Rucksack applicator device

#The invention relates to a device for applying flowable media to a surface, comprising a ventilatable container, which is arranged above the surface, for the media, with at least one opening, a wiping or applying device mounted at a handle and a duct, which can be regulated for shutting off and allowing throughflow, for the gravitationally-effected conducting of the media from the container to an outlet on or at the wiping or applying device.

#In the state of the art, in the case of cleaning and care activities the cleaning, disinfecting or care agent is tipped directly from a corresponding product cask directly onto the preferably smooth, flat or slightly inclined surface, for example the floor. The agent can, however, also be diluted in a container and tipped onto the floor as a diluted solution ready for use. A dispersion coating is briefly described here, by way of example, for the previous procedure.

#For the tipping-on the dispersion the worker has to bend deeply in constant succession in order to pour the dispersion onto the floor and has to significantly incline the upper body forwards and at the same time turn in order to uniformly distribute the product. In this procedure only a part area of the surface can be processed until the poured-on quantity has been dealt with. This work is also frequently undertaken by two persons, one of which tips the dispersion onto the respective area to be processed and the other of which uniformly distributes the dispersion. In all cases there is a continual, time-consuming and tiring alternation between the two different working processes. A continuous working, which is an essential precondition for an even quality of the coating, is not possible in that case. In the state of the art applicator devices are known in which the media are placed under pressure in the containers and conducted out of the container. In that case the throughflow quantity and the flow speed is influenced and is reduced in the case of pressure drop in the container, so that a longer term, continuous and uniform working free of start point is not possible.

#The described and further advantages are illustratively clarified in the description of embodiments, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

#FIG. 1 shows an operator in the case of handling a device according to the invention;

#FIG. 2 shows a device worn on the back;

#In FIG. 1 there is illustrated an operator actuating a device according to the invention. In that case the operator wears, in equipment worn on the back with supporting and fixing straps 8, a mounting plate 9 which is fixed thereto and to which a container is coupled. Clearly recognisable at the upper end of the container 1 is a filling opening 3 and at the lower end an outlet opening 2, to the connecting piece of which a hose adapter 11 is connected. A duct/hose 6 leads from the hose adapter 11 to a metering valve 22 which is mounted at the manipulating handle 4 and by which the throughflow of the product/medium can be regulated. From the metering valve 22 the duct runs along the handle 4 to an outlet opening 7 arranged above the floor. A wiping or applying device 5 is fastened to the handle 4. The product exits from the outlet opening 7 and is coated on the floor from a defined height near the wiping or coating device 5 and then distributed by the wiping or coating device 5.

#In FIG. 2 there is illustrated equipment worn on the back and consisting of supporting and fixing straps 8 and a mounting plate 9 which is fixed thereto and on which a hook-in element 20 and a clamping element 21 are fastened, these forming the quick-action coupling device. In FIG. 3 there is illustrated a cask receiver 16 with a clip element 14 and plug element 15 which are mounted thereon and form the coupling elements by which the cask receptacle 16 is coupled to the mounting plate 9.

#Equipment, which is worn on the back, with supporting and fixing straps 8, a mounting plate 9 fixed thereto and a cask receptacle 16 coupled thereto, is illustrated in FIG. 4. In that case the hook-in element 20 is plugged into the clip element 14 in such a manner that it is fixed therein. The plug element 15 is plugged into the clamping element 21, so that the cask receiver 16 is firmly coupled to the mounting plate. The cask receiver 16 has in the mounted position, at the lower end, a constriction by which a product cask/container 1 is securely held as is clearly illustrated in FIG. 5.