EP3579733A2 - Aspirateur multifonction - Google Patents

Aspirateur multifonction

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EP3579733A2
EP3579733A2 EP18710158.9A EP18710158A EP3579733A2 EP 3579733 A2 EP3579733 A2 EP 3579733A2 EP 18710158 A EP18710158 A EP 18710158A EP 3579733 A2 EP3579733 A2 EP 3579733A2
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vacuum cleaner
sucked
steam
air flows
container body
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Luigi Amoretti
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TPA Impex SpA
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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
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/34—Machines for treating carpets in position by liquid, foam, or vapour, e.g. by steam
    • 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
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
    • A47L11/20—Floor surfacing or polishing machines combined with vacuum cleaning devices
    • A47L11/201—Floor surfacing or polishing machines combined with vacuum cleaning devices with supply of cleaning agents
    • 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
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/408—Means for supplying cleaning or surface treating agents
    • A47L11/4086—Arrangements for steam generation
    • 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
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4094—Accessories to be used in combination with conventional vacuum-cleaning devices
    • 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
    • A47L5/00—Structural features of suction cleaners
    • A47L5/12—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum
    • A47L5/22—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans
    • A47L5/28—Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle
    • A47L5/32—Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle with means for connecting a hose
    • 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
    • A47L7/00—Suction cleaners adapted for additional purposes; Tables with suction openings for cleaning purposes; Containers for cleaning articles by suction; Suction cleaners adapted to cleaning of brushes; Suction cleaners adapted to taking-up liquids
    • A47L7/009—Details of suction cleaner tools for additional purposes
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/0081—Means for exhaust-air diffusion; Means for sound or vibration damping
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters

Definitions

  • the invention concerns a multifunction vacuum cleaner, generally usable by itself, both to clean surfaces and eliminate bacterial loads from them, and also to produce steam for multiple uses, such as cleaning or ironing.
  • Vacuum cleaners which comprise, synthetically, a container body which houses the suction unit, a tank to contain the material sucked in, a filtering unit and a flexible pipe through which the material to be sucked in is sent to the containing tank.
  • these vacuum cleaners can be of the so-called “bagless” type, that is, without a bag to contain the material sucked in, or equipped with a containing bag located at the end of the suction circuit and interchangeable when it becomes completely full.
  • Some types of bagless vacuum cleaners have a liquid filter, typically water, which is located inside the containing tank and in which the suction air flow is made to bubble, causing the material sucked in to be released into the liquid.
  • a liquid filter typically water
  • a vacuum cleaner with a liquid filter is known from the patent EP2138083, in the name of the same applicant, which comprises a body inside which a tank is defined which contains the liquid which forms a free surface and in which the flow of air sucked in bubbles, said air coming from a suction opening obtained in the body and to which the flexible suction pipe is connected.
  • a chamber is defined in which a rotating device is mounted which is able to separate, by impact, from the almost clean air flows sucked in, exiting from the liquid, any residual particles of materials sucked in before the air flows are reintroduced into the environment, after passing through another filter.
  • the presence of a UV-C-ray lamp is also provided, disposed above the free surface of the liquid, to eliminate the bacterial loads that are transported by the flows of air sucked in.
  • the material sucked in is retained by the liquid during the bubbling, while the air flows, after leaving the latter substantially purified, pass through another rotating device suitable to dynamically separate from the latter possible residual particles in suspension of material sucked in, before passing through a dry filter and being definitively re-introduced into the environment.
  • a substantially circular turbulent motion is created in the latter and is oriented by means of undulating walls which are located in the tank and which force the liquid, thrust by the suction action generated by the motor, to be violently mixed, creating, as we said, a turbulent motion which, together with the bubbling, increases the action of separating the material sucked in by the air flows that transport it and release it inside the tank.
  • a UV-C lamp is installed, located above the free surface of the liquid, to irradiate it and eliminate the bacterial loads that the air flows transport from the outside and that the dry filter is not able to block, before the air flows are re-introduced into the environment.
  • Vacuum cleaners with dry filters are also known, for cleaning operations, which, in addition to the typical suction action of the material to be collected, are equipped with devices for the production of jets of steam.
  • the user can drive on command the emission of jets of steam, directing them in a targeted manner toward the zone where the dirt remains tenaciously adherent to the surface to be cleaned, in order to dissolve it and to suck it up completely.
  • the vacuum cleaner is equipped, as well as with the normal devices that generate the suction force, also with a boiler in which a dose of water is loaded, which is heated until it transforms into steam which can be used on command, as previously said.
  • a first disadvantage is that in order to have at the same time both the efficiency of the filtration obtainable with vacuum cleaners with water filters and the cleaning power of vacuum cleaners with steam production, it is necessary to have two separate types of vacuum cleaners available.
  • a second disadvantage of the state of the art is that the steam produced in steam-type vacuum cleaners of a known type is used exclusively for cleaning work in combination with the suction action.
  • a third disadvantage is that known vacuum cleaners have suction powers which may be insufficient for particularly heavy use.
  • One purpose of the invention is to improve the state of the art.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to perfect a multifunction vacuum cleaner that allows both to perform, with a single apparatus, thorough cleaning work even in cases of persistent dirt, and also to become a source of steam to carry out other work other than cleaning, such as, for example ironing with steam irons.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to provide a multifunction vacuum cleaner that allows to sanitize environments from bacterial contamination, even without using the specific suction function, using it as an autonomous source for delivering disinfecting and/or fragrancing substances, and also as an ionization unit.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to be able to regulate, according to needs, the performance of the multifunction vacuum cleaner according to the power required to perform an accurate cleaning work.
  • a multifunction vacuum cleaner is provided, according to the characteristics of claim 1.
  • the suction function to carry out particularly precise cleaning work, even in bacterially contaminated environments
  • the steam production function both autonomous in order to power steam appliances, and also in combination with the suction action, the function of environmental sanitation and ionization
  • fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the multifunction vacuum cleaner according to the invention, taken along a longitudinal plane;
  • fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the multifunction vacuum cleaner according to the invention, taken along a transverse plane;
  • fig. 3 and fig. 4 are vertical section views of the multifunction vacuum cleaner according to the invention, taken on transversal planes different from that in fig.
  • fig. 5 is an interrupted and enlarged view of a detail of fig. 4;
  • fig. 6 is an interrupted and enlarged view of a detail of fig. 3;
  • fig. 7 is a perspective view of the vacuum cleaner according to the invention, without the upper half-shell so as to view some components;
  • fig. 8 is a perspective view from above of the vacuum cleaner in fig. 7, from a different observation point;
  • fig. 9 is a perspective view on a slightly reduced scale of the vacuum cleaner in fig. 8, from another observation point;
  • fig. 10 is a view of an enlarged scale detail of the vacuum cleaner in fig. 9;
  • fig. 11 is a perspective view of the multifunction vacuum cleaner according to the invention, in a more complete version;
  • fig. 12 is a perspective view of the multifunction vacuum cleaner used as a source of steam for supplying an iron;
  • fig. 13 is a schematic front view of a part of the multifunction vacuum cleaner, in a version equipped with two motors disposed horizontally;
  • fig. 14 is a schematic view from above of a part of the multifunction vacuum cleaner, in a version equipped with two vertically disposed motors;
  • fig. 15 is a schematic perspective view from above of the multifunction vacuum cleaner in fig. 1 1 , without the upper cap in order to be able to see the components housed in the upper half-shell.
  • vacuum cleaner 1 indicates in its entirety a multifunction vacuum cleaner according to the invention, hereafter referred to in short as vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the vacuum cleaner 1 comprises a body which is formed by two coupled half- shells, that is, a first half-shell 2, or upper half-shell 2, and a second half-shell 3, or lower half- shell 3, which are coupled in a separable manner and constrained to each other by means of hooks 4.
  • the body is provided with wheels 5 for sliding on the ground.
  • the first half-shell 2 houses inside, as well as the conventional functioning components, not described because they do not affect the invention, a suction unit, indicated as a whole with 6, which, in a less powerful version, comprises a single motor 7 which rotates a drive shaft (not visible in the drawings) on which a fan 8 is keyed and the rotation of which generates the suction action of the vacuum cleaner 1.
  • a rotating separator device 9 is also keyed, provided to separate the molecules and the particles of material and dirt sucked in, after they have been filtered by a water-type filtering unit located along a suction and purification path, described in more detail hereafter.
  • a water-type filtering unit located along a suction and purification path, described in more detail hereafter.
  • the second half-shell 3 is equipped with a mouth 10 which extends inside the latter with a segment of pipe 12 which forms an elbow-shaped segment 12 A.
  • the elbow-shaped segment 12A leads to a first containing tank 11 in which a volume of water "VI" is loaded, as indicated in figs. 4 and 5 and which constitutes the water filtering unit cited above.
  • the mouth 10 toward the outside of the lower half-shell 3 is provided with a closing cover 10A and with removable attachment members of one end of a flexible suction pipe which is typically supplied with a vacuum cleaner and which for this reason has not been shown in detail.
  • the mouth 10 is connected to the first containing tank 11 by means of the segment of pipe 12 which forms the elbow-shaped segment 12A, which faces the bottom of the first tank 11 and consequently conveys in this direction the flows of air sucked in with the materials that are transported in suspension by them, making them bubble in the volume of water "VI ".
  • the flows of air that exit from the first tank 1 1, together with part of the water, are then conveyed toward the separator device 9, by a conveyor 1 1A which is formed in the upper part of the tank 11.
  • the separator device 9 consists of a truncated cone-shaped turbine, slightly tapering toward the bottom, whose lateral surface has a plurality of apertures 13 separated by separating and ridged vertical fins 14.
  • the air flows sucked in are intended to penetrate, after the particles of water in suspension and the imbibed and transported dirty material have been completely eliminated from them and have left the volume of water
  • the fins 14 When the turbine of the separator device 9 rotates, the fins 14 generate around it a perimeter barrier of air which repels any possible residual particles that can accidentally have remained suspended in the already filtered flows of humid air, separating them from these and making them fall into the volume of water "VI", simultaneously keeping the surface and the fins 14 of the turbine of the separator device 9 humidified.
  • an antibacterial unit 15 which consists of at least one lamp 15A which emits UV-C rays, that is, UV rays which have a spectrum such as to kill any form of bacterium present both in the flows of air sucked in that exit from the volume of water "VI”, and also in the same volume of water “VI” in which the collected debris accumulates.
  • the lamp 15A can be selected from those which also provide to form ozone during functioning.
  • vacuum cleaner 1 in combination with the production of steam, which will be described below, makes the vacuum cleaner 1 according to the invention particularly suitable for use in health environments, such as clinics, hospitals, surgeries and suchlike, since it is able to perform a complete and accurate sanitization process.
  • this characteristic of the vacuum cleaner 1 guarantees a high quality of sanitization and cleaning even in the domestic-industrial environment, allowing on the one hand to eliminate all types of bacteria from the surfaces and environments treated and on the other hand to improve the environmental and health conditions with the emission of ozone.
  • the entire suction unit comprising the motor 7 and the fan 8 is encapsulated in a soundproof casing 16, which constitutes a possible embodiment of soundproofing means.
  • the casing 16 dampens both the noise generated by the motor 7 and the fan 8 during their functioning, and also the noise generated by the passage of the flows of air sucked in which flow inside the same casing 16, inside channels 18 which are specifically made in the latter.
  • the flows "AF" of air sucked in and purified of the material sucked in pass into the upper part of the half-shell 2, following a filtration and/or conveying path which leads them to lap the motor 7, cooling the components thereof (for example the carbon brashes with which it is equipped) and finally flow toward an outlet aperture 20 which is provided with another micro-pore filter 19 to filter them further before being definitively re-introduced into the environment.
  • a second tank 17 is also housed in the second half-shell 3, in which a second volume "V2" of water is loaded which is intended for the production of steam.
  • one end of a pipe 21 draws from the second tank 17 and, at an opposite upper end, is provided with a valve 22 which controls the passage of the water.
  • the second tank 17 is connected to a pump 26 by means of a connection pipe 27 which is connected to the end of the pipe 21 and which carries the water intended to produce steam from the second tank 17 to the boiler 23.
  • connection pipe 27 a filter 27A is also provided, to retain any possible impurities present in the water coming from the second tank 17 (arrows H 2 O).
  • the pump 26, through another segment of pipe 28, is connected to a terminal socket 29 which is mounted in the first half-shell 2 and which allows to attach a concurrent terminal end of a connection pipe 35 to an apparatus that functions with the use of steam produced by the vacuum cleaner 1, for example an iron 36, as shown in fig. 12, or to another household appliance.
  • a boiler 23 is also housed, in a position substantially adjacent to the motor 7.
  • the boiler 23 is normally provided with one or more internal electric resistances 23B to heat the water, and with an upper mouth 23A in which a stopper 24 is engaged.
  • the probe 25 detects the level of the water present therein, to prevent the heating resistors from being accidentally activated when there is little water or when the boiler 23 is even completely empty, and therefore may be damaged irreparably.
  • the socket 29 is protected by a cover 30 which can be lifted and has inside a mouth 31 to which the end of the pipe 35 can be attached, using in this case the vacuum cleaner 1 as a mere source of steam (STEAM arrow in fig. 10), in this case the steam iron 36 which has been mentioned previously.
  • air intakes 32 are provided, through which cool air is sucked inside by means of a suitable fan 38 which is driven by the motor 7 itself.
  • the air sucked in is conveyed together with the flows "AF" to lap the motor 7, as schematically shown in fig. 1.
  • the multifunction vacuum cleaner in a more complete embodiment shown in fig. 11, is also equipped with means to contain detergent fluids or a disinfecting gas, such as nitrous oxide for example.
  • the containing means can be made, for example, as a container or a cartridge 33, either of a rechargeable type or of a disposable type, which contains, as we said, a detergent fluid or a disinfecting gas which can be coupled, for example by means of a screw and watertight coupling, with the first half-shell 2, precisely with an attachment 34 made in the latter and connecting the container 33 with the socket 29, through a delivery pipe 40.
  • a heat exchanger 41 is positioned which provides to heat, when necessary, the detergent or the disinfecting gas which are contained in the container 33 and which pass through it in order to carry out a "hot" disinfection.
  • the two motors are disposed parallel to one another and with horizontal rotation shafts Rl and R2.
  • respective separator devices 9 are mounted which function in parallel.
  • a respective separator device 9 is keyed, which rotates integrally with the respective motor.
  • shaped walls 62 are provided which diverge from one another and are disposed to divert the flows of air sucked in toward the two separator devices 9.
  • the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 is typically equipped with electronic means to control its functioning, for example an electronic control unit that is programmed and equipped with at least three functioning programs, more precisely to function as a vacuum cleaner, or as a source of steam, or again as a sanitizing unit for rooms.
  • electronic means to control its functioning for example an electronic control unit that is programmed and equipped with at least three functioning programs, more precisely to function as a vacuum cleaner, or as a source of steam, or again as a sanitizing unit for rooms.
  • the air flows sucked in through the pipe 12 are diverted by the elbow- shaped segment 12A into the volume "VI" of water in which they bubble and release the particles which are naturally heavier than the materials sucked in, and those that become so because they have imbibed water.
  • the air flows sucked in are then conveyed with the conveyor 11A in the direction of the separator device 9 which, rotating with the motor 7, generates a perimeter barrier of air which on one hand prevents the particles of water in suspension from passing through it and on the other hand breaks down any possible particles of materials sucked in still present in suspension in them, making them fall into the tank 11.
  • the air flows sucked in that pass through the separator device 9 are then conveyed into the upper part of the first half-shell 2, they lap the motor 7 and pass into the channels 18 made in the casing 16.
  • the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 When it is required to use the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 as a source of steam, without necessarily having to use the suction action, for example to feed the iron 36, one acts on a special command, not shown, but which can normally be located on a control panel that can be associated with the container body of the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1.
  • the expression "user apparatus” means not only any type of external appliance whatsoever that uses steam for its functioning, but also the same suction pipe typical of the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 which, in this case, can have a specific connection that can be coupled with the socket 29 and a suitable additional pipe that carries the steam toward the suction end of the pipe, which, in this case, also becomes the ejection end of the steam to reinforce the cleaning action.
  • the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 When necessary, it is possible to use the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 as an independent unit to recirculate stale air in a room.
  • the flexible pipe must be disconnected from the mouth 10, leaving it open, however, and the motor 7 of the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 is driven, using a special command.
  • the motor 7 can rotate at selectable speeds with the suitable selection commands supplied with the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 in relation to the intensity of sanitization to be obtained or maintained if already performed previously.
  • This sanitizing function is particularly suitable to be combined with the functioning program as a source of steam, if the user apparatus is an iron.
  • this characteristic allows both to supply steam to the iron and, at the same time, to sanitize the environment in which the iron is used, for example by constantly filtering the air flows sucked in from the environment and making them pass through the vacuum cleaner 1 which is maintained at a controlled and reduced operating regime compared to when it is required to use it as a vacuum cleaner to eliminate dirt and debris.
  • the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 When using the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 as a sanitizing unit, it is also possible to integrate the action of recirculating stale air, providing to deliver fragrance and/or disinfecting substances, normally in a nebulized state.
  • a container 33 is applied to the connection 34 which contains a deodorizing or disinfecting substance which, after passing through the heat exchanger 41, is diffused by the socket 29.
  • the electronic control unit controls the delivery into the environment of the substance with a programmable intensity and time interval, at the end of which the delivery is automatically stopped.
  • the functions that the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 is able to perform can be activated either separately or, as previously stated, in combination with each other, in order to obtain specific performances of the vacuum cleaner 1, adapting them to the conditions of use.
  • the functioning of the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 is substantially the same as for the version equipped with a single motor 7, with the only difference being that the air flows sucked in, after having passed through the elbow-shaped segment 12A and bubbled in the volume of water "VI", are divided into two parts, each of which is directed to a specific separator device 9 and a relative motor.
  • the overall power of the multifunction vacuum cleaner 1 is significantly increased when the two motors function simultaneously.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un aspirateur multifonction qui comprend : un corps de récipient (2, 3) qui loge une unité d'aspiration (6) d'écoulements d'air provenant de l'extérieur; des moyens de filtration (VI) des écoulements d'air aspirés depuis l'extérieur; un réservoir d'accumulation de matières aspirées depuis l'extérieur et filtrées par lesdits moyens de filtration; ledit corps de récipient comprenant en outre une unité de production de vapeur (23) et des moyens (29) pour envoyer la vapeur à l'extérieur dudit corps de récipient.
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