EP1496784A1 - Appareil de nettoyage destine a des tuyaux et contenants, notamment des cuvettes de w.c. - Google Patents

Appareil de nettoyage destine a des tuyaux et contenants, notamment des cuvettes de w.c.

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EP1496784A1
EP1496784A1 EP03718749A EP03718749A EP1496784A1 EP 1496784 A1 EP1496784 A1 EP 1496784A1 EP 03718749 A EP03718749 A EP 03718749A EP 03718749 A EP03718749 A EP 03718749A EP 1496784 A1 EP1496784 A1 EP 1496784A1
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cleaning
cleaning device
handle
know
cleaning head
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Michael Grobbel
Oliver Heiermann
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Handelsagentur Rolf Straessle
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K11/00—Closets without flushing; Urinals without flushing; Chamber pots; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets
    • A47K11/10—Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl, seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes

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  • the present invention relates to a cleaning device for cleaning pipes and containers, in particular toilet bowls.
  • toilet bowls which in their simplest form consist of a cleaning head, preferably provided with bristles, with a handle.
  • Toilet bowls usually have undercuts at the upper edge of the toilet and curved bends in the area of the drain.
  • the above-mentioned cleaning devices are not able to adequately clean the different hygienic problem areas of the toilet bowl combined in just one cleaning device.
  • the complete cleaning of these problem areas requires cleaning devices whose cleaning heads are both adapted to the undercut and can follow the curvatures.
  • the cleaning devices mentioned in which partial areas of the brush head follow the contour of undercuts, have a number of disadvantages. Because of their shape, they are not able to allow a supporting force during cleaning by turning around the longitudinal axis - hereinafter called the rotating movement. Due to their shape, they can only be guided linearly or in an arc along the contour of the undercut. Another deficiency is that the production of these cleaning devices requires a considerable amount of additional work than a simple cleaning device, since the contour following the contour of the undercut is usually carried out by attaching a wire mesh with cleaning bristles to the cleaning head. In any case, however, different production processes are linked to one another in order to be able to additionally attach the cleaning elements following the undercut to the cleaning head independently of the fitting process with bristles or cleaning material with a similar effect.
  • the present invention is based on the basic idea of creating a cleaning device with minimal production expenditure and minimal use of resources, the cleaning head of which has a contour for undercuts and in which the cleaning head or the handle itself form a molded joint, so that the cleaning head follows curvatures can.
  • the cleaning device should be able to perform a supporting cleaning movement in the form of a rotational movement when cleaning undercuts and / or in bends.
  • the outer contour of the longitudinal section of the cleaning head is rotationally symmetrical. is trical to the longitudinal axis and has a circumferential projection and / or constriction (E) at least in a partial area.
  • Either the handle or the cleaning head, in particular its shaft, which carries the at least one cleaning element, advantageously has one or more cross-sectional changes or reductions.
  • the cross-sectional changes allow the material of the handle or cleaning head to bend and thus form a type of joint.
  • two joints, each rotated by 90 ° to one another, are arranged next to one another on the longitudinal axis of the stem or of the cleaning head, so that together they form in particular a universal joint and a particularly defined relative movement between handle and cleaning head is possible in several directions. It is also possible to detach the cleaning head from the stem so that a new cleaning head can be attached to the stem. It is therefore possible to replace a dirty and worn cleaning head with a fresh one. In this case it makes sense for economic reasons to arrange the joints on the cleaning head so that they are also replaced, since they too are subject to increased wear due to the increased mechanical loads.
  • the protrusion and / or the constriction on the outer contour of the longitudinal section of the cleaning head which is rotationally symmetrical to the longitudinal axis, are advantageously carried out or worked out in one operation with the basic shape of the cleaning head and thus require no further production outlay than that of the basic shape. This will make it a minimal product! effort, with minimal use of resources.
  • the protrusion and / or the constriction enable the cleaning elements to get into the undercut of the object to be cleaned, with a rotational movement from the hand to the cleaning head being able to be transmitted due to the rotational symmetry of the cleaning head.
  • This acts as a supportive cleaning movement when cleaning undercuts. This makes thorough cleaning in hygienic problem areas e.g. Allows toilet bowls.
  • movable areas up to the universal joint are created on the cleaning device without additional equipment, e.g. in the form of a joint, must be manufactured and assembled.
  • This movable area, designed as a reduction in cross-section is carried out in one operation with the production of the body of the cleaning head or the handle and thus requires no further production outlay, no further assembly and no further material. This enables a minimal production effort with minimal use of resources.
  • two cross-sectional reductions rotated by 90 ° relative to one another in contrast to the known movable cleaning devices, enable loss-free power transmission in the form of a rotational movement even in an angled state, for example when cleaning curvatures.
  • the supportive cleaning movement that starts enables a more thorough cleaning in hygienic problem areas, e.g. on the drainage of toilet bowls.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that the joint formed on the cleaning head, handle or handle can be blocked if necessary by means of a tube or hollow profile that can be moved or slipped on the cleaning device and prevents the cleaning head from deflecting transversely to the longitudinal axis of the cleaning device when a force is introduced transversely to the longitudinal axis becomes.
  • This now rigid power transmission enables a linear or arc-shaped cleaning movement along the undercut of the object to be cleaned with a simultaneously combinable, initiated rotary movement without unwanted and uncontrolled evasion of the cleaning head.
  • the cleaning device can be adapted in a more targeted manner to the requirements of the particular molds to be cleaned, whereby cleaning is possible with less effort.
  • the design of the handle can offer the possibility of storing solid, powdery or gaseous materials.
  • a gas cartridge with a fragrance filling is used, which is housed in the handle and can be activated from the outside.
  • the advantages of a reservoir in the handle are numerous and can be adapted to the respective area of application of the cleaning device.
  • the outer Contour and geometry of the joint area are filled with an elastic material and thus smoothed. This can be done in one operation, for example by two-component injection molding.
  • Fig. 1 A side view of a first embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention when cleaning a toilet bowl
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a cleaning device according to the invention with a sleeve for locking or fixing the universal joint
  • 7 shows a side view of the first embodiment according to FIG. 1 with the handle moved downwards to lock the joint section;
  • FIG. 8 shows a perspective illustration of a further embodiment of a cleaning device with a cleaning head with a circumferential projection
  • Fig. 9 u. 10 a perspective view of the cleaning process
  • Fig. 12a u. 12b side views of a further embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention with a secured and ejected cleaning head with a blocked and unblocked position of the sleeve-shaped part;
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a first possible embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention with an articulated joint on the constricted E cleaning head 2, 2a, which is exposed by moving the handle 3 upwards and is effective in two mutually perpendicular planes.
  • the cleaning device has a handle 1 which has two joints which are formed by notches which can be produced, for example, by material cutouts or cross-sectional reductions 5, 5a, 10, 11, 12, 12a. Due to their nature, the joints can also be called film hinges.
  • the Joints connect the handle 3 to the cleaning head 2, on which the cleaning elements 2a are arranged, for example in the form of bristles.
  • bristles are used, they can be cut using the conventional cutting method so that the cleaning head with its bristles is rotationally symmetrical. Suitable cutting knives can be used to cut at least two areas 2b and 2c, the diameter of which can be different. The two areas 2b and 2c are optically separated from an area E, area E being a constriction in which the bristles of this area are cut shorter than in areas 2b and 2c.
  • the joints can be blocked or locked by means of a sleeve-shaped or tubular part, not shown, in which the part is pushed over the joint area.
  • This part can e.g. be the grip area 3, which can be slidably mounted on the handle 1 in particular captively. It is also possible that the grip area is integrally formed on the stem and that another tubular part is slidably mounted on the area of the stem forming the joints, the tubular part e.g. is at least partially insertable into the grip area so that the joint area is released.
  • FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section of a lower section of a second embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention with a circumferentially constricted outer cleaning contour Kl when cleaning a toilet bowl with the contour K2.
  • FIG. 3 shows, similar to FIG. 3, a third embodiment when cleaning a toilet bowl, the cleaning head 2 being one Has bristle trim 2a, which has a circumferential projection V. Both a cleaning head with a circumferential constriction E or a circumferential projection V is particularly suitable for getting into the contour K2 of the toilet bowl in order to remove dirt from the surfaces there.
  • FIG. 4 shows a section of the shaft S of a cleaning head 2 or a section of the handle 1, in which a joint is formed.
  • the joint is formed by a material recess or recess. Due to the mechanical weakening of the material, the shaft S or handle can be bent at this point, as a result of which the grip area and the cleaning head of the cleaning device can be moved relative to one another.
  • FIG. 5 shows a shaft S or a handle 1 with two joints arranged next to one another and rotated by 90 ° to one another, which results in further degrees of freedom for the relative movement between the handle and the cleaning head.
  • tapered areas of the joints described above have an approximately rectangular cross-sectional contour.
  • FIG. 6 shows two perspective representations of an embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention without cleaning elements.
  • the cleaning device has a tubular element 14 which is slidably mounted or arranged on the handle. In the device shown on the left, the element 14 for releasing the joint area is displaced upward in the Y direction and is in sections in the handle area 3. In the device shown on the right, element 14 is down displaced and blocked the joints, which are no longer visible.
  • Figure 7 shows a cleaning device according to. 1 with the handle region 3 shifted downward, which blocks the invisible joints, as a result of which relative movement between the handle region 3 and the cleaning head 2 is no longer possible.
  • FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a cleaning device which, according to the mechanical structure of the device. 7 corresponds, but instead of a circumferential constriction E has a circumferential projection V.
  • FIG. 9 shows a perspective illustration of the cleaning process of an undercut profile with simultaneous rotation R and linear or arcuate movement LB of the cleaning head 2, 2a along the profile of the toilet bowl.
  • FIG. 10 shows a representation of the cleaning process as in FIG. 9 with the cleaning device rotated by 180 ° on the longitudinal axis 13.
  • the joint 5, 5a is formed by material recesses 5, 5a.
  • the joint area 5, 5a is extrusion-coated with an elastic material EM, so that there is a smooth outer surface / contour that has no edges and corners. It is possible that the material EM extends beyond the joint area 5, 5a beyond the handle 1 stretches so that a smooth transition is created and an advantageous optical effect may be achieved.
  • FIGS. 12a and 12b show side views of a further embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention with the sleeve-shaped part blocked and not blocked.
  • FIGS. 13a and 13b show sectional representations of the cleaning device according to FIG. of Figures 12a and 12b.
  • the joints 5, 5a, 12a are integrated in the shaft S of the cleaning head 2.
  • the bristles are cut in a rotationally symmetrical manner and form three areas 2b, 2c and V.
  • a snap lock 20 is formed, which interacts with a holding part 21 which is arranged in the handle 1.
  • the holding part 21 presses the locking element 20 of the cleaning head 2 into a window-like recess 1f of the handle 1 - FIG.
  • a recess is provided in the handle area of the handle for a container BE.
  • the container BE has a valve Ve on its upper side, which cooperates with an actuating element B arranged on the end face of the grip area.
  • the valve Ve By pressing the actuating element B, the valve Ve is opened and the medium under pressure in the container BE escapes through the nozzle 3a to the outside.
  • the lower region lb of the stem 1 is of a rohrför igen part 14, which is slidably mounted on the area lb. If the part 14 is pushed upwards in the direction of the handle, it closes the opening in the region 1b through which the holding part 21 is accessible from the outside (FIG. 12a). If, as shown in FIG. 12b, the part 14 is moved downwards in the direction of the cleaning head 2, it blocks the joints of the cleaning device which are no longer visible and the head can no longer be moved relative to the handle.
  • the joint is formed by a separate part, the part being able to be, for example, a cylindrical rod, the joint of which is also formed by a corresponding material recess, such as those identified in FIG. 5, 5a is.
  • This separate joint part can, for example, be firmly connected to the cleaning head with one side, for example by gluing. On its other side facing away from the cleaning head, the joint part can be shaped such that it forms a releasable connection, for example in the form of a snap connection, together with the handle or handle part of the cleaning device.
  • the additional joint part can be made from a high quality and durable material, the properties of which are optimal for the function of the joint.
  • the cleaning head and / or the handle can, but of course do not have to be made of a cheaper material.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil de nettoyage permettant de nettoyer des tuyaux et des contenants, notamment des cuvettes de W.C, ayant les avantages des appareils de nettoyage connus tout en ayant un nombre réduit de composants et un faible coût de production et donc permettant un gain d'énergie en termes de production et de ressources lors de l'utilisation des matériaux. Selon le mode de réalisation, la tête de nettoyage (2) est dotée d'un joint universel moulé permettant de suivre les courbes et d'un contour de nettoyage (K1) à symétrie de rotation autour de l'axe longitudinal et présentant des creux et/ou bosses (E) périphériques pour pouvoir nettoyer les contre-dépouilles et profils. Cette tête est réalisée soit d'une seule pièce avec un manche (1) et une poignée (3), soit de manière remplaçable. Cet appareil de nettoyage est ainsi adapté à la transmission de forces de rotation de la poignée à la tête de nettoyage (2) lors du nettoyage de contre-dépouilles et de parties incurvées.
EP03718749A 2002-04-19 2003-04-12 Appareil de nettoyage destine a des tuyaux et contenants, notamment des cuvettes de w.c. Withdrawn EP1496784A1 (fr)

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DE10216445 2002-04-19
DE2002116445 DE10216445A1 (de) 2002-04-19 2002-04-19 Reinigungsgerät zum Reinigen von Rohren und Behältern, insbesondere Toilettenbecken
PCT/EP2003/003808 WO2003088800A1 (fr) 2002-04-19 2003-04-12 Appareil de nettoyage destine a des tuyaux et contenants, notamment des cuvettes de w.c.

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