EP2520377A2 - Dispositif de nettoyage de produits en vrac - Google Patents

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EP2520377A2
EP2520377A2 EP20120166325 EP12166325A EP2520377A2 EP 2520377 A2 EP2520377 A2 EP 2520377A2 EP 20120166325 EP20120166325 EP 20120166325 EP 12166325 A EP12166325 A EP 12166325A EP 2520377 A2 EP2520377 A2 EP 2520377A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B3/04—Cleaning involving contact with liquid
    • B08B3/045—Cleaning involving contact with liquid using perforated containers, e.g. baskets, or racks immersed and agitated in a liquid bath

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  • the invention relates to a device for cleaning bulk material according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • such a device has a tub flooded with washing liquid and a rotatable drum disposed in the tub having a substantially horizontal axis, the drum having a bottom, a peripheral surface and a lid opposite the bottom, and at least on the peripheral surface having a plurality of openings ,
  • Cleanliness and hygiene are always subject to increasing demands. In this way, the risk of spreading diseases can be effectively reduced. In some areas, however, maintaining hygiene is a difficult and laborious process. For example, the cleaning of plastic building blocks for children in institutional settings such as kindergartens, hospitals or homes for integration is an increasing problem. Currently, the cleaning is done primarily by hand, which is laborious on the one hand, on the other hand, but also brings problems in the safe maintenance of quality standards. A secured disinfection standard can not be achieved by manual cleaning.
  • the US 160,087 A discloses a washing machine in which the drum is removable upwards. For larger drums that take up several kilograms of material to be cleaned, the lifting is cumbersome and arduous.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device with which small objects, which are generally in the form of bulk material, can be effectively cleaned. It is especially thought of plastic building blocks, as they are available as "Lego ® " blocks on the market. The cleaning on the one hand should be done gently so as not to damage the blocks and on the other hand to ensure a sufficient cleaning effect. It should take special consideration of the nature of the items to be cleaned and a simple and safe handling can be ensured. In particular, easy handling should be ensured even with a corresponding loaded drum.
  • the drum has a first bearing point at the bottom and a second bearing point on the lid and that two bearings are provided in the trough, which removably receive the bearings, so that the drum is removable and provided in the trough lifting means are who the Lift the drum when opening the lid.
  • the drum is provided with a plurality of holes, which are, however, typically smaller than in a conventional washing machine to prevent the passage of the smallest components of the bulk material.
  • the drum which is formed as a storage container, can be easily removed from the device and inserted into the device. Due to the opposite bearing points of the drum a safe and for the structure of the drum little stressful suspension is achieved. In the sense of using the drum as a storage place for toys or the like, it is also essential that the opening of the drum is located on the front side and not on the circumference.
  • the lifting means facilitate the removal of the drum, especially in the filled state.
  • a fixed bearing and a bearing movable in the axial direction are provided in the tub.
  • a solid bearing is one which either has no moving parts at all or at most has passively resilient parts.
  • the axially movable bearing has an active member movable in the direction of the axis of the drum, which is adapted to engage in a bearing of the drum to hold them and optionally apply a torque for the rotation of the drum thereon.
  • this movable bearing is provided with a thread which engages in a correspondingly adapted thread of the bearing of the drum, whereby a particularly secure and firm connection is made.
  • Alternative shapes, such as oval or polygonal engagement geometries are possible.
  • a magnetic torque transmission can also be provided.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention provides that the axially movable bearing has an axially movable pin which is connected to a drive motor and to which a means for transmitting torque to the drum is provided.
  • the bolt can be pressed for example by an electromagnet against the drum and by the rotation of the drive motor screwed if necessary, a thread in a threaded bore of the bearing of the drum. But it is also possible that the bolt has a different type of engagement element to transmit the torque to the drum.
  • the handling of the device according to the invention is particularly facilitated by the fact that belts are provided in the tub, which are in communication with a lid of the machine to the drum when opening the Lift lids.
  • the straps are firmly attached on one side to the upper edge of the tub, loop around the drum at its periphery below and are on the opposite side led back up and connected to the lid. Now, when the lid is opened, the straps are pulled up and the drum is lifted out of the tub. Depending on the location of the straps, the height to which the drum is raised can be adjusted.
  • coil springs or gas springs are provided, which support the opening movement. Alternatively, such springs may lift the drum directly as a lifting means, but the straps are advantageous in that here the springs need not be located in a portion of the drum exposed to the washing medium.
  • a further preferred variant of the present invention is designed such that on the inner circumference of the drum a plurality of blade-like projections protrude inward, which have a concave region in the circumferential direction. It is known that drums of washing machines on the inner circumference of the drum have small projections to take the laundry inside the drum during rotation. It has now been found that such known protrusions are insufficiently suitable for cleaning, for example, plastic building blocks. This may be due to the fact that bulk material of this type has a lower density than water, and accordingly floats inside the drum. Due to the concave area, the individual parts are now taken much more efficiently during the rotation of the drum and kept under water for a longer period of time, which brings about a corresponding improvement in the cleaning effect.
  • blade-like projections which are circular-arc-shaped in cross-section and preferably have a radial extension which is between 10% and 40% of the diameter of the drum. In this way, a particularly high cleaning effect can be achieved.
  • the practicability of the device according to the invention is particularly increased by the fact that the drum is designed as a storage container for the bulk material is.
  • a device for example with several drums, which on the one hand serve as a storage container and can be used as needed without any further manipulation in the device.
  • an end wall of the drum is designed as a removable lid.
  • Another particularly favorable embodiment of the invention is designed such that the drum has at least one partition in the interior, which divides the drum into several sections. It is particularly advantageous if the partition has further openings. In this way, the components to be cleaned can be stored sorted in the drum, but at the same time it is ensured that the components are alternately immersed in the washing medium and lifted out of the washing medium.
  • the openings are formed in the form of slots, which preferably extend in the circumferential direction. On the one hand, this ensures that the drainage of the washing medium during the rotation of the drum is fast enough, but on the other hand is ensured by the small width of the slot that the components can not pass through the wall of the drum.
  • the present invention relates to a method for the purification of bulk material, in which the bulk material is cleaned in a drum, which is rotated within a tub filled with washing liquid about a substantially horizontal axis.
  • the drum is rotated intermittently in a single direction of rotation.
  • washing machines for textiles are operated so that the drum constantly changes its direction of rotation.
  • This period of time can take several seconds, but also several minutes.
  • the washing water can drip from the components located above the surface, by new when re-immersing Cleaning medium can come into contact with the components.
  • the bulk material is a building block that very often has a roof-like shape
  • the intermittent rotation described above will ensure that the majority of the building blocks make at least one revolution about their own axis during one revolution of the drum. so that it is virtually impossible that water accumulates permanently inside the building blocks.
  • the process is operated approximately in such a way that a pre-wash with water as a cleaning medium, followed by a main wash with a detergent solution as a cleaning agent, then a rinse cycle with water as a cleaning agent and then a drying step is performed.
  • a disinfection step can be carried out for this purpose.
  • the device of Fig. 1 consists of a trough 1, in which a drum 2 is rotatably arranged. In the operating position, the axis 2a of the drum 2 is horizontal.
  • the tub 1 is part of a housing 3, which is shown here only schematically and the other required components receives, such as water connections, pumps, electronics and the like, which are not shown here for simplicity.
  • a motor 4 drives the drum 2 via a polygonal or a bolt 5 with a thread 7, which engages in a corresponding recess 6 of the drum 2 with an internal thread 14, whereby an axially movable bearing 13 is formed, which is suitable to transmit the torque of the motor 4.
  • the movable bearing 13 is disposed in a lid 23 of the drum 2, which is removable for removing the contents of the drum 2, when the drum 2 has been removed from the tub 1. Opposite the bottom 24 is provided with the fixed bearing 12.
  • the peripheral surface of the drum 2 is designated 25, wherein a plurality of openings 26 are only indicated.
  • Fig. 2 shows a detail of Fig. 1 ,
  • the bolt 5 with the thread 7 is in the axial direction according to the double arrow 9 movable and biased by a spring, not shown, against the drum 2. This ensures a secure fit of the drum 2.
  • the bulk material to be cleaned that is, for example, plastic components
  • the drum 2 is then inserted into the tub 1 of the device and the device is put into operation.
  • the tub 1 is partially flooded with water as a cleaning medium, the drum 2 is intermittently rotated by 120 °. Between the individual rotations, the drum 2 stands still for about one to two minutes. Blade-like projections 19 with concave portions 20 take the contents of the drum 2 with the rotation.
  • a main wash cycle is carried out in a similar manner, in which a detergent solution is used as the cleaning medium. Subsequently, it is rinsed again with water. As a detergent and tabs can be used.
  • air is simultaneously injected via air distributor 21 below and / or next to the drum 2 via nozzles 22, which ensures a correspondingly improved cleaning effect.
  • a drying process takes place in which the drum is again rotated intermittently by about 120 ° or in each case by 360 ° and at the same time hot air is blown in from below.
  • Fig. 3 It can be seen that the drum 2 is lifted by the opening of the lid 8, since straps 10 engage as a lifting means the drum 2 and lift from its anchorage. One end of the straps 10 are each attached to the lid 8 to allow this functionality.
  • a spring 11 assists the opening movement of the lid so that the opening and removal of the drum with little effort is possible.
  • the spring 11 may be formed as a steel spring but also as a gas spring.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Accessory Of Washing/Drying Machine, Commercial Washing/Drying Machine, Other Washing/Drying Machine (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Main Body Construction Of Washing Machines And Laundry Dryers (AREA)
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