EP1472952A1 - Depilatory apparatus comprising plucking members - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has a case (1) with an electric motor to drive a rotating roller with pluckers. An activating unit activates a plucker in a cyclic movement of opening/closing to remove hair from skin when the unit passes before a window (4) in the case. A cleaning device is detachably mounted with respect to the case to come in contact with the pluckers during their opening.

Description

The present invention relates to an epilator with pliers capable of being hand-held and intended to remove excess hair from the human body.

This type of hair removal device generally includes tweezers in the form of blades or discs arranged on a rotating roller, the clamps being brought to close and open periodically so as to tighten the hairs nearby of the skin to tear them off by the rotation of the roller and, respectively, to evacuate plucked hairs.

Such an apparatus is described in patent application FR 2 758 060 in the name of the plaintiff, apparatus comprising a rotary roller provided with several rows of pliers, each row being formed of a first series of blades inserted in a second row of blades, as well as means for command to move the blades in translation in the direction of the axis of the roller so as to tighten them against each other then to spread them apart. Operating to satisfaction, we realized that, over time, the hairs torn out accumulated inside the roller which ultimately prevented the correct closing of the blades and therefore infringed on the proper functioning of the device.

To remedy this defect, a solution has been described in the document FR 2 556 939. The depilatory device described in this document comprises a housing containing an electric motor for actuating a rotary disc roller pinching and means capable of ensuring the pinching periodically, against these discs, hairs engaged between them, hairs pulled out due to the rotation of the discs around the axis of the roller. In addition, it is planned to inside the same case, a second axis, parallel to that of the rotary roller and which supports cleaning discs or tufts of brush bristles, fixed or mobile in rotation. These cleaning elements are intended for remove the torn hairs engaged between the pinch discs in order to drive in a compartment inside the appliance. So the hairs remain still in the case which must then be dismantled in order to be able to remove the hairs deposited. In addition, the hairs can remain attached to the filaments of brush where they accumulate, without any possibility of cleaning the brush, which gradually decreases the effectiveness of such a cleaning device.

The object of the invention is to at least partially remedy the drawbacks mentioned above and to propose a tweezer with rotary tweezers tearing machine comprising means for cleaning the rotary roller suitable for effectively remove plucked hairs, as well as clean the surface of forceps coming into contact with the bristles.

A further object of the present invention is a cleaning device pliers for a hair removal device that is easy to maintain and efficient operation over time.

Another object of the invention is to propose a tweezer with tweezers pliers offering the possibility of disinfecting the grippers with a view to use of the same device by several people.

Another object of the invention is a depilatory appliance with pliers with an easy-to-use clamp cleaning device, simplified construction, suitable for industrialization at a lower cost.

These goals are achieved with a hair removal device comprising a housing containing an electric motor for driving a rotary roller with pliers and actuation means in a cyclic closing / opening movement at least one pliers intended to pluck the hairs from the skin during its passage in front of a window made in said case, because it comprises a device for cleaning the pliers removably mounted relative to said housing so as to come into contact with said pliers to from their opening.

The cleaning device is arranged in the housing or outside of the latter so that it comes into contact with the pliers or pliers from of their opening, in particular with at least the internal faces of the latter or also with the external faces of the clamps. By internal face of pliers we understand the face of a blade or a disc located opposite that of a blade or adjacent disk, where two adjacent blades or disks form a pliers by being brought periodically into contact and then discarded. Thus, the cleaning device acts simultaneously on the two surfaces a pair of pliers facing each other, which makes it possible to remove the plucked hairs, engaged in the inside of pliers, and also to clean, by a friction contact with the latter, the two internal surfaces facing a clamp tear.

Such a cleaning device is dimensioned so as to act in contact with the clamps at least at the start of their opening, but preferably throughout the period of their opening. One or more cleaning devices can thus be provided by being positioned so that everyone can come in contact with open pliers. Thus, in the case of a rotary roller comprising several grippers arranged side by side along the axis of the roller, the cleaning could be arranged behind the hair removal window, as seen by relative to the direction of rotation of the rotary roller. In addition, in the case of a roller with angularly offset grippers, several cleaning the invention could be arranged at an angular offset which should follow that of the opening of the pliers.

The cleaning device therefore comes into contact with the clamp (s) from the moment they are opened, when they release the hairs torn out when closed, causing hairs to be picked up by the cleaning device before they fall down, preventing access and the accumulation of hair inside the housing of the device.

Due to its removable mounting relative to the housing of the hair removal device, such cleaning device can be easily detached from the latter in order to get rid of hairs accumulated during the operation of the device when it is brought to engage between the pliers. So, at the end of the operation hair removal device, this device can advantageously be washed by passing it under a water jet, or disinfected by soaking it in a sanitizing solution, or even treated UV or steam to destroy any germs or bacteria, operations hardly possible with a fixed mounted cleaning device on the housing. The cleaned device is thus ready to perform a new cycle hair removal after being again mounted on the housing of the device.

Preferably, said cleaning device comprises a rod intended to be arranged substantially parallel to the axis of the rotating roller to support a active part fixed perpendicularly to said rod.

By rod is understood an elongated part forming a support for the part active and intended to be fixed to the housing. The rod carries an active part which, for its part, is intended to be inserted between the clamps and come into contact with the surface internal pliers. The rod is mounted substantially parallel to the axis of the roller while the active part is mounted perpendicularly on the rod, so that the active part is oriented parallel to the clamps, thus allowing the cleaning of the internal faces of the pliers. For considerations of constructive simplicity, the rod and the active part are preferably made in a one-piece construction, a construction in two or several parts could possibly be considered.

Advantageously, said active part is made of a filamentary material or porous.

Such an active part can thus be easily produced in the form of a assembly of filaments based on hair, bristles, plant or synthetic fibers, or even in the form of an assembly of pins or tongues of a porous material or spongy, these filaments, pins or tabs having dimensions corresponding to or less than those of the gap formed between two blades facing when opening pliers.

Preferably, said active part is impregnated with a sanitizing product.

The active part produced in the form of an assembly of filaments or based of a porous or spongy material is therefore able to impregnate a liquid which can advantageously be a sanitizing liquid making it possible to disinfect tweezers or blades of the hair removal device. Thus, the device can be disinfected before a first use, or even at the end of the hair removal operation, causing it to becomes clean and sterilized, possibly being used by several people. The active part of the cleaning device can be soaked in a container containing for example alcohol at 90 ° or, in a variant, it can be supplied by a tank containing such a substance and arranged in the case of the hair removal device.

Usefully, the length of the active part corresponds substantially to that of the part fitted with clamps of the rotating roller.

Such a cleaning device comprising an active part of length corresponding to that of the rotary roller has the advantage of being able to process all clamps simultaneously, without requiring a movement of axial movement between the active part of the cleaning device and the roller rotary.

Advantageously, the active part is a brush, the filaments of which are introduced. at least 1 mm between the pliers of the rotary roller.

A brush-like active part has filaments which are inserted easily between the pliers to grip the torn hairs engaged between two pliers facing each other. These filaments are fine enough to insert several between the blades, which facilitates the grip of the hairs and their retention on the active part of the cleaning device. Even if the filaments of the brush could ultimately come only in tangential contact with the periphery of the clamps, however it is preferred that they penetrate 1 mm or more between the pliers of the pliers so that the brush can better pick up the hairs and especially so that the cleaning liquid can act on the internal face pliers. Such a brush could then be arranged fixed or movable in rotation relative to the rotary roller, along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the last. A device for moving and adjusting the radial position of the brush rod relative to the periphery of the pliers can also be envisaged, the distance of introduction of the filaments between the clamps then being able be adjustable by the user.

Preferably, said rod is arranged so that it can slide parallel to the axis of the rotating roller. This rod is advantageously mounted sliding inside the case.

Such a rod sliding in a direction parallel to that of the longitudinal axis of the rotary roller could have an active part of length different from that of the roller and be moved axially relative to the roller to bring a predetermined area of the latter in contact with the clamps of the roller. Furthermore, one could have envisaged other removable fixing methods of the cleaning device in relation to the housing of the appliance (for example, the outside of the latter by providing the support rod with studs or fixing clips in corresponding holes provided on the front of the case), but prefer however to arrange the rod of the device in a sliding way inside of the case. This has the advantage of a compact construction, the device for cleaning being included inside the device, while being properly positioned in relation to the clamps of the rotating roller thanks to the sliding in rails provided for this purpose on the internal part of the housing.

Advantageously, the hair removal device of the invention comprises means extraction of said rod.

The user acts from the outside of the housing on these extraction means to train the rod when it is in a housing provided for this purpose at inside the case and thus manage to easily remove the rod for its cleaning.

Preferably, said extraction means comprise a mounted push button sliding relative to the housing in a direction parallel to that of displacement of said rod.

Such a sliding push button already makes it possible to disengage the rod from its fixing inside the case and then driving it in a displacement sliding in a direction opposite to that of its introduction to inside the case.

Usefully, said push button is mounted movable outside the housing while being guided on rails inside the housing.

Such a push button slides parallel to the rod and at the same time as the latter, while being operated by the user outside the housing.

In a first alternative embodiment, said push button comprises a tongue perpendicular to said rails and coming into contact with the end front of said rod when it is in its housing inside the housing. The push button slides on rails arranged parallel to the sliding direction of the rod, at a distance from the latter corresponding to the length of the tongue.

In a second variant, said push button is supported on a needle located in the extension of said rod. In this variant, the button pusher is caused to move substantially in the direction of the axis of the rod.

In another alternative embodiment of the invention, said extraction means are integral with said rod.

Thus, the rod may have a protruding part laterally relative to the housing and which forms a direct gripping means of said rod and therefore of the cleaning device. This protruding part can project laterally outside the housing on the side of its introduction, in this case it can be used also to insert the rod inside the housing, or it can protrude on the opposite side, crossing the case in the direction of its width.

Advantageously, said rod is mounted inside said housing against elastic means.

Such an elastic means attachment ensures a certain return stroke for the sliding rod of the cleaning device when the latter is released from its attachment to the housing, which subsequently facilitates its gripping by the user.

The invention also relates to a device for cleaning the rotary roller. carrying the pliers of a depilatory appliance, device arranged relative to to the housing of the device so as to come opposite the clamps from their opening, in that it comprises a rod intended to be arranged in parallel to the axis of the rotating roller to support an active part arranged perpendicular to said rod, where said active part is suitable for cleaning and sterilize the tweezers of the rotary roller.

Thus, such a device mounted fixed or movable relative to the housing, comprises a active part capable of cleaning the pliers by removing the plucked hairs by the latter and at the same time to sterilize or disinfect the forceps tear.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, said active part comprises at minus a nozzle for spraying a sanitizing liquid inside the clamps. One or more nozzles for spraying a sanitizing product, for example example from a tank belonging to the case, send one or several jets of sanitizing product in the direction of the clamps. The hairs and the jet of resulting liquid can then be collected inside a tank of recovery which should be emptied regularly.

In another alternative embodiment of the invention, said active part is made from filaments or porous or spongy materials and is in communication with a tank of sanitizing product disposed in the housing the device.

In another alternative embodiment of the invention, said active part is made from filaments or porous or spongy materials in combination with UV lamp or ozone producing device.

One can imagine such an active part in the form of one or more nozzles spray sending a sanitizer inside the tweezers, but prefer however a cleaning device comprising an active part made from filaments or porous or spongy material which is advantageously impregnated with a sanitizing product. Such an active part cleans and sterilizes the clamps of the rotating roller, even when device operation, can be mounted fixed or removable from in the housing, being supplied with liquid by a container of sanitizing liquid arranged in the housing of the device. Other means of sterilization may also be provided, such as for example a UV lamp device or a ozone producing device, etc., these devices can advantageously be arranged inside the housing of the device and oriented towards pliers from their opening.

• la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un appareil à épiler selon l'invention comportant un dispositif de nettoyage en position escamotée;
• la figure 2 est une vue en perspective d'un dispositif de nettoyage de l'invention;
• la figure 3a est une vue latérale de la tête d'épilation selon un mode préféré de réalisation de l'invention et la figure 3b est une vue en coupe selon le plan A-A de la figure 3a;
• la figure 4a est une vue frontale de la tête d'épilation de la figure 3a et la figure 4b est une vue en coupe selon le plan B-B de la figure 4a;
• la figure 5 représente une vue frontale d'une partie de la tête d'épilation comportant un dispositif de nettoyage selon une variante de réalisation de l'invention.

The invention will be better understood on studying the embodiments taken on a non-limiting basis and illustrated in the appended figures in which:

• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hair removal device according to the invention comprising a cleaning device in the retracted position;
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of a cleaning device of the invention;
• Figure 3a is a side view of the epilation head according to a preferred embodiment of the invention and Figure 3b is a sectional view along the plane AA of Figure 3a;
• Figure 4a is a front view of the depilation head of Figure 3a and Figure 4b is a sectional view along the plane BB of Figure 4a;
• FIG. 5 represents a front view of a part of the epilation head comprising a cleaning device according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.

In Figure 1 we can notice a hair removal device comprising a housing 1 forming manual gripping means, the upper part of which supports a epilating head consisting of a rotary roller 5 with pliers 6. The roller rotary 5 is bordered laterally by two upper side shells of the housing 1: a left cover 2 and a right cover 3 defining in their upper part a hair removal window 4. The rotary roller 5 has several pairs of pliers tear-off 6 arranged side by side along its longitudinal axis, each forceps consisting of two blades 7,8 facing each other. The rotary roller 5, the covers 2 and 3 of the housing 1 and the components it contains form a sub-assembly called hair removal head in what follows.

As best seen in Figure 3b, the rotary roller 5 has a central shaft 10 of longitudinal axis 11 rotatably mounted in the bearings of a cradle 12 and a cage coaxial with the axis 11 and formed of two flanges 14,15 holding between them the shuttles 13 for driving the clamps supported by the rotary roller 5. The clamps are actuated by a cam mechanism receiving the drive from a electric motor via a gear train, all these components being arranged in the housing 1 of the hair removal device.

The actuation mechanism of the tweezers is of the type described in the document FR 2 758 060 in the name of the plaintiff. So, a first series of epilating blades, including blade 7, is integral with a cage mounted coaxially to the shaft 10 of the rotary roller 5, the cage being formed by two lateral flanges 14,15 holding between them four shuttles 13 for driving the blades. The other series of blades, of which the blade 8 is integral with the shaft 10 of axis 11 of the roller rotary 5. On each external face of the flanges 14,15 is provided a device for nested 17 crossed cams, offset by a quarter of a turn with respect to the other. The cams each come into contact with a pair of rollers 18 rotatably mounted in a roller carrier 19 provided on each of the branches of the cradle 12.

In operation, when one of the pairs of rollers 18 acts on a cam 17, it pushes the shaft 10 with a series of blades in one direction, while the pair opposite roller acts on a cam opposite to push the cage with the second series of blades in the opposite direction, this situation being reversed after a quarter turn thus creating a double reciprocal reciprocal movement of the shaft 10 of axis 11 relative to the cage. Thus, a movable blade 7 is likely to deviate from an adjacent blade 8 and, alternatively, apply against it. The moving blade actuation in translation causes the closing, respectively the opening of the pliers 6, which squeezes the hairs, plucks them, and then releases them, as the rotation of the rotary roller 5. Thus, the hairs of the area to be depilated appearing in front of a depilation window 4 of the housing 1, are torn off following the rotation of the rotary roller 5 of the epilation head.

According to the invention, such a depilatory appliance is provided with a cleaning device 20, as shown in Figure 2. The cleaning device 20 comprises a rod elongated 21 having, at one of its ends, an active part 22 which forms brush 23 while being provided with several filaments arranged in staggered rows and equal distance from each other. These filaments can be bristles or vegetable or synthetic fibers attached to a perpendicular frame made for example in a plastic material. We could also consider such filaments forming tufts on a perpendicular mount, the average diameter of a tuft corresponding to the gap formed between two neighboring lamellae opening of the clamps.

The rod 21 comprises at the opposite end from that forming the active part 22, a gripping washer 25, preferably made in one piece with the rod 21. In a variant not shown in the figures, the washer 25 can support an elastic ring which bears on the outer wall of the cover 3 of the housing when the rod 21 is blocked in its housing inside the housing.

The rod 21 has on its part opposite to that forming the brush 23, two rails 27,28 which protrude longitudinally over approximately the entire length of the rod and which fit into complementary grooves formed inside the covers 2 and 3 of the housing. The rod 21 is thus guided in its sliding at inside the covers 2,3 of the housing until it reaches the position of blocking when a lug 33 (Figure 4b) secured to the epilation head is placed the interior of a notch 29 formed on a longitudinal side of the rod 21. The rod is thus fixed inside the housing, relative to the epilation head.

FIG. 3a is a side view of the epilation head comprising a device for cleaning of the invention, this device being shown in its retracted position, the washer 25 projecting from the cover 3 of the housing. Figure 3b shows a sectional view along a plane A-A of Figure 3a, passing plan vertically to the axis 11 of the rotary roller 5 and then through the median axis of the rod 21, parallel to the open blades of the pliers. So, we can observe that the brush 23 acts from the start of the opening of the clamps stripping 6, the filaments of the brush 23 being inserted between the blades 7,8 which has the effect of cleaning their internal faces and thus removing the hairs torn off when closing the pliers.

As can be seen in Figure 3a, the cleaning device is arranged behind the epilation window 4 as seen in relation to the direction of rotation of the rotary roller 5, and forms an angle "a" with the vertical axis of the epilation head. The value of this angle depends on the number of rows of pliers and their arrangement on the periphery of the roller. In the context of the example illustrated in figures where the rotary roller has 7,8 cruciform blades, four rows of blades being provided on the periphery of the roller, the angle "a" can advantageously be between 120 ° and 150 °, for a brush 23 having a apex angle between 5 ° and 30 °.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the hair removal device comprises a cleaning device extraction device 20, in particular from the rod 21. This extraction device mainly comprises a push button 35 located at the exterior of the housing 1, in particular of the covers 2.3 thereof, push button which acts on the front part 30 of the rod 21.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, better visible in Figures 4a and 4b, the push button 35 is fixed on the front of the cover 2 and it is brought to slide parallel to the axis 11 of the rotary roller and therefore to the rod 21. The push button 35 has for this purpose, on its internal part inserted inside cover 2, guide tabs which slide on the edges of an opening made on the front of the cover 2 parallel to the rod 21. FIG. 4b is a sectional view made with a section plane which passes through the median axis of the push button 35, revealing a tongue 36 perpendicular to the direction of movement of the push button 35, respectively of the rod 21. The rod 21 abuts against the tongue 36 when it is fixed inside the housing. By sliding the push button 35 in the opposite direction to that inserting the rod 21, the tongue 36 pushes the rod 21 out of its point of fixing around the lug 33, causing the washer 25 at the end of the rod 21 becomes protruding thus facilitating its grip by the user. Ergot 33 belongs to a part mounted fixed in the epilation head, in particular to a intermediate part 32 in L whose base is integral with that of the cradle 12.

In a variant shown in Figure 5, the push button 35 is fixed on the side of the side cover of the housing, in the axis of the rod 21. The button 35 is extended by a needle 38 which bears on the front end 30 of the rod 21 when attached to the inside of the housing. By pressing the push button, the user slides the needle 38 inside the housing, needle which pushes the washer 25 outside the housing and thus facilitates the extraction of the rod 21.

In another variant not shown in the drawings, the washer 25 is a protruding protrusion relative to the cover 3 of the housing when the device cleaning 20 is fixed relative to the device, this protrusion allowing the gripping of the cleaning device 20 by direct gripping on the washer 25 to the end of the rod 21. This protruding washer 25 can then have a recessed portion conforming to the portion of the user's gripping finger which gives it good ergonomics in use. The part of the cache 3 adjacent to that of the hollow part of the washer 25 can also present a complementary hollow area. The extraction of the rod 21 and by consequent of the cleaning device 20 is then done by pulling on the washer 25, in the opposite direction to that of its introduction.

We could also consider a more or less protruding washer 25, but associated with a rod 21 of greater length so that its front part 30 becomes projecting relative to the cover 2 of the housing when the cleaning device 20 is placed inside the housing. In that case, the extraction of the rod 21 is done by pressing on the front part 30, in the direction contrary to that of its introduction.

In operation, before switching on the appliance, the user introduces the cleaning device 20 inside the housing and pushes the washer 25 up that the notch 29 of the rod 21 receives the lug 33 of the intermediate piece 32. The rod 21 comprising the brush 23 is thus fixed relative to the housing and to the hair removal head and a hair removal operation can begin. During hair removal, the hairs pulled out by the pincers are retained by the brush 23. At the end of depilation, the user acts on the push button 35 or on the washer 25 and extracts the rod 21 for cleaning the brush 23. The brush thus cleaned is then soaked in a container containing a disinfectant solution, for example alcohol at 90 ° and mounted again on the device. By rotating the roller rotary 5, the blades 7,8 come into contact with the brush 23 impregnated with disinfectant solution, which has the effect of cleaning and disinfecting the blades of the rotary roller 5. The epilator is thus ready for new use.

Other variants and embodiments of the invention can be envisaged without going beyond the scope of these claims.

Thus, the active part of this device can include bristles, felts or fabrics capillaries connected by a conduit to a tank of sanitizing liquid belonging to the device. This active part comes into contact with the internal face of the clamps that it cleans and disinfects continuously during the operation of the device. The tank can be removably mounted relative to the housing in order to facilitate its filling.

In a variant, the cleaning device can be permanently fixed to the device, inside the case or the epilation head, or even over it housing.

One could also consider two cleaning devices mounted on the side and other side of the hair removal window to come into contact with the tweezers when opening, more particularly in the case of a rotary roller which is brought to turn in both directions.

One could also consider a cleaning device comprising a rod elongated supporting a cylindrical brush part, where the rod is driven in rotation about its axis.

Claims (18)

Hair removal device comprising a housing (1) containing an electric motor for driving a rotary roller (5) with pliers and actuation means in a cyclic movement of closing / opening of at least one pliers d 'uprooting (6) intended to pull the hairs from the skin during its passage in front of a window (4) formed in said housing (1), characterized in that it comprises a cleaning device (20) for the stripping pliers removably mounted relative to said housing (1) so as to come into contact with said tearing pliers from their opening. Hair removal device according to claim 1, characterized in that said cleaning device (20) comprises a rod (21) intended to be arranged substantially parallel to the axis (11) of the rotary roller (5) to support an active part ( 22) fixed perpendicularly to said rod (21). Hair removal device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said active part (22) is made of a filamentary or porous material. Hair removal device according to claim 3, characterized in that said active part (22) is impregnated with a sanitizing product. Hair removal device according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the length of the active part (22) corresponds substantially to that of the part provided with clamps of the rotary roller (5). Hair removal device according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the active part (22) is a brush (23), the filaments of which are introduced over at least 1 mm between the pliers (6) of the rotary roller (5). Hair removal device according to one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that said rod (21) is arranged so that it can slide parallel to the axis (11) of the rotary roller (5). Hair removal device according to claim 7, characterized in that said rod (21) is slidably mounted inside the housing (1). Hair removal device according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that it comprises means for extracting said rod. Hair removal device according to claim 9, characterized in that said extraction means comprise a push button (35) slidably mounted relative to the housing (1) in a direction parallel to that of displacement of said rod (21). Hair removal device according to claim 10, characterized in that said push button (35) is movably mounted outside the housing while being guided on rails inside the housing (1). Hair removal device according to claim 11, characterized in that said push button (35) comprises a tongue (36) perpendicular to said rails and coming into contact with the front end (30) of said rod (21) when it is located in its housing inside the housing (1). Hair removal device according to claim 10, characterized in that said push button (35) is supported on a needle (38) located in the extension of said rod (21). Hair removal device according to claim 9, characterized in that said extraction means are integral with said rod. Hair removal device according to one of claims 8 to 14, characterized in that said rod (21) is mounted inside said housing against an elastic means. Cleaning device (20) for the rotary roller (5) carrying the pliers (6) of a depilatory appliance, device arranged relative to the housing (1) of the appliance so as to come opposite the pliers from their opening, characterized in that it comprises a rod (21) intended to be arranged parallel to the axis (11) of the rotary roller (5) to support an active part (22) arranged perpendicular to said rod (21 ), where said active part (22) is suitable for cleaning and sterilizing the pliers (6) of the rotary roller (5). Cleaning device according to claim 16, characterized in that said active part is made from filaments or porous or spongy materials and that it is in communication with a tank of sanitizing product disposed in the housing of the device. Cleaning device according to claim 16, characterized in that said active part is made from filaments or porous or spongy materials in combination with a UV lamp or an ozone producing device.

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