Classifications

• • 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
  • A47L25/00—Domestic cleaning devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass 
  • A47L25/005—Domestic cleaning devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass  using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers

Definitions

• the invention relates to the technical field of adhesive brushes for the treatment of clothing and more specifically relates to a frame receiving a rotating sleeve, and its associated devices.
• This sleeve is a cylindrical tube advantageously made of cardboard, on which successive adhesive sheets are wound, which the user can remove one after the other after use.
• This sleeve is lined with adhesive sheets it
• suitable form thereof comprising for example a ramp and an oval f lasque, major axis greater than the inner diameter of the refill and minor axis less than the inner diameter of the refill.
• the sleeve gradually resumes more or less a cylindrical shape around
• the Applicant endeavored to find and develop: a solution which avoids the aforementioned drawbacks by proposing a one-piece assembly allowing the user to set up on the frame and to remove the sleeve from the frame, quickly and easily acting on the side of the end of the frame.
• the subject of the invention is therefore an adhesive brush with a rotating sleeve comprising a handle and a frame forming a one-piece assembly molded in one piece, the frame comprising support members and parts forming a stop for receiving and holding the rotating sleeve, brush
• the frame consists of a succession of support members serving as regular support points for the rotating sleeve and of which the outer envelope describes a cylinder, an empty space being created between said envelope and at least one stop at the end of the frame, this empty space constituting a possible deformation space of the sleeve.
• the stop at the end of the frame consists of an oval flange whose value of the major axis provides a longitudinal stop for the sleeve, and whose value of the minor axis is compatible with the empty space. Ribs are attached to the flange to limit the deformation of the sleeve and to stiffen the flange.
• the flange constituting a stop, at the junction between the handle and the frame, forms a cam on the side of the handle.
• the support members consist of elliptical discs inclined on the axis of the frame and connected together by longitudinal ribs.
• the method of manufacturing said brush consists in injecting gas through a hole provided at the end of the frame, to conform the handle and the frame of the brush into a room .
• Figures 1 and 2 respectively of the top and side views of the adhesive brush.
• Figure 3 a front view of the end oval flange.
• Figure 4 a vertical sectional view of one end of the frame.
• Figures 5 and 6 respectively side and end views of a protective sheath.
• Figures 7 and 8 schematic views on a larger scale of a hooking lug and a guide rib.
• Figures 9 and 10 views similar to Figures 3 and 4, showing an alternative embodiment.
• Figures 11 and 12, respectively top and side views of an alternative embodiment of the adhesive brush.
• the monobloc assembly shown in the figures comprises a handle part and a mounting part respectively designated by the references 1 and 2. These two parts form a monobloc assembly molded in one piece.
• an oval flange 3 forming a cam on the side of the handle favors the introduction of a sleeve 4 furnished with adhesive sheets 5, represented in FIG. 1 in the operating position on the frame 2. It is then in abutment against an oval flange 6, at the end of the frame, the flange 3 also making a stop on the side of the handle, due to the difference between the major axis of the oval and the inside diameter of the sleeve.
• the flanges (3,6) could have a polygonal contour.
• Frame 2 has a particular structure. It consists of a succession of elliptical discs 7 inclined on the axis 10 of the frame and connected together by longitudinal ribs 8.
• the casing 11 of these elliptical discs describes a cylinder of diameter D, slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the sleeve 4.
• the discs thus constitute a succession of support members serving as support points and thus multiplying the bearing points for the rotating sleeve ensuring the guiding continuity in rotation of the sleeve.
• the sleeve can ii easily rotate, with a small clearance around this cylinder, bearing on several points, and along its entire periphery, on the elliptical discs, which decreases the linear contact pressure when the sleeve rotates on the frame in use.
• the sleeve 4 is therefore held on the frame 2 between the flange 6 and the other flange 3 on the side of the handle.
• the frame has a series of three elliptical discs 7 in one direction and another series of three discs inclined symmetrically in the other direction, the discs intersecting on the axis 10 of the mount.
• the edges of the outer discs, along the envelope 11, are spaced from the flange 3 and the flange 6 by a distance E.
• the outer points of intersection of the discs are spaced from the flanges by a distance F
• An empty space 12 is thus delimited in the envelope along ⁇ and F, between the disks and the neighboring flange, this empty space constituting at each end of the frame a space for possible deformation of the sleeve.
• FIG. 3 We see more precisely in Figure 3 an oval flange 6 having a small axis a and a large axis b.
• the value of the major axis b is determined so as to ensure a sufficient longitudinal (axial) stop, at most equal to the thickness of the base cardboard forming the sleeve, as shown in FIG. 4.
• the value of the minor axis a must be compatible with the empty space 12 left between this stop flask 6 and the first elliptical discs 7 to allow the deformation of the sleeve and its easy extraction when all the adhesive sheets have been used.
• Several ribs 21 lean against this flange 6, on the inner side, to limit the deformation of the base carton of the sleeve and to facilitate guiding during its extraction.
• a small disc 14 On the external face of the oval flange 6 is mounted by means of spacers 13, a small disc 14. This makes it possible to snap on the frame 2 inside a protective sheath 15 shown elsewhere in the figures 5 and 6. This slightly frustoconical sheath is used to protect the rotating part of the brush. It is provided with an end opening 17 surrounded by an annular edge 18. It is thus possible to snap it onto the disc 14 by deformable tabs 20 provided on the edge 18 and provided with retaining hooks 16 as shown more specifically in Figure 7. Similarly the annular edge 18 is equipped with several guide ribs 19 whose structure is best visible in Figure 8, the ribs alternating with the legs.
• the deformable tabs 20 and their retaining hooks 16 are found on the annular edge 18.
• the introduction by the handle of a refill constituted by a new sleeve furnished with adhesive sheets is a very simple operation, favored by the introduction cam, which generates a small deformation of the refill to pass over the first oval flange.
• the stripped sleeve is extracted with one hand while holding the handle with the other hand.
• the previously described brush can also advantageously be produced as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in which the same elements have the same references. Note that the volume of the handle area 1 is hollowed out and generated by a smooth continuous envelope, therefore pleasant to grip.
• the elliptical discs 7 are interrupted in their center by a hollow cylinder 22, which allows better cooling of this zone without modifying the cylindrical envelope of the discs forming the support points of the sleeve 4.
• This variant is obtained by injecting gas at the end of the frame, by an injection hole 23.
• This hole is framed by deformable clips 24 which serve to snap the protective sleeve 15.
• the injection gas through the hole 23 allows to conform the handle and the brush mount in one piece. This concept allows the development of various models of sleeves, a simple and quick change of female form elements being sufficient.

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• Cleaning In Electrography (AREA)

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