EP2643096A1 - Appareil de nettoyage et brosse de nettoyage pour un pulvérisateur et procédé de nettoyage correspondant - Google Patents

Appareil de nettoyage et brosse de nettoyage pour un pulvérisateur et procédé de nettoyage correspondant

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EP2643096A1
EP2643096A1 EP11779107.9A EP11779107A EP2643096A1 EP 2643096 A1 EP2643096 A1 EP 2643096A1 EP 11779107 A EP11779107 A EP 11779107A EP 2643096 A1 EP2643096 A1 EP 2643096A1
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cleaning
atomizer
brush
cleaning brush
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Marcus Kleiner
Michael Baumann
Thomas Buck
Ralf Schäfer
Georg M. Sommer
Martin Wurst
Frank Herre
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Duerr Systems AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B08B1/12—Brushes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/50—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter
    • B05B15/52—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter for removal of clogging particles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/50—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter
    • B05B15/55—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter using cleaning fluids
    • B05B15/555—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter using cleaning fluids discharged by cleaning nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
    • B08B1/32—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members
    • B08B1/34—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members rotating about an axis parallel to the surface
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
    • A46B13/001—Cylindrical or annular brush bodies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
    • B08B1/32—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members
    • 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
    • B08B3/02—Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays

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  • the invention relates to a cleaning device for an atomizer, in particular for a rotary atomizer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a novel cleaning brush for such a cleaning device. Furthermore, the invention also includes a correspondingly adapted cleaning method.
  • the coating agent applied by the rotary atomizer does not deposit completely and exclusively on the motor vehicle body components to be painted, but with a certain proportion ("overspray") leads to contamination, whereby a certain proportion of the overspray is also outside deposited on the rotary atomizer.
  • This entails, in particular in the case of a color change, the risk that coating agent of the previously painted paint drips from the housing of the rotary atomizer onto the motor vehicle body component to be painted and makes it unusable due to the associated color distortion.
  • EP 1 671 706 A2 or DE 10 2004 061 322 A1 discloses such a cleaning device which has a cup-shaped receptacle into which the atomizer is introduced during the cleaning process.
  • the rotary atomizer is then rinsed with a rinsing agent in order to rinse off residues of paint remaining in the atomizer.
  • the outer contour of the rotary atomizer is cleaned by the atomizer is sprayed from the outside with a detergent.
  • the rotary atomizer can also be dried by blowing the atomizer with blowing air from the outside.
  • cleaning devices for rotary atomizers which use cleaning brushes as a cleaning agent, which brush off the outer contour of the rotary atomizer.
  • cleaning devices with cleaning brushes are particularly problematic when the rotary atomizer has an outer charging ring which protrudes from the housing of the rotary atomizer to the outside.
  • the known cleaning devices with cleaning brushes can then clean only the front area of the rotary atomizer in front of the outer charging ring, whereas cleaning the foundedaufladungs- ring and the rear portion of the rotary atomizer with such cleaning equipment is not yet possible.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to provide an improved cleaning device, which is based on the brush principle and yet is able to clean a rotary atomizer with an external charging ring. Furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide a correspondingly improved cleaning brush and specify a corresponding cleaning process.
  • the invention is based on the general technical teaching, for cleaning a rotary atomizer with a mecanicauf- charge ring not use a standard cleaning brush, but a special cleaning brush with a brush contour, the outer contour of the atomizer and in the case of an O toetzladungsringes also to the outer contour of the External charging ring is adapted so that the cleaning brush can not only brush the area of the outer contour of the rotary atomizer in front of the outer charging ring, but also the outer charging ring itself and the area of the outer contour of the rotary atomizer behind the deliberatelyaufladungsring.
  • the cleaning device according to the invention thus cleans on the outer contour of the rotary atomizer a cleaning area, which preferably also comprises an external charging electrode.
  • the cleaning device according to the invention is suitable for cleaning a rotary atomizer with an outwardly projecting outer charging ring, in which the actual charging electrodes are embedded.
  • the invention is also suitable for cleaning rotary atomizers with an electrostatic external charging, in which individual external charging electrodes protrude in a finger-shaped manner from the rotary atomizer.
  • the invention is also basically suitable for cleaning other types of atomizers, such as airless atomizers, air mist atomizers, ultrasonic atomizers or disc atomizers, to name just a few types.
  • the invention is not only suitable for atomizers with an electrostatic external charging, but can also be used for cleaning atomizers, in which the coating agent to be applied is charged electrostatically by direct charging.
  • the cleaning brush in the cleaning device according to the invention preferably has a brush contour which is adapted to the outer contour of the atomizer to be cleaned.
  • the cleaning brush preferably has a bulge or other recess whose shape is essentially a negative mold of the outer charging ring, so that the cleaning brush also in the region of the outer charging ring and adjacent to the outer contour of the rotary atomizer clings.
  • the outer charging ring can thus protrude into the bulge of the cleaning brush during the cleaning, so that the cleaning brush encloses substantially the entire length thereof on the outer contour of the rotary atomizer. lent the outer charging ring is applied. This offers the advantage that the cleaning brush cleans the outer contour of the rotary atomizer not only in the area in front of the outer charging ring, but within the entire cleaning area, which also includes the outer charging ring and the area behind it.
  • Rotie ⁇ Rende cleaning brushes are used, which brush the outer contour of the atomizer and clean thereby.
  • the rotating cleaning brush has a substantially rotationally symmetrical brush contour and rotates about a stationary axis of rotation, wherein the axis of rotation of the cleaning brush is aligned substantially parallel to the spray axis of the atomizer.
  • the atomizer to be cleaned is thus placed next to the cleaning brush during cleaning so that the cleaning brush conforms to the outer contour of the atomizer and thereby also protrusions (for example, an external charging ring) and
  • the atomizer performs a circulating movement around the rotating cleaning brush during cleaning, so that the cleaning brush can clean the outer contour of the atomizer on the entire circumference of the atomizer.
  • the orbital movement of the atomizer around the rotating cleaning brush is in this case directed counter to the rotational movement of the cleaning brush.
  • the cleaning device preferably has at least one fixed cleaning nozzle in order to wet the cleaning brush with a cleaning liquid before cleaning the atomizer and / or to clean it with the cleaning liquid after cleaning the atomizer.
  • this offers the advantage that the cleaning nozzle may be arranged stationary, so that no complex mechanism is necessary to adapt the cleaning nozzle to the respective position of the ro ⁇ animal cleaning brush.
  • the stationary arrangement of the rotating cleaning brush but also advantageous because no complex mechanism is required to move the cleaning brush.
  • both the cleaning brush and the sprayer during cleaning are stationary and arranged in parallel to each other, wherein both the cleaning brush and the sprayer motion about their own axes to perform a rotational, so that the cleaning ⁇ supply brush the atomizer clean on its entire circumference.
  • the cleaning device preferably has at least one stationary cleaning nozzle to wet the cleaning brush and / or the atomizer before cleaning the atomizer with a cleaning liquid and / or to clean after cleaning the atomizer with the cleaning ⁇ tion liquid.
  • the atomizer axis is fixedly arranged during cleaning, wherein the atomizer can perform a rotary movement about its atomizer axis during cleaning, which is not absolutely necessary, however.
  • the atomizer preferably carries over during its cleaning. no movement at all.
  • the rotating cleaning brush performs a circulating movement around the stationary rotary atomizer, so that the cleaning brush can clean the atomizer on its entire circumference.
  • the rotating atomizer is arranged stationary, while the likewise rotating cleaning brush additionally performs a circulation movement around the atomizer.
  • the circulation movement of the cleaning brush around the atomizer to be cleaned can be realized for example by a planetary gear and a pneumatic drive.
  • the cleaning device has several (eg three) rotating cleaning brushes with a rotationally symmetrical brush contour, wherein the cleaning brushes are arranged around the atomizer during the cleaning process, in particular equidistantly from each other.
  • the individual cleaning brushes rotate in each case about a stationary axis of rotation and usually do not perform any circulation movement around the atomizer.
  • the atomizer to be cleaned is thus located centrally between the various rotating cleaning brushes, wherein the atomizer to be cleaned carries out an angularly limited rotational movement about its atomizer axis during cleaning so that the cleaning brushes can clean the rotary atomizer over its entire circumference.
  • the atomizer preferably performs a rotational movement of 120 ° to ensure that the cleaning brushes can detect the entire circumference of the atomizer.
  • the wetting of the cleaning brushes with the cleaning agent can be done relatively easily via fixed nozzles, which can also be used in the subsequent cleaning of the rotating cleaning brushes to wet the cleaning brushes with the detergent.
  • the actual cleaning of the rotating cleaning brushes then takes place by a quick rotation of the cleaning brushes, whereby any dirt residues are thrown out of the cleaning brushes.
  • the subsequent drying of the atomizer can take place here by means of a Blas Kunststoffrings.
  • the atomizer to be cleaned is in the middle during the cleaning process, which allows a relatively small insertion opening in the housing of the cleaning device according to the invention. This in turn favors the drying of the atomizer, since the distance between the above-mentioned Blas Kunststoffring on the one hand and the atomizer on the other hand can be kept low.
  • cleaning brushes are used which rotate about the atomizer axis, the cleaning brushes being arranged spaced from the atomizer axis and facing the axis of rotation, so that the cleaning brushes brush off the outer contour of the atomizer.
  • the cleaning brushes are preferably arranged on the inner wall of a rotating pot into which the atomizer is introduced coaxially during the cleaning process, so that the pot with the cleaning brushes rotates coaxially with the atomizer to be cleaned.
  • fixed nozzles can be used in this case, for example, which ter brushes are attached and spray between the brushes.
  • the cleaning brush is not possible in this variant, however, by a rapid rotation of the cleaning brush, since the centrifugal force would then cause any dirt residues are pushed deeper into the cleaning brush.
  • the drying of the atomizer can in this case be carried out again with the aid of a Blas Kunststoffrings, the diameter of the Blas Kunststoffrings can be kept low, which favors the drying.
  • the cleaning brush can laterally have an insertion opening through which the atomizer can be retracted into the cup-shaped cleaning brush transversely to the axis of rotation of the cleaning brush.
  • the cleaning brush for this purpose consist of several segments, which are arranged distributed over the circumference and leave each gap between each other, through which the atomizer can be retracted or extended in the radial direction.
  • the lateral retraction / extension of the atomizer offers the advantage over axial retraction / extension that no problems occur with overturning bristles or bristle tufts. In addition, this allows a relatively small design.
  • the problem may exist that the detergent and debris are pressed radially outwards due to the centrifugal forces and then somehow have to be removed. This can be made possible by the fact that the cup-shaped receptacle and / or the cleaning brush has at least one opening on the circumference through which cleaning agents and / or dirt residues can be removed to the outside.
  • a metal sheet, a rod, a comb or the like can engage in the brush on which paint particles are knocked off or brushed off the brush.
  • the cleaning device preferably has a largely closed housing in which the atomizer is cleaned.
  • the atomizer is therefore introduced through an insertion opening in the housing, wherein the insertion movement is preferably aligned at right angles to the spray axis of the atomizer.
  • the insertion opening there is the need here for the insertion opening to be sufficiently large so that the atomizer can be introduced through the insertion opening into the housing.
  • the insertion opening of the housing has a clear cross section, which is essentially a negative mold of the outer cross section of the atomizer, leaving as narrow, constant a gap as possible between the peripheral edge of the insertion opening and the outer contour of the atomizer, to allow the insertion of the atomizer in the housing.
  • the atomizer is introduced into the housing of the cleaning device coaxially with its spray axis.
  • the input lead opening on an outer cross section, which is a negative mold of the outer cross section of the atomizer is substantially perpendicular to the spray axis.
  • the insertion opening is therefore circular in this exemplary embodiment.
  • an atomizing interior rinsing station in which the atomizer is rinsed with a rinsing agent in order to rinse out coating agent remaining in the atomizer.
  • a Bürstenbenet tion station located within the housing of the cleaning device preferably a Bürstenbenet tion station, in which the cleaning brush is wetted with a cleaning agent to improve the cleaning effect in the subsequent cleaning.
  • a cleaning station is located inside the housing of the cleaning device, in which the atomizer is cleaned by the cleaning brush by the cleaning brush brushes the outer contour of the atomizer.
  • a brush rinsing station in which the cleaning brush is cleaned with a rinsing agent in order to remove dirt residues from the cleaning brush.
  • a Zerstäuberau 7 Surprisestation be in which the atomizer is sprayed before scrubbing from the outside with a rinsing or cleaning agent to improve the subsequent cleaning effect.
  • a drying station in which the atomizer is subsequently dried.
  • the aforementioned various stations can be arranged spatially separated within the housing of the cleaning device.
  • the drying station and the atomizing dishwashing station form a common station and are therefore not spatially separated.
  • nebulizer dishwashing station namely a nebulizer dishwashing station, an atomizer outer cleaning station and nebulizer drying station, and / or a nebulizer cleaning station for wetting the nebulizer Cleaning brushes with a cleaning agent and rinsing the cleaning brush with a detergent.
  • the nebulizer in the housing may be substantially traversed along a travel path between the nebulizer wash station, the nebulizer exfoliation station, the drying station and / or the cleaning station, the path preferably being perpendicular to the nebulizer's spray axis and linear.
  • the travel path preferably runs horizontally or vertically.
  • the case of the Cleaning device according to the invention therefore preferably has a slot-shaped opening along the travel path through which the atomizer protrudes outwardly from the housing of the cleaning device, when the atomizer is in the path of travel within the housing, so that the atomizer in the housing of the cleaning device a befindliches outside the housing painting robot can be moved.
  • the slot-shaped opening preferably has a clear width transversely to the travel path, which is smaller than the Lich th width of the insertion, so that the atomizer can be inserted only through the insertion opening into the housing and removed from the housing, but not by the slotted opening.
  • the slot-shaped opening therefore only serves to allow the atomizer in the housing to be moved by a painting robot located outside the housing, whereas the atomizer can only be introduced into or removed from the housing through the insertion opening.
  • the cleaning station, the drying station and the Zerstäuberinnen Dahlauer Congressstation along the linear travel in a straight line are arranged one behind the other.
  • the Zerstäuberinnen Dahlstation is preferably located immediately behind or below the insertion, so that the atomizer immediately after reaching the housing reaches the Zerstäuberinnen Dahlstation without the atomizer must be moved along the travel further.
  • the drying station is located along the path of travel between the cleaning station and the atomizer interior rinsing station, the cleaning station preferably being arranged further away from the introduction opening than the drying station and the atomizer interior rinsing station.
  • the insertion opening for the atomizer is also located between the cleaning station and the drying station. can be arranged station. On the one hand, this enables compact external dimensions of the cleaning device. On the other hand, such an arrangement also allows a smaller
  • the drying station preferably has a pivotable bracket and a fixed bracket, each having at least one nozzle for the delivery of blast air, the nozzles are directed to the atomizer.
  • a plurality of blower nozzles are arranged along the bracket to prevent the
  • the fixed bracket and the pivotable bracket preferably run substantially vertically and laterally next to the atomizer, wherein the pivotable bracket is preferably pivotable about a vertical pivot axis, so that the pivotable bracket can be pivoted around the atomizer.
  • the pivot axis of the pivotable bracket preferably coincides with the atomizer axis. It should also be mentioned that the pivotable bracket preferably only by a limited maximum swing angle
  • the swivel bracket can be active from the first movement.
  • Swivel bracket are hereby preferably a plurality of air nozzles along the swivel bracket arranged one behind the other, wherein the individual Blas Kunststoffdüsen are aligned inwardly on the atomizer.
  • the two swivel brackets Upon rotation of the two swivel brackets about their axis of rotation or about the atomizer axis of the atomizer is then so blown by the Blas Kunststoffdüsen over its entire circumference and thereby dried. It is advantageous here ⁇ at the smallest possible distance between the two legs ⁇ angles of the pivoting lever on the one hand and the outer contour of the sprayer on the other hand.
  • the cleaning device is preferably carried out a spraying of the atomizer before cleaning. It finds a wetting / pretreatment for the purpose of solving the contamination. Moisture of the soiled surface instead, just before it is screwed during the cleaning process in the brush.
  • the wetting / wetting is preferably part of the cleaning station and not part of a separate station.
  • On the opposite side there is preferably a nozzle arrangement which rinses or rinses the cleaned surface of the atomizer directly after leaving / unscrewing from the brush engagement area, which is also referred to as "rinsing".
  • the blowing air nozzles have round, preferably circular bores, which may have a bore diameter of 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm and a spacing of 1 mm to 4 mm.
  • the blown air nozzles are designed so that the blown air exits the blower nozzles at a flow speed of more than 200 m / s.
  • the already mentioned above Bürsten Jardinstation has the task of cleaning brush with a detergent to clean ⁇ gen to remove any debris from the cleaning brush.
  • the brush rinsing station therefore preferably has a plurality of rinsing nozzles in order to deliver the rinsing agent to the cleaning brush. Preferably, more than two are for this purpose
  • the nozzle arrangement mentioned here is also used to moisten the entire brush before the first contact with the atomizer (during the approach of the atomizer to the cleaning device and to the cleaning brush) in order to obtain the full cleaning effect from the beginning.
  • the nozzle arrangement mentioned here is also used to moisten the entire brush before the first contact with the atomizer (during the approach of the atomizer to the cleaning device and to the cleaning brush) in order to obtain the full cleaning effect from the beginning.
  • the nozzle arrangement mentioned here is also used to moisten the entire brush before the first contact with the atomizer (during the approach of the atomizer to the cleaning device and to the cleaning brush) in order to obtain the full cleaning effect from the beginning.
  • the cleaning brush according to the invention may be constructed in several parts from a plurality of brush discs, which are rotatable about a common axis of rotation and along the Rotary axis are arranged one above the other.
  • the cleaning brush preferably comprises between two and ten brush disks.
  • the cleaning brush preferably brush fibers having a length of 30 mm - 120 mm, wherein the individual brush fibers are preferably combined into brush tufts, each containing numerous brush fibers, the individual brush tufts preferably with each other a distance of 4 mm - 10 mm have.
  • Drying of the atomizer after cleaning in particular by blowing the atomizer with blowing air.
  • Cleaning the cleaning brush after cleaning the atomiser especially by spraying the cleaning brush with a cleaning fluid.
  • additives can also be added to the cleaning agent.
  • the cleaning agent e.g., solvent, thinner
  • pulse air may also be mixed with pulse air to improve the cleaning effect.
  • Figure 7 is a schematic representation of another variant of a cleaning device according to the invention with three rotating cleaning brushes, which are each arranged stationary around the atomizer to be cleaned around.
  • FIGS. 9A-9B show different views of a preferred embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention, wherein the atomizer to be cleaned is introduced horizontally into the cleaning device.
  • 10A-10G different views of another embodiment of a cleaning device according to the invention, wherein the atomizer to be cleaned is introduced vertically into the cleaning device.
  • Figure 12 is a schematic of the cleaning device according to the invention with a fixed Blas Kunststoffbü- gel and a pivoting Blas Kunststoffbügel in the
  • Figures 1 and 2 show in a greatly simplified, schematic form a first variant of the invention Rei n Trents experts 1 for cleaning a rotary atomizer 2, which is used for example in a paint shop for painting motor vehicle body components to paint the vehicle body components to force.
  • the rotary atomizer 2 has an angled housing, wherein the angled housing part is rotationally symmetrical and carries an external charging ring 3 in order to electrostatically charge the coating agent sprayed from a bell cup 4 of the rotary atomizer 2.
  • the outer charging ring 3 includes circumferentially distributed numerous external charging electrodes embedded in the outer charging ring 3.
  • the brush contour of the cleaning brush 5 is in this case adapted to the outer contour of the angled housing part of the rotary atomizer 2, that the cleaning brush 5 rests within the entire cleaning region of the rotary atomizer 2 including the outer charging ring 3 on the outer contour of the rotary atomizer 2.
  • the cleaning brush 5 thus also cleans the outer charging ring 3 and the regions of the angled housing part of the rotary atomizer 2 adjacent to the outer charging ring 3.
  • a special feature of this embodiment is that the rotary atomizer 2 is not moved around the cleaning brush 5 on the circular path 7 during the cleaning process, but stands still. Instead, during the cleaning process, the rotary atomizer 2 rotates about its bellcrank axis so that the cleaning brush 5 covers the entire circumference of the angled body. Housing parts of the rotary atomizer 2 can clean. In this variant, therefore, both the cleaning brush 5 and the rotary atomizer 2 are arranged in a stationary manner during the cleaning process and execute rotations about their own axis.
  • a special feature of this variant is that the ro ⁇ tationszerstäuber 2 stands still during the cleaning process, whereas the cleaning brush 5 is moved around on the circular path 7 around the rotary atomizer 2, so that the rotating cleaning brush 5 can clean the rotary atomizer 2 on its entire circumference.
  • the cleaning brush 5 thus carries out a planetary movement around the rotary atomizer 2, the cleaning brush 5 simultaneously rotating about its own axis of rotation 6.
  • the rotational movement of the cleaning brush 5 about its own axis and the rotational movement of the cleaning brush 5 on the circular path 7 are in this case oppositely aligned in order to achieve the best possible cleaning effect.
  • the rotary atomizer 2 is fixed during the cleaning process. This offers the advantage that the cleaning device can have a relatively small insertion opening for introducing the rotary atomizer 2 into the housing of the cleaning device 1. This favors the drying of the rotary atomizer 2 after cleaning, since the gap between the atomizer housing and the Blas Kunststoffring can be made substantially smaller.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 show a further variant of a cleaning device 1 according to the invention, this variant again partly coinciding with the variants described above, so that reference is made to the above description to avoid repetition, the same reference numbers being used for corresponding details.
  • the individual cleaning brushes 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 respectively capture only a part of the circumference of the housing of the rotary atomizer 2 and therefore can not clean the rotary atomizer 2 over its entire circumference.
  • Figures 9A and 9B show schematic representations of a cleaning device according to the invention according to the variant described above and shown in Figure 3, wherein during the cleaning process, both the rotary atomizer 2 and the cleaning brush 5 rotate about stationary axes of rotation.
  • the cleaning device 1 in this case has a housing 11 which contains an insertion opening 12 in the left-hand side in the drawing.
  • the rotary atomizer 2 is thus introduced into the housing 11 of the cleaning device 1 through the insertion opening 12 in the direction of the double arrow for cleaning by a conventional multiaxial painting robot, not shown here.
  • the housing 11 At its top located in the drawing above, the housing 11 has a slot-shaped opening 13 through which the proximal housing part of the rotary atomizer 2 protrudes, so that the rotary atomizer 2 can be guided by the painting robot in the housing 11 in the arrow direction.
  • the insertion opening 12 in this case has a clear cross section, which is adapted to the outer cross section of the angled housing ⁇ part of the rotary atomizer 2 and quasi forms a negative mold of the outer cross section of the rotary atomizer 2. Therefore, the insertion hole 12 has for outdoor installation charge ring 3 has two opposed recesses 14, so that only a small gap between the edge of the insertion opening 12 and the outer contour of the Rotationszerstäu ⁇ bers 2 remains during insertion of the rotary atomizer 2 in the insertion 12th
  • Rinse detergent whereby remaining coating agent is rinsed out of the rotary atomizer 2.
  • the Zerstäuberinnen Congressstation comprises a substantially tubular receptacle 19, which is connected to a disposal, not shown here, to dispose of detergent and coating agent residues can.
  • the rotary atomizer 2 is positioned above the tubular receptacle 19 such that the rotary atomizer 2 sprays coating agent residues and rinsing agent into the tubular receptacle 19.
  • the drying and Benet zungsstation on a swivel bracket 15, which is about a vertical pivot axis 16 of a pivot drive shown here only schematically 17 is pivot ⁇ bar.
  • the drying and wetting station also has a fixed bracket.
  • the two brackets contain on their inside numerous slit-shaped Blas Kunststoffdüsen to inflate the rotary atomizer 2 with blowing air and thereby dry.
  • the two brackets also contain numerous detergent nozzles to spray the atomizer from the outside with a detergent.
  • FIGS. 10A-10G show a modification of the cleaning device according to FIG. 1, so that reference is made to the above description to avoid repetition, the same reference numerals being used for corresponding details.
  • a special feature of this exemplary embodiment is that the insertion opening 12 is arranged on the upper side of the housing 11, so that the rotary atomizer 2 is introduced in the vertical direction 1 through the insertion opening 12 into the housing 11 or removed therefrom.
  • tubular receptacle 19 of the atomizing dishwashing station is arranged directly below the insertion opening 12. After insertion of the rotary atomizer 2 through the insertion opening 12 into the housing 11, the rotary atomizer 2 is thus located directly above the tubular receptacle 19, so that the rotary atomizer 2 can be rinsed immediately.
  • a drying station 22 which has the task of drying the rotary atomizer 2 after cleaning. 22
  • the atomizer 2 in the drying station but also sprayed from the outside with a cleaning agent to improve the cleaning effect in the subsequent brushing of the rotary atomizer 2.
  • FIGS. 11A-11C show various representations of the station which serves the cleaning device according to FIGS. 9a-9b or 10A-10G as drying station 22 and as atomizer wash-out station.
  • the rotary atomizer 2 is thus sprayed from the outside with a cleaning agent before brushing in the cleaning station and dried by blowing with blown air after brushing.
  • the station on the above-mentioned pivot bracket 15 which can be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis of the pivot drive 17 in order to spray the rotary atomizer 2 over its entire circumference with detergent and to be able to blow with blown air.
  • the swivel bracket 15 has inwardly directed slot-shaped Blas Kunststoffdüsen 18 and a plurality of detergent nozzles 25 through which the detergent or the blowing air is discharged to the outer contour of the rotary atomizer 2.
  • the swivel bracket 15 is adapted with its inner contour to the outer contour of the rotary atomizer 2, so that the inner contour of the swivel bracket 15 virtually forms a negative mold of the outer contour of the Rotationszerstäu- bers 2.
  • this station has a fixed Blas Kunststoffart 24, which also has slot-shaped Blas Kunststoffdüsen 26 and detergent nozzles, which are directed inwardly onto the rotary atomizer 2.
  • FIG. 12 shows a schematic representation of the above-described cleaning devices 1 according to the invention, this modification being largely identical to the variants described above, so that reference is made to the above description to avoid repetition, the same reference numbers being used for corresponding details.
  • the invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments described above. Rather, a variety of variants and modifications is possible, which also make use of the inventive idea and therefore fall within the scope.
  • the claimed The invention also provides protection for the subject matter and the features of the dependent claims independently of the features of the claims.

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L'invention concerne un appareil de nettoyage (1) pour un pulvérisateur (2) présentant un profil extérieur prédéfini, ledit appareil étant en particulier destiné à nettoyer un pulvérisateur rotatif (2) et présentant au moins une brosse de nettoyage (5) destinée à nettoyer le pulvérisateur (2), la brosse de nettoyage (5) présentant un profil de brosse prédéfini. Selon l'invention, le profil de la brosse de nettoyage (5) est adapté au profil extérieur du pulvérisateur (2), de telle sorte que la brosse de nettoyage (5) est parfaitement en contact avec le pulvérisateur (2). En outre, l'invention concerne une brosse de nettoyage (5) correspondante et un procédé de nettoyage approprié.
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