EP1027854A1 - Outil de nettoyage - Google Patents
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- EP1027854A1 EP1027854A1 EP99102497A EP99102497A EP1027854A1 EP 1027854 A1 EP1027854 A1 EP 1027854A1 EP 99102497 A EP99102497 A EP 99102497A EP 99102497 A EP99102497 A EP 99102497A EP 1027854 A1 EP1027854 A1 EP 1027854A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
- B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
- B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
- B05B3/06—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet by jet reaction, i.e. creating a spinning torque due to a tangential component of the jet
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
- B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
- B05B3/025—Rotational joints
- B05B3/026—Rotational joints the fluid passing axially from one joint element to another
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
- B08B3/02—Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
- B08B3/024—Cleaning by means of spray elements moving over the surface to be cleaned
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
- B08B3/02—Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
- B08B3/026—Cleaning by making use of hand-held spray guns; Fluid preparations therefor
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- the present invention relates to an accessory tool for use with a high-pressure cleaner for cleaning surfaces, in particular paved surfaces as set forth in the preamble of claim 1.
- a tool of this kind is disclosed in US-A-3,748,050.
- a tool for use with a high-pressure cleaner discharging a generally circular pattern of cleaning fluid towards a surface or object to be cleaned.
- the tool has a housing having a peripheral flange terminating in an edge surrounding an open side of the housing.
- a rotor received within the housing is adapted to receive the cleaning fluid from the high-pressure cleaner.
- the rotor comprises a pair of laterally directed tubular arms with nozzles secured to the ends of the arms that direct cleaning fluid under pressure towards the open side of the housing.
- the use of domestic high-pressure cleaners has become popular. These high-pressure cleaners for domestic use have a relatively low power output.
- the tool as disclosed in US-3,748,050 is provided with a housing with an outer contour which is either a circle or a square. This contour is not convenient for reaching in corners, in particular in corners with an acute angle. Moreover upon hitting an obstacle the contours tend to bounce the tool back instead of allowing it to pass the object on the side.
- the contour of the housing is a curvilinear triangle.
- the contour of the housing is a spherical triangle.
- the inlet conduit my be provided with a narrowing extending upstream from the transition from the inlet conduit to the transit conduit in the rotor causing the flow speed of the cleaning fluid at the transition to increase and the pressure of the cleaning fluid to decrease thereby reducing the sealing requirements.
- the tool may be provided with a means for adjusting the distance between the at least one outlet nozzle and the surface to be cleaned.
- the rotational movement of the rotor may be driven by the cleaning fluid leaving the outlet nozzle.
- the tool may also hover above the surface to be cleaned carried by the reaction force of the cleaning fluid leaving the outlet nozzle.
- the terminating edge of the housing may be provided with protuberances for improving the drainage of the cleaning fluid.
- the tool as shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a housing 10 having a top wall 12 which goes over into a peripheral wall 14 which terminates in an edge 16 surrounding an opening side of the housing.
- the peripheral wall follows the contours of a curvilinear triangle, in particular a spherical triangle.
- the triangular contour allows the tool to pass objects by sliding along them instead of bouncing back and enables cleaning in corners with an acute angle.
- the tool is moved forwards by the operator with one of the corners of the triangular contour leading.
- the peripheral wall 14 extends downwardly from the top wall 12 and the edge 16 which forms the bottom edge of the tool is according to a preferred embodiment provided with protuberances 18 for the tool to rest on, thus leaving a clearance between the terminating edge 16 and the surface to be cleaned allowing the cleaning fluid to evacuate.
- a rotor 30 is received within the pan-shaped housing 10.
- a collar 20 is attached to and extends through the centre of the top wall 12.
- the collar 20 is threaded on a support ring 22 which is fixed to the top wall of the housing.
- the collar 20 is secured against rotation with respect to the threaded support 22 by a locking nut 24.
- the rotor 30 is rotatably coupled to the collar 20.
- the rotor 30 comprises at least one outwardly directed tubular arm 32.
- the rotor is provided with two oppositely directed tubular arms 32 which are attached to a hollow T-shaped connector piece 33.
- a downwardly directed nozzle 34 is secured to the end of the arm 32.
- the rotor 30 comprises a transit conduit adapted to carry cleaning fluid under pressure to the nozzle 34.
- the nozzle 34 has a discharge orifice to direct the cleaning fluid under pressure through the open side of the housing to the surface to be cleaned.
- the relatively low power as availble from a domestic high pressure cleaner is not split in two uneffective jet spays but instead used effeciently as a single and high impact jet spray.
- the nozzle 34 is directed at an inclined angle, preferably about 7°, with respect to the rotation axis of the rotor 30 so that the reaction force on the nozzle, due to discharge of fluid under pressure from the nozzle, will turn the arm 32 in the direction of the arrow A shown in Figure 1, and thereby provide a revolving motion of the rotor, which is preferably in the range of 400 - 600 rpm.
- the cleaning fluid thus describes a circular pattern over the surface to be cleaned.
- the distance from the bottom edge 16 to the orifice of the nozzle 34 can be adjusted by rotation of the collar 20 within the threaded support 22.
- the collar 20 defines a part of the inlet conduit.
- the inlet conduit receives the high-pressure cleaning fluid from the high-pressure cleaner.
- the collar 20 is connected via a swivel 26 to a quick coupling 28.
- the quick coupling 28 can be connected to the lance or the spray gun of the high-pressure cleaner.
- the inlet conduit 24 extends from the coupling 28 via the swivel 26 to the collar 20.
- the transit conduit extends in the rotor 30 from the inlet conduit to the outlet nozzle 34. The high-pressure cleaning fluid thus reaches the nozzle via the inlet conduit and thereafter the transit conduit.
- the rotary coupling between the rotor 30 and the collar 20 comprises an upper bearing bush 25 and a lower bearing bush 27 which are placed within the collar 20.
- the rotor extends through the lower bearing bush 27 and upwards into the upper bearing bush 25.
- the upper bearing bush 25 defines a through-passage 29 for passage of the cleaning fluid and for receiving the uppermost part of the rotor 30.
- the uppermost part of the rotor 30 is a sleeve 38 which fits tightly within the through-passage 29 of the upper bearing bush 25.
- the lower bearing bush 27 serves in combination with a flange 39 on the rotor 30 as an axial bearing.
- the cross-sectional area of the passageway 29 is significantly smaller than the cross-sectional area of the passageway 23 in the collar 20.
- the flow speed of the cleaning fluid in the narrow passageway 29 is therefore significantly higher than the flow speed of the cleaning fluid in the passageway 23 in the collar 20.
- the increased flow speed in the narrow through-passageway 29 results in accordance with Bernoulli's law in a lower pressure in the narrow through-passage 29 with respect to the pressure in the passageway 23. Accordingly, the sealing of the rotational connection can be achieved by a tight fit between the sleeve 38 and the passageway 29 in the upper bearing bush 25, without the need of additional resilient means.
- the collar 20 and the connection of the rotor 30 to the collar 20 are shown in detail in cross-section in accordance with the second embodiment of the invention.
- the collar 20 is slideably received in the support 22.
- the supposurt houses a resilient latch 40 that engages the vertiacally spaced grooves 42 in the side surface of the collar 20.
- the latch 40 may provided with a handle (not shown) to diengage the latch in order to allow the collar 20 to be relocated with respect to the housing 10.
- the rotary connection between the rotor 30 and the collar 20 does not necessarily have to include all the features as described in the above embodiment, i.e. the rotor does not necessarily have to extend into the narrow passageway 29. It is sufficient if a narrow passageway is provided just before the transition between the stationary part of the inlet conduit and the rotating part, i.e. the transit conduit.
- a handle is attached to the housing 10. Further the swivel 26 allows the tool to adapt its angular position with respect to the spray gun.
- the height adjustment of the collar 20 does not necessarily have to be carried out as described above. Any conventional locking means that allow axial repositioning could be suitable.
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EP99102497A EP1027854A1 (fr) | 1999-02-10 | 1999-02-10 | Outil de nettoyage |
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EP99102497A EP1027854A1 (fr) | 1999-02-10 | 1999-02-10 | Outil de nettoyage |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO2008151743A3 (fr) * | 2007-06-13 | 2009-04-23 | Kaercher Gmbh & Co Kg Alfred | Tête de nettoyage de surface |
EP2255896A2 (fr) | 2009-05-28 | 2010-12-01 | Producteers Aps | Appareil de nettoyage |
CN101939116B (zh) * | 2008-02-22 | 2013-06-12 | 阿尔弗雷德·凯驰两合公司 | 表面清洁头 |
Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3748050A (en) * | 1971-11-12 | 1973-07-24 | Chaska Chem Co Inc | Cleaner assembly |
US3829019A (en) * | 1972-02-02 | 1974-08-13 | Chaska Chem Co Inc | Spinner assembly |
US4895179A (en) * | 1987-05-13 | 1990-01-23 | Harben Systems Limited | Cleaning apparatus |
US5135015A (en) * | 1990-02-12 | 1992-08-04 | Young's Hovercover, Inc. | Pressurized fluid cleaning device |
US5265805A (en) * | 1992-08-17 | 1993-11-30 | Artenian Steven M | Rotary lance cleaning apparatus |
US5531380A (en) * | 1994-03-15 | 1996-07-02 | Thompson, Sr.; Earl E. | Nozzle device with jet seal and method |
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3748050A (en) * | 1971-11-12 | 1973-07-24 | Chaska Chem Co Inc | Cleaner assembly |
US3829019A (en) * | 1972-02-02 | 1974-08-13 | Chaska Chem Co Inc | Spinner assembly |
US4895179A (en) * | 1987-05-13 | 1990-01-23 | Harben Systems Limited | Cleaning apparatus |
US5135015A (en) * | 1990-02-12 | 1992-08-04 | Young's Hovercover, Inc. | Pressurized fluid cleaning device |
US5265805A (en) * | 1992-08-17 | 1993-11-30 | Artenian Steven M | Rotary lance cleaning apparatus |
US5531380A (en) * | 1994-03-15 | 1996-07-02 | Thompson, Sr.; Earl E. | Nozzle device with jet seal and method |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO2008151743A3 (fr) * | 2007-06-13 | 2009-04-23 | Kaercher Gmbh & Co Kg Alfred | Tête de nettoyage de surface |
CN101678406B (zh) * | 2007-06-13 | 2012-04-25 | 阿尔弗雷德·凯驰两合公司 | 表面清洁头 |
CN101939116B (zh) * | 2008-02-22 | 2013-06-12 | 阿尔弗雷德·凯驰两合公司 | 表面清洁头 |
EP2255896A2 (fr) | 2009-05-28 | 2010-12-01 | Producteers Aps | Appareil de nettoyage |
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