WO2009044055A2 - Appareil de nettoyage notamment de terrain engazonné - Google Patents
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- WO2009044055A2 WO2009044055A2 PCT/FR2008/051589 FR2008051589W WO2009044055A2 WO 2009044055 A2 WO2009044055 A2 WO 2009044055A2 FR 2008051589 W FR2008051589 W FR 2008051589W WO 2009044055 A2 WO2009044055 A2 WO 2009044055A2
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- cylindrical brush
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- 239000002699 waste material Substances 0.000 claims description 17
- 238000011084 recovery Methods 0.000 claims description 8
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G20/00—Cultivation of turf, lawn or the like; Apparatus or methods therefor
- A01G20/40—Apparatus for cleaning the lawn or grass surface
- A01G20/43—Apparatus for cleaning the lawn or grass surface for sweeping, collecting or disintegrating lawn debris
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
- E01H1/00—Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface
- E01H1/02—Brushing apparatus, e.g. with auxiliary instruments for mechanically loosening dirt
- E01H1/04—Brushing apparatus, e.g. with auxiliary instruments for mechanically loosening dirt taking- up the sweepings, e.g. for collecting, for loading
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- the present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus including turfed terrain.
- Figures 1 to 3 schematically show a known apparatus for cleaning a lawn.
- This apparatus comprises a frame, not shown, on which are disposed, relative to the direction of work or movement of the apparatus symbolized by the arrow F, a rear roller 1 which can roll on the turfed ground and a cylindrical brush before 2 parallel to the roll, the latter and the cylindrical brush 2 being arranged transversely to the working direction F of the apparatus.
- the cylindrical brush 2 is driven by a hydraulic, electric or other motor, not shown, driving the brush in the opposite direction of rotation of the roller 1.
- the cylindrical brush 2 picks up waste D present on the turfed land ahead of the brush and project them into a rear collection or collection tray 3 secured to the frame of the apparatus.
- Such an apparatus may be hitched to the rear of a towed tillage machine, such as a soil defusing or coring machine.
- this known device has the disadvantage that the waste left behind the tillage machine is not all projected by the cylindrical brush 2 in the recovery tank 3 and escaping the action of the cylindrical brush 2, waste reaches the rear roller as shown in Figure 2 to accumulate around the roll and form a layer increasing the diameter of the roll 1 throughout the progress of the apparatus as shown in FIG.
- the present invention aims to overcome the above disadvantages of known apparatus for cleaning a grassed field.
- the invention proposes a turfed lawn cleaning apparatus, comprising a frame on which are arranged a rear roller that can roll on the turfed ground and a front cylindrical brush parallel to the roller, mounted to rotate in the opposite direction of rotation of the roller and for picking up waste present on the turfed land for projecting into a recovery tank secured to the frame, and which is characterized in that the cylindrical brush is in contact with the rear roller to clean the latter and can be set to a working height relative to the chassis following an arcuate trajectory whose center is located on the longitudinal axis of the rear roller.
- the frame comprises two rigid lateral flanges between which the rear roller is rotatably mounted and a plate adjacent to each lateral flange, being pivotable, under the action of at least one adjustment means, relative to the lateral flange around the rear flange.
- longitudinal axis of the rear roller to a setting position of the cylindrical brush at its working height to which the adjacent plate is attached to the side flange, the two adjacent plates supporting between them, in front of the rear roller, the cylindrical brush.
- the cylindrical brush is driven by a motor such as an electric or hydraulic motor secured to one of the support plates of this brush, outside this plate and in front of the rear roller.
- a motor such as an electric or hydraulic motor secured to one of the support plates of this brush, outside this plate and in front of the rear roller.
- each support plate of the cylindrical brush to the corresponding lateral flange comprise at least one bolt passing through a bore of the support plate and an arcuate lumen of the lateral flange concentric with the longitudinal axis of the rear roller.
- the adjusting means comprises a screw passing through a sleeve connected to the support plate of the cylindrical brush and whose end bears against an abutment portion secured to the corresponding lateral flange.
- the sheath is secured to an outer plate adjacent to the flange corresponding to the opposite of the inner support plate of the cylindrical brush and connected to the inner support plate by the fixing bolt passing through a hole in the outer plate.
- the outer plate has graduations that can come opposite a fixed reference of the corresponding flange to indicate the working height of the cylindrical brush.
- Each support plate of the cylindrical brush is fixed by two screws to support the bearing of the corresponding end of the rear roller, and the heads of the fixing screws are housed respectively in two arcuate slots of the corresponding lateral flange concentric with the longitudinal axis of the rear roller.
- the bearing support is pivotally mounted in the corresponding flange by a sleeve integral with this support.
- the apparatus comprises two pivoting and adjusting means respectively of the two support plates of the cylindrical brush.
- the rear roller and the cylindrical brush extend transversely to the direction of work of the apparatus which is coupled to the rear of a tractor or a machine for defueling or coring the ground itself hitched to the back of a training tractor.
- Figures 1 to 3 show schematically an apparatus of the prior art for cleaning grassed land;
- Figure 4 shows schematically in side view a lawn cleaning machine lawn according to the invention;
- Figure 5 is a side view of the cleaning apparatus of the invention coupled to a soil defacing machine;
- Figure 6 is a rear perspective view of three quarters of the assembly of Figure 5 without the recovery tank of the cleaning apparatus;
- - Figure 7 is an enlarged side view along the arrow VII of Figure 6;
- Figure 8 is a partial perspective view along arrow VIII of Figure 6;
- Figures 9 to 11 show alternative configuration of the bristles of a brush of the apparatus of the invention.
- Figure 4 shows schematically the apparatus of the invention for cleaning especially turfed land.
- This apparatus comprises a frame, which will be defined precisely in FIGS. 5 to 8, on which are disposed a roller 1 located behind the direction of travel or work F of the apparatus and able to roll over the turfed ground to serve from ground support to the apparatus, and a cylindrical brush before 2 parallel to the roll 1 while extending transversely to the direction of advance F of the apparatus.
- the cylindrical brush 2 is rotatably mounted on the frame in the opposite direction of rotation of the roll 1.
- This brush makes it possible to pick up waste present on the turfed ground to project it back by the centrifugal force into a collection or waste collection tank 3 secured to the frame.
- the waste can be projected onto a conveyor belt which deposits in a trailer of a tractor according to the apparatus of the invention.
- the cylindrical brush 2 is in contact with the rear roller 1 to constantly clean the latter and can be adjusted to a working height h relative to the frame and, consequently, to the ground, along an arcuate trajectory whose center A is located on the longitudinal axis of the rear roller 1.
- FIG. 4 schematically shows the connection between each of the ends of the cylindrical brush 2 and the rear roller 1 with the aid of an arm or a pivoting plate B enabling the brush 2 to pivot about the longitudinal axis of the roller 1 up or down when adjusting the brush to its working height h.
- This working height depends on the height relative to the soil of the turf to be cleaned so that the bristles 2a of the brush can penetrate the turf without touching the ground.
- the cylindrical brush 2 picks up by brushing the waste present in the turf in front of the brush to project them upwards in the recovery tank 3 and, at the same time, the brush 2 permanently cleans the rear roller 1 for avoid any deposit of waste on the circumference of this roll, thus optimizing the collection of waste because the working height of the brush relative to the ground is kept constant.
- FIGs 5 to 8 show a preferred embodiment of the cleaning apparatus of the invention, the operating principle corresponding to that of the cleaning apparatus described in Figure 4.
- FIGS. 5 to 8 will be described by being hitched to the rear of a soil defraying machine M itself hitched to the rear of a drive tractor, not shown, but It is understood that this apparatus can be hitched to the rear of any other tillage machine, such as for example a soil coring machine, or simply at the rear of the driving tractor by a conventional attachment to three points.
- the cleaning apparatus comprises a frame 5 comprising two lateral rigid flanges 6 arranged parallel to the direction of advance F of the assembly constituted by the machine M and the cleaning apparatus and which are respectively fixed to the inner faces of two side walls. 7 integral with the frame of the machine M behind it.
- Each of the two flanges 6 comprises at its upper part a rigid arm 8 extending behind this flange.
- the recovery tank 3 is removably attached to the two rear arms 8 of the chassis 5.
- the rear roller 1 is freely rotatably mounted between the two lateral flanges 6. More precisely, each of the ends of this roller is rotatably mounted in at least one bearing of the ball or needle type, not shown, fixed in a support of bearing 9 substantially diamond shaped plate fixed by two fixing screws 10 to the inner face of a support plate 11 of the front cylindrical brush 2 and which can rotate about the longitudinal axis YY 'of the roller 1 as one will see it later.
- the heads 12 of the two fixing screws 10 of the bearing support 9 to the support plate 11 of the cylindrical brush 2 are respectively housed in two arcuate slots 13 formed through each rigid flange 6.
- the two arcuate lights 13 have their center of radius of curvature located on the longitudinal axis YY 'of the roll 1 extending perpendicularly to the flanges 6 and are symmetrical to this axis.
- Each bearing support 9 comprises a bush 14 coaxial with the longitudinal axis YY 'of the roll 1, passing through the support plate 11 of the roll 2 and the corresponding flange 6 so that the assembly constituted by the bearing support 9 and the plate 11 can rotate a determined angular value relative to the flange 6 around the longitudinal axis YY 'when adjusting the working height of the cylindrical brush 2.
- Each of the plates 11 of support of the cylindrical brush 2 is normally fixed to the corresponding flange 6 by means of two fixing bolts 15 respectively passing through two holes in the plate 11 and two arcuate slots 16 made through the corresponding flange 6, the two lights 16 being situated on the same circumference and center of radius of curvature located on the axis YY 'of the roll 1.
- a plate 17 is fixed to the outer face of each flange 6 opposite the inner face of this flange on which is fixed the corresponding support plate 11 of the cylindrical brush 2, by the two bolts 15 whose screws pass through respectively two holes of the plate 17 which can thus be locked with the plate 11 to the flange 6 by tightening the nuts 18 of the bolts 15 in a specific position of the two arcuate lights 16.
- a means 19 is fixed to each of the plates 17 and allows the adjustment of the working height of the cylindrical brush 2.
- Each adjustment means 19 comprises an internally threaded sleeve 20 fixed, for example by welding, to the outer face of the corresponding plate 17, and a screw 21 passing through the sleeve 20 and whose end opposite its head 22 bears on a stop plate 23 integral with the flange 6 or the frame 5 of the cleaning apparatus.
- Each plate 17 comprises a plurality of graduations 24 consisting of small windows that can be brought selectively opposite a fixed reference R integral with the outer face of the corresponding flange 6 so as to indicate the working height of the cylindrical brush 2.
- Both plates 11 comprise two parallel arms 11a extending forward of the roll 1 towards the machine M and between which is rotatably mounted the cylindrical brush 2 which is thus arranged between the roll 1 and a roller 26 of the blade support 27 to be defused. ground of the machine M.
- the cylindrical brush 2 is rotated by an electric or hydraulic motor 28 fixed to the outer face of one of the support arms 11a of the brush 2 coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the latter so as to drive the brush 2 into position. opposite direction of rotation of that of the roll 1 during the movement of the machine M according to the direction F.
- a cylindrical bar 29 can be fixed between the two flanges 6 behind the roller 1 to ensure their stiffening.
- the operator first loosens the two nuts 18 of the fastening bolts 15 and then with a wrench acts on each head 22 of screw 21 to drive each of the screws 21 in one direction or the other to move the screws of the bolts 15 in their respective curvilinear lumens 16 in the corresponding direction so as to simultaneously move each plate 17 and each support plate 11 of the cylindrical brush 2 about the longitudinal axis YY 'of the roller 1.
- the cylindrical brush 2 is moved relative to the flanges 6 and, consequently, to the roll 1, along a curved path symbolized by the double arrow T in FIG. 7 and centered on the axis YY 'of the roll 1.
- the pivoting of the cylindrical brush 2 around the axis YY 'of the roll 1 makes it possible to maintain constant the distance or friction pressure of the bristles of the brush 2 on the roll 1 for the cleaning thereof.
- the cleaning apparatus of the invention makes it possible both to clean the soil and the follower roller and the waste removed from the roll 1 by the bristles of the brush 2 can be almost completely transported by the brush 2 in the recovery tank 3, thus avoiding the presence of waste behind the roller 1.
- the adjustment of the working height of the cylindrical brush is extremely simple and can be done very easily.
- the bristles 2a of the cylindrical brush 2 may consist of several circular parts parallel to each other along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder or be arranged helically. along the cylinder as shown in Figure 9.
- Figure 10 shows that the bristles 2a of the brush 2 consist of in-line sections of bristles arranged alternately along the brush 2, that is to say angularly offset steadily along it.
- the bristles 2a of the brush 2 are arranged chevron.
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