EP1608253B1 - Accessoire pour appareil electromenager type aspirateur - Google Patents

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EP1608253B1
EP1608253B1 EP04721133A EP04721133A EP1608253B1 EP 1608253 B1 EP1608253 B1 EP 1608253B1 EP 04721133 A EP04721133 A EP 04721133A EP 04721133 A EP04721133 A EP 04721133A EP 1608253 B1 EP1608253 B1 EP 1608253B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
    • A47L9/0606—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like rigidly anchored brushes, combs, lips or pads
    • A47L9/0613—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like rigidly anchored brushes, combs, lips or pads with means specially adapted for picking up threads, hair or the like, e.g. brushes, combs, lint pickers or bristles pads
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
    • A47L9/0686—Nozzles with cleaning cloths, e.g. using disposal fabrics for covering the nozzle

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  • This invention relates to a cleaner accessory for vacuum-cleaner household appliances.
  • a cleaner accessory according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in JP 09028638 A .
  • One technical aim of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art.
  • One object of the invention is to find a cleaning accessory for vacuum-cleaner household appliances that enables a more complete cleaning action to be performed. This aim and these objectives are all achieved by this cleaner accessory for vacuum-cleaner household appliances as defined in the claims.
  • a cleaner accessory 1 comprises a pipe union 2 for engaging the cleaner accessory 1 with the end of a conventional suction pipe 3 with which vacuum-cleaner household appliances are provided, a central support element 4 for supporting a disposable cloth 5 that can be removably fitted to the central element 4 and that can be integrally fixed to the above said engaging pipe union 2 by fixing means 6.
  • the disposable cloth 5 is of the prior-art type and made of fabrics in synthetic-paper fibre (so-called TNT fabrics) and it may be dry or dampened, in such a way as to be able to also perform washing action during removal of the dust.
  • the particular structure of disposable clothes of this type causes the dust attraction, which is in this way significantly removed without being dispersed in the air.
  • this central support element 4 are provided at least one pair of suction mouths 7 parallel supported on the above-said pipe union 2 at opposite sides in relation with the central element 4; the suction mouths 7 are supported by and connected to the pipe union 2 by a pair of connecting pipe elements 8 that are elbow-shaped.
  • the fixing means 6 comprises at least a shank 9 that is rigidly interposed between the pipe union 2 and the central support element 4.
  • the pipe union 2 comprises a first pipe segment 102, a second pipe segment 202, a third pipe segment 302 that are all consecutive to one another and are interconnected to one another in a flexible manner; the first segment 102 rotationally receives the second segment 202.
  • the third segment 302 is received in a rotational manner in the second segment 202.
  • the configuration of the segments is such that the first segment 102 is substantially at right angles to a surface to be cleaned.
  • the central element 4 comprises a flattened plate 10 whereupon the disposable cloths 5 can be wrapped up and fixed in a removable manner by relative attaching means 11 located at least on the top face of the flattened plate 10.
  • the attaching means 11 comprises a series of recesses 111 provided at their respective inlets with elastically forcible tongues (non visible in the drawings because of the particular perspective) for the pressure insertion and the retention of the edges of the disposable cloths 5.
  • the attaching means 11 can comprise a plurality of small tabs in a material having an adhesive contact and a pull-away removal with the edges of the disposable cloths 5, of the type known as Velcro ®.
  • the attaching means 11 may comprise a plurality of pliers elements for fastening the edges of the disposable cloths 5.
  • slits or interstices 12 are defined for the passage of the edges of the disposable cloths 5 that are wrapped around the flattened plate 10 for using the disposable cloths 5.
  • Both the flattened plate 10 and the suction mouths 7 have a rectangular shape with the longer sides parallel to one another, and each one of them is provided with means 13 for sliding contact with the surface to be cleaned. Furthermore, the bottom faces of the suction mouths 7 and of the flattened plate 10 are substantially on the same plane as one another.
  • the operation of the invention is intuitively deductible from the above disclosure and is as follows: the user engages the pipe union 2 with a conventional sucking hose of a vacuum-cleaner household appliance and applies to the flattened plate 10 a disposable cloth 5 of the type that is usually commercially available, forcibly inserting the edges of the disposable cloth 5 into the recesses 111 provided for the purpose on the top face of the flattened plate 10 that is thus wrapped by the cloth 5 itself.
  • the edges of the disposable cloth are passed through the slits or interstices 12 defined for this purpose between the larger parallel and mutually facing sides of the suction mouths 7 and of the flattened plate 10.
  • the user then activates the motor of the vacuum-cleaner household appliance and simultaneously rubs the surface to be cleaned with the cleaner accessory 1, thereby obtaining two actions practically simultaneous: a first dust removing action with the disposable cloth 5, a second suction action of any dust that has been raised.
  • the double rotating articulated joint provided between the sections 102 and 202 enables the user to rotate the cleaning accessory 1 in any direction in relation to the end of the suction hose 3 that is normally furnished with a conventional vacuum-cleaner household appliance, and thus to reach with the cleaning accessory 1 even the most hidden areas of the surfaces to be cleaned. It has been established that the disclosed invention achieves the proposed objects.
  • both the rough cleaning and finishing cleaning actions are obtained with a sole tool at one stroke.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Nozzles For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)
  • Electric Vacuum Cleaner (AREA)
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  1. Accessoire pour appareils électroménagers de type aspirateur, comprenant des moyens d'embout d'aspiration (7) pour aspirer des particules à retirer d'une surface à nettoyer en faisant circuler lesdites particules à travers des moyens de conduit (2) communiquant avec lesdits moyens d'embout d'aspiration (7), comprenant en outre, dans une position externe par rapport auxdits moyens d'embout d'aspiration (7), des moyens de capture amovibles (4, 5) pour capturer d'autres particules qui doivent être retirées de ladite surface, lesdits moyens de capture comprenant un élément de support (4) prévu avec des moyens de fixation (11) grâce auxquels un organe de capture (5) peut être monté sur/démonté dudit élément de support (4), caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'embout d'aspiration comprennent au moins deux embouts d'aspiration (7) parallèles, supportés par deux parties opposées, audit élément de support (4).
  2. Accessoire selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit organe de capture comprend un tissu (5).
  3. Accessoire selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit élément de support (4) a des moyens de nervure (9) qui interconnectent ledit élément de support (4) avec lesdits moyens de conduit (2).
  4. Accessoire selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdits moyens de conduit (2) comprennent au moins deux segments de conduit (8), chaque segment de conduit (8) conduisant jusqu'à un embout d'aspiration (7) respectif.
  5. Accessoire selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdits moyens de fixation (11) comprennent une pluralité d'évidements (111) prévus au niveau de leurs entrées respectives, avec des languettes pouvant être forcées élastiquement, pour l'insertion et la retenue par pression des bords dudit organe de capture (5).
  6. Accessoire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 4, dans lequel lesdits moyens de fixation (11) comprennent une pluralité de petites languettes d'un matériau ayant un contact adhésif avec les bords dudit organe de capture (5) qui peuvent être retirés par traction.
  7. Accessoire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 5, 6, dans lequel lesdits moyens de fixation (11) comprennent une pluralité d'éléments de pinces pour fixer les bords dudit organe de capture (5).
  8. Accessoire selon la revendication 1, dans lequel, entre ledit élément de support (4) et lesdits éléments d'embout d'aspiration (7), on définit des interstices (12) qui sont assez grands pour permettre le passage des bords dudit organe de capture (5).
  9. Accessoire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 8, dans lequel ledit élément de support (4) et lesdits moyens d'embout d'aspiration (7) ont une forme plane rectangulaire avec des côtés qui sont parallèles entre eux.
  10. Accessoire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 8, 9, dans lequel lesdits moyens d'embout d'aspiration (7) sont supportés de sorte qu'ils offrent leur plus grand côté agencé parallèlement au plus grand côté dudit élément de support (4).
  11. Accessoire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les moyens d'embout d'aspiration (7) et ledit élément de support (4) ont au moins des bords inférieurs qui sont sensiblement sur le même plan que l'autre.
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IT000075A ITMO20030075A1 (it) 2003-03-18 2003-03-18 Accessorio pulitore multifunzione per elettrodomestici aspirapolvere
ITMO20030075 2003-03-18
PCT/EP2004/002748 WO2004082449A2 (fr) 2003-03-18 2004-03-17 Accessoire pour appareil electromenager type aspirateur

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EP1608253A2 (fr) 2005-12-28
ATE501661T1 (de) 2011-04-15
ITMO20030075A0 (it) 2003-03-18
ITMO20030075A1 (it) 2004-09-19

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