EP1935517B1 - Etabli de sécurité doté d'une plaque frontale facilement nettoyable - Google Patents

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EP1935517B1
EP1935517B1 EP07021474.7A EP07021474A EP1935517B1 EP 1935517 B1 EP1935517 B1 EP 1935517B1 EP 07021474 A EP07021474 A EP 07021474A EP 1935517 B1 EP1935517 B1 EP 1935517B1
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Edmund Frickel
Christoph Noll
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B15/00—Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area
    • B08B15/02—Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area using chambers or hoods covering the area
    • B08B15/023—Fume cabinets or cupboards, e.g. for laboratories
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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  • the invention relates to a safety workbench with a front window, which has at least one additional cleaning position.
  • Safety cabinets fulfill various functions. They are generally used to protect the product to be processed or machined within the workbench, the operator and / or the environment.
  • the basic structure of safety workbenches comprises an inner space enclosed by a housing and a working opening on the front side of the housing, which can be closed by an adjustable windshield.
  • the interior is referred to in the context of the invention as a working space or working space.
  • Such safety workbenches are in various embodiments in the prior art, such as in the DE 44 41 784 A1 , of the DE 102 17 903 C1 , which discloses a safety workbench according to the preamble of claim 1, which DE 297 23 636 U1 and the DE 100 17 196 A1 described.
  • a device for cleaning objects in a solvent wherein the container for receiving the solvent is placed in a fume hood.
  • the trigger is closed by a shutter on the front, which is mounted in guide rails and at least partially in a position horizontally below the working surface is movable.
  • the blind is according to the GB 2 204 263 A not transparent, but it is provided a window for viewing control.
  • the windscreen plays an essential role in the various protective functions of the safety workbench. It closes the working space in the working position largely against the outside environment and prevents the escape of particles, serves the operator below Other than splash protection and, conversely, also prevents the penetration of particles from the external environment into the workspace.
  • the windscreen can take in a safety workbench substantially three different positions, namely the open end position in which the windscreen and thus the work opening is maximally open, the working position in which the windscreen partially obscures the work opening in the upper part and the closed end position, in the the windscreen substantially completely closes the work opening.
  • Safety workbenches in laboratories especially those that are suitable for microbiological work, must meet stringent safety requirements.
  • they have fan and / or exhaust air devices, which dissipate air which has been contaminated by directed air flows, for example by particles or aerosol oils, and thus additionally protect the operator.
  • a safety workbench is for example in the DE 10 2004 032 454 A1 described.
  • the windscreen In order to ensure safe operation, the windscreen must not remain wide open for a long time in such a safety workbench, since the required air flows can not be maintained if the opening of the work opening is too large, thus preventing product and personal protection.
  • the windshield is mounted so that it can be moved up and down substantially parallel to the housing front side.
  • the area which can not be reached when cleaning, is also in the normal field of view of operators, so that the optical control is obstructed.
  • windscreens additionally include hinges or other folding mechanisms.
  • the windscreen can be opened upwards and cleaned on its inside.
  • the workbench of the safety cabinet is completely open to the environment.
  • the environment is exposed to possible contamination.
  • the operator is exposed to the potentially contaminated working space, as it inevitably has to approach them during the cleaning process.
  • a particular disadvantage is that it almost inevitably comes to stand below the windscreen to be cleaned.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a safety workbench with a windshield which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art and in which the windshield is easier to completely clean, without completely releasing the working space.
  • the invention relates to a safety workbench with a work space enclosed by a housing, an adjustable one-piece windshield and a housing front side, which has a work opening which is closable by the movably mounted and adjustable one-piece windshield so that in a closed end position the work opening completely from the adjustable one-piece windscreen is covered, wherein according to the invention, the adjustable one-piece windscreen has at least one additional cleaning position, in which it is at least partially below the closed end position movable such that between the disk upper edge and housing a cleaning opening is formed. In this special cleaning position of the windshield so an engagement opening is formed as a gap between the upper edge of the windshield and the overlying housing portion which limits the work opening upwards.
  • This opening is referred to as a cleaning opening in the context of the invention.
  • a cleaning opening Through this cleaning opening, an operator can grab from behind the front window and Carry out cleaning work so that the glass can be cleaned from above as well as from below (when the windscreen is in the working position) - and thus completely.
  • Another advantage is that the opening of the work space must be made only to the extent that the intervention of the operator makes this necessary. Moreover, the working opening remains covered by the windscreen, so that even during the cleaning process their protective functions can be substantially maintained. In particular, advantageously, the necessary air flows in the working space can be maintained. Thus, according to the invention, it is also possible, during the cleaning process, to ensure the protection of persons, the environment and the product and to meet the corresponding safety requirements.
  • means may be provided which prevent excessive lowering of the windshield. These may be mechanical or other barriers that prevent lowering beyond a certain end position. For this purpose, it may be useful to provide a known measuring device with which the disk position can be determined.
  • the disk can be moved in the usual way manually or automatically via an integrated into the safety cabinet operating unit in the respective desired position.
  • the operating unit can be programmed in such a way that a method beyond the cleaning position downwards is not possible.
  • the cleaning position is selected such that the released cleaning opening is not greater than the permissible opening size of the working opening in a working position in which to be made by an operator working in the working interior of the safety cabinet. In this case, it is ensured that the prescribed safety conditions are maintained.
  • the safety workbench according to the invention can be configured analogously to the previously known safety workbenches.
  • the drive devices for The windscreen may basically be formed as in the prior art and need only be slightly modified to allow lowering beyond the position in which the work opening is completely closed.
  • the windshield can be provided on both sides in a conventional manner, for example, along the side window edges guide rails in which the disc runs up and down.
  • these guide rails can be open at the bottom, so that the front window partially moves downwards to reach the cleaning position. This has the advantage that the guide rails need not be extended compared to conventional safety workbenches.
  • the guide rails can be extended so that the windscreen is additionally guided in the cleaning position at least a distance in the process. If the guide rails are so long that the lower disc side edges are still stored in the cleaning position, the guide rails can be closed at their lower end, wherein the closed ends can serve as a stopper for the disc.
  • FIG. 1 shows a safety workbench 1 according to the invention, which can be used for example in microbiological work.
  • the safety workbench 1 has a housing 2 which surrounds a working interior 3.
  • At the front of the housing 4 an adjustable windscreen 5 is arranged.
  • the windscreen 5 is mounted in a frame 6 so that it can be moved in side guide rails substantially parallel to the housing front side 4 up and down. By pushing down the windscreen 5, the located on the front side 4 housing opening 7 can be reduced.
  • the height of the released work opening thus results from the gap between the lower edge 8 of the windshield 5 and the working space base plate or working level 9.
  • the lower edge 8 of the windscreen 5 is arranged at the same height with the working level 9 and closes the work opening 7 completely.
  • the Safety workbench 1 the usually known from the prior art components such as blowers, filters, measuring, evaluation, control and regulating devices, an operating unit, etc. on.
  • FIG. 2 shows the safety workbench FIG. 1 in which the windshield 5 has been lowered according to the embodiment of the invention beyond the closed end position in a cleaning position.
  • a cleaning opening 10 which can be increased by further pushing down.
  • the height of the cleaning opening 10 thus results from the gap between the upper edge 11 of the windshield 5 and located above the working opening 7 housing portion.
  • the windscreen 5 protrudes in this position below from its frame 6 and the guide rails out.
  • the windscreen 5 is usually made of glass, for example a suitable laminated glass. But it can also be made of other suitable material, such as plastic.
  • the windscreen 5 may be held instead of the storage in a frame with guide rails alternatively or additionally by other known holding devices that allow lowering into a cleaning position according to the invention.
  • the ventilation devices such as fans, recirculation, exhaust air and filter devices, correspond to what is required for the safe operation of a safety cabinet according to the respective standards and requirements, which may also be required by law.
  • Such devices are for example in the DE 10 2004 032 454 A1 described.
  • the safety cabinet 1 may additionally have an integrated operating unit for the control of various device functions. This has the advantage that the operation of the safety cabinet is not only more comfortable for the operator, but also the various functions, such as the setting of fan and exhaust units and the disc position, can be better controlled and the operation is safer.
  • the windscreen 5 can be adjusted manually or via the operating unit for controlling device functions in the various positions, including in the cleaning position, proceed.
  • the windscreen 5 can be determined in a conventional manner in any position from the upper open end position to the cleaning position by means of known detents.
  • a method of the windscreen 5 in the cleaning position only in a specially set cleaning mode is possible.
  • This can be set for example via a special switch in a control unit.
  • This has the advantage that in normal working mode or working mode of the safety workbench in a process of the windscreen downwards not inadvertently the closed end position can be run over, so only a targeted approach to the cleaning position is possible. As a result, increased reliability is achieved.
  • the safety workbench 1 can also have at least one additional safety monitoring device, for example sensors for checking the exhaust air or circulating air flow or the air inlet velocity, or a measuring device for measuring the position of the windscreen. This can prevent that the safety workbench is operated unnoticed in improper condition. These monitoring functions preferably continue during the cleaning phases of the windscreen.
  • setpoint values for the various functions can additionally be defined with the safety monitoring device, and if they are exceeded or fallen below an optical or acoustic alarm is given.
  • Such an alarm function can advantageously also be provided in the event that a failure or defect of a component of the safety workbench is detected by the monitoring device.
  • the safety workbench according to the invention can thereby achieve and ensure increased operational safety.

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  1. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) ayant un espace de travail (3) entouré d'un boîtier (2), un panneau avant (5) d'une seule pièce, réglable, et une face avant (4) du boîtier avec une ouverture de travail (7) qui peut être refermée par le panneau avant (5) d'une seule pièce monté mobile et réglable de telle sorte que, dans une position finale fermée, l'ouverture de travail (7) soit totalement recouverte par le panneau avant (5) d'une seule pièce, réglable,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le panneau avant (5) d'une seule pièce, réglable, a au moins une position supplémentaire de nettoyage dans laquelle il peut être déplacé, au moins en partie, au-dessous de la position finale fermée de telle sorte qu'une ouverture (10) de nettoyage soit formée entre le rebord supérieur (11) du panneau et le boîtier (2).
  2. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le panneau avant (5) peut être déplacé en position de nettoyage, manuellement ou automatiquement au moyen d'une unité de commande intégrée.
  3. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    un dispositif de mesure est prévu pour mesurer la position du panneau avant (5).
  4. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le panneau avant (5) ne peut être abaissé que suffisamment pour que la dimension de l'ouverture (10) de nettoyage ne soit pas supérieure à la dimension d'ouverture admissible de l'ouverture de travail (7) dans une position de travail du poste de travail de sécurité (1).
  5. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que
    le panneau avant (5) est monté dans des rails de guidage sur ses bords latéraux.
  6. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les rails de guidage sont ouverts sur la partie inférieure.
  7. Poste de travail de sécurité (1) selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les rails de guidage s'étendent suffisamment vers le bas pour délimiter latéralement le panneau avant, même dans la position de nettoyage.
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