WO2001043615A1 - Wand- und boden-kavitationsreiniger - Google Patents
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- WO2001043615A1 WO2001043615A1 PCT/EP2000/012839 EP0012839W WO0143615A1 WO 2001043615 A1 WO2001043615 A1 WO 2001043615A1 EP 0012839 W EP0012839 W EP 0012839W WO 0143615 A1 WO0143615 A1 WO 0143615A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
- B08B3/04—Cleaning involving contact with liquid
- B08B3/10—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration
- B08B3/12—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
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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
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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
- A47L11/4011—Regulation of the cleaning machine by electric means; Control systems and remote control systems therefor
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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
- A47L11/405—Machines using UV-lamps, IR-lamps, ultrasound or plasma cleaning
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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
- A47L11/4077—Skirts or splash guards
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- the invention relates to a cleaning device for the ultrasound-assisted cleaning of stationary surfaces of use, with an ultrasound source and an ultrasound transmitter connected to it, hereinafter also referred to as ultrasound transducer.
- the invention has for its object to provide a cleaning device of the type mentioned, with which larger areas can be cleaned as effectively as possible.
- this object is achieved in a cleaning device of the type mentioned at the outset, which has a fluid film unit which is at least indirectly connected to the ultrasound transmitter and is designed to generate or hold a fluid film between the ultrasound transmitter and a surface to be cleaned.
- the ultrasound source and the ultrasound transmitter preferably comprise at least one ultrasound generator, at least one ultrasound transducer and at least one sonotrode, the fluid film unit having a sealing device which is connected to the sonrode, the ultrasound transducer and ultrasound generator and is designed to form a fluid cushion between the sonotrode and a surface to be cleaned to obtain.
- the sealing device preferably comprises a sealing lip system which is designed to move a limited fluid cushion over a usable surface to be cleaned and which is preferably at least two-shell.
- the central sonotrode preferably has a feed for cleaning liquid.
- the fluid film unit preferably comprises suction means for extracting excess fluids. These suction means are preferably provided within the sealing lip system.
- the free end of the central sonotrode is preferably designed in the form of a beam-shaped bending oscillator. If the central sonotrode has an end surface facing the surface to be cleaned, this end surface is preferably essentially rectangular.
- the cleaning device has a handle which enables the ultrasound cleaning device to be easily moved over the usable surface to be cleaned.
- the cleaning device preferably has a power regulator for ultrasound power to be emitted, which can preferably be operated from the handle.
- the cleaning device preferably comprises an adjusting device for a quantity of fluid to be supplied and / or extracted. This is preferably adjustable from the handle.
- the cleaning device preferably has a limit value unit which is designed to set and detect limit values for switching off the energy and fluid supply.
- An alternative cleaning device with a cleaning end surface facing a surface to be cleaned is characterized in that the cleaning end surface is designed as an array of individually excited sonotrodes, each with a round end surface.
- a bending beam which is matched to the resonance frequency of the ultrasound used is preferably coupled at the end of the ultrasound transducer and can then be excited to bending vibrations in the ultrasound range.
- a suitably dimensioned disk can also be fitted instead of the bending beam, which is also excited via an ultrasound sonotrode.
- Both the beam as well as the plate transducer are preferably designed in a rectangular shape, so that right-angled room and facade corners can also be cleaned with such a cleaning system.
- the bending beam or plate and in a preferred embodiment also the ultrasound-feeding sonotrode, are provided with a central bore through which the fluid adapted to the cleaning problem is supplied.
- the bending oscillator (beam / plate) is mounted in a frame with the ultrasound transducer, so that the ultrasound vibrations generated are not transmitted to it.
- the system can be stored and fixed in the vibration nodes of the ultrasound resonance system using suitable mechanical connections (e.g. pressing in, shrinking of bearing rings).
- This storage frame is provided on its circumference with a highly flexible, abrasion-resistant sealing lip, which is preferably made of silicone rubber or polyurethane (Vulkollan), so that the liquid supplied can be held as a fluid cushion between the bending vibrator and the surface to be cleaned.
- a further sealing lip is provided circumferentially to the first sealing lip, the space between the first and second sealing lip being connected to a suction device, so that fluid which emerges from the first sealing lip is then transferred the suction in the space between the first and second sealing lips can be sucked off.
- this extracted fluid is returned to the fluid circuit via a suitable filter device, so that as little fluid loss as possible occurs through the process.
- the fluid supply is further controlled via the control circuit of the sonotrode or via corresponding microswitches in the area of the sealing lips, in order to ensure that there is always sufficient fluid cushion for the cavitation process, on the other hand to ensure that when the cleaning head is lifted off the surface to be cleaned Fluid supply is interrupted to prevent uncontrolled leakage or to protect the system and the items to be cleaned from damage.
- a mutually offset, linear array of power ultrasound transducers in the form of longitudinally oscillating composite transducers with flanged amplidans transformers can also be used, which are each provided with the cleaning liquid (for example tensides, Bases, acids, enzymes, special ultrasonic cleaning agents) can be supplied.
- the cleaning liquid for example tensides, Bases, acids, enzymes, special ultrasonic cleaning agents
- two coaxially arranged sealing lips serve to hold and then suck off the cleaning liquid. Due to the liquid cavitation, the vibrating sonotrode is lifted by a few hundredths of a millimeter from the cleaning material in a kind of hydrodynamic bearing. The high alternating pressures of a few kilobars that occur during cavitation clean the surface gently and efficiently.
- FIG. 1 shows a basic arrangement of an ultrasonic cleaning head according to the invention with a sonotrode designed as a flexural oscillator;
- FIG. 2 shows an at least two-shell sealing lip system for an ultrasonic cleaning head according to FIG. 1;
- Figure 3 is a view of the bending vibrator shown in Figure 1 from the
- Figure 4 is a plan view of an array-shaped arrangement of individual round
- Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment of a handheld ultrasonic floor or wall cleaner.
- FIG. 1 shows the basic arrangement of an ultrasonic cleaning head according to the invention, consisting of the ultrasonic generator 1, the sound transducer 2 and the sonotrode 3.
- the supply of electrical energy takes place via an energy supply 5 and the supply and suction of the cleaning fluid via the hose system 4.
- the sonotrode 3 designed as a beam-shaped bending oscillator.
- Figure 2 illustrates the principle of an at least two-shell sealing lip system 8 and 9, the sonotrode 3 protruding through the opening 6 into the area of the inner sealing lip ring 8 and suction of the centrally supplied amount of fluid through a circumferential hose and groove system 7 within the sealing lip ring 9 ,
- FIG. 3 shows a view of the bending vibrator 3 shown in FIG. 1 from the active side.
- the fluid supplied via the feed line 4 is flushed through individual pores 11 into the area of the ultrasound effect.
- FIG. 4 shows a plan view of an array-like arrangement of individual round sonotrodes within a rectangular end frame.
- the round sonotrodes 10 are arranged within a two-shell sealing lip system 8 and 9 and also have a central fluid supply 11.
- the rectangular frame 7 is not itself an ultrasonic vibrator, but rather a guide.
- Figure 5 shows the basic structure of a hand-held ultrasonic floor or wall cleaner with a handle 12, which is articulated to the generator 1, ultrasonic transducer 2 and sonotrode 3 and has operating options for power control 1 3 and electrical connection line 5 and suction / Flushing connection line 4 to a mobile supply device 14, which contains the energy supply and suction / flushing device and filter device.
- the mobile supply part 14 is connected to the regular power supply via a normal mains connection 15.
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JP2001544560A JP2003516793A (ja) | 1999-12-16 | 2000-12-15 | 壁・床用キャビテーション洗浄装置 |
EP00981384A EP1241972A1 (de) | 1999-12-16 | 2000-12-15 | Wand- und boden-kavitationsreiniger |
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DE19960591.2 | 1999-12-16 | ||
DE19960591A DE19960591A1 (de) | 1999-12-16 | 1999-12-16 | Wand- und Boden-Kavitationsreiniger |
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WO (1) | WO2001043615A1 (de) |
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