EP2240653B1 - Vorrichtung zur reinigung einer untergetauchten fläche mit einer bürstenvorrichtung, die durch glieder zum antrieb der vorrichtung auf der untergetauchten fläche angetrieben wird - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur reinigung einer untergetauchten fläche mit einer bürstenvorrichtung, die durch glieder zum antrieb der vorrichtung auf der untergetauchten fläche angetrieben wird Download PDF

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EP2240653B1
EP2240653B1 EP08863577A EP08863577A EP2240653B1 EP 2240653 B1 EP2240653 B1 EP 2240653B1 EP 08863577 A EP08863577 A EP 08863577A EP 08863577 A EP08863577 A EP 08863577A EP 2240653 B1 EP2240653 B1 EP 2240653B1
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  • the invention relates to a surface-cleaning apparatus immersed in a liquid, in particular a pool-side cleaner.
  • These devices provide a cleaning of the immersed surface of a basin by suction of debris present on this immersed surface. These debris are sucked at a liquid inlet and filtered by a filtering device. The filtered liquid is reinjected into the pool through a liquid outlet.
  • some comprise own means for driving the brushing device, that is to say independent of the drive members of the device on the immersed surface.
  • the drive members of the apparatus on the submerged surface and the rotating drive members of the brushing device are heavy, bulky and energy consuming members. Therefore, such a device has a large footprint and weight, which leads in particular to an increase in the hydraulic drag of this device.
  • Such devices do not allow easy maintenance.
  • the replacement of a brushing device of such an apparatus in case of wear of the latter, or to replace it with a device more adapted to the immersed surface to be cleaned or more adapted to the material of the submerged surface liner, polyester, concrete, etc., requires the disassembly of the drive members, in particular caterpillars. This operation is delicate and requires the intervention of a specialized technician:
  • these devices by the existence of tracks, prohibit having a ground clearance to prevent blockages of the device, for example on a bottom drain of a pool.
  • liquid of the apparatus generally arranged in a central portion of the base of the apparatus.
  • the brushing is performed at the speed of rotation of the wheels, which does not allow the sliding brushes on the immersed surface, and therefore limits the effectiveness of brushing.
  • the wheel drive is efficient and provides a large ground clearance.
  • the choice of the brush material must be determined according to the type of pool to be cleaned, especially according to its physical properties, dimensional, use, etc.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages and to provide a submerged surface cleaner which can combine the advantages of the independently driven brush apparatus with the advantages of the wheel drive apparatus without, however, presenting their respective disadvantages.
  • the invention aims to provide such an apparatus that can both be driven by at least one wheel and include at least one brushing device of the immersed surface.
  • the invention also aims at providing a submerged surface cleaning apparatus comprising at least one brushing device which can be disassembled and replaced independently of the drive wheels of the apparatus on the immersed surface.
  • the invention also aims at providing such an apparatus which is not confronted with the antinomic choice between a brush made of hard material and a brush made of soft material.
  • the invention is directed to such an apparatus whose speed of displacement on a submerged surface is independent of the material in which the brushing device is formed.
  • the invention also aims at providing such an apparatus of which at least one brushing device is rotated by at least one drive wheel.
  • the invention also aims to provide such a device whose cost is reduced compared to known devices and whose cleaning performance is equivalent or improved.
  • the invention applies to any immersed surface cleaner apparatus, which can be electric drive, hydraulic or mixed.
  • the object of the invention is more particularly to provide such an apparatus which is of the self-propelled type and with an onboard drive motor motor (s).
  • Such an apparatus makes it possible to drive a brush via at least one wheel.
  • This wheel ensures, by means of its integral ring gear and the brush pinion, the rotation of the brush around a brushing axis in the same direction as the direction of rotation of the wheel.
  • Such an apparatus therefore has a smaller size and weight than those of prior devices with brushes driving independently of the drive of the apparatus on the submerged surface.
  • the hydraulic drag of such an apparatus according to the invention is therefore reduced compared with known apparatus.
  • the rotation drive mechanism of the brushing device of an apparatus according to the invention also has a better compactness than the drive mechanisms of the prior art by the direct drive of the brush by the wheel, which eliminates a gear or belt.
  • Such a mechanism is simple and has a limited number of parts.
  • an apparatus according to the invention makes it possible to guarantee a speed of the apparatus on a constant immersed surface whatever the brushing device mounted on the apparatus.
  • an apparatus according to the invention makes it possible to separate the driving function of the apparatus from the brushing function of the submerged surface. The wheels move the apparatus on the submerged surface and the brushing device scrubs the immersed surface by sliding on the submerged surface regardless of the speed of the brush and whatever the material of the brushing device.
  • this brushing device being rotated by means of a brush pinion geared in a ring gear, this brushing device can be disassembled without requiring disassembly of all the drive members of the brush. the device on the immersed surface.
  • disassembly of the brushing device can be achieved by dismounting only one wheel of the apparatus.
  • disassembly of the brushing device can be achieved by off-axising the brushing device so that the brush pinion can be disengaged from the ring gear.
  • such a wheeled device can have a significant ground clearance.
  • the wheel driven in rotation by the guiding and driving members of the apparatus on the immersed surface may be a driving wheel - that is to say that the driving members directly actuate the wheel which causes the displacement of the hollow body on the submerged surface or passive - that is to say that the drive means causes the displacement of the hollow body on the immersed surface, which causes the rotation of the rotatably mounted wheel relative to the hollow body.
  • At least one rotary drive wheel of a brushing device is a driving wheel of the hollow body on the submerged surface
  • Such a driving wheel is therefore initiator of the movement of the hollow body of the apparatus on the submerged surface to be cleaned.
  • the drive of the apparatus on the submerged surface can be operated by electrical means, hydraulic means or mixed hydraulic and electrical means.
  • the internally toothed crown of the wheel allows not only to transmit to the brush pinion, a rotary movement allowing the rotation of the brush around the brushing axis, but also to transmit to the wheel itself, via the wheel pinion, a rotary motor movement which ensures the movement of the device on the submerged surface.
  • each ring gear internally secured to a wheel -motor or passive- is a peripheral ring with internal teeth.
  • the transmission between an electric motor and the wheel sprocket may comprise different gears, belts or equivalent means.
  • each wheel pinion is arranged at one end of a shaft, said intermediate transmission shaft, comprising at the end opposite the wheel pinion, a pinion, said intermediate gear, geared in a pinion said motor pinion, integral with the drive shaft of an electric drive motor.
  • Such an apparatus comprises at least one electric motor whose motor shaft comprises at least one motor pinion.
  • This motor pinion is geared in an intermediate gear, secured to an intermediate shaft.
  • This intermediate shaft comprises at the end of the shaft opposite to the intermediate gear, the wheel pinion geared in the inner ring gear.
  • the wheel gear, the intermediate gear, the intermediate shaft and the motor pinion form a transmission adapted to transmit to the wheels a torque for moving the device on the immersed surface.
  • the structure of this transmission is such that the electric motor drives the motor shaft in rotation in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the wheels.
  • the intermediate gear allows the use of a conventional DC electric motor, for example a brush motor having a rotation speed of the order of 120 revolutions / min which develops a power of less than 5 W.
  • An apparatus according to the invention is therefore little energy consumer.
  • the drive shaft, the intermediate shaft and the driving axle are parallel and extend along a direction, said transverse direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
  • the drive members of the apparatus on the immersed surface comprise two parallel axles extending along the transverse direction, each axle comprising at least two wheels respectively arranged at each of the transverse ends of the axle. axle, at least one of the axles comprising at least one drive wheel.
  • the two parallel axles are driving axles comprising at least two drive wheels respectively arranged at each of the transverse ends of this axle.
  • each driving wheel is provided with a ring gear with internal teeth adapted to be rotated by a wheel pinion, itself driven in rotation by means of an intermediate shaft, itself driven. rotating by means of a motor pinion mounted on the motor shaft of an electric motor.
  • the drive members of the apparatus on the immersed surface comprise a single driving axle.
  • each driving wheel of each driving axle is a non-directional wheel with internal teeth.
  • the absence of directional wheels on the drive axle provides an axle whose manufacture is facilitated due to the absence of directional members such as steering knuckles.
  • An apparatus comprising such an axle is therefore economical to manufacture.
  • a non-directional wheel axle is robust.
  • the apparatus comprises two axles, a front axle engine comprising non-directional wheels on which are fixed crowns internally geared and adapted to drive, by means of gears of brush, a brush cleaning the immersed surface extending between these two wheels, and an axle non-engine rear including non-directional wheels.
  • the rear axle may also comprise, according to a variant of the invention, a brushing device driven in rotation about a transverse axis by the wheels of the rear axle.
  • only the front axle comprises a brushing device.
  • a brushing device according to the invention can have various shapes and structures.
  • each brushing device is formed of at least one brush comprising a central core extending along the transverse direction and a plurality of fins extending radially from the central core and parallel to the transverse direction.
  • the fins of the brush may be made of various materials, in particular of rubber, of a thermoplastic material, or generally of a material having an elastic compressive and flexural stress during contact of the fin with the immersed surface. to allow the rotation of the brush and allow the displacement of the debris housed on the submerged surface to the liquid inlet provided at the base of the body of the apparatus.
  • the brushing device comprises two coaxial brushes, each brush being coupled to a wheel.
  • each wheel pinion has a pitch and a diameter identical to the pitch and the diameter of each brush pinion.
  • the brushing device has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the wheel integral with the ring gear in which is engaged the brush pinion which drives it in rotation.
  • Such an apparatus thus has a configuration in which the speed of rotation of the brushing device around its brushing axis is greater than the speed of rotation of the wheels.
  • said brushing device is arranged at a longitudinal end of the hollow body and extends in a direction, said transverse direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, such that said brushing axis extends according to said transverse direction.
  • said brushing device is connected to the hollow body so that the device rests on the immersed surface, at the longitudinal end where the brushing device is arranged, essentially on the brushing device.
  • the hollow body is formed mainly of a concave casing delimiting a main enclosure, this casing having openings respectively formed at the base of the casing and at the rear of the casing, these openings respectively forming each inlet of the casing. liquid and each liquid outlet.
  • the invention further relates to an apparatus for cleaning a submerged surface characterized in combination by all or some of the characteristics mentioned above or below.
  • An apparatus comprises, as represented in particular on the figures 1 , 2 and 5 a hollow body 1 and rolling bodies 2, 3, 4 for guiding and driving the hollow body 1 on a surface immersed in at least one preferred direction of advancement and in a main direction of advancement, referred to as the longitudinal direction, parallel to the immersed surface.
  • This hollow body 1 is formed mainly of a concave casing delimiting a main enclosure.
  • This concave casing is for example produced by molding or rotational molding.
  • This housing is preferably made of a thermoplastic material, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, ABS, PMMA or any equivalent material.
  • This hollow body 1 has a central chamber adapted to receive a filtration chamber.
  • This central chamber is delimited by a lower wall extending in a substantially horizontal plane; by sidewalls extending generally in vertical planes; by a front wall extending generally in a vertical plane, orthogonal to the planes of the vertical side walls; and by a rear wall extending generally in a vertical plane orthogonal to the planes of the vertical side walls.
  • the bottom wall has an opening extending transversely to the vicinity of the front wall so that liquid can enter the central chamber through this lower transverse opening. This opening forms an inlet 9 of liquid in the hollow body 1.
  • the rear wall comprises a cylindrical opening forming a liquid outlet out of the hollow body 1.
  • This liquid outlet 10 formed in the rear wall of the housing is longitudinally offset from the inlet 9 of liquid formed in the bottom wall.
  • this liquid outlet 10 is arranged in the upper part of the casing so that it is also vertically offset from the inlet 9 of liquid.
  • this central chamber this inlet 9 of liquid and this liquid outlet 10 forms a filtration chamber 8.
  • This filtration chamber 8 further comprises a hydraulic circuit adapted to ensure a flow of liquid between the inlet 9 of liquid and the outlet 10 of liquid through a filtering device 11.
  • the transverse opening in the bottom wall of the housing forms the liquid inlet 9 of the apparatus and the cylindrical opening in the rear wall of the apparatus forms the liquid outlet of the apparatus.
  • the inlet 9 of liquid and the outlet 10 of liquid are offset longitudinally, but both centered on the same longitudinal vertical plane of the device.
  • the central chamber of the hollow body 1 is adapted to receive a filtering device 11.
  • the filtering device 11 is arranged between the inlet 9 of liquid and the outlet 10 of liquid.
  • This filtering device 11 can be of any known type.
  • the filtering device 11 comprises a rigid armature and a filtering web -particularly a filtering cloth- carried by this rigid armature.
  • a filtering device 11 is therefore self-supporting and can be easily manipulated by a user.
  • the apparatus also comprises a hatch 6 for access to this filtering device.
  • This access hatch 6 forms an upper wall of the hollow body 1 and covers the latter.
  • this hatch 6 is formed on the top of the device so that a user of the device can easily open the hatch 6 and extract the filter device 11.
  • the access hatch 6 is articulated to the body 1 of the apparatus by hinges 23 arranged at the rear of the apparatus.
  • the filtering device 11 is a device mounted in the central chamber in the manner of a drawer.
  • the rigid annature of the filtering device 11 has two ribs extending laterally on each side of the filtering device 11. These ribs have shapes and dimensions shaped and conjugated to the shapes and dimensions of grooves integral with the hollow body 1. These grooves integral with the hollow body 1 extend vertically along the inner faces of the vertical side walls of the hollow body 1. The ribs of the filtering device 11 are therefore adapted to cooperate with the grooves of the hollow body 1 of the apparatus
  • the extraction of the filtering device 11 results from a displacement in translation of the filtering device 11 along the grooves of the hollow body 1.
  • a user can easily remove the filtering device 11 from the hollow body 1 for example to clean it.
  • a user can easily reintroduce the filtering device 11 into the hollow body 1 by orienting the device 11 to filtering so that the ribs of the filtering device 1 are facing the grooves of the hollow body, and then sliding the filtering device 11 in the hollow body 1.
  • the filtering device 11 further comprises a handle 28 formed on an upper portion of the filtering device 11 so as to facilitate the handling of the filtering device 11.
  • an apparatus comprises a motorized liquid pumping device comprising a pumping motor 12 having a rotating motor shaft 13 coupled to a pumping propeller 14 interposed in the hydraulic circuit so as to generate a flow of liquid between the inlet 9 of liquid and the outlet 10 of liquid.
  • the liquid outlet 10 is directly opposite the pumping propeller so that the liquid flows out of the liquid outlet 10 in a direction corresponding to the flow of liquid generated by the pumping propeller, this flow having a speed oriented along the axis 51 of rotation of the propeller 14.
  • the pumping propeller 14 has an orientation for generating a liquid flow with a horizontal component to the rear.
  • the pumping propeller 14 interposed in the hydraulic circuit between the liquid inlet 9 and the liquid outlet 10 has an inclined axis of rotation making, with said longitudinal direction and with the theoretical rolling plane 50, an angle ⁇ different from 90 °.
  • This propeller 14 is rotated by an electric pumping motor 12 which preferably has a rotating motor shaft 13 parallel to the axis of rotation of the propeller 14.
  • the electric pumping motor 12 is arranged under the hydraulic circuit, entirely outside this hydraulic circuit which entirely bypasses the pump motor 12 from above.
  • the rotary shaft 13 of the pump motor 12 passes through an inclined lower wall delimiting the hydraulic circuit.
  • the seal is provided by an O-ring 18.
  • the figure 6 comprises a representation of the circulation of liquid in the hollow body 1 of the apparatus.
  • This circulation is represented schematically on the figure 6 by arrows 66.
  • Liquid enters the hollow body 1 through the inlet 9 of liquid arranged under the apparatus. This liquid passes into a liquid inlet column 15 to reach the filtering device 11.
  • This filtering device 11 passes the liquid through the filter cloth and retains the solid debris. The filtered liquid then reaches the liquid outlet 10 and is ejected at the rear of the apparatus, in the basin from which it comes.
  • the liquid outlet 10 facing the pumping propeller 14 the liquid flows out of the apparatus through this outlet with a speed V oriented along the axis 51 of the pumping propeller 14 and having a component longitudinally rearward which induces by reaction forces, whose resultant has a longitudinal component of forward drive which participates in driving the apparatus on the immersed surface.
  • the orientation of the hydraulic reaction force created by this output flow, and therefore the amplitude of its longitudinal component, depend on the inclination ⁇ , relative to the theoretical rolling plane 50, of the axis 51 of rotation. of the propeller and the liquid outlet.
  • this inclination ⁇ is between 15 ° and 45 °.
  • the pumping motor is disposed under the hydraulic circuit, entirely outside this hydraulic circuit, so that the filtering device 11 of the hydraulic circuit can be removed from the apparatus by the top of the apparatus as previously mentioned, without being bothered by the pumping motor.
  • Only the pumping propeller 14 is arranged in the hydraulic circuit so as to ensure the flow of liquid.
  • This pumping propeller 14 is arranged at the rear of the apparatus, close to the liquid outlet 10. In other words, the pump propeller 14 and the liquid outlet 10 form the end portion of the hydraulic circuit.
  • the rolling members for guiding and driving the apparatus comprise a front axle comprising front driving wheels, one on each side, and a rear axle comprising 3 non-drive rear wheels, one on each side.
  • the apparatus further comprises at least one electric motor for driving the front 2-wheel drive wheels.
  • the apparatus comprises two drive motors 20a, 20b, one on each side, respectively for the independent drive of each of the front wheels 2.
  • each front wheel 2 has a peripheral ring 5 with internal teeth. and secured to this wheel 2.
  • the apparatus comprises two coaxial front brushes 4 extending one from the other in a direction, said transverse direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
  • Each brush 4 is adapted to be rotated about an axis extending in the transverse direction by a wheel 2.
  • Each brush 4 comprises a plurality of fins 41 extending radially from a brush shaft forming the axis of rotation of the brush 4.
  • the fins 41 are for example made of rubber made of a resistant plastic material.
  • the brushes 4 are rotated from at least one motor 20a, 20b electric driving the front wheels 2 through the wheels 2 and a gear system.
  • Each electric motor 20a, 20b comprises a motor shaft comprising a motor gear 44.
  • This pinion 44 motor is geared in an intermediate pinion 21, integral with an intermediate shaft 22.
  • This intermediate shaft 22 comprises at the end of the shaft opposite to the intermediate pinion 21, a wheel pinion 45 geared in the ring gear 5 inner teeth.
  • the wheel pinion 45, the intermediate pinion 21, the intermediate shaft 22 and each pinion 44 engine forms a transmission adapted to transmit to the wheels 2 a torque for moving the device on the immersed surface.
  • the structure of this transmission is such that each electric motor 20a, 20b drives a motor shaft in rotation in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the wheels 2.
  • the peripheral crown 5 with internal teeth of each wheel 2 before driving cooperates with a pinion 42 of brush attached to one end of the shaft of a brush 4 so that a rotation of the wheel 2 drives via the ring 5 with internal teeth and the pinion 42 brush, the rotation of the shaft of the brush 4, and therefore the rotation of the brush 4.
  • the different gears of the transmission may be sprockets with straight teeth or helical teeth.
  • the wheel pinion 45 and the inner ring gear 5 are made of a thermoplastic material resistant to water.
  • These pinions can for example be made of Delrin®, Nylon® or an equivalent material.
  • the peripheral ring comprises 94 teeth and the wheel pinion has seventeen teeth so that the reduction ratio is of the order of five.
  • the pinion 42 of the brush is identical to the wheel pinion 45.
  • each brush 4 has an outer diameter of between 40 mm and 200 mm.
  • the brush 4 has an outer diameter of the order of 100 mm.
  • the brush 4 has in operation an outside diameter of the order of 100 mm while at rest, it has a diameter of the order of 102 mm. This is explained by the fact that the brush 4 has a flexible structure in compression so that it crashes a little during the operation of the apparatus and ensures effective brushing of the immersed surface.
  • the electric motors 20a, 20b and the pump motor 12 can be of any known type. According to a preferred embodiment, these electric motors are low voltage motors. They can be powered by a power supply external to the device via an electric cable, not shown in the figures, which is connected to the device at an input zone 19 of the electrical cable in the apparatus, as shown on the figure 1 .
  • the rolling members consist of the front wheels 2 driving, rear wheels 3 non-driving and brushes 4 which participate in the driving and guiding of the device on the immersed surface.
  • the rolling members 2, 3, 4 have areas intended to come into contact with the immersed surface which are coplanar and define a theoretical rolling plane 50.
  • the longitudinal direction of advancement of the apparatus is parallel to this theoretical plane of rolling.
  • the front wheels 2 preferably have a diameter of between 100 mm and 500 mm, in particular between 150 mm and 250 mm. According to the embodiment of the figures, the front wheels 2 have a diameter of the order of 200 mm. In this way, these wheels facilitate the crossing of obstacles and have improved motor skills.
  • their peripheral tread is formed or coated with a non-slip material.
  • the front wheels 2 and the brushes 4 constitute front driving members which extend projecting forwardly with respect to the other components of the apparatus, in particular the hollow body, so as to form the front end portion of the device and to come first in contact with an obstacle encountered during the forward movement.
  • the apparatus also comprises a maneuvering handle 7 allowing a user to wear the device to immerse in a liquid and out of the latter.
  • This handle 7 is preferably arranged opposite the outlet 10 of liquid so that when the hollow body 1 is suspended by this handle, the apparatus switches spontaneously under the effect of gravity in a position in which the outlet 10 liquid is located under the inlet 9 of liquid, which allows a drain of the device.
  • the appliance is moved from the cleaning position to the emptying position, the debris sucked by the appliance is held in the filtering device and is not likely to come out of the appliance.
  • the pinions may have different pitch diameters, pitches and numbers of teeth.
  • the invention applies to a bidirectional apparatus capable of retrograde movement.

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  1. Gerät zur Reinigung einer untergetauchten Fläche, das folgende Teile umfasst:
    - einen Hohlkörper (1),
    - Organe (2, 3) für Führung und Antrieb dieses Hohlkörpers (1) auf einer untergetauchten Fläche in einer hauptsächlichen Vorwärtsrichtung, der sogenannten Längsrichtung, und die mindestens ein Rad (2) umfassen,
    - zumindest eine Vorrichtung (4) zum Bürsten der untergetauchten Fläche, die gegenüber dem Hohlkörper (1) drehbar um eine Achse montiert ist, die sogenannte Bürstachse,
    - einen Mechnismus, der eine Bürstvorrichtung (4) in Drehung gegenüber dem Hohlkörper (1) um seine Bürstachse versetzt,
    - dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der besagte Mechanismus für den Antrieb einer Bürstvorrichtung (4) folgende Teile umfasst:
    - zumindest einen Kranz (5) mit Innenzahnung, der fest mit einem Rad (2) verbunden ist,
    - zumindest ein Ritzel, das sogenannte Bürstenritzel (42), in Eingriff in einen Kranz (5) eines Rades (2) und mit der Bürstvorrichtung (4) steht, so dass eine Drehung dieses Rades (2) in eine Richtung eine Drehung des Bürstenritzels (42) und eine Drehung der Bürstvorrichtung (4) um ihre Bürstachse in die gleiche Richtung treibt, wie der Drehsinn dieses Rades (2) .
  2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zumindest ein Rad (2), das eine Bürstvorrichtung in Drehung versetzt, ein Antriebsrad des Hohlkörpers auf der untergetauchten Fläche ist.
  3. Gerät nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagten Organe (2, 3) für den Antrieb des Hohlkörpers auf der untergetauchten Fläche folgende Teile umfassen:
    - zumindest einen elektrischen Antriebsmotor (20),
    - zumindest ein Ritzel, das sogenannte Radritzel (45), in Eingriff in einen Kranz (5) mit Innenzahnung eines Antriebsrades (2) und das geeignet ist, von einem elektrischen Antriebsmotor (20) in Drehung versetzt zu werden, so dass die Drehungsaufnahme dieses Radritzels (45) durch diesen elektrischen Motor (20) die Drehung dieses Antriebsrades (2) mit sich führt.
  4. Gerät nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Radritzel (45) an einem Ende einer Welle gestaltet ist, der sogenannten Antriebsnebenwelle (22), die am entgegengesetzten Ende ein Ritzel, das sogenannte Zwischenritzel (21) umfasst, das in ein Ritzel eingreift, das sogenannte Antriebsritzel (44), das fest mit dem Antriebsritzel eines elektrischen Antriebsmotors (20) verbunden ist.
  5. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagten Antriebsorgane (2, 3) des Geräts auf der untergetauchten Fläche zwei parallele Achsen umfassen, die sich entlang einer Richtung erstrecken, der sogenannten Querrichtung, die senkrecht zur Längsrichtung steht, wobei jede Achse zumindest zwei Räder umfasst, die jeweils an den Querenden der Achse gestaltet sind, wobei zumindest eine der Achsen zumindest ein Antriebsrad (2) umfasst.
  6. Gerät nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden parallelen Achsen Antriebsachsen sind, die zumindest zwei Antriebsräder (2) umfassen, die jeweils an einem Querende dieser Achse gestaltet sind.
  7. Gerät nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagten Organe (2, 3) für den Antrieb des Geräts auf der untergetauchten Fläche eine einzige Antriebsachse umfassen:
  8. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 2 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Antriebsrad (2) kein Richtungsrad mit Innenzahnung ist.
  9. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagte Bürstvorrichtung (4) aus zumindest einer Bürste gebildet wird, die einen Mittelkern umfasst, der sich entlang einer Richtung erstreckt, der sogenannten Querrichtung, die senkrecht zur Längsrichtung steht, und eine Mehrzahl von Rippen, die sich radial vom Mittelkern und parallel zur Querrichtung erstrecken.
  10. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Bürstvorrichtung (4) zwei koaxiale Bürsten umfasst, wobei jede Bürste an ein Rad gekuppelt ist.
  11. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Radritzel (45) einen Gang und einen Durchmesser aufweist, die identisch mit dem Gang und dem Durchmesser jedes Bürstenritzels (42) sind.
  12. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Bürstvorrichtung (4) einen Durchmesser kleiner als der Durchmesser des Rades (2) hat, das fest mit dem Kranz (5) verbunden ist, in den das Bürstenritzel (42) eingreift, das es in Drehung antreibt.
  13. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Filterkammer (8) umfasst, die im besagten Körper (1) gestaltet ist, und die folgende Teile aufweist:
    . Zumindest einen Eintritt (9) für Flüssigkeit in den Hohlkörper (1), der sich an der Basis des besagten Körpers (1) befindet,
    . zumindest einen Austritt (10) für Flüssigkeit aus dem Hohlkörper (1), der sich entfernt von der Basis des besagten Körpers (1) befindet,
    . zumindest einen Hydraulikkreis, der geeignet ist, einen Umlauf von Flüssigkeit zwischen zumindest einem Eintritt (9) für Flüssigkeit und zumindest einem Austritt (10) für Flüssigkeit durch zumindest eine Filtervorrichtung (11) unter der Wirkung einer Pumpvorrichtung (12, 13, 14) sicher zu stellen.
  14. Gerät nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagte Bürstvorrichtung (4) an einem Längsende des Hohlkörpers (1) gestaltet ist und sich in einer Richtung erstreckt, der sogenannten Querrichtung, die senkrecht zur Längsrichtung steht, so dass sich die besagte Bürstachse in der besagten Querrichtung erstreckt.
  15. Gerät nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die besagte Bürstvorrichtung (4) mit dem Hohlkörper (1) verbunden ist, so dass das Gerät auf der untergetauchten Fläche ruht, und zwar am Längsende, wo die Bürstvorrichtung (4) gestaltet ist, also im wesentlichen auf der Bürstvorrichtung (4).
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