EP4096487A1 - Cleaning device - Google Patents
Cleaning deviceInfo
- Publication number
- EP4096487A1 EP4096487A1 EP21702357.1A EP21702357A EP4096487A1 EP 4096487 A1 EP4096487 A1 EP 4096487A1 EP 21702357 A EP21702357 A EP 21702357A EP 4096487 A1 EP4096487 A1 EP 4096487A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- movement
- cleaning device
- lip
- floor
- cleaned
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 238000007789 sealing Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 31
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- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 abstract description 23
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000005096 rolling process Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000009736 wetting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229920001410 Microfiber Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 238000011109 contamination Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000013013 elastic material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
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- 239000003658 microfiber Substances 0.000 description 1
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Classifications
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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
- A47L11/29—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
- A47L11/30—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction
- A47L11/302—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction having rotary tools
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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
- A47L11/02—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
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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
- A47L11/40—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
- A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
- A47L11/4041—Roll shaped surface treating tools
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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
- A47L11/40—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
- A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
- A47L11/4044—Vacuuming or pick-up tools; Squeegees
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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
- A47L11/40—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
- A47L11/4072—Arrangement of castors or wheels
Definitions
- the invention relates to a cleaning device, comprising a base body with a roller device and a suction device, the roller device defining a line of movement of the cleaning device, the suction device opening into a suction opening which is arranged on the side of the base body facing the floor to be cleaned
- the suction opening is delimited by a first wall and a second wall, the first wall and the second wall running transversely to the line of movement, the suction opening being assigned an elastically formed lip which rests on the floor to be cleaned during the intended use of the cleaning device, wherein the lip rests against the first wall during the movement of the cleaning device in a first direction along the line of movement and rests against the second wall in a second direction during the movement of the cleaning device along the line of movement.
- Such a cleaning device is known from DE 102018 105461 A1.
- the cleaning device known from the prior art also comprises a roller brush to loosen dirt from the floor to be cleaned and a device for wetting the floor to be cleaned with liquid speed.
- the device is assigned to the brush roller.
- the cleaning device enables a combined dry and wet cleaning.
- the suction opening When moving the cleaning device in the first direction, the suction opening first comes into contact with the dirt lying on the floor to be cleaned. Particulate and dusty dirt is transported through the suction opening and the suction channel into a dirt container. At the same time the floor to be cleaned is wetted by means of the device with a cleaning liquid which dissolves dirt adhering to the floor. This dirt is then removed from the floor to be cleaned by the roller brush.
- the first direction of movement corresponds to the forward movement of the cleaning device. In the first direction of movement, the lip rests against the first wall so that a gap opens along the front edge in the area of the second wall, through which dirt, in particular particulate pollution, enters the suction channel via the suction opening.
- the invention is based on the object of further developing the cleaning device in such a way that an improved cleaning performance is made possible.
- the lip is designed in such a way that the lip rests sealingly against the floor to be cleaned when moving in the second direction of movement and is liquid-permeable when moving in the first direction of movement.
- the lip when the cleaning device moves forwards, the lip rests on the floor to be cleaned in such a way that particulate contamination can get into the suction opening and that the suction device can have a high suction power, but a liquid lying on the floor is not pushed in front of the lip that when changing the direction of movement, a linear liquid film remains on the floor to be cleaned.
- the lip rests against the floor to be cleaned in such a way that a film of liquid can be drawn off the floor to be cleaned and finally fed to the suction opening. This enables quick and streak-free drying of the floor to be cleaned.
- Sealing in the context of the invention does not mean that no liquid is allowed to pass between the lip and the base. Even when moving in the second direction of movement, a film of liquid remains behind the lip on the floor to be cleaned. But this one contains less liquid than the one Liquid film that remains behind the lip when moving in the first direction of movement.
- a particularly good cleaning result can be achieved because the lip limits the suction opening during the movement in the first direction of movement so that particulate dirt can be well absorbed by the suction device, but a liquid film on the floor does not penetrate too much the lip is peeled off.
- the lip rests on the floor to be cleaned in such a way that a liquid film lying on the floor is pushed in front of the lip and finally conveyed into the suction opening by means of the suction device. The remaining liquid on the floor to be cleaned dries off by itself.
- the first direction of movement and the second direction of movement are different from one another.
- the first direction of movement and the second direction of movement are opposite to one another. It can therefore be a forward movement and a backward movement of the cleaning device.
- the lip can have a support body and a sealing body, the support body being pivotably arranged in the suction opening and the sealing body being arranged on the edge of the support body facing the floor to be cleaned.
- the lip has an elastic and a relatively rigid section, the rigid section allowing a defined articulation and the elastic section allowing a good sealing effect.
- the edge of the sealing body assigned to the floor to be cleaned can be rounded off. This enables a better, linear contact of the lip in the direction of the floor to be cleaned, even if the lip is at least is partially bent.
- the edge associated with the floor to be cleaned is designed as a quarter circle when viewed in cross section.
- the lip can be arranged in such a way that the rounding of the quarter circle points in the direction of the first edge.
- the tip of the quarter-circle contour of the lip comes into contact with the floor to be cleaned.
- This leads to a high pressure gradient which in turn is associated with a high sealing effect.
- the lip moves in the first direction of movement, however, the rounded section comes into contact with the floor to be cleaned. This leads to a lower pressure gradient because a liquid film can build up in the gap resulting from the quarter circle section and the floor to be cleaned, which ultimately leads to the lip being lifted off the floor to be cleaned.
- the lip can have a thickening on the edge associated with the floor to be cleaned.
- the thickening can be essentially circular. The thickening enables the lip to rest in a line even when the lip is folded down.
- the support body and the sealing body can be designed in strip form, the sealing body being angled to the support body.
- the free end of the lip preferably protrudes in the direction of the first wall. Due to the angled sealing body, when moving in the first direction of movement, a film of liquid can in turn build up in a gap between the lip and the floor to be cleaned, which leads to the sealing lip lifting off. If the lip rests against the second wall and the cleaning device moves in the second direction of movement, however, there is a large pressure gradient so that the lip is impermeable to liquid in this direction of movement and pushes a film of liquid in front of it and feeds it to the suction opening.
- the sealing body can have a recess running at least partially in the longitudinal direction on at least one side.
- the recess is preferably made on the side of the lip, which is assigned to the first wall.
- the recess results in a material weakening which increases the elasticity of the lip.
- the lip is particularly soft in the first direction of movement, so that the liquid film can lift the lip off the floor to be cleaned.
- the sealing body can be made of elastic plastic and the support body of dimensionally stable plastic.
- the lip can be designed as a two-component injection-molded element. Such a lip is inexpensive to manufacture.
- Fig. 2 shows in detail the lip arranged in the reining device
- the figures show a cleaning device 1 with a base body 2.
- a rolling device 3 and a suction device are angeord net.
- the cleaning device 1 is a hand-held cleaning device.
- the base body 2 is also connected to an articulated to the base body 2 is connected handle.
- the suction device opens into a suction opening 5, which is arranged on the side of the base body 2 facing the floor to be cleaned.
- the roller device 3 is also on the floor to be cleaned facing Side of the base body 2 arranged and comprises in the present exemplary embodiment from two spaced apart wheels which protrude from the ground.
- the base body 2 further comprises a brush arrangement with a rotatable brush roller.
- the brush roller 15 is also arranged in the base body 2 in such a way that it faces the floor to be cleaned.
- the suction opening 5 has a second wall 7 facing the front edge of the base body 2 and a first wall 6 facing the brush roller 15.
- the rolling device 3 defines a line of movement 4 of the cleaning device 1, a first direction of movement 9 along the line of movement 4 corresponding to a forward movement of the cleaning device 1.
- a movement along the second movement direction 10 along the movement line 4 corresponds to a backward movement of the cleaning device 1.
- the first wall 6 and the second wall 7 run transversely to the line of movement 4 and extend transversely over the base body 2 and delimit the essentially rectangular suction opening 5.
- the roller brush 15 is designed to loosen dirt from the floor to be cleaned.
- the brush roller 15 has a soft pile made of microfibers.
- a device 16 for wetting the floor to be cleaned with liquid is also assigned to the base body 2.
- the device 16 is arranged between the brush roller 15 and the suction opening 5. During the cleaning process, a cleaning liquid drips from the device 16 onto the floor to be cleaned, which dissolves firmly adhering dirt.
- the loosened dirt is removed from the floor to be cleaned by the brush roller 15 and finally reaches the suction opening 5.
- the suction opening 5 is assigned a pivotable lip 8, which, depending on the direction of movement 9, 10, rests alternately on the first wall 6 or the second wall 7.
- FIG. 2 shows that the lip 8 rests against the first wall 6 during the movement in the first movement direction 9 along the movement line 4 and against the second wall 7 during the movement in the second movement direction 10.
- the lip 8 rests on the floor to be cleaned during the intended use of the cleaning device 1 and is pivotably fixed in the base body 2.
- the lip 8 has a circular thickening 17 along a longitudinal edge, which is arranged in a congruently shaped recess in the base body 2.
- the lip 8 is designed in such a way that the lip 8 rests sealingly against the floor to be cleaned when moving in the second direction of movement 10 and is permeable to liquid when moving in the first direction of movement 9.
- the lip 8 has a supporting body 11 and a sealing body 12, the supporting body 11 being arranged pivotably in the suction opening 5 and the sealing body 12 being arranged on the edge of the supporting body 11 facing the floor to be cleaned.
- the lip 8 is designed as a two-component injection-molded element and comprises a sealing body 12 made of injection-moldable elastic material and a support body 11 made of injection-moldable, dimensionally stable plastic.
- the support body 11 and the sealing body 12 are strip-shaped.
- FIG. 3 shows some configurations of the sealing body 12. The configurations are explained in more detail below from left to right.
- the first embodiment shows a sealing body 12 in which the edge of the sealing body 12 associated with the floor to be cleaned is rounded.
- the edge viewed in cross section, has the shape of a quarter circle, the rounded section being assigned to the second wall 7 and the perpendicular section being assigned to the first wall 6.
- the sealing body 12 has a recess 14 running at least partially in the longitudinal direction on at least one side, and in the present embodiment the recess is provided on the side of the sealing body 12 assigned to the first wall 6.
- the sealing body 12 is angled to the support body 11. In the present embodiment, the sealing body is angled in the direction of the first wall 6.
- the lip 8 has a thickening 13 on the edge associated with the one to be cleaned.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE102020102283.2A DE102020102283A1 (en) | 2020-01-30 | 2020-01-30 | Cleaning device |
PCT/EP2021/050685 WO2021151678A1 (en) | 2020-01-30 | 2021-01-14 | Cleaning device |
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EP4096487A1 true EP4096487A1 (en) | 2022-12-07 |
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EP21702357.1A Pending EP4096487A1 (en) | 2020-01-30 | 2021-01-14 | Cleaning device |
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US (1) | US20230073333A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP4096487A1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN114727741A (en) |
DE (1) | DE102020102283A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2021151678A1 (en) |
Family Cites Families (6)
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DE2139157A1 (en) * | 1971-08-05 | 1973-02-15 | Andrae P Kg | Sucker mouthpiece |
JPH1189759A (en) | 1997-09-16 | 1999-04-06 | Sanyo Electric Co Ltd | Sucking nozzle for flooring |
EP2747625B1 (en) * | 2011-08-23 | 2017-06-07 | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | Cleaning device for cleaning a surface comprising a brush and a squeegee element |
CN105559691B (en) * | 2014-10-09 | 2018-08-07 | 康塔有限公司 | floor cleaning head |
DE102014117418A1 (en) * | 2014-11-27 | 2016-06-02 | Miele & Cie. Kg | Floor nozzle for a floor care appliance and method for making a floor nozzle for a floor care appliance |
DE102018105461A1 (en) | 2018-03-09 | 2019-09-12 | Carl Freudenberg Kg | cleaner |
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- 2020-01-30 DE DE102020102283.2A patent/DE102020102283A1/en active Pending
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- 2021-01-14 WO PCT/EP2021/050685 patent/WO2021151678A1/en unknown
- 2021-01-14 EP EP21702357.1A patent/EP4096487A1/en active Pending
- 2021-01-14 CN CN202180006728.3A patent/CN114727741A/en active Pending
- 2021-01-14 US US17/795,885 patent/US20230073333A1/en active Pending
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DE102020102283A1 (en) | 2021-08-05 |
US20230073333A1 (en) | 2023-03-09 |
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CN114727741A (en) | 2022-07-08 |
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