EP0880934A1 - Succeur pour machine de nettoyage de sols - Google Patents

Succeur pour machine de nettoyage de sols Download PDF

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EP0880934A1
EP0880934A1 EP98201607A EP98201607A EP0880934A1 EP 0880934 A1 EP0880934 A1 EP 0880934A1 EP 98201607 A EP98201607 A EP 98201607A EP 98201607 A EP98201607 A EP 98201607A EP 0880934 A1 EP0880934 A1 EP 0880934A1
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clip element
suction head
package
squeegee blade
housing
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Dieter Windmeisser
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Diversey 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
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4036—Parts or details of the surface treating tools
    • A47L11/4044—Vacuuming or pick-up tools; Squeegees
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/29—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
    • A47L11/30—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid by suction
    • 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
    • A47L13/11—Squeegees
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/06—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
    • A47L9/0673—Nozzles with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like with removable brushes, combs, lips or pads

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning floor surfaces.
  • the invention is particularly concerned with a suction head arrangement suitable for use with a wet floor cleaning machine.
  • US-A-2,531,370 discloses a suction mop suitable for use in scrubbing floors and the like.
  • This suction mop comprises a mop head including a U-shaped channel in which an inverted squeegee blade can be removably supported.
  • US-A-3,434,178 relates to a vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum suction nozzle having an inlet near the floor, and an elongate floor brush located near this inlet.
  • This brush is resiliently attached to the vacuum nozzle by way of a U-shaped clip coupled to the nozzle by way of a leaf spring.
  • US-A-3,371,371 discloses vacuuming equipment for treating floors, in particular a pick-up tool assembly comprising a vacuum head, means for positioning said vacuum head in a fixed functional relationship to the surface to be cleaned, while in use.
  • These positioning means include a non-removable elongate squeegee which is attached to the assembly by a pair of clip elements.
  • WO-94/20010 discloses a suction head for a floor cleaning machine comprising a housing and a package consisting of a squeegee blade and a clip element, whereby the size and shape of said clip element and the housing are such that this package can be removably fixed into the housing and the squeegee blade can be removably fixed into the clip element.
  • the clip element according to this document comprises sharp projections on the inner surface thereof.
  • a suction head for a floor cleaning machine comprising a housing and at least one package consisting of a squeegee blade and a clip element, whereby the size and shape of said clip element and the housing are such that this package can be removably fixed into the housing, and whereby the squeegee blade contains one or more holes of which the size and shape are such that they fit to clipping parts present at the inner surface of clip element so as to removably fix the squeegee blade into the clip element.
  • the invention also provides a package consisting of a squeegee blade and a clip element, said package being suitable fot use in a suction head according to the invention, whereby the size and shape of the clip element are such that the package can be removably fixed into the housing of the suction head, and whereby the squeegee blade contains one or more holes of which the size and location are such that they fit to clipping parts present at the inner surface of the clip element so as to removably fix the squeegee blade into the clip element.
  • the first aspect of the invention is concerned with a suction head for a floor cleaning machine, preferably a wet floor cleaning or floor polishing machine.
  • This suction head comprises at least one removable package consisting of a removable squeegee blade and a clip element. It was found to be remarkably simple to prepare this suction head for use as part of a floor cleaning machine: the squeegee blade could be easily and reliably fixed into the clip element and the thus formed package could in turn be simply fixed into the housing. As a result, a good fixation of the squeegee blade in the housing was guaranteed, resulting in a good suction result.
  • suction head configuration of the invention was found to be unexpectedly versatile in that it could be used with squeegee blades of varying thickness.
  • suction head arrangement it was found that replacement of squeegee blades could be carried out quickly and easily.
  • a U-shaped clip element is preferably applied which can be tightly fixed in a similarly shaped -i.e. inverted U-shaped- channel in the housing of the suction head.
  • a clipping part are present on the inner surface of the clip element.
  • said clipping parts are preferably arranged at regular intervals along the length of the clip element.
  • the second aspect of the invention is concerned with a package consisting of a squeegee blade and a clip element, which is suitable for use in a suction head according to the invention.
  • a package consisting of a squeegee blade and a clip element, which is suitable for use in a suction head according to the invention.
  • the construction of the suction head of the present invention is such that all four edges of the squeegee blade can be used for cleaning purposes. When one of the edges has been worn out, this squeegee blade does not need to be replaced; it can, instead, be turned along its longitudinal and/or vertical axis after having removed it from the package, such that another edge is applied for cleaning purposes.
  • the squeegee blade suitable for use in the suction head of the present invention is preferably somewhat flexible; it is, therefore, desirably made of a plastic material such as poly urethane or rubber. As indicated above, good cleaning results were obtained with a squeegee blade having an oblong shape; its length and breadth are preferably in the range of respectively 0.5-1.2 m and 0.03-0.1 m. The thickness of the squeegee is effectively in the range of from 3-6 mm.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematic drawings of (a) a side view of a squeegee blade, a clip element and a package according to the invention and (b) cross sections of said elements along the line A-A;
  • Figure 2 shows schematic drawings of cross-sections of said package, the part of a suction head of the invention substantially consisting of a U-shaped channel, and said channel into which said package has been positioned;
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic view of a complete suction head of the invention.
  • Figure 1 indicates a package of the invention consisting of a squeegee blade (2) and a clip element (3). It is also shown in this Figure how the squeegee blade can be removably fixed into the clip element by way of clipping parts (5) located on the inner surface of the clip element (3), which parts fit into holes (4) present on the squeegee blade (2).
  • the side view of the package (1) shows an embodiment in which the clip element (3) contains rectangular holes in between the clipping parts (5). Since these clipping parts (5) are present on the inner surface of clip element (3), they are not shown on said side view.
  • FIG 2 it is shown how the package of the invention (1) can be tightly fixed into the housing (7) of a suction head by way of a U-shaped channel (6). Adequate fixation is accomplished by applying a clip element having a part (8) which can be attached to the housing as indicated.
  • a suction head (9) according to the present invention is shown which can be coupled to any suction system suitable for use in a wet floor cleaning machine.

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  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
  • Nozzles For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0951859A1 (fr) * 1998-04-22 1999-10-27 Siegtraud Haug Appareil à essuyer le sol
WO2014193290A1 (fr) * 2013-05-30 2014-12-04 Qleeno Ab Dispositif pour un racleur formé d'un segment destiné à une machine de traitement des sols

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US1828139A (en) * 1930-05-20 1931-10-20 Harry E Andros Window cleaning squeegee
US3371371A (en) * 1966-01-18 1968-03-05 Steccone Ettore Pick-up tool assembly
EP0576174A1 (fr) * 1992-06-25 1993-12-29 Rexair, Inc Buse racleuse pour aspirateur
WO1994020010A1 (fr) * 1993-03-04 1994-09-15 Unilever N.V. Suceur pour machine de nettoyage de sols

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1828139A (en) * 1930-05-20 1931-10-20 Harry E Andros Window cleaning squeegee
US3371371A (en) * 1966-01-18 1968-03-05 Steccone Ettore Pick-up tool assembly
EP0576174A1 (fr) * 1992-06-25 1993-12-29 Rexair, Inc Buse racleuse pour aspirateur
WO1994020010A1 (fr) * 1993-03-04 1994-09-15 Unilever N.V. Suceur pour machine de nettoyage de sols

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0951859A1 (fr) * 1998-04-22 1999-10-27 Siegtraud Haug Appareil à essuyer le sol
WO2014193290A1 (fr) * 2013-05-30 2014-12-04 Qleeno Ab Dispositif pour un racleur formé d'un segment destiné à une machine de traitement des sols

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