EP3187274A1 - Cartouche de nettoyeur pour dispositif de nettoyage intérieur - Google Patents

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EP3187274A1
EP3187274A1 EP16002677.9A EP16002677A EP3187274A1 EP 3187274 A1 EP3187274 A1 EP 3187274A1 EP 16002677 A EP16002677 A EP 16002677A EP 3187274 A1 EP3187274 A1 EP 3187274A1
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Rüdiger Töpfer
Alois Klingel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/06—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet by jet reaction, i.e. creating a spinning torque due to a tangential component of the jet
    • B05B3/063—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet by jet reaction, i.e. creating a spinning torque due to a tangential component of the jet using a member, e.g. a deflector, for creating the tangential component of the jet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/093—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by the force of jets or sprays
    • B08B9/0936—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by the force of jets or sprays using rotating jets
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C14/00—Stoves or ranges having self-cleaning provisions, e.g. continuous catalytic cleaning or electrostatic cleaning
    • F24C14/005—Stoves or ranges having self-cleaning provisions, e.g. continuous catalytic cleaning or electrostatic cleaning using a cleaning liquid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B14/00—Arrangements for collecting, re-using or eliminating excess spraying material
    • 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
    • B05B15/40—Filters located upstream of the spraying outlets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
    • B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
    • B05B7/2462—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using a carrying liquid flowing through the container for dissolving a block of solid material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
    • B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
    • B05B7/2472—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device comprising several containers

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  • the invention relates to a cleaner cartridge for cleaning the soiled interior of a device, such as a stove, a steamer or a Kombiellos or the like.
  • the invention also relates to a device with such a cleaner cartridge and the use of such a cleaner cartridge in a method for cleaning such devices.
  • WO 2008 032138 A1 discloses a washing device, which is particularly suitable for cleaning chambers of various devices for industrial and household applications.
  • the washing device essentially comprises a rotary body, which consists of disk-shaped elements which are received on a bearing bush. About this a washing fluid is supplied.
  • the disk-shaped elements are shaped such that when they are exposed to washing fluid a number of rotating washing jets are directed to different impact surfaces of a chamber to be cleaned and also the surfaces of the objects received in this chamber are hit.
  • a cleaner cartridge for cleaning a soiled interior of a device comprises a one-piece housing for receiving a treatment agent, at least one receptacle for connecting the cleaner cartridge to a water supply, via the recording water at a pressure in the housing can be introduced, the allows spraying of a treatment mixture. Furthermore, the cleaner cartridge comprises at least one spray opening for spraying a treatment agent mixture, wherein the at least one spray opening is arranged as a rotation opening on the circumference of the housing such that the cleaner cartridge is set into rotation upon spraying a treatment agent mixture.
  • WO 2015/091803 A1 also refers to a device with such a cleaner cartridge and the use of a cleaner cartridge for cleaning devices.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a simplified cleaning system for appliances, in particular for the heat treatment of food, which is simple both in construction and in handling. So should be guaranteed by as few additional built-in service friendliness and failure-prone parts to be reduced or designed as disposable components. Furthermore, a high degree of hygiene is to be achieved without loose dirt particles would have to be removed manually.
  • the cleaner cartridge proposed according to the invention is characterized in that it has at least one tangential blade which tears open a liquid jet emerging radially from the spray orifice by deflection and generates a fluid fan.
  • the cleaner cartridge is designed such that the cleaning of the dirty interior of the device takes place without the use of additional nozzles.
  • nozzle is understood to mean a separate component having a narrowing line cross-section, in which a medium flowing through it, such as the mixture of treating agents, in particular a cleaning solution, increases its velocity while simultaneously reducing the pressure.
  • the solution according to the invention is prepared by the one-piece design of the housing, which is added to a connection part for the water supply, and due to the arrangement of the spray openings, the treatment mixture in a single component directly and sprayed.
  • the cleaner cartridge proposed according to the invention can therefore be used directly for cleaning, in particular without additional nozzles or nozzle devices, and thus offers an all-in-one solution for a cleaner cartridge.
  • the cleaner cartridge is also user-friendly, since the cleaner cartridge is inserted into the device to be cleaned before the cleaning process and the process can be started, which allows easy handling by the user.
  • a cleaner cartridge refers to a cartridge, which is preferably used before the cleaning process in the device to be cleaned.
  • the cartridge is designed in particular as a disposable cartridge, which is already filled with the treatment agent, in particular in the form of a tablet, and is inserted into the device before each cleaning process.
  • the treatment agent in particular in the form of a tablet
  • enough treatment agent is stored to carry out a complete cleaning process.
  • the cleaner cartridge may have a fill volume between 25 ml to 450 ml, preferably from 75 ml to 300 ml.
  • the volume of the housing may be selected such that treatment agent can be accommodated for exactly one cleaning process.
  • the need for storing in the cleaner cartridge treatment depends on the length of the cleaning process and the volume to be cleaned.
  • the housing of the cleaner cartridge can be designed as a plastic housing.
  • Such housings can be, for example, a plastic, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), in particular low-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyamide, polystyrene, Polyurethane, polyethylene terephthalate or mixtures thereof.
  • the housing of the cleaner cartridge is made of a plastic that is not attacked by the at least one stored in the housing treatment agent.
  • the housing of the cleaner cartridge is made of a plastic that is resistant to the temperatures prevailing during the cleaning process. Typical temperatures are between 30 ° C and 95 ° C, preferably between 50 ° C and 90 ° C, and more preferably between 60 ° C and 85 ° C.
  • the housing of the cleaner cartridge can also be designed as a metal housing.
  • the treatment agent which is stored in the housing of the cleaner cartridge is, for example, a cleaning agent and / or a descaling agent.
  • Suitable cleaning agents are, in particular, alkaline cleaning agents which have a pH of> 7, preferably between 9 and 13, in aqueous solution.
  • Commonly used components of alkaline cleaners include, for example, alkali hydroxides, alkali carbonates, phosphates, silicates, peroxides, percarbonates, methylglycinediacetic acid (MDGA), polycarboxylates, enzyme, or mixtures thereof.
  • surface-active substances, such as surfactants, emulsifiers or inhibitors can be used.
  • Common descaling agents may be, for example, citric acid, methanesulfonic acid (MSA), sulfamic acid, malic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, acetic acid, or mixtures thereof.
  • the treatment agent can be taken up as granules, as a powder, as a gel, as a block, as a tablet or in liquid form in the housing.
  • the treatment agent is received as a tablet, granules, powder, block or gel in the housing so as not to be able to escape unintentionally, for example during transport, through the spray openings of the housing.
  • the openings may be closed, for example with a peelable film, a tear-able film of a few microns thickness or a dissolvable by water wetting film.
  • the openings may be closed with a wax, which melts when reaching a certain temperature level.
  • the treatment agent which is stored in the interior of the housing of the cleaner cartridge, be released temperature-controlled.
  • the openings of the housing of the cleaner cartridge are closed by a water-soluble saccharide.
  • the cleaner cartridge comprises at least one impact surface for the liquid jet emerging from the interior thereof, the impact surface being opposite the at least one spray opening in the housing of the cleaner cartridge.
  • the impact area causes the deflection the liquid jet emerging from the at least one spray orifice;
  • the fluid jet emerging from the at least one spray opening which preferably takes place in the radial direction, causes the formation of the fluid fan which wets all the boundary surfaces of the dirty interior to be cleaned.
  • the fluid fan is formed by the impact surface such that it sweeps over a fan angle which is at least 60 ° and 180 ° and can have more fan angle.
  • the at least one tangential blade is arranged on the outside of the housing of the cleaner cartridge, wherein the impact surface located on the inside thereof is located at a distance from the at least one spray opening in the housing of the cleaner cartridge.
  • the Tangentialeriel which are provided on the circumference of the housing of the cleaner cartridge according to the invention, can be identical in pairs as curved Tangentialeriel or pairs identical as provided with a kinked tangential or even alternately on the housing. Alternating in this context means that on the housing of the cleaner cartridges in with a curvature, be it concave or convex provided Tangentialflügel and a kinked tangential wing can be formed.
  • the tangential vanes formed on the circumference of the housing can, on the one hand, have a strong deflection angle in the order of magnitude of approximately 90 ° or else a smaller deflection angle, which is, for example, 45 °, at least 30 °.
  • a small deflection angle of ⁇ 45 ° produces a higher dirt-dissolving effect on the surfaces to be cleaned.
  • the tangential wings on the circumference of the housing of the cleaner cartridges can be kinked or curved concave or convex curved. Through the two Tangentialhoffl a deflection of emerging from the interior of the housing mixture of treatment agent mixture is generated. If one of the tangential blades is designed in a curved design, this results in improved fluid guidance due to lower losses, a higher torque acting on the housing of the cartridge. It is possible to make at least one tangential blade on the housing of the cleaner cartridge both concave and convex.
  • a fluid fan which, in contrast to the wing directed straight ahead in the vertical direction, centers the treatment agent mixture volume flow more centrally at the level of the outlet opening.
  • the tangential wing is convexly curved with respect to the vertical, ie the axis of rotation of the housing, the result is a fluid fan which, in contrast to the straight-ahead sequence, spreads the mixture mixture volume flow more strongly, so that more fluid flows into the fluid Outside area of the fluid fan is passed.
  • the Tangentialeriel can be employed both upwards and downwards.
  • the angle of attack defines itself as an angle by which the main axis of the tangential wing is inclined with respect to the axis of rotation of the housing.
  • the Tangential Easter are to perform this closed at the top and bottom execution.
  • the tangential wings are each provided with edges on the circumference of the housing in their upper and lower regions.
  • the tangential wings can also be designed with fluid guiding structures that run along the upper and lower edges of the tangential wings.
  • the tangential wings can be provided in gap with a free space extending between a rearwardly curved Tangentialerielkante and the housing wall of the cartridge. As a result, inner areas can be covered near the axis of rotation of the cleaner cartridge.
  • tangential blades provided on the housing of the cleaner cartridge, these can also be made of plastic material in such a thin wall thickness-whether concave or convexly curved, provided they have a bend-that they are deformable, ie have a flexibility.
  • Such trained Tangentialhoff is a change in the Fluidumlenkwinkels upon impact of the mixture of treatment agent mixture on the impact surface, initially a strong case-accelerating torque with pronounced fan angle arises initially. The spray pressure reduces the fluid deflection angle, which in turn reduces the fan angle and the torque, while at the same time increasing the cleaning mechanism on the wall of the interior to be cleaned.
  • the deformation of the tangential angle in thin wall thickness is dependent on the spray pressure, and when using a thermoplastic material for the production of the housing of the cleaner cartridge, eg polypropylene or polyethylene, on the temperature of the medium dependent.
  • a tangential wing is made in a small wall thickness (thickness), can be pressed by the impinging on the inner surface of the tangential fluid flow to the outside, whereby the deflection angle is reduced.
  • the tangential wing is made of propylene, for example, a wing with a wall thickness of ⁇ 1 mm is rigid, ie can not be deformed by the fluid jet.
  • the wall thickness is below 0.25 mm, the tangential blade made of polypropylene can be deformed by the fluid jet.
  • the impact surface which is formed on the inside of the at least one tangential wing, is designed to be flow-optimized and, in particular, can be embodied without limitation.
  • the impact surface which is formed on the inside of the at least one tangential blade, comprises fluid flow guide structures.
  • the Fluidstromleit Jardin are located on the inside of the impact surface, either at the end or at the upper or lower edge or approximately centrally in the impingement surface, which is opposite to the at least one spray opening in the housing of the cleaner cartridge.
  • Another possibility to favor the formation of the fluid fan is to carry out the fluid flow guide structures as elevations or depressions, in particular in the end region of the impact surface on the at least one tangential blade.
  • the cleaner cartridge in such a way that it is designed as a disposable cartridge filled with a treatment agent, wherein the charge represents a sufficient amount of treatment agent for at least one cleaning operation.
  • the cleaning cartridge rotatable about its axis of rotation comprises a housing in cylindrical form, which has the peripheral surface, a cartridge head and a bottom side.
  • the housing such that it comprises at least one finger part in which at least one spray opening is made.
  • a treatment agent is added in the inventively proposed cleaner cartridge, which may be present either as a powder, as granules, as a tablet, as a block or in liquid form or as a gel.
  • the cleaner cartridge as a two-part design, ie comprising two chambers, with an alkaline cleaning agent and an acidic descaling agent or a second alkaline cleaning agent. These can during the rotation of the housing of the cleaner cartridge in the interior of the device to be cleaned retarded, delayed with respect to each other, are released.
  • the inventively proposed cleaner cartridge comprises in its housing or on the finger parts at least one spray opening.
  • the spray opening can be designed as a circular opening or as a slot. It has proven to be particularly advantageous that the cleaner cartridge has slots in the lateral surface of the housing, which can extend horizontally or vertically with respect to the axis of rotation of the cleaner cartridge. A particularly positive influence on the forming fluid fan can be achieved if the at least one spray opening in the housing of the cleaner cartridge is designed as a horizontally oriented slot or slots.
  • the opening cross-sections of the at least one spray opening between 19 mm 2 and 39 mm 2.
  • the volume flow decreases.
  • the number of spray holes provided in the housing of the cleaning cartridge a maximum of 8 spray holes are possible. Practical testing shows that a rotation of the housing of the cleaner cartridge is better with two spray openings and a specific total exit area than, for example, three spray openings with an identical exit area.
  • the proposed solution according to the invention is characterized in particular by the fact that is formed by the formed on the outside of the housing of the present invention proposed cleaner cartridge tangential wing at the outlet of the treatment agent mixture from the interior of the housing in rotation about its axis of rotation.
  • the special shape of the tangential wings be it in finger shape with a kink, or as a curved surface, created an impact surface. The impact surface causes a deflection of the emerging from the interior of the housing mixture of treatment agent jet, so that a fluid fan is formed.
  • This fluid fan which rotates through the dirty, to be cleaned interior of a cooking appliance, a steamer or the like more, or a furnace, wets the surfaces and dissolves adhering dirt evenly.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a cleaning system 12 in a device to be cleaned, for example in the interior of a steamer 10 or a furnace with a cleaning cartridge 14th
  • the device 10 to be cleaned for example a steamer or an oven comprises a housing 16, which is designed in two parts with a tightly closable door 18.
  • a cleaning system 12 is provided, which performs the cleaning process.
  • the cleaning system 12 includes a supply line 20, a pump 22, a valve 24, and a controller 26 for controlling the water supply.
  • the cleaning system 12 may be coupled to a cleaner cartridge 14 which stores a treating agent.
  • a treatment agent for example, a cleaning agent and / or a descaling agent in the form of a tablet, a granule, a liquid, a powder or block, a gel in the cleaner cartridge 14 are added.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 comprises a connecting element 30 that is coupled to a connection element 32 with the supply line 20, for example screwed.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 is coupled to the connection element 32 of the cleaning system 12 and the water supply via the valve 24 and the pump 22 is controlled by a control unit 26.
  • water is pumped from the supply line 20 into the cleaner cartridge 14 on the pressure side, as a result of which the treatment agent dissolves in the water.
  • a treating agent mixture forming in the process is sprayed into the interior space 28 through spray openings 27 in the cleaner cartridge 14.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of a cleaning system 12 in a device 10 to be cleaned, for example a steamer or an oven with a cleaning cartridge 14.
  • the device 10 to be cleaned for example, a steamer or an oven according to FIG. 2 is essentially the same as in FIG. 1 shown.
  • the cleaning system 12 equipped with a water tank 36.
  • the water tank 36 stores at least as much water that a complete cleaning process can be performed. After the cleaning process, the water tank 36 is to be filled again with water.
  • the water tank 36 may also be connected to a supply line (not shown) to directly fill the water tank 36.
  • the cleaning system 12 includes unlike FIG. 1 a return line 38, which connects the outlet 31 with the supply line 20 or with the discharge line 33, depending on the position of the valves 23, 25.
  • a cleaner cartridge 14 is coupled to the cleaning system 12 prior to the start of the cleaning process.
  • Water is pumped from the water tank 36 through the pump 22 with the valve 24 open into the cleaner cartridge 14.
  • the treatment agent and the water form a dissolved treatment agent mixture which is distributed through the spray openings 27 in the interior 28 of the device 10 to be cleaned, for example a steamer or an oven.
  • By spraying the dissolved treatment agent mixture dirt is dissolved on the inside of the housing 16 and removed. The removal of dirt takes place both mechanically and chemically.
  • the draining waste water is routed via the outlet 31 into the drain line 33 or via a return line 38 again into the cleaner cartridge 14.
  • a collecting sieve 40 is arranged in the cleaner cartridge 14. So dirt particles are collected from the dirty water in the cleaner cartridge 14.
  • a backflow prevention device may be provided, which has a membrane 41.
  • the membrane 41 is designed so that water and dirt particles can pass in a pumping direction and are retained in the opposite direction.
  • the cleaning solution can drain through the screen and spray holes 52 while retaining the debris in the catch screen.
  • a check valve (not shown) may also be provided in the supply line 20.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 is removed including the dirt particles from the interior 28 of the device 10 to be cleaned, for example, a steamer or a stove.
  • FIG. 3 shows a fluid fan that creates through at least one tangential blade on the exterior of the cleaner cartridge upon exit of a treating agent mixture jet is wetted and the interior of the polluted interior.
  • the in FIG. 3 shown interior 28 of a device 10 to be cleaned is limited by a ceiling 110, a bottom 112 and side walls 114.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 On the ceiling 110 of the interior 28 of the device 10 to be cleaned is the cleaner cartridge 14, which is accommodated on a connecting element 30.
  • the housing 42 has on one side a first tangential wing 100 in a curved shape and on the opposite side a second tangential wing 102.
  • the fluid fan 104 On a arranged on the inside of the second Tangential Olivels 102 impact surface 106 encounters a mixture of treatment agent jet and is deflected so that a fluidic surface 104 forms. With respect to the impingement surface 106 of the second tangential blade 102, the fluid fan 104 is formed at a fan angle 116 that is at least 120 degrees, but may also be 180 degrees or more.
  • the fluid fan 104 which emerges on both sides of the rotation of the cleaner cartridge 14 about its axis of rotation wets both the side walls 114 opposite thereto and large parts of the cover 110 and the bottom 112 so that contaminants can be dissolved and rinsed off, a corresponding exposure time and a corresponding exit pulse the fluid fan 104 provided.
  • the representation according to FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a designed as a finger cartridge cleaner cartridge to take.
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the cleaner cartridge running as a finger cartridge.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 comprises a housing 42 on which, on the one hand, a first tangential blade 100 and, on the other hand, a second tangential blade 102 are located.
  • the inside of the two tangential wings 100, 102 each have an impact surface 106.
  • the spray openings 54 at the ends of the finger parts 118, 120 are designed as a circular opening 132.
  • End regions of the tangential wings 100 and 102 are designated by reference numeral 140 and may comprise fluid flow guide structures which will be described in more detail below and which serve to improve the formation of the fluid fan 104.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 in finger shape is preferably manufactured as a plastic injection molded component.
  • FIG. 5 shows a possibility of connection between a connecting piece and a bearing journal of the inventively proposed cleaner cartridge.
  • FIG. 5 shows that an inner annular gap 63 extends between a plane surface 65 of the connecting piece 50 and a bearing journal 66.
  • the inner annular gap 63 on the one hand ensures sufficient radial play, so that the connecting piece 50 can rotate about the bearing journal 66, otherwise the formation of the inner annular gap 63, as in FIG FIG. 5 shown, the formation of a fluid film.
  • This adjusting during operation of the cleaning system fluid film between the inside of the flat surface 65 of the receptacle 50 and the top of the annular support surface 67 in the bearing journal 66 and the inner annular gap 63 reduces the friction and thus acts as a sliding bearing.
  • FIG. 5 shows further that at the end of the journal 66, which is located in the receptacle 50, an annular support surface 67 extends.
  • the bearing surface 67 at the lower end of the journal 66 carries the here rotatable recording of the cleaner cartridge 14. From the in FIG. 5 drawn, the fluid flow symbolizing arrows show that can pass through the inner annular gap 63 from the interior of the cleaner cartridge 14 via the support surface 67 and located above this annular gap 63 fluid on the flat surface 65 of the receptacle 50.
  • FIG. 5 shows, moreover, the flow conditions that adjust above the support surface 67 at the lower end of the journal 66 and by the provision of the fluid passage opening 69 in the lateral surface of the journal 66.
  • FIG. 6 shows a cleaning cartridge, which is provided with laterally extending finger parts.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 includes the finger parts 118 and 120, which are formed opposite to each other on the housing 42. On both finger parts 118, 120 are each the mentioned tangential wings 100 and 102, on the inside of spray openings 54, the finger parts 118, 120 respectively opposite the impact surfaces 106th are executed. As a result of the impact of the treatment mixture rays emerging from the spray openings 54 on the impact surfaces 106, the cleaner cartridge 14 or its housing 42 is set in rotation.
  • FIG. 7 shows a multi-chamber cleaner cartridge in side view.
  • Its upper chamber 126 has a threaded opening 130. With the thread 130, the cleaner cartridge is connected via the connection element 32 with the cleaning system 12.
  • On the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 122 in the region of the upper, second chamber 126 of the cleaner cartridge 122 is a circular opening 132 through which exits the upper second chamber 126 supplied cleaning fluid and impinges on the incident surface 106 of the Tangential Olivel 102, 100.
  • the tangential wing 100, 102 is in FIG. 7 concave arched.
  • the lower, first chamber 124 of the multi-chamber cleaner cartridge 122 is separated from the upper, second chamber 126 by a non-adjusted separation bottom.
  • the opening of the lower, first chamber 124 may be provided with a temperature-soluble sealing material, which enables a delayed release of a second cleaner component or a descaling component.
  • FIG. 8 shows an alternative embodiment of the present invention proposed cleaner cartridge as a multi-chamber cleaner cartridge.
  • the cleaning chamber 122 shown in perspective represents the first chamber 124 and the second chamber 126.
  • the first chamber 124 located below is closed by a fusible plastic or wax so that its release takes place in a retarded manner, for example when a certain temperature has been reached.
  • FIG. 9 shows a cleaner cartridge with several chambers from above.
  • the second chamber 126 of the multi-compartment cleaner cartridge 122 is shown in FIG FIG. 9 shown open, ie without, for example, a meltable closure and without stored in the second chamber 126 treatment agent.
  • the first tangential blade 100 and the second tangential blade 102 are located laterally on the cylindrical housing 16 of the cleaner chamber 122 with a plurality of chambers.
  • the end regions of the two tangential blades 100, 102 are each provided with the reference numeral 140.
  • the first tangential blade 100 which has the bend 142, shows the impact surface 106, through which the treatment agent jet emerging from the at least one spray opening 54 configured, for example, as a slot 134 and impinging on the impact surface 106 is widened into a fan, as related to FIG. 3 already described.
  • At the top of the multi-chambered cleaner cartridge 122 is the threaded portion 130.
  • FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 Embodiments of Fluidstromleit Modellen are to be taken, which are located in the middle or in the end of the impact surfaces of the inside of the tangential wings.
  • fluid flow guide structures 144 which are embodied, for example, as serrated ends 146.
  • the serrated ends 146 may be a series of regular serrations of the same geometry, or may be a succession of irregular serrated structures.
  • FIG. 11 shows that in the end region 140 of the first tangential blade 100 and fluid flow guide structures 144 may be 144, which may be configured as a survey 148 or as a recess 150 or a sequence of these two execution geometries.
  • One or more depressions or elevations 148, 150 can be located both in the end region 140 and in the center of the impact surface 106, for example in the region in which the bend 142 of the first tangential blade 100 lies.
  • FIG. 12 shows embodiments of the Fluidstromleit Genten 144, in which the impact surface 106 in the end region 140 and in the middle each having a perpendicular to the plane extending elevation 148.
  • the fluid flow guide structures 144 as recesses 150, which run in the form of a channel in the impact surface 106 of the first tangential blade 100.
  • the Fluidstromleit Scheme 144 also formed on the inside of the second Tangentialflügels 102, be it in the end region 140 or be it in the center of the impact surface 106, for example in the region having a circular geometry or a slot-shaped geometry spray opening 54 in the housing 42 of Cleaner cartridge 14.
  • Fluidstromleit Weg 144 may also be arranged in an alternating sequence, ie first a survey 148 and then a channel-shaped recess 150 and then again a survey 148.
  • a reverse sequence on the impact surface 106 is conceivable.
  • FIG. 13 shows that in this embodiment, the at least one spray opening 54 in the cylindrical housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14 is designed as a slot 134.
  • the slot 134 may have a horizontal orientation 136 in the housing 16 of the cleaner cartridge 14, it may also extend substantially in the vertical orientation 138 in the material of the cylindrical housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14.
  • the first tangential blade 100 and the second tangential blade 102 are located on the cylindrical housing 42, arranged substantially opposite one another. Their end regions are designated by reference numeral 140. While the first tangential wing 100 has said bend 142, the second tangential wing 102 is provided with a curvature facing the cylindrical housing 42.
  • the cleaner cartridge 14 is provided in its upper portion with the threaded portion 130. In the cleaner shown in perspective view in FIG.
  • the inventively proposed cleaner cartridge 14 shows. This may be a purifier cartridge having a storage chamber or even one which has a plurality of chambers.
  • the impact surfaces 106 are opposite spray openings 54, which in the embodiment according to FIG. 13 are designed as slots 134.
  • the slots 134 are arranged in the casing of the cylindrical housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14 in horizontal orientation 136. It has been found that with a horizontal orientation of spray openings 54 formed as slots 134 in cooperation with the tangential blades 100, 102, particularly wide fan compartments 104 can be generated, the maximum surface areas of sidewalls 114 of the ceiling 110 and the floor surface 112 of a soiled one Moisten the interior 28 or cover it with the cleaner cartridge during rotation.
  • FIG. 13 shows that the two tangential wings 100 and 102 have end regions 140, the geometry of which will be described in more detail below. While the first tangential vane 100 has a kink 142, the second tangential vane 102 is formed in a camber with respect to the incident surface 106 formed on the inside thereof.
  • FIGS. 14-23 Embodiments of the at the periphery of the housing of the cleaner cartridge 14, 122, attached tangential wings 100, 102 can be seen
  • FIG. 14 shows the housing 42, which rotates about the axis of rotation 154 which extends in the plane of the drawing.
  • the two tangential wings 102, 100 On the circumference of the housing 42 are located opposite each other, the two tangential wings 102, 100, whose located on the inside of the incident surface 106 of the spray openings 54, which are formed in the housing 42, opposite.
  • the first tangential vane 100 is formed in a stronger curvature and allows a Fluidumlenkwinkel 156 of about 90 °.
  • the second tangential vane 102 is less curved and provides a fluid deflection angle 156 that is on the order of 30 ° to 45 °.
  • FIG. 15 shows the tangential wings 100, 102, of which the first tangential wing 100 has a kink 142.
  • the impact surface 106 of the spray opening 154 is opposite.
  • the second tangential wing 102, opposite the first tangential wing 100 is embodied in a concave curvature 158.
  • the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14 rotates about the rotation axis 154, which is in the drawing plane according to FIG. 15 extends.
  • the impact surfaces 106 on the inner sides of the tangential wings 100, 102, the spray openings 54 are opposite.
  • Both Tangentialflügel - be it with the kink 142, be executed in the concave curvature 158 - produce the same deflection and thus the torque.
  • the tangential blades designed with the concave camber 158 produce higher torque due to better fluid guidance since the losses are lower.
  • FIG. 16 shows a variant of the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14, in which the first tangential wing 100 is executed in the concave curvature 158, whereas the second, the first tangential wing 100 opposite tangential wing 102 has a convex curvature 160.
  • the impact surface 106 On the inner sides of the two tangential wings 100, 102 is the impact surface 106, which is substantially opposite the spray openings 54 in the housing 42.
  • FIG. 17 shows a cleaning cartridge 14, the housing 42 rotates about the connector 50.
  • the in accordance with the view FIG. 17 The spray opening 54 located behind the tangential blade 100, 102 wets the impact surface 106 located on the inside of the tangential blade 100, 102.
  • the housing 42 rotates on the connection piece 50 about the rotation axis 154, the tangential blade 100, 102 is in a straight curvature with respect to its axis End area 140 executed.
  • a fluid fan 104 is formed, wherein the majority of the exiting deflected treatment agent fluid jet leaves the tangential blade 100, 102 centrally in the amount of the spray opening 54.
  • FIG. 18 shows a variant of the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14, in which the tangential wings 100, 102 - the spray opening 54 in the housing 42 termed- in a concave with respect to the rotation axis 154 arch 158 are executed.
  • a fluid fan 104 is formed, which in contrast to the embodiment according to FIG. 17 Straight tangential wings 100, 102, the fluid flow even more centered - at the level of the spray opening 54 - centered.
  • FIG. 19 shows a variant of the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14, which also rotates about the axis of rotation 154 on the connector 50.
  • the tangential wings 100, 102 are designed in a vertical direction in a convex curvature 160. The resulting when using this cleaner cartridge 14 fluid fan 104 is more spread, causing more treatment mixture is passed into the outer region of the fluid fan 104 during rotation of the housing 42.
  • FIG. 20 shows the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14, in which the tangential wings 100, 102 are performed at an angle 162 with respect to the horizontal.
  • the tangential wings 100, 102 are turned upwards.
  • the tangential wings 100, 102 are provided with the concave curvature 158, as related to FIG. 18 shown.
  • the tangential wings 100, 102 can - as in FIG. 20 shown - turned up; However, it is also possible to make the tangential wings 100, 102 downwards.
  • the employment of the tangential wings 100, 102 in the angle of attack 162, the fluid fan 104 is directed upward or downward, so that the top and bottom areas are wetted with a higher volume of fluid flow.
  • FIG. 21 shows a variant of the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14, which rotates about its axis of rotation 154.
  • the housing 42 is rotatably mounted on the connector 50.
  • the Tangentialeriel 100, 102 which are located on the circumference of the housing 42, have at its upper edge or at its lower edge closed structures 164, for example, peripheral edges.
  • the treatment agent mixture jets emerging from the spray openings 54 impinge on the impact surface 106 located on the inside of the tangential wings 100, 102.
  • the closed structures 164 which are located at the upper and lower edges of the tangential wings 100, 102, limit the expression of the fluid fan 104 upwards and downwards.
  • FIG. 22 shows a variant of the housing 42 of the cleaner cartridge 14, in which the attached to the circumference of the housing 42 Tangentialhoffl 100, 102 Fluidstromleit Quilt 144 have at the upper edges or lower edges.
  • the housing 42 rotates - also rotatably received on the connecting piece 50 - about the rotation axis 154th
  • FIG. 22 shows that between the circumference of the housing 42 and the inside of the tangential wings 100, 102, a free space 166 is formed. As a result of this free space 166, a portion of the mixed-use agent jet can reach very well inner regions near the axis of rotation 154.
  • FIG. 23 shows a variant of the housing 42 of the inventively proposed cleaner cartridge 14, 122, in which the tangential wings are designed as deformable flexible tangential wings 170.
  • the Tangentialeriel 170 are here on the housing 42 to each other and are executed in a small wall thickness 172.
  • a tangential blade 170 of small wall thickness 172 can be pushed outward by the fluid flow incident on the impact surface 106 of the tangential blade 170, thereby reducing the deflection angle.
  • a tangential blade 170 having a wall thickness of> 1 mm is substantially rigid, i. not deformable by the fluid jet.
  • a wall thickness of the tangential blade 170 e.g. however, such a tangential vane 170 is flexible, i. from the fluid jet occurring on the impact surface 106 deformable.
  • the fluid deflection angle 156 changes upon impingement of the treating agent mixture jet exiting through the spray openings 54 and impinging on the impact surface 106. Initially, a strong accelerating torque with a pronounced fan angle 116 of the fluid fan 104 results. The maintained spray pressure reduces the fluid deflection angle 156 during rotation, whereby the fan angle 116 and the torque decrease. At the same time, the cleaning effect on the inner wall of the inner space 28 of the cleaned to be increased Device 10.
  • the deformation of the deformable tangential wing 170 is dependent on the spray pressure, and when using thermoplastic materials such as polypropylene or polyethylene, the temperature of the mixture of treatment agents that impinges through the spray opening 54 of the housing 42 on the impact surfaces 106 on the inside of the deformable tangential wing 170 ,
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