DE19610706C1 - Rotary mat-type foot wiper with cleaning brushes in guide rails - Google Patents

Abstract

The guide rails (11) are held together by a wire cable and cylindrical spacer pieces. Hollow cylinders (7,8) are axially movably and pivotally mounted in the guide rails. A set of brushes (3) is positioned on the top of each hollow cylinder. The hollow cylinders are pressed down when they are trodden on and they are turned against the action of a spring (4).

Description

The invention relates to a mat-like wiper, consisting of individual guide rails with cleaning brushes, the Guide rails through a wire rope and cylindrical spacers are held together.

A known variant of mechanically movable foot wipers is in DE 44 07 231 A1 and DE-GM 17 04 220. The known systems show mat-like Door scraper consisting of oppositely mounted belts, with movable stored brushes, which are pressed down when entering and so clean the shoe.

The generally known systems consist primarily of rigid to each other arranged profile bars that are equipped with brushes or textile surfaces.

A disadvantage of these systems is the fact that soiling in very strongly profiled shoe soles cannot be reached by the brushes. Furthermore maintenance of these systems due to the moving parts Collecting dirt has proven difficult and not feasible in practice Has.

It is therefore the object of the invention to create a clean-up system, which is capable of performing an independent mechanical movement the friction between the sole of the shoe and the brushes of the cleaning system to intensify significantly and positioned differently in the horizontal position.

This object is achieved according to the invention with the features of characterizing part of the claim. The principle of the invention is based on the fact that in the guide rails of the rotating-mat-like Foot scraper single hollow cylinder with a brush set axially displaceable and are rotatably mounted.

The invention will be described in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment are explained.

The mat-like surface consists of individual, interconnected guide rails ( 11 ). The connection is made by wire ropes that connect the individual guide rails in parallel to one another at the bores ( 12 ) by means of spacers.

The actual clean-out surface consists of individual hollow cylinders ( 7 , 8 ) with brush sets ( 3 ), which are rotatably and movably embedded in the guide rails.

Between the lower edge of the cylinder ( 7 ) and the lower edge of the guide rails ( 11 ) there is a precisely defined distance, here preferably 8 mm. This uniform distance is ensured by a spring ( 4 ) mounted in the hollow cylinder. The ball is supported by a ball ring ( 6 ). In the friction area between the cylinder ( 7 ) and the guide rail ( 11 ), the cylinder is guided in a thread ( 5 ) with guide notches ( 9 ). A stop ( 10 ) prevents the cylinder from escaping from the top of the guide rail. A cylinder with a left-hand thread and a cylinder with a right-hand thread are inserted alternately into the guide rail in order to prevent the foot from rotating on the cleaning mat. When running on the rotating mat-like scraper with inserted cylinders, they are sunk in the guide rail by the weight of the person ( 1 ) by the above-mentioned approx. 8 mm, with a rotary movement ( 2 ).

The mechanical rotary movement of the individual cylinders ensures enormous Intensity of friction between the sole of the shoe and the cleaning mat.

When you leave the mat, the spring is resetting the cylinder pressed into its original position at the upper anchor point and is to ready to commit again.

The dirt particles removed in this way then trickle out of the brush next to and under the mat-like wipers, are thus in the further Entry of the mat out of reach of subsequent shoe soles.

The novelty of this technology is that it is mounted vertically, rotatably Brush units actively remove dirt from the soles of shoes.

Claims (1)

The rotating mat-type scraper, consisting of individual guide rails with cleaning brushes, the guide rails being held together by a wire rope and cylindrical spacers, characterized in that individual hollow cylinders ( 7 , 8, ) are axially displaceable and rotatable in the guide rails ( 11 ), A brush set ( 3 ) is arranged on the top of each, the hollow cylinders being pressed down and rotated against the action of the spring ( 4 ) when entering.