公开(公告)号：US5432975A

公开(公告)日：1995-07-18

申请号：US148588

申请日：1993-11-04

申请人： James R. Hilmanowski

发明人： James R. Hilmanowski

IPC分类号： A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/38 ,  A47L11/30

CPC分类号： A47L11/4088 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/38

摘要： A portable, compact and self-contained continuous flow recycling system includes a housing to accommodate a vacuum motor and liquid pump for recirculating a liquid cleaning solution and air. A pair of wheels supports the housing for tilting about a wheel axle. A pair of support arms are mounted to rotate on the axle, and their opposite ends are fixed to the shell of a cleaning head. The head is shaped to define a first compartment for receiving atomized cleaning solution and air, and a second compartment. A vacuum source draws the solution and air from the first chamber, across a partition near the floor, into the second compartment. The head is free to travel in an arcuate path relative to the housing, with its orientation determined by the arms, to insure a desired coplanarity with the floor or other surface being cleaned, when the head is in its operating position. A latching mechanism can secure the cleaning head in an upright position, away from the floor, sufficiently to accommodate a tilting of the housing to an upright position in which a bottom of the housing (rather than the wheels) supports the device. A pair of pivot links, associated with each arm, limits pivoting of the arm beyond a certain location below the operating position. The pivot arms, in cooperation with a glide formed as part of the shell, precisely position and orient the cleaning head for maximum efficiency.

摘要翻译： 便携式，紧凑且独立的连续流回收系统包括用于容纳真空马达的壳体和用于再循环液体清洁溶液和空气的液体泵。 一对轮子支撑用于围绕轮轴倾斜的壳体。 安装一对支撑臂以在轴上旋转，并且其相对端固定到清洁头的外壳。 头部成形为限定用于接收雾化的清洁溶液和空气的第一隔室，以及第二隔室。 真空源将来自第一室的溶液和空气穿过靠近地板的分隔件进入第二隔室。 当头部处于其操作位置时，头部相对于壳体自由地以弓形路径行进，其姿态由臂确定，以确保与被清洁的地板或其他表面的期望的共面性。 闩锁机构可以将清洁头固定在远离地板的直立位置，足以容纳壳体倾斜到直立位置，在该位置，壳体（而不是车轮）的底部支撑该装置。 与每个臂相关联的一对枢转链节限制了臂超出操作位置下方的某个位置的枢转。 枢转臂与形成为壳体的一部分的滑动协作，精确地定位和定向清洁头以获得最大的效率。

公开(公告)号：US5151181A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-29

申请号：US676830

申请日：1991-03-28

申请人： Robert M. Barry

发明人： Robert M. Barry

IPC分类号： B01D29/15

CPC分类号： B01D29/15

摘要： The liquid filter assembly including a filter housing with an inlet below a prescribed external liquid level and having a generally cylindrical filter unit inside it with reusable filter elements which effectively operate at low pressure drops and permitting bypass liquid to recirculate within the filtered section without passing through the filter element and providing a filter support frame having the filter element supported thereon to provide a changeable filter assembly unit sealingly mounted within the housing.

摘要翻译： 液体过滤器组件包括具有低于规定外部液位的入口的过滤器壳体，并且具有在其内部的大致圆柱形的过滤器单元，其具有可重复使用的过滤器元件，其可在低压降下有效地操作并且允许旁路液体在过滤部分内循环而不通过 过滤器元件并且提供过滤器支撑框架，其具有被支撑在其上的过滤元件，以提供密封地安装在壳体内的可更换的过滤器组件单元。

公开(公告)号：US6076229A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-20

申请号：US999647

申请日：1997-11-25

申请人： Edward D. Berglund

发明人： Edward D. Berglund

IPC分类号： C11D1/02 ,  C11D1/722 ,  C11D3/00 ,  C11D3/37 ,  A47L7/00 ,  C11D17/08

CPC分类号： C11D3/0026 ,  C11D1/02 ,  C11D1/722 ,  C11D3/3707

摘要： An aqueous surface cleaning composition consists essentially of water and a surfactant. The surfactant is incorporated, preferably, at a concentration of 10-100 parts per million, by weight as a proportion of the entire composition, and more preferably is within the range of about 70-93 ppm. The preferred surfactant is sodium octyl sulfate, which is resistant to combining or interacting with ozone and has the desired foaming characteristics. Other ozone resistant surfactants may be employed, alone or in combination with one another. The liquid cleaning composition is used advantageously in a fluid cycling cleaning system or a recycling system in which the liquid is provided from a canister to a cleaning tool head, then returned over a vacuum conduit to the canister for filtration and reuse. Circulation of the cleaning composition through the system agitates the composition, enabling the surfactant to promote formation of a foam layer that covers an otherwise exposed surface of the cleaning composition, virtually preventing the outgasing of ozone. The cleaning composition can be enhanced through water conditioners, alkalinity enhancers and other additives with little or no ozone demand. The cleaning composition is conveniently prepared by making a liquid concentrate incorporating the surfactant at 0.9-1.2 percent, then diluting the concentrate with water. Surfaces are cleaned by incorporating ozone into the liquid cleaning composition, delivering the ozone-containing composition to an application area, and using a vacuum to draw the cleaning composition, air, and removed soil away from the application area.

摘要翻译： 水性表面清洁组合物基本上由水和表面活性剂组成。 表面活性剂优选以10-100份/百万重量份的比例掺入，作为整个组合物的比例，更优选在约70-93ppm的范围内。 优选的表面活性剂是辛基硫酸钠，其耐臭氧结合或相互作用并具有所需的发泡特性。 可以单独或彼此组合使用其它耐臭氧表面活性剂。 液体清洁组合物有利地用于流体循环清洁系统或循环系统，其中液体从罐提供到清洁工具头，然后通过真空管道返回到罐以用于过滤和再利用。 清洁组合物通过系统的循环搅拌组合物，使得表面活性剂能促进覆盖清洁组合物的另外暴露的表面的泡沫层的形成，实际上防止了臭氧的消失。 清洁组合物可以通过水调节剂，碱性增强剂和其他几乎没有臭氧需求的添加剂来增强。 通过使含有表面活性剂的液体浓缩物为0.9-1.2％，然后用水稀释浓缩物，方便地制备清洁组合物。 通过将臭氧掺入到液体清洗组合物中，将含臭氧的组合物输送到施用区域，并使用真空将清洁组合物，空气和除去的土壤从应用区域抽出，来清洁表面。

公开(公告)号：US6055699A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-02

申请号：US962982

申请日：1997-10-16

申请人： Sung K. Cho

发明人： Sung K. Cho

IPC分类号： A47L9/02 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L7/00

CPC分类号： A47L11/4044 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/4088 ,  A47L9/02

摘要： An adapter plate, removably mounted with respect to the cleaning tool head of a continuous flow recycling cleaning device, supports a fluid flow barrier. The barrier is formed of multiple resilient filaments parallel to one another and packed closely together to resist air passage through the barrier. The filaments are supported in cantilevered fashion, and are individually and locally deformable as the tool head is placed in an operating position near a floor or other surface to be cleaned. The barrier thus conforms to the topography of the surface being cleaned, to achieve a better seal. The barrier is used in combination with a more porous layer, e.g., a carpet tile or a less tightly packed filament arrangement, to channel air from outside of the tool head into an intake compartment while blocking passage to an exhaust compartment inside the tool head.

摘要翻译： 相对于连续流回收清洁装置的清洁工具头可拆卸地安装的适配器板支撑流体阻流。 阻挡层由多个彼此平行的弹性细丝形成，并且紧密堆积在一起以抵抗穿过屏障的空气通过。 长丝以悬臂的方式被支撑，并且当工具头被放置在靠近地板或待清洁的其它表面的操作位置时，可单独地和局部地变形。 因此，屏障符合待清洁表面的形貌，以达到更好的密封。 阻挡层与更多孔层结合使用，例如，地毯或较紧密堆积的细丝布置，以将空气从工具头的外部引导到进气室中，同时阻止通向工具头内部的排气室。

公开(公告)号：US5077823A

公开(公告)日：1991-12-31

申请号：US593751

申请日：1990-10-05

申请人： Robert M. Barry ,  James R. Hilmanowski

发明人： Robert M. Barry ,  James R. Hilmanowski

IPC分类号： H02P1/20

CPC分类号： H02P1/20 ,  Y10S388/919 ,  Y10S388/933

摘要： The invention provides a cushioning control circuit which restricts the initial flow of current to a D.C. permanent magnet motor by providing a neon control lamp in series with a pair of triac control circuits which drops the initial voltage imposed on the motor windings.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种缓冲控制电路，其通过提供与降低施加在电动机绕组上的初始电压的一对三端双向可控硅开关控制电路串联的氖灯来限制直流永磁电动机的初始电流。

公开(公告)号：US5555598A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-17

申请号：US416290

申请日：1995-04-04

申请人： Dale L. Grave ,  Sung K. Cho

发明人： Dale L. Grave ,  Sung K. Cho

IPC分类号： A47L11/34

CPC分类号： A47L11/4097 ,  A47L11/34

摘要： A continuous flow recycling surface cleaning device includes a cleaning tool head incorporating a nozzle arrangement to enhance surface cleaning and drying. The head includes a shell that engages a surface being cleaned to form an enclosed chamber. A partition divides the chamber into intake and evacuation compartments. A row of nozzles is mounted to the shell to spray liquid cleaning solution into the intake compartment. Air enters the receiving sector through slots near the nozzles and between a forward portion of the shell and the floor, and is drawn beyond the partition into the evacuation compartment by a vacuum source. Each of the nozzles generates a sheet-like, fan-shaped spray pattern. The nozzles are arranged to form adjacent spray patterns that overlap one another longitudinally (lengthwise of the elongate shell) but are separated from one another to avoid interference between adjacent spray patterns. In one particularly advantageous arrangement, the nozzles are angularly offset from the lengthwise direction to form parallel spray patterns that define air passages between them. The shell, particularly along and adjacent the surface being cleaned, is configured to promote air flow into the intake compartment while resisting air passage into the evacuation compartment.

摘要翻译： 连续流动再循环表面清洁装置包括具有喷嘴装置的清洁工具头，以增强表面清洁和干燥。 头部包括与被清洁的表面接合以形成封闭室的外壳。 分隔器将室分成进入和排空隔室。 将一排喷嘴安装到壳体上以将液体清洁溶液喷射到进气室中。 空气通过靠近喷嘴的狭缝和壳体的前部与地板之间的狭缝进入接收扇区，并且通过真空源被抽出超过隔板进入排空室。 每个喷嘴产生片状的扇形喷雾图案。 这些喷嘴被布置成形成相互重叠的喷射图案，其纵向（细长壳体的纵向）彼此重叠，但彼此分离，以避免相邻喷射图案之间的干涉。 在一个特别有利的布置中，喷嘴与长度方向成角度地偏移，以形成在它们之间限定空气通道的平行喷射图案。 壳体，特别是沿着和邻近被清洁的表面，被构造成促进空气流入进气室，同时阻止空气通入排气室。

公开(公告)号：US5114574A

公开(公告)日：1992-05-19

申请号：US556175

申请日：1990-07-23

申请人： Robert M. Barry

发明人： Robert M. Barry

IPC分类号： A47L9/18 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L11/34 ,  B01D29/11

CPC分类号： A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/4027 ,  A47L9/20 ,  B01D29/114

摘要： A back flush filter system for a cleaning apparatus which includes a hollow filter member with a flow diffusing member inserted therein to cause the flow through the filter to be diffused into a substantially circumferential uniform flow passage through the entire area of the screen in both the filtering mode and the back flow mode of operation and including an atmospheric air vent to permit air entrapped within liquid flow system to escape and thus maintain a substantially air free liquid flow system.

摘要翻译： 一种用于清洁设备的后冲洗过滤器系统，其包括中空过滤器构件，其中插入有流动扩散构件，以使流过过滤器的流体在过滤器中在整个屏幕的整个区域中扩散到基本上周向均匀的流动通道中 模式和回流操作模式，并且包括大气排气口，以允许在液体流动系统内捕获的空气逸出并因此维持基本上无空气的液体流动系统。

公开(公告)号：US5839155A

公开(公告)日：1998-11-24

申请号：US659393

申请日：1996-06-06

申请人： Edward D. Berglund ,  Sung K. Cho ,  Lowell H. Schiebe

发明人： Edward D. Berglund ,  Sung K. Cho ,  Lowell H. Schiebe

IPC分类号： A47L7/04 ,  A47L11/34 ,  C02F1/78

CPC分类号： A47L11/4083 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L7/04 ,  C02F1/78

摘要： A continuous flow recycling cleaning system includes a canister containing a liquid cleaning solution, and a dispensing conduit for conveying the cleaning solution from the canister to a cleaning tool head for direct application to a carpet, upholstery fabric or other material at an application area. A recovery conduit is connected to the cleaning tool head for returning recovered cleaning solution, along with air and extracted soil, to the canister. The system includes at least one ozone injector selectively positioned along a fluid flow pathway that includes the canister, the dispensing and recovery conduits, and the cleaning tool head. The fluid flow pathway further can include a counterflow conduit and an ozone-introduction conduit provided solely for the injection of ozone. Each injector is coupled to an ozone generator, to combine the ozone with the cleaning solution flowing through the injector. A portion of the ozone is dissolved in the liquid cleaning solution for cleaning, sanitizing and deodorizing the application area and interior surfaces along the fluid flow pathway. A surfactant is incorporated into the cleaning solution to improve the retention of dissolved ozone. A portion of the ozone remaining in the gaseous state sanitizes and deodorizes air within the system. The system includes an air exhaust, which can incorporate a filter for reducing ozone concentrations in the expelled air.

摘要翻译： 连续流回收清洁系统包括容纳液体清洁溶液的罐和用于将清洁溶液从罐输送到清洁工具头的分配管道，用于在施用区域直接施加到地毯，装饰织物或其他材料。 回收管道连接到清洁工具头上，用于将回收的清洁溶液与空气和提取的土壤一起返回到罐中。 该系统包括沿着包括罐，分配和回收管道以及清洁工具头的流体流动路径选择性地定位的至少一个臭氧喷射器。 流体流动路径还可以包括仅用于注入臭氧的逆流管道和臭氧引入管道。 每个喷射器连接到臭氧发生器，以将臭氧与流过喷射器的清洁溶液结合。 一部分臭氧溶解在液体清洗溶液中，用于沿着流体流动通道清洁，消毒和除臭施用区域和内部表面。 将清洁溶液中加入表面活性剂以改善溶解臭氧的保留。 一部分处于气态的臭氧对系统内的空气进行消毒和除臭。 该系统包括排气装置，其可以包括用于降低排出空气中的臭氧浓度的过滤器。

公开(公告)号：US5589080A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-31

申请号：US416289

申请日：1995-04-04

申请人： Sung K. Cho ,  Lowell H. Schiebe

发明人： Sung K. Cho ,  Lowell H. Schiebe

IPC分类号： A47L9/18 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/34 ,  B01D29/11 ,  B01D29/66

CPC分类号： A47L11/4088 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L9/20 ,  B01D29/114

摘要： A liquid recycling and filtering system is well suited for use in continuous flow recycling surface cleaning devices. The system employs a canister containing a liquid cleaning solution, and a cylindrical filter submerged in the liquid and defining a chamber containing a portion of the liquid. A liquid supply conduit withdraws liquid from the chamber and supplies the liquid to a cleaning tool head, where the liquid is sprayed upon a floor or other surface being cleaned. A counterflow conduit is coupled to the liquid supply conduit and to the chamber, for transporting liquid under pressure to a spraying assembly within the chamber. The spraying assembly includes a rotatable manifold and nozzles at opposite ends of the manifold. The nozzles spray the liquid in planar, fan-shaped patterns that impinge upon the filter over limited surface areas. Due to nozzle orientation, the sprays include tangential forces that cause the nozzles and manifold to rotate in the direction opposite to the forces, moving the sprays to cover the filter over sweep areas much larger than the initial impingement areas. A bypass valve along the counterflow conduit controls the liquid flow through that conduit and also determines the pressure of the liquid at the cleaning tool head. A vacuum line, open to the cleaning tool head and to the reservoir, is used to recover liquid and return recovered liquid and air to the reservoir at a location outside of the chamber.

摘要翻译： 液体回收和过滤系统非常适合用于连续流回收表面清洁装置。 该系统采用包含液体清洁溶液的罐和浸没在液体中的圆柱形过滤器，并限定含有一部分液体的室。 液体供应管道从腔室中取出液体并将液体供应到清洁工具头部，其中液体喷洒在被清洁的地板或其他表面上。 逆流管道耦合到液体供应管道和腔室，用于将压力下的液体输送到腔室内的喷雾组件。 喷射组件包括可旋转歧管和在歧管的相对端处的喷嘴。 喷嘴以平面的扇形图案喷射液体，其在有限的表面区域上撞击过滤器。 由于喷嘴取向，喷雾剂包括使喷嘴和歧管沿与反作用力相反的方向旋转的切向力，使喷雾器移动以覆盖比初始冲击区域大得多的扫掠区域上的过滤器。 沿着逆流管道的旁通阀控制通过该管道的液体流动并且还确定清洁工具头部处的液体的压力。 用于清洁工具头和储存器的真空管线用于回收液体并将回收的液体和空气返回到在室外的位置处的储存器。