EP3446593A1 - Brosse de balayage pour un appareil de nettoyage se déplaçant automatiquement - Google Patents

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EP3446593A1
EP3446593A1 EP18188383.6A EP18188383A EP3446593A1 EP 3446593 A1 EP3446593 A1 EP 3446593A1 EP 18188383 A EP18188383 A EP 18188383A EP 3446593 A1 EP3446593 A1 EP 3446593A1
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  • the invention relates to a sweeping brush for a self-propelled moving cleaning device, wherein the sweeping brush has a rotary axis recording for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and at least one starting from a transition region on the rotation axis recording outwardly extending tufts, in which held a plurality of bristles having bristle tufts is, wherein the tuft picking viewed in an axial direction of the rotation axis recording is arcuately curved.
  • the invention relates to a sweeping brush for a self-propelled moving cleaning device, wherein the sweeping brush has a rotational axis recording for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and at least one, starting from a transition region on the rotation axis recording outwardly extending, having a plurality of bristles bristle tufts, wherein the transition region a tuft bearing has, on which the bristle tufts is articulated relative to a circumferential direction, so that the bristle tufts is pivotable about a bearing center of the tuft bearing during rotation of the sweeping brush.
  • the invention further relates to a self-propelled cleaning device with a sweeping brush rotatable about a rotation axis, which has a rotation axis receptacle for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and at least one tuft receptacle extending outwardly from a transition region on the rotation axis receptacle, in which one of a plurality of Bristles having bristle tufts is held, wherein the tuft pickup viewed in an axial direction of the rotation axis recording is curved arcuately against a rotational direction of the rotation axis.
  • the invention relates to a self-propelled moving cleaning device with a rotating about a rotation axis sweeping brush, which has a rotational axis recording for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and a starting from a transition region on the rotation axis recording outwardly extending, having a plurality of bristles bristle tufts, said Transition region has a bushing bearing, on which the bristle tufts is articulated relative to a circumferential direction, so that the bristle tufts is pivotable against a rotational direction of the axis of rotation during a rotation of the sweeping brush about a bearing center of the bush bearing.
  • Sweeping brushes and self-propelled cleaning equipment with such sweeping brush are in the art, for example from the US 2013 / 0086760A1 and US2013 / 0160226 A1 known.
  • the cleaning devices are designed, for example, in the form of autonomously operating suction and / or sweeping devices, which are used in particular in a household.
  • the floor cleaning devices are additionally equipped with a sweeping brush whose axis of rotation is oriented substantially vertically.
  • the publication DE 10 2010 037 672 A1 discloses, for example, a cleaning device with a sweeping brush, which has a plurality of bristle tufts, which are accommodated in each case a rigid, radially outwardly directed and elongated receptacle.
  • the tuft picking is made of an elastic material.
  • the tufts can be made of a flexible plastic, in particular a rubber-like plastic such as EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene rubber).
  • EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene rubber
  • the elastic material of the tuft picking allows further deformation of the tuft picking under load during application of the sweeping brush. However, since the tuft picking is already pre-bent, deformation due to the load is relatively small.
  • the flexibility of the tufts can be influenced by the shape of the profile and the thickness of the material. The degree of hardness of the elastic material also determines to what extent The tufts of the sweeping brush can avoid when hitting an obstacle, so as not to be damaged.
  • the tuft pickup is arcuately curved, so that the bristles of the tufts of bristles protruding from the tuft picking assume a changed angle to the surface to be cleaned. As a result, setting up individual bristles is prevented within the bristle tufts, so that the bristle tufts less deformed and thus achieves an improved cleaning effect.
  • the sweeping brush is connectable to the cleaning device, that the tuft pickup is curved against a direction of rotation of the sweeping brush, so that during rotation of the sweeping brush the tufts leading ahead and the bristle tufts follows the movement, in such a way that the protruding from the tufts bristles with the free end portions of the bristles are pulled over the surface to be cleaned. This prevents the bristles from being combed "against the grain" which would cause deformation of the bristle tufts.
  • the tufts can have different cross-sectional shapes.
  • the cross-sectional shape is round or elliptical.
  • the respective side with the larger side length is preferably directed transversely to the direction of rotation of the sweeping brush.
  • the sweeping brush can only have a bristle tufts.
  • an embodiment of the sweeping brush with a plurality of bristle tufts is particularly preferred.
  • the tufts are particularly preferably arranged at equal angular intervals on the rotation axis recording.
  • between the circumferentially adjacent the rotational axis recording tufts are equal angular ranges locked in. In principle, however, it is also possible to provide varying distances between the adjacent tufts.
  • an end region of the tuft receptacle facing away from the rotational axis receptacle is displaced by an angle of approximately 20 ° to 80 °, in particular by an angle of 30 ° to 60 °, relative to a radial direction intersecting the axis of rotation and the transition region.
  • the tuft picking is now curved so that the end region of the tuft pickup on which the bristles emerge is displaced by an angle of 20 ° to 80 °, in particular an angle of 30 ° to 60 °.
  • the indicated angles each relate to a rotational axis recorded in the rotational axis recording.
  • a curvature is proposed, in which the end region of the tuft picking is displaced by an angle of 45 ° about the axis of rotation, so that the tuft picking curves correspondingly from the transition region on the rotational axis receptacle.
  • the degree of curvature is not least dependent on the material of the tuft picking.
  • the bow shape of the tuft picking is preferably designed so that there is a nearly constant radius of curvature.
  • the arch form contains no discontinuous areas in which the tufts receptacle is kinked.
  • a sweeping brush for a self-propelled cleaning device which has a rotational axis receptacle for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and at least one, starting from a transition region on the rotation axis recording outwardly extending, a plurality of bristles having bristle tufts, wherein the transition region comprises a bushing bearing on which the bristle tufts is articulated relative to a circumferential direction, so that the bristle tufts is pivotable about a bearing center of the tuft bearing during rotation of the sweeping brush and wherein the tufts receptacle is made of an elastic material.
  • the bristle tufts are arranged pivotably in the transition region, so that the bristle tufts can be pivoted relative to the rotational axis recording, when the sweeping brush rotates about the axis of rotation of the cleaning device.
  • the bristle tuft thus follows the movement of the rotational axis recording.
  • the bush bearing arranged at the transition region of the rotational axis receptacle can be a recess or a through hole into which or which a projection or pin formed on the bush receptacle engages.
  • the pin can for example also be designed as a rivet whose outer diameter is matched to an inner diameter of the bushing bearing, that a low-friction pivoting of the through hole is possible.
  • the bristle tufts is held by means of a tuft picking on the rotation axis recording.
  • the bristles are partially surrounded by a stabilizing tufts, which in turn is connected to the bushing.
  • the tuft of bristles is encapsulated by the material of a tuft picking.
  • the bristle tufts are encapsulated with a plastic polymer in an injection molding process.
  • the tuft pickup can also be shrunk onto the bristle tufts, for which purpose a plastic tube is guided over the bristle tufts and heated there.
  • the tuft pickup essentially serves as a cantilever of the rotational axis receptacle which reduces the distance between the rotational axis receptacle and the surface to be cleaned.
  • the length of the tufts receptacle is about one to three times as great as the length of the bristle tufts protruding from the tufts receptacle.
  • the total length of tufts and the protruding length of the bristle tufts may, for example, have a length of about 30 mm to 80 mm, part of this length being formed by the tufts and the other part by the visible portion of the bristle tufts.
  • here is a Relationship between tuft picking and freestanding part of the bristle tufts of 2: 1.
  • the individual bristles can, based on a cross section, be round plastic fibers with a diameter of 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm, more preferably up to 0.2 mm. These bristles are combined to the bristle tufts, which is bundled for example over a length of 20 mm to 40 mm.
  • a free length of the bristles or bristle tufts projecting outward from the tuft receptacle also remains 10 mm to 40 mm.
  • a bristle tuft may have 150 to 250 bristles, more preferably about 200 bristles.
  • the sweeping brush has a plurality of tufts, which have mutually different material properties and / or cross-sectional shapes and / or radii of curvature.
  • the sweeping brush can thus have, for example, tufts with mutually different degrees of hardness, with different profile cross sections or with differently shaped curvatures.
  • the tufts are curved to different degrees, have different lengths, hold bristles of different lengths and / or have different cross-sectional shapes, in particular round or elliptical.
  • the different embodiments can in particular lead to an unevenness of the rotational movement of the sweeping brush on different substrates, so that a better overall Cleaning result can be achieved.
  • an oscillation of the sweeping brush can be caused by the configuration of the tufts of the sweeping brush.
  • the tuft receptacle extends inclined to a plane having the axis of rotation reception, in particular at an angle of approximately 5 ° to 20 °.
  • This design causes the tufts and the associated tufts protrude in the direction of the surface to be cleaned when the sweeping brush is attached to the axis of rotation of the cleaning device.
  • the tufts thus not only extend in a single plane, but also have an education in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • the free ends of the bristles are inclined relative to the surface to be cleaned, so that as all bristles can come into contact with the surface to be cleaned.
  • the bristles of a bristle tuft can also have different lengths.
  • the invention furthermore also proposes an automatically moving cleaning device with a sweeping brush rotatable about a rotation axis, which has a rotation axis receptacle for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and at least one outward from a transition region on the rotation axis receptacle extending tufts receiving, in which a plurality of bristles exhibiting bristle tufts is held, wherein the tuft pickup in an axial direction of the rotation axis recording viewed against a rotational direction of the rotation axis is arcuately curved, and wherein the tuft picking is made of an elastic material
  • the self-propelled cleaning device may alternatively also have a sweeping brush, which has a rotational axis receptacle for receiving a rotation axis of the cleaning device and a bristle tuft extending outwardly from a transition region on the rotational axis receptacle and having a plurality of bristles, wherein the transition region is a tufted bearing has, on which the bristle tufts is articulated relative to a circumferential direction, so that the bristle tufts is pivotable about a bearing center of the tuft bearing against a rotational direction of the axis of rotation during a rotation of the sweeping brush, and wherein the tuft receptacle is made of an elastic material.
  • the rotational axis of the cleaning device is associated with an electric motor, which can rotate the axis of rotation and thus also the associated sweeping brush at a speed of for example 100 U / min to 200 U / min.
  • the radially outer bristle ends of the bristle tufts experience, for example, circulation speeds of 0.9 m / s to 1.5 m / s, depending on a distance from the axis of rotation.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show an automatically movable cleaning device 2 in the form of a sweeper, with a housing 12, two electric motor driven wheels 14, a rotatable about a horizontal axis cleaning roller 15 and a rotating about a substantially vertical axis 4 sweeping brush.
  • the cleaning device 2 has a navigation device, by means of which the cleaning device 2 can autonomously orient within the environment and move.
  • the navigation device includes a distance measuring device 13 which is arranged within the housing 12 and measures distances to obstacles within the surroundings of the cleaning device 2.
  • the distance measuring device 13 may, for example, be an optical triangulation measuring device which has a laser source and a sensor. The laser source emits light into the environment of the cleaning device 2 while the sensor detects obstacles reflecting back reflected light. From this, the distance to obstacles can be ascertained, which can further be further processed into an environment map, which is accessed by the navigation device for locomotion of the cleaning device 2.
  • the cleaning device 2 cleans while moving a surface to be cleaned by means of the cleaning roller 15 and the sweeping brush 1.
  • the cleaning roller 15 and the sweeping brush 1 are driven by electric motors, which are powered by a arranged in the cleaning device 2 accumulator with energy.
  • the sweeping brush 1 partially points beyond the contour of the housing 12, in order to be able to carry out more intensive cleaning on room boundaries such as baseboards, for example.
  • the recorded by the cleaning roller 15 and the sweeping brush 1 dirt is from a Suction air flow of a motor-blower unit of the cleaning device 2 (not shown) in a dust collection container (not shown) promoted.
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 show the sweeping brush 1 of the cleaning device 2 from different perspectives.
  • the sweeping brush 1 has a rotation axis recording 3, which is connectable to the rotation axis 4 of the cleaning device 2.
  • the rotational axis recording 3 is a hub with here substantially circular floor plan.
  • a total of five tufts 5 are formed here, which are injection-molded, for example, in a transition region 9 of the rotational axis receptacle 3.
  • the tufts 5 are curved in an arc.
  • a bristle tufts 7 with a plurality of bristles 6 is led out of the tufts receptacle 5.
  • the bristles 6 can either pass through the entire length of the tuft holder 5 up to the transitional area 9 and be anchored in the rotational axis receptacle 3, or alternatively can not be formed over the entire length of the tuft receptacle 5, but for example already anchored in the end area 8 of the tufts receptacle 5 , In particular, the bristles 6 of the bristle tufts 7 may be overmolded with the material of the tufts receptacle 5.
  • the tufts receptacle 5 here has a rubber-like material, for example EPDM.
  • a bristle tufts 7 here consists for example of 200 bristles 6, which are made of a thermoplastic material, here for example polybutylene terephthalate.
  • the sum of the length L 1 of the tufts 5 and the length L 2 of protruding from the tufts 5 portion of the bristle tufts 7 here is for example about 40 mm, the tufts 5 is 25 mm long and the protruding portion of the bristle tufts 7 about 15 mm is long.
  • the tufts receptacle 5 here relative to the rotation axis recording 3 having plane has an angle ⁇ of about 20 °.
  • the tuft picking 5 relative to a starting from the axis of rotation 4 radial direction an angle ⁇ of about 55 °.
  • the angle ⁇ denotes an angle between a straight line which extends from the axis of rotation 4 through the middle of the transition region 9 of the tufts 5, and a straight line which runs from the axis of rotation 4 through a center of the end portion 8 of the tufts 5.
  • the sweeping brush 1 rotates in a direction of rotation r about the axis of rotation 4.
  • the tufts 5 are opposite to the direction of rotation r curved so that the bristle tufts 7 relative to the direction of rotation 5 each point to the rear, while the Tufts 5 ahead in the direction of rotation r. This ensures that the bristles 6 of the bristle tufts 7 remain together and do not set up, as would be the case, for example, when combing against the grain.
  • the elastic material of the tufts 5 further allows a curvature of the tufts 5 with a smaller radius of curvature than that in FIG. 6 illustrated unloaded state.
  • FIG. 8 shows the sweeping brush 1 shown enlarged FIG. 7 , There, the deformation of the bristle tufts 7 is shown in contact with the obstacle.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 show a further embodiment of a sweeping brush according to the invention, which is also designed for minimal wear.
  • the sweeping brush 1 has on a rotational axis recording 3 articulated tufts 5.
  • the tufts 5 are each hinged to a bushing 10 of the rotary axis recording 3, so that the tuft pickup 5 including the bristle tufts 7 are pivoted about a bearing center 11 of the tuft bearing 10 can.
  • the bristle tufts 7 can also be encapsulated here by the material of the tuft pickup 5.
  • the tufts receptacle 5 is formed in the manner of a shrink tube or forms a substantially cylindrical receptacle, in which the bristles 6 of the bristle tufts 7 are cast or otherwise anchored.
  • FIG. 10 shows the behavior of the sweeping brush 1 in contact with an obstacle.
  • a force acts on the tufts receptacle 5, which rotates the tufts receptacle 5 about the bearing center point 11.
  • the in FIG. 10 dashed shown position reached.
  • the bristles 6 are bent.
  • the tufts 5 of the sweeping brush 1 may differ relative to each other in a variety of parameters.
  • the tufts 5 can be mutually different materials, cross-sectional shapes or radii of curvature respectively.
  • the inclination of the bristle tufts 7 characterized by the angle ⁇ differs relative to the plane of the rotational axis receptacle 3.
  • the ratio between the length L 1 of the tufts receptacle 5 and the length L 2 of the bristle tufts 7 from tufts receptacle 5 to tufts receptacle 5 can also vary.
  • the entire length L 1 + L 2 may be different at different tufts 5.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the tufts 5 is here round, but it is also possible that this is for example elliptical or square.

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