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
  • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
  • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
  • A47L13/50—Auxiliary implements
  • A47L13/58—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets
  • A47L13/60—Wringers for scouring pads, mops, or the like, combined with buckets with squeezing rollers

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for dehumidifying a wet mop, with a flat holder, on the underside of a mop cover is arranged with a Auspressvoriques designed as a Auspresswalze and an abutment having dehumidifier, the Auspresswalze and the abutment between them a passage gap for the holder and form the mop cover and are arranged and arranged so that they can squeeze the holder together with the mop cover between them for dehumidifying the mop cover.
• a Auspressvorraum designed as a Auspresswalze and an abutment having dehumidifier
• the invention has for its object to improve a device of the type mentioned so that the degree of dehumidification of the wet mop can be adjusted reproducible in a simple manner.
• This object is achieved according to the invention in that the squeezing roller and / or the abutment against each other via a single adjusting member by hand or driven adjustable and defined to selectable distance values are fixedly adjustable.
• the advantage achieved by the invention consists essentially in the fact that selectable dehumidification values can be preset in a simple and reproducible manner, wherein it is also possible by appropriate scaling of the setting member to be able to do so even when using wet wipers different in thickness.
• a drive may be provided which acts on the ejection roller and / or the counter bearing or can also operate independently.
• the squeezing roller is arranged to rest on the mop cover and extends over the entire width of the mop cover, and that the abutment consists of two axially aligned printing elements axially form a gap between them.
• the squeezing roller and the counter bearing are formed by rollers which are rotatably supported by bearing or ball bearings on bearing shafts.
• the drive is designed as acting on the ejection roller and / or the abutment rotary drive, which can be dispensed with additional drive means.
• the squeeze roller and / or the abutment In order to avoid the occurrence of higher forces during the passage of the wet mop by the dehumidifier, for example, should coarse parts adhere to the mop cover, which form a protruding thickening, the squeeze roller and / or the abutment from their set mutual distance position to increase the passage gap against a spring element be adjustable.
• the bearing shaft of the extrusion roller guided displaceably in the direction of the anvil and eccentric risch is arranged in a rotatable and lockable, designed as a cam and a fixed bearing block eccentric.
• the bearing shaft is moved in their leadership to the anvil or away from it, which can be achieved by rotating the eccentric alone to influence the mutual distance position.
• the bearing shaft can be displaceably guided in oblong holes by bearing plates arranged at each end.
• the bearing shaft can also be mounted in slidably guided sliding blocks.
• a rotary knob for adjusting the width of the passage gap is rotatably connected to the eccentric coaxial with the bearing shaft of the squeezing roller.
• This knob can be provided with an appropriate labeling or scaling over which a simple and reproducible adjustment of the degree of dehumidification is possible.
• the squeezing roller is arranged on a hinged pressure lever, which is adjustable via an adjusting member provided with a knob in its pivotal position.
• the knob can be provided again with a comparable scale.
• the adjusting member is advantageously formed at least in a partial region as a threaded rod and guided in a threaded bore of a bearing element fixed to the device.
• the pressure lever is expediently designed as a two-armed lever, at one end of the Auspresswalze and at the other end of the adjusting member is pivotally connected.
• the squeezing roller for adjusting the passage gap via an electromechanical actuator is adjustable. This opens up further possibilities, in particular can be made by suitable measures even a fully automatic adjustment, for example, to different thickness wet mop.
• the electromechanical actuator in terms of the already provided in the device anyway electrical operation of electric motor or electromagnetically driven or designed as a memory metal with return spring.
• an electromagnetic drive it may be necessary to provide suitable pawls that fix the electromagnetically selected setting.
• a force sensor can also be provided for determining the pressing force of the squeezing roller, the measured value of which can be displayed on a display. Additionally or alternatively, however, there is also the possibility that this measured value is used directly for actuating the electromechanical actuator. Here, too, it is possible to deduce the degree of moisture from the determined force by means of a suitable conversion, so that ultimately a regulation to fixed values of the degree of moisture is possible in this way.
• the force sensor can be formed, for example, by a strain gage arranged on the spring element or on the lever.
• the force sensor is formed by a piezoelectric element arranged on the bearing of the extrusion roller or of the counter bearing.
• the device may also have a memory element which is provided for storage and for retrieving preferred distance values.
• tables can be stored in this memory, which allow an assignment of measured pressure force to the desired residual moisture.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a device for dehumidifying a wet mop together with a wet mop for use with the device as an embodiment
• 2 is an enlarged partial view of the device of FIG. 1 from the front together with the wet mop
• FIG. 3 shows a side view of the device according to FIG. 1 during operation of the device for moistening and wetting the wet mop
• Fig. 4 is a schematic detail of the dehumidifier, in the partial figure a) in side view and in the partial figure b) in cross-section and
• Fig. 5 shows an alternative embodiment in one of Fig. 4a corresponding representation.
• a manually operated device 104 for moistening a wet wiper 101 is shown schematically as an exemplary embodiment.
• the wet mop 101 has a holder 102 attached to a handle 118 for holding a mop cover 103.
• the mop cover 103 is flexible and absorbent, so that it can be moistened to clean particular floors with a cleaning liquid.
• the wet wiper 101 is guided in the direction of the arrow by the device 104 through a guide 113, which has individual guide elements in the form of horizontally arranged sheets.
• the guide 113 guides the holder 102 in a horizontal position along a horizontal trajectory over a nozzle 112.
• the nozzle 112 is connected via a fluid line 11 to a pump 108 located at the bottom of a container 105 which forms the base of the device 104.
• a cleaning liquid 106 In the container 105 is a cleaning liquid 106, which can be sucked by the pump 108 via an input filter 107 and pumped through line 11 to the nozzle 112. Through the nozzle 112, the liquid 106 can be injected from below against the mop cover 103 of the wet mop 101.
• a sensor 114 is provided, for example in the form of a switch, which detects the presence of the holder 102 in the guide 113.
• a controller not shown, controls the pump 108, so that the liquid 106 is sprayed upwardly through the nozzle 112.
• a motor-driven drive roller 110 is driven, which is arranged below the movement path.
• two counter-rollers 109 are arranged, which are arranged coaxially with each other and are rotatable about an axis of rotation which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the drive roller 110. The holder 102 can thus be pulled together with the mop cover 103 between the drive roller 110 and the counter rollers 109 therethrough.
• the distance between the drive roller 110 and the counter rollers 109 is dimensioned so that the holder 102 with the mop cover 103 is in frictional engagement with the rollers 109, 110, so that it can be detected and driven.
• the drive roller 110 extends over the entire width of the mop cover 103 perpendicular to the drive direction, so that it rests on the bottom of the mop cover 103 over the entire width.
• the two counter rollers 109 are each arranged so that they are arranged over the edges of the holder 102 and the mop cover 103 in width extension of the holder 102 and leave a gap between them open.
• the space between the rollers 109 serves to pass the handle 118 of the wet mop.
• the upper part of the device 104 is shown together with the lower part of the wet mop 101 from the front.
• the counter rollers 109 each consist of two cylinder sections 119, 120 which are arranged concentrically with respect to one another and which have different diameters.
• the smaller cylinder portions 119 are respectively disposed inside and the larger cylinder portions 120 each outside.
• the gap between the drive roller 110 and the larger cylinder portions 120 is smaller on the outside than between the drive roller
• the drive roller 110 is further connected to drive in the direction of rotation with a motor 116.
• the mop cover 103 is wider in the direction of movement than the holder 102 and projects beyond the sides of the holder 102.
• the protruding on both sides edges of the mop cover 103 thereby form a cushion for the holder 102, which also serves as protection against damage to other objects such as furniture in particular by the holder 102.
• the holder 102 Since the holder 102 must be able to transmit force for squeezing the mop cover 103, the holder 102 is preferably made of a rigid material such as a metal, so that the holder 102 is quite different could damage objects in contact. For this reason, a protruding, cushioning mop cover 103 is particularly advantageous as a protection.
• the smaller cylinder portions 119 are internally sized so that they can press out the holder 102 together with the underlying part of the mop cover 103 on the drive roller 110, and the larger cylinder portions 120 are sized in that they can press out the edges of the mop cover 103 on the drive roller 110 projecting laterally beyond the holder 102.
• the height of the larger cylinder sections 120 in the axial direction is at least equal to the width of the protruding edge of the mop cover 103 and the diameter of the larger cylinder sections 120 together with the distance of the axes for the counter rollers 109 and the drive roller 110 is selected so that the protruding edge of Mop cover 103 can be compressed in between.
• the two adjoining cylinder sections 119, 120 are mounted coaxially with one another on a common shaft, wherein both cylinder sections 119, 120 can rotate independently of one another.
• the controller also detects when the holder 102 releases the sensor 114 again or when the rear end of the holder 102 has passed the sensor 114 and then controls the pump 108 and the drive roller 110 for a certain period of time until the holder 102 is complete through the rollers 109, 110 has been pulled through.
• the control of the pump 108 can also be terminated before the actuation of the rollers 109, 110.
• the squeezing roller 110 can be adjusted by hand against the counterbearing 109 by means of a single adjusting member 124 and can be fixedly set to selectable distance values.
• selectable dehumidification values can be predefined in a simple and reproducible manner, whereby in a manner not shown in detail in the drawing by appropriate scaling of the setting member 124, this is also possible when using wet wipers 101 which are different in thickness.
• the squeezing roller 110 is adjustable from its set mutual distance position to increase the passage gap against a spring element 125 ,
• the bearing shaft of the extrusion roller 110 is displaceably guided in the direction of the abutment 109 and arranged eccentrically in a rotatable and lockable, formed as a cam and a fixed bearing block 126 eccentric 127.
• the bearing shaft is moved in its direction to the abutment 109 towards or away from it, whereby an influence of the mutual distance position can be achieved only by turning the eccentric 127.
• the bearing shaft is displaceably guided in oblong holes 128 by bearing plates 129 arranged at the end.
• the bearing shaft may be mounted in slidably guided sliding blocks.
• an adjusting member 124 coaxial with the bearing shaft of the Auspresswalze 110 is an adjusting member 124 forming rotary knob for adjusting the width of the passage gap rotatably connected to the eccentric 127.
• This knob can be provided with an appropriate labeling or scaling over which a simple and reproducible adjustment of the degree of dehumidification is possible.
• the squeezing roller 110 is arranged on a hinged pressure lever 130, which is adjustable via the adjustment member 124, which in turn is provided with a rotary knob. Again, the knob can be provided again with a comparable scale.
• the adjusting member 124 in this case has, at least in a partial region, a threaded rod 131, which is guided in a threaded bore of a bearing element 132 fixed to the device.
• the pressure lever 130 is in this case designed as a two-armed lever, at one end of the Auspresswalze 110 and at the other end of the adjusting member 124 is pivotally connected.
• the adjustment of the Auspresswalze 110 to change the passage gap can also be done via an electromechanical actuator. This opens up further possibilities, whereby by suitable measures even a fully automatic adaptation of the device, for example, to differently thick dampener 101 can be made.
• the electromechanical actuator is electromotively or electromagnetically driven in view of the device provided anyway in the electrical operating mode. But it can also be designed as a memory metal with return spring. In an electromagnetic drive, it may be necessary to provide suitable pawls that fix the electromagnetically selected setting.
• a force sensor is then provided, the measured value of which can be displayed on a display.
• this measured value can also be used directly for actuating the electromechanical actuator.
• wet wiper 101 can also be determined from the determined force on a suitable Conversion to the degree of humidity can be closed. In this way, finally, even a regulation to fixed values of the degree of humidity is possible.
• the force sensor can be formed in a conventional manner by a strain gage arranged on the spring element or on the lever or by a piezoelectric element arranged on the bearing of the squeeze roller or of the thrust bearing.
• the device may also comprise a memory element which allows the storage as well as the retrieval of preferred distance values.
• tables can also be stored in this memory, which allow an assignment of measured pressure force to the desired residual moisture.
• a sensor This can either be designed as a conventional humidity sensor; However, other measuring methods, such as, for example, a conductivity measurement over the length of the mop cover 103, are also conceivable.

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