Vacuum suction and cleaning apparatus
AssigneeWinddrop
InventorGerard Curien
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vacuum suction and cleaning apparatus comprising a nozzle (38), ventilation means (40), a clean water tank (20), an air-water separator (50), a recovery tank (4) for soiled liquid and/or dirt, a handle (5) for manipulation with one hand, a heating means (19) using a ceramic for electrical and thermal insulation. It is wherein the separator (50) comprises a brush (2) driven in rotation, that prolongs the ventilation means (40), rotating with a turbine (11) or nozzle (51) serving as support, and that the apparatus (100) comprises an air evacuation hose (6) incorporated in the handle (5) prolonging a by-pass, and that the recovery tank (4) is located under the separator (50).
Claims16
Vacuum suction and cleaning appliance for water and/or dust including, integrated into a shell:
- a first nozzle,
- ventilation means,
- a clean-water tank,
- an air-water separator,
- a recovery tank for soiled liquid and/or dust located under said air-water separator,
- a handle designed capable of allowing handling the appliance with one hand,
- heating means using ceramic for electrical and thermal insulation, designed capable of generating vapor, and
- a hose for evacuating the liquid-free air, incorporated in said handle and prolonging a by-pass,
- wherein the vacuum suction and cleaning appliance comprises, coaxially mounted and in this order, in the direction of the flow from said first nozzle to the evacuation hose:
- at least one brush mounted movable in rotation in a first chamber formed by a peripheral ring fixed to the shell, in the extension of said ventilation means, wherein said at least one brush is part of said air-water separator,
- a second nozzle, mounted movable in rotation in the first chamber formed by the peripheral ring fixed to the shell, and
- a turbine including blades, driven by motorization means and arranged in a second chamber provided in the shell of the appliance, in front of a deflector or circular plate mounted integral with the shell and allowing tangential release of air from the turbine and side evacuation of the air through the by-pass,
- wherein the second nozzle drives the air flow axially towards the turbine, and the at least one brush is mounted resting (i) against a supporting edge provided on a flange including an opening for the passing through of air, or (ii) on the second nozzle, and is driven in rotation by the second nozzle or by the turbine.
Vacuum suction and cleaning appliance for water and/or dust including, integrated into a shell:
- a first nozzle,
- ventilation means,
- a clean-water tank,
- an air-water separator,
- a recovery tank for soiled liquid and/or dust located under said air-water separator,
- a handle designed capable of allowing handling the appliance with one hand,
- heating means using the ceramic for electrical and thermal insulation, designed capable of generating vapor,
- at least one brush driven in rotation, in the extension of said ventilation means, said at least one brush rotating with at least one of (i) a turbine and (ii)a second nozzle, serving as a support, wherein said at least one brush is part of said air-water separator,
- a hose for evacuating the liquid-free air, incorporated in said handle and prolonging a by-pass,
- wherein said recovery tank for soiled liquid and/or dust is the one single tank of said appliance and is subdivided into a clean-liquid tank and a soiled-liquid tank by a membrane separating these two tanks and fixed at a periphery of said membrane, so as to be able to move between extreme positions including (i) a starting position in which a total volume of the recovery tank is occupied by clean liquid, and (ii) an end position in which the total volume is occupied by soiled liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.