WO2010084030A1 - Floor washing-drying machine - Google Patents
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- WO2010084030A1 WO2010084030A1 PCT/EP2010/050038 EP2010050038W WO2010084030A1 WO 2010084030 A1 WO2010084030 A1 WO 2010084030A1 EP 2010050038 W EP2010050038 W EP 2010050038W WO 2010084030 A1 WO2010084030 A1 WO 2010084030A1
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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
- A47L11/29—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
- A47L11/292—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid having rotary tools
- A47L11/293—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid having rotary tools the tools being disc brushes
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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
- A47L11/28—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven
- A47L11/282—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven having rotary tools
- A47L11/283—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven having rotary tools the tools being disc brushes
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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
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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
- A47L11/4061—Steering means; Means for avoiding obstacles; Details related to the place where the driver is accommodated
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- the present invention refers to a floor washing-drying machine, in particular of the dhver-on-board kind, provided with an innovative brush-head support and swinging system.
- floor washing-drying machines are provided with a brush- carrying head that is normally positioned on the machine between the front driving wheel and the rear-wheel axle.
- the brush head dispenses the floor washing liquid.
- the wiping and vacuuming device comprising at least one skirt in contact with the floor, to collect, suck up and dry off the washing liquid. Due to the geometry of the machine and position of the head and the wiping device with respect to the wheels, it is normal that at the turns along the path of the machine the liquid dispensed by the machine is not completely collected by the wiping device and is dispersed laterally outside the machine.
- side flaps or deflectors are normally mounted on the sides of the head with the purpose of conveying the liquid toward the wiping and vacuuming device located in the rear.
- a main objective of the invention is therefore to eliminate the above- mentioned drawback by developing an effective and reliable solution that guarantees the complete collection of the washing liquid.
- Another objective of the invention is to use the innovative solution also to effectively solve the problem of cushioning the impacts suffered by the machine during its operation.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a floor washing-drying machine according to the invention
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a top view of the brush-head control mechanism
- FIG. 3-5 schematically illustrate a view from above of three different operating conditions of the brush-head control mechanism.
- FIG. 1 shows a floor washing-drying machine of the dhver-on-board type according to the invention.
- the machine normally includes a steering wheel (1 ) which, through a steering column (2), controls a driving and steering front wheel (3).
- a brush-carrying head (4) is installed under the machine frame, in a substantially central position between the front wheel (3) and the axle of the rear wheels (5).
- the head (4) which is fed the washing liquid from the tank (not shown) on the machine, supports a pair of rotating brushes mounted on vertical shafts that spread the liquid and wipe the floor.
- a wiping and vacuuming device (6) which includes at least one apron strip in contact with the floor, to collect, vacuum and dry the washing liquid spread on the floor.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the innovative system applied to the machine of Figure 1 controlling the brush-carrying head (4).
- a gearwheel (11 ) is rotated, by the steering wheel (1 ) through the steering column (2), in a substantially horizontal plane and around a vertical axis (H) of the machine frame.
- the gear (11 ) engages an internally toothed half-ring gear (12), which turns around a vertical bar (K) together with an externally toothed half-ring gear (14).
- On the vertical bar (K) is also pivoted the front wheel (3) of the machine, so that the rotation of the steering wheel (1 ) is transmitted to both the half-rings (12 and 14) and to the machine driving and steering wheel (3).
- the toothed half-ring (14) engages a toothed sector (15) that is hinged to a vertical bar (Y) of the frame.
- the toothed sector (15) is associated to a spring (16), that is wound around the bar (Y) and through which the toothed sector (15) swings an arm (17) of a four-arm linkage system that includes a further arm (19).
- the spring (16) has one end fastened to the bar supporting the toothed gear (15) and its other end is fastened to an extension (171 ) of the arm (17).
- the arm (17) is hinged to the bar (Y) fastened to the machine frame, and at one end it is connected to a bar (W) fastened to the brush-carrying head (4).
- Said extension (171 ) extends in an axial direction opposite the direction of the arm (17) with respect to the hinge bar (Y).
- the arm (19) is hinged at one end to a bar (X) fastened to the machine frame and at the other end it is fastened to a bar (J) fastened to the brush-carrying head (4). Therefore, the two arms (17 and 19) connect and support the brush-carrying head (4) with respect to the machine frame.
- the wheels (5) are supported by an axle (Z) and behind them is installed the wiping and vacuuming device (6), which is connected to the machine frame through a four-arm linkage system (21 ) so that the wiping and vacuuming device swings in the same direction toward which the machine is steered.
- the wiping device and the relative control system are completely conventional for this type of machines and therefore are not described in detail.
- Figures 3 and 4 schematically illustrate the behaviour of the machine, particularly the brush-carrying head (4), when the steering wheel (2) is steered to make a turn.
- Figure 4 shows how steering the four-arm linkage mechanism causes the brush-carrying head (4) to move toward the right.
- both the brush-carrying head (4) and the wiping and vacuuming device (6) are made to move in the same direction. In this manner, the liquid left on the floor is intercepted directly by the wiping and vacuuming device and completely removed.
- Figure 5 shows schematically how the innovative control system of the brush-carrying head (4) behaves in case of impacts against any obstruction that the machine may encounter, represented in the figure by a wall (M).
- the brush-carrying head (4) is provided with bumper rolls (20), as shown in Figures 2 and 5. These rolls allow a limited absorption of the impact energy that is discharged on the support of the brush-carrying head (4), and from there to the machine frame.
- the brush-carrying head (4) in case of impact the brush-carrying head (4) is thrust in the direction of the arrow (F), causing a clockwise rotation of the arm (17) around the arm (Y).
- the spring (16) partially relieves the movement of the arm (17), and consequently the brush-carrying head (4), with respect to the steering system comprising the gears (15, 14, 12 and 11 ), causing the head to be partially floating and cushioned with respect to the steering gear.
- the brush- carrying head (4) can move elastically under the body of the machine even with the steering gear straight and without recoils on the same. This makes it possible to discharge the energy of the impact on the spring without excessively straining the system supporting the brush-carrying head (4) and to avoid the danger of damaging the head itself.
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EP10700512.6A EP2378941B1 (en) | 2009-01-22 | 2010-01-05 | Floor washing-drying machine |
JP2011546727A JP5579748B2 (en) | 2009-01-22 | 2010-01-05 | Floor washer / dryer |
CN201080003847.5A CN102271567B (en) | 2009-01-22 | 2010-01-05 | Floor washing-drying machine |
US13/144,776 US8549702B2 (en) | 2009-01-22 | 2010-01-05 | Floor washing-drying machine |
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ITPN2009A000005A IT1394430B1 (en) | 2009-01-22 | 2009-01-22 | REFINED FLOOR-DRYING MACHINE |
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CN (1) | CN102271567B (en) |
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