EP0884967A1 - Verfahren und maschine zum behandeln ebener flächen - Google Patents
Verfahren und maschine zum behandeln ebener flächenInfo
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- EP0884967A1 EP0884967A1 EP97920516A EP97920516A EP0884967A1 EP 0884967 A1 EP0884967 A1 EP 0884967A1 EP 97920516 A EP97920516 A EP 97920516A EP 97920516 A EP97920516 A EP 97920516A EP 0884967 A1 EP0884967 A1 EP 0884967A1
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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
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/408—Means for supplying cleaning or surface treating agents
- A47L11/4083—Liquid supply reservoirs; Preparation of the agents, e.g. mixing devices
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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
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
- A47L11/03—Floor surfacing or polishing machines characterised by having provisions for supplying cleaning or polishing agents
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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
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/408—Means for supplying cleaning or surface treating agents
- A47L11/4088—Supply pumps; Spraying devices; Supply conduits
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- the invention relates to a method for treating, in particular cleaning, maintaining and / or polishing, flat horizontal and / or vertical surfaces such as floors and walls, in which a volume flow of air with or without solids is continuously fed to the surface to be treated under reduced pressure, suctioned off there , then cleaned and circulated to the treatment site, the
- Solid bodies can optionally be wetted on the surface with a liquid treatment agent, then separated from the air, cleaned separately, wetted again with the treatment agent and fed into the volume flow.
- the invention also relates to a machine for carrying out the method with a mobile base frame, on which a container for receiving solid bodies, a flow generator with a pressure line for generating an air flow, a suction unit, the suction line for the suction of the volume flow from the to be cleaned Flat, are attached, wherein the pressure line and the suction line are connected to a tillage element.
- the invention further relates to a method for treating, in particular cleaning, maintaining and / or polishing, flat horizontal and / or vertical surfaces such as floors and walls, in which a volume flow of air with or without solids is continuously fed to the surface to be treated, suctioned there, is subsequently cleaned and circulated to the treatment site, the solid bodies optionally being wetted on the surface with a liquid treatment agent, then separated from the air, cleaned, wetted again with the treatment agent and fed back into the volume flow.
- the invention accordingly also relates to a machine for performing this method with a mobile base frame on which a container for receiving solid bodies, a vacuum generating blower with a pressure line for generating an air flow, a suction unit, the suction line for the suction of the volume flow of of the surface to be cleaned, are attached, the pressure line and the suction line being connected to a tillage element.
- the invention also relates to a washing and separating device for carrying out the cleaning and separation of air and solid bodies.
- a generic method for cleaning floor coverings such as carpets and. The like. is known from DE-AS 1 503 864.
- a carrier is applied to which a liquid, chemically active cleaning agent is applied and moved on the floor covering using mechanical force.
- the carrier grains enriched with dirt are then cleaned and rewetted with the liquid cleaning agent. It is a keeper for that
- Carrier core provided, which has an adjustable in cross section, leading to a brush roller outlet.
- this known machine has behind the brush roller at least one suction line for the exit of the carrier grains, which is connected to the container via a suction line, a blower and a pressure line.
- the cleaning device consists of two containers arranged one above the other, one of which has a rotatable screen chamber which is filled with cleaning or solvent. After filling the contaminated solids into the sieve chamber filled with cleaning fluid, the solids are cleaned. After cleaning, the cleaning fluid is drained into the container underneath and the sieve chamber with the solid particles is spun until it reaches the required level of moisture.
- This dirt removal system has a cleaning head which has an air discharge chamber in which a slit nozzle is provided which is arranged perpendicular to the flat dental body.
- the air discharge chamber is assigned a suction chamber with a suction slit which sucks off the air mixed with dirt particles emerging from the slit nozzle.
- the dirt removal system is equipped with a blower unit and a drive unit that enables the system to be moved across the floor in the blowing direction.
- the air discharge chamber is connected to an air discharge line and the suction chamber to a suction line, so that the air can be circulated.
- This known cleaning system is only suitable for dry cleaning on flat surfaces. It enables the continuous suction of dirt particles in the suction flow, but not the treatment of these surfaces, for example the application of protective layers to the floor or the polishing of the surfaces treated in this way.
- US Pat. No. 4,168,562 describes a surface cleaning device for street cleaning and the cleaning of industrial floors by means of high-pressure water jets, to which a central suction opening is assigned.
- DE-G 94 20 172.2 describes a centrifugal blasting device for cleaning large, inclined or curved surfaces, in particular for ship outer surfaces, which one with a
- a sprung seal mobile blasting box Provided opening and circumferentially provided with a sprung seal mobile blasting box, an impact chamber and a blasting circuit having a blast cleaning.
- Nozzle arrangements on vacuum cleaners and other suction devices are known. Such nozzles usually work in combination with mechanical aids such as with rollers (DE 25 30 126), brushes (DE 36 32 196 AI, DE 44 39 427 AI, DE 41 12 394 AI), rotors (DE 40 39 092 Cl) or with
- Ultrasonic vibration generators (DE 195 02 163 Cl). None of these known nozzle arrangements are suitable for cleaning, maintaining and polishing floors and vertical walls in one operation.
- the invention has for its object to improve a method of the type mentioned in such a way that the cleaning, maintenance and polishing of horizontal and vertical surfaces in one operation without mechanical aids such as brushes, etc. with less use of cleaning agents, Water and care products with a high degree of cleaning at the same time and with integrated environmentally friendly preparation of the cleaning agents is made possible without having to interrupt the cleaning process.
- the invention is also based on the object of increasing the compactness of the cleaning machine, shortening its set-up times and noticeably improving its ease of maintenance and ease of use by reducing the weight.
- circuit treatment steps which are linked to one another by overpressure and are carried out successively a) Placing (creating) a separate vacuum ring around the surface to be treated and shielding it
- the number of solid bodies per area and unit of time can be set by swirling the solid bodies in the air stream of steps c) to e).
- abrasive solid bodies are used for treatment stage c), which consist of granules of plastic, foamed glass, silicates or steel particles. The granules are irregularly shaped, have an angular surface and an edge length of more than 0.3 mm.
- Soft solid granules made of plastic, preferably styrofoam, neopoles or polyurethane, or particles made of fleece and textile chips are particularly suitable for steps d) and e) of the overpressure process.
- the granules are spherical, have a diameter of 0.3 to 10 mm and have a porous surface.
- the granules can thus be wetted in sufficient quantity with a liquid treatment agent such as cleaning agent or care agent, preferably wax, polymer, soaps or thermoplastic dispersions based on polyurethane.
- the contaminated solid bodies are cleaned with cyclones, sieving devices, centrifuges or vacuum separators.
- the solid bodies are set into mechanical vibrations by vibration generators, for example ultrasound generators or electrical oscillating circuits, in order to free the solid bodies from loose dirt.
- vibration generators for example ultrasound generators or electrical oscillating circuits
- the object is further achieved by a machine in that the admixing device connected to the container for admixing the solid bodies into the overpressure air flow is a valve and a nozzle arranged on the underside of the container, and in that a device for metering in cleaning fluid the solids and as
- Soil cultivation element is provided at least one flow channel open to the cleaning surface, to which an inlet opening with pressure line and an outlet opening with suction line on the side facing away from the surface to be cleaned is assigned, and that the outlet opening with a discharge device for periodic separation of the solids from the overpressure Air flow in the container is connected and disconnected.
- the flow generator creates an air flow with
- Solid matter enriched is passed over the floor.
- This overpressure air flow is applied to the floor at a certain angle in paths or flow channels which are open at the bottom. A seal between the flow channel and the surface guides the air flow.
- the solids enter the air flow from the container through a valve and a nozzle. Instead of the valve and the nozzle, a worm gear, injector or a rotary valve can also be used.
- the mixture of air and solid particles hits the surface to be cleaned at an angle, thereby releasing the dirt mechanical energy.
- the mixture is passed over the floor. Adhesive forces attach the dirt to the solid body and take it away.
- the solid bodies are discharged from the circuit into a cassette-like, interchangeable container in which the supply line to this container is opened by means of a flap, a valve or slide.
- the air flow is guided over the floor by means of a duct system that opens to the underground.
- a duct system that opens to the underground.
- the air flow guided in the flow channels and the solid bodies can be aligned along or across the direction of travel.
- it can make sense to set up the direction of flow of the air flow or the volume flow of air and solid bodies with the direction of travel or against the direction of travel.
- the flow direction of the volume flow is selected with the direction of travel when applying care products, while the opposite flow direction is used for cleaning.
- the orientation of the flow channels transverse to the direction of travel is particularly advantageous, since different cleaning steps can be carried out in the flow channels arranged one behind the other.
- treatment steps a) to f) are carried out with the different flow channels, i.e. different solids are fed to the individual flow channels.
- the first channels clean and absorb the heaviest soiling
- the middle channels clean and the last channels apply care products and polish the surface.
- Cleaning agents can thus be combined with each other to solve a wide variety of cleaning tasks.
- the flow channels can be straight, circular, spiral or curved.
- the cross section of the flow channels can have a trapezoidal, square, triangular or similar geometry.
- An arrow-shaped arrangement of the flow channels, for example with a spring-suspended course, must always be provided when different working widths are required.
- the arrow-shaped flow channels are suspended, they automatically adapt to the working width or change the working width if there is an obstacle in the way.
- a further improvement in the cleaning result is obtained if flow diversions are provided in the flow channels, which generate targeted turbulence in the volume flow, as a result of which the volume flow is conducted over the surface to be cleaned with a higher floor pressure.
- the cleaning effect can be increased in that the solid bodies are set in mechanical vibrations by an oscillation generator, for example an ultrasound generator or electrical oscillating circuits. This effect can equally be used when cleaning the solid body.
- an oscillation generator for example an ultrasound generator or electrical oscillating circuits. This effect can equally be used when cleaning the solid body.
- the flow channels are sealed laterally against the surface to be cleaned by sealing lips.
- the sealing lip can be a simple sealing lip or a multiple sealing lip, for example made of flexible plastic. It is intended to prevent solids from falling out of the flow channel.
- the volume flow is supported in its intensity by means of additional nozzles arranged in the base lip, from which an air flow emerges in the flow direction. At the same time, this prevents the solid particles from emerging laterally from the flow channels.
- the contact pressure of the entire flow system on the ground is adjustable, either with springs, shock absorbers or statically with regulating devices.
- cleaning devices are provided which, depending on the design of the machine according to the invention, are carried along with the machine for the overpressure process or are set up separately from the machine.
- cleaning devices For coarse, dry dust / dirt particles, cyclones, gravitational filters, filter mats, falling sieves etc. can be used with advantage.
- the container is for the soiled
- Solid body designed as a cartridge system that can be easily replaced.
- the solid bodies are then cleaned chemically or mechanically, for example in a washing drum or an ultrasonic bath.
- Vacuum in the volumetric flow and / or d) directing at least one air stream wetted with liquid treatment agents and loaded with a loading rate of 5 to 50% per liter of air volume of solid bodies onto the shielded surface, the vacuum at the suction point being greater than the vacuum in the Volume flow, and / or e) directing at least one volume flow mixed with a degree of loading of 5 to 50% per liter amount of air of soft solid bodies onto the shielded surface, the vacuum at the suction point being greater than the vacuum in the air stream, and / or f) Conducting at least one second volume flow onto the shielded surface and suctioning off the second volume flow at a negative pressure which is greater than that in the volume flow. g) continuous separation, cleaning and renewed
- the volume flow of the treatment steps b) to f) before its entry into the shielded area is divided into at least two partial flows which flow towards one another in a central suction point within the shielded area, the negative pressure at the suction point being greater than the negative pressure in the partial flows.
- the partial flows directed against each other achieve an advantageous swirling of the solid bodies within the shielded area, which makes the cleaning effect more uniform and at the same time increases.
- the volume flow of the treatment steps b) to f) is conducted undivided over the shielded area to a suction point.
- the number of solid bodies per surface area and time unit is set by swirling the solid bodies in the volume flow of treatment steps c) to e). This enables the cleaning process to be regulated sensitively to the requirements of the soil condition found and the degree of contamination.
- the air quantities in the volume flows are 2000 to 8000 1 / min and the suction vacuum is 100 to 200 mbar, preferably 120 to 160 mbar.
- a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention provides that the degree of loading in the volume flow with solids is 5 to 50%, preferably 20 to 30%. This ensures that blockages in the pressure and suction lines are excluded.
- Granules made of plastic for example polystyrene, neopoles, polyurethane foam, granules made of foamed glass, silicates or steel wool are used as abrasive solid bodies for treatment stage c).
- These solid bodies are of relatively irregular shape, have an angular surface and have an edge length of more than 0.3 mm.
- harder solid bodies such as silicates etc. are used.
- soft granules made of plastic, preferably neopoles, styrofoam or polyurethane, or particles made of nonwoven, textile chips, which are spherical in shape, have a diameter of 0.3 to 10 mm and have a porous surface.
- a liquid treatment agent preferably cleaning agent, wax, polymer or soaps or with thermoplastic dispersing agents.
- the solid bodies separated in this way from the volume flow are cleaned and separated in a liquid mixed with cleaning substances in such a way that the solid bodies flow upwards through a cleaning bath, separated in the liquid bath and after reaching the
- Liquid surface can be sucked off by vacuum.
- the solid bodies are set into mechanical vibrations by vibration generators, for example ultrasound generators, electrical resonant circuits, etc., which increases their ability to absorb dirt.
- vibration generators for example ultrasound generators, electrical resonant circuits, etc., which increases their ability to absorb dirt.
- a mobile machine in that a feeding and metering device connected to the container is provided for admixing the solid bodies into the air flow on the pressure line of the blower, and in that the tillage element is at least one rectangular, adjustable suspended flat nozzle with at least one inlet opening and a suction opening, which are enclosed by a self-contained inner sealing lip and a plurality of concentrically arranged, laterally opened, outer sealing lips, the spaces between which have an injector opening which corresponds to the
- Suction line of the suction unit is connected, and that a washing and separating device is connected to the suction line for cleaning and separating the volume flow of air and solid matter, which separates the cleaned solid matter and conveys it back into the container.
- the loading and metering device arranged under the container for solid bodies can preferably be an injector.
- a worm gear or a rotary valve are also suitable.
- an inlet opening is arranged on each of the outer sides of the flat nozzle and a suction opening is arranged in the center of these two openings.
- the volume flow sucked in through the lateral inlet openings thus flows in opposite directions to the common, central suction opening of the suction line, which guarantees full utilization of the suction surface of the nozzle.
- heated or steam-saturated air can be applied to the nozzles, depending on how the treatment task required.
- Another preferred embodiment of the machine according to the invention provides that the flat nozzles are suspended in a V or plow-like manner in front of the machine, so that the
- Pre-cleaning nozzle can suck off the coarse dirt before the treatment nozzle comes into contact with the surface to be cleaned.
- the flat nozzle has only a single inlet opening and an outlet opening, which are arranged in a straight line opposite one another on the outer sides of the nozzle.
- cleaning is carried out with a straight-line volume flow, which sweeps over the surface to be cleaned from the inlet to the outlet nozzle.
- two flat nozzles are advantageously rotatably connected to one another.
- The is near its common pivot point Inlet opening and opposite to the outlet opening arranged, the two flat nozzles being adjustable against each other against a compression spring.
- the nozzles In their rest and normal working position, the nozzles are then stable at an angle. If an obstacle occurs, the nozzles can be pushed away by the required amount in order to then swivel back into the defined starting position.
- a larger cleaning surface is also achieved when at least three flat nozzles are arranged one behind the other so that they are linked to one another via their inlet opening and outlet opening.
- a washing and separating device which has a container for holding a cleaning liquid, in which a partition wall immersed in the cleaning liquid, inclined against the volume flow, divides the container into a closed and an upwardly open chamber is arranged, the immersed area as a separating sieve and its extending beyond the liquid level, also inclined area is designed as a baffle for the cleaned solid body, the baffle is penetrated by the pressure line, and that in the closed chamber above the baffle a conical widening suction line opens and the bottom of the chamber is communicatively connected to an expansion tank arranged above the liquid level.
- the clear mesh size of the separating sieve is chosen so that the meshes are approximately one third smaller than the diameter or the edge lengths of the solid bodies. This certainly prevents the mesh from becoming clogged with solids.
- the end of the pressure line, which is submerged in the cleaning liquid, is designed like a bend. It owns the
- a dirt sluice opens into the bottom of the closed chamber, from which the dirt separated from the solid bodies can be drawn off.
- Solid bodies are heated with steam to obtain a better wettability of the surface to be cleaned, whereby a more effective cleaning effect can be achieved.
- the cleaning methods according to the invention with negative pressure and with positive pressure can be used and combined depending on the cleaning task, so that a wide variety of horizontal surfaces such as stone, plastic, industrial or sports floors and carpets or vertical walls can be cleaned effectively.
- the methods according to the invention work without large amounts of water and cleaning agents. Due to the high efficiency, the methods according to the invention are also particularly environmentally friendly and effective. By reducing mechanical components and elements, in particular the elimination of entire assemblies such as brushes, brush mechanics, their drive, water tank, waste water tank, the machines according to the invention are lighter and at the same time more compact in their construction. The circular mode of operation makes them easier to operate and easier to maintain because, for example, the lateral forces generated by the floor brushes are eliminated. Due to their variable working width, the area coverage increases and due to their higher effectiveness, the disposal and operating costs of the machines decrease.
- the lower weight of the machines according to the invention means less power consumption and more efficient use of energy.
- the solution according to the invention better meets the complex requirements for cleaning horizontal and vertical surfaces with high effectiveness, safety, ease of maintenance, clarity, compactness and environmental friendliness.
- Fig. 1 is a functional diagram of the invention
- Overpressure process 2 is a side view of a hand-held machine operating according to the overpressure method
- FIG. 3 is a top view of a hand-held machine according to FIG. 2,
- FIG. 4 shows a hand-held machine according to FIG. 2 in a front view
- FIG. 5 shows a side view of a mobile machine working according to the overpressure method with flow channels running in the direction of travel
- Fig. 6 shows a mobile machine according to Fig. 5 with transverse to the direction of travel
- FIG. 7 shows a mobile machine according to FIG. 5 with in
- FIG. 8 shows a mobile machine according to FIG. 5 with flow channels running transversely to the direction of travel in plan view and
- FIG. 9 shows a mobile machine according to FIG. 5 with flow channels running transversely to the direction of travel and opposite flow directions in a top view.
- Fig. 10 is a functional diagram of the invention
- FIG. 11 is a side view of the mobile machine according to the invention, which works according to the vacuum process,
- Fig. 12 is a spatial representation of the washing and
- FIG. 13 is a top view of a nozzle with two inlet openings and one outlet opening for the vacuum process
- FIG. 15 is a top view of a plurality of nozzles according to FIG. 13 arranged one behind the other,
- Fig. 16 shows a nozzle with an inlet and an outlet opening for the vacuum process
- FIG. 17 shows a perspective view of two interconnected nozzles according to FIG. 15,
- FIGS. 15 and 18 are perspective views of the interlinking of three nozzles according to FIGS. 15 and
- FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the swirl internals in the nozzles according to
- Figures 1 to 8 show two embodiments of the inventive method with an associated machine for the overpressure variant.
- Embodiment 1 The hand-held machine consists of an injection nozzle 1, the nozzle connection 2 of which is connected to the flow generator 4 via a hose 3.
- Flow diversions, for example baffles 10 create turbulence in the flow channel.
- the container 11 for solid bodies consists of an opening which can be closed at the top for filling with solid bodies and a valve 12 attached to the underside of the container. The container 11 is filled with solid bodies up to the filling mark.
- Care products 16 are stored in a separate box in the container 11.
- a flap 14 which can be actuated vertically from the operating part 6 is installed between the housing 5 and the surface to be cleaned. Excess pressure is released from the system via exhaust air openings 17 which are introduced centrally on the housing cover of the housing 5.
- the flow generator 4 generates an air flow which is blown into the flow channel designed as a housing 5 via the hose 3 and the nozzle 1 installed in the housing.
- the housing guides the air flow in a circle.
- the valve 12 located on the underside of the container is opened, the solid bodies 13 are fed from the container 11 into the »air stream. The solid bodies accelerate through the nozzle 1 at a certain angle and thus release the dirt from the floor with their kinetic energy. The solids are entrained by the air flow rotating in the housing under excess pressure. If enough solid bodies are set in rotation, the valve 12 is closed and the rotating solid-air mixture is guided over the surface to be cleaned. As already described, the surface is cleaned and cared for.
- the solids For cleaning purposes, detergent from container 7 or care substances from container 16 is added. If cleaning is to be ended, the solids must first be removed from the circulating air flow. For this purpose, the flap 14 is lowered. The air flow then moves the solids back into the container 11 via an intermediate filter 15. The filter 15 separates the dry dirt from the solid bodies. When all solid particles have been removed from the air flow into the container, the air flow generator is switched off. The container 11 with the contaminated solid bodies is exchanged for a container with fresh solid bodies. The solids are then cleaned in a separate washing stage.
- FIG. 5 A mobile machine with chassis and drive via wheels for sitting on, with which the overpressure method according to the invention is executable, as can be seen from FIG. 5
- Injection nozzles 1 the nozzle closures 2 of which are connected to the flow generator 4 via hoses 3.
- the operating and guiding elements 6 are attached in the upper rear part of the vehicle.
- the container 7 for the cleaning agents and the associated metering valve is located above the flow paths and is arranged in the center.
- the seal 8 is attached between the flow channels 9 and the surface to be cleaned.
- a turbulent flow is generated in the flow channels 9 by flow diversions such as internals 10.
- the container 11 with valve 12 is filled with solid bodies. It is located in the middle of the machine. Like in
- Embodiment 1 executed, the flap 14 is located on the pressure line leading to the container 11.
- An upstream filter 15 separates the loose dirt from the solid bodies.
- the container 16 for care products is located in the rear middle area of the vehicle.
- the overpressure of the air flow is reduced through exhaust air openings 17, which are located between the inflow and outflow sides of the container.
- the flow generator 4 generates an air flow. This air flow is introduced into the flow channels 9 via several hoses 3 and nozzles 1, which are installed in the housing.
- the flow channels 9 lead the air flow in a straight line in this embodiment.
- the container 11 has an opening which can be closed at the top
- the cleaning process of the surface must be interrupted.
- the solids have to be removed from the rotating volume flow.
- the pressure line 20 closed with the flap 14 is opened and the volume flow into the container 11 is discharged by the pressure still present.
- FIGS. 9 to 18 show a further exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention with an associated machine for the vacuum variant.
- the washing and separating device 21 consists of a container 29 which is divided into a closed chamber 48 and an upwardly open chamber 49 by a partition 50.
- a separating screen 32 which is permeable to the cleaning liquid and the air flow and is completely surrounded by the cleaning liquid, is inserted into the partition wall 50, so that the cleaning liquid is located both in the chamber 48 and in the chamber 49.
- the separating screen 32 is inclined at an angle of approximately 45 ° to the volume flow of air and solid bodies.
- a baffle 51 extends into the head 33 of the chamber 48. Close to the baffle 51, a conically opening suction line 34 opens into the head 33 of the chamber 48, the other ends in the upper part of the container 22 integrates.
- a funnel-like charging and metering device 23 which is connected to the container 22 in a pressure-tight manner via a suction line 24 and leads upstream to the nozzle system 25, which in turn is connected with its suction opening 41 to the suction side of the blower 19 (see 10 and 11).
- the suction line 24 binds into the injector 53, which receives its negative pressure from the fan 19.
- the pressure line 20 leading from the injector 53 leads into the chamber 48 filled with cleaning liquid and has a cut-off elbow 52 at the end, which opening is exactly opposite the separating sieve 32.
- the volume flow of air and contaminated solid bodies coming from the nozzle system 25 flows through the suction line 24 to the injector 53 and reaches the pressure line 20, which leads to the chamber 48 as described above.
- the volume flow consisting of air and solid bodies strikes the separating screen 32 approximately perpendicularly.
- the mesh size of the separating screen 32 is approximately a third smaller than the largest dimension (diameter or edge length) of the solid body.
- the air flow carrying the solid bodies escapes through the meshes 36 of the separating sieve 32 into the chamber 49 and is discharged through the air outlet line 34.
- the solids reach the surface of the liquid due to the buoyancy forces.
- the subsequent solids push the solids already at the liquid surface further in the direction of the suction line 35, which opens conically into the head 33 of the chamber 48, through which the solids enter the container 22, from which the admixture of the solids in an amount of about 30 % per liter of air through the loading and metering device 23 in the air flow.
- the cleaned solid bodies are fed into the suction line 24 and with the metering device the solid bodies are wetted with cleaning liquid or with care products from a container 26 or 27 provided for this purpose, which are carried in the vehicle 18.
- the volume flow of air and solid bodies then reaches the surface to be cleaned via the nozzle system 25 and takes up the dirt there.
- the volume flow circuit is now closed.
- the volume flow of air and the solid bodies laden with dirt flows through the fan 19 from the nozzle system 25 through the suction line 24 and flows in an amount of 3000 1 / min at a pressure of 130 mbar through the pressure line 20 into the container 29 filled with cleaning liquid 28 to the washing and separating device 21 (see FIG. 12).
- the level of the cleaning liquid in the chambers 48 and 49 is kept constant via an expansion tank 31 communicating with the chamber 48.
- the bottom 30 of the chamber 48 of the washing and separating device 21 is provided with a dirt lock 37, from which the dirt detached from the solid bodies can be drawn off.
- a mixture of 10% by weight of nonionic surfactants, 4% by weight of anionic surfactants, the rest of water and preservatives is used as the cleaning liquid.
- the air flow transports the solid bodies through the suction line 24 to the nozzle system 25, which is fastened to the frame of the vehicle 18 by means of shock absorbers, not shown.
- the nozzle system 25 consists of an approximately rectangular flat nozzle 38, on one short side of which there is an inlet opening 39 and on the other short side of which there is also a further inlet opening 40 in a straight line opposite the inlet opening 39.
- a suction opening 41 which leads to the suction line 24.
- a vacuum of 20 to 50 mbar is present at the suction opening 41.
- the volume flow of air and solids supplied via the pressure line 20 to the two inlet openings 39 and 40 is divided into two volume flows A of approximately the same amount and flows towards the suction opening 41 in a directed manner.
- the flat nozzle 38 is surrounded by a closed inner bottom lip 42.
- the latter is enclosed by a further bottom lip 43 which is open on its sides so that ambient air can be sucked in by a negative pressure which forms (see FIG. 14).
- This protection system also builds up a vacuum ring around the surface to be cleaned, so that the nozzle system 25 remains shielded from the outside air pressure.
- Injector openings are provided, protect against the escape of solid bodies depending on the required protection class.
- nozzles 38 can be arranged one behind the other as shown in FIG. 15 and form the nozzle system 25. This enables cleaning and / or maintenance in different stages.
- the first flat nozzle 38.1 is then only subjected to an air stream which sucks the coarse dirt away. This contributes to the fact that the solids are protected and the cleaning result is significantly improved.
- This pre-cleaner nozzle is expediently placed in front of the machine, i.e. suspended in a V-shape on the frame.
- a volume flow of air and abrasive solid bodies for example silicates with an edge length of 2 mm, is directed onto the surface to be cleaned, as a result of which incrustations on the floor or old paint residues can be removed.
- the third flat nozzle 38.3 makes it possible to apply care products, for example wax, to the surface to be treated by having soft, wax-coated neopole bodies with a diameter of 4 mm act on the surface.
- FIG. 16 shows a variant of the flat nozzle 38, which is straight and is used, for example, to clean from right to left.
- This flat nozzle 38 has only one inlet opening 39 and one suction opening 41. At the suction opening 41 there is the negative pressure which sucks the volume flow with the solid bodies from the other side.
- Lip arrangement corresponds to the type described above. 17 shows the interconnection of two straight flat nozzles 38 to form a v-shaped arrangement.
- the fulcrum P of the two flat nozzles 38 is located in their front area, so that the two nozzle bodies overlap approximately near the fulcrum, so that no areas can arise that cannot be cleaned.
- the two inlet openings 39 are provided in the front area of the arrangement. The volume flow of air and solid bodies flowing through these openings is sucked off by the suction openings 41 located in the rear area.
- Both nozzle arms of the v-shaped arrangement are held against each other by a tension spring in a stable, for example in a slightly angled position. If this arrangement reaches an obstacle when the surface to be cleaned is passed over, the nozzle arms can be pushed inwards and then swiveled back into their starting position.
- Three rectilinear flat nozzles 38 can, as shown in FIG. 18, be arranged one behind the other so that their machining surfaces overlap.
- the outlet opening 41 of the first flat nozzle is with the inlet opening 39 of the second
- the outlet opening 41 of the second flat nozzle is rotatably connected to the inlet opening 39 of the third flat nozzle via a pipe bend piece 46.
- the three flat nozzles 38 can be moved relative to one another in a scissor-like manner, so that the working width can be varied.
- baffle plates 47 are fastened on the inside in the flat nozzles 38 between the inlet opening 39 and the outlet opening 41 (see FIG. 19).
- the nozzle system 25 is connected to the suction side of the blower 19 via the suction line 24. As a result, the volume flow circuit of air and solid bodies is closed.
- the blower 19 is designed so that air quantities of 2000 to 8000 1 / min can be moved in the circuit with a degree of loading of solid bodies of 5 to 50%.
- the negative pressure prevailing in the volume flow is 100 to 200 mbar.
- a vacuum of 20 to 50 mbar is present at the outlet openings 41 of the flat nozzles 38.
- Housing 5 flow channel in housing 5 5 '
- Container for solid body 11 (overpressure variant)
- Container for solid bodies 22 (vacuum variant)
- Nozzle system 25 Container for cleaning fluid 26 Containers for care products 27
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