WO2005116371A1 - Appareil motorise nettoyeur de piscine comportant des moyens de transmission du mouvement moteur en position de porte-a faux - Google Patents
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- Motorized swimming pool cleaning device comprising means for transmitting the motor movement in the cantilever position
- the present invention relates to a motorized swimming pool cleaner device comprising suction means, rotary means for moving the device defining first and second carrying axes.
- the prior art teaches such motorized robot pool cleaners intended to clean the immersed surfaces of a swimming pool or the like, and the water thereof, by moving and rubbing on the surfaces and sucking the water from the pool in a suction pump placed in the robot and rejecting it outside of it.
- These robots include motorized brush rollers intended to allow the movement of the robot on the surfaces to be cleaned, by adhesion and / or sliding induced by the weight of the robot on the horizontal surfaces, helped by a depression caused by the aspiration of the water in particular for vertical surfaces, and generally a float handle intended essentially to allow the adhesion of the robot on the vertical parts.
- Such robots have a structure which is poorly suited to maintenance, the means for transmitting the motor movement to the rotary means for moving the device being difficult to access, thereby requiring a long intervention time for a maintenance operation, operations which must be considered relatively frequent for devices of this type operating in a submerged environment, and intended to provide a function of cleaning the immersed surfaces of swimming pools and the water they contain.
- a maintenance intervention on the transmission of such robots for example to replace wear members, requires disassembly of one or more fixed lateral recovery plates, often involved in the rigidity of the assembly.
- the present invention overcomes these drawbacks and offers other advantages. More specifically, it consists of a motorized pool cleaner device comprising:
- a support comprising: * a first central part, * first and second lateral casings, associated with said first central part on either side thereof in order to form a chassis of said motorized device, and carrying said means rotary device movement,
- a peculiarity of the overhang is that it makes it possible to overcome the fixed lateral plates for taking up the ends of the axes of the means for driving in rotation the rotary displacement means, as mentioned above and as they appear on the robots of the prior art, these fixed lateral recovery plates having the drawbacks of multiplying the risks of deterioration of the coating of the swimming pool in which the robot operates.
- said rotary displacement means are placed in overhang on said first and second lateral casings, on the side of the latter facing towards said first central part.
- the apparatus further comprises:
- first and second track means lateral to said support on either side of the latter, - first and second drive means of said first and second track means respectively, associated with at least one of said first or second load-bearing axes, and linked to said support by means of a connection with a degree of freedom in rotation,
- first and second drive means of said first and second track means being respectively cantilevered on said first and second lateral casings, on the side of the latter opposite to the side facing the first central part.
- the track means allow the device according to the invention to cross obstacles which cannot be crossed with the only rotating rollers, for example steps.
- the cantilever mounting of the rotary displacement means and the track drive means allows easy access of these members to an operator, which are advantageously all visible without any disassembly.
- the track means and their drive means, linked to the lateral casings, make it possible to propose, as explained above, an apparatus structure having two lateral displacement groups independently linked to the central part of the chassis of the apparatus.
- said first and second drive means of said first and second track means comprise respectively four driving wheels connected in groups of two by means of a first and a second transmission belts, and aligned in the same plane.
- two of said four-wheel drive of said first or second drive means of said first or second track means are aligned with said rotary means for moving the device and integral with the latter respectively.
- the other two wheels of said four-wheel drive which are not aligned with said rotary means for moving the apparatus, are linked in overhang on said first or second lateral casings by means of two transmission wheels, respectively, placed in overhang on the side of the first or second lateral casings facing the first central part of the support.
- said rotary means for moving the device defining at least one of said first and second load-bearing axes comprise first and second rotary rollers whose respective axes of rotation are aligned with said at least one of said first and second load-bearing axes, and in that
- first and second rotary rollers are linked by a freewheel type connection.
- the freewheeling connection between two aligned rollers of a carrying axis makes it possible to simultaneously drive the two rotary rollers in a given direction of rotation which corresponds to the forward movement of the device, which can be qualified as a swimming pool robot when its operation is automated, motorizing only one of the rollers.
- the opposite direction of rotation of the gear motor only the motorized roller is driven in opposite rotation corresponding to the reverse gear of the robot, the other roller no longer being driven due to the freewheel.
- it is possible to turn the robot by simply reversing the direction of rotation of a geared motor, the robot then turning substantially around the non-driven roller and hey to the roller driven by the freewheel link.
- the apparatus according to the invention advances in a straight line in the direction of freewheeling, and turns on itself when the direction of rotation of the gear motor is reversed. Appropriate alternating cycles of backward and forward steps, can thus allow the device to sweep by friction all the immersed surfaces of a swimming pool.
- the freewheel makes it possible to authorize an operation of the device by means of a single motor, and to free internal space or to arrange differently the internal organs for a better distribution of the masses and of better dimension, in particular a reduction of the height of the appliance.
- the apparatus according to the invention comprises:
- said single geared motor is engaged on said two transmission wheels. This characteristic reflects the kinematic connection of the engine transmission between the central part of the chassis carrying the motor axis of the geared motor, and a lateral casing carrying a displacement group.
- said rotary means of displacement of said apparatus defining the other of said first and second carrying axes comprise a third and a fourth rotary roller whose respective axes of rotation are aligned with said other of said first and second carrying axes, and in what - said third and fourth rotary rollers are linked by a freewheeling link.
- the apparatus according to the invention further comprises second means for driving in rotation one of said third or fourth rotary roller by said single geared motor.
- said freewheel type connection (s) comprises, respectively, a helical elastic washer and at least one lug capable of abutting on one end of said helical washer in a first direction of rotation, and of sliding thereon in the second opposite direction of rotation.
- said suction means comprise a centrifugal type pump.
- said first and second means for driving in rotation one of said first or second rotary rollers, and one of said third or fourth rotary rollers comprise said first and second transmission belts.
- the device according to the invention comprises two fixed grips arranged below an upper level which is defined by the highest surface of said device.
- said two fixed grip handles are parallel to said first and second load-bearing axes and arranged above the latter.
- the device according to the invention comprises a rotary electrical connector for connection to an electrical supply cable allowing the latter to be linked to said device according to a connection with a degree of freedom in rotation.
- Figure 2 shows an exploded perspective view from above a detail of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows a perspective view from below an enlarged detail of Figure 1.
- Figure 4 shows a perspective view from above the example of Figure 1 partially assembled.
- Figure 5 shows an enlarged assembly detail of the apparatus of Figure 1.
- Figure 6 shows a perspective view from above of the example of Figure 1 with an additional partial exploded member.
- Figure 7 shows in perspective view from above the complete example of Figure 1.
- Figure 8 shows an enlarged detail of assembly of the apparatus of Figure 5.
- Figures 9 and 10 show in perspective and in section ( Figure 9) an enlarged detail of FIG. 7.
- the motorized swimming pool cleaner device 1 represented in FIG. 1 comprises:
- - rotary means 4 for moving the device defining first 2 and second 3 carrier axes comprising respectively, a first 5 and a second 6 rotary rollers whose respective axes of rotation 7, 8 are aligned on the first 2 carrier axis , and advantageously a third 10 and a fourth 11 rotary rollers whose respective axes of rotation 12, 13 are aligned on the second 3 carrier axis,
- first 16 means for driving in rotation one of the first 5 or second 6 rotary roller by the single gear motor, in this case the first 5 in the example shown
- second 17 means for driving in rotation one of the third 10 or fourth 11 rotary roller by the single geared motor 15, in this case the third 10 in the example shown in FIG. 1,
- the suction means 30 advantageously comprise a centrifugal type pump 31, more efficient than a propeller pump and also more bulky, but can be accommodated in the support 18 advantageously in the shape of a U as shown in FIG. 1, thanks to the use of a single gear motor.
- the gear motor 15 and the centrifugal pump 31 are positioned centrally in the axis of the U and preferably aligned along the longitudinal axis of the U, in order to leave a space for the filters (not shown for reasons of clarity of the figure) on either side of the gear motor 15 and pump 31 assembly in front and behind of the latter.
- the water is drawn into the device 1 through orifices 32 made in the lower part of the U forming the support 18, as shown in FIG. 1 or 4, then passes through the filters placed above, then enters the inlet opening 33 of the centrifugal suction pump 31, to be discharged through the outlet opening 34 of this pump opening onto the upper surface of the apparatus as shown in FIG. 7.
- the rotary rollers 5, 6, 10, and 11 are advantageously identical and each consisting of two half-shells 35 and 36 screwed one on the other to form a cylinder of circular section as shown in FIG. 5 which illustrates in exploded view two rotary rollers forming one of the two carrying axes 2, 3.
- One end of the half-shells comprises at least one lug which has the function of driving the free wheel 9 placed between two rollers and connecting the latter by a one-way rotating connection.
- said end of the half-shells has an additional lug 37 for immobilizing the freewheel in rotation on one of the two aligned rollers so that the drive roller drives the other roller aligned in a direction of rotation and does not causes more in the opposite direction of rotation. It should be noted that in FIG.
- each half-shell advantageously comprises at each end a half-bore whose suitable shape allows a connection of the rollers to the device, more particularly to the support, according to a connection with a degree of freedom in rotation.
- the cylindrical surface of each rotary roller is coated with a flexible brush in any known manner, for example made of elastomer, fixed on the roller, capable of transmitting the engine torque and ensuring the adhesion of the device to the walls of swimming pool.
- connections 9, 14 of the freewheel type comprise, a helical elastic washer 38 linked in rotation to one of the rollers of the carrying axle 2, 3, respectively, and at least one lug 37 integral with the other roller of the axle carrier considered, suitable for abutting on the washer 38 in a first direction of rotation, more particularly for abutting on the radial edge 39 projecting axially from the helical washer, as shown in FIG. 8, and for sliding thereon in the second opposite direction of rotation under the effect of its elasticity.
- the elastic washer 38 is linked in rotation to one of the rollers of the carrier axis, for example by means of a lug 37 penetrating into a housing 60 of the helical washer 38.
- each rotary roller 5, 6, 10 , and 11 has two diametrically opposite lugs 37
- each washer has two housings diametrically opposite correspondents 60, in which the two lugs 37 of a roller are housed respectively.
- One of the housings 60 produced on the elastic washer 38 preferably intercepts the radial stop 39 as shown in FIG. 8, so that the lug 37 of the roller which is not rotationally linked with the washer 38 can bear against a stop 39 profiled in a cylindrical shape complementary to that of the lug in order to ensure a better distribution of the forces.
- FIG. 5 represents, unlike FIG. 8, another exemplary embodiment of the elastic washer 38 in which the housing 60 produced on this washer does not intercept the radial stop 39. As shown in FIG.
- the helical elastic washer 38 may comprise an axis 40 projecting axially on either side of the washer allowing a guiding in rotation in the ends of the aligned rollers between which it is arranged.
- the support 18 advantageously comprises a first 24 U-shaped part on which the single geared motor 15 is fixed, a first 25 and a second 26 lateral casings closing the open lateral ends of the U, respectively fixed releasably, for example by screw on the first part 24 of the support 18 and carrying respectively the rotary rollers 5, 6, and 10, 11.
- the transmission of the motor movement of the gear motor 15 to the rotary rollers 5 and 10 integral with the first side casing 25 is advantageously as follows via the first 16 and second 17 rotational drive means: the motor axis of the gear motor is provided with a drive pinion 41 engaged on two transmission pinions 42, 43 integral with the side casing 25 by a connection to a degree of freedom in rotation.
- the rotational movement of the transmission pinions is then transmitted to the rollers 5 and 10 via a first 27 and a second 28 synchronous transmission belts, respectively, engaged on two pulleys 44, 45 rigidly connected to the two transmission pinions 42, 43 and on two pulleys 46, 47 rigidly connected to the two rotary rollers 5, 10, respectively, as shown in FIG. 2 or 3.
- the bearing axes 2 and 3 the axes of rotation of the transmission pinions 42, 43 and of the motor pinion 41 , as well as the axes of rotation of the pulleys 44, 45, 46, 47 are advantageously horizontal and parallel.
- the first 25 and second 26 lateral casings further carry respectively the first 22 and second 23 drive means of the first 19 and second 20 track means, and the first 5, second 6, third 10, and fourth 1 1 rotary rollers are placed in overhang on the side of the first 25 and second 26 lateral casings respectively facing the first 24 U-shaped part of the support 18, the first 22 and second 23 drive means of the first 19 and second 20 track means being respectively cantilevered on the opposite side of the side casings 25, 26.
- the first 22 and second 23 drive means of the first 19 and second 20 track respectively have four driving wheels 48, 49,
- the four drive wheels 48, 49, 50, 51 each advantageously adopt a loose shape with lateral edges as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 or 3, on which the track means is placed and adheres by friction.
- These rims 48, 49, 50, 51 each have a central groove capable of accommodating the corresponding belt 27, 28 so that the outside diameter of the belt is less than the diameter of the rim on which the track rests.
- FIG. 3 shows a lateral transmission assembly or displacement group composed of two rotary wheels 5 and 10, of the four driving wheels 48, 49, 50, and 51 for driving the caterpillar connected in pairs by a belt 27, 28 , and of the lateral casing 25 connecting these members, and FIG.
- the two lateral transmission assemblies comprise transmission pinions 42 and 43, making these assemblies perfectly identical, whereas only one of these assemblies would require the presence of such pinions, namely the assembly whose transmission pinions are engaged on the pinion of the gear motor 15.
- the advantage of having two identical transmission assemblies is of course ev ident from a manufacturing cost reduction perspective.
- the end wheels 48, 51 of the tracks 19, 20 are advantageously aligned on the carrying axes 2 and 3 defined respectively by the axes of rotation of the rotary rollers 5, 6, 10, and 11, in particular in order to improve the guidance of the caterpillars.
- the end wheels 48 and 51 are rigidly and demountably associated with the corresponding rotary roller by means of an axis passing through the lateral casing in a bearing provided for this purpose, and penetrating into an appropriate bore of the roller.
- the four drive wheels 48, 49, 50, and 51 for driving the track are located in the same plane and have axes of rotation located in the same horizontal plane, which makes it possible to provide a very flat device. It should be noted that a track has not been shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 6 shows the representation of Figure 1 by adding an upper cover 52 which closes the upper part of the device and more particularly the engine compartment comprising the gear motor, the centrifugal pump, and the filters (not shown).
- the cover advantageously screwed onto the support 18, comprises an opening intended to allow the water to be pumped back by the pump and also advantageously comprises access hatches 53 and 54 to these filters for their maintenance.
- the access hatches 53 and 54 are advantageously devoid of locking to simplify handling, and make access to the filters very easy.
- the access hatches are kept pressed by the suction depression.
- the access hatches advantageously articulated on one of their sides and on the upper cover, act as drain valves, opening freely when the robot is removed from the pool.
- This configuration offers an advantageous passage section for water and limits the number of discharge orifices in the robot.
- the filters will preferably consist of a rigid cassette containing the filtration fabric. Note the extreme simplicity of the structure of the device according to the invention which is reduced to:
- Two fixed handles 57 will advantageously be added to allow the user to grasp the device for transport to the place of use.
- Such fixed handles 57 can, for example, take the form of two bars 58, advantageously parallel respectively to the carrying axes 2 and 3 and placed substantially above the latter, as shown in FIG. 7.
- handles 57 can be made integral with the cover upper 52 or of any other structural member of the apparatus and participate in the resistant structure of the latter, but should preferably not extend above the uppermost upper surface of the apparatus, namely in the 'example shown, do not extend above the upper cover 52, so as not to increase the height of the device and not to impede the movement of the electric cable 61, as will be explained in more detail below.
- the centrifugal pump is advantageously composed of two separate parts, the motor with its turbine on the one hand and the guide 55 for the fluid flow on the other hand, individually screwed to the bottom of the support 18, the flow guide having its outlet in upper part of the device at the opening 34 shown in FIG. 1.
- the flow guide advantageously serves as a fastener, for example at a point 56 near the outlet 34, for a electrical connector 62, preferably rotary, of the electrical supply cable 61 of the gear motor 15 and of the suction pump 31.
- a electrical connector 62 preferably rotary
- the flow guide is able to withstand this constraint without transmitting it either to the sealing casing of the pump motor, or to the upper cover 52 of the device.
- the fluid enters the device with the exception of the electric motors which must be placed in sealed protective casings by any known means, of the electrical connector 62 which must be sealed as explained below in using Figures 9 and 10, and more generally with the exception of all electrical components.
- the electrical cable 61 for supplying the device is equipped at one end with the electrical connector 62, preferably rotary, and at the other end, with a standard connector (not shown) for an electrical connection to a supply cabinet.
- the electric cable 61 is for example composed of a flexible PVC sheath 63 normally equipped with five electric wires 64 inside the latter, the submerged end 65 of the cable being preferably closed to ensure the presence of air inside the sheath 63, if necessary for the cable to float.
- the rotary connector 62 advantageously acts as an attachment flange for the cable, directly or indirectly, and avoids its spin.
- the electrical connector 62 is preferably rotatable along a vertical axis 66, with a radial horizontal entry of the power cable 61 on a rotating part 67 of the connector 62.
- the rotation of the rotating part 67 of the connector 62 is induced by the inertia of movement of the cable 61 and not by its torsional resistance, which prevents the electric cable from being subjected to excessive fatigue stresses, prolonging its service life and facilitating its handling.
- the power cable 61 thus does not require any specific twisting performance to rotate the rotary part 67 of the connector 62.
- the electrical connector 62 will now be described in more detail with an exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 9 and 10.
- the rotating part 67 of the connector comprises a turret 80 advantageously adopting a generally substantially cylindrical shape, of circular section, the axis of symmetry of which is intended to be vertical, and comprises a sealed radial inlet 69 for the electric cable 61.
- a connection tube 70 fixed to the latter by means of a connection 79 at least in rotation, and inside which the electrical wires 64 of said electrical cable 61 are disposed and respectively connected to tracks conductive 71 vertically stepped, respectively forming cylindrical conductive rings of circular section on the outer surface ure of the connection tube, so that each electrical wire is capable of ensuring an electrical connection via its circular track.
- the fixed part 68 of the connector 62 comprises a circular section guide tube 72 surrounding the connection tube 70 and connected to the rotating part 67 by a connection with a degree of freedom in rotation.
- the tube 72 is preferably intended to be fixed in a connector flange 73, as shown in FIG. 9, itself fixed to the device via by example guide 55 for the flow.
- the rotating part 67 of the connector 62 is advantageously linked to the connector flange 73 by means of the turret 80 by a link 74 comprising a degree of freedom in rotation, intended to transmit the mechanical forces between the electric cable 61 and the device to avoid straining the electrical connection. As shown in FIG.
- the guide tube 72 has an inner surface provided with a number of transverse transverse conductive blades 75 corresponding to the number of circular tracks 71 of the connection tube 70, each blade 75 being able to come into contact by friction with the corresponding conductive track 71 so as to ensure an electrical connection over 360 ° when the electric cable 61 performs a complete revolution, that is to say when the rotating part 67, and more specifically the connection tube 70, performs a complete rotation in the guide tube 72.
- the electrical wires 76 intended to supply the appropriate electrical members in the apparatus and connected respectively to the blades 75 exit from the guide tube 72 through the lower part thereof.
- FIG. 10 shows the rotating part 67 provided with the guide tube 72 and the electric cable 61, isolated from the connector flange 73.
- connection tube 70 advantageously comprises insulating flanges 77, each adopting a shape of circular washer, separating the circular conductive tracks 71 between them, and the external cylindrical surface of which advantageously serves as the guide surface of the tube 70 in the tube 72, as shown in Figure 9.
- the assembly of the tubes 70 and 72 may further comprise a bearing 78 for guiding in rotation.
- the connection 79 between the connection tube 70 and the turret 80 will be at least one rotation connection, but preferably, a clearance will be left between the two parts of the connection so that the forces transmitted to the turret 80 by the electric cable 61 are not transmitted to the connection tube 70, thus avoiding stressing the assembly of the rotary connections between the connection tube 70 and the guide tube 72.
- connection tube 70 The sealing of the electrical connector 62 will advantageously be ensured on the one hand by a lip seal 81 placed between the connection tube 70 and the guide tube 72, in the upper part of these elements at the connection 74 between the turret 80 and the flange 73, and on the other hand in the bottom of these two tubes by a sealed resin plug, for example obstructing the bottom of the guide tube 72, thus protecting all the rotating connections between these two sealing points.
- the inlet of the connection tube 70 may be provided with a sealed resin plug in order to prevent liquid entering the turret 80 from entering the interior of the tube 70 where the wire connections are made. power supply on conductive circular tracks.
- the turret 80, as well as the flange 73 will advantageously be made in the form of two half-shells screwed one on the other, thus proposing a simple means for making the connection 74 with a degree of freedom in rotation, and the connection 79 in rotation, for example of the one-piece key type, lug, or splines, and an effective means for sealing the electrical cable 61 on the turret 80 by pressing the two half-shells on the outer sheath 63 of the cable 61.
- the device according to the invention can be provided with any known means making it possible to automate its operation, for example of the time delay and reverse gear type of the gear motor.
- the device according to the invention makes it possible to avoid the use of a traditional float handle due to a low center of gravity which allows optimization of the grip of the robot on the vertical part.
- the elimination of the second geared motor also makes it possible to free up space for placing an internal float (not shown) advantageously replacing the float handle, this internal float, made for example of polystyrene, having a volume that is all the more reduced that the robot is lighter.
- the internal float will preferably be housed below and above the gear motor, taking the form of a plate for example.
- the internal float can advantageously adopt any appropriate shape molded into the free spaces inside the U-shaped support.
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