EP0925744A2 - Thermobelüftende Reinigungsvorrichtung für Schuhgestelle und Schränke - Google Patents

Thermobelüftende Reinigungsvorrichtung für Schuhgestelle und Schränke Download PDF

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EP0925744A2
EP0925744A2 EP98123389A EP98123389A EP0925744A2 EP 0925744 A2 EP0925744 A2 EP 0925744A2 EP 98123389 A EP98123389 A EP 98123389A EP 98123389 A EP98123389 A EP 98123389A EP 0925744 A2 EP0925744 A2 EP 0925744A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B61/00—Wardrobes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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    • A47B61/04—Wardrobes for shoes, hats, umbrellas, or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a thermoventilating sanitising device for shoe-racks and wardrobes. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thermoventilating sanitising device suitable to realise in the inside of said show-racks and said wardrobes the circulation of a flow of temperate and sanitised air, that can dry shoes or clothes and eliminate the bacterial load and bad smells.
  • shoes are not always arranged in the best place for their optimum preservation. Also if it is possible to have at disposal a specific closet for use as a container or shoe-rack, great drawbacks may take place.
  • the shoe-rack in fact, is sometimes placed in unsuitable rooms, such as for instance entrance halls, corridors, spaces under the staircase, store-rooms wherein the closet is not sufficiently aerated.
  • the lack of a correct aeration may easily cause the formation of moulds or bacterial loads on the shoes, especially if the latter are put in the closet when they are still humid or even wet
  • Object of this invention is to obviate the above drawbacks.
  • object of this invention is to provide a sanitising device for shoe-racks and wardrobes in general, suitable to ensure the optimum ventilation of the rooms wherein the shoes and clothes are put, to prevent the formation of mould on the same.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a thermoventilating sanitising device, suitable to be installed in shoe-racks and wardrobes or resting on the shelves or the bottom of said closets.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a sanitising device which, besides preventing the bacterial loads, also allows to diffuse in the closet space a deodorising/perfuming flow, as well as a humidifying flow to maintain the optimum humidity level required.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide users with a sanitising device suitable to ensure a high level of resistance and reliability in the time, and also such as to be easily and economically realised.
  • thermoventilating sanitising device for shoe-racks and wardrobes comprising a containing envelope defining a space wherein there are housed at least an electric motor connected to a fan, an electric resistance operatively connected to said motor and a thermostat, at least a filter and at least a first aperture obtained in the same envelope in correspondence of the outlet of said motor for the conveying of an air flow into the space or spaces of said closets, said flow generated by the motor passing through said at least one filter.
  • thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention may be fixed to the walls of the shoe-racks or the wardrobe or may rest on the bottom or a shelf of said shoe-rack or wardrobe.
  • the construction and functional characteristics of the thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention shall be better understood thanks to the following description, wherein reference is made to the attached drawings which represent some preferred non limiting embodiment and wherein:
  • thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention comprises an envelope or containing body 12, from plastic or other suitable material, wherein there are housed and connected by known means an electric motor 14, preferably connected to a winding-fan, and at least a filter 16.
  • the containing body 12 may have any shape and size, such as for instance a parallelepiped shape.
  • means 18 which activate said motor, and which are constituted by a conventional switch with two or more operating positions, and a thermostat 20, with a graded scale, connected to an electric resistance 22 advantageously placed upstream of said motor 14 or integrated in the same.
  • Filter 16 may be an activated carbon filter, of the mat type or granular, constituted by a compact and extractable body, connected to envelope 12 through the insertion in a corresponding slit 24.
  • activated carbon filters 16 There may be used one or more activated carbon filters 16 or and preferably an activated carbon filter may be associated to another type of filter of the absolute bactericide type of class "H" to "U".
  • thermostat 20 is designed for the adjustment of temperature in a range of from 5°C and 40°C.
  • the centrifugal motor 14 preferably has a capacity of 8/120 m 3 /h, with a pressure of between 60 and 100 Pascal.
  • the containing envelope 12 is provided, by side of said motor 14, with at least an air suction intake 26, advantageously located upstream of filter 16. Said envelope may be provided with extensions (not shown) for a possible stable connection with the shoe-rack or the closet.
  • thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention when the thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention is located outside the closet, for instance in correspondence of the upper front of the same (as shown schematically in Figures 7 and 8), end 14' of motor 14 and the air suction intake 26 comprise as many self-centring mouths to be inserted in corresponding holes obtained in the closet.
  • thermoventilating sanitising device comprises a motor 14 with a resistance 22, at least a filter 16, a thermostat 20, a timer-clock 20', a germicide lamp 30 or a like germicide means, an electroemanator, said timer-clock, germicide lamp and electroemanator being located upstream of motor 14 in the containing envelope, indicated as a whole by 12'.
  • the electroemanator is advantageously housed in the electric outlet schematised by 32, formed on one of the faces of envelope 12 or 12'.
  • the activations of motor 14 and the associated resistance 22, of lamp 30, the electroemanator, the thermostat 20 and electric feed are controlled by the timer-clock 20' or by a microprocessor electronic card.
  • Air intake from outside is realised through one or more conventional ducts 34 obtained on envelope 12' upstream of filter 16.
  • the same envelope is preferably provided, in the upper part, with a suction mouth 36, located for instance in alignment with the elctroemanator.
  • scenting substances for instance in the form of granules contained in a bag, suitable to deodorise the air flow in addition to, or as replacement of the electroemanator if the latter is not activated.
  • Said scenting substances are preferably arranged in a small removable container, not shown, fitted-in or positioned with other known means in correspondence of mouth 36.
  • a vessel 40 of any shape and size is possibly placed and connected with known means to envelope 12'.
  • Said vessel is suitable to contain water or a spongy element impregnated with water, to humidify the air flow, if in the closet or the show-rack a minimum percentage of humidity should be required.
  • Said humidification is required, in particular, for the correct preservation of the shoes whose leather might crack should it be systematically invested by warm and dry air.
  • Envelope 40 preferably made from microporous material, is located close by the centrifugal motor 14 and between the germicide lamp (30) and said motor, or anyhow in correspondence of a side of envelope 12'; the latter is correspondingly provided, in such position, with an aperture (not shown) for the inlet of water in envelope 40 or the removal of the same.
  • Envelope 12 or 12' may be from plastic material or any other suitable material such as for instance metal.
  • Motor 14 may be connected to a source of external electric energy or may be self-fed by rechargeable accumulators, for instance Ni-Cd accumulators.
  • FIGS 7-14 schematically show some embodiments of the thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention.
  • FIGS 7 and 8 schematically show a shoe-rack 42 with tiltable front doors provided with the thermoventilating sanitising device 10 of the present invention, installed on the upper surface 44 of the closet.
  • Said device 10 is connected, by way of example, to said upper surface 44 by means of a couple of unions 46 protruding from the outlet of the centrifugal motor 14, respectively the air suction intake 26 obtained on the lower surface of envelope 12 or 12'.
  • Mouths 46, from plastic material or other suitable material fit in corresponding calibrated holes 48 obtained on said upper surface 44 of the shoe-rack 42. It must be noticed that, in this embodiment, the only operation required on closet 42 is limited to the creation of said holes 48.
  • Figure 8 shows another embodiment of the thermoventilating sanitising device 10 of the present invention installed on the upper surface 44 of the closet and provided with tubular elements 50 or 52 to distribute capillary the air flow in the inside of the connected spaces and stresses mouth 46 protruding from motor 4.
  • the tubular elements 50 o 52 from plastic material or other suitable material, not necessarily rigid, are connected to union 46 with any means, for instance pressure fitting-in, bayonet, threading or the like.
  • the tubular elements 50, 52 may be arranged according to different paths and oriented in the space or spaces of the shoe-rack 42.
  • Said tubular elements are provided with a plurality of holes or slits 54, 56 for the outlet of the air flow generated by motor 14.
  • Figure 9 schematically shows the sanitising unit 10 fixed to an inner side surface of a closet 58, for instance of the column type, and equipped with the tubular elements 50, 52.
  • device 10 is connected by conventional screws and squares or the like, to one of the internal wall of the closet.
  • Figure 10 shows schematically the same fixing of device 10 of the preceding figure, in a closet 60 formed by a plurality of columns approached and fastened to each other.
  • closet 60 is obviously provided with holes along the shoulder for the passage of one or more tubular elements 62.
  • FIGS 11 and 12 show a wardrobe 70, provided with a thermoventilating sanitising device 10 of the present invention, fixed to an internal side wall, respectively resting on the bottom of said closet.
  • Figures 13 and 14 show a shoe-rack 72 provided with a thermoventilating sanitising device 10 of the present invention resting on the bottom surface of said shoe-rack, respectively inserted in shoe-holding strips 74 of the shoe-rack and placed between shoes 76.
  • thermoventilating sanitising device 10 of the present invention can be easily inferred from what has been expounded above in both embodiments of Figures 1-3 and 4-6.
  • the activation of motor 14 and the associated resistance 22 draws air from the space of the closed wherein it is installed, through hole 26.
  • the air passes though the activated carbon filter 16 or possibly the absolute bactericide filter, warms up thanks to resistance 22 and is expelled through mouth 14' of motor 14 to return then in the space or spaces of the closet.
  • the activation of the motor is through the conventional switch 18, while by means of thermostat 20 it is possible to adjust the temperature of air exiting motor 14, said thermostat being connected wit resistance 22.
  • the working is identical, i.e. the air drawn from the closet space by motor 14, passes through the activated carbon filter (or filters) 16, is warmed up by resistance 22 and reintroduced by said motor into the closet space. Additionally, when they are activated, either simultaneously or separately, the germicide lamp 30, which removes the possible bacterial loads present in the air flow and the electroemanator located in the electric intake 32, which disperses in the air flow scented substances start working.
  • a vessel 40 is positioned in envelope 12' and filled with a liquid, possibly water, entering in such a way as to impregnate a spongy adsorbing element located in said envelope, the latter being preferably made from microporous material.
  • thermoventilating sanitising device of the present invention can be easily applied to closets such as shoe-racks or wardrobes, and allows to ventilate adequately the space or spaces of said closets, realising the drying of shoes or clothes contained therein.
  • the activated carbon filter prevents the dispersion of bad smells in the environment, the absolute bactericide filter allows to keep back the possible bacteria, while the germicide lamp and the electroemanator allow to eliminate possible bacterial loads respectively deodorise the circulating air flow.
  • outlet 14' of motor 14 may define a birectional duct, i.e. a first length wherefrom airs exits the motor and diffuses in the closet, and a second adjoining length wherethrough air is sucked and returns thereafter into envelope 12 or 12'; in this case, there should obviously be provided a duct of any type which, connecting with said second length, develops in the envelope, debouching upstream of filter or filters 16.
  • a high tension ionising barrier or a ioniser or chemical-mechanical germicide filter may be used instead of the germicide lamp 30 or in addition to it.
  • the wirings of the various components may be realised with any system whatever and their activation, either simultaneous or independent, may be obtained with conventional switches, remote controls or microprocessor electronic cards.
  • the activation controls 18, 20, 21' may be placed on one only of said devices, for instance, the first one, or on a control board or panels connected to it.

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CN102023656B (zh) * 2010-12-06 2012-01-25 南通大学 具有湿度检测功能的自动断电烘鞋器
JP2015085164A (ja) * 2013-09-26 2015-05-07 パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社 収納構造及びこれに用いられる送風装置
JP2015130942A (ja) * 2014-01-10 2015-07-23 パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社 収納構造
CN106690885A (zh) * 2016-12-29 2017-05-24 中国人民武装警察部队后勤装备研究所 一种具有消毒杀菌烘干功能的鞋柜
CN111671244A (zh) * 2020-07-06 2020-09-18 江苏艾沐柒柒科技有限公司 智能柜内生态系统及其控制方法
DE102024002773A1 (de) 2024-08-28 2026-03-05 Asnata Gerzen Schuhschrank mit eingebautem Luftreiniger / Luftfilter. Filter mit natürlichen Wirkstoffen und läßt sich von Innen und von Außen austauschen Mini Filter gegen Tonerstaub, Schimmel, Pollen, Milben, Bakterien, Schadstoffe und Gerüche

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