EP3269286A2 - Spülvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP3269286A2
EP3269286A2 EP17181055.9A EP17181055A EP3269286A2 EP 3269286 A2 EP3269286 A2 EP 3269286A2 EP 17181055 A EP17181055 A EP 17181055A EP 3269286 A2 EP3269286 A2 EP 3269286A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20—Mops
    • A47L13/24—Frames for mops; Mop heads
    • A47L13/254—Plate frames
    • A47L13/256—Plate frames for mops made of cloth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
    • A47L13/58—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets
    • A47L13/60—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets with squeezing rollers

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  • the present disclosure relates to a rinsing device for increasing the rinsing quality of a cleaning device to facilitate and improve the cleanliness of a surface cleaning.
  • Such a device for special or professional use, can be used to improve the rinsing of any type of cleaning devices, and especially those of the wet broom type such mops, wipe or fringe to name just these examples.
  • the present disclosure relates to a rinsing device for a cleaning device, comprising a first reservoir designed to collect dirty water from the cleaning device, a second reservoir designed to store clean water, and a pumping device, mechanical configured to pump clean water from the second tank to humidify the cleaning device.
  • the cleaning device is restored to a high state of cleanliness after each rinsing cycle so that cleanliness and cleaning quality remain high throughout the cleaning.
  • This rinsing device is also more environmentally friendly because it reduces the amount of water and detergent used, the head of the cleaning device must not be completely immersed in the cleaning liquid. Such a configuration also allows a small footprint.
  • the terms “axial”, “radial”, “tangential”, “interior”, “exterior” and their derivatives are defined with respect to the main axis of the rinsing device; “axial plane” means a plane passing through the main axis of the rinsing device and “radial plane” a plane perpendicular to this main axis; finally, the terms “upstream” and “downstream” are defined with respect to the circulation of clean water in the rinsing device.
  • cleaning water is understood to mean any cleaning liquid essentially comprising water, optionally mixed with a detergent or another product of the invention. cleaning.
  • the pumping device can be of any type: it can in particular be of rectilinear type, piston for example, or rotary type, centrifugal or wheel for example.
  • the pumping device is configured to be activated through the cleaning device.
  • the rinsing device is thus very easy to use: the user can keep the cleaning device in hand, avoiding hazardous manipulations that could bring down the cleaning device, and is not forced, for example, to activate a cleaning device. joystick or a particular pedal.
  • the rinsing device can be activated while remaining at a distance, which ensures a more hygienic use, the user not being forced to directly manipulate the rinsing device or the cleaning head of the cleaning device; this also reduces the risk that the user is splashed during rinsing.
  • the pumping device is configured to pump clean water when an activation member of the pumping device is rotated.
  • the rotational drive of the activation member can be achieved in different ways: the rinsing device can comprise a motor or manual pedal drive for example; the rotational movement can also be brought from outside the rinsing device, for example using the cleaning device or another tool.
  • the pumping device is configured to pump clean water when an activation member of the pumping device is rotated by the cleaning device.
  • a configuration is particularly suitable when the cleaning device is provided with a rotary drive mechanism, in particular of the type allowing spinning by centrifugation.
  • the pumping device is triggered by the activation of the wiper device of the cleaning device, without it being necessary to provide a separate actuator: in a single gesture, the user can thus start spinning and pumping clean water.
  • the pumping device is of the rotary type.
  • the pumping device comprises an Archimedean screw.
  • Such a configuration is everything particularly effective for raising water substantially vertically from a reservoir to a level above the reservoir.
  • the rinsing device comprises a tray adapted to contact the cleaning device.
  • a tray adapted to contact the cleaning device.
  • Such a plate provides a large area for easy cooperation with the rinsing device.
  • the pumping device is configured to flow clean water along the tray.
  • the cleaning device can then imbibe clean water when in contact with the surface of the tray.
  • the second reservoir comprises a lid and the tray is formed by this lid.
  • the tray surface is angled outwardly. It can especially be conical or curved. In this way, the excess clean water can be removed from the surface of the tray, preferably to the dirty water tank: this avoids leaving stagnant water, possibly contaminated by the broom, on the surface of the tray .
  • the rinsing device comprises a connection member configured to cooperate with a connection member of the cleaning device. This allows indexing the position of the cleaning device on the rinsing device to facilitate the use of the latter.
  • These connecting members can also block the cleaning device to prevent it from moving during rinsing. They can also allow transmission of a rotational torque from the cleaning device to the rinsing device.
  • the connector member is rotatably mounted relative to the tray. This allows a relative rotational movement between the cleaning device and the rinsing device, which can facilitate the spinning of the cleaning device.
  • the flushing device includes an elevation mechanism configured to move the connecting member between at least a lower level and a higher level.
  • the connecting member when the connecting member is at the lower level, the cleaning device is in contact with the clean water provided by the pumping device and can therefore be rinsed; conversely, when the connecting member is at the upper level, the cleaning device is at a distance from the clean water and can then be drained without being re-wetted.
  • the lift mechanism is configured such that when the connection member is positioned at the lower level, the cleaning device is flush with the surface of the tray. The passage of clean water from the surface of the tray to the cleaning device is thus facilitated.
  • At least two centimeters, and preferably three centimeters separate the upper level from the lower level.
  • the elevation mechanism comprises a cam surface, integral in translation with the plate, and at least one follower element, integral in translation with the connecting member.
  • a cam surface integral in translation with the plate
  • at least one follower element integral in translation with the connecting member.
  • cam surface is integral in translation with the connecting member while the follower member is integral in translation with the plate.
  • the elevation mechanism is configured to include at least one lower stable position, wherein the connecting member is at the lower level, and at least one upper stable position, wherein the connection is at the top level.
  • the lift mechanism includes a biasing member configured to bias the follower member to a stable position, the follower member being moveable from one steady position to the next by exerting a predetermined force to the against the return force of the return member.
  • the cleaning device comprises a rotational driving device transforming a vertical movement of a sleeve or the cleaning device itself into a rotational movement
  • the simple activation of this driving device can make it possible to move from one stable position to the next.
  • the elevating device is devoid of a return member.
  • the gravity can be used to define the stable positions: the user then moves from one stable position to another by lifting the cleaning device.
  • the elevation mechanism comprises a plurality of successive lower stable positions. Preferably, it comprises at least three successive lower stable positions. In this way, the cleaning device remains sufficient time in its lower position to allow effective rinsing before mounting to the upper position.
  • the elevation mechanism comprises at least one intermediate stable position in which the connecting member is at an intermediate level between the lower level and the upper level.
  • the cleaning device does not rise suddenly and abruptly from the lower level to the upper level but passes through at least one intermediate level: the lifting movement is therefore progressive, which avoids surprising the user. It also reduces the risk of splashing during elevation.
  • the lift mechanism is configured such that the force to be exerted against the return force of the biasing member to leave an upper stable position is greater, preferably at least twice as much, as the force to exert to leave a lower stable position. In this way, the risk that the cleaning device passes from the upper position to the lower position involuntarily is reduced.
  • the cleaning device is provided with a rotational drive device operable by vertical back and forth movements, it is possible to actuate the latter without necessarily to exceed this predetermined larger force and therefore without going down to the lower position: the user must voluntarily exert a greater force to reach the next stable position at the chosen time.
  • the rinsing device includes a clutch mechanism configured to allow or prevent, under a predetermined condition, the transmission of the rotation of the connecting member to the activation member.
  • the clutch mechanism is configured to allow rotation of the connecting member to be transmitted to the activation member when the connecting member is at the lower level and to prevent this transmission when the connecting member is at the upper level.
  • the connecting member comprises a finger engaging a cavity of the activation member when the connecting member is at the lower level and escaping from the cavity of the activating member. when the connection member is at the upper level.
  • the pumping device is configured to pump clean water when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the rinsing device, preferably on an activation member of the pumping device.
  • the rinsing device is thus very easy to use since it suffices to press against the rinsing device with the aid of the cleaning device to trigger a rinsing cycle.
  • the pumping device comprises a compression chamber, a piston movable in the compression chamber between a rest position and a compression position, and a valve connecting the compression chamber to an ejection conduit. So, when the piston goes down into the chamber of pressure, the clean water contained in the compression chamber is compressed until it reaches the opening pressure of the valve: clean water is ejected under pressure towards the cleaning head via the ejection duct.
  • the pumping device comprises a spring exerting a restoring force on the piston.
  • the pumping device thus returns to its initial state, ready for a new cycle, when the pressure exerted by the cleaning device is released.
  • the activation member is formed by the piston.
  • the cleaning device can then exert a pressure directly or indirectly on the piston to trigger a rinse cycle.
  • the valve is provided within the piston.
  • the ejection duct passes axially through the piston. Such a configuration, potentially axisymmetric, facilitates the realization of the device.
  • the second reservoir and the compression chamber are fluidly connected by a filling passage at least when the piston is in its rest position.
  • the compression chamber can be filled with clean water for ejection by the pumping device.
  • the filling passage is calibrated so as to prohibit a reflux flow rate greater than 1 cl / sec, preferably 0.5 cl / sec, from the compression chamber.
  • a reflux flow rate is sufficiently low, with respect to the normal activation speed of the pumping device, to allow the pressure rise in the compression chamber during the descent of the piston and the ejection of clean water when the opening of the valve.
  • At least one seal is installed in the fill passage. Such a seal makes it possible to limit the flow of reflux in the filling passage while allowing a filling of the compression chamber.
  • the fill passage includes at least one narrowed section having a width of less than 0.1 mm. Such narrowed section allows to limit the flow of reflux in the filling passage while allowing a filling of the compression chamber.
  • the width of this narrowed section decreases as the piston progresses toward its compression position.
  • the filling passage is interrupted when the piston is in its compression position.
  • the reflux flow is zero, or virtually zero, when the piston down into the compression chamber, which facilitates the rise in pressure.
  • At least one check valve is installed in the fill passage.
  • the tray is connected to the activation member of the pumping device.
  • a support on the plate thus makes it possible to activate the pumping device.
  • the tray includes a plurality of nozzles connected to the pumping device, for example to the ejection conduit. It is thus possible to inject clean water directly into the cleaning head of the cleaning device, closer to the latter.
  • the tray comprises at least one wiper member. It may in particular be protuberances protruding from the plate in order to exert a wringing pressure on the cleaning head of the cleaning device.
  • the tray includes at least one dewatering roll.
  • a roller rotatably mounted about an axis, makes it possible to exert an axial spin pressure on the cleaning head of the cleaning device while reducing the tangential friction force exerted on the latter.
  • the tray includes at least one tuft of bristles and preferably rows of bristles. Such bristles facilitate the removal of large dirt that may be present on the head of the cleaning device.
  • At least one wiper member is movably mounted, and preferably spring loaded, on the tray. This facilitates wringing while reducing the tangential friction force on the cleaning device head.
  • the tray is removable.
  • the term “removable” means that it is possible to separate the plate from the rest of the rinsing device without the aid of special tools. This makes it easy to clean the tray and access the tanks and mechanism of the pumping device.
  • the rinsing device includes a rotational drive mechanism of the tray configured to drive the turntable when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the tray.
  • a rotational drive mechanism of the tray configured to drive the turntable when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the tray.
  • Such a rotation of the plate makes it possible to improve the spinning of the cleaning device.
  • the rotation of the tray could also be driven by means of a drive mechanism carried by the cleaning device.
  • the drive mechanism includes a fixed cam surface and at least one follower element integral with the tray. The configuration could however be reversed.
  • the follower member is a pin integral with the piston of the pumping device.
  • the driving mechanism and the pumping mechanism are therefore connected and can be activated simultaneously and in one movement when the cleaning device presses against the plate.
  • the drive mechanism is configured to drive the tray at a given angle of between 30 and 180 °, preferably 60 or 120 °, when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the tray.
  • a given angle of between 30 and 180 °, preferably 60 or 120 ° when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the tray.
  • the rinsing device includes a blocking device configured to prevent clean water from the second tank from reaching the cleaning device when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the activation member of the pumping device.
  • a blocking device configured to prevent clean water from the second tank from reaching the cleaning device when the cleaning device exerts pressure on the activation member of the pumping device.
  • Such a locking device allows for example to completely wring the cleaning device at the end of use, without re-moistening, to obtain a sufficiently dry state for storage.
  • Such a blocking device is also useful for more vigorously wringing the cleaning device, without reinjecting an additional quantity of water, in order to clean a fragile surface such as a parquet, for example.
  • the locking device comprises an obstacle mounted on the plate movably between a locking position in which it interposes in front of the nozzles and an erasure position in which it deviates from the nozzles.
  • clean water is pumped, ejected by the nozzles, but intercepted by the blocking device and then recovered by the dirty water tank.
  • the rinsing device is in the form of a bucket, the second reservoir being mounted in the interior of the bucket and the bottom of the bucket forming the first reservoir.
  • the rinsing device includes a second reservoir feed chimney extending from the second reservoir to the top edge of the bucket. This facilitates the filling of the second tank.
  • the present disclosure also relates to an assembly comprising a cleaning device and a rinsing device according to any one of the preceding embodiments.
  • This cleaning device may or may not be provided with an integrated wiper device, for example a centrifugation wiper device.
  • the cleaning device includes an integrated spin device, preferably of the centrifugation type.
  • FIG 1 represents, in perspective, a rinsing device 1 according to a first embodiment.
  • This rinsing device is also visible FIG 3 , 4 and 5 .
  • It takes the general shape of a bucket 8, provided with a handle 2, and comprises a bottom wall 3 and an outer circular wall 4 delimiting an interior volume 5.
  • a central pillar 10 is mounted, a tank 40 and a tray 60.
  • the bottom wall 3 has at its center an annular protuberance forming an annular promontory 3a surrounding a central cavity 3b.
  • the tank 40 comprising said bottom wall 45, an outer circular wall 46 and a removable cover 47, for its part forms a second tank 42 for storing clean water, optionally mixed with a detergent or other cleaning liquid.
  • the tank 40 is also equipped with a chimney 48 extending from the second tank 42 towards the upper end of the bucket 8, allowing easy filling of the second tank 42.
  • the tank 40 comprises a central cavity 50, pushing below the level of the lower wall 45 and delimited by a wall 50a projecting from the bottom wall 45.
  • the plate 60 mounted on the central pillar 10, comprises at its center a connection pad 61, mounted on the plate 60 via a bearing 62, configured to cooperate with a connection cavity 91 provided under the head 92 of the brush 90 associated with the rinsing device 1 and shown on the FIG 2A and 2B .
  • This broom 90 also has a cleaning pad 93, of the microfiber mop type, for example, removably attached to the lower surface of the head 2, with self-gripping strips or buttonholes for example.
  • the brush 90 further comprises a handle 94 mounted on the head 92 via a hinge 95 of the Cardan type and a free wheel 96 allowing the head 92 to rotate in only one direction with respect to the handle 94.
  • the plate 60 further comprises spin rollers 63, provided in this example three in number, evenly distributed around the central axis A of the rinsing device 1, and extending radially from this axis A.
  • spin rollers 63 provided in this example three in number, evenly distributed around the central axis A of the rinsing device 1, and extending radially from this axis A.
  • Each Spin roller 63 of substantially frustoconical shape, is rotatably mounted on a base 64; the axis of rotation 65 of the rollers 63 is slightly inclined so that the upper segment of each roll 63 is horizontal.
  • each base 64 is mounted on the plate 60 so as to benefit from a certain freedom of movement in the axial direction, the springs 66 making it possible to return each base 64, and therefore each roller 63, to its most effective position. projecting on the plateau 60.
  • the tray 60 also includes tufts of brushing bristles 66 facilitating the cleaning of the brush 90.
  • the tray 60 comprises three rows of brushing bristles 66, each provided along a dewatering roll 63.
  • the plate 60 further comprises water ejection nozzles 67 for ejecting clean water from the second reservoir 42 on the mop 93 of the brush 90. More specifically, in the present example, the plate 60 comprises three ducts. radials 68 regularly distributed around the central axis A, and thus radially extending radially from this axis A at the surface of the plate 60. Each of the radial ducts 68 is pierced with a plurality of aligned openings forming the nozzles In addition, the inner end of the radial ducts 68 communicates fluidically with an axial duct 69 of the plate 60, extending along the central axis A from the lower face of the plate 60, by which arrives the clean water coming from the second tank 42.
  • the plate 60 also comprises a locking device 70, taking in this example the shape of a three-branched propeller 71.
  • This locking device is rotatably mounted between two positions shown in FIGS. FIG 10A and 10B .
  • each branch 71 covers a radial duct 68 so that the ejection nozzles 67 are all masked by the blocking device 70.
  • each branch 71 In the second position, called erasure and shown in FIG. FIG 10B each branch 71 abuts against a cleat 72 provided on the plate 60 and discovers the radial duct 68 so that no obstacle is interposed between the nozzles 67 and the blade 90.
  • a cam device or simply a groove 73 is also provided on the surface of the plate 60, opposite each branch 71, to guide the rotation of the locking device 70 and ensure the stability of the blocking and erasing positions, respectively.
  • the plate 60 further comprises a connecting sleeve 74 to the central pillar 10, cylindrical, extending axially from the lower face of the plate 60, coaxially with the axial duct 69 for a length however less than the latter.
  • the central pillar 10 houses a pumping device, for pumping clean water from the second reservoir 42 towards the ejection nozzles 37, and a rotary drive device, operating simultaneously with the pumping device. , for driving the plate 60 in rotation.
  • the central pillar 10 firstly comprises a mounting sleeve 11 having a threaded cylindrical portion 12, received and screwed into the mounting base 9.
  • the mounting sleeve 11 also comprises a horizontal annular support portion 13 carrying three threaded blocks 13a .
  • the tank 40 is then mounted on the mounting sleeve 11, its central cavity 50 extending within the cylindrical portion 12 of the mounting sleeve 11.
  • An annular seal 51 whose section takes the form of an L, is then placed in a circular groove 52 provided in the lower wall 45 of the tank 40.
  • a return spring 59 helical, is further installed in the cavity central 50, vertically along the central axis A, its lower portion engaging around a protrusion 58 projecting vertically from the bottom of the central cavity 50, in the center of the latter.
  • the central pillar 10 then comprises a frame 14, a piston 15, a first cam cylinder 23 and a second cam cylinder 24 assembled with each other.
  • the piston 15, of generally cylindrical shape, although having material withdrawals to reduce its mass, comprises a lower cavity 16 open at its lower end and provided with a neck 17 at its upper end.
  • This neck 17 defines an orifice allows the lower cavity 16 to communicate with an ejection duct 18 made axially in the piston 15.
  • a ball 19 inserted in the ejection duct 18 is pressed against the neck 17 with the aid of FIG. a spring 20 resting on a shoulder (not shown) of the ejection duct 18: the ball 19 and the spring 20 thus form a valve closing the neck 17 unless a sufficient threshold pressure is exerted against the ball 19 from the lower cavity 16 of the piston.
  • the piston 15 further comprises an upper cavity 21 open at its upper end and communicating with the ejection duct 18 at its lower end.
  • the piston 15 also comprises pins 22, here three in number, provided at regular intervals on the piston outer surface 15.
  • the cam cylinders 23, 24, better visible on the FIG 7 and 8 are generally cylindrical parts whose inner surface is provided with reliefs forming cam surfaces 25, 26.
  • the cam rollers 23, 24 are configured to engage to enclose the pins 22 of the piston 15 between the surface of the cam. upper cam 25, carried by the first cam cylinder 23, and the lower cam surface 26, carried by the second cam cylinder 24.
  • the assembly is inserted into the cylindrical internal cavity of the armature 14 and the whole is positioned within the tank 40 so that the contour 14a of the armature 14 bears on the annular seal 51, that the second cam cylinder 24 rests on the wall 50a surrounding the central cavity 50 of the tank 40, that the lower end of the piston 15, provided with a skirt 15a, enters the central cavity 50, and that the upper end of the return spring 59 is received in the lower cavity 16 of the piston 15 and bears against a shoulder 16b of the lower cavity 16.
  • the armature 14 is then screwed onto the threaded blocks 13a of the mounting sleeve 13, through coincident bores of the tank 40, which makes it possible to secure the assembly formed by the mounting sleeve 13, the tank 40, 14, the cam cylinders 23, 24 and the piston 15.
  • the central pillar 10 further comprises a casing 27 covering the armature 14, whose contour 28 also applies to the annular seal 51, and provided with an upper opening 29 through which the crown of the armature 14 and the piston 15 exceed.
  • the casing 27 is then screwed onto the frame 14, which makes it possible to completely secure all the parts of the central pillar 10. Consequently, the entire central pillar 10 can easily be removed from the interior volume 5 of the bucket 8. unscrewing the mounting sleeve 12 of the mounting base 9 secured to the bottom wall 3 of the bucket 8.
  • the plate 60 is then removably mounted on the central pillar 10. More specifically, the connection socket 74 of the plate 60 is received in the upper cavity 21 of the piston 15 until the lower end of the connection socket 74 is in abutment against the lower wall of the upper cavity 21 of the piston 15. In doing so, the axial duct 69 of the plate enters the ejection duct 18 of the piston, an O-ring 75 being provided between an outer shoulder of the axial duct 69 and the lower wall of the upper cavity 21 of the piston 15.
  • the connecting sleeve 74 of the plate 60 is provided with axial grooves cooperating with axial grooves 79 of the upper cavity 21 of the piston 15.
  • the plate 60 is provided with a pawl 76 comprising a finger configured to penetrate a piston locking hole: the pawl 76 is pushed radially into position. direction of the central axis A, so in the direction of the locking hole, using a spring; the pawl 76 further has a lever protruding from the upper surface of the plate 60 allowing a user to push the finger of the pawl 76 out of the blocking light to disassemble the plate 60.
  • the plate 60 has guide lugs 77, here three in number and mounted under the bases 64, capable of sliding along the casing 27 of the central pillar 10 when the plate 60 moves up and down in the bucket 8 in order to stabilize the plate 60 relative to the central pillar 10 and strengthen its mechanical strength.
  • the blocking device 70 In order to operate the rinsing device 1, whether at the beginning of cleaning to initially moisten the mop 93 of the broom 90 or during cleaning to rinse the mop 93, remove the dirt trapped by the latter and re-humidify before a new cleaning cycle, the blocking device 70 is positioned in its exhaust position then the head 92 of the brush 90 is applied against the plate 60 until the connection pad 61 engages in the connection cavity 91 of the broom 90.
  • the mop 93 of the mop is in contact with the wiper rolls 63 and the rows of brushing bristles 66.
  • the user then exerts a downward force on the wiper 90 so as to exert pressure against the tray 60 and therefore to drive the piston 15 down against the return force of the return spring 59.
  • each pin 22 of the piston 15 will follow the cam surfaces 25, 26 and thus cause a rotation of the piston 15.
  • the first cam surface 25 comprises, in the clockwise direction, a succession of grooves 25a and 25b peaks connected by successively descending ramps 25c and then ascending 25d.
  • the second cam surface 26 comprises, in turn, in the clockwise direction, a succession of downward ramps 26a, sawtooth, separated by ditches 26b.
  • each downward ramp 26a extends from an angular position located in back, clockwise, of the groove 25a to an angular position beyond the next peak 25b.
  • the first and second cam surfaces 25, 26 are thus periodic and have the same number of repetitions, which is also a multiple of the number of pins 22 carried by the piston 15.
  • the pattern of the cam surfaces 25 , 26 is repeated three times, so that 120 ° separate two grooves 25a and thus two positions of stable equilibrium of the piston 15.
  • the pin 22 continues its descent by sliding along the ramp 26a until it falls into the ditch 26b located at the angular coordinate a2, thus following a second movement M2 during which the piston 15 realizes a first rotational movement of a2-a1 degrees clockwise.
  • each peg 22 follows a third upward vertical movement M3 to meet the upward ramp 25d of the first cam surface 25.
  • the piston 15, and therefore the plate 60 has made a rotation of a3-a1 degrees in the clockwise direction.
  • the ditches 26b are located midway of the grooves 25a so that the piston 15 travels 60 ° during the descent and 60 ° during the ascent.
  • the plate 60 is rotated. Therefore, because of the differences in friction at the interface between the plate 60 and the brush head 92, at the level of the bearing 62 and at the free wheel 96, a relative rotational movement takes place between the tray 60 and the brush head 92: the spin rollers 63 and the rows of brush bristles 66 thus move along the mop 93, which allows its spinning and cleaning.
  • the spin rolls 63 and the rows of brush bristles 66 traveled the entire surface of the mop 93, thereby completing the spinning and cleaning thereof.
  • the passage section of this filling passage P is limited to two places. Upstream firstly, the seal 51 makes it possible to limit the flow of clean water entering the filling passage P at the interface between the armature 14 and the casing 27 on the one hand and the lower wall 45 of the tank 40 on the other hand. Downstream then, the passage section of the filling passage P is limited by the narrow clearance J left between the wall 50a of the compression chamber 50 and the skirt 15a of the piston 15. In this example, when the piston 15 is in its high rest position, the clearance J is approximately 0.1 mm.
  • this flow rate is sufficient for the compression chamber 50 to fill completely during the interval between two uses of the rinsing device 1, that is to say while the user uses the broom 90 to clean the target area.
  • the compression chamber 50 is able to fill completely in less than 30 seconds; for this, the filling rate via the filling passage P is about 1 cl / s.
  • this flow rate is sufficiently small with respect to the operating time of the rinsing device 1 to neglect, or at least minimize, the reflux flow rate from the compression chamber 50 to the second reservoir 42 when the operation of the rinsing device 1, that is to say during the lowering of the piston 15 in the compression chamber 50.
  • the reflux rate may be lower than the filling rate.
  • the wall 50a has a bevelled profile which causes the reduction of the clearance J during the descent of the piston 15 into the compression chamber 50.
  • the flow rate of the reflux via the filling passage P is less than 0, 5 cl / s.
  • the amount of water able to flow back through the filling passage P during a compression cycle is limited to 1 or 2 mL, which is sufficiently small to allow the pressure rise in the chamber 50 and the ejection of water by the ejection duct 18.
  • the compression chamber 50 is initially filled with clean water.
  • the rapid descent of the piston 15 increases the pressure of the water in the compression chamber 50 while the neck 17 of the piston 15 is blocked by the ball 19 and that the reflux of the water via the filling passage P, obstructed, is negligible given the speed of compression.
  • the ball 19 is pushed against its spring 20 and clean water is expelled via the ejection duct 18, the axial duct 69, the radial ducts 68 and the nozzles 67 to the mop 93 of the broom 90.
  • the water level in the compression chamber 50 becomes insufficient to achieve a new ejection of water, which is a signal for the user that the rinsing is finished and that it can use again the broom 90 to clean the targeted surface. Meanwhile, the compression chamber 50 can fill again.
  • each compression cycle will rotate the plate 60, and thus clean and spin the mop 93 of the brush 90, but re-humidify the latter, the water ejected by the nozzles 67 being intercepted by the branches 71 of the blocking device 70 and thus directly deflected to the first tank 41 dedicated to dirty water.
  • FIG 11 represents, in perspective, a rinsing device 101 according to a second embodiment.
  • This rinsing device 101 is also visible to FIG 12 , 13 and 14 . It takes the general shape of a bucket 108, provided with a handle 102, and comprises a bottom wall 103 and an outer circular wall 104 delimiting an interior volume 105. A tank 140 is mounted in this interior volume 105.
  • This device rinsing device 101 is provided to cooperate with a broom 90 of the same type as that of the first example shown in FIGS. FIG 2A and 2B except that the blade 90 is provided with a device for rotating the brush head 92.
  • the bottom wall 103 has at its center a cylindrical protrusion forming a promontory 103a provided in its center with a protuberance 103b.
  • the tank 140 is suspended by three arms 151 to a suspension ring 152 mounted astride the upper edge of the outer circular wall 104 of the bucket 108. In this suspended state, the tank 140 also rests on the summit of the promontory 103a, the protrusion 103b engaging in a cavity 153 provided in the center of the lower wall 145 of the tank 140.
  • the tank 140 comprising said bottom wall 145, an outer circular wall 146 and a removable cover 147, for its part a second tank 142 for storing clean water, optionally mixed with a detergent or other cleaning liquid.
  • a pumping device 110 for pumping clean water from the second reservoir 142 in the direction of the plate 160 formed by the cover 147 of the second reservoir 142, and an elevating device 120, for adjusting the position of the broom 90 relative to the plate 160, are mounted within the tank 140 along the central axis A of the rinsing device 101.
  • the tank 140 comprises at its center a column 149 extending along the central axis A about half the height of the tank 140, the cavity 153 previously mentioned corresponding to the interior space of this column 149.
  • a centering sleeve 111, slotted, is threaded loosely around the column 149 and rests on a shoulder of the lower wall 145 of the tank 140.
  • a pump cylinder 112 is placed in the center of the tank 140, around the column 149. It comprises an outer wall 113, substantially cylindrical, extending substantially over the entire height of the tank 140, and an inner wall 114 , substantially cylindrical, extending along the column 149 only.
  • An Archimedean screw 115 double in the present example, is formed between the outer wall 113 and the inner wall 114 of the pump cylinder 112.
  • the pump cylinder 112 also comprises an annular skirt 116 extending substantially radially from the upper end of the outer wall 113.
  • the top of the column 149 is provided with a bowl on which is placed a ball 117.
  • a hat piece 118 in the shape of a top hat, is then attached over the ball 117 and the top of the column 149, the top of the ball 117 being received in a bowl provided in the interior space of the hat piece 118: the hat piece 118 is thus rotatably mounted relative to the column 149.
  • a transmission part 121 is then put in place within the tank 140. This part is also visible on the FIG 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 . It comprises a lower cylinder 122 connected to an upper cylinder 123 of greater diameter and forming a first cam cylinder, and further comprises a central column 124 of smaller diameter than the lower cylinder 122.
  • the lower cylinder 122 is received clearance between the centering sleeve 111 and the inner wall 114 of the pump cylinder 112 while the internal cavity 124a formed by the column central 124 is engaged around the hat piece 118 until an axial stop 124b of the internal cavity 124a rests on the top of the hat piece 118.
  • the lower cylinder 122 has latching fingers 122a provided to irreversibly engage in notches 114a of the inner wall 114 of the pump cylinder 112 so as to make the pump cylinder 112 integral with the transmission member 121.
  • the lower cylinder 122 also has internal ribs 122b for axially locking the transmission member 121 by screwing on a thread 149a of the column 149 of the tank 140.
  • the central column 124 of the transmission part 121 further comprises at its upper end an upper cavity 124c, open upwards, within which project two radial lugs 124d diametrically opposed.
  • a spring 125 is then placed around the central column 124 of the transmission part 121, the lower end of the spring 125 bearing on a shoulder of the central column 124.
  • a cup 126, bearing a first bearing 127, is then positioned at the top of the spring 125, a shoulder of the cup 126 bearing on the upper end of the spring 125.
  • the follower cylinder comprises an outer cylinder 129 extending over the entire height of the upper cylinder of the transmission part 121 and an inner cylinder 130, of diameter substantially equal to that of the column 124 of the transmission part 121, extending about one-third of the length of the outer cylinder 129, the outer cylinder 129 and the inner cylinder 130 being connected by a radial ring 131.
  • the inner cylinder 130 is engaged to the inside of the spring 125 while the lower surface of the radial ring 131 is connected to the first bearing 127.
  • the follower cylinder 128 also comprises, at the lower end of its outer cylinder 129, two pins 137 diametrically opposite ones extending radially outwardly. As is best seen on the FIG 18 , the rear edges, upper and lower, of each pin 137 are chamfered.
  • a second cam cylinder 132 substantially cylindrical, also visible on the FIG 16 , 17 and 18 , is engaged between the first cam cylinder 123, formed by the outer cylinder of the transmission member 121, and the follower cylinder 128, the second cam cylinder 132 being fixed to the first cam cylinder 123.
  • the cam rolls 123, 132 are generally cylindrical portions of portions whose inner surface is provided with reliefs forming cam surfaces 135, 136.
  • the cam rolls 123, 132 are configured to engage to enclose the pieces. 137 of the follower cylinder 128 between the lower cam surface 135, carried by the first cam cylinder 123, and the upper cam surface 136, carried by the second cam cylinder 132.
  • connection pad 161 is mounted on the follower cylinder 132 by means of a second bearing 162.
  • this connection pad 161 is configured to cooperate with a connection cavity 91 provided under the head 90 of the associated brush 90 the rinsing device 101.
  • the lower end of the connection pad 161 extends towards the upper cavity 124c of the column 124 of the transmission part 161 and comprises a dog clutch 163 having two diametrically opposite radial pins 163a.
  • the head 92 of the brush 90 is applied against the connection pad 161 so as to engage the latter in the connection cavity 91 of the brush 90.
  • the mop 93 of the brush is in contact with the plate 160 formed by the lid 147 of the tank 140.
  • the user then actuates the drive device in rotation of the blade 90 by making movements of va-and- comes vertical with the brush 90 or with a movable member of the brush, such as a sleeve, according to the model of rotary drive device.
  • the head 92 of the blade 90 then starts to rotate, causing with it the rotation of the connection pad 161.
  • the clutching finger 163 of the connection pad 161 enters the upper cavity 124c of the column 124 of the transmission piece 121 so that the lugs 163a of the clutching finger 163 push the tabs 124d of the column 124, thus driving the transmission part 121 in rotation.
  • the Archimedean screw 115 of the pump cylinder 112 is rotated, which causes the rise of clean water in the pump cylinder 112 since the clean water reservoir 142, the clean water then being released along the skirt 116 before flowing along the plate 160 formed by the lid 147 of the tank 140.
  • the mop 93 of the brush 90 turning in contact the tray 160 can then be rinsed with this clean water and be re-moistened.
  • the surface of the plate 160 is slightly inclined outwards so as to allow the discharge of the clean water in excess to the dirty water tank 141.
  • the brush 90 exerts a downward force against the connection pad 161, and thus against the follower cylinder 128, against the return force of the spring 125.
  • each pin 137 of the follower cylinder 128 will follow the cam surfaces 135, 136.
  • the first cam surface 135 comprises, in the clockwise direction, a succession of grooves 135a and saw-toothed peaks 135b connected by descending ramps 135c.
  • the second cam surface 136 comprises, in turn, in the clockwise direction, a succession of grooves 136a and sawtooth peaks 136b connected by ascending ramps 136c.
  • a groove 135a of the first cam surface 135 is located opposite an upward ramp 136c of the second cam surface 136 and a groove 136a of the second cam surface 136 is located opposite a down ramp 135c of the first cam surface 135.
  • the first and second cam surfaces 135, 136 are periodic and have the same number of repetitions, which is also a multiple of the number of pins 137 carried by the follower roll 128. In the present example, the pattern of the cam surfaces 135 , 136 repeats itself twice.
  • a marker 137 has been represented in each of the available stable positions: it should be understood, however, that these stable positions are in fact occupied successively by the pieces 137.
  • a unitary pattern thus comprises six lower stable positions 138a located at a lower level, an upper stable position 138b located at a higher level, and two intermediate stable positions 138c and 138d located at two different levels, increasing between the lower level and the upper level.
  • a vertical distance of about 4 cm separates the lower level from the upper level.
  • the force to be exerted against the spring 125 to move from a stable position 138a-138d to the next one is then a function of the vertical distance separating this stable position from the groove 135a of the first cam surface 135 situated immediately afterwards. clockwise.
  • a vertical displacement of 1 cm maximum is sufficient to reach the following groove 135a: therefore, a moderate force exerted downwards is sufficient to allow the passage to the next stable position.
  • the back and forth movement necessary for the activation of the rotational drive device of the blade 90 is then sufficient to progress from a stable position to a stable position until reaching the upper stable position 138b.
  • the blade 90 remains in the lower position, in contact with the plate 160, during five movements back and forth, which is considered sufficient to rinse the mop 63, then the broom 90 mounts gradually three movements back and forth before reaching its upper position.
  • the mop 93 of the brush 90 is no longer in contact with the plate 160 and therefore with the water present on the surface of the latter.
  • the brush 90 can then be centrifuged by centrifugation while continuing to actuate the rotary drive device.
  • connection pad 161 when the connection pad 161 is located in the upper position, its clutching finger 163 disengages from the upper cavity 124c of the column 124 of the transmission part 121. Therefore, the transmission piece 121 and the screw Archimedes 115 are no longer trained, which stops the pumping device 110 and thus the rise of clean water.

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