the holder 5, the opens outwards from a round cross-section via a shaft.

Die mit einer metallischen Einfassung 9 versehene Wischleiste 6 füllt den Kanalquerschnitt mit einem runden Wulst 10 und in dem Schacht mit einem Teil des von dem Wulst 10 ausgehenden und aus dem Kanal 8 herausragenden Wischerblattes 11.The wiper strip 6 provided with a metallic border 9 fills the channel cross section with a round bead 10 and in the shaft with part of that Bead 10 outgoing and protruding from the channel 8 wiper blade 11.

Die metallische Einfassung 9 der, sonst aus Gummi 12 bestehenden, Wischleiste 6 endet an dem Wischerblatt 11 unten in kurzem Abstand von dem Kanal 8 und ist oben als Stütze weiter nach vorne gezogen. Ein darüber hinausragender Endabschnitt 13 besteht nur aus dem Gummi.The metallic border 9 of the wiper strip 6, which is otherwise made of rubber 12 ends at the wiper blade 11 at a short distance from the channel 8 and is at the top pulled further forward as a support. A protruding end section 13 consists only of the rubber.

Bei 14 ist, nur darstellungshalber, eine Einlageleiste gezeichnet. Sie wäre eine Alternative zu der Einfassung 9. Der Querschnitt der Einfassung 9 bestünde in diesem Falle gleichfalls aus dem Gummi 12. At 14, an insert bar is drawn for illustration purposes only. It would be an alternative to the border 9. The cross section of the border 9 would exist in this case likewise from the rubber 12.

Die Einfassung 9 ist mit einer Reihe von Ausnehmungen 15 versehen. In der Wischleiste 6 im ganzen stellen die Ausnehmungen 15 Vertiefungen dar.The border 9 is provided with a series of recesses 15. In the wiper strip 6 in total, the recesses represent 15 depressions.

Die Ausnehmungen 15 dienen der Arretierung der Wischleiste 6 mittels eines in dem Basisteil 7 angeordneten Druckbolzens 16. Der Druckbolzen 16 sitzt in einer in unterschiedliche Abschnitte gegliederten Bohrung 17, aus der er oben mit einem Drehgriff 18 und unten mit einem verbreiterten Druckstück 19 herausragt. Zwischen dem Druckstück 19 und einem Absatz in der Bohrung 17 ist eine Druckfeder 20 vorgespannt. Der Drehgriff 18 bildet an einem in die Bohrung 17 ragenden Stutzen zusammen mit einem hier angeordneten Gegenstück eine Kurvenführung 21, derart, daß durch Verdrehen des Drehgriffs 18 der Druckbolzen 16 unter weiterer Anspannung der Druckfeder 20 angehoben und aus der Ausnehmung 15 herausgezogen werden kann.The recesses 15 serve to lock the wiper strip 6 by means of a Base part 7 arranged pressure pin 16. The pressure pin 16 sits in one in different Sections articulated bore 17, from which it is above with a turning handle 18 and protrudes below with a widened pressure piece 19. Between the pressure piece 19 and a paragraph in the bore 17, a compression spring 20 is biased. The Twist grip 18 forms on a protruding into the bore 17 together with a counterpart arranged here a curve guide 21, such that by twisting the rotary handle 18 of the pressure pin 16 with further tensioning of the compression spring 20 raised and pulled out of the recess 15.

Die Wischleiste 6 läßt sich dann in Längsrichtung des Kanals 8 verschieben und durch erneute Verdrehung des Drehgriffs 18 und Eingriff des Druckstückes 19 in eine andere Ausnehmung 15 wieder fixieren.The wiper strip 6 can then be moved in the longitudinal direction of the channel 8 and through renewed rotation of the rotary handle 18 and engagement of the pressure piece 19 in another Fix recess 15 again.

So kann die Wischleiste 6 faßt bis zur Hälfte ihrer Länge aus der Halterung 5 herausragen und, da sie wesentlich schmaler als der übrige, außerdem noch mit einem wasseraufnehmenden Kissen 22 versehene, Fensterwischer ist, in schmale Zwischenräume reichen.The wiper strip 6 can protrude up to half its length from the holder 5 and, since it is much narrower than the rest, also with one provided water-absorbing pillow 22, window wiper, in narrow spaces pass.

Ein an den beiden Enden der, sonst z.B. aus Aluminiumprofil bestehenden, Halterung 5 jeweils angeordneter, an seinen Ecken und Kanten gerundeter Stoßdämpfer 23 aus einem weicheren Kunststoff erlaubt dabei, auch an den Gegenständen anzustoßen, hinter die die ausgeschobene Wischleiste 6 kommen soll.One at the two ends of the, otherwise e.g. made of aluminum profile, bracket 5 each arranged shock absorber 23 rounded at its corners and edges a softer plastic allows you to bump into the objects, behind which the extended wiper strip 6 should come.

Claims (8)

  1. A window wiper with:
    a base part (7),
    connected with the base part (7) a grip (1) or a linkage piece (1) for attaching a grip or a handle stick,
    on the base part (7) an elongated mounting (5) for a wiper blade (6) made of elastic material (12, 14) and stiffened with a stiffening (9, 14), and for a water absorbing cushion (22), wherein
    the mounting (5) is provided with the cushion (22) and
    an open channel (8) is formed within the mounting (5), in which channel (8) there is seated a wiper blade (6) that can be laterally displaced to project beyond said channel (8),
    said channel having an undercut cross section and the wiper blade (6) having a cross section portion (10,1) that is substantially complementary to said channel cross section,
    characterized in that
    a stop (15) is provided in order to permit the wiper blade to be fixed in a position in which a portion of the wiper blade (6) extends beyond one or the other end of the channel and projects beyond the cushion (22) in the displacement direction, so that thanks to the stiffening (9,14), the wiper blade is capable of functioning with the portion that has been moved out of the channel and projects beyond the cushion (22).
  2. A window wiper in accordance with Claim 1, characterized in that the stop is preferably provided with a clamping bolt (16) that is arranged in the base part (7) and points towards the wiper blade (6)
  3. A window wiper in accordance with Claim 2, characterized in that on the wiper blade (6) there is provided a series of depressions (15) for the clamping bolt (16).
  4. A window wiper in accordance with Claim 3, characterized in that the clamping bolt (16) is subject to the pressure of a spring (20) and there is provided a device (18, 21) for lifting it off the wiper blade by further compressing the spring (20).
  5. A window wiper in accordance with Claim 4, characterized in that the said device (18, 21) has a special guide contour (21) with two curves that collaborate axially when they are operated by means of a turning knob (18) of the bolt (16).
  6. A window wiper in accordance with Claim 5, characterized in that the wiper blade (6) is stiffened by a stiff and preferably metallic insertion bar (14).
  7. A window wiper in accordance with Claim 6, characterized in that the wiper blade is stiffened by a stiff and preferably metallic framing (9).
  8. A window wiper in accordance with any one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that on each of the two ends of the mounting (5) there is arranged a shock absorber (23) made of a softer plastic material and having rounded edges and corners.
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