EP3712358B1 - Autonomer roboter mit alternierender absaugung für die reinigung von schwimmbädern - Google Patents

Autonomer roboter mit alternierender absaugung für die reinigung von schwimmbädern Download PDF

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EP3712358B1
EP3712358B1 EP19305355.0A EP19305355A EP3712358B1 EP 3712358 B1 EP3712358 B1 EP 3712358B1 EP 19305355 A EP19305355 A EP 19305355A EP 3712358 B1 EP3712358 B1 EP 3712358B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/14—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
    • E04H4/16—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
    • E04H4/1654—Self-propelled cleaners
    • E04H4/1663—Self-propelled cleaners the propulsion resulting from an intermittent interruption of the waterflow through the cleaner
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    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/14—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
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  • the present invention belongs to the field of swimming pool maintenance devices, in particular swimming pool cleaning robots, and relates more particularly to an autonomous vacuum cleaning robot with alternating suction for cleaning swimming pools.
  • swimming pool robots the main function of which is the suction of debris.
  • electric robots the main function of which is the suction of debris.
  • European patent EP3283711 B1 discloses a swimming pool cleaning robot comprising an electro-hydraulic power unit / water jet pump, and a debris collection body which comprises a battery for supplying said group, the group and the battery being contained in a rotating and waterproof turret, outside the robot body.
  • the robot advantageously comprises an automatic direction reversal device comprising a pallet integral with the turret.
  • This bidirectional robot moves alternately in two substantially opposite directions, propelled by the reaction of a water jet coming from a rotating nozzle, integral with the turret, adapted to take two opposite angular positions.
  • the suction takes place independently of the direction of movement of the robot.
  • Most robots have a main suction port through which water enters the robot's debris collection body regardless of its movement.
  • Some robots are fitted with several suction ports, for example two mouths, one of which is located near the front side of the robot and the other at the rear of the robot, for repeated passage over the suction area. debris, in other words for successive aspirations, in order to refine the cleaning and collection of debris. Nevertheless, the suction power obtained with several mouths remains equivalent to that which would be obtained with a single mouth of section equal to the sum of the sections of said mouths. In addition, when the suction power is not sufficient to "lift" the heaviest debris as soon as it passes through the first suction mouth, the passage of the second mouth remains just as futile, if not barely more effective.
  • the two suction ports do not have the same utility depending on the direction of movement of the robot.
  • the suction mouth which is found at the front following the direction of movement of the robot sucks up a major part of the debris and the other mouth, at the rear, only sucks up a few debris which have remained at the bottom.
  • the efficiency of a robot with two suction mouths symmetrical with respect to a median plane of said robot is very slightly greater than that of a robot having a single suction mouth of equivalent section.
  • Pool robots are equipped with one or more suction pumps and can have one or two suction outlets.
  • a single mouth generally located in the axis of the robot, does not effectively capture debris near peripheral walls for example.
  • the solution which consists in creating a mouth at each end of the robot would solve this problem, but the simultaneous operation of these two mouths results in a lower suction flow rate at each mouth, and therefore in a loss of efficiency. Maintaining the efficiency of two mouths operated simultaneously would imply a doubling of the suction power of the pump, which would increase costs, double energy consumption, and penalize the autonomy of a battery-powered robot.
  • the proposed solution makes it possible to solve this problem without increasing power and without losing efficiency by producing a robot with two end openings in alternating operation so as to have on the active mouth all of the flow sucked by the pump.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the limitations of the prior art by proposing a swimming pool robot with alternating suction, said suction being operated by a single mouth at a time depending on the direction of movement of said robot, thus improving the suction efficiency and / or reducing the energy consumption of the robot.
  • the present invention relates to a swimming pool cleaning robot comprising a body for collecting debris, a propulsion and suction system capable of moving the robot alternately in two substantially opposite directions, and a supply device, such as than a power supply battery.
  • This robot is remarkable in that the body comprises two filter compartments separated by a partition and each provided with a water inlet, said partition allowing to concentrate the total suction of the robot in one compartment and to block it in the other according to the direction of movement of the robot.
  • the propulsion and suction system and the feed device are contained in a rotating and sealed turret, external to the body of the robot, and each direction of movement of the robot is determined by an automatic orientation of the turret.
  • the propulsion and suction system comprises two motorized propellers, each of said propellers ensuring the propulsion of the robot in one of the directions of movement and the suction in one of the filter compartments.
  • the robot comprises a pivoting suction mouth integral with the turret, said mouth allowing the passage of water into one compartment and blocking the passage of water into the other compartment, so as to concentrate the total suction. of the robot in one compartment or the other depending on the direction of movement of the robot.
  • the pivoting suction mouth has a lateral opening, communicating with one compartment at a time, and an upper opening communicating with a water outlet of the robot.
  • the pivoting suction mouth is in the form of a hollow cylinder with a circular base, the lateral opening being made at the level of a diameter of said cylinder and the upper opening being axial and contiguous with said lateral opening.
  • the pivoting suction mouth is arranged above the partition so as to be flush with an upper edge of said partition.
  • the swivel suction mouth can be screwed onto the turret.
  • the propulsion and suction system is an electrohydraulic water jet powertrain / pump.
  • robot or the expression “swimming pool robot” designates indifferently and by extension an autonomous robot for cleaning swimming pools.
  • the figures 1 and 2 show a robot 100 according to the invention mainly comprising a body 10, formed by the assembly of an upper shell 11 and a lower shell 12, a sealed turret 20, containing an electrohydraulic powertrain / pump and its electric battery d 'supply not shown, wheels 30 and water inlets 40a and 40b provided in the bottom of the body 10.
  • Body 10 can be of any shape and size to accommodate different sizes of basins, preferably a substantially compact shape and small dimensions for convenience and unobtrusiveness.
  • the body 10 consists of two interlocking parts, the upper shell 11 and the lower shell 12, thus facilitating disassembly of the body 10 for access to the interior volume of said body.
  • the interior volume of the body 10, visible on the figure 3 for its part contains a debris collection device in the form of a filter 13 placed above a tank materialized by a lower part of said body, for example the lower shell 12.
  • the turret 20 surmounts the body 10 and essentially contains the powertrain / electro-hydraulic water jet pump and the electric supply battery, shown in broken lines on the figure. figure 3 .
  • the turret 20 is mounted on the body 10 by a rotary connection, produced here by an annular flange of the body around a receiving hole of an annular base of the turret, and is oriented according to the direction of movement of the robot 100 in accordance with the principle described in the patent EP3283711B1 .
  • turret is used here in its general sense of a rotary device placed on a vehicle to orient an organ and possibly protect it.
  • the powertrain / pump comprises an electric motor, reduction gears and a turbine whose function is to suck the water, which enters through the water inlets 40a and 40b and passes through the filter 13, and to discharge it through an ejection nozzle 21 which emerges from the turret 20 to propel the robot 100, the direction of the discharge being substantially parallel to the bottom of the swimming pool so as to promote propulsion.
  • the robot 100 can, instead of or in addition to the wheels 30, include other drive means such as rollers or caterpillars.
  • the robot 100 comprises a partition 15 of separation at the level of the body 10, dividing the internal volume of the body into two isolated compartments 14a and 14b, and a pivoting suction mouth 25, integral with the rotating turret 20.
  • the partition 15 is disposed vertically at the level of a median transverse plane of the body 10, thus dividing the body into two compartments of substantially equal volumes.
  • the partition 15 has a reduced thickness, a few millimeters, to limit the occupation of the useful volume for collecting debris.
  • the partition 15 has an upper edge flush with the pivoting suction mouth 25.
  • the pivoting suction mouth 25 is driven in rotation by the turret 20 and comprises a lateral opening 251 and an upper opening 252.
  • the lateral opening 251 is placed on one side or the other of the partition 15 according to the orientation of the turret 20, and thereby of the pivoting mouth 25, so that said mouth communicates with a compartment 14a or 14b at the same time, thus concentrating the suction at the level of a single water inlet 40a or 40b.
  • the upper opening 252 provides access to the ejection nozzle 21 of the robot.
  • the pivoting mouth 25 allows both to allow the passage of water through one compartment of the body 10 and to oppose the passage of water into the other compartment, and conversely, imposing thus the circulation of water in only one direction in the manner of a valve.
  • the side openings 251 and top 252 can be separated, as in the example of figure 3 , or contiguous with a common edge, as in the example of figure 4 , in which case their edges form a closed curve extending into the lateral and upper faces of the pivoting mouth 25.
  • the pivoting mouth 25 has a shape of a half cylinder with a flattened and hollow circular base, in which the side opening 251 is rectangular and extends along a diameter of the base, and the upper opening 252 is an axial hole in the form of a Semi circle.
  • the pivoting mouth 25 defines a cavity with a circular side wall, advantageous for the circulation of water during suction by promoting the formation of vortices converging towards the upper opening 252.
  • the pivoting mouth 25 further comprises fixing means not shown allowing its assembly with the turret 20. Such means are for example a thread made on the side face of the pivoting mouth to screw said mouth into a suitable bore of the turret.
  • the pivoting mouth 25 according to the invention can have other shapes on condition of allowing the water to be sucked into a first compartment of the body while blocking it in the second, and this alternately depending on the rotation of the turret. .
  • the pivoting mouth 25 is oriented towards the front compartment 14b, the robot 100 moving in the direction D1 indicated by the solid arrow. Consequently, the suction is concentrated only in the compartment 14b, the water enters through the front water inlet 40b, passes successively through the filter 13, the side opening 251 and the upper opening 252 of the pivoting mouth 25. , and finally emerges through the ejection nozzle 21 which is not shown. In the rear compartment 14a, the suction is blocked by the pivoting mouth 25 which closes the passage between said compartment and the partition 15.
  • figure 5 representing the prior art
  • figures 6a and 6b representing the present invention
  • the figure 7 shows schematically an alternating suction performed by the turret 20 and the pivoting mouth 25 according to the embodiment described below.
  • the figure 8 schematizes an alternating suction obtained in a double-propeller robot for bidirectional propulsion, in which the body 10 is divided into two filtering compartments by a partition 15.
  • each suction-propulsion propeller is associated with a single filtering compartment , itself associated with a single suction mouth.
  • the presence of the partition 15 makes it possible to concentrate the total suction of the robot in one compartment or in the other depending on the direction of movement of said robot.
  • the figures 9 to 14 show the partition 15 of separation and the swivel suction mouth 25 installed in a real swimming pool robot such as that of figures 1 and 2 .

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  1. Roboter (100) zum Reinigen von Schwimmbädern, einen Körper (10) zum Aufsammeln von Abfall und ein Vortriebs- und Saugsystem beinhaltend, das imstande ist, den Roboter abwechselnd in zwei im Wesentlichen entgegengesetzte Richtungen D1 und D2 zu bewegen, wobei der Körper (10) zwei Filterabteile (14a, 14b) beinhaltet, die durch eine Trennwand (15) getrennt sind, und jeweils mit einem Wassereingang (40a, 40b) versehen sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es die Trennwand ermöglicht, das gesamte Saugen des Roboters in einem Abteil zu konzentrieren, und in dem anderen, in Abhängigkeit von der Bewegungsrichtung des Roboters, zu sperren.
  2. Roboter (100) nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Vortriebs- und Saugsystem in einem drehenden und dichten Turm (20) außerhalb des Körpers (10) des Roboters enthalten ist, und wobei jede Bewegungsrichtung des Roboters durch eine automatische Ausrichtung des Turms bestimmt wird.
  3. Roboter nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Vortriebs- und Saugsystem zwei motorisierte Propeller umfasst, wobei jeder der Propeller für den Vortrieb des Roboters in eine der Bewegungsrichtungen und das Saugen in einem der Filterabteile sorgt.
  4. Roboter (100) nach Anspruch 2, eine schwenkbare Saugmündung (25) beinhaltend, die fest mit dem Turm (20) verbunden ist, wobei die Mündung den Durchlass des Wassers in ein Abteil freigibt, und den Durchlass des Wassers in das andere Abteil sperrt, um das gesamte Saugen des Roboters, in Abhängigkeit von der Bewegungsrichtung des Roboters, in einem Abteil oder dem anderen zu konzentrieren.
  5. Roboter (100) nach Anspruch 4, wobei die schwenkbare Saugmündung (25) eine seitliche Öffnung (251) beinhaltet, die mit einem Abteil (14a, 14b) in Verbindung steht, und eine obere Öffnung (252), die mit einem Wasserausgang des Roboters in Verbindung steht.
  6. Roboter (100) nach Anspruch 5, wobei die die schwenkbare Saugmündung in Form eines Hohlzylinders mit kreisförmiger Basis ist, wobei die seitliche Öffnung (251) im Bereich eines Durchmessers des Zylinders ausgeführt ist, und die obere Öffnung (252) axial, und an die seitliche Öffnung angrenzend ist.
  7. Roboter (100) nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6, wobei die schwenkbare Saugmündung (25) derart oberhalb der Trennwand (15) angeordnet ist, um einen oberen Rand der Trennwand leicht zu berühren.
  8. Roboter (100) nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 7, wobei die schwenkbare Saugmündung (25) durch Verschrauben an dem Turm (20) befestigt ist.
  9. Roboter (100) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Vortriebs- und Saugsystem ein elektrohydraulisches Wasserstrahl-Antriebs-/Pumpenaggregat ist.
  10. Roboter (100) nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, weiter eine eingebaute Versorgungsbatterie beinhaltend.
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