Sucking and filtering vehicle for dust and trash collecting

• US 5,943,733 A
• Filed: 04/01/1996
• Issued: 08/31/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DULEVO INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
• Original Assignee: DULEVO INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
• Inventors: Tagliaferri, Fabrizio
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, CHRISTOPHER K
• Time in patent office: 1247 Days
• Field of Search: 15/340.3, 15/340.4, 15/347, 15/349
• US Class Current: 15/340.4
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/0854 Apparatus in which the mechanically dislodged dirt is partially sucked-off, e.g. dislodging- sweeping apparatus with dirt collector in brush housing or dirt container mechanical dislodging machines with independent suction nozzles E01H1/0827; combined with blowing and suction E01H1/0872

Abstract

A sucking and filtering vehicle for dust and trash collecting is provided which comprises wheels (3), driving and steering means (4), dust and trash collecting and transporting means (5) comprising a tank (6), and suction device (7) adapted to form an air stream under suction passing through the tank (6), at least one filter (10) placed along the air stream under suction, and a chamber (13) external to the tank (6) and in communication therewith and housing at least one prevailing portion of the filter (10), the chamber (13) having walls (13a) at least partly spaced apart from said filter (10) in such a manner as to define hollow spaces or gaps (17) around the filter (10), the suction device (7) opening into said gaps (17).

Claims

1. A sucking and filtering vehicle for gathering dust and trash, comprising;

wheels (3) for contact with the ground (19);

driving and steering means (4) for running the vehicle (1);

means for collecting (5b) and transporting (5a) the dust and trash including at least one tank (6) and a suction device (7) adapted to form an air stream under suction passing through said tank (6);

at least one filter (10) placed in said air stream under suction and adapted to clean the air stream;

a chamber (13) external to said tank (6) and in communication therewith and adapted to house therein an upper main portion of said filter (10), said chamber (13) having walls (13a) at least partially spaced apart from said filter (10) and defining free gaps (17) around said filter (10), and said suction device (7) communicating with said gaps (17) and causing the air stream to pass through said filter (10);

said tank (6) including a bed (6a) close to the ground (19);

said chamber (13) being at a raised position with respect to said bed (6a);

and further comprising;

shaker members (12) active on said filter (10), said shaker members (12) being adapted to drop dust built up on said filter (10) into said bed (6a);

and wherein

a lower portion of said filter (10) extends from said chamber (13) partly into said tank (6), and

said shaker members (12) are disposed in said tank (6).

2. The vehicle as claimed claim 1, in which said chamber (13) internally has support elements (15) and in which said filter (10) is a pocket filter hanging from said support elements (15), and in which said chamber (13) has a base (16) and an opening (14) formed in said base (16) and in communication with said tank (6), and in which said pocket filter has end flaps (10a) fastened to said base (16), said gaps (17) extending around said filter (10) starting from said base (16) of said chamber (13).

3. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, in which said suction device (7) has a plurality of suction inlets (18) positioned and distributed in said chamber (13) so as to open into said gap (17).

4. A sucking and filtering vehicle for gathering dust and trash, comprising:

means for collecting and transporting the dust and trash including a roller brush for gathering dust and trash from ground, at least one tank for housing the gathered dust and trash, and suction device for forming an air stream under suction passing through said tank;

a chamber external to said tank and having a base and an opening formed in said base, said chamber being in communication with said tank through said opening;

at least one filter placed in said air stream under suction for cleaning said air stream;

said filter having an upper main portion located in said chamber above said opening and extending from said chamber partly into said tank through said opening, whereby a lower portion of said filter is located in said tank below said opening;

said chamber having walls spaced apart from said upper main portion of said filter and defining free gaps around said upper main portion of said filter;

said suction device communication with said gaps and causing said air stream under suction to pass through said upper main portion of said filter according to plural directions.

5. The vehicle as claimed in claim 4, comprising shaker members active on said filter for causing dust built up on said filter to drop into said tank, said shaker members being disposed in said tank and engaging said lower portion of said filter.

6. The vehicle as claimed in claim 4, in which said chamber internally has support elements and in which said filter is a pocket filter hanging from said support elements.

7. The vehicle as claimed in claim 6, in which said pocket filter has end flaps fastened to said base, and in which said gaps are defined by said end flaps of said pocket filter, said base and said walls of said chamber.

8. The vehicle as claimed in claim 4, in which said walls of said chamber are defined by a cap removably placed on said base.

9. The vehicle as claimed in claim 4, in which said suction device has a plurality of suction inlets positioned and distributed in said base of said chamber.