EP0980224B1 - Systeme de brosses destine a une machine de nettoyage de sols et/ou de tapis, carpettes ou analogue, et brosse servant dans un tel systeme - Google Patents

Systeme de brosses destine a une machine de nettoyage de sols et/ou de tapis, carpettes ou analogue, et brosse servant dans un tel systeme Download PDF

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EP0980224B1
EP0980224B1 EP98919470A EP98919470A EP0980224B1 EP 0980224 B1 EP0980224 B1 EP 0980224B1 EP 98919470 A EP98919470 A EP 98919470A EP 98919470 A EP98919470 A EP 98919470A EP 0980224 B1 EP0980224 B1 EP 0980224B1
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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
    • A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
    • A47L11/4041—Roll shaped surface treating tools
    • 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
    • A47L11/29—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
    • A47L11/30—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction
    • A47L11/302—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction having rotary tools
    • 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
    • A47L11/4052—Movement of the tools or the like perpendicular to the cleaning surface
    • A47L11/4055—Movement of the tools or the like perpendicular to the cleaning surface for lifting the tools to a non-working position

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  • This invention relates to a machine intended for cleaning floors and/or carpets or rugs and having cylindrical cleaning brushes on horizontal axes.
  • Such machines usually include a spray system using cleaning water taken from a tank mounted on the machine itself for spraying the floor in the vicinity of the brushes.
  • the brushes rotate in such a way that the direction in which each brush rubs the floor is the opposite to that of the other brush of the pair, so that water cannot collect between these brushes.
  • the machine also possesses a system for sucking the water off the floor so as to leave it more or less dry after the passage of the machine.
  • the used water is sucked off the floor by means of nozzles that are placed in contact with the floor upstream and downstream of the set of brushes and are connected to said suction system, which conveys the collected water into a second tank on board the same machine, from where it can subsequently be thrown away or filtered and reused.
  • machines with cylindrical brushes When operated for cleaning by a dry process - for example when cleaning carpets or the like - machines with cylindrical brushes generally have a pair of contrarotating brusher rotating in the opposite direction to that described above in order to collect the dust and dirt between themselves and direct it toward a suction nozzle arranged above and between the brushes.
  • These machines also include a suction system connected to said nozzle, the system in this case having a filter to retain the collected material.
  • the brushes project from a bracket arranged on one side of the machine, in such a way that the free ends - which project toward one side of the machine - of the brushes can be placed with said side alongside a wall delimiting one edge of the surface to be cleaned, so as to clean this edge.
  • this arrangement requires the operator to turn the machine around, an operation which wastes time and requires space that is not always available.
  • a machine according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in EP-A-0197259.
  • Said known machine includes a single pair of cylindrical brushes, which can laterally project from the central part of the machine.
  • US-A-3,869,749 discloses a machine with two pairs of cylindrical brushes.
  • the brushes of each pair are co-axial and mounted in cantilever fashion.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above mentioned type, which has improved cleaning characteristics.
  • At least two pairs of co-axial brushes are provided. Said brushes are mounted cantilever-fashion and project laterally as far as the two opposite sides of the machine, in order to enable the free ends of these brushes on both sides of the machine to be placed laterally against walls delimiting the surface to be cleaned, thereby avoiding the need to turn the machine around.
  • Each pair of brushes is supported by an intermediate bracket from which the brushes extend cantilever-fashion on each side of the bracket.
  • the brushes of each pair are of unequal length and the bracket of each pair is next to the longer brush of the adjacent pair, so that in the movement of translation of the machine perpendicular to said axes all of the surface beneath the machine is brushed by at least one brush.
  • each of said brackets for pairs of brushes is hermetically sealed and comprises bearings for said shaft on each side of a central gear, for driving the shaft and the associated brushes via a key or the like. Said bearings may conveniently be shielded against the ingress of water and/or dust into the transmission of power to the brushes.
  • each brush is connected to its particular part of the supporting shaft by a rapid shaft-hub connection system that can be operated by hand without tools.
  • This system comprises means for keying the body of the brush to the supporting shaft, these means being disconnectable by pulling the brush axially off the shaft, and means for axially snap-locking the body of the brush to this shaft.
  • Said keying means may preferably be located toward the end of the brush nearest the bracket.
  • Said axial locking means are preferably located toward the free end of said shaft and comprise a moveable slide with a catch able to engage in a recess on the shaft. The moveable slide is accessibly by hand from the exterior of the machine in order to disengage it from said recess by overcoming the action of an elastic component, so that the brush can be removed.
  • the present invention also relates to a brush having an axial cylindrical seat suitable for fitting onto a rotating shaft, keying means and manual means for its rapid connection and disconnection to the shaft for easier replacement thereof.
  • the machine has a supporting structure (Figs. 2 and 3) consisting essentially of a thick strip of sheet metal 1A bent up at the rear of the machine to support a tank of clean water 2 (see also Fig. 1) having an outer envelope 2A. Said strip of sheet metal 1A is welded at the front end to two vertical plates 1B. These are joined at the top by a horizontal plate 1C and at the bottom by a cross member 1D (Fig. 1) and support an axle 6 at the bottom for two wheels 6A on which the machine is supported.
  • the machine also possesses two casters 6B pivoted to the supporting structure by suitable attachments not shown in the drawing. The machine can thus easily be moved by hand over the floor using a steering handle 8 hinged to the supporting structure by a hinge 8A which allows it to be folded down on top of the machine when the machine is inactive.
  • the upper plate 1C and the cross member 1D are also connected to each other by two posts 3 (Figs. 3 and 14) whose cylindrical surfaces form vertical guides for two moveable brackets 5A, 5B integral with a plate 7 lying in the vertical sagittal plane of the machine.
  • brackets 9, 11 Fixed on opposite sides of the plate 7 are brackets 9, 11 each carrying a pair of cylindrical brushes 13A, 13B; 15A, 15B on horizontal axes. The brushes of each pair are therefore on opposite sides of the plate 7.
  • Each of said brackets 9, 11 is boxlike and composed of two half shells 9A, 9B; 11A, 11B (Figs. 9, 10) fixed together by screws and pins (not shown in the drawing) and comprises housings for bearings 17, 19 supporting respective power input shafts 21, 22 as well as shafts 23, 24 on which said brushes are mounted.
  • Each bracket 9, 11 contains gearing 25, 26, 27 to connect the power input shafts 21, 22 kinetically to their respective brush shafts 23, 24.
  • Outside said brackets 9, 11, gears 29, 31 are mounted on their respective power input shafts 21, 22 (see also Figs. 1 and 2): these mesh together and gear 31 also meshes with a gear 33 mounted on the shaft of an electric motor 35 that is attached by a flange on its end to the plate 7.
  • the motor 35 can thus turn the shafts 23, 24 and the brushes so as to clean a floor, with reverse rotary movement of the pairs 13A, 13B; 15A, 15B of brushes.
  • Said brushes form, together with their respective gears and the motor and plate 7, a complete assembly that can be raised or lowered on said guides 3 so as to move the brushes toward or away from the surface to be cleaned.
  • a geared motor unit 37 (Figs. 1, 3, 13) mounted on top of the plate 1C can turn a screw 37A in a tapped hole formed in the moveable bracket 5B of the plate 7 so as to move said complete assembly and position it vertically.
  • the machine includes a sensor of the power drawn by the motor 35 to turn the brushes and a regulating circuit which, on the basis of the power drawn by the motor 35, instructs the actuator 37 to raise the set of brushes from the surface to be cleaned if the power drawn rises, for example when an obstacle is encountered or increased roughness of said surface requiring greater torque, or to lower the set if the opposite happens.
  • the machine is provided with a system of regulating the pressure of the brushes on the surface to be cleaned and this system operates in such a way as to maintain constant torque and constant power drawn by the brushes.
  • Said brushes 13A, 13B and 15A, 15B are mounted cantilever-fashion and project laterally as far as the opposite sides of the machine; both sides of the machine can therefore be placed laterally against walls delimiting the surface to be cleaned, and it is therefore unnecessary to turn the machine around.
  • the brushes 13A, 13B; 15A, 15B of each pair of coaxial brushes are of unequal lengths and their respective brackets 9, 11 are each nearest the longer brush 15A, 13B (see Fig. 8) of the adjacent pair.
  • the gaps 13C, 15C between coaxial brushes being staggered laterally relative to each other.
  • each brush 13A, 13B; 15A, 15B is connected to its particular part of the supporting shaft 23; 24 by a rapid shaft-hub connection system that can be operated by hand without tools.
  • a rapid shaft-hub connection system that can be operated by hand without tools.
  • the system includes the fact that the brush is fitted onto the shaft 23 by its cylindrical housing 16 which is approximately as long as the brush, and means for keying the body 14 of the brush to the supporting shaft 23 in the form of a pin 69, which is force-fitted into a transverse hole in the shaft 23, and of two diametrical seats 71 oriented at 90° to each other, one of which seats can be fitted, with an axial movement of the brush 13A, over the parts of said pin 69 that project from the shaft 23.
  • the rapid shaft-hub connection system also includes a means for axially snap-locking the body of the brush to this shaft; this locking means comprises a slide 73 with an axial catch 75 able to move radially in guides 76 integral with the body 14 of the brush.
  • the slide 73 is pushed elastically in a centripetal direction by a spring 77 so as to engage this catch 75 in a recess 79 in the shaft 23 when the brush 13A is fitted onto the shaft 23 and pushed back axially against the pin 69.
  • the pin 69 is located toward the end of the brush nearest the bracket in order to avoid torsion in the part of the shaft 23 projecting beyond the pin, and the slide 73 is situated at the free end of said shaft in order to remain within reach so that the brush can be removed by overcoming the action of the spring 77 and displacing the slide as indicated by the arrow F100.
  • the machine also includes a suction system that may be configured in two different possible suction circuits having in common an exhauster 39, and a system for spraying water onto the floor.
  • the suction circuit has a first configuration between first suction nozzles 41, 43 (Fig. 15) arranged externally and in the vicinity of the set of brushes and a tank 45 (Fig. 2) of used water, for sucking up the water sprinkled on the surface to be cleaned by a water spraying system comprising jets 47, 49 formed in tubes running the full width of the machine and each sited externally on opposite sides of the assembly of brushes and nozzles 41, 43.
  • the exhauster 39 (Figs. 2, 3) creates a depression in the tank 45 via a vertical suction pipe 39A inserted in a liquid-tight manner in a sleeve 45A forming part of the envelope of said tank of used water 45.
  • the nozzles 41, 43 are connected together pneumatically by a horizontal pipe 51 (Fig. 15) and respective connections 53, 55 and to the tank 45 by a flexible pipe 57 that ends in the tank with a vertical pipe 57A inserted in a liquid-tight manner in a sleeve 45B formed from the tank itself (Figs. 1 and 15).
  • said suction circuit can be switched to a second configuration so that it extends between second suction nozzles 59, 61 (Figs 4 and 5) positioned centrally above the set of brushes, and the tank 45.
  • the upper wall of the pipe 57 (Fig. 1) contains a nozzle 57C that can be closed by a cap 57E, when said first configuration of the suction circuit is being used; when said second configuration of the suction circuit is in use, the nozzle 57C is connected via a filter 63 (Fig. 4) to said second nozzles 59, 61 to collect the dust raised by the dry-running brushes.
  • the nozzle 57C may also be connected via a hose to a suction nozzle that can be moved by hand relative to the machine and is not shown in the drawing, for collecting dust, liquids and the like around the machine itself.
  • the pairs of brushes 13A, 13B; 15A, 15B are rotated in the direction of arrows F1, F2, respectively (Fig. 15), in order to throw the cleaning water toward the respective nozzles 41, 43.
  • the rotary motion of the brushes is reversed by said motor 35 control circuit so as to turn them in the opposite direction to the arrows F1, F2, causing the dust to be thrown up toward the second nozzles 59, 61, and these nozzles create a depression and suck the dust into the filter 63.
  • the water spraying system comprises an electric pump 65 (Figs. 1 and 3) of the type operated by an electromagnet and a pulse generating circuit (not shown in the drawing) for energizing the magnet, this circuit enabling the frequency of said pulses to be adjusted to a desired value to vary the output of the pump.
  • the electric pump takes clean water from the bottom of the tank 2 through a tube 65A and, by means of a tube 65B and through a unit 67 in which the water is heated and/or vaporized, sends it to said jets 47, 49. Consequently by activating the pump 65 and optionally the heating unit, hot or cold water and/or steam can be sprayed onto the surface that is to be cleaned.
  • Said heating unit 67 (Figs.
  • the electrical resistors 68 in thermal contact with a coil 70 carrying the water.
  • the coil 70 is formed by a groove on one face of a first metal plate 70A, a second metal plate 70B being placed liquid-tight against said face of the plate 70A.
  • the electrical resistors 68 are applied to the outsides of the plates 70A, 70B.
  • the machine is powered by a plurality of on-board batteries 81, in this case four (Figs. 1 and 3), placed in an upward cavity defined by a wall 2B that closes the top of the clean water tank 2.
  • This cavity forms a housing of the exact dimensions of said batteries, and said housing is covered at the top by the base 45C of the used water tank 45. This gives an extremely compact, space-saving machine with its own self-contained power supply.
  • the machine is equipped with means for selectively raising and lowering, into contact with the ground, either of said first suction nozzles 41, 43 or for partially raising both of them simultaneously.
  • these means comprise two linkages 83, 85 (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) arranged on the sides of the machine and basically identical.
  • These linkages comprise links 87, 89 from which respective nozzles 41, 43 are suspended, hinged to respective pivoting sector links 91, 93 attached to respective transverse shafts 91 A, 93A.
  • Also hinged to the sector links are rods 95, 96 (for linkages 83, 85, respectively) connecting the sector links together.
  • the linkage 85 has an expansion 97 in the rod 96 containing a slot 99.
  • the vertical sides of said slot are connected kinematically to an eccentric disk 101, which disk can be turned through 180° about a horizontal axis X-X by a geared motor 103 mounted on the vertical plate 7 by brackets (not shown in the drawing).
  • the eccentric disk 101 effects in alternation, by the horizontal sliding of the rod 96, a raising of one nozzle and a lowering of the other into respective positions of maximum raising (Fig. 16A) and maximum lowering (Fig. 16C). More specifically, because these nozzles 41, 43 are intended for wet cleaning the floor, it is advisable that the foremost nozzle with respect to the translational motion of the machine, e.g. nozzle 41 with respect to the direction of movement indicated by arrow F4 in Fig. 16, be raised to allow the water sprayed by the jets 47, 49 to come into contact with the brushes, and that the rear nozzle 43 be lowered to suck the water up and leave the floor more or less dry.
  • the machine For the purpose of automatically reversing the positions of the nozzles 41, 43 when the machine reverses its direction of movement, the machine includes a sensor for sensing the direction of forward travel of the machine: this consists of a component 105 (Fig. 15) that pivots between two stops 105A, 105B hinged coaxially to a machine support wheel 6A and held against it for friction purposes by a spring (not shown in the drawing). Said component is moved by the friction of the wheel 6A between the stops 105A and 105B depending on the direction of rotation of said wheel, throwing one or other of the microswitches 107, 108 in the process.
  • a sensor for sensing the direction of forward travel of the machine this consists of a component 105 (Fig. 15) that pivots between two stops 105A, 105B hinged coaxially to a machine support wheel 6A and held against it for friction purposes by a spring (not shown in the drawing). Said component is moved by the friction of the wheel 6A between the stops 105A and
  • This throwing of the switches causes the output shaft of the geared motor 103 to rotate through 180°, thereby reversing the positions of the nozzles. Furthermore the output shaft of the geared motor 103 can be turned through only 90°; the eccentric disk 101 then assumes an intermediate position in which both nozzles 41, 43 are partially raised off the surface that is to be cleaned (Fig. 16B), e.g. for dry operation of the machine using said second suction circuit or to allow the use of a suction nozzle separate from the machine.
  • the linkage controlling the nozzles 41, 43 includes articulation slots 91B, 93B (Fig. 2) formed in the sector links 91, 93 holding pins force-fitted into each end of the rod 95. These pins and slots thus form loose hinges within the linkage to allow further raising of the lowered nozzle when the nozzle encounters obstacles or irregularities in the surface being cleaned. Once over the obstacle, gravity will pull the nozzle back down to follow the surface being cleaned.
  • said means for raising the nozzles 41, 43 comprise, close to one side of the machine, two adjacent cams 205, 207 (see Figs. 17 and 18) attached to the output shaft of the actuator 103 and, for each nozzle 41, 43, a linkage formed by a link 187, 189 and by first and second rockers 191, 193; 195, 197, the first rockers being attached to said transverse shafts 91A, 93A and the second rockers being pivoted on axes 193A, 197A parallel to the axis X-X of the actuator.
  • rockers of each pair are connected to each other at one end by means of a pin 199 driven into the second rocker 193, 197 and inserted with a small degree of play in a slot in the first rocker 191, 195, while the other end of each first rocker 191, 195 is connected to its respective link 197, 189 by a pin 200 and a slot 187A, 189A that allows its respective nozzle 41, 43 to rise when it encounters an obstacle.
  • the second rockers 193, 197 press their free ends elastically against the respective cams 205, 207.
  • the linkage comprises only one rocker (not shown in the drawing) similar to said first rocker 191, 193, attached to the respective transverse shaft 91A, 93A, and a similar link to the link 187, 189.
  • the profiles of said cams are designed to produce, depending on the angular position of the output shaft of the actuator 103 to which they are attached, four combinations of positions of the nozzles 41, 43.
  • both nozzles are raised clear of the surface on which the machine is standing, as for example to move the machine from one location to another.
  • By turning the cams in the direction of arrow F202 through an angle A both nozzles are lowered to a maximum extent and brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned, e.g. in order to suck up water lying on the surface.
  • nozzle 41 Upon further rotation through an angle B, nozzle 41 will be raised and nozzle 43 lowered, and upon further rotation through an angle C, the positions of the nozzles will be reversed.
  • the actuator 103 alternates the latter two positions depending on the direction in which the machine is advancing, in much the same way as was described with regard to the first embodiment of the nozzle raising device.
  • connection 53, 55 between the nozzles 41, 43 and the piping 51 of the suction circuit include an intermediate flexible length 53A, 55A situated below and in the vicinity of a respective abutment formed by the shafts 91A, 93A that turn the pivot links of the linkages.
  • said flexible part 53A of the connection 53 is open, allowing the suction to draw up the used water from the floor.
  • the nozzle 41 and/or 43 is raised either to an intermediate position (Fig. 16B), or completely (Fig.
  • the flexible length 53A of the connection is obstructed, having been squashed by the raising of the nozzle against the respective shaft 91A, 93A.
  • the suction is concentrated only in the nozzle that is in contact with the floor and so is not wasted.

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  1. Machine de nettoyage de sols et/ou moquettes, tapis ou analogue, comprenant des brosses cylindriques motorisées sur des axes horizontaux qui peuvent être placées en contact avec la surface à nettoyer ou surélevées par rapport à celle-ci par des moyens d'abaissement et de levage, dans laquelle lesdites brosses (13A, 13B; 15A, 15B) font saillies latéralement, une aussi loin qu'un côté de la machine et l'autre aussi loin que l'autre côté; caractérisée en ce que:
    la machine comprend au moins deux paires de brosses (13A, 13B; 15A, 15B) avec des axes mutuellement parallèles;
    lesdites: brosses sont montées comme un cantilever, afin de permettre aux extrémités libres desdites brosses des deux côtés de la machine d'être placées latéralement contre les murs délimitant la surface à nettoyer;
    les brosses cylindriques (13A, 13B, 15A, 15B) de chaque paire sont coaxiales, et sont supportées via un arbre (23, 24) par un support intermédiaire (9, 11) contre lequel les brosses se trouvent; et
    les brosses de chaque paire ont une longueur inégale, le support (9) d'une paire de brosses (13A, 13B) étant espacé par rapport au support (11) de l'autre paire de brosses (15A, 15B), afin que dans le mouvement de translation de la machine perpendiculaire auxdits axes toute la surface sous la machine soit brossée par au moins une brosse.
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chacun desdits supports (9, 11) est hermétiquement fermé et comprend des roulements (19) pour ledit arbre (23, 24) de chaque côté d'un engrenage central (27), pour entraîner l'arbre (23, 24) et les brosses associées via une clavette ou similaire.
  3. Machine selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que lesdits roulements (9) sont protégés contre l'entrée d'eau et/ou de poussière dans la transmission de puissance aux brosses.
  4. Machine selon l'une quelconque des précédentes revendications, caractérisée en ce que chaque brosse (13A, 13B, 15A, 15B) est reliée à sa partie donnée de l'arbre de soutien (23, 24) par un système de connexion rapide arbre-moyeu qui peut être actionné à la main sans outils.
  5. Machine selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que ledit système de connexion arbre-moyeu comprend des moyens (69, 71) pour claveter le corps de la brosse à l'arbre de soutien, ces moyens pouvant être déconnectés en tirant la brosse axialement hors de l'arbre, et des moyens (75, 79) pour axialement verrouiller par encliquetage le corps de la brosse à cet arbre.
  6. Machine selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de clavetage sont situés vers l'extrémité de la brosse la plus proche du support.
  7. Machine selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de verrouillage axial sont situés vers l'extrémité libre dudit arbre, et en conséquence sont accessibles, et comprennent une coulisse mobile (73) avec un cliquet (75) pouvant venir en prise dans un retrait (79) sur l'arbre (23, 24), la coulisse étant accessible à la main depuis l'extérieur de la machine afin de la dégager dudit retrait en contrant l'action d'un composant élastique (77) et en retirant la brosse.
  8. Brosse cylindrique de la machine selon au moins l'une des revendications 4 à 7, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un siège cylindrique axial (16) à placer sur un arbre rotatif (23) et des moyens de connexion rapide arbre-moyeu (69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79) qui peuvent être actionnés à la main sans l'aide d'outils.
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