EP0937437A1 - Dispositif monté sur le sol pour l'hygiène et le brossage de chaussuresi - Google Patents

Dispositif monté sur le sol pour l'hygiène et le brossage de chaussuresi Download PDF

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EP0937437A1
EP0937437A1 EP99103033A EP99103033A EP0937437A1 EP 0937437 A1 EP0937437 A1 EP 0937437A1 EP 99103033 A EP99103033 A EP 99103033A EP 99103033 A EP99103033 A EP 99103033A EP 0937437 A1 EP0937437 A1 EP 0937437A1
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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
    • A47L23/00—Cleaning footwear
    • A47L23/02—Shoe-cleaning machines, with or without applicators for shoe polish
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
    • A46B13/001—Cylindrical or annular brush bodies
    • 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
    • A47L23/00—Cleaning footwear
    • A47L23/22—Devices or implements resting on the floor for removing mud, dirt, or dust from footwear
    • A47L23/26—Mats or gratings combined with brushes ; Mats
    • A47L23/263—Mats or gratings combined with brushes ; Mats with moving or driven parts, also combined with suction cleaning

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  • This invention concerns a floor-mounted device for the hygiene and brushing of footwear as set forth in the main claim.
  • the invention can be employed in the interiors where contamination risks must be reduced through washing and/or disinfecting footwear such as, more in detail, food-processing plants, hospitals, laboratories, cattle-breeding plants, or else sport and skiing centers, hotel or exhibition halls, etc.
  • washing equipment which comprises a floor-mounted or a belt conveyor structure covering a basically horizontal plane that forms a pass-way set for the user.
  • the rotating brushes are arranged crosswise to the direction of the pass-way, in order to allow the progressive washing of footwear while the user is moving forward.
  • By being located at the entrance of premises such equipment is a preset pass-way that forces people to enter or leave only after undergoing the footwear washing.
  • the brushes are subject to short-term wearing as well as irregular kinking due to the continuous one-way rotary friction against footwear, which makes it necessary to frequently replace them. That brings about considerable costs for the spare parts and prolonged maintenance, as it is indispensable to dismount and re-mount the bars with nicks of the supporting structure on which the brushes are installed.
  • Another limitation of the equipment in use is the difficulty in adjusting the supply of the washing liquid in terms of both mixing percentages and delivery, relevant waste being thus caused under certain working conditions.
  • the present Applicant has designed, tested and embodied this invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain further advantages.
  • the purpose of this invention is to achieve a floor-mounted device for the hygiene and brushing of footwear that may allow quick and simple technical assistance and, most importantly, effortless replacement of the brushes.
  • the device is also meant to guarantee longer life and higher efficiency of the brushes so as to limit in time their replacement.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to supply a device of small size that can be installed even in limited space.
  • This invention is also aimed to supply a device that makes it possible for the user to reach the on/off buttons with no effort or risk whatsoever in conformity with the accident prevention standards.
  • An additional purpose is an even washing liquid supply both in terms of delivery and mixing.
  • the device includes a floor-mounted or a belt conveyor structure complete with, in a first embodiment, a plurality of rotating brushes that are lined up crosswise to the direction followed by the user while moving forward along the structure, and arranged in succession thus forming the pass-way.
  • the brushes are arranged longitudinally parallel to the abovementioned direction of the user.
  • the brushes are connected/disconnected at their ends, either by means of constrained coupling joints or in a single block, to the nicks of the supporting structure, which makes the brushes project inwards.
  • every brush can be axially extracted out of a respective supporting and rotaton-driving shaft.
  • the axial extraction is possible after accomplishing a rotation of the set of brushes along with their respective shafts upward of the underlying structure surface.
  • the device can be also equipped with the brushes having a vertical axis of rotation and arranged, for example, two by two on both sides and/or at the centre of the floor-mounted supporting structure.
  • the brushes have an axis arranged parallel to the direction of the user while moving forward along the structure, at least part of such brushes are staggered on the horizontal plane in order to accomplish the cleaning of at least part of the side edge of the sole.
  • not fewer than two brushes are set one upon the other on at least one side of the floor-mounted structure so as to form a pass-way corridor that allows the cleaning of at least part of the bootleg while the user is moving forward along the structure.
  • the clamping of the brushes on the coupling joints is carried out by screws.
  • One further variant makes the clamping possible through quick-coupling mechanisms.
  • At least one coupling joint on every brush is in contact with the driving mechanisms, which are also connected to the engine, of the brush rotary motion.
  • the abovementioned driving mechanisms consist of cogged wheels arranged in succession and engaged one with the other, while the brushes turn in alternate rotary motion.
  • the driving mechanisms correspond to pinion chains and all the brushes turn in the same direction.
  • a bascule floor-mounted structure that is flush down with a supporting base on which the washing liquid deliverers are mounted. At the same level of the base, underneath the supporting structure, it is where the liquid tank is located which can be equipped with or without the liquid recycling system.
  • the base mentioned above is connected to the engine control unit and the washing liquid supply and adjustment unit, the latter allowing to set the delivery and adjust the composition mixture of the washing liquid in compliance with any individual requirement.
  • the disinfecting mixture is produced by a "venturi" dispenser.
  • At least one handrail On one side of the floor-mounted supporting structure there is at least one handrail, or two preferably, substantially covering the whole length of its surface.
  • One of these handrails at least is equipped with the start-stop buttons.
  • a start-stop button is mounted on both handrails.
  • the start-stop buttons are located in an intermediate position, so that they can be easily reached regardless where the user is standing.
  • start-stop buttons are embedded in a slideway which is mounted on the handrails; therefore, on moving forward all the surface through the user is holding such a slideway.
  • a return-stroke system sets it back to its original position.
  • Such an enbodiment allows to build even long surfaces of the structure in conformity with the accident prevention standards which set forth that the user be in a position to operate and disconnect the device at any time.
  • the entrance and/or exit of the floor-mounted structure are provided with bars which make it impossible to move forward unless the brushes have effectively been set going.
  • the entrance and/or the exit of the floor-mounted structure are provided with a photocell device in order to start up or stop the engine operating the brushes whenever the user respectively enters or leaves the very structure.
  • the engine is located inside the floor-based or belt conveyor structure.
  • the rotary motion of the brushes is reversible, which allows to vary the working cycle of the device and, as a result, to guarantee uniform and harder wearing of the brushes without their bristles being subject to one-side kinking.
  • this invention simplifies both the cleaning of the washing liquid tank and the maintenance of the liquid pipings and deliverers as it is possible to lift the supporting structure out of its base.
  • number 10 indicates the device for the hygiene and brushing of footwear according to the invention.
  • Such device 10 includes the floor-mounted or belt conveyor structure 11 on which the user moves forward to have his footwear washed without taking it off.
  • the floor-mounted supporting structure 11 has on its sides two longitudinal bars with nicks 12 connected to a plurality of brushes 13 which, in the embodiment shown in figg. 1-5, are arranged in succession at the same level, transversely to the bars with nicks 12, and made to rotate by an engine 14.
  • the brushes 13 are schematically represented by the sole supporting roll 15 of the bristles 16.
  • the device 10 is also equipped with three brushes 113 having a vertical rotation axis, two of which are arranged at its sides and one in the centre, so as to allow even the cleaning of the vamp and the upper part of the footwear.
  • the brushes 13 are connected to the ends of the bars with nicks 12 by means of coupling joints, that is the first joint 17a and the second joint 17b, which they are removable from.
  • the coupling joints 17a and 17b cooperate with the respective friction-proof rolling bearings 18a, 18b that are located inside the bars with nicks 12, thus allowing their rotation along with the respective brush 13.
  • each coupling joint 17a, 17b shows a section 117 projecting out of the inner side of the bars with nicks 12 where, in this case, one first female gap 19 is obtained (fig. 4).
  • the roll 15 of the brushes 13 shows, in this case, at its ends additional male gaps 20 specially fit for gaps 19 into which they are inserted in order to create the constraint between the coupling joints 17a, 17b and the brush 13.
  • This embodiment allows a quick replacement or dismounting of the brushes 13, making it unnecessary to dismount the longitudinal bars with nicks 12 or other parts of the device 10.
  • the rotary motion drive of the brushes 13 is carried out through the cogged wheels 23.
  • the wheels are connected to or embodied in at least one of the coupling joints, in this case the first one 17a, of each brush 13.
  • Such cogged wheels 23 are interlocked one with the other so as to allow the motion drive and they are set going by a driving cogged wheel 24 which is connected to the engine shaft 14.
  • the plant is also equipped with an intermediate cogged wheel 25 that provides a link between the driving cogged wheel 24 and the first cogged wheel 23 which in turn is connected to the brushes 13.
  • the cogged wheels 23, 24, 25 are screened by a casing 26 (figg. 3, 3a).
  • the motion to the brushes 13 is driven by a pinion chain-system assuring the rotation of all brushes 13 in the same direction.
  • the brushes 113 having a vertical rotation axis are made to rotate by angular direction mechanisms (not shown) located on the cogged wheels 23 and are connected at their lower ends to a single coupling joint.
  • the engine 14 can be operated either electrically or by means of compressed fluid, and being located between the bars with nicks 12 it allows considerable space saving.
  • the brushes are arranged longitudinally to the direction of the structure 11, their respective ends being linked with the transversal bars 112a, 112b that are arranged orthogonally to the bars 12.
  • This embodiment is particularly useful where the cleaning of soles with special and deep gaps is required.
  • the brushes 13, in this case rotate in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the sole and penetrate into its gaps more deeply, thus removing in a more efficient manner the residuals that may be seeped inside the soles.
  • the engine 14 is located externally from the longitudinal bars with nicks 12.
  • the motion drive to the brushes 13 is accomplished through a gear-case 39 interlocked, by means of a kinematic chain not shown here, with the cogged wheel 23 which is linked to the first brush 13 and, accordingly to the other brushes 13 by virtue of the kinematic connection between the cogged wheels 23.
  • the engine 14 is located inside the floor space of the structure 10 which is bounded by the longitudinal bars with nicks 12 and the rotary motion is driven to the cogged wheel 23 of the first brush 13 through the pinion 40.
  • the engine 14 is located on a horizontal plane lying below the pass-way surface formed by the brushes 13, while in the fig. 9 the engine 14 is vertically arranged at the side of the abovementioned pass-way surface.
  • the engine 14 is supported by a ball pin 41 that allows its upward rotation.
  • the brushes 13 are, in fact, formed by a hollow roll 15 supporting the bristles 16 which is axially mortised on the rotation shaft 42 connected to the cogged wheel 23.
  • This embodiment makes it extremely easy to replace the rolls 15 with the worn-out bristles 16 and to mount new rolls 15.
  • the brushes 13 are staggered on the horizontal surface with the purpose to allow to clean at least part of the edge of the footwear soles.
  • This embodiment defines two pass-way corridors 43 that allow even the cleaning of the bootleg where high footwear, such as boots, is employed.
  • the engine 14 is reversible, as it is possible to vary the rotary direction of the brushes 13 for a more uniform and harder wearing.
  • washing liquid that may consist of a mixture of water and detergent and/or disinfectant or else of a similar product.
  • washing liquid is delivered through the pierced pipes 27, located beneath the brushes 13, and are supplied by means of a proper supply and adjustment unit.
  • the abovementioned supply and adjustment unit 28 includes vibrating diaphragm mechanisms, connected to the engine 14, that set up the supply pressure and, accordingly, the washing liquid delivery.
  • such a delivery and adjustment unit 28 comprises the device for altering the composition of the washing liquid mixture. This way, it is possible to set the delivery and the composition of the washing liquid, and by adapting them both to the actual need of employing the device 10 remarkable washing liquid saving is assured.
  • the mixture supply system is complete with a suction dispensing device of "venturi” type, where the recirculation of the liquid is absent.
  • the floor-mounted supporting structure 11 is supported by a base 29 with feet 30 on which is also located the washing liquid tank 31 provided with a drain-hole (not shown).
  • the floor-mounted structure 11 is bascule to the base 29, as it can be lifted (fig. 1) allowing the cleaning of the liquid tank 31 and/or direct inspection of the pierced pipings 27.
  • two handrails 32 are installed and they basically cover the entire length of the structure itself and support the user of the device 10 while moving forward on it.
  • the button 33 which is located in an intermediate position, so that it can be easily reached by the user at any time, is connected to the control unit 34 of the engine 14 placed beside the supporting structure 11 and it contains its own adjustment device.
  • the button 33 is mounted on a slide-way 35 whose guide is located with the inner part of the handrail 32.
  • the abovementioned slide-way button is fixed on one end of a return-stroke device, in this case a spiral wire 36, whose other end is clamped on a fixed block 37 which is placed at the entrance of the structure 11.
  • the user is in a position to move forward all the surface of the structure 11 through, while holding the button 33 so that during the washing operation he can at any time operate or disconnect the rotation of the brushes 13.
  • Such a contrivance allows to build even long structures 11 in conformity with the accident prevention standards which set forth that the user be capable of controlling the device in all working situations.
  • buttons 33 can be installed on both handrails 32 in a specular position, that is, in the same direction of the entrance of the surface 11.
  • both sides of the structure entrance are equipped with a bar 37, connected to a control button 38, which simultaneously operates the lifting bar 37 and the brushes 13.
  • the bar at the end of the surface of the structure 11 can be lifted along with the bar 37 located at its entrance, or else it can be interlocked with a stroke-end device which is connected to the sliding button 33 shown in fig. 1.
  • the closing of the bars 37 is optimally implemented by presence detectors such as, for example, photocells or a similar device.
  • a further variant, not shown here, includes a photocell device at the entrance and exit of the floor-mounted structure which respectively operate and disoperate the brushes 13 while the user is moving forward along the very structure.

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DE10113126A1 (de) * 2001-03-17 2002-10-02 Ecolab Gmbh & Co Ohg Vorrichtung zur Reinigung der Fußbekleidung und Hände
WO2005089622A2 (fr) * 2004-03-15 2005-09-29 Lavajet S.R.L. Dispositif de nettoyage pour chaussures, en particulier pour chaussures de foot ball, de rugby, de golf et autres chaussures de sport analogues
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WO2002021991A1 (fr) * 2000-09-18 2002-03-21 Virginio Di Bidino Procede et appareil de nettoyage de chaussures
DE10113126A1 (de) * 2001-03-17 2002-10-02 Ecolab Gmbh & Co Ohg Vorrichtung zur Reinigung der Fußbekleidung und Hände
DE10113126C2 (de) * 2001-03-17 2003-07-10 Ecolab Gmbh & Co Ohg Vorrichtung zur Reinigung der Fußbekleidung und Hände
WO2005089622A2 (fr) * 2004-03-15 2005-09-29 Lavajet S.R.L. Dispositif de nettoyage pour chaussures, en particulier pour chaussures de foot ball, de rugby, de golf et autres chaussures de sport analogues
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EP1905342A1 (fr) * 2006-09-27 2008-04-02 Lavajet S.R.L. Dispositif de nettoyage des chaussures
FR3016790A1 (fr) * 2014-01-29 2015-07-31 Sofiac Couedic Madore Dispositif de sechage de semelles
RU183268U1 (ru) * 2018-05-04 2018-09-17 Андрей Сергеевич Царев Напольная щетка для обуви

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