EP1121877A2 - Reinigungsvorrichtung und Herstellungsverfahren - Google Patents

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EP1121877A2
EP1121877A2 EP01300883A EP01300883A EP1121877A2 EP 1121877 A2 EP1121877 A2 EP 1121877A2 EP 01300883 A EP01300883 A EP 01300883A EP 01300883 A EP01300883 A EP 01300883A EP 1121877 A2 EP1121877 A2 EP 1121877A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • B08B9/043—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved by externally powered mechanical linkage, e.g. pushed or drawn through the pipes
    • B08B9/0436—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved by externally powered mechanical linkage, e.g. pushed or drawn through the pipes provided with mechanical cleaning tools, e.g. scrapers, with or without additional fluid jets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/06—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware in the form of tapes, chains, flexible shafts, springs, mats or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L13/00—Cleaning or rinsing apparatus
    • B01L13/02—Cleaning or rinsing apparatus for receptacle or instruments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/30—Brushes for cleaning or polishing
    • A46B2200/3006—Brushes for cleaning bottles or hollow containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/56—Labware specially adapted for transferring fluids
    • B01L3/569—Glassware

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  • This invention is specifically constructed for cleaning the slide valves of all brass section musical instruments, but may also be used in cleaning all types of tubular devices from the glassware in chemistry labs and other industrial and commercial uses to kitchenware used in food preparation.
  • the present invention provides, in a first aspect a cleaning device comprising: an elongated flexible base member formed from a thermoplastic material having fibers protruding from at least one side of a portion thereof and said base member having a characteristic permitting memory reset from a first configuration to a second configuration.
  • the present invention provides a method for forming a cleaning device which comprises the steps of:
  • the present invention provides a method for forming a cleaning device which comprises the steps of:
  • the present invention provides a cleaning device comprising:
  • the present invention provides a method for forming a cleaning device which comprises the steps of:
  • the present invention provides a method for forming a cleaning device which comprises the steps of:
  • the present invention provides a method of use of a cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 or as formed according to a method as claimed in any one of claims 12 to 24, the method including use of the cleaning device to clean an inside surface of a curved pipe in a musical instrument or in glassware.
  • the gist of the present invention is a cleaning device which has no part with a hardness greater than the object being cleaned. Thus scratching, abrading or otherwise damaging materials in the cleaning device are eliminated to protect the musical instruments, laboratory glass ware , housewares or other objects being cleaned.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive, easy to use cleaning device which is inexpensive to manufacture, can be used to clean objects having internal passageways of varying lengths, opening sizes and angular turns, yet can be easily modified and manufactured in different shapes, lengths and diameters to accommodate an even wider variety of objects to be cleaned.
  • a further object is to provide a cleaning device which has no core or shaft so that the basic structure can be easily modified so that cleaning devices can be made to clean the internal walls of a tube as well as the outer circumference of the tube.
  • Still a further object is to provide a cleaning device which has the inherent ability to stretch automatically to reduce its diameter when inserted through a constricted opening or pulled through a sharp bend in a tubular member. This feature enables the diameter of the cleaning device to be reduced without bending the fibers of the cleaning device under some situations and bending the fibers less in other situations.
  • Yet another object is to provide a cleaning device with the inherent ability to increase its diameter when moving from a constricted portion of a tube to a wider portion of the tube yet maintain the cleaning fibers in a relatively right angular relationship to the inside wall of the tube being cleaned.
  • Still another object is to provide a method for constructing a cleaning device which can be manufactured in a variety of shapes, a variety of configurations, and sizes from the same base element.
  • the cleaning device 1 of the present invention consists briefly of a base member 2, a plurality of fibers 3 integrally connected to the base member 2 and protruding therefrom, the base member 2 has an elongated helix-like configuration 4.
  • base member 2 has an elongated helix configuration.
  • the base member 2 has an elongated helix-like configuration 4 having a constant helical angle 5 as shown in Fig 5.
  • the base member 2 has an elongated helix-like configuration having a varying helical angle.
  • the cleaning device has a base member 2 with an elongated helix-like configuration 4 having a selected helical angle 5 which forms a cleaning device with coils 6 which are close fitting one to the other.
  • the base member 2' has an elongated helix-like configuration 4' having a selected helical angle 5' which forms a device with coils 6' which are spaced one from the other a selected distance 43' greater than the distance 43 in Fig 5.
  • the fibers protrude from the base member 2 at varying selected lengths from the base member 2.
  • base member 2 has an elongated helix-like configuration 4 having a constant selected helical angle 5.
  • base member 2 has an elongated helix-like configuration 4 having varying selected helical angles 5.
  • base member 2 is formed from a thermoplastic spring memory return material.
  • the basic building element of the cleaning device of the present invention is simply a strip of thermoplastic material 2 such as polypropylene with fibers 3 of the same material fused to the base 2. By fusing the filaments 3 to the base 2, the fibers cannot separate from the base unless they are actually severed.
  • One of the sources of the base 2 and fibers 3 is a product made by a number of manufacturers for several years which is primarily used as a weather stripping element when it is attached to the lower edge of outside doors. The product is also used for making floor sweeps, foot sweeps and even push brooms.
  • the product is thermoplastic and softens at approximately 200° F. so that it can be easily wound on a mandrel 11.
  • the base 2 When the base 2 is cooled, the base 2 assumes the same configuration as the mandrel 11.
  • the product is preferably a spring memory material so that when wound in a helix and force applied at opposite ends, the helix will elongate. When the force is released, the helix returns to its former length and diameter.
  • a polypropylene ball is fused to the end 19 of the leader 18 and to the other end of the base member 2 so that there will be no sharp edges.
  • FIGS 1, 2 and 3 illustrate an apparatus for practicing a method of the present invention.
  • the drawings are schematic and illustrate a simplified form of the apparatus for purposes of understanding the method.
  • Various changes and improvements are contemplated for increasing the mass production of the cleaning device 1.
  • a platform 31 is provided and affixed thereto is a speed controller 32 which controls the speed of a motor 33 which turns a drive shaft 34 connected to a chuck 35 for releasably gripping mandrels 11 of varying size.
  • a gripping member 12 for gripping the end of base member 2 is attached to and rotates with the mandrel 11.
  • a guide 20 is pivotally mounted on a carriage 24 for guiding the base member 2 therethrough at a selected angle 21 in relation to the axis 22 of mandrel 11.
  • the base member 2 enters the guide member 20 with the fibers 3 directed downwardly so that hot air from a heat tube 36 will be directed upon the base member 2.
  • the heat tube 36 is preferably mounted on a swivel device 37 so that when no base member 2 is being fed through the guide member 20, the heat may be directed onto a thermal device 38 which measures the temperature and signals when the temperature is hot enough to begin the operation of the device.
  • a speed controller 39 may be provided to control the velocity by which the carriage 24 traverses the platform 31 in tracks 26.
  • a shear device 40 severs the base member 2 at leader end 19.
  • An angle controller 41 pivots guide 20 at selected angles to feed the base member 2 at varying angles 21 to the axis 22 of the mandrel 11.
  • the rotation of mandrel 11 is stopped and cooling air is directed against the heated base member 2 through a cooling tube 42 or other cooling means. If the mandrel 11 is hollow, the cooling tube 42 may be placed through the mandrel.
  • the various cleaning devices of the present invention may be made using a method which includes the steps of: selecting an elongated base member 2 formed from a thermoplastic material and having a plurality of fibers 3 integrally connected thereto and protruding therefrom; attaching a first portion 10 of the base member 2 as shown in Fig.
  • the method of manufacture includes selecting a base member 2 wherein the fibers 3 protrude from one side only of the elongated base member 2; and feeding the base member 2 onto the mandrel 11 as previously described so that the base member 2 is fed onto the outer surface 14 of the mandrel 11 so that the fibers 3 protrude radially outwardly from the mandrel 11.
  • a base member 2 is selected wherein the fibers protrude from one side only of the elongated base member 2.
  • a mandrel having a tubular configuration having an inside wall is selected.
  • the base member 2 is releasably attached to a clamp member or other attachment member on a mandrel.
  • the base member 2 is fed into the mandrel tube so that the fibers 3 protrude radially inwardly from the inside wall of the mandrel tube.
  • a cleaning device is formed which is useful in cleaning the outer circumference of tubes. Such a situation may exist where the tube is located within a tube and it is difficult to clean the outer surface of the tube with standard cleaning devices.
  • the device may also be used in cleaning the outside surfaces of glass drinking containers or other tubular housewares.
  • the preferred method for forming the cleaning device 1 of the present invention is to apply the heat for softening the base member 2 prior to the step of feeding the base member 2 onto the mandrel 11 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
  • Other methods as previously indicated could include feeding the base member 2 in its unaltered state onto a mandrel 11 which is preheated, or heated during the feeding step.
  • the method of heating may include impinging hot gases on the mandrel, applying ultrasound waves, or charging the mandrel with an electric current.
  • Another method of making an alternate form of the cleaning device is to follow the steps of making the cleaning device as previously described. Then, after a selected number of coils 6 of the device have been wound upon the mandrel 11, the rotation of the mandrel 11 is stopped and instead of severing the base member 2 at or near the last coil 6, the base member 2 is severed at a selected distance from the last portion of the base member 2 which was fed upon the mandrel.
  • a leader member 18 is provided which can be used to feed through a tubular member 45 and once the leader end 19 emerges from the tube 45, as shown in Fig 7, the remainder of the cleaning device 1 can be pulled through the tube which is generally much easier than pushing the cleaning device through the tubular member 45, particularly where, as in the illustration in Fig. 7, the tube 45 makes a 180° turn at portion 46.
  • the cleaning device 1 of the present invention could be entirely hand fed onto the mandrel 11, but preferably, a guide 20 is provided so that the base member 2 can be fed onto the mandrel 11 at a specific angle of rotation at a specific angle 21 in relation to the longitudinal axis 22 of the mandrel as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the cleaning device 1 may also be formed by hand by feeding the base member 2 onto the rotating mandrel 11 so that the base member 2 enters upon the mandrel 11 at a progressively greater distance axially from the point 23 the base member 2 initially entered upon the mandrel 11.
  • a carriage means 24 as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is provided for carrying the guide member 20.
  • the carriage means 24 could be provided with wheels 25 which run along a track 26 or any other sliding mechanism. Generally the carriage means 24 is moved at a selected velocity during the feeding step. Carriage means 24 is moved back and forth in the direction of double arrows 30 as shown in Fig. 1. When the base 2 is being fed onto mandrel 11, the carriage is moved in the direction of arrow 44 illustrated in Fig 3.
  • a speed controller 39 for varying the velocity of the carriage 24 during the feeding step may be provided.
  • a cleaning device 1 may be constructed which has coils 6 widely spaced at the entering portion of the cleaning device 1 so that the entering portion of the cleaning device exerts less pressure upon the inner walls of the tube and thus less resistance to the cleaning device 1 passing through the tube to be cleaned would be encountered.
  • the leader 18 After the leader 18 has passed through the tube to be cleaned, the portion of the cleaning device with more densely packed coils enters the tube. The increased resistance to passage through the tube may be overcome by pulling the cleaning device 1 through the tube by grasping the leader member 18.
  • cleaning device 1' may be constructed in which the plane of each coil 6' may be varied in relation to the longitudinal axis 29' of the cleaning device 1'. As shown in Fig. 6, angle 5' is greater than angle 5 as shown in Fig. 5. This causes the coils 6' to have a greater angle 28' in relation to longitudinal axis 29' of the cleaning device 1' than angle 28 in relation to longitudinal axis 29 in Fig 5.
  • One advantage of this form of the invention is the fact that fibers 3' protruding from base 2' may have the same length as a cleaning device formed with a smaller angle 5 but the overall diameter of the cleaning device will be less.
  • Still another form of cleaning device 1 may be constructed in which the angle 21 at which the base 2 is fed to the mandrel 11 is varied during the feeding operation.
  • the angle 5 made by the base 2 to the longitudinal axis 29 of the cleaning device 1 will vary.
  • Coils 6 of some portion of the cleaning device 1 will be at a greater angle 5 than coils 6 at a different portion of the cleaning device 1.
  • the angle 5 of the coil 6 relative to the longitudinal axis 29 may be greater than the angle of the coils relative to the longitudinal axis 29 on the trailing end of the cleaning device 1.
  • This duality of coil angles 5 is used in some specialized wood screws where the screw has a greater thread angle at the pointed end to enable the point to quickly enter the wood member and then after the screw enters the wood the thread angle decreases.
  • This dual thread angle is unknown in the tube cleaning device industry. With such a dual angle cleaning device, and with the greater angled coils occurring at the lead end, it is easier for the cleaning device to enter a tube with a small diameter.
  • the cleaning device In most instances it is desirable to provide the cleaning device with a leader 18 adjacent lead coil 27 which is devoid of fibers 3. Accordingly, after the selected number of coils 6 of the base member 2 and fibers 3 are formed on the mandrel 11, the rotation is stopped, the base member 2 is cooled, the base member 2 is cut a measured distance from the last coil 6, and then the fibers 3 are cut from the base member 2 between the last coil 6 and the end 19 of the leader 18.
  • the cleaning device 1 By providing a leader 18 " and a tail piece 47, the cleaning device 1" can be inserted through a tubular member 48, pulled further by means of the leader 18" until the body of the cleaning device 1" reaches a predetermined portion of the tube 48 and then the leader 18" and tail piece 47 can be grasped and the cleaning device 1" reciprocated back and forth within the tube 48 as indicated by double arrows 68 and 69.
  • Such procedure is more effective and certainly much quicker in cleaning the tube 48 than repeatedly inserting , pulling the cleaning device 1" completely through the tube 48 and then reinserting the cleaning device 1" in the tube 48.
  • One solution is simply to measure a portion of the base member 2 which is to become the tail 47 and simply attaching the base member 2 at the upstream end 49 of the tail 47 to the mandrel 11. After the cleaning device 1 has been formed and cooled, the fibers 3" on coils 6" are simply cut from the base member 2" which forms the tail 47.
  • Still another form of the cleaning device is constructed from a base member 2 which is formed with different types of fibers 3. Some of the fibers could be soft, for example, and some of the fibers could be relatively more rigid. Still another form of the cleaning device would be to provide the base member 2 with a mixture of different fibers 3 such as cotton fibers and synthetic fibers. Such fibers 3 could be attached to the base member 2 in patterns of uniformly mixed distribution or patterns of segregated blocks of different fibers, or indeed, a mixture of the two types of patterns.
  • thermoplastic base member 2 The versatility of using a thermoplastic base member 2 is illustrated by comparing the cleaning devices illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
  • the base member 2 in Figure 5 is identical in size to the base member 2' in Figure 6.
  • the cleaning device 1' in FIG. 6 is greater in diameter, however, than the cleaning device 1 illustrated in Fig. 5, by merely providing longer fibers 3.
  • Different diameter cleaning devices using the same base member 2 may also be achieved by winding the base member on different diameter mandrels, or by changing the angle 21 in which the base member 2 is fed onto the mandrel 11.
  • the spacing of coils 6 to each other may be varied in several ways, one of which is shown in FIG. 6.
  • the spacing of the coils 6 is very close so that a dense packing of fibers 3 is achieved. This may be accomplished by winding the base member 2 on the mandrel 11 at nearly a right angle so that there is a small space 43 between the helically wound base member 2 upon the mandrel.
  • there is considerable spacing between each of the coils 6' so that the cleaning device fibers 3' are less densely packed.
  • there is a substantial distance 43' between each coil 6' This is generally accomplished by moving the carriage 24 at a greater velocity.
  • Cleaning device 1' in Fig. 6 may be formed with a leader 18' adjacent lead coil 27'.
  • FIG. 4 and 5 also illustrate that the slope of the coils 6 may be varied even though the exact same base 2 is used and the fibers 3 are attached in the same manner. Note that the coils 6 make almost a right angle with the axis 29 of the cleaning device 1 whereas the coils 6' in FIG. 6 make a greater angle 5' with the axis 29'. This is accomplished by either changing the velocity of the carriage 24 as previously described, or actually feeding the base 2 onto mandrel 11 at a different angel 21 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the cleaning device of the present invention was initially invented to provide a cleaning device for musicians playing brass instruments to clean their instruments.
  • a trumpet 50 for example as shown in Fig 9 has four valve slides: a first slide 51, a second slide 52, a third slide 53 and a tuning slide 54; all of which must be removed from the instrument and regularly cleaned.
  • the cleaning device of the present invention has been found to be ideal since is able to be inserted and pulled through all of the trumpet valve slides which are small in diameter and have very tight right turns. Since the cleaning device is entirely made of plastic, there are no metal wires to scrape the inside walls of the slide valves, or poke a hole in weak or old brass musical instruments. The cleaning device, itself is easily cleaned after each use.
  • the cleaning device is light, rolls up into a tight spiral and returns instantly and automatically to a straight configuration ready for use.
  • the entire cleaning device being made from plastic dries quickly and with no metal parts, it requires no expensive water proof sheathing and will not rust or contaminate the instrument or tubing it is cleaning.
  • the cleaning device of the present invention is not limited to musical instruments and can be used to clean glass or plastic tubing used in chemistry labs. In fact the cleaning device can be used commercially or in homes for a wide variety of devices and apparatus which have tubes or constricted openings. which must be cleaned from time to time.
  • a cleaning device 1 such as the device illustrated in Fig 5 may be used to clean a tube 45 such as a metal or glass tube.
  • the cleaning device 1 may be used either with a cleaning solvent, with soap and water, or by itself. Using it with water helps flush the tubing during the cleaning process.
  • Tube 45 could be a portion of any tube as for example one of the slides 51 - 54 of a trumpet 50 illustrated in Fig. 9.
  • leader 18 is first inserted through end 55 until it emerges through end 56. As illustrated in Fig.
  • Cleaning device 1''' is formed from the same base 2 and fibers 3 as illustrated in Fig. 4; both of which are made from a polypropylene thermal plastic.
  • Cleaning device 1''' consists of a holder member 61 having an end portion 62 configured to provide angularly related sides 63 and 64; a base member 2"' formed from a thermoplastic material; a plurality of fibers 3"' integrally connected to the base member 2''' and protruding therefrom; and the base member 2''' is configured to overlap the end portion 62 and to register with the angularly related sides 63 and 64 so that the fibers protrude outwardly from the base member 2"' and the holder member 61.
  • Holder member 61 may be round or polygonal such as a square and the angularly related sides may be curvilinear, flat or multifaceted so long as the faces 63 and 64 are angular one to the other.
  • base member 2"' Only one strip of base member 2"' has been attached to the holder member 61, but two or more base members with fibers could be used to provide additional fibers.
  • the holder member could be straight or curvilinear depending upon the particular cleaning purpose of the cleaning device.
  • thermoplastic base 2"' should be heated at least in the U-shaped portion 65 and the memory of the material reset so that the entire base member 2"' can be more easily affixed to the holder member 61.
  • the base member 2''' may be attached to the end portion 62 of the holder 61 by any mechanical means such as taping, or by applying adhesive, but preferably by a method set forth below.
  • the method for forming a cleaning device 1''' includes the steps of: selecting an elongated base member 2"' formed from a thermoplastic material such as polypropylene and having a plurality of fibers 3''' integrally connected thereto and protruding therefrom; bending the elongated base member 2''' in a U-shape-like configuration forming a head portion 65 and depending leg portions 66 and 67; heating the thermoplastic material sufficiently to reset the memory of the thermoplastic material to the U-shape-like configuration; and attaching the leg portions 66 and 67 to a holder member 61.
  • a thermoplastic material such as polypropylene
  • the legs 66 and 67 may be attached to the holder 61 by tape or other mechanical means, but the preferred method is to attach the entire base member 2"' by the method set forth below.
  • Another method for forming a cleaning device 1"' which comprises the steps of: selecting a holder member 61 having an end portion 62 formed from a thermoplastic material; selecting an elongated base member 2"' formed from a thermoplastic material and having a plurality of fibers 3''' integrally connected thereto and protruding therefrom; bending the elongated base member 2"' in a U-shape-like configuration forming a head portion 65 and depending leg portions 66 and 67; and heating the thermoplastic portion 62; and elongated base member 2''' sufficiently to reset the memory of the thermoplastic base member 2''' to the U-shape-like configuration and to fuse at least a portion of the elongated base member 2''' to at least a portion of the thermoplastic portion of the holder member 61.
  • the cleaning device of the present invention may be configured to almost any geometric or random configuration by heating a strip of thermoplastic material, bending the strip to the desired shape and then cooling the material.
  • the U-shape-like and helical-like configurations are only illustrative of two of the shapes envisioned by applicant.
  • the configuring of the cleaning device to a large extent determines the use to which the device may be put. Again, cleaning the tubes in brass instruments, the glass ware in chemistry labs and common housewares is only illustrative of the unlimited uses to which cleaning devices, commonly called brushes have been employed.

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