Water driven cleaning device

• US 5,619,766 A
• Filed: 02/15/1996
• Issued: 04/15/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eli Zhadanov
• Original Assignee: Eli Zhadanov, Sam Zhadanov
• Inventors: Zhadanov, Eli, Zhadanov, Sam
• Primary Examiner(s): SOOHOO, TONY GLEN
• Application Number:
  US08/601,978
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 15/24, 15/28, 15/29, 15/97.1, 15/104.92, 415/95, 239/310, 239/394
• US Class Current: 15/29
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/06 with brush driven by the supplied medium
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 3/048 with rotary or vibratory bodies contacting the vehicle

Abstract

A water driven cleaning device has a housing having a water inlet, a water outlet and a chamber located between the water inlet and the water outlet, a cleaning tool, a rotor connected with the cleaning tool and arranged in the housing so that when water passes through the housing from the water inlet to the water outlet through the chamber the rotor is rotated by the water and therefore the cleaning tool connected with the rotor rotate as well, the rotor having a plurality of vanes which are arranged at a side facing the water outlet of the housing.

Claims

1. A water driven cleaning device, comprising a housing having a water inlet, a water outlet and a chamber located between said water inlet and said water outlet;

a rotatable cleaning tool;

a rotor connected with said cleaning tool and arranged in said housing so that when water passes through said housing from said water inlet to said water outlet through said chamber said rotor is rotated by the water and therefore the cleaning tool connected with the rotor rotates as well, said rotor having a plurality of vanes which are arranged at a side facing water outlet of said housing, said rotor being arranged in said housing so that a gap is formed around said rotor and water passes through the gap to form a water bearing supporting said rotor during its rotation.

2. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 1, wherein said rotor has a central axis, said rotor being rotatable about a rotary axis which is located in the region of said central axis.

3. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a planetary transmission connecting said rotor with said cleaning tool, said planetary transmission including a planetary ring provided with a ring catch for tightening of said cleaning tool.

4. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a planetary gear transmission connecting said rotor with said cleaning tool, said planetary gear transmission being provided with a plurality of gear members composed of self-lubricating material.

5. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 4, wherein said housing has a plurality of axles for said gear members of said planetary gear transmission and formed so that gaps are formed between said axles and said gear members of said planetary gear transmision, said gaps are filled with water to form a water bearing.

6. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a planetary transmission arranged between said rotor and said cleaning tool and having a plurality of gear members; and

a diffuser provided for issuing water as a spray or as a jet and having a flange with a central hub with water passing through said central hub and flows to a periphery to provide cooling of said gears of said planetary transmission.

7. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a reservoir for storing, preparing, dosing and transporting of a washing solution, said reservoir being provided with a threaded opening, a plug closing said opening and a throttle, said housing having a partition separating said chambers into one chamber portion which faces toward said reservoir and another chamber portion which contains said rotor, said partition having a conical needle point opening toward the rotor formed so that water is pressed only in one direction toward said reservoir during operation of the device.

8. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 7, wherein said partition has a center provided with two-sided tubular member having an upper part abutting against said throttle and a lower part supplying the washing solution into a center of said cleaning tool.

9. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 7, wherein said plug has a threaded portion and a sealing ring for closing a washing solution supply.

10. A water driven cleaning device, comprising a housing having a water inlet, a water outlet and a chamber located between said water inlet and said water outlet;

a rotatable cleaning tool;

a rotor connected with said cleaning tool and arranged in said housing so that when water passes through said housing from said water inlet to said water outlet through said chamber said rotor is rotated by the water and therefore the cleaning tool connected with the rotor rotates as well, said rotor having a plurality of vanes which are arranged at a side facing water outlet of said housing, said rotor being arranged in said housing so that a gap is formed around said rotor and water passes through the gap to form a water bearing supporting said rotor during its rotation; and

a diffuser body arranged in said housing, said diffuser body being provided with grooves for a spray and openings for a jet and arranged in said housing turnably between a first position in which water issues through said grooves to form a spray and a second position in which water issues through said openings to form the jet.

11. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 10 and further comprising a split axle mounting said diffuser in a center of said housing and having an opening for supplying a washing solution.

12. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 10, wherein said diffuser has three projections with three first openings for forming a jet and three sectors with said grooves for forming the spray;

and further comprising stops limiting turning of said diffuser between said positions.

13. A water driven cleaning device, comprising a housing having a water inlet, a water outlet and a chamber located between said water inlet and said water outlet;

a cleaning tool rotatable;

a rotor connected with said cleaning tool and arranged in said housing so that when water passes through said housing from said water inlet to said water outlet through said chamber said rotor is rotated by the water and therefore the cleaning tool connected with the rotor rotates as well, said rotor having a plurality of vanes which are arranged at a side facing water outlet of said housing, said rotor being arranged in said housing so that a gap is formed around said rotor and water passes through the gap to form a water bearing supporting said rotor during its rotation, said cleaning tool being formed as a brushless attachment including a disc subdivided radially into a plurality of strips.

14. A water driven cleaning device as defined in claim 13, wherein said disc is conical and has a conical inner surface for washing of rounded objects.