ES2436168A1 - Installation of washing/brushing/drying of ski, snowboards, boots and similar. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Sink installation/brushing/drying of skis, snowboards, boots and the like. The installation of the invention effects the washing, brushing and/or drying of skis, snowboards, boots and the like when leaving the tracks of the snow station, for which it comprises washing means (f1) with hot or cold water with or without pressure, brushing means (f2) lateral, front and/or top, and drying means (f3) with hot or cold air, which are arranged along rails (1, 1 ') of passage of the article of sport (a, b) and the practitioner. Said lanes comprise a series of sections, corresponding to the ski pass, conveyor belt, rollers, and barefoot, in which the sport article advances (V) along the lane, by the action of the practitioner or is transported. The number and position of the means of washing, brushing and drying and the number of sections in each lane is any convenient. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims at a washing / brushing / drying installation of skis, snowboards, boots and the like, for snow sports practitioners. FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is specially designed for installation in snow stations, especially ski facilities or stations, for washing, brushing or drying, and

in

its case rubbed from cleaning, especially, from

skis

Y snowboards

BACKGROUND

FROM THE INVENTION

Until

he moment, no exist installations from

washing, brushing or drying skis, snowboards, etc.

When snowmen get off the slopes, it is a bit cumbersome to take off their skis, especially if they are loaded with snow or ice, as well as boots, or snowboards full of snow, since you have to remove the snow in general hardened, before taking accommodation in the vehicle, which is usually found in the parking area of the station.

Likewise, it is excessively annoying and dirty to place skis, snowboards, boots, etc., inside hotels, cars, buses, etc., if said sporting goods are not clean and dry.

It is also important for good maintenance

from

the systems  from fixation  from the skis

especially,

no leave them dirty or wet, for a

good

Y sure functioning future.

SUMMARY

FROM THE INVENTION

The aforementioned inconveniences have been totally eliminated by means of the installation of washing, brushing or drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, object of the present invention.

Said installation comprises means for brushing by rubbing lateral / frontal / upper actuation, means for drying by hot or cold air, and if necessary also by rubbing, arranged along respective rails of the ski-type sports article, Snowboards and similar accompanied or not by the corresponding practitioner.

These lanes are indistinct for each use, leaving the type of washing, brushing or drying to be used according to the type of installation existing in each snow season.

The rails are distributed in parallel, offering a washing, brushing or drying service with the possibility of incorporating water and / or cold and / or hot air.

Said rails preferably comprise the following sections:

the skiing step, in which the practitioner moves along the washing, brushing or drying lane supporting at least one foot in the ski, snowboard and similar sports article and the other foot pushing on a

auxiliary support rail, if necessary,

conveyor belt, in which the ski, snowboard and similar sports article is transported advancing with the practitioner supported, by at least one of the feet on the article, and

rollers, in which the sports article slides with the athlete supported with at least one foot on the article and the other walking or resting on said auxiliary support rail if necessary, and

Barefoot of the sports article, in which the single or double ski, snowboard and similar sports article is transported along the section while the practitioner is walking on the auxiliary support rail.

Of these sections, the hot or cold wash water with or without pressure is preferably applied to the roller section, which is collected in the corresponding drain, in the barefoot section, preferably, hot air drying is applied or cold

I

its rub Y from preference, the brushes

are willing

for its performance side, frontal or

higher

in any of the sections.

In

bliss installation the application of the Water

hot or cold with or without pressure, drying by hot or cold air or by rubbing, and the operation of the brushes is carried out by means of water supply; heating, conduction and fluid ejection means; automatic actuation means; security means, and power and maneuver means that is provided, the source of energy is

electric and / or by explosion engine.

The invention provides that following the washing, brushing and drying means, it may eventually comprise a conditioning enclosure for the removal of sports articles relating to skis, snowboards and the like, washed and dried, and where appropriate, the boots of the skis, before your accommodation in the vehicles or arrival at the accommodation.

According to the present invention, the installation of washing, brushing or drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, is fixed and mobile with which it can be placed in the appropriate location.

These and other characteristics will be better derived from the detailed description that follows, which, for ease of understanding, is accompanied by two sheets of drawings in which a

case

practical from realization that be appointment only to

Title

from example no limitative of the scope from the

Present

invention.

DESCRIPTION

FROM THE DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a side elevation view of the main part (13) of the installation, in which an arrow (14) indicates the direction of advance of the users therein.

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the main part (13) of the installation.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the main part (13) of the installation, object of the invention.

Figure 3 is a cross section through plane III-III of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross section through the

IV-IV plane of figure 2.

Figure 5 is a cross section through the plane V-V of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a cross-section through plane VI-VI of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is an aerial perspective view of the entire installation assembly (15).

Figure 8 is a view of the booth (10) incorporating the air and heating water supply means (7). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In accordance with the drawings, the installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like (15), according to the present invention, is what can be seen in Figure 7 which is applicable to snow stations For use by skiers, snowboarders and other snow sports practitioners, when leaving the snow slopes and before entering the vehicle to get away from the snow season, it comprises at least one of the following means: -F1-wash with hot or cold water, applied with or without pressure, as can be seen in figure 5.

-F2-brushing means with lateral / frontal / superior action and, if necessary, with rubbing, as can be seen in figure 5 and 6.

F3 drying means - by hot air or

cold, and if necessary by rubbing, as can be seen in figure 6.

As illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the washing / brushing / drying means F1-F2-F3 are arranged along respective rails (1),

(1 ') of step of the sport article type skis (A), snowboards (B) and the like accompanied in general by the corresponding practitioner, and are positioned in any convenient order, and are combined in any way.

Lanes (1), (1 '), as can be seen in Figure 3 to 6, comprise at least one of the following sections:

•

to the He passed (2) , (2' ) skiing in he that he

practicing

get moving in he sense from the arrow

(14)

from March by he rail (one), (one') supporting

to the

less a foot (P) in he Article from sport

(TO),

(B) Y he other foot (P) pushing in a to

mode

from rail assistant from support for (6), yes off

necessary,

•

headband conveyor (3) , (3' ) in he that he

Article

from sport (TO), (B) kind ski,

snowboard

Y Similar is transported going forward

with

the supported practitioner through to the less one

from

the feet (P) on he Article Y he other foot

(P)

on he aforementioned auxiliary rail support for (6)

in

its case,

•

rollers (4') in the that he article of sport

(TO),

(B) be slide with he athlete supported

with

to the less a foot (P) on he Article from

sport Y he other foot (P) walking or supported

on said auxiliary support rail (6), in

Their case,

• Barefoot (5), (5 ') in which the single sport item (snowboard) (B) or double (skis)

(A) is transported while the practitioner is walking on the auxiliary support lane (6).

As illustrated in the drawings, the different washing (F1), brushing (F2) and drying (F3) means arranged along respective rails (1), (1 ') can be defined for different means of transport and can be used regardless of whether it is a section to the passage (2), (2 '), conveyor belt (3), (3'), rollers (4), (4 ') or barefoot (5), (5'), in Depending on the needs defined by the snow season and may be as long as the number of washing, brushing or drying actions, determine the snow season in each case. According to the invention, the application of water

hot or cold with or without pressure, (F1) is carried out by water spray nozzles driven by the pressure group (7), heated if necessary by electric resistors, drying (F3) by hot or cold turbine-based air or fans equipped with electric resistors, and brushing

(F3) is carried out by means of cylindrical rollers (4 ') provided with bristles; in combination with automatic actuation means; safety means, and power and maneuver means that is provided

arranged in a corresponding booth (10), as can be seen in figure 8.

The invention provides that the power source that allows the operation of the installation to be electric and / or by means of an explosion engine.

The installation of the invention (15) following the washing (F1), brushing and / or drying (F2-F3) means, optionally comprises a conditioning enclosure (R) provided with seats

(11) see figure 7, to facilitate the removal of sporting goods (A), (B) relating to skis, snowboards and the like, washed, brushed and dried, or subjected to one or more of these operations, and where appropriate, the boots of the skis, before being accommodated in the vehicles arranged in the parking area (12).

The installation of the invention can be fixed or mobile so that it can be placed in the location that is created in a timely manner.

The present invention provides that the installation comprises one or more of the washing, brushing and drying means (F1-F2-F3), and that they are arranged in any convenient order if there is more than one.

Also, the installation of the invention can have any convenient number of rails.

(one' )

for skis Y  (one' ) for snowboards,

regardless of the number

illustrated in the

figures.

Similarly, said rails (1) can comprise the four sections (2), (2 '); (3) '(3'); (4), (4 '); (5), (5 '), or a greater number of sections equal or different from those illustrated, or only some or some of said four sections, and whose sections may be positioned on said rails

(1), (1 ') in any convenient order.

5 Similarly and as indicated the means of washing (Fl), brushing (F2) and drying (F3) can be arranged in the illustrated sections (1-1 '),

(2-2 '), (3-3') and (4-4 ') or in any of said sections and in any suitable order.

10 The installation of the present invention allows to have advertising of all kinds, especially for news related to snow or any other sector, whose structure constitutes a new advertising medium.

The invention, within its essentiality, can be carried out in other embodiments that differ only in detail from that indicated only by way of example and which will also achieve the protection

20 collects. Therefore, this washing / brushing / drying installation of skis, snowboards, boots and the like can be manufactured in any shape and size, with the most appropriate means and materials and with the most convenient accessories, with the elements being able

2 5 components be replaced by other technically equivalent ones, as all of this falls within the claims.

Claims (10)

 1.- Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, applicable in the snow seasons, characterized in that it comprises at least 5 of the following means:

-

 washing means (F1) with hot or cold water, applied with or without pressure,

-

 brushing means (F2) for lateral / frontal / superior action, and if necessary by rubbing; 10 and

-

 drying means (F3) by hot or cold air, and if necessary by rubbing;

whose washing (F1), brushing (F2) and drying (F3) means are combined, arranged and positioned in any convenient order along respective rails (1-1 ') of passage of the sports article type skis, snowboards and the like accompanied by the corresponding practitioner.  2. Washing / brushing / drying installation of 20 skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to claim 1, characterized in that said rails comprise at least one of the following sections:

-

 to the step skiing (2, 2 ’)

-

 conveyor belt (3, 3 ’) 25

-

 rollers (4, 4 ')

-

 barefoot (5, 5 ')

whose sections (2, 2 '; 3, 3'; 4, 4 '; 5, 5') of the rails (1, 1 ') are arranged in any convenient order. 30  3.- Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the hot or cold water and with or without pressure, the side / front / upper action brushing, and hot or cold air is applied in at least one of the mentioned sections  4.- Installation of washing / brushing / drying of 5 skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that after the washing, brushing and drying means, it eventually comprises a conditioning enclosure (R) provided with seats (11). 10  5. Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to claim 2, characterized in that the auxiliary support rail (6) of the rails (1, 1 ') in the sections (2, 2 '; 3, 3'; 4, 4 '; 5, 5') is arranged inside and / or outside the rail (1, 1 ').  6.- Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that it is fixed or mobile and can be located in the appropriate location. twenty 7.- Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the washing means F1 include spray nozzles of hot or cold water. 25 8. Installation of washing / brushing / drying skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the F2 brushing means include cylindrical rollers provided with bristles. 30 9. Installation of washing / brushing / drying of skis, snowboards, boots and the like, according to claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the drying means F3 include hot or cold air blower generated by turbines or fans equipped with electric resistors .