FI112967B - Beach cleaner for oil collection - Google Patents

Description

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Beach cleaner for oil collection

The present invention relates to a beach cleaner for collecting oil or the like, for beach cleaning or for similar situations. There are a number of different collection and cleaning methods for beach cleaning, either hand-held, vacuum-driven or power-driven. Of these methods, vacuum technology for transferring the oil to be collected to the recovery tank has proven to be an effective method of beach cleaning. Without exception, all of these methods use known brush technology as a collecting component. The collecting brush member is conventionally attached either to the shaft end or screwing to the shaft end. Generally, the vacuum system is provided with only a hose with a tube or nozzle for sucking in oil. The device according to patent application Fl 974058 is different in that it uses vacuum technology for purification. The device is mainly intended to replace traditional methods, especially for cleaning rocky beaches. As a result, new cleaning techniques are available for the final cleaning of stony beaches and hard-to-reach areas. The problem with the known methods is the removal of oil spills, which are relatively difficult to collect, which are widely spread on the beach. This requires a simple, easy-to-use beach cleaner that, due to its structure different from other cleaners, has a higher collection capacity.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a beach cleaner, through which the oil or the like is sucked off by means of a vacuum. Characteristic features of the invention are apparent from the appended claims. The collection device, located in a semi-circular, split pipe, is well suited for collecting oil that has spread to the terrain. To achieve a rotating motion of a beach cleaner collection tool:. powered by electricity, hydraulics or similar, the oil collecting part is a spiral brush or the like, the ends of which are mounted on the fixing plates. In a split curved tube or the like, the tapered end of the nozzle is connected to the suction tube. Connected to the coil brush ;, ': the rotary shaft is mounted on an electric motor or the like which provides:,: rotation of the coil rotating in the curved tube.

The purpose of using the crankshaft is to position the engine away from the oil: ::. There is an opening in the arc tube, which must have a curved hole: ... · 'in size relative to the size of the suction opening. The structure of the spiral brush consists of a brush and a steel spiral, whereby the steel spiral acts as a flexible shaft of the brush. The steel part of the spiral should be of strong but flexible material.

• * For a lighter oil, a thicker spiral brush and heavier oil can be set with a brush with fewer turns. A suction hose is attached to the end of the suction pipe for suction of oil. The collection is done by connecting a suction hose to the suction pressure wagon or the corresponding suction pressure system, through which the oil or the like is sucked under vacuum. The suction hose is connected to: · a beach cleaner with a curved split tube which rotates the brush to collect oil, which is sucked under vacuum through the brush into the funnel: the nozzle and through the suction hose to the suction hose and further to the tank carriage.

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For example, the power of the beach cleaner's spiral brush rotation is obtained by using the vehicle's electricity or by hydraulics. As the brush rotates, its spiraling effect creates a special oil-penetrating, oil-releasing movement. The curved opening structure prevents the spiral brush from suffocating when collecting oil.

In the following, the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show! an embodiment of the invention.

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Fig. 1 illustrates the operating principle of a beach cleaner (1) in the terrain, comprising a vacuum system for a suction system (2), a suction hose (3), a power source (4).

Fig. 2 shows the suction hose (3) of the device attached to the suction tube (5), the nozzle (6) attached to the curved tube (7), the bearings (8) to which the spiral brush (9) with its mounting plates (10) is attached; 11) end of motor (12)

Fig. 3 is a side view of a part of a device comprising a suction hose (3), a motor (12), a crankshaft (11), a suction tube (5), a nozzle (6), a bearing (8), a curved tube (7) and mounting plates (10).

Fig. 4 a) shows a top view of a suction part comprising a suction tube (5), a nozzle (6), a bearing (8), fastening plates (10) and a curved tube (7).

Fig. 4 b) shows at the end a suction part comprising a suction tube (5), a nozzle (6), a bearing plate (8), fixing plates (10) and a curved tube (7). ·. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a suction member comprising a suction tube (5), a nozzle (6), a bearing (8), a mounting plate (10), a curved tube (7), a rotary shaft: :: (11) and a helical brush (9) structure including steel coil (13) and brush (14) * · t »III • * t ·

Claims (5)

A beach plunger (1) operating with a power source, which beach plunger is intended for collecting oil, and which beach plunger has a suction pipe (5) in which is attached a suction hose (3) which is connected to a suppression system to remove the collected the oil, characterized in that a split bent tube (7) is attached to a nozzle (6), in which tube it rotates a brush (14) which collects oil. in Beach cleaner according to claim 1, characterized in that the part which collects oil is a spiral brush (9) through which the oil is sucked. A beach cleaner according to claim 1, characterized in that a spiral brush (9) supported by the bearings (8) rotates in the split curved tube (7) fixed in the nozzle (6). in The beach cleaner according to claim 1, characterized in that the split bend tube (7) has an opening which should have an equal shark as the opening of the nozzle (6). 5. A beach cleaner according to claim 1, characterized in that the coil brush (9) has a position coil (13) which acts as a resilient shaft. »<·