(19)
(11) EP 1 946 856 A2

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(43) Date of publication:
23.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/30

(21) Application number: 08380007.8

(22) Date of filing: 16.01.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B08B 9/093(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 16.01.2007 ES 200700077 U

(71) Applicants:
  • Arduengo Rubio, Jesús
    43006 Torreforta (Tarragona) (ES)
  • Arduengo Rubio, Víctor Manuel
    43006 Torreforta (Tarragona) (ES)

(72) Inventors:
  • Arduengo Rubio, Jesús
    43006 Torreforta (Tarragona) (ES)
  • Arduengo Rubio, Víctor Manuel
    43006 Torreforta (Tarragona) (ES)

(74) Representative: Carpintero Lopez, Francisco et al
Herrero & Asociados, S.L. Alcalá 35
28014 Madrid
28014 Madrid (ES)

   


(54) Rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns


(57) Rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns, containers and suchlike with pressurized water by means of a rotating head that allows the use of pressures from 85 to 210 bars and flows from 45 to 280 I/min, where said head consists of a tube (12) wherein an axially situated rod (17), actuated by a motor-reducer group (1,2), is connected to a product inlet piece at one end, with the convenient transmission therebetween, and protected by a frame secured to a lid whereupon is attached, by means of a clamp, the rod carrier tube, incorporating a head (24) connected to a cross shaft (22) passing therethrough at its free end, the shaft whereof the bearer of the corresponding exit nozzles (23) of the product, that head being actuated by conically geared crowns (18,19) and provided with safeguard elements (20,21).




Description

Object of the invention



[0001] The present invention relates to a rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns, whose purpose is to carry out the spraying of cisterns, containers, tanks and suchlike with cleaning products using pressurized water. The object of the invention is to provide a rotating head with such characteristics that allow the use of pressures from 85 to 210 bars and flows from 45 to 280 I/min, according to the demands.

Background of the Invention



[0002] Rotating heads are known for the internal cleaning of cisterns and similar containers, based on the actuation which is practised on an operative head through a motor, with the disposal of a pressurized water inlet and which exits through the aforementioned head to carry out the emptying and corresponding cleaning. However, the known heads are limited with regard to the flow and the pressure that they can deliver.

Description of the invention



[0003] The rotating head claimed has been conceived to resolve the previously stated problem, wherein based on a support structure formed by a hook frame and a closing lid, as means of location and protection for the corresponding motor-reducer, it presents the special feature that a water inlet piece with special collar flanges has been secured to the frame between the lid and the reducer, which delivers more or less flow and pressure to the water, with means of securing it to the lid and a clamp pertaining to a tube wherethrough axially passes a rod, the tube whereof is finished in its lower part in an operative head formed by the combination of a piece through which passes a bearing axle with spraying nozzles, the head or referred to piece being connected to the rod and being actuated by a pair of conical crown gears, with their corresponding safeguards. With these basic characteristics, and depending on the type of elements that are disposed on the head, pressures of up to 210 bars and flows of up to 280 I/min can be achieved, compared to the conventional pressures of 85 bars and flows of 45 I/min.

Description of the Drawings



[0004] To complement the description that is being made and, with the object of helping towards a better understanding of the invention's characteristics, in accordance with a practical preferred embodiment example thereof, a set of illustrative and non-limitative drawings are included as an integral part of said description, which represents the following:
Figure 1.
Shows a general representation according to a cross-sectional, longitudinal view of the head made in accordance with object of the invention.
Figure 2.
Shows a perspective view of the lower part or operative head represented in the previous figure.

Preferred embodiment of the invention



[0005] As can be observed in the referred to figures, the head of the invention is comprised of a hydraulic motor with the possibility of a motor propelled by water, using the same cleaning pressure (1) associated to a reducer (2), with the interposition of an appropriate transmission (4), so that said transmission is situated between the motor output shaft (1) and the reducer input shaft (2), also providing a clamp (3) for anchoring the motor (1), through legs (6) secured by its other end to a second clamp (8), as represented in said figures, with the special feature that one clamp (7) situated after the reducer (2) and through legs (9), which are longer than the previous, the unit is secured to the clamp (11) pertaining to a tube (12), on whose other end is mounted the corresponding operative head of the head. A water inlet (10) is situated between the legs (9), finishing off in its lower part the entire unit of motor (1), reducer (2), legs (6) and (9) and inlet (10), by a lid (13), secured to the end of a frame (14) formed by two U-shaped, orthogonally inverted and crossed arches, with an upper ring (14') determining a means of hooking for the raising and lowering of the head unit. Regarding the transmission (4) between the motor (4) and the reducer (2), it has two pieces joined therebetween, to one of which, as already mentioned, is connected the motor output shaft (1), while the other is connected to the reducer input shaft. For their part, both the legs (6) and the legs (9), the latter considerably longer than the former, are formed by threaded rods for their attachment to said corresponding clamps, also having provided that the motor (1) with the reducer (2) are provided with means of protection to avoid possible accidents. Regarding the water inlet piece (10), as one of the main elements of the head, it has special collar flanges, remaining situated below the reducer (2), as already mentioned, specifically being the piece that facilitates the entrance of the water or product that the head uses, piece (10) which defines a water tank with small boxes for housing of the corresponding collar, in accordance with the different pressures, flows and products to be used, this piece being provided with tubes (15) ending in a threaded piece (16) for the attachment of corresponding valves or tubes that transport the fluid, such as the corresponding clamp with holes for the passing of the securing legs (9). For its part, the lid (13) is provided for the closing of the corresponding cistern inlet, securing the frame (14) thereto, and its attachment to the clamp (11) of the tube (12). As previously mentioned, the operative part of the head is mounted in the lower part of the tube (12), providing a shaft (17) axial to the said tube (12), in contact with and connected to the interior part of the water inlet piece (19), having on the lower end of that shaft (17), inside the tube (12), a crown (18) that gears with a second crown (19), through a conical gear, both protected by respective safeguards (20) and (21). The crown (18), considered the larger crown, is provided to carry out the different movements made by the head, while the different rotations are made through the crown (19), considered small, being anchored to a cross shaft (22) wherein the corresponding nozzles (23) are mounted, having provided that in this unit, specifically on the lower ends of the shaft (17), the piece or head (24), which is cylindrically configured and has three flat faces and edges finished off at 45° is mounted, making its aspect peculiar and its function that of determining a water tank, which, the same as the water inlet piece (10), incorporates collar flanges and flanges for corresponding O-rings and lids. Regarding the safeguards (20) and (21) of the crowns (18) and (19), they are provided to avoid accidental blows to said crowns, and made of curved rods. Regarding the shaft (22), as a piece that passes through the head (24), it supports the small crown (19), while at its other end it secures the corresponding nozzles (23); said shaft (22) being hollow inside and blocked up at the end where the crown (19) is mounted, so that the water passes from the head (24) to the nozzles (23), with bores provided for that, and it being possible for said shaft (22) to vary according to pressure and flow, thereby varying the head model. Finally, the nozzles (23) can be of different types; they can be standard nozzles, large and secured nozzles, or large and movable nozzles, to achieve different flows, in accordance with the needs of each case.


Claims

1. Rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns, which being provided for its application in the spraying and cleaning of cisterns, containers and suchlike, is characterised in that it is comprised of a tube wherein a rod, which is connected to a product inlet piece, is axially situated, the rod being actuated by a motor-reducer group, with the convenient transmission therebetween, and protected by a frame secured to a lid whereon the rod carrier tube is attached, by means of a clamp, the rod incorporating a head connected to a cross shaft passing therethrough at its free end, the shaft whereof is the bearer of the corresponding exit nozzles of the product, that head being actuated by conically geared crowns and provided with safeguard elements.
 
2. Rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns, according to claim 1, characterised in that the water inlet piece provided after the reducer and wherein the upper end of the rod that passes through the tube is situated, incorporates special collar flanges and tubes for the attachment of valves or pipes wherein the fluid has to be transported, providing external and axial rods and shafts that function as securing legs of said water inlet piece.
 
3. Rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns, according to previous claims, characterised in that the head provided at the lower end of the rod that passes axially through the tube of the head unit, constitutes the means of linking the mobile parts of said head and has a cylindrical configuration with three flat faces and edges finished off at 45°.
 
4. Rotating head for the cleaning of cisterns, according to previous claims, characterised in that the conically geared crowns therebetween constitute the means of actuation and rotation of the head unit, one of them being axially secured to one end of the rod and the other laterally situated and mounted at the end of the cross shaft at the head and carrier of the corresponding exit nozzles of the product.
 




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