Rotor nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device

• US 5,217,166 A
• Filed: 06/19/1991
• Issued: 06/08/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alfred Kã¤Rcher GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Gassert, Helmut, Schulze, heir, Astrid, Schulze, heir, Kirsten, Schulze, heir, Ann, Schulze, deceased, Werner, Schneider, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAINOR, CHRISTOPHER
• Application Number:
  US07/678,359
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: 239/227, 239/251, 239/256, 239/262, 239/263, 239/237, 239/240, 239/DIG. 1, 239/263, 415/80, 416/20 R
• US Class Current: 239/227
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 3/0463 Rotor nozzles, i.e. nozzles consisting of an element having an upstream part rotated by the liquid flow, and a downstream part connected to the apparatus by a universal joint

Abstract

In a rotor nozzle for a high-pressure cleaning device comprising a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted therein and set in rotation by a cleaning liquid, and a nozzle arranged downstream of the rotor with its outlet axis including a variable, acute angle with the axis of rotation of the rotor and rotated by the rotor about the axis of rotation thereof so that the jet of cleaning liquid issuing from it flows around the lateral area of a cone, to enable adjustment of the outlet angle of the point jet without having to change any other parameters, it is proposed that adjustable stops be arranged in the housing to limit to a greater or lesser extent the widening of the acute angle between the outlet axis of the nozzle and the axis of rotation of the rotor in accordance with the position of the limiting elements.

Claims

1. Rotor nozzle devices for a high-pressure cleaning device comprising a housing having a flow path, a rotor rotatably mounted therein and set in rotation by cleaning liquid issuing from oppositely directed openings in the rotor, and a nozzle arranged downstream of the rotor with its outlet axis forming a variable, acute angle with the axis of rotation of the rotor and rotated by the rotor about the axis of rotation thereof so that a jet of cleaning liquid flows around the lateral area of a cone, characterized in that at least one adjustable stop (46) is arranged within and mounted to the housing (1) to limit to a greater or lesser extent the widening of the acute angle between the outlet axis of the nozzle (33) and the axis of rotation of the rotor (10) in accordance with the position of the stop (46).

2. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 1 comprising an elongated member (32) which receives said nozzle (33) at a first end and is supported with a spherical end of said nozzle in a socket (37) which is open at the center and is held on the housing (1), while a follower (29) connected to the rotor (10) and arranged at a radial spacing from the rotor axis engages a second end of said elongated member, characterized in that the stop (46) surrounds the elongated member (32) concentrically with the axis of rotation of the rotor (10), is adjustable in the direction of the axis of rotation of the rotor (10) and forms a circumferential abutment edge (49) resting against the outside of the elongated member (32).

3. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 2, characterized in that the stop (46) is axially displaceable and with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor (10) rotationally mounted in the housing (1) and is screwed into a threaded bore (45) arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation of the rotor (10) in an adjustment sleeve (40) which is axially immovable and with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor (10) freely rotatably mounted on the housing (1).

4. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 3, characterized in that the follower (29) carries a groove (30) which extends in the radial direction and in which the elongated member (32) engages with a follower pin (31).

5. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 3, characterized in that the adjustment sleeve (40) closes off the housing (1) at an end face thereof and carries the socket (37) acting as a bearing for the elongated member (32).

6. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that a closable bypass pipe (52, 53) couples the interior (6) of the housing (1) upstream of the nozzle (33) into the region of the rotor nozzle device located immediately downstream of the nozzle (33).

7. Rotor nozzle as defined in claim 6, characterized in that the bypass pipe (52, 53) includes several bypass channels surrounding the nozzle (33).

8. Rotor nozzle as defined in claim 6, characterized in that the bypass pipe (52, 53) issues from the wall of a funnel (56) which immediately adjoins the nozzle (33) and expands conically in the flow direction.

9. Rotor nozzle as defined in claim 8, characterized in that the bypass pipe (52, 53) enters the funnel (56) essentially in a radial plane arranged perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor (10).

10. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 6, characterized in that metering valves (57) adjustable in their position by at least one adjustment member (61;

63) arranged on the outside of the rotor nozzle are arranged in the bypass pipe (52,

     53).

11. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 10, characterized in that said at least one adjustment member comprises an adjustment ring (61) rotatably mounted on the housing (1) concentrically with the axis of rotation of the rotor (10), said adjustment ring (61) carries on the inside thereof abutment surfaces (60) for elastic engagement with valve bodies (57) of the metering valves that protrude radially from the housing (1), and in that when the adjustment ring (61) is turned, the abutment surfaces (60) exhibit in the area which abuts on the valve bodies (57) a different radial spacing from the axis of rotation of the adjustment ring (61).

12. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that a closable bypass (26, 27, 28) branching off from the flow path of the cleaning liquid is provided upstream of the rotor (10) and leads past the rotor (10) so that the cleaning liquid flowing through it does not contribute towards the rotary driving of the rotor (10).

13. Rotor nozzle as defined in claim 12, characterized in that the bypass (26, 27, 28) is closable in a metered manner.

14. Rotor nozzle as defined in claim 12, wherein the rotor (10) is rotatably mounted on a hollow shaft (7) which feeds the cleaning liquid to the interior of the rotor (10), characterized in that a pipe section (20) axially displaceably mounted in the housing (1) enters the hollow shaft (7) and in the fully pushed-in state is substantially sealed-off relative to the hollow shaft (7), but on being pulled out of the hollow shaft (7) establishes a connection between the interior of the pipe section (20) and the bypass (26, 27, 28).

15. Rotor nozzle as defined in claim 14, characterized in that the pipe section (20) has side wall openings (26) which are covered by the hollow shaft (7) when the pipe section (20) is fully pushed in, but are released from the wall of the hollow shaft (7) when the pipe section (20) is pulled out of the hollow shaft (7), and in that a ring channel (27) surrounding the pipe section (20) forms part of the bypass (26, 27, 28).

16. Pipe section as defined in claim 14, characterized in that the pipe section (20) is screwed into an internally threaded bore (2) of the housing (1) extending coaxially with the axis of rotation of the rotor (10).

17. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 2, characterized in that a closable bypass pipe (52, 53) issues from the interior (6) of the housing (1) located upstream of the nozzle (33) into the region of the rotor nozzle device located immediately downstream of the nozzle (33).

18. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 3, characterized in that a closable bypass pipe (52, 53) couples the interior (6)of the housing (1) upstream of the nozzle (33) into the region of the rotor nozzle device located immediately downstream of the nozzle (33).

19. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 2, characterized in that a closable bypass (26, 27, 28) branching off from the flow path of the cleaning liquid is provided upstream of the rotor (10) and leads past the rotor (10) so that the cleaning liquid flowing through it does not contribute towards the rotary driving of the rotor (10).

20. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 3, characterized in that a closable bypass (26, 27, 28) branching off from the flow path of the cleaning liquid is provided upstream of the rotor (10) and leads past the rotor (10) so that the cleaning liquid flowing through it does not contribute towards the rotary driving of the rotor (10).

21. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 6, characterized in that a closable bypass (26, 27, 28) branching off from the flow path of the cleaning liquid is provided upstream of the rotor (10) and leads past the rotor (10) so that the cleaning liquid flowing through it does not contribute towards the rotary driving of the rotor (10).

22. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 10, characterized in that a closable bypass (26, 27, 28) branching off from the flow path of the cleaning liquid is provided upstream of the rotor (10) and leads past the rotor (10) so that the cleaning liquid flowing through it does not contribute towards the rotary driving of the rotor (10).

23. Rotor nozzle device as defined in claim 11, characterized in that a closable bypass (26, 27, 28) branching off from the flow path of the cleaning liquid is provided upstream of the rotor (10) and leads past the rotor (10) so that the cleaning liquid flowing through it does not contribute towards the rotary driving of the rotor.