EP 1098580 A1 20010516 - METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CLEANING SURFACES
Title (en)
METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CLEANING SURFACES
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNGEN ZUM REINIGEN VON OBERFLÄCHEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDES ET DISPOSITIFS POUR NETTOYER DES SURFACES
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 29813057 U 19980722
- EP 9905119 W 19990717
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0004804A1] The invention relates to methods and devices for cleaning surfaces (27) of vehicles (10), containers, glass surfaces, floors or such like, using brushes and a motor drive. In the diverse prior art the bristles are slack when the brushes are not operational. Their cleaning effect becomes active by virtue of the centrifugal force of the bristles, which are bent when they contact the surface to be cleaned. The invention provides for a way of generating a cleaning action in an economical manner which does not require a centrifugal force. To this end the brushes (1) or bristle bundles (12) with a multitude of densely packed bristles (2) are made to oscillate (28) at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bristles (2), so that the cleaning is carried out, with addition of water, by the oscillating bristle tips (2a) which contact the surface (27) to be cleaned.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A46B 13/02 (2006.01); B60S 3/04 (2006.01); B60S 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A46B 13/02 (2013.01); B60S 3/04 (2013.01); B60S 3/06 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3006 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3046 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0004804A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DE 29923533 U1 20010301; DE 29912524 U1 19991007; EP 1098580 A1 20010516; WO 0004804 A1 20000203
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 29923533 U 19990717; DE 29912524 U 19990717; EP 9905119 W 19990717; EP 99941441 A 19990717