Patent Application
20220338688
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The disclosure relates to cleaning devices and more particularly pertains to a new cleaning device for cleaning a room in a touch-less manner. The device includes a cabinet that is recessed into a wall and a plurality of hose reels in the cabinet. Additionally, an air compressor and a vacuum are positioned in the cabinet. Each of the hose reels can respectively spray fluid over the room, blow air to dry the fluid from the room, and suctionally remove the fluid from a floor of the room. In this way the room can be cleaned in a touch-less manner.
The prior art relates to cleaning devices including a variety of cleaning devices that are integrated into walls of a bathroom for spraying the bathroom with a cleaning solution. The prior art discloses a wall mounted cleaning device that includes a pressure washer and a spray wand for cleaning a room. The prior art discloses a spray gun that is fluidly connected to a pressurized fluid source for spraying a pressurized fluid onto surfaces for cleaning.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cabinet is recessed into a wall of a room. A plurality of hose reels is positioned in the cabinet and each of the hose reels includes a hose that is drawable outwardly from the cabinet for spraying a fluid for cleaning surfaces in the room, for blowing air to dry the surfaces and to vacuum the surfaces. An air compressor is positioned within the cabinet to direct compressed air into a respective hose reel to dry the surfaces. A vacuum is positioned within the cabinet to supply vacuum pressure to the respective hose reel for suctionally removing the fluid from a floor of the room.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of hose reels 40 is each positioned in the cabinet 12 and each of the hose reels 40 includes a hose 42 that is drawable outwardly from the cabinet 12. Each of the hose reels 40 is biased to retract the hose 42 associated with each of the hose reels 40 for storage and each of the hose reels 40 is positioned in the reel space 28. The plurality of hose reels 40 includes a vacuum reel 44, an air reel 46 and a spray reel 48. The hose 42 associated with the spray reel 48 is drawable outwardly from the cabinet 12 for spraying a fluid for cleaning surfaces in the room. The hose 42 associated with the air reel 46 is drawable outwardly from the cabinet 12 for blowing air to dry the surfaces. Additionally, the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44 is drawable outwardly from the cabinet 12 to vacuum 66 the surfaces.
A fluid supply line 50 is fluidly coupled to the spray reel 48 and the fluid supply line 50 is fluidly coupled to a fluid source 52 to direct a pressurized fluid 49 into the spray reel 48. In this way the hose 42 associated with the spray reel 48 can spray the fluid 49 onto the surfaces in the room for cleaning. The fluid supply line 50 extends outwardly through the rear wall 16 of the cabinet 12. The fluid supply line 50 has a distal end 51 with respect to the cabinet 12 such that the distal end 51 can be fluidly coupled to the fluid source 52. The hose 42 associated with the spray reel 48 may include a spray nozzle that has a fluid valve for turning the flow of fluid 49 on and off.
A solution tank 54 is positioned within the cabinet 12 and the solution tank 54 contains a cleaning solution 56. The solution tank 54 is in fluid communication with the fluid supply line 50 to release the cleaning solution 56 into the fluid 49 that is directed into the spray reel 48. The solution tank 54 has an output port 58 and the output port 58 is fluidly coupled to the fluid supply line 50. The solution tank 54 is positioned in the equipment space 30 in the cabinet 12 and the cleaning solution 56 may comprise a detergent, a sanitizer or any other cleaning solution 56 that might commonly be employed in an institutional environment. A spray check valve 60 is fluidly coupled to the fluid supply line 50 and the spray check valve 60 has a single flow direction. In this way the spray check valve 60 inhibits fluid 49 from flowing from the spray reel 48 into the fluid supply. The spray check valve 60 is positioned in the pipe space 32 and the spray check valve 60 may be a fluid check valve or the like. Additionally, the cleaning solution 56 can be sprayed from the hose 42 associated with the spray reel 48 without being mixed with the fluid 49 for sanitizing the room.
An air compressor 62 is positioned within the cabinet 12 and the air compressor 62 is fluidly coupled to the hose 42 associated with the air reel 46 to supply compressed air to the hose 42 associated with the air reel 46. In this way the hose 42 associated with the air reel 46 can be employed for directing the compressed air onto the surfaces in the room to dry the surfaces. The air compressor 62 is positioned in the equipment space 30, the air compressor 62 has an outlet 64 and the outlet 64 of the air compressor 62 is fluidly coupled to the hose 42 associated with the air reel 46. The air compressor 62 may be an electric air compressor with a maximum operational pressure of approximately 200.0 psi.
A vacuum 66 is positioned within the cabinet 12 and the vacuum 66 is fluidly coupled to the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44 to supply vacuum pressure to the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44. In this way the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44 can be employed for suctionally removing the fluid 49 from a floor of the room. The vacuum 66 is in fluid communication with a sewer line 67 to direct the fluid into the sewer line 67. The vacuum 66 is positioned in the equipment space 30, and the vacuum 66 has an intake 68 and an exhaust 70. The intake 68 is fluidly coupled to the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44 to deliver the fluid 49 outwardly through the exhaust 70. A strainer 72 is positioned within the cabinet 12 and the strainer 72 is fluidly coupled between the intake 68 of the vacuum 66 and the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44. In this way the fluid 49 can pass through the strainer 72. Moreover, the strainer 72 is comprised of a fluid permeable material such that the strainer 72 can filter debris from the fluid 49.
A fluid dump line 74 is fluidly coupled to the vacuum 66 to receive the fluid 49 from the hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44. Additionally, the fluid dump line 74 is fluidly coupled between the exhaust 70 of the vacuum 66 and the sewer line 67. A vacuum check valve 76 is fluidly coupled to the fluid dump line 74. The vacuum check valve 76 has a single flow direction to inhibit fluid 49 from flowing into the vacuum 66 from the sewer line 67. Additionally, the vacuum check valve 76 is positioned in the pipe space 32 and the vacuum check valve 76 may be a fluid check valve or the like.
A control panel 78 is positioned within the cabinet 12 and the control panel 78 is in communication with the air compressor 62 and the vacuum 66 for turning the air compressor 62 and the vacuum 66 on and off. The control panel 78 is positioned in the electronics space 26 and the control panel 78 includes a plurality of control buttons 80 each movably integrated into the control panel 78 such that each of the control buttons 80 can be manipulated. Each of the control buttons 80 controls respective operational parameters of a respective air compressor 62 and vacuum 66. A power cord 82 is coupled to and extends away from the cabinet 12 and the power cord 82 is electrically coupled to the control panel 78. The power cord 82 has a distal end 84 with respect to the cabinet 12 and the distal end 84 is electrically coupled to a power source 86 comprising an electrical system of the building in which the room is situated.
In use, the doors 34 on the cabinet 12 are opened and the hose 42 associated with the spray reel 48 is drawn out to spray the room down with the fluid 49 and the cleaning solution 56. The spray reel 48 is allowed to retract and the hose 42 associated with the air reel 46 is drawn outwardly from the cabinet 12. The air compressor 62 is turned on and the hose 42 associated with the air reel 46 is employed to direct the compressed air onto sinks, countertops and other surfaces to blow the fluid 49 and the cleaning solution 56 onto the floor of the room. The air reel 46 is allowed to retract and the air compressor 62 is turned off. The hose 42 associated with the vacuum reel 44 is drawn outwardly from the cabinet 12 and the vacuum 66 is turned on. In this way the fluid 49 and cleaning solution 56 on the floor can be suctionally removed to be sent into the sewer line 67. In this way the room can be cleaned and sanitized in a touch-less manner thereby enhancing cleanliness and sanitation of the room.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
