EP1737325B1 - Appareil pour l'entretien du sol, presentant une brosse rotative - Google Patents

Appareil pour l'entretien du sol, presentant une brosse rotative Download PDF

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EP1737325B1
EP1737325B1 EP05717115A EP05717115A EP1737325B1 EP 1737325 B1 EP1737325 B1 EP 1737325B1 EP 05717115 A EP05717115 A EP 05717115A EP 05717115 A EP05717115 A EP 05717115A EP 1737325 B1 EP1737325 B1 EP 1737325B1
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Markus Koch
Dirk Röllinghoff
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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
    • A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
    • A47L9/0461—Dust-loosening tools, e.g. agitators, brushes
    • A47L9/0488—Combinations or arrangements of several tools, e.g. edge cleaning tools
    • 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
    • A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
    • 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
    • A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
    • A47L9/0427—Gearing or transmission means therefor
    • A47L9/0433—Toothed gearings

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  • the invention relates to a floor care appliance with a rotatable brush according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • Floor care equipment of the type in question are known, so for example.
  • attachments for household vacuum cleaners or in the form of stalk guided sweepers These have rotating brushes, for sweeping the floor to be cleaned, including the brushes are generally aligned transversely to a usual direction in which the user pushes the device in front of him and further wherein the brush with their bristle tufts protrude down over the bottom of the device ,
  • To alleviate the ease of such floor care appliances also have at least one roller over which the device is supported on the floor to be cleaned.
  • a floor care appliance with a brush integral with an impeller is known.
  • the impeller is driven by the brush.
  • It is part of the brush itself JP 040589256A a floor care device with a rotatable brush is known, in which the roller is penetrated by the axle body of the brush and the axle body of the brush at the same time forms the axis of the roller.
  • the US-A-4660247 shows such a floor care device with a juxtaposition of brush and roller. The same shows finally the EP-A-0523632 ,
  • the object of the invention is to improve a floor care appliance of the type in question with regard to a simple, effective design.
  • roller is penetrated by the brush, wherein a central opening of the roller or optionally a guide of the roller forms a passage opening for the brushes and a support of the roller in the absence of axles takes place over its outer circumference or the leadership of the roller is mounted transversely to the axis of rotation of the roller in the range of the device housing.
  • a floor care device is provided in which the roller is arranged in a direct soil cultivation area independently rotatable by the brush.
  • the arrangement according to the invention of the roller in floor care appliances which work with an extraction in the region of the brush is advantageous.
  • the arrangement of the roller according to the invention proves to be advantageous, since in this way the brush or the suction mouth penetrated by the brush can be arranged further close to the frontal area of the floor care appliance for improved front extraction or brushing.
  • the roller according to the invention is arranged in the critical region, such as in the brushing and optionally suction region, so that, in particular in a floor care appliance, in which at the same time an extraction takes place for brushing, a carpet section to be processed is held down by the roller. An intake and thus a self-sealing is counteracted. As a result, the sliding forces are reduced especially in a brushing and suction processing of a carpet.
  • roller and brush are preferably arranged approximately coaxially with each other. Furthermore, the brush undergoes a defined ground clearance by the inventive arrangement of the roller.
  • the guide for the roller which leaves a passage opening for the brush, preferably extends over only a part of the circumference of the roller, so for example. Over 25 to 75%, preferably about 30% of the circumference.
  • This guide defines the geometric axis of the roller and may, for example, be formed as a sliding guide. Furthermore, in this regard, it is preferable for the guide to extend beyond a lower peripheral section in the operating position of the floor care appliance.
  • the guide can be held in the region of the brushing or suction chamber.
  • the guide also forms a hub portion, but the roller moves relative to the hub portion.
  • the guide is for this purpose shell-shaped to form a over a part of the circumference of the roller extending hub portion on which radially outwardly the annular shaped roller is guided.
  • the latter passes through the guide in a radially outwardly extending section.
  • This section also serves to hold the guide or the roller bearing hub portion.
  • the penetrated by the roller opening in this section is cross-sectionally designed so that the roller is positively held on the guide.
  • the leadership forming a hub portion guide with the radially outwardly extending portions are secant associated with the roller, wherein in the region of the sections a penetration is achieved by the roller.
  • the penetrated area in the sections is of a cross-sectional and curvature in the circumferential direction of the roller to the latter adapted for rotationally movable, but axle-fixed support of the roller both in Laufachsachsplatz and across it.
  • the brush has a Bürstenachs stresses and here radially projecting bristle tufts.
  • the passage opening of the roller is selected to be larger than the diameter of the Bürstenachs emotionss but smaller than a maximum radial extent of the bristle tufts.
  • the brush may be circumferentially bristle-free in the penetration area to the roller be held. Due to the fact that the passage opening of the roller is chosen smaller than a maximum radial extent of the bristle tufts, the brushing of this floor is ensured even when supporting the roller on a carpet or the like.
  • the passage opening of the roller is chosen so that a tiltably mounted brush - so, for example, to react on bumps - is freely movable in the penetrated region of the roller.
  • the bearing of the roller can also be achieved by a sliding guide, in which the annular roller is supported on its inner wall by means of rollers. Alternatively, the roller can be supported on its outer periphery axis-free.
  • Such a support can be made in the manner of a roller or cylinder bearing, for forming a roller or outer sliding guide.
  • a plurality, so preferably three uniformly spaced supports are provided over the circumference of the roller, which is annular, wherein these forming roller or cylinder bearings in the range of the device housing, so further preferably in the brush or Saugraumes are held.
  • a household vacuum cleaner 1 in the form of a vacuum cleaner with a suction hose 2 and a guide stem 3 for suction processing of a floor 4 leading to ground care device 5.
  • the latter is designed as an attachment for the vacuum cleaner 1, which via a connecting piece 6 both electrically and fluidly the vacuum cleaner 1 is connectable.
  • the connecting piece 6 is in fluid communication with a - viewed in the usual direction of feed r - frontal suction chamber 7, which extends transversely to the feed direction r in the floor care device 5 and downward, ie facing the floor to be cared 4 forms a slot-like suction 8
  • rotatable brushes 9 are arranged, which also extend transversely to the feed direction r over the Saugraumbreite.
  • the bristle tufts 19 of the brushes 9 project on the underside over the device base 11 through the suction mouth 8 for brushing the bottom 4.
  • a further support is experienced by the floor care device 5 in the side area considered in the feed direction r, so concretely in the region of the suction mouth 8 penetrated by the brushes 9 or by the bristle tufts 19.
  • rollers 15 are provided, which are arranged centrally in the extension direction of a respective brush 9 interspersed by these.
  • rollers 15 In the Fig. 3 to 7 a first embodiment of this arranged in the front region of the floor care device 5 rollers 15 is shown. These initially have a guide 16, which leaves a through opening 17 for the respective brush 9, which is selected to be larger than the diameter d of a Bürstenachs stressess 18, but greater than a radial extent of the radially from the Bürstenachs endeavor 18 protruding bristle tufts 19 (see. Fig. 3 ). In the, the roller 15 passing through axial portion of the Bürstenachs Eisen 18 is held bristle-free. The geometric axis of rotation of the roller 15 is defined by the guide 16.
  • the guide 16 extends only over part of the circumference of the roller 15, so in the illustrated embodiment, about over a third of the roller circumference, wherein further the guide 16 also forms a hub portion 20 for the substantially ringfömig formed roller 15. On both sides of this end in cross-section shell-shaped hub portion 20 are formed approximately radially outwardly extending portions 21, which portions 21 are penetrated by the annular roller 15.
  • the thus formed guide 16 is secant-like assigned to the lower position of the roller 15 in the working position of the floor care device 5.
  • the roller 15 is supported in this case on the inside wall of the hub portion 20, wherein a radial outer dimension of this hub portion 20 is selected to be smaller than the radial outer dimension of the roller 15th
  • the guide 16 is supported transversely to the axis of rotation of the roller 15, to which the sections 21 in the device housing 13, so in particular in the region of the suction chamber 7 are tied.
  • the arrangement and determination of the leadership; 16 is further selected so that the roller 15 projects beyond a circular section down over the bottom of the device 11.
  • the annular roller 15 is positively held on the guide 16, to which the annular roller 15 has an approximately double-T-shaped cross-section.
  • the intersected by the roller 15 sections 21 have cross-sectionally shaped corresponding through openings 22 which are formed in the thickness direction of the sections 21 adapted to the circular arc of the roller 15 (see. 6 and 7 ).
  • the roller 15 is held positively on the guide 16 with free rotational movement.
  • the support of the floor care device 5 via the rollers 15 and also a lifting of the floor care device 5 do not lead to a relative displacement of the roller 15 relative to the guide 16 in the transverse direction to the axis of rotation.
  • the through opening 17 to be penetrated by the brush 9 is formed by the hub portion 20 and the central opening of the annular roller 15
  • a light measure of this passage opening 17 corresponds approximately 1.2 to 1.5 times the brush body diameter d.
  • the bristle tufts 19 projecting radially from the brush body 18 are selected in their extent dimension so that they protrude radially with their free ends over the roller outer surface.
  • the rollers 15 has a double function.
  • carpets which can be easily sucked by the imminent vacuum in the suction chamber 7, which would lead to a closure of the suction chamber 7 and thus to an increase in the sliding forces , Are held down in the critical area by the rollers 15.
  • rollers 15 are formed achsörper arthritis, so that formed by the annular formation of the roller 15 central opening at the same time forms the passage opening 17 for the brush 9.
  • the support of the roller 15 takes place in the region of its outer periphery, including viewed in the direction of rotation on both sides of the rollers 15 cylindrical bearings 23 are provided, which with the beveled edges 24th the roller 15 cooperate
  • the cylinder bearings 23 are aligned approximately at an angle of 45 ° to the plane extension of the roller 15 wherein further distributed over the circumference of the roller 15 three cylinder bearing pairs, each including an angle of 120 "between them, are provided Cylinder bearings 23 are in this case held in the region of the device housing 13, in particular in the region of the suction chamber 7.

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Claims (8)

  1. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols (5) comprenant un boîtier (13) et une brosse (9) rotative, ainsi qu'éventuellement une aspiration dans la région de la brosse (9), un galet de roulement (15) étant prévu pour faciliter le déplacement, caractérisé en ce que le galet de roulement (15) est traversé par la brosse (9), une ouverture centrale du galet de roulement ou, le cas échéant, un guide (16) du galet de roulement formant un orifice de passage (17) pour la brosse (9) et un support du galet de roulement (15) étant réalisé sans axe par sa périphérie externe ou bien le guide du galet de roulement (15) étant maintenu, dans la région du boîtier de l'appareil (13), perpendiculaire à l'axe de rotation du galet de roulement.
  2. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le guide (16) s'étend uniquement sur une portion de la circonférence du galet de roulement (15).
  3. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le guide (16) forme également une partie de moyeu (20), le rouleau (15) se déplaçant cependant relativement à la partie de moyeu (20).
  4. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le galet de roulement (15) traverse le guide (16) dans une partie (21) s'étendant vers l'extérieur radialement.
  5. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le galet de roulement (15) est maintenu par engagement de forme au niveau du guide (16).
  6. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la brosse (9) comporte un corps d'essieu de brosse (18) et des touffes de poils (19) faisant saillie radialement à partir de celui-ci, et en ce que l'orifice de passage (17) du galet de roulement (15) est choisi plus grand que le diamètre (d) du corps d'essieu de brosse (18) mais plus petit qu'une extension radiale des touffes de poils (19) la plus grande.
  7. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le galet de roulement (15) est réalisé sans axe et en ce qu'il est supporté uniquement au niveau de sa périphérie externe.
  8. Appareil pour l'entretien des sols selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le support est réalisé à la façon d'un roulement à galets ou d'un roulement à rouleaux cylindriques.
EP05717115A 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil pour l'entretien du sol, presentant une brosse rotative Not-in-force EP1737325B1 (fr)

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EP09162247A EP2090210A1 (fr) 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil pour l' entretien du sol, présentant une brosse rotative
EP07101261A EP1792559A3 (fr) 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil d'entretien du sol doté d'une brosse agencée dans une bouche d'aspiration

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DE102004017696A DE102004017696A1 (de) 2004-04-10 2004-04-10 Bodenpflegegerät mit einer rotierbaren Bürste
PCT/EP2005/051299 WO2005096906A1 (fr) 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil pour l'entretien du sol, presentant une brosse rotative

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EP07101261A Division EP1792559A3 (fr) 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil d'entretien du sol doté d'une brosse agencée dans une bouche d'aspiration
EP09162247A Division EP2090210A1 (fr) 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil pour l' entretien du sol, présentant une brosse rotative
EP07101261.1 Division-Into 2007-01-26
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EP07101261A Withdrawn EP1792559A3 (fr) 2004-04-10 2005-03-21 Appareil d'entretien du sol doté d'une brosse agencée dans une bouche d'aspiration

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ES2345825T3 (es) 2010-10-04
ATE473669T1 (de) 2010-07-15
RU2006139746A (ru) 2008-05-20
JP2007190405A (ja) 2007-08-02
EP1737325A1 (fr) 2007-01-03
JP2007532163A (ja) 2007-11-15
EP1792559A3 (fr) 2007-08-22
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