EP0825824A1 - Dispositif de montage pour une brosse ou equipe d'une brosse pour un appareil de nettoyage du sol - Google Patents

Dispositif de montage pour une brosse ou equipe d'une brosse pour un appareil de nettoyage du sol

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EP0825824A1
EP0825824A1 EP96914929A EP96914929A EP0825824A1 EP 0825824 A1 EP0825824 A1 EP 0825824A1 EP 96914929 A EP96914929 A EP 96914929A EP 96914929 A EP96914929 A EP 96914929A EP 0825824 A1 EP0825824 A1 EP 0825824A1
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Prior art keywords
receiving device
cassette
sliding cover
particular according
brush
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German (de)
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EP0825824B1 (fr
Inventor
Uwe Kemker
Peter Feldhaus
Peter Wulf
Wieland Gühne
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Vorwerk and Co Interholding GmbH
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Vorwerk and Co Interholding GmbH
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Classifications

    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02Nozzles
    • A47L9/04Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46BRUSHWARE
    • A46BBRUSHES
    • A46B13/00Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
    • A46B13/001Cylindrical or annular brush bodies
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46BRUSHWARE
    • A46BBRUSHES
    • A46B7/00Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body
    • A46B7/04Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body interchangeably removable bristle carriers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46BRUSHWARE
    • A46BBRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/30Brushes for cleaning or polishing
    • A46B2200/3033Household brush, i.e. brushes for cleaning in the house or dishes

Definitions

  • a brush for 00002 a floor cleaning device 00003 00004
  • the invention relates to a receiving device for 00005 or with a brush for a floor cleaning device 00006 according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • 00007 00008 Electrically operated cleaning devices, such as carpet sweepers, are known in the prior art. In 00010 these devices, a horizontally arranged cleaning brush is provided in a cylindrical shape. The cleaning brush is detachably attached to a 00013 drive shaft arranged on the sweeping unit. To change or clean the brushes, the device must be opened and the 00015 brushes must be touched by the user.
  • the brushes can be arranged in such a way that they rotate in a circular manner the cylindrical channel and have a free 00018 cross section in the form of a gap in contact with the surface to be processed, for example a carpet 00020. This gap cannot be changed.
  • 00021 00022 In other known devices, the channel in which the brushes rotate is used simultaneously as air duct 00024 for suction. The sweeping unit is then followed by a suction unit 00025. To switch the extraction on or off 00026, a separate changeover on the basic device 00027 is used, which blocks or opens the corresponding airways. If the device is switched off, part of the device weight rests on the stationary 00030 the bristles of the working tools, which are formed by the cleaning brushes.
  • the invention has for its object to improve a generic device according to 00034 ver ⁇ 00035 handling. 00036 The object is achieved by the
  • 00059 can be made separately from the sweeping unit.
  • the invention consists essentially of
  • 00070 forms a chamber and consequently a kind of basic 00071 Linder trains.
  • the other cylinder segment forms
  • 00075 changer rotates the work tool around a horizontal
  • 00079 kel are rotated about the cylinder axis so that
  • the unit can be closed
  • 00082 state can be completely removed from the device.
  • 00083 cassette preferably has a front collar
  • the cassette can be pulled laterally in the axial direction
  • the housing which of the basic cylinder
  • a flange is arranged with a push-through opening
  • 00097 roller brush can protrude.
  • the drive axis is
  • 00105 section of the housing can be folded down, preferably forms 00106 a guide rib, which cooperates in a corresponding 00107 de groove of the insertion chamber of the floor cleaning device 00108.
  • the draft can be adjusted through the exchangeable cassette 00110.
  • 00111 00112 An embodiment of the invention is explained in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows 00114 00115 00116 Fig. A 00117 floor cleaning device designed as a vacuum cleaner with a sweeping unit, 00118 which can accommodate a pick-up device 00119, 00120 00121 Fig. A pick-up device in a 00122 exploded view, 00123 00124 Fig. 00126 00127 FIG.
  • FIG. 4 shows a representation according to FIG. 3 with 00128 closed sliding cover, 00129 00130
  • FIG. 5 shows a representation according to FIG. 4 with 00131 folded down jacket section
  • FIG. 6 shows a sweeping unit in the bottom view with 00134 opened sliding covers, 00135 00136 Fig 6 with 00137 closed sliding covers, 00138 00139
  • FIG. 8 a section along the line VIII-VIII in 00140
  • FIG. 6, 00141 Fig. 9 shows a section along the line IX-IX in Fig. 7, 00142 00143
  • Fig. 10a shows a section along the line XX in Fig. 6, 00144 00145
  • 10b shows an illustration according to Fig.
  • Fig. 11a is a section along the line XI-XI in Fig. 7 00149 and 00150 00151.
  • Fig. 11b is an illustration according to Fig. 11a with 00152 omitted bristle roller. 00153 00154
  • a floor cleaning device is shown.
  • the 00155 floor cleaning device has a sweeping unit 1 which is connected to a vacuum cleaner 00157 4 by means of a suction nozzle 3, so that air can be sucked through the cleaning devices 00159 by means of the suction fan in the 00158 vacuum cleaner 4.
  • 1, a cassette 2 which can be removed is shown in dash-dot lines in FIG. 1.
  • the cassette is shown in the single position 00163.
  • the cassette consists of a housing 00164 se 6, which is essentially cylindrical 00165 det.
  • the rotatable 00167 re roller 9 lies in the cylindrical cavity of the housing 00166 6, which forms a chamber 5, the rotatable 00167 re roller 9 lies.
  • the roller 9 forms a brush with 00168 bristles 22 which protrude radially from the roller.
  • the 00169 roller 9 also has an opening 17 in which a drive shaft can be inserted into 00170.
  • the 00171 drive shaft enters with the brush 9 in a known manner 00172, so that the roller is driven by the drive shaft 00173.
  • the drive shaft also extends through an opening 18 00176 of the housing 6, which is surrounded by a flange 11 00177.
  • the flange 11 is assigned to a foldable jacket section 00178 section 10 and has the shape of a perforated panel.
  • 00179 00180 The foldable jacket section 10 is connected to the housing 6 via a share 00181 kidney 14.
  • Hinge 14 00182 forms a radially outwardly extending rib 00183 which serves as a guide rib.
  • the opening 18 is circular.
  • the sliding cover consists of a cylinder wall section 00188 which is arranged coaxially to the housing 00189. 00190 00191
  • the wall section can be brought over the gap 00193, which is formed in the housing wall 00194 and through which the bristles 22 protrude from the housing 00195 (see FIGS. 3 and 4 ).
  • the gap is bordered by 00196 a contact plate 19 which lies in one plane and 00197 has a substantially U-shaped shape. Part of the bristle roller 9 projects through 00198 through the U-opening.
  • the end wall 21 is assigned a radially protruding edge 00201 of the collar 8, which has a cassette-shaped structure on the inside.
  • the collar 8 serves as a rotary handle 00203 for rotating the cover 7.
  • 00204 00205 For guiding the cover 7 in the housing 6, a guide slot 12 is provided on the cover 7 on the collar 00206.
  • the 00207 guide slot 12 is delimited on the one hand by a wall 00208 31 and on the other hand by the ends of 00209 of a multiplicity of radially projecting webs 25, 00210 which form air chambers 26 between them.
  • the 00211 guide slot 12 serves to receive a wall section 00212 section 13 of the housing 6. In the open state 00213 (cf. FIG.
  • the wall 31 is parallel to the wall section 00214 section 13. 00215 00216
  • an inner wall of the sliding cover 00217 kels a guide surface 27 for the wall section 13 in the 00218 closed state and for a plurality of end faces 00219 of guide webs 28 of the housing 6 in the opened state 00220 th 00221 00222
  • the housing forms a 00223 guide web 30 on the inside of the tube, on which a guide rib 29, 00224 which is assigned to the end wall 21 slides.
  • 00225 00226 The rib formed by the hinge 14 slides in 00227 a groove 15 of an insertion channel 16 of the sweeping unit 00228 tes 1 (see FIGS. 10 and 11).
  • the contact plate 19 is 00231 parallel to the lower surface of the Kehrag 00232 unit 1.
  • a comb 24 formed on the cover 7 is 00233 in the open gap position also parallel to the 00234 lower surface of the sweeping unit 1.
  • This Comb 24 also serves 00235 as a handle to close the 00236 gap by means of the sliding cover 7.
  • the gap width is approximately 45 degrees 00240. Through this gap, the rotating 00241 bristles protrude outwards to clean the floor.
  • the radius of curvature 00242 of the cover 7 and the housing 6 are so adapted to 00243 that in the closed state approximately the 00244 shape of a cylinder is reached, but in the open state 00245 State of the cover 7 lies against the inner surface of the housing 00246.
  • 00247 00248 The essentially cylindrical cassette 2 can be almost completely inserted into an insertion channel 16 of the sweeping unit 00250 001. Only the collar 8 serving as the actuation handle can survive.
  • 00252 00253 All features disclosed are essential to the invention.
  • the disclosure of the application the 00255 disclosure content of the associated / attached priority documents (copy of the prior application) is also fully included, also for the purpose of including features of these 00258 documents in claims of the present application with 00259.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Nozzles For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)
  • Brushes (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
EP96914929A 1995-05-13 1996-04-17 Dispositif de montage pour une brosse ou equipe d'une brosse pour un appareil de nettoyage du sol Expired - Lifetime EP0825824B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19517700 1995-05-13
DE19517700A DE19517700A1 (de) 1995-05-13 1995-05-13 Aufnahmevorrichtung für eine oder mit einer Bürste für ein Bodenreinigungsgerät
PCT/EP1996/001599 WO1996035367A1 (fr) 1995-05-13 1996-04-17 Dispositif de montage pour une brosse ou equipe d'une brosse pour un appareil de nettoyage du sol

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EP0825824A1 true EP0825824A1 (fr) 1998-03-04
EP0825824B1 EP0825824B1 (fr) 1998-12-30

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EP (1) EP0825824B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE175088T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU5689096A (fr)
DE (2) DE19517700A1 (fr)
DK (1) DK0825824T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2126399T3 (fr)
WO (1) WO1996035367A1 (fr)

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DE102007031371B4 (de) * 2007-07-05 2015-02-19 Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh Paar von in Aufnahmevorrichtungen aufgenommene Bürsten
DE202008002071U1 (de) * 2008-02-15 2009-07-02 Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh Ein- und ausschiebbare Aufnahmevorrichtung für ein Bodenreinigungsgerät
US9408518B2 (en) 2012-06-15 2016-08-09 The Procter & Gamble Company Retainers for a device having removable floor sheets
DE102014100615B3 (de) * 2014-01-21 2015-02-19 Alfred Baier Kassettenbürste
WO2015124310A1 (fr) * 2014-02-21 2015-08-27 Allclean Reinigungs- und Umwelt-Technik GmbH Ensemble brosses et procédé correspondant

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DK0825824T3 (da) 1999-08-30
DE19517700A1 (de) 1996-11-14
ATE175088T1 (de) 1999-01-15
AU5689096A (en) 1996-11-29
ES2126399T3 (es) 1999-03-16
DE59601087D1 (de) 1999-02-11
EP0825824B1 (fr) 1998-12-30

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