EP1352137B1 - Rollvorrichtung mit selbstantrieb zur reinigung einer eingetauchten fläche - Google Patents

Rollvorrichtung mit selbstantrieb zur reinigung einer eingetauchten fläche Download PDF

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EP1352137B1
EP1352137B1 EP01271481A EP01271481A EP1352137B1 EP 1352137 B1 EP1352137 B1 EP 1352137B1 EP 01271481 A EP01271481 A EP 01271481A EP 01271481 A EP01271481 A EP 01271481A EP 1352137 B1 EP1352137 B1 EP 1352137B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
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  • the invention relates to a self-propelled mobile surface cleaner immersed in a liquid, in particular a swimming pool.
  • Some pool cleaners are of the rolling type, that is to say comprising rotary rolling members (rollers, wheels, rollers, tracks, etc.) about transverse axes of rotation that are at least substantially parallel to the plane of rotation. rolling of the device defined by these rolling members, corresponding to the surface on which the device moves.
  • Such devices may be self-propelled, that is to say incorporate and carry at least one motor (electrical, hydraulic ..) driving at least one motor shaft whose rotary motion must be transmitted to at least one rolling member for the l rotate.
  • the self-propelled apparatus comprises at least one electric motor powered by a sealed electrical cable immersed in the pool, and whose output shaft (rotor) forms a motor shaft .
  • a motorized electrical apparatus is also generally equipped (see for example FR-2584442 ) a waste electric pump and a filter bag for waste recovery.
  • the device is, in most cases, more or less automatic operation and is generally qualified robot.
  • the document FR 2,584,442 describes a cleaner consisting of a hollow body open at its base and the body having lateral flanges.
  • the open base is equipped with a blanking plate with liquid inlet in the vicinity of the surface to be cleaned.
  • the body is further equipped with a sealed housing housed therein. This housing contains on the one hand an electric pump motor and on the other hand a reversible drive motor.
  • the cleaner further comprises a filter chamber formed inside the hollow body.
  • these devices consist of an outer rigid shell forming the main frame of the apparatus carrying all of its constituent elements, namely on the one hand the rolling members and, on the other hand, the electric motor. 'training.
  • the hydraulic circuit is usually vertical amount between a lower entrance in the hull and an upper outlet of the hull.
  • the transmission between the electric motor and the rollers is via belt side transmission assemblies generally attached to the side of the hull.
  • the shell which simultaneously forms the hydraulic circuit and serves as a frame supporting the mechanical members, freezes the external forms and the aesthetics of the device and must be robust, heavy and expensive construction. Maintenance of the mechanical part is also difficult, long and complex.
  • the apparatus incorporates a volume of water “dead” (water volume upstream of the filter remaining in the device at rest) important, which makes it particularly heavy and difficult to handle and out of the water.
  • water volume upstream of the filter remaining in the device at rest water volume upstream of the filter remaining in the device at rest
  • access to mechanical devices for maintenance purposes is relatively long and difficult.
  • the invention therefore aims to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a self-propelled surface-immersed rolling apparatus which has a unidirectional hydraulic circuit (without abrupt change in direction of flow), simple, effective, but whose mechanical part is simple, light, robust, does not require a rigid shell and can be common to many different models of aesthetics.
  • the invention also aims to provide such an apparatus whose manufacture and maintenance are simple, fast and inexpensive and in particular whose assembly and disassembly are quick and easy.
  • an apparatus according to the invention is free of rigid shell forming the hydraulic circuit.
  • the side flanges of the frame act as side walls for the hydraulic circuit.
  • the top cover, the transverse walls and the bottom of participate not in the transmission of the motor movement and can be simple and lightened.
  • the two flanges are similar, the frame being symmetrical with respect to a median longitudinal plane orthogonal to a rolling plane defined by its rolling members.
  • the frame is symmetrical with respect to a median transverse plane orthogonal to a rolling plane defined by its rolling members.
  • the number of separate parts used for producing an apparatus according to the invention is low.
  • the two flanges may be identical, and the two transverse walls may be identical.
  • an apparatus comprises at least one front running member extending between the two flanges, in front of the front transverse wall, outside the hydraulic circuit, and at least one rear rolling member. extending between the two flanges, at the rear of the rear transverse wall, outside the hydraulic circuit.
  • the (the) bearing member (s) front may (may) be identical (s) to 1 '(the) body (s) rolling back. It can be simple rollers guided between the flanges by their ends
  • At least one of the flanges is formed of an outer casing cassette enclosing means for transmitting the motor movement-in particular a gear train.
  • the two flanges carry transmission means.
  • the apparatus comprises two separate independent drive motors (a left engine and a right motor), each of these motors having a drive shaft (the apparatus comprising a left drive shaft and a right drive shaft), and two pairs of independent running gear, namely a pair of front running gear and a pair of rear rolling members, the two rolling members (left and right) of the same pair (front or rear) being arranged in coaxial extension of one another and independent of one of the another in rotation, one of them being coupled by means of transmission means, to one of the two motor shafts, while the other is coupled, via transmission means, to the other motor shaft.
  • the apparatus thus comprises a left front rolling member and a left rear rolling member coupled to the left drive shaft of the left drive motor; and a right front rolling member and a right rear rolling member coupled to the right drive shaft of the right drive motor.
  • the apparatus can be directed by differential control of the two motors.
  • the two rolling members of the same pair extend between the flanges, one being guided by one of the flanges, the other being guided by the other flange, and are advantageously associated and guided axially one. compared to each other.
  • they are guided relative to each other by a cylindrical telescopic type assembly allowing relative rotations.
  • This assembly and / or one and / or the other of the two rolling members can also be guided in rotation with respect to the transverse wall facing by an instant disassembly assembly-especially hook-facilitating disassembly and reassembly rolling elements, for example for packing changes.
  • the flanges have grooves for receiving the extreme lateral edges of the transverse walls.
  • the transverse walls are fixed to the flanges by simply embedding their extreme edges in the grooves of the flanges.
  • it simply ensures a better seal between the hydraulic circuit inside the device, in depression, and the basin outside the device.
  • each flange is removably attached to the crankcase, including through screws or bolts.
  • the transverse walls are fixed with the top cover by screws or bolts tightening the upper cover on the transverse walls.
  • the entire assembly of flanges to the crankcase, and transverse walls by recess flanges and the upper cover by relative clamping, is particularly simple, easy and quick to assemble or disassemble and gives high rigidity to the structure and formed of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus comprises a carrying handle fixed to the frame -particularly to the flanges-through the hood.
  • This attachment can be made by hooking, the handle having ends with hooks passing through hood lights, with a locking jumper inserted behind each hook in the hood light to lock it in place relative to the hood.
  • crankcase is molded at most just around the elements it contains and has rounded shapes promoting the flow of water.
  • the crankcase comprises an upper central pumping pump with a pumping axis orthogonal to a rolling plane defined by the rolling members and driving a pumping propeller disposed outside the crankcase. under the hood opening, and able to generate a flow of water in the device between the water inlets and the upper orifice.
  • the bottom carries a filter interposed on the hydraulic circuit between the lower water inlets and the upper discharge orifice.
  • the filter extends between the motor housing and each transverse wall.
  • the bottom is fixed removably relative to the frame.
  • the bottom is attached to the flanges.
  • the bottom is fixed to the frame by fastening means elastic hooking.
  • At least one of the transverse walls has at least one drain valve adapted to allow the draining of the hydraulic circuit by gravity when the apparatus is extracted from the liquid.
  • the device according to the invention is simple, inexpensive, robust, easy and quick to assemble and disassemble, so to repair, maintain and use, can be subject to significant aesthetic variations at lower industrial cost (just for example to change the shape of the hood), comprises a dead volume of zero or almost zero liquid (the hydraulic circuit draining completely during the extraction of the device from the liquid) and is light and easy to handle.
  • FIGs 1 and 2 there is shown a device (or robot) according to the invention self-propelled electric submerged surface cleaner, particularly a swimming pool, comprising a casing 1 central transverse rigid rigid plastic motor containing two similar independent electric motors 83, one on each side, each driving a rotating motor shaft 2 transversely which opens projecting laterally outside the crankcase 1.
  • the crankcase 1 encloses a third electric motor 70 whose drive shaft, said pump shaft 71, opens vertically upwards to the outside the casing 1 motor for driving a propeller 3 pumping upper outside the casing 1 engine.
  • the apparatus according to the invention also comprises two lateral transmission cassettes 6 according to the invention, one on each side.
  • Each transmission cassette 6 is fixed rigidly but removably, in a unitary assembly, respectively at each lateral end 7 of the engine casing 1.
  • Each cassette 6 forms a lateral flange extending longitudinally towards the front and towards the rear of the casing 1 motor, so as to form a rigid frame 72 generally H-shaped on which the other members of the apparatus are reported and fixed, namely an upper cover 5, a handle 8 maneuvering; transverse front walls 9 and rear 10 extending between the two cassettes 6 and the upper cover 5, and at the front and respectively at the rear of the casing 1 motor and delimiting between them and with the cassettes 6, in lower part, a lower opening closed by a bottom 11 with water inlets 66 with valves allowing the entry of water upwards but prohibiting water outlets down.
  • the bottom 11 carries a filter bag 12 incorporated in the housing 73 thus constituted by the cover 5, the transverse walls 9, 10 and the cassettes 6.
  • the filter bag 12 has two pockets extending in front and, respectively at the rear of the crankcase 1 engine, between the crankcase and each transverse wall 9, 10.
  • the front 9 and rear 10 transverse walls are provided at their bottom with non-return check valves 74 adapted to prevent the entry of water from the outside into the housing 73 during the operation of the apparatus, but allow, by gravity, the water outlet contained in the housing 73 after stopping the device.
  • the water contained in the housing 73 is automatically drained by gravity by the drain valves 74 when the device is out of the water.
  • the apparatus comprises two front rollers 13 (a left front roll and a right front roll), extending between the two cassettes 6, and at the front of the front transverse wall 9, to the outside of the hydraulic circuit formed in the housing 73, and transversely and in axial extension of one another, rotatable about a transverse axis parallel to the surface on which they roll, each of these rolling members before 13 being coupled, respectively, to one of the side cassettes 6; and two rear rollers 14 (a left rear roller and a right rear roller) extending between the two cassettes 6 and rearward of the rear transverse wall 10, outside the hydraulic circuit formed in the housing 73, and transversely and in axial extension of one another, rotatable about a transverse axis parallel to the surface on which they roll, each of these rear rolling members 14 being coupled respectively to one of the cassettes 6 side.
  • two front rollers 13 a left front roll and a right front roll
  • the two rollers of the same pair of front or rear rollers 14 are independent of each other, in rotation, that is to say not integral in rotation, each of them being driven by the one of the motors 83 (left or right), to the drive shaft 2 (left or right) of which it is connected by a transmission cassette 6.
  • Each roll 13, 14 comprises a cylindrical main shaft 17, and a peripheral lining 18 for example of foam and / or formed of brushes, mounted to rotate with the shaft 17, but can be replaced in case of wear.
  • the shafts 17 of the two rollers before 13 or rear 14 are cylindrical in revolution and telescopic one in the other axially so as to be close together in the central part of the apparatus to be uncoupled from the cassettes 6 laterally and dismounted from the apparatus, or, conversely, be moved away from each other for their coupling to the cassettes 6.
  • the shafts 17 of the rollers 13, 14 are also guided by a bearing 15, 16 central integral with the front wall 9, disposed between the two front rollers 13 or rear 14.
  • This bearing 15, 16 comprises a notch 15 for receiving the larger diameter shaft 17 of one of the rollers 13, 14 and a locking hook 16 pivoting so as to can be folded over the indentation 15 and the tree 17 for mounting the rollers or, otherwise, cleared from the notch 15 for disassembly of the rollers 13, 14.
  • the two rear rollers 14 are similar to the front rollers 13, transverse axis parallel to that of the front rollers 13, and mounted and driven in a manner similar to the front rollers 13.
  • the bearings 15, 16 integral with the transverse walls 9, 10 guiding the rollers 13, 14 undergo little effort radially. Indeed, the two rollers of the same pair are telescopic and thus guided and held radially relative to each other while being free to rotate relative to each other, and are also guided and held at their opposite ends by the cassettes 6.
  • the rollers 13, 14 define a rolling plane of the apparatus corresponding to the immersed surface on which it is moving.
  • the motor shafts 2 of the apparatus are coaxial and parallel to this running surface.
  • the pump shaft 71 of the third motor driving the propeller 3 is orthogonal to this rolling plane, so that the propeller 3 is adapted to create a flow of water in the orthogonal direction away from the running surface ( vertically upwards when the immersed surface is horizontal) from the lower inlets 66 around the crankcase 1 and between the transverse walls 9, 10, the cassettes 6 and the casing 1 motor, and up to an upper discharge orifice 4 formed in the upper cover 5 of the apparatus through which the water is discharged from the apparatus upwards.
  • the filter bag 12 extends to the front and rear of the crankcase 1 and its opening is associated with the periphery of the bottom 11 so that the filter bag 12 is interposed on the circuit of the water between the inputs 66 and the outlet port 4.
  • the casing 1 can be molded just around the motors 70, 83 and organs it contains, for the benefit of a smaller footprint, an increase in rigidity, and hydrodynamic rounded outer forms.
  • a waterproof power supply cable 19 is connected inside the crankcase 1, for the supply and control of the various motors 70, 83, and this cable 19 passes through the top cover 5 by one of the lights 79 of fixing the handle 8 so as to be connected to a power source external to the device and the pool.
  • each cassette 6 has a symmetry with respect to a median transverse plane orthogonal to the rolling plane and therefore to the surface on which the apparatus moves. This plane of symmetry is thus particularly vertical when this surface is horizontal.
  • the frame 72, and more generally the apparatus are generally symmetrical with respect to the same median transverse plane orthogonal to the rolling plane, and this plane of symmetry of the robot coincides with the plane of symmetry of each cassette 6.
  • the frame 72 and the apparatus are also generally symmetrical with respect to a median longitudinal plane orthogonal to the rolling plane.
  • Each transmission cassette 6 comprises an outer rigid casing 20 (the other elements of the cassette 6 being incorporated in this casing 20).
  • This housing 20 is formed of two half-shells 20a, 20b including an inner half-shell 20a closest to the crankcase 1 of the apparatus, fixed to the crankcase 1 of the apparatus, and an outer half-shell 20b the further away from the crankcase 1 of the appliance.
  • Each half-shell extends at least substantially orthogonally to the rolling plane and in the longitudinal direction, and the two half-shells 20a, 20b are assembled to one another in a generally longitudinal plane 21a, 21b.
  • the half-shells 20a, 20b are made of molded rigid plastic.
  • the inner half-shell 20a comprises a middle upper bracket 22 extending transversely towards the center of the device so as to be fixed by a screw 23 to the engine casing 1, above the drive shaft 2.
  • the handle 8 has two ends 76, each of them having a hook 77 adapted to be engaged in a slot 78 of the bracket 22 and to hook to this bracket 22.
  • the cover 5 is provided with lights 79 allowing the passage of hooks 77 through the cover 5, and the insertion of 80 locking jumpers adapted to lock the hooks 77 in the hooking position.
  • Each light 79 of the cover 5 is larger than the hook 77, so that a locking jumper 80 can be inserted into this light 79 at the rear of the hook 77, between the hook 77 and the edge facing the light 79 to push laterally the hook 77 in the hooking position with the bracket 22.
  • To raise the handle 8 is performed the reverse operations.
  • the handle 8 is thus fixed on the brackets 22 of the cassettes 6, so on the frame 72, through the cover 5 removably. It should be noted that this attachment of the handle 8 to the frame 72 also secures the cover 5 to the frame 72, the hooks 77 and jumpers 80 having an outer portion greater than the lights 79 of the cover 5 so that the cover 5 is maintained against the brackets 22 of the cassettes 6.
  • the inner half-shell 20a also comprises two lower side brackets 24 also extending transversely towards the center of the apparatus to be placed above a lateral lower flange of the crankcase 1 and secured thereto by means of screws 26. Between the brackets 22, 24, the inner half-shell 20a is shaped to receive the lateral end 7 of the crankcase 1, the drive shaft 2 can be coupled to an input pin 27 of the cassette 6 accessible via a light 43 passing through the inner half-shell 20a, axially facing the drive shaft 2.
  • each half-shell 20a, 20b defines a cylindrical housing 28a, 28b receiving a ring 29a, 29b, antifriction synthetic material, which itself receives an axial cylindrical extension 30a, 30b of the input pin 27 for its guidance in rotation in the ring 29a, 29b.
  • the cylindrical axial extension 30a extending on the side of the inner half-shell 20a is extended by four clutch pins 31 forming removable coupling means to the drive shaft 2.
  • the drive shaft 2 is itself endowed a jaw cross 32 adapted to receive the clutch pins 31 of the input trunnion 27 when the cassette 6 is in place on the crankcase 1.
  • the pins 31 and the cross 32 of interconnection thus realize means removable coupling by simple relative positioning, of dog type, the pins 31 extending axially engaging in the notches conjugate cross 32.
  • the cassette 6 also comprises two output journals 33, 34, namely a front output journal 33 and a rear output journal 34, adapted to be coupled, through the casing 20, to the shaft 17 of one of the front rollers 13 or respectively rear 14.
  • Each output trunnion 33, 34 is freely rotatable about a transverse axis of rotation, such as the input trunnion 27.
  • the front output trunnions 33 and rear 34 are identical to the trunnion input 27 and guided relative to the casing 20 of the cassette 6, as the input trunnion, thanks to the cylindrical housings 35a, 35b front and 36a, 36b rear formed in the half-shells 20a, 20b, and to rings in front anti-friction material 37a, 37b and rear 38a, 38b, each output pin 33, 34 comprising a cylindrical axial extension 39a, 39b, respectively 40a, 40b engaged in the corresponding ring 37a, 37b, 38a, 38b.
  • the two output journals 33, 34 also comprise, on the inner side of the apparatus, pins 41, 42 respectively, for interconnection adapted to the coupling of the trunnion 33, 34 to a dog-clutch cross 46, 47, respectively. extending at the lateral axial end of the shaft 17 of the roller 13, 14 opposite.
  • the clutch pins 31, 41, 42 of the various journals 27, 33, 34 extend through circular lumens 43, 44, 45 formed through the inner half-shell 20a in order to cooperate with the dog-clutch crosses 32, 46. , 47 opposite and make the removable coupling through the housing 20.
  • the input pins 27 and output 33, 34 can be formed of identical parts, which reduces manufacturing costs.
  • the cassette 6 comprises a series of successive gears 48, 49 meshing in pairs, mounted freely rotatable about transverse axes of rotation (parallel two by two and to the axes of rotation of the journals 27, 33, 34), and meshing on the one hand with a toothed wheel 50 of the input trunnion 27 and, on the other hand, with a toothed wheel 51, respectively 52, of the output trunnion 33, respectively 34.
  • each gear train 48, 49 comprises an odd number of gears and the different gears have the same diameter.
  • the different gears can be identical, for the benefit of a manufacturing economy.
  • each of the output trunnions 33, 34 is also driven in rotation in the same direction and at the same speed by the gear trains. 48, 49.
  • the axes of rotation of the various pinions 48, 49 may simply be formed of cylindrical transverse extensions 53 adapted to receive a cylindrical bore of the different gears, these extensions 53 extending outwards from the half internal shell 20a which they are attached.
  • the two inner and outer half-shells 20a and 20b are assembled to each other by screws 54 passing through the axes of rotation of the pinions 48, 49, that is to say by the transverse extensions 53
  • the various pinions 48, 49 then have a slot for the passage of these assembly screws 54
  • the outer shell 20b comprises studs 55 abutting against the axial end of the transverse extensions 53 formed by the inner half-shell. 20a, these pads 55 being adapted to receive the screws 54 self-tapping, so that their threads are engaged with these pads 55 which act as tapped holes.
  • the pads 55 can be secured in a manner that can not be dismantled (soldering, bonding, etc.) to the extensions 53, the half-shells 21a, 20a then being unmountable.
  • the inner half-shell 20a also comprises grooves 64, 65 respectively, for receiving the lateral extreme edges 81 of the front transverse wall 9 and 82 of the rear transverse wall 10, and the lower lateral brackets 62 are provided with lumens through which screw 63 allowing the assembly of the transverse walls 9, 10, cassettes 6 and the cover 5.
  • the transverse walls 9, 10 are thus embedded in the grooves 64, 65 of the cassettes 6 and extend between these two cassettes 6 over any the height of the cassettes 6 at the grooves 64, 65.
  • the screws 63 clamp the transverse walls 9, 10 and the cover 5 towards each other on the cassettes 6. In the example shown they are introduced into the lights transverse walls 9, 10 to be screwed into screwing studs forming threads of the hood 5.
  • the bottom 11 can be fixed on the transverse walls 9, 10 and / or the lateral cassettes 6 by elastic bolts and / or hooks or other fastening means that can be dismantled so as to close the lower opening formed by the transverse walls 9, 10 and the side cassettes 6.
  • the bottom 11 is removably attached to the frame 72, in particular to the side cassettes 6, by elastic hooks 75 cooperating with a groove 76 integral with the inner half-shell 20a.
  • the transverse walls 9, 10 and the top cover 5 are carried by the cassettes 6 through the grooves 64, 65 and the brackets 62 and screws 63.
  • the outer half-shell 20b preferably also has a central upper stem 56 intended to extend above the upper central stem 22 of the inner half-shell 20a and fixed with it to the crankcase 1 above the upper half motor shaft 2.
  • the cassette 6 advantageously comprises a caterpillar 57 formed of an endless belt passing around the input and output journals 27, 33 so as to be driven continuously by these journals 27, 33 34 and form a longitudinal lower strand 58 in contact with the ground acting as a running member of the apparatus.
  • each trunnion 27, 33, 34 advantageously comprises two lateral parallel flanges 59 perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the trunnion 27, 33, 34, on either side of the toothed wheel 50, 51 , 52, so as to form a roller for receiving and driving the track 57.
  • last advantageously comprises internal teeth or teeth 60 adapted to be inserted between the two flanges 59.
  • the track 57 advantageously comprises notches or external teeth 61, or any other anti-slip equivalent member adapted to come into contact with the ground .
  • Such a caterpillar side facilitates the training of the device during the passage of stairs or in ruptures of slope or inclined walls.
  • the different pinions 48, 49, the pins 27, 33, 34 and half-shells 20a, 20b can be made entirely of rigid synthetic material, and the track 57 of flexible synthetic material, so that the transmission cassette 6 according to the invention
  • the invention is entirely made of synthetic material, with the possible exception of the assembly screws 23, 26 (for mounting the cassette 6 on the apparatus) and 54 for assembling the half-shells 20a, 20b. These screws 23, 26, 54, moreover, may also be made of synthetic material.
  • the entire transmission thus produced is not subject to corrosion and has a high reliability of operation in the water.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is free of moving metal parts or metal friction members.
  • the different cassettes 6 are made with a very small number of different parts and their manufacturing cost is low. The same is true of the apparatus according to the invention.
  • the invention can be the subject of numerous alternative embodiments with respect to the preferred embodiment shown.
  • the transmission of the motor movement between the input trunnion 27 and each output trunnion 33, 34 can be carried out only via the track 57 which acts as drive belt (the cassette being then free of gears ).
  • the number of gears of the gear trains can be different from three.
  • the output trunnions may cause not rollers, but drive shafts integral in rotation of wheels or rollers ...
  • the apparatus according to the invention may comprise non-motorized rolling members (mounted free to rotate) and / or rolling members successively coupled to one another and not directly independently to a transmission cassette.
  • An apparatus according to the invention may comprise only one drive motor, one drive shaft, and one lateral transmission cassette, the other lateral cassette being devoid of transmission means and serving only for guiding running gear and, where appropriate, the track.
  • the apparatus according to the invention comprises two drive motors 83, one on each side, and two lateral transmission cassettes 6 both provided with transmission means 48, 49, 57 . It is then possible to direct the apparatus according to the speed of each engine 83.

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  1. Rollendes Gerät mit Eigenantrieb für die Reinigung von eingetauchten Flächen, umfassend in Kombination:
    - ein starres queres Motorgehäuse (1), in dem mindestens ein Elektromotor (70, 83) angeordnet ist, und das mindestens eine Antriebswelle (71), so genannte Motorwelle (2), mindestens eines Rollorgans (13, 14), und mindestens eine Antriebswelle, so genannte Pumpwelle (71), eines Pumporgans (3) aufweist, wobei diese Antriebswellen (2, 71) außerhalb des Gehäuses (1) münden,
    - zwei starr auf jeder Seite des Motorgehäuses (1) befestigte seitliche Flansche (6), die sich in Längsrichtung nach vorne und nach hinten des Motorgehäuses (1) erstrecken, um ein starres, im wesentlichen H-förmiges Gestell (72) zu bilden, wobei mindestens einer der Flansche (6) Mittel (48, 49; 57) umfasst für die Transmission der Motorbewegung zwischen einer seitlich von dem Motorgehäuse (1) abstehenden Motorwelle (2) und mindestens einem Rollorgan (13, 14) mit quer verlaufender Rotationsachse, das sich zwischen den beiden Flanschen (6) erstreckt und von jedem Flansch (6) geführt wird,
    - eine vordere Querwand (9), die sich vor dem Motorgehäuse (1) und zwischen den beiden Flanschen (6) erstreckt und demontierbar an dem besagten Gestell (72) befestigt ist,
    - eine hintere Querwand (10), die sich hinter dem Motorgehäuse (1) und zwischen den beiden Flanschen (6) erstreckt und demontierbar an dem besagten Gestell (72) befestigt ist,
    - wobei die vordere (9) und die hintere (10) Querwand in einem Abstand zum Motorgehäuse (1) verlaufen, um einen Durchgang für Wasser frei zu lassen und um zwischen sich und den seitlichen Flanschen (6) eine untere Öffnung unter dem Motorgehäuse (1) zu bilden,
    - ein mit Wassereingängen (66) ausgestatteten Boden (11), der die besagte untere Öffnung verschließen kann,
    - und eine obere Haube (5), die am Gestell (72) befestigt ist und die Querwände (9, 10), die Flansche (6) und das Motorgehäuse (1) abdeckt, wobei diese Haube (5) eine obere Wasserablauföffnung (4) aufweist, so dass ein Hydraulikkreislauf in einer Richtung entsteht, ab den Eingängen (66) des Bodens (11), vorne und hinten zwischen den Querwänden (9, 10) und dem Motorgehäuse (1) und zwischen den Flanschen (6), bis zur oberen Öffnung (4) der Haube (5).
  2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Flansche (6) ähnlich sind, wobei das Gestell (72) symmetrisch in Bezug auf eine mittlere Längsebene ist, die orthogonal zu einer durch ihre Rollorgane (13, 14) definierten Rollebene verläuft.
  3. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gestell (72) symmetrisch in Bezug auf eine mittlere Querebene ist, die orthogonal zu einer durch ihre Rollorgane (13, 14) definierten Rollebene verläuft.
  4. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es mindestens ein vorderes Rollorgan (13) umfasst, das sich zwischen den beiden Flanschen (6), vor der vorderen Querwand (9), außerhalb des Hydraulikkreislaufs, erstreckt.
  5. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es mindestens ein hinteres Rollorgan (14) umfasst, das sich zwischen den beiden Flanschen (6), hinter der hinteren Querwand (10), außerhalb des Hydraulikkreislaufs, erstreckt.
  6. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens einer der Flansche (6) aus einer Kassette (6) mit Außengehäuse besteht, die Mittel (48, 49, 57) für die Transmission der Motorbewegung enthält.
  7. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden Flansche (6) Transmissionsmittel (48, 49, 57) tragen.
  8. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es zwei verschiedene, unabhängige Antriebsmotoren (83) umfasst, wobei jeder dieser Motoren eine Motorwelle (2) hat, und zwei Paare unabhängiger Rollorgane (13, 14), d.h. ein vorderes Paar Rollorgane (13) und ein hinteres Paar Rollorgane (14), wobei die beiden Rollorgane eines gleichen Paares sich in koaxialer Richtung verlängern und rotationsunabhängig voneinander angeordnet sind, wobei eins über Transmissionsmittel an eine der beiden Motorwellen und das andere über Transmissionsmittel an die andere Motorwelle gekoppelt ist.
  9. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Flansche (6) Rillen (64, 65) aufweisen für die Aufnahme der seitlichen Außenränder (81, 82) der Querwände (9, 10).
  10. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Flansch (6) demontierbar am Motorgehäuse (1) befestigt ist, insbesondere mit Schrauben oder Bolzen (23).
  11. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Querwände (9, 10) mit Schrauben oder Bolzen (63) an der oberen Haube (5) befestigt sind, wodurch die obere Haube (5) an den Querwänden (9, 10) verspannt wird.
  12. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen durch die Haube (5) hindurch an dem Gestell (72) befestigten Traggriff (8) umfasst.
  13. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Motorgehäuse (1) möglichst nahe um die von ihm enthaltenen Elemente geformt ist und abgerundete Formen aufweist, die den Wasserumlauf begünstigen.
  14. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Motorgehäuse (1) einen oberen mittleren Pumpmotor (70) mit orthogonal zu einer von den Rollorganen definierten Rollebene verlaufender Pumpachse (71) umfasst, der eine außerhalb des Motorgehäuses (1) unter der Öffnung (4) der Haube (5) angeordnete Pumpschraube (3) antreibt und geeignet ist, im Gerät zwischen den Wassereingängen (66) und der oberen Öffnung (4) einen Wasserdurchfluss zu erzeugen.
  15. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden (11) einen im Hydraulikkreislauf zwischen den unteren Wassereingängen (66) und der oberen Ablauföffnung (4) eingefügten Filter (12) trägt.
  16. Gerät nach Anspruch 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Filter (12) zwischen dem Motorgehäuse (1) und jeder Querwand (9, 10) erstreckt.
  17. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 15 oder 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden (11) abnehmbar in Bezug auf das Gestell (72) befestigt ist.
  18. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 15 bis 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden (11) an den Flanschen (6) befestigt ist.
  19. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 15 bis 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden (11) mit elastischen Einhakmitteln (75) an dem Gestell (72) befestigt ist.
  20. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 19, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eine der Querwände (9, 10) mindestens eine Entleerungsklappe (74) aufweist, die das Entleeren des Hydraulikkreislaufs durch Schwerkraft ermöglicht, wenn das Gerät aus der Flüssigkeit genommen wird.
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