WO2007048446A1 - Manche de balai a franges avec reservoir integre et poste de remplissage - Google Patents

Manche de balai a franges avec reservoir integre et poste de remplissage Download PDF

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WO2007048446A1
WO2007048446A1 PCT/EP2005/055607 EP2005055607W WO2007048446A1 WO 2007048446 A1 WO2007048446 A1 WO 2007048446A1 EP 2005055607 W EP2005055607 W EP 2005055607W WO 2007048446 A1 WO2007048446 A1 WO 2007048446A1
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Matthias Menzel
Eduard Wagner
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Ecolab Inc.
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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
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/20—Mops
    • A47L13/22—Mops with liquid-feeding devices
    • 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
    • A47L13/26—Other cleaning devices with liquid supply arrangements
    • 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

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  • the present invention refers to a device for cleaning or treating a floor, a filling station for dispensing a liquid for cleaning or treating a floor into a reservoir of a device for cleaning or treating a floor, wherein the device and the station can be coupled, a system for cleaning or treating a floor comprising said device and said station and a method of filling or refilling a reservoir of a hand- operated cleaning device.
  • the cleaning implement For cleaning or treating a surface, in particular a floor, the cleaning implement has to be charged repeatedly with the cleaning or treatment composition to be applied. Thus, there has to be provided a possibility to recharge the cleaning implement.
  • the cleaning per- sonnel often has the problem that recharging of the implement for cleaning or a treatment is circumstantial or time consuming. This is because typically the cleaning personnel either has to take the container which stores the cleaning or treatment composition and which often is heavy and/or bulky with him or her or he or she has to return to the container each time he or she desires to recharge the cleaning implement.
  • US 6,550,998 B1 discloses one example for a device for applying flowing media to a surface, wherein the device comprises an equipment for a container, which can be worn on the back of the person applying the media.
  • the device has a flow-regulating hose which can be shut off for conveying the media from the container by force of gravity to an outlet on a mopping or applicator device.
  • the container is equipped with a filling opening which is suitable for the pouring in of the media without a funnel or a similar means and is closable by a closure lid.
  • the hose connecting the container with the mopping or applicator device may be very disturbing during the cleaning or application process since it may hinder the freedom of movement of the cleaning person and he or she always has to be taken care that it won't get caught and that it isn't torn off.
  • a device having a reservoir mounted to the handle is for example known from DE 3718141 A1.
  • This document describes a container for liquid floor treatment preparations adapted to be mounted at its back to the handle of a long- handled floor wiper.
  • the container includes a return flow cutoff funnel with an inlet, and a lower outlet tube with an exit port coupled to one end of a flexible hose that is selectively kinked to prevent fluid flow from the container to the floor, or un- kinked to obtain such fluid flow.
  • the container is filled manually via an opening functioning as a filling hopper.
  • a further cleaning implement is disclosed in US 5,736,620.
  • This document describes a cleaning tool having a multipurpose implement mounted within a housing, wherein housing and implement again are mounted to an ex- tendable handle.
  • a liquid container or reservoir is mounted so as to form a portion of the handle so that liquid may be selectively dispensed through the handle to a distribution header in the housing.
  • the container has a thread throat portion through which liquid may be resupplied to the interior of the container and to which a closing cap is threadingly engaged.
  • a further document which discloses a chamber for holding a liquid within the handle of a cleaning implement is US 6,467,983.
  • the handle of said cleaning implement includes internal upper and lower valve assemblies sealably mounted within the handle to provide an air tight chamber there between for holding liquid.
  • the upper valve assembly includes a push button actuator for introduo ing air into the chamber.
  • the lower valve assembly includes a dispensing outlet for discharging the liquid from the chamber.
  • the upper valve body is preferably manually removable from the tubular shaft of the handle to facilitate filling of the chamber with liquid.
  • the device may be any device which has a reservoir mounted thereto or incorporated therein.
  • a "hand-operated device for cleaning or treating" in the sense of the present invention may be any had-operated device for cleaning or treating a surface which is known in the art, in particular a handle-type cleaning/treatment device.
  • the "height" of a filling level or a liquid level refers to the vertical distance from the ground to the filling level or the liquid level, respectively, if not otherwise indicated.
  • the maximum filling level may be identical with the upper edge of the reservoir. However, it is also possible, for example for constructional reasons, that the maximum filling level is below the upper edge of the reservoir.
  • Liquid in the sense of the present invention means any substance which is capable of free-flowing, i.e. it moves through the components used in the method of the present invention without needing any further support, like the use of pumps, in a suitable time to not render the filling process inefficient.
  • Communicating tubes are consid- ered to be tubes which may be of different shape but have an open end and are connected with each other. In case they are filled with a substantially homogenous liquid the liquid level in each of the tubes is the same provided that the diameter of the tube is not so small that for example the capillary force in the tube distorts the effect of the gravity and the atmospheric pressure, and provided that for each tube the connection is positioned below the liquid level at equilibrium.
  • connection at the tank preferably is provided near or even more preferred at the lowest point of the tank, which typically corresponds to the bottom of the tank or the top of the tank if the tank is positioned upside down.
  • connection at the reservoir preferably is provided below the above mentioned lowest point of the tank. Thereby, the amount of liquid which remains in the tank and may not be transferred into the reservoir is reduced. Moreover, the position of the connection at the reservoir should be below the maximum filling level of the reservoir to allow a stop of the filling before the liquid runs over the edge of the reservoir. Otherwise, the position of the connection is not specifically limited in order to take advantage of the above described filling concept.
  • a ventilating means should be provided with the tank as well as with the reservoir to enable air to escape from the reservoir and to flow into the tank, respectively. Otherwise the increasing overpressure in the reservoir and the negative pressure in the tank may prevent the filling of the reservoir.
  • the means for ventilation of the reservoir is provided at the same height or above the reservoir's maximum filling level
  • One big advantage of filling or refilling the reservoir according to the method of the present invention is that the filling or refilling proceeds automatically as soon as the connection between the tank and the reservoir is provided. The cleaning person only has to initiate the flow by providing said connection.
  • the discharge of the liquid from the tank into the reservoir automatically stops when the liquid level in the reservoir reaches the height of the liquid level in the tank. Since the reservoir and the tank are positioned such in relation to each other that the liquid level in the tank is at the same height or below the upper edge of the reservoir, the transfer of the liquid from the tank into the reservoir stops at the latest when the liquid level in the reservoir reaches the upper edge of the reservoir. Thus, there is no danger that the liquid runs over the upper edge of the reservoir and gets lost, even when the top of the reservoir is open.
  • the cleaning personnel only has to provide the connection between the tank and the reservoir and shortly thereafter, depending on the volume of the reservoir to be filled or refilled, the cleaning or treatment implement can be used for the next area to be cleaned or treated.
  • the cleaning or treating person may use the time until the filling or refilling of the reservoir is completed to do other things he or she has to do, like polishing or drying the already cleaned or treated surface, cleaning or treating other surfaces with other devices or, in case the de- vice for cleaning or treating a surface and the tank both are fixed to a movable cart, the cleaning person may use the time to move the cart to the next surface to be cleaned and, generally, the device for cleaning or treating will be ready for the next application when said next surface is reached.
  • the method according to the present invention helps to re-za the loss of liquid actually intended to be applied onto a surface, which may occur in the process of filling or refilling the cleaning/treatment device. Moreover, the method according to the present invention is also time saving.
  • the device for cleaning or treating a surface and the tank are removably fixed during the filling or refilling process such that the tank and the reservoir may not be moved, for example by the cleaning person, into a position in which the height of the liquid level of the tank is above the maximum filling level of the reservoir and the filling will not automatically stop when the reservoir is full.
  • the present invention also relates to a device for cleaning or treating a surface comprising
  • a handle provided with a reservoir for storing a liquid, an implement for cleaning or treating a surface, a valve which is provided at the outer wall of the reservoir, which can cooperate with a filling station for dispensing the liquid used for cleaning or treating the floor, and
  • a "valve” in the sense of the present invention means in its broadest sense any mechanical device that regulates the flow of a free-flow substance by opening, closing and partially obstructing various passageways.
  • the valve provided at the outer wall of the reservoir enables the flow of liquid into and out of the reservoir to be controlled, i.e. initiated or stopped.
  • the kind of the valve is not particular limited provided that it can cooperate as specified above with the filling station and that it can be closed when it is separated from the filling station.
  • any valve known in the art fulfilling those requirements may be used in the present invention.
  • valve may be exemplified by a simple plug valve or cock which can be cooperating with the filling station for example by means of a conduit or a hose it is preferred that the valve represents one part of two cooperating parts forming a coupling system wherein the second part is provided at the filling station.
  • valve is one part of a coupling valve.
  • the cleaning person can easily provide the connection between the reservoir and the filling sta- tion by just coupling the corresponding parts of the valve.
  • the coupling valve is a quick-action coupling valve as the ones known in the art, this further accelerates the cooperating proceedings.
  • valve In order to avoid an unwanted distribution of the liquid used for clean- ing or treating the surface after having completed the filling process, the valve is equipped with a drip protection, as is generally known in the art, like by means of a check valve.
  • the device may be provided with a means with which it can be removably fixed to the filling station in order to facilitate the filling process.
  • the fixing proceeds such that the maximum filling level of the reservoir is at the same height or above the liquid level in the filling station, when the valve cooperates with the filling station.
  • fixing means any means known in the art may be used.
  • the fixing takes advantage of the coupling system such that the part of the coupling system which is a part of the filling station is fixed to the filling station and the remaining part of the coupling system which is provided at the reservoir can be coupled. Thereby, at the same time the coupling generates the cooperation between the reservoir and the filling station and fixes the device to the filling station.
  • valve represents one part of a coupling system it may not only be coupled to the cooperating part of the coupling system provided at the filling station but also to an analogous part of a coupling system which enables to discharge the liquid from the reservoir to the surface.
  • the way of the liquid from the reservoir to the surface is also not completely identical with the way of the liquid from the valve to the reservoir when filling the reservoir since the liquid has to pass a different coupling system to become discharged. Consequently, in such a system the means is also different from the valve and, therefore, such a discharging/filling system is supposed to be within the scope of the present invention as well.
  • valve is closed the whole time when there is no cooperation between the valve and the filling station. It is particularly preferred that the means for discharging the liquid from the reservoir to the surface to be cleaned is completely separated from the valve.
  • the position of the reservoir in relation to the handle is not particularly limited.
  • the method of the present invention is of particular use in case the reservoir is either mounted outside the handle or integrated completely or partly therein.
  • the wall of the handle may be at the same time the outer wall of the reservoir.
  • the reservoir represents a separate container which is pushed as whole or partly into the interior of the handle.
  • the valve may be provided at the outer wall of the handle as long as there is also provided a connection between the valve and the interior of the reservoir through the outer wall of the reservoir.
  • an opening in the handle may be sufficient in case the outer wall of the handle corresponds to the outer wall of the reservoir.
  • the valve may be provided at the outer wall of the handle, provided there is a connection to the interior of the reservoir through its outer wall. This connection may also be provided at that part of the reservoir which is not inside the handle.
  • the valve is provided below the upper third of the reservoir, more preferred in the lower half of the reservoir, and most preferred in the lower third of the reservoir, all in relation to the maximum filling level of the reservoir.
  • the connection between the tank and the reservoir typically slopes at some position the aforementioned locations of the valve help to take advantage of the gravity to completely empty the tank, in particular when the tank is discharged from the bottom.
  • the reservoir preferably additionally contains a means for ventilation refers to any means which allows a flow of air into the reservoir when it is desired. This includes an open top of the reservoir but also any kind of valve which is known in the art.
  • the means for ventilation functions automatically, which means as soon as the liquid is filled into the reservoir the air is discharged without being forced to operate the valve during the whole time of the filling.
  • the means for ventilation preferably are provided at the reservoir at the same height or above the reservoir's maximum filling level.
  • the implement used for cleaning or treating a surface may be any one as is known in the art.
  • Typical implements are mops, mop head covered with a mop cover, preferably of a natural, synthetic or mixed textile material, a brush or even a multi-purpose implement like the one disclosed in US 5,735,620.
  • the implement is not particularly limited.
  • a further object of the present invention represents a filling station for dispensing a liquid for cleaning or treating a surface into a reservoir of a device for cleaning or treating a surface, comprising a fixture for fixing a tank containing the liquid to be filled in a specific distance above the ground, a device for discharging the liquid contained in the tank, a means for generating a cooperation between the discharging device and a valve provided at the outer wall of a reservoir to be filled or refilled, which valve is a part of a device for cleaning or treating a floor, and optionally a means for fixing said device for cleaning or treatment to the filling station.
  • the filling station cooperates with the above described device for cleaning or treating a surface according to the present invention.
  • the filling station comprises a fixture for fixing a tank wherein the fixture has a specific distance above the floor.
  • the fixture should not be coincidentally movable.
  • the fixture is fixed in a position where it may only controllably moved, if at all, but otherwise is in a defined height above the floor.
  • the height of the fixture for fixing the tank should be chosen such that the liquid level in the tank is at the same height or below the upper edge of the reservoir, when the filling station and the valve of the reservoir are cooperating.
  • the height of the fixture for fixing the tank is chosen such that the liquid level in the tank is at the same height or below the maximum filling level of the reservoir
  • the type of the fixture for fixing the tank is not particularly limited provided it leaves enough space for providing the tank with the device for discharging the liquid contained in the tank.
  • the discharging means should be provided in the lower part of the tank which means nearby the bottom or directly in the bottom. This has to be taken into account when selecting the fixture for fixing the tank.
  • the tank partly or as a whole is put into a frame which partly or as a whole is adapted to the shape of the tank.
  • the tank is mainly fixed using the discharging device.
  • the discharging device itself is fixed to the filling station, for example to a frame-like structure, and the discharging device may be connected to the tank in a comparatively rigid way, just by providing the connection between the tank and the discharging device.
  • the tank may additionally be propped up, for example by means of a frame.
  • the fixture can be con- trollably moved upwards and downwards either continuously or stepwise.
  • controllable movement is meant that the fixture is in a specific, determined position when the filling takes place but said specific position may be varied in height, pref- erably before the filling takes place.
  • This enables the filling station to be adapted to various devices for cleaning or treating a surface, which may each have a different height of the maximum filling level in the reservoir.
  • a tank fixture which can be varied in height also helps to provide a maximum filling of the reservoir even after re- peated filling processes using the same tank.
  • the tank may be lifted upwards to guarantee a constant completely filling of the reservoir.
  • the lifting up is not carried out to an extent that the height of the liquid level of the tank gets above the height of the maximum filling level of the reservoir.
  • the device for discharging the liquid from the tank is a valve, wherein "valve" has the same meaning as indicated before.
  • the discharging device just represents an opening in the tank which is connected with the means for connecting the discharging device with the valve of the reservoir.
  • the end of the connecting means cooperating with the valve of the reservoir has to be closeable, for example also by means of a valve .
  • valve is a coupling valve, in particular a quick-action coupling valve, wherein one part of the coupling valve can be connected to the tank and the counterpart of the coupling valve is connected to the means for connecting the discharging device to the valve of the reservoir.
  • Such a closable end of the connecting means can be realized by a further valve, and in particular a part of a coupling valve which represents the counterpart to the part of the coupling valve which is provided at the reservoir.
  • the connecting device is a pipeline, more preferred a flexible pipeline, wherein the end of the pipeline comprises a valve cooperating with the valve of the reservoir.
  • the cleaning person may easily induce the filling process of the reservoir by just coupling the valve at the reservoir with the valve at the connection to the filling station.
  • such a fixing results in a position of the valve of the filling station and, thereby, also of the valve of the cleaning/treatment device, which is elevated in comparison to the floor.
  • a fixing means such that the cleaning/treatment device rests on the floor during the filling/refilling process.
  • the valve of the pipeline preferably is flexible and moveable to result in the connection to the thus fixed valve of the reservoir.
  • the valve of the pipeline is fixed to the filling station or positioned such that it is connected with the valve of the reservoir below the upper third, preferably in the lower half and more preferred in the lower third of the filling station.
  • the filling station may comprise a directing device for directing the valve of the reservoir to the valve at the end of the pipeline may be provided nearby the valve at the end of the pipeline.
  • the directing may proceed in all possible ways and directions as long as the directing device does not interfere with the dimensions of the handle and/or the filling station. Consequently, the handle can be directed to the filling station, for example, from the front relating to the valve of the filling station, from one or both sides thereof or from above the valve.
  • a directing device which is especially suitable for this purpose tapers in the direction of the valve at the end of the pipeline.
  • a directing device can be exemplified by a funnel positioned above the connecting valve at the filling station and having an opening along at least a part of the length of the funnel.
  • the dimensions of the funnel opening are chosen such that an easy movement of the valve at the reservoir into the upper part of the funnel opening is possible without a particular dexterity of the cleaning person.
  • the valve at the reservoir moves along the tapering inner walls of the funnel to the connecting valve of the filling station supported by gravity and, thereby, almost by itself.
  • the filling station can be provided with a tank which is equipped with a means for ventilation.
  • a means for ventilation may just be a permanent opening.
  • a valve as a means for ventilating the tank.
  • the ventilating means is positioned at the top of the fixed tank, in order to enable the tank to be completely filled before its first use.
  • the tank is not particularly limited.
  • the tank may be permanently fixed to the fixture of the filling device.
  • the tank is removably fixed to the filling station, like with a valve which at the same time functions as a screw lid or with a frame as already described above.
  • the filling station is equipped with several tanks which can be changed whenever one tank is empty.
  • the filling station can be equipped with one or more containers containing one or more concentrates.
  • An opening provided in the tank may be used to fill the tank on the spot with concentrate and a diluting agent like water. Therefore, even when extremely large areas have to be cleaned and one filling of the tank will not be sufficient for cleaning the whole area, the cleaning person is capable to also refill the tank whenever required and when the required diluting agent is available. Thereby, it can be avoided that the cleaning person has to return to the place where the cleaning and treatment materials are stored each time the tank is empty.
  • a filling station as described above which is fixed, for example, to a wall or which is intended not to be moved. This especially applies to all kinds of localities which are small enough to be cleaned using only one or two fillings of the reservoir at the handle to be completely cleaned or treated. Therefore, in those cases there is no necessity and often also no desire to provide a movable filling station but a somehow fixed station which can be refilled very easily and which also dispenses very easily. Examples of use of such a filling station include the use in small offices or even offices having only one or two rooms, small shops of all kinds, small storerooms, rooms of physicians or veterinarians and similar spatially limited locations.
  • a further object of the present invention refers to a system for clean- ing or treating a floor which comprises a device as described above and a filling station as described above.
  • a particularly preferred system according to the present invention comprises
  • a device comprising a handle having a reservoir for a liquid integrated therein, an implement for cleaning or treating a surface one part of a coupling valve which is provided at the outer wall of the handle and is connected by means of a bore with the interior of the reservoir, wherein the valve can cooperate with a filling station for dispensing the Nq- uid used for cleaning or treating the surface, the valve is closed when it does not cooperate with the filling station and is provided in the lower third of the handle, and a means to enable the liquid to be transferred from the reservoir onto the surface to be cleaned or treated or onto the implement used for cleaning or treating the surface wherein the means is different from the valve a preferably movable filling station comprising a fixture which optionally can be varied in height, for fixing a tank containing the liquid to be filled a valve for discharging the liquid contained in the tank and a rigid or flexible pipeline connected on one end with the discharging valve and on the other end with a part of a coupling valve which is a counterpart of the part of the coup
  • the height of the fixture for fixing the tank is chosen such that the liquid level in the tank is of the same height or below the upper edge of the reservoir.
  • a further interesting use of the filling station and the handle of the present invention is in connection with professional mobile cleaning machines, like, for example, scrubber dryers.
  • professional mobile cleaning machines like, for example, scrubber dryers.
  • the filling station can be the cleaning machine itself provided that all other require- ments of the filling station are fulfilled.
  • mount a separate filling station according to the present invention to the cleaning machine.
  • the tank of the filling station can be fed using the storage tank of the cleaning machine or a separate tank. Using a separate tank has the advantage to be able to provide for different cleaning solutions.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of a system according to the present invention comprising a device for cleaning/treatment and a filling station.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic drawing of the system according to Fig. 1 in which the frame for fixing the tank is not shown.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic side view of the segment of a handle, which comprises the coupling valve, wherein the handle is a part of the clean- ing/treatment device of Fig. 1 and 2.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic drawing of the segment shown in Fig. 3 coupled to the valve of the filling station of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic front view of the directing device positioned above the connecting valve of the filling station of Fig. 1 and 2.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic side view of the directing device of Fig. 5
  • the present invention is further elucidated by describing a particularly preferred embodiment of the system according to the present invention comprising a device for cleaning or treating a surface and a filling station.
  • Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the system according to the present invention.
  • the system comprises a device for cleaning or treating a surface and a filling station (5).
  • the device for cleaning or treating a surface is comprises a handle (1 ), a valve (4) and an implement (3) for cleaning or treating the surface, which in this drawing is a mop head covered with a mop cover (not explicitly shown in detail).
  • a valve (4) is mounted around a part of the outer wall of the handle
  • the valve in the preferred embodiment is designed as a quick-action coupling valve, in particular the coupling part of such a valve.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 show in more detail the counterpart (10) of said quick- action coupling valve (4), representing the nipple, which counterpart (10) is a part of the filling station.
  • the device for cleaning/treating a surface in Fig. 1 is fixed to the filling station (5).
  • the means for fixing the handle (1 ) to the filling station is provided by the valve (10) at the filling station in the form of a plate holding the valve (10) and mounted to a frame of the filling station (5).
  • the fixing may also be provided by any other means known in the art.
  • the valve (10) at the filling station is connected via a hose or a tube (9) to the discharge device (8) at the tank (7).
  • the hose or tube (9) may be of a rigid material like a metal, for example stainless steel, or a rigid plastic, or it may be made of an elastic material like rubber, as long as the material itself is compati- ble with the liquid to be filled.
  • the hose is mainly hid within the frame of the filling station.
  • the discharge means (8) in the preferred embodiment also represents a quick-action coupling valve which is shown in Fig. 1 and 2 in its coupled state which enables a liquid flow from the tank (7) connected with the discharge valve (8) into the hose or tube (9).
  • the tank represents a tank which is commercially available and preferably has a filling volume of about 3 to 50 liters, more preferred of from 5 to 20 liters.
  • the shape of the tank (7) and its volume is not particularly limited.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 the tank (7) is fixed upside down to the fixture (6) which is formed by the part of the discharge valve (8) belonging to the filling station (5).
  • the counterpart of the discharge valve (8) being a part of the tank (7) at the same time represents the lid of the tank (7).
  • the bottom plate of the filling station (5) is provided with castors. Since the connecting valve (10) also functioning as a fixing means for valve (4) of the reservoir (2) is positioned elevated from the floor, the whole station including the device for cleaning fixed thereto may be easily moved.
  • Fig. 4 to 6 also show the directing device (11) mounted to the frame of the filling station (5) above the connecting valve (10), wherein the frame itself is not shown.
  • the directing device (11 ) has the form of a funnel with a broad upper opening and tapering along the length of the funnel downward in the direction of the valve (10).
  • the funnel is partly open along its whole length on the side opposite to the frame of the filling station (5), wherein the walls (12) of the funnel can be seen in Fig. 5.
  • the valve (4) of the reservoir is supposed to be moved to the broader upper part (13) of the funnel and as soon as the valve (4) is within the cavity formed by the upper part of the funnel it can be easily directed downwards towards the connecting valve (10) along the tapering walls of the funnel.
  • the lower part (14) of the funnel more or less corresponds to the shape of the valve (4) wherein the dimensions should be chosen such that there remains some space between the outer wall of the valve (4) and the inner walls of the funnel when directing the valve (4) along the funnel (11 ).

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de remplissage d'un réservoir (2) monté sur ou faisant partie d'un dispositif, avec un liquide, consistant à positionner une cuve (7) contenant le liquide devant servir au remplissage et le réservoir (2) à remplir dans une position telle que le niveau du liquide dans la cuve (7) soit à la hauteur ou au-dessous du niveau maximum de remplissage du réservoir (2) à remplir, à assurer un raccordement entre la cuve (7) et le réservoir (2) dans une position permettant un écoulement du liquide de la cuve (7) dans le réservoir (2) et à amorcer ledit écoulement du liquide de la cuve (7) au réservoir (2) par le raccordement. De plus, la présente invention concerne un dispositif de nettoyage / de traitement et un poste de remplissage, spécifiquement adaptés pour être utilisés selon le procédé ci-dessus.
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