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WO1998005242A1
WO1998005242A1 PCT/EP1997/004226 EP9704226W WO9805242A1 WO 1998005242 A1 WO1998005242 A1 WO 1998005242A1 EP 9704226 W EP9704226 W EP 9704226W WO 9805242 A1 WO9805242 A1 WO 9805242A1
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Mile Erak
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B7/00—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body
    • A46B7/02—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body in an expanding or articulating manner
    • A46B7/023—Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body in an expanding or articulating manner where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
    • A46B13/08—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers hand-driven
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
    • B08B1/32—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members
    • B08B1/34—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members rotating about an axis parallel to the surface
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
    • E03C1/30—Devices to facilitate removing of obstructions in waste-pipes or sinks
    • E03C1/302—Devices to facilitate removing of obstructions in waste-pipes or sinks using devices moved through the pipes

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  • the invention relates to manually operated cleaning devices for spouts on bathtubs, hand basins or shower trays or the like.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a cleaning device which significantly simplifies the cleaning work described and above all offers the possibility of cleaning the outlets without soiling the fingers.
  • the cleaning device consists of a brush, which sits at the end of a drive shaft, which projects through an outlet opening in the bottom of a tubular housing, and which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the housing with a first return spring against the force of a first return spring piston-like intermediate piece is connected, which ends in a manual actuator for pivoting the intermediate piece about its longitudinal axis, which projects upward through an outlet opening in the screw cap of the housing.
  • the hand-operated cleaning device consists of a brush, which sits at the end of a drive shaft which projects through an outlet opening in the bottom of a tubular housing, and which inside the housing with a rotary drive in the manner of a swirl or ratchet drive in There is an operative connection, the manual actuation element of which, in the longitudinal position of the housing and under the action of a first return spring and a second return spring, protrudes from the screw cover of the housing in the rest position.
  • This cleaning device is placed on the outlet of a bathtub, a shower tray or a hand wash basin, whereupon the brush is first brought into the working position by lowering the manual control element.
  • the rotary drive for the cleaning device is activated, so that it performs, for example, two rotations under spring pressure, as a result of which the hair sitting in the outlet is picked up. They can then be stripped from the bristles of the brush, e.g. B. with paper, and throw in a waste basket or wash away through the toilet bowl.
  • a brush is used in all three exemplary embodiments according to claim 4 as a cleaning device, which can be detached transversely to the longitudinal axis at the end of a rod or a drive shaft, e.g. B. is fastened by means of a screw.
  • the brush can also be inserted laterally if a corresponding sliding mount is provided at the end of the rod or the drive shaft.
  • the bristles of the brush are designed in such a way that they are able to easily pick up the hair sitting in the outlet and also to give it back to paper, for example.
  • the part of the rotary drive connected to the drive shaft is a connecting piece to a roller, on the surface of which drive channels for the ratchet gear are arranged.
  • the roller, the connecting piece, the rod or the piston-like intermediate piece can consist of solid plastic material.
  • these parts are designed as hollow plastic cylinders.
  • the drive channels for the rotary drive are introduced into the casing of the roller.
  • the roller can also consist of a tubular inner body made of metal, which is covered with a plastic jacket, in which the drive channels for the rotary drive are accommodated.
  • a first return spring designed as a helical spring is provided between the piston-like intermediate piece or the connecting piece on the roller of the rotary drive and the bottom of the housing.
  • water passage holes are arranged in the bottom of the housing, through which the water that may have penetrated into the tubular housing from below during cleaning can run off again.
  • the shape of these water passage holes is arbitrary. They can also be protected by a sieve, which prevents dirt or hair from getting inside the housing.
  • the space between the bottom of the housing and the lower surface of the piston-like intermediate piece or the roller of the rotary drive can be designed as a water receiving space.
  • the manual control element is pot-shaped.
  • the upper end of the roller of the rotary drive projects into the interior of the manual control element.
  • a second return spring designed as a helical spring is provided, which is arranged between the upper end of the roller and the upper inner surface of the manual control element.
  • the rotary drive of the third embodiment is designed according to claims 14 to 16.
  • a depth regulator is in operative connection with the tubular housing of the second and third exemplary embodiments and can be adjusted to the respective depth of the outflow on the basis of a scali arranged on the outer wall of the housing.
  • the cleaning devices can also be optionally combined with a brush cleaner.
  • the brush cleaner sits in a screw cap and protrudes into the upper hollowed-out area of the rod.
  • the manual control element can be equipped with an adapted screw cap.
  • the stripping wires for the brush guided in wire guide tubes which are housed together in the interior of the housing to form a connecting link.
  • the lower end of the connecting element is seated in a longitudinally movable manner in a base insert, by means of which the connecting element can be installed internally.
  • An upper helical spring * connected to the stripping wires and a lower helical spring connected to the connecting member are provided, which have unequal spring constants.
  • the actuation is carried out by an actuating lever which protrudes from the housing and is designed such that it, in conjunction with a slot in the housing, ensures the correct movement of the stripping wires in the housing.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a first embodiment, partially in section,
  • Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view of a second embodiment
  • Fig. 8 an operating lever
  • Fig. 9 shows a cross section through a parking stand.
  • Fig. 10 construction details.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first simple embodiment of the invention.
  • the cleaning device 1 is designed as a brush 33, which is detachable at the bottom End of a rod 2 is attached. It can be replaced if necessary.
  • the releasable attachment consists of a screw 32 (Fig. 2).
  • the attachment can also be achieved by a sliding mechanism, not shown.
  • the brush body, as Figs. 1 reveals elongate and has not slide shown at the top of 'cases, into which attached to the lower end of the rod sliding rails engage.
  • the rod 2 has a longitudinal axis 2a, about which it can be rotated at the upper end of the rod 2 by means of a screw cap 4 designed as a manual actuator.
  • the lower end 3 of the rod 2 is designed so that it fits into common outlets 39 of baths, shower trays or hand basins.
  • the rod 2 can have a circular cross section but also any other cross section.
  • a brush cleaning receptacle 43 is introduced in the upper region of the rod 2, into which a brush cleaner 19 can be inserted.
  • the brush cleaner 19 has stripping wires 36 that sit on a wire holder 36 a that is fixed to the inner upper surface of the screw cap 4.
  • the screw cap 4 closes the brush cleaner receptacle 43 when it is screwed onto the housing 17.
  • the brush 33 is easily able to take up the hair present in the outlet 39, so that it can be stripped with the stripping wires 36 of the brush cleaner 19.
  • the bristles of the brush are designed so that the hair easily sticks to them and can also be easily removed from them, for example with paper. The paper with the hair removed from the brush 33 is then thrown into a waste basket or washed away by the toilet.
  • FIG. 2 shows a cleaning device 5 as a second exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the brush 33 is attached to the lower end of a drive shaft 6, which projects through an outlet opening 10 in the bottom 11 of a tubular housing 7.
  • the drive shaft 6 merges into an intermediate piece 17 in the housing 7, which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis 17a by means of a manual actuator 18.
  • the intermediate piece 17 has a circular cross section and practically fills the interior of the tubular housing 7.
  • the manual actuator 18 connected to the intermediate piece 17 has a smaller diameter and protrudes upwards through an outlet opening 12 in the screw cap 9.
  • a first return spring 16 is arranged, which is compressed by actuation of the manual actuator 18 and during the advancing movement of the brush 33, the hair getting caught on the bristles of the brush 33.
  • the intermediate piece 17 is returned to the starting or rest position shown in FIG. 2 by the first return spring.
  • a thread 13 At the lower end of the housing 7 there is a thread 13 on which the internal thread of a depth regulator 14 can be screwed. By adjusting the depth regulator 14, the cleaning device can be adjusted to the respective distance of a perforated disk 40 in the outlet 19 from the bottom of the bathtub or the shower tray or the bottom of the hand wash basin.
  • FIG. 2a and 2b show the mode of operation of the depth adjuster 14.
  • the brush 33 is extended to the maximum length a from the bottom 11 of the housing.
  • the housing 7 can be so far from the bottom of the bathtub or the shower heat or hand wash basin that the brush stands up correctly on the perforated disc 40 of the outlet 39.
  • FIG. 2b shows the brush 33 extended by the amount a with the depth adjuster 14 screwed up. This is again on the floor of the bathtub or the like. on, the brush 33 succeeds, except for the perforated disc 40 to arrive.
  • the exit depth a of the brush is set so that it can also clean the lower perforated discs in the outlets.
  • Through holes 15 are arranged in the bottom 11 of the housing 7, through which water which has possibly penetrated into the housing 7 can drain during the cleaning of the outlet 39.
  • the space between the lower surface of the intermediate piece 17 and the inside of the bottom 11 is a water absorption space 34, into which water can penetrate, which may be in a bath tub, in a shower tray or in a hand wash basin due to the blockage of the outlet 39.
  • a dimension scale can be provided in the lower area of the housing 7.
  • a rotary drive, generally designated 20, is accommodated in a tubular housing 7, by means of which the brush 33 is rotated as a result of the actuation of a manual actuating member 25.
  • a roller 21 is arranged within the housing, the upper end 22 of which protrudes into the pot-shaped manual operating element 25.
  • a second return spring 24, designed as a helical spring is inserted.
  • Spiral drive channels 23 of the rotary drive 20 are located on the roller 21.
  • lugs 28, which are opposite one another, are located on the inner edge 27 of the annular lower surface 26 of the manual control element 25 and enter the drive channels 23 reach in.
  • the spring constants of the first return spring 16 and the second return spring 24 differ.
  • the first return spring 16 is first compressed by the manual actuating member 25, so that the drive shaft 6 emerges downward through the through hole 15 in the bottom 11 of the housing 7 and brings the brush into the desired working position with the cooperation of the previously described depth adjuster.
  • the second return spring is tensioned and the rotation of the brush 33 begins.
  • washers are arranged between the end region of the spring 24 and the upper surface of the roller 21 and between the first return spring 16 and the lower end of the roller 21 and the bottom.
  • the depth regulator 14 is connected again.
  • An outlet 39 is also shown schematically below the housing 7 according to FIG. 3 and is closed at the bottom in a manner known per se by a perforated disk 40.
  • the spring travel of the return springs 16 and 24 are dimensioned such that they are sufficient to lower the brush 33 down to the perforated disk 40 before the rotation of the brush 33 begins due to the actuation of the rotary drive 20.
  • 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 a device for stripping the hair from the brush 33 is shown, which can be used both on the cleaning device 50 and on the cleaning device 5.
  • the diameter of the intermediate piece 17 must be reduced accordingly in the exemplary embodiment 5 according to FIG. 2 and the connecting piece 21 a connected to the roller 21 in the cleaning device 50 according to FIG. 3, which has a smaller diameter than the roller 21. This creates 7 space for parts of the stripping device within the housing.
  • the stripping device consists of stripping wires 36, which are arranged in wire guide tubes 31, which are connected to one another within the housing 7 to form a connecting member 35.
  • the stripping wires are accommodated within the wire guide tubes 31 in an easily movable manner.
  • the upper ends of the stripping wires 36 protruding from the wire guide tubes 31 are connected by means of a wire fastening 49 to the part of an actuating heater 37 which projects into the housing 7 and which has lateral guides 37a, into which the edges of a slot 46 engage when the actuating lever 37 passes through an insert 47 has been positioned in the wall of the housing 7. is.
  • the lower ends 31a of the wire guide tubes 31 are slidably guided in a bottom insert 45 which can be glued or screwed into the bottom 11 of the housing 7.
  • the stripping wires 36 and the wire guide tubes 31 are guided through the guides 37a on the actuating lever 37 along the slot 46 and in the bottom insert 45.
  • an upper coil spring 42 is between the connection of the actuating lever 37 to the upper ends of the stripping wires 36 and a spring system 48a at the upper ends of the wire guide tubes 31 and between a spring system 48b on the connecting member 35 and the bottom insert 45 a lower coil spring 42a is tensioned.
  • the upper coil spring 42 is weaker than the lower coil spring 42a.
  • the spring 42 When the actuating lever 37 is pressed down, the spring 42 initially yields. The stripping wires are thereby moved out of the lower ends 31a of the wire guide tubes 31 until they come into contact with the bristles of the brush. Upon further actuation of the actuating lever 37, the lower ends 31a of the wire guide tubes 31 are led out of the bottom insert 45 with the effect that? now the stripping wires are guided along the bristles of the brush 33 and the hair can be stripped off. The movement can be carried out such that when the spring 42a is fully compressed, the stripping wires 36 are arranged below the brush 33 and have the hair removed from the brush 33, after which they can be removed from the stripping wires, for example with paper. After releasing the actuating lever 37, the springs 42a and 42 guide the stripping device back into the starting position shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 shows a top view of the bottom 11 of the housing 7 with the bottom insert 45, the through holes 15, the outlet opening 10 and the lower ends 31a and 36a of the wire guide tubes 31 and the stripping wires 36.
  • Fig. 9 shows in cross section a parking stand 38, in which the cleaning devices 5 and 50 can be adjusted.
  • FIG. 10 shows the upper area of the cleaning device 50 according to FIG. 3 on an enlarged scale.
  • a brush cleaner receptacle 43 can be arranged in the upper area of the manual control element 25, into the stripping wires 36 protrude, which are attached to the cap 4, which, similar to Fig. 1, can be designed as a screw cap or as a simple cap.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de nettoyage à main (1, 5, 50) destiné aux évacuations (39) des baignoires, lavabos, douches, etc. Le dispositif comporte une brosse (33) disposée à l'extrémité inférieure d'un arbre d'entraînement (6). Ce dernier, qui dépasse vers le bas par un orifice de sortie (10) pratiqué dans le fond (11) d'un boîtier tubulaire (7), est en relation fonctionnelle, par l'intermédiaire d'un entraînement rotatif (20) disposé à l'intérieur du boîtier (7), avec un organe d'actionnement manuel (25) dépassant au-dessus dudit boîtier (7).
PCT/EP1997/004226 1996-08-06 1997-08-04 Dispositif de nettoyage a main pour evacuations Ceased WO1998005242A1 (fr)

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FR732687A (fr) * 1932-03-05 1932-09-23 Outil pour nettoyer l'intérieur des tuyaux
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