FR2951093A1 - Device for cleaning outer side of pipe, has brushing unit equipped with two brushes that are articulated to pass from opened position to closed position and vice versa, and space receiving pipe - Google Patents

Device for cleaning outer side of pipe, has brushing unit equipped with two brushes that are articulated to pass from opened position to closed position and vice versa, and space receiving pipe Download PDF

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FR2951093A1
FR2951093A1 FR0957174A FR0957174A FR2951093A1 FR 2951093 A1 FR2951093 A1 FR 2951093A1 FR 0957174 A FR0957174 A FR 0957174A FR 0957174 A FR0957174 A FR 0957174A FR 2951093 A1 FR2951093 A1 FR 2951093A1
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The device (2) has a gripping unit (14) for gripping a brushing unit to clean a pipe, where the brushing unit is equipped with two lower and upper brushes (4, 5) i.e. circular arc shaped brushes, that are articulated to pass from an opened position to a closed position and vice versa. A space (9) receives the pipe. A maintenance unit (7) is utilized for maintaining the lower and upper brushes in a closed position. The lower brush is equipped with a rolling unit (11).

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La présente invention entre dans le domaine du nettoyage de tuyau, en particulier de tuyau destiné à l'écoulement d'un fluide, tel de l'eau. L'invention trouvera une application particulière dans le 5 nettoyage de l'extérieur d'un tuyau d'arrosage, tout le long de ce dernier. L'invention vise le nettoyage de l'extérieur de tout type de tuyau, flexible ou souple, notamment de type tuyau spirale ou spiralé.The present invention is in the field of pipe cleaning, in particular pipe for the flow of a fluid, such as water. The invention will find particular application in cleaning the outside of a garden hose, all along the latter. The invention aims to clean the outside of any type of hose, flexible or flexible, including spiral or spiral pipe type.

10 De manière connue, le nettoyage de l'extérieur d'un tuyau est fastidieux et laborieux. Effectué manuelle, à l'aide d'une brosse ou d'un simple chiffon, l'opérateur doit essuyer toute la longueur du tuyau, obtenant un résultat souvent précaire, en particulier en utilisant un chiffon qui se salit rapidement. De 15 plus, les tuyaux doivent être enroulés et déroulés, opération parfois complexe, notamment pour un tuyau spirale. C'est pourquoi il a été imaginé un dispositif sous forme d'un tambour rotatif motorisé autour duquel est enroulé le tuyau, des brosses venant frotter et ainsi nettoyer ledit tuyau 20 au fur et à mesure de son enroulement. Toutefois, un tel dispositif reste contraignant à mettre en œuvre, l'enroulement autour du tambour provoquant des boucles et entrelacs difficiles à défaire et rendant peu satisfaisant le résultat obtenu.In known manner, cleaning the outside of a pipe is tedious and laborious. Performed manually, using a brush or a simple cloth, the operator must wipe the entire length of the pipe, obtaining a result often precarious, especially using a cloth that gets dirty quickly. In addition, the pipes must be rolled up and unwound, a sometimes complex operation, especially for a spiral pipe. This is why it was imagined a device in the form of a motorized rotary drum around which the hose is wound, brushes coming to rub and thus clean said pipe 20 as it winds. However, such a device remains constraining to implement, the winding around the drum causing loops and interlacing difficult to undo and making the result obtained unsatisfactory.

25 L'invention a pour but de pallier les inconvénients de l'état de la technique en proposant un dispositif simplifié de nettoyage de l'extérieur d'un tuyau. Pour ce faire, un tel dispositif comprend des moyens de préhension de moyens de brossage destinés à nettoyer ledit 30 tuyau, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens de brossage se présentent sous la forme d'au moins deux brosses, d'une part, articulées de manière à passer d'une position d'ouverture à une position de fermeture, et inversement et, d'autre part, conformées de manière à ménager un espace de réception en 35 frottement dudit tuyau. D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description détaillée qui va suivre des modes de réalisation non limitatifs de l'invention, en référence aux figures annexées dans lesquelles : - la figure 1 représente une vue schématisée de face du 5 dispositif de nettoyage en position de fermeture ; - la figure 2 représente une vue similaire à la figure 1 en position d'ouverture ; - la figure 3 représente une vue d'un détail d'un mode de réalisation particulier ; 10 - la figure 4 représente une vue d'un détail d'un autre mode de réalisation ; et - la figure 5 représente une vue de côté de l'invention en position de nettoyage au niveau d'un tuyau. La présente invention concerne le nettoyage de l'extérieur 15 d'un tuyau 1, en particulier un tuyau flexible, notamment un tuyau spirale. Le dispositif 2 selon l'invention se veut à même de nettoyer simplement l'intégralité d'un tuyau 1, sur toute sa longueur et tout son pourtour. Pour ce faire, le dispositif 2 prévoit des moyens 3 de 20 brossage destinés à nettoyer ledit tuyau 1. Ces moyens 3 sont conformés de manière à venir entourer ledit tuyau 1 et, en se déplaçant le long de ce dernier, à en nettoyer les parois extérieures. Selon le mode préférentiel de réalisation, visible sur les 25 figures, lesdits moyens de brossage 3 se présentent sous la forme d'au moins deux brosses 4 et 5articulées de manière à passer d'une position d'ouverture à une position de fermeture, et inversement. Dès lors chaque brosse 4,5 se présente sous la forme de deux coquilles articulées l'une par rapport à l'autre.The object of the invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the state of the art by proposing a simplified device for cleaning the outside of a pipe. To do this, such a device comprises means for gripping brushing means for cleaning said hose, characterized in that said brushing means are in the form of at least two brushes, on the one hand, articulated so as to move from an open position to a closed position, and vice versa and, on the other hand, shaped so as to provide a frictional receiving space of said pipe. Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments of the invention, with reference to the appended figures in which: FIG. 1 represents a schematic front view of the device cleaning in the closed position; - Figure 2 shows a view similar to Figure 1 in the open position; FIG. 3 represents a view of a detail of a particular embodiment; Figure 4 shows a view of a detail of another embodiment; and - Figure 5 shows a side view of the invention in the cleaning position at a pipe. The present invention relates to the cleaning of the outside of a pipe 1, in particular a flexible pipe, in particular a spiral pipe. The device 2 according to the invention is able to simply clean the entirety of a pipe 1, over its entire length and its entire periphery. To do this, the device 2 provides brushing means 3 for cleaning said pipe 1. These means 3 are shaped so as to surround said pipe 1 and, by moving along the latter, to clean the walls exterior. According to the preferred embodiment, visible in the figures, said brushing means 3 are in the form of at least two brushes 4 and 5 articulated so as to pass from an open position to a closed position, and Conversely. Therefore each brush 4,5 is in the form of two shells articulated with respect to each other.

30 L'articulation peut s'effectuer d'un côté commun. Plus particulièrement, lesdits moyens de brossage 3 comprennent une brosse inférieure 4 et une brosse supérieure 5, articulées en pivotement l'une par rapport à l'autre et comportant des moyens 7 de maintien en position de fermeture.The joint can be performed on a common side. More particularly, said brushing means 3 comprise a lower brush 4 and an upper brush 5 pivotally articulated relative to each other and comprising means 7 for holding in the closed position.

35 Préférentiellement, ladite articulation se présente sous la forme d'une charnière 6. De plus, lesdits moyens de maintien 7 peuvent se présenter sous la forme d'une goupille 8 bloquant lesdites brosses 4 et 5, au niveau du côté opposé de ladite charnière 6. De plus, lesdites brosses 4 et 5 sont conformées de manière à ménager un espace 9 de réception en frottement dudit tuyau 1. Cet espace 9 permet, en position d'ouverture visible sur la figure 2, d'insérer le tuyau 1, en le positionnant au niveau de la brosse inférieur 4. En position refermée, visible sur la figure 1, le tuyau 1 est alors en contact avec les deux brosses 4 et 5, après fermeture de la brosse supérieure 5. L'espace de réception 9 est dimensionné de sorte que le tuyau 1 puisse coulisser à l'intérieur, tout en restant en contact avec les brosses 4 et 5, en particulier leurs poils 10. A ce citre, comme schématisé, les poils 10 desdites brosses 4 et 5 sont disposés intérieurement par rapport auxdites coquilles. Selon le mode préférentiel de réalisation, représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, chaque brosse 4,5 se présente sous la forme d'un arc de cercle recevant intérieurement des moyens de frottement sous forme desdits poils 10. Selon les modes de réalisation représentés sur les figures 3 et 4, les brosses 4 et 5 en position de fermeture ont une section polygonale, respectivement carrée et hexagonale. De plus, ladite brosse inférieure 4 peut comprendre des moyens de roulement, sous forme d'un essieu de roulement comportant une roue 11 à chaque extrémité. Ces roues 11 facilitent le déplacement le long du tuyau 1. A ce titre, au moment du nettoyage, il est plus aisé d'attacher ce dernier à une extrémité 12, notamment au niveau d'une prise murale 13, par l'intermédiaire d'un embout adapté. Cette fixation maintient en place le tuyau 1 lors du déplacement du dispositif de nettoyage 2, empêchant que les frottements l'emportent avec le déplacement dudit dispositif 2. De plus, le déplacement et les frottements permettent d'éviter la formation de boucles au niveau du tuyau 1. Selon une autre caractéristique, lesdites brosses 4 et 5 présentent une largeur suffisante pour maintenir droit le tuyau 1 sur la portion enfermée au sein dudit espace 9. Les poils 10 peuvent alors tapisser tout ou partie de cette distance, notamment sous forme de plusieurs rangées successives. De même, pour faciliter le déplacement de l'invention, des moyens de préhension 14 sont reliés auxdits moyens de brossage, notamment au niveau de la brosse inférieure 4. Ces moyens de préhension 14 peuvent être déportés, comme visible sur les figures, se présentant alors sous la forme d'une poignée ergonomique fixée au bout d'un manche. Selon une autre caractéristique, le dispositif 2 comprend des moyens d'approvisionnement en produit nettoyant, notamment un agent désinfectant, détergent, décapant, mais aussi de la peinture ou un lubrifiant. Ainsi, lesdits moyens d'approvisionnement comprennent, d'une part, un réservoir 15 de stockage dudit produit nettoyant et, d'autre part, une arrivée d'eau 16. Cette dernière peut déboucher au sein dudit espace 9 de réception du tuyau 1, se mêlant au produit s'écoulant depuis ledit réservoir 15 auquel ledit espace 9 est relié. Au contact des brosses 4 et 5, sous l'action du simple déplacement, le mélange du produit et de l'eau permet le nettoyage du tuyau 1. Dès lors, le dispositif 2 selon l'invention permet de 25 nettoyer simplement et rapidement un tuyau 1. Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée aux exemples illustrés et décrits précédemment qui peuvent présenter des variantes et modifications sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention. Preferably, said hinge is in the form of a hinge 6. In addition, said holding means 7 may be in the form of a pin 8 blocking said brushes 4 and 5, at the opposite side of said hinge 6. In addition, said brushes 4 and 5 are shaped so as to provide a space 9 for receiving frictional contact with said pipe 1. This space 9 makes it possible, in the open position visible in FIG. 2, to insert the pipe 1, by positioning it at the level of the lower brush 4. In the closed position, visible in FIG. 1, the pipe 1 is then in contact with the two brushes 4 and 5, after closure of the upper brush 5. The receiving space 9 is dimensioned so that the pipe 1 can slide inside, while remaining in contact with the brushes 4 and 5, in particular their bristles 10. In this citre, as schematically, the bristles 10 of said brushes 4 and 5 are arranged internally in relation to say shells. According to the preferred embodiment, shown in Figures 1 and 2, each brush 4,5 is in the form of a circular arc receiving internally friction means in the form of said bristles 10. According to the embodiments shown on Figures 3 and 4, the brushes 4 and 5 in the closed position have a polygonal section, respectively square and hexagonal. In addition, said lower brush 4 may comprise rolling means, in the form of a rolling axle comprising a wheel 11 at each end. These wheels 11 facilitate movement along the pipe 1. As such, at the time of cleaning, it is easier to attach the latter to an end 12, especially at a wall outlet 13, through a suitable tip. This attachment holds the pipe 1 in place during the displacement of the cleaning device 2, preventing the friction from taking precedence with the displacement of said device 2. Moreover, the displacement and the friction make it possible to avoid the formation of loops at the level of the device. pipe 1. According to another characteristic, said brushes 4 and 5 have a width sufficient to keep the pipe 1 straight on the enclosed portion within said space 9. The bristles 10 can then cover all or part of this distance, especially in the form of several successive rows. Similarly, to facilitate the movement of the invention, gripping means 14 are connected to said brushing means, in particular at the lower brush 4. These gripping means 14 can be deported, as shown in the figures, presented then in the form of an ergonomic handle attached to the end of a handle. According to another characteristic, the device 2 comprises cleaning product supply means, including a disinfecting agent, detergent, etchant, but also paint or a lubricant. Thus, said supply means comprise, on the one hand, a reservoir 15 for storing said cleaning product and, on the other hand, a water inlet 16. This latter can open into said space 9 for receiving the pipe 1 , mingling with the product flowing from said reservoir 15 to which said space 9 is connected. In contact with the brushes 4 and 5, under the action of simple movement, the mixture of the product and the water allows the cleaning of the pipe 1. Therefore, the device 2 according to the invention makes it possible to simply and quickly clean a hose 1. Of course, the invention is not limited to the examples illustrated and described above which may have variants and modifications without departing from the scope of the invention.

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REVENDICATIONS1. Dispositif de nettoyage (2) de l'extérieur d'un tuyau (1), comprenant des moyens (14) de préhension de moyens (3) de brossage destinés à nettoyer ledit tuyau (1) , caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens de brossage (3) se présentent sous la forme d'au moins deux brosses (4,5) , d'une part, articulées de manière à passer d'une position d'ouverture à une position de fermeture, et inversement et, d'autre part, conformées de manière à ménager un espace (9) de réception en frottement dudit tuyau (1). REVENDICATIONS1. Device for cleaning (2) the outside of a pipe (1), comprising means (14) for gripping means (3) for brushing for cleaning said pipe (1), characterized in that said means for brushing (3) are in the form of at least two brushes (4,5), on the one hand, articulated so as to pass from an open position to a closed position, and vice versa and, on the other hand, shaped in such a way as to provide a space (9) for receiving frictionally from said pipe (1). 2. Dispositif de nettoyage (2) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que chaque brosse (4,5) se présente sous la forme d'un arc de cercle recevant intérieurement des moyens de frottement sous forme de poils (10). 2. Cleaning device (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that each brush (4,5) is in the form of a circular arc receiving internally friction means in the form of bristles (10). 3. Dispositif de nettoyage (2) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens de brossage (3) comprennent une brosse inférieure (4) et une brosse supérieure (5) , articulées en pivotement l'une par rapport à l'autre et comportant des moyens (7) de maintien en position de fermeture. 3. Cleaning device (2) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that said brushing means (3) comprise a lower brush (4) and an upper brush (5) articulated pivotally l one with respect to the other and comprising means (7) for holding in the closed position. 4. Dispositif de nettoyage (2) selon la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que ladite brosse inférieure (4) comprend des moyens de roulement (11). 4. Cleaning device (2) according to claim 3, characterized in that said lower brush (4) comprises rolling means (11). 5. Dispositif de nettoyage (2) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend des moyens d'approvisionnement en produit nettoyant. 5. Cleaning device (2) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means for supplying cleaning product. 6. Dispositif de nettoyage (2) selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par le fait que lesdits moyens d'approvisionnement comprennent, d'une part, un réservoir (15) de stockage dudit produit nettoyant relié audit espace de réception (9) de manière à autoriser l'écoulement dudit produit et, d'autre part, une arrivée (16) d'eau débouchant au sein dudit espace (9). 5 6. Cleaning device (2) according to claim 5, characterized in that said supply means comprise, firstly, a reservoir (15) for storing said cleaning product connected to said receiving space (9) so as to to allow the flow of said product and, on the other hand, an inlet (16) of water opening into said space (9). 5
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