Description Field of the art

The present invention operates in the field of cleaning systems, in particular for suction of dirt/dust and processing residues. Still more specifically, the object of the present patent regards a modular kit in order to suction processing residues and dust from a work table, preferably from a work surface for beauty services such as manicures, pedicures, podiatry, nail reconstruction and the like.

Prior art

Cleaning and hygienizing systems are presently the subject of great interest, due to the increasing market requests and also due to the strict laws which, in each field, require nearly impeccable cleaning standards.

The object is to ensure the consumer perfect hygienization of the purchased goods and the salubrity of the frequented environments. The latter requirement is also important for the protection of workers, which cannot spend most of their work day in a dirty or unhealthy environment.

Gradually the laws regarding cleaning are being applied to many different fields, obviously starting from the hospital and health field, up to the food and retail fields.

Very little seems to have been achieved with regard to more artisan fields, even if many of these by their very nature tend to produce discard and waste. When one enters into a blacksmith laboratory or into a woodworking/carpenter workshop, for example, no one expects a place lacking dust.

For this type of activity, several dust cleaning systems have been developed, like that which is the object of the Chinese patent CN207954161. This claims a system for pelletizing the dirt/dust of a woodworking/carpenter workshop which includes a suctioning hood group situated in proximity to each machine or work surface. Through the pipes, the wood dust is conveyed to a device for collecting the dirt/dust situated in proximity to the ceiling of the woodworking/caipenter workshop. Here, due to the increase of humidity, the collected dust increases weight and falls towards a machine that transforms the dust into pellets.

It is clear that the just-described system is not suitable for application for small artisan laboratories and not even for activities different from that of woodworking/carpenter workshop.

In other artisan and commercial fields, the subject matter of dust cleaning is nearly nonexistent, like in iron working, since the residues are very heavy.

Another field in which the cleaning is entrusted to the conscious of the workers is that of beauty centers. In these stores, nails, hair, skin and fragments of skin form much of the dust present. Among the working discards, also the toxic exhalations coming from the solvents, from the disinfectants and from the glues must be considered, which are used for example for the application of fake eyelashes; such exhalations are never quickly removed but rather remain and are eventually evaporated. The risk of bacterial contamination, for the workers and for the clients, is therefore very high, also given the greater flux of clients of this type of activity with respect to the abovementioned artisan laboratories.

Several international patents involve beauty centers and beauty salons in general. One example thereof is the United States patent US8083991 which describes a method for decontaminating a beauty center constituted by a protocol which requires the disinfection of the instruments, of the tools and of the surfaces and the use of a decontamination center for the dirty non-disposable beauty instruments. The method reduces or eliminates the potential of cross-contamination of transmissible diseases in a beauty center.

Even if the abovementioned procedure in the just-described patent resolves some of the detected problems, it is clear that this cannot be applied at frequent intervals, ensuring the perfect cleaning of the beauty center and of each work surface thereof for each client who enters into the store.

Another problem unresolved by the art is that of“recontact” with the dirt/dust which, once collected by a common suction system, must be removed from the latter in order to allow a new cleaning. The operator assigned with cleaning the filters or removing the suction sack will once again dirty his/her hands, and not only, in order to carry out such operation. It also frequently occurs that a part of the dirt/dust collected by the systems used today newly emerges from the suction system, in order to be once again deposited in the just-cleaned environment, frustrating the pursued objectives.

The object of the present patent is therefore that of resolving, with a single suction kit, all of the aforesaid problems, by providing a quick and modulatable cleaning system as a function of the present activity requirements.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning system which is quick to carry out, preventing the personnel from losing precious time, and which does not produce discards, increasing the trash that the shop already produces.

Descriotion of the invention

According to the present invention, a modular water suction kit for tables is attained which effectively resolves the abovementioned problems.

Advantageously, the kit of the present invention can be autonomously movable, due to wheels and to an electrical plug with suitable extension, or it can be embedded in a fixed manner under any one work surface.

A use that is considered particularly advantageous could be that in garages or woodworking/carpenter workshops, in which the dusty discards are considerable. The kit described in detail hereinbelow can therefore be embedded below a bench, on which the wood is sawed or the metal is cut, in order to operate an immediate suction of the solid residues of the processing.

The suction occurs due to a water system that ensures the perfect purification of the exiting air and also the minimizing of the maintenance time for the suction system itself.

The components necessary for the suction are all contained within a casing, e.g. with parallelepiped shape. The upper surface of said casing has a movable suctioning sleeve which projects above in order to be grasped and to connect thereto one of the suction instruments which are included in the kit in order to configure the preferred suction mode each time.

Such instruments include at least:

one semirigid pipe provided with a rigid portion and with a flexible portion; one multiple pipe provided with at least one pair of outlet openings, adapted to multiply the suction directions and in turn connectable with other suction instruments;

one under-surface aspirator, adapted to be positioned below a work surface for an immediate suction, from below, of the solid residues;

one suction dome, adapted to be positioned above a work surface for an immediate suction, from above, of the solid residues.

In one embodiment of the kit, also included among the instruments is at least one pedestal adapted to be connected, stably but reversibly, outside the casing. This comprises adjustable feet, brackets for connecting to the casing of the kit, a support surface superimposed on at least one suction mouth connected to the movable suctioning sleeve by means of a common flexible pipe. The pedestal is therefore adapted to instantaneously suction the residues of the processing executed on the same support surface thereof.

Once the dust and the other residues have been captured, these are conveyed, through the movable suctioning sleeve, into a suction duct provided with a lower opening at a water container. The latter is advantageously inserted within an openable space of the casing in order to allow the emptying of its contents and the substitution of the water. Due to a plurality of internal separators, the air traverses a pre-established path during which all the solid residue precipitates inside the water. On the upper part, said water container is open towards an air purification duct comprising at least one paper-filter and at least one mesh- filter, both extractable, washable and reusable, adapted to retain possible further solid residues present in the suctioned air. At the end of the air purification duct, the suction motor is present, power supplied by a common electrical plug and actuatable by means of an external start button. Advantageously, also the power of said motor can be modulated as a function of the requirements at the moment, due to a common adjustment device outside the casing.

The air suctioned by the motor is subsequently conveyed into an emission duct, comprising a Hepa filter, up to an outlet mouth in which a directional grid allows directing the exiting air jet, by now completely purified, in the pre-established direction.

Several even more advantageous embodiments of the present invention include providing for at least one meterer of perfumes, essential oils or antibacterial sprays within the water container. The exiting air jet, therefore, will not only be perfectly purified, but it will also be scented and will lack bacteria.

Advantageously, it is possible to integrate, in the power supply system, a common rechargeable battery adapted to power supply the suction motor when the electrical plug is disconnected.

For the attainment of the objects with ease of use and maintenance, the casing advantageously comprises at least one openable door adapted to allow the access to said filters for their removal, washing and repositioning or substitution. Possibly, also one compartment can be provided, adapted to contain a plurality of replacement filters.

In order to ensure the perfect operation of the entire suction system, this advantageously comprises at least one water level sensor, at least one sensor connected to the paper-filter, at least one sensor connected to the mesh-filter and at least one sensor connected to the Hepa filter. Each of these sensors is connected to a suitable acoustic and/or light indicator visible from outside the casing, in order to communicate to a user the need to clean or replace the water.

The advantages offered by the present invention are evident in light of the description set forth up to now and will be even clearer due to the enclosed figures and to the relative detailed description.

Descrrotion of the fieures

The invention will be described hereinbelow in at least one preferred preferred embodiment as a non-limiting example with the aid of the enclosed figures, in which:

- FIGURE 1 shows shows the internal operation of the suction system.

- FIGURE 2 illustrates the kit included in the transportable casing, in an embodiment useful for beauty salons and other artisan and commercial activities.

- FIGURE 3 shows the suction instruments of the present kit, which render it particularly useful for particular functions.

Detailed description of the invention

The present invention will now be illustrated as a merely exemplifying but non-limiting or non-binding example, with reference to the figures which illustrate several embodiments relative to the present inventive concept.

With reference to FIG. 2, one embodiment of the kit, object of the present invention, is shown which is considered particularly advantageous for being used in beauty centers and beauty salons.

Within the casing 100, movable due to wheels 103 with locking device, the entire suction system is present, power supplied by a common electrical plug 101. This power supplies a suction motor 112, actuatable and adjustable by means of suitable buttons and devices 130- 131 for regulation on the external surface of the casing 100.

From the upper surface of the casing 100, a movable suctioning sleeve 106 projects which is partially extractable from a suction duct 105, which terminates in a water container 107 by means of a lower opening 106’. Here, the solid residues present in the suctioned air precipitate in the water due to a system of internal separators 108 which form a winding path, which ensures the complete precipitation of the particulate and prevents the ascent of the water.

Such water container 107 is extractable for the substitution of the liquid and comprises a device for metering perfumes, essential oils or antibacterial sprays, given the organic origin of the suctioned solid residues.

By means of an upper opening 108’, the suctioned air is conveyed into an air purification duct 109 in which a paper filter 110 and a mesh filter 111 retain the final residues that may have remained.

Each filter 110-111 comprises a sensor 142-143 connected thereto. The sensors 142-143 are connected to respective acoustic and/or light indicators 135 adapted to signal the need to substitute the filters. Also the water container 107 comprises a level sensor 141 which by means of acoustic and/or light indicator 135 signals to the users the need to substitute the water.

If the acoustic and/or light indicator 135 relative to one of said filters 110-111 is turned on, it will be sufficient to open the openable space 121, extract the desired filter 110-111, wash it and reposition it.

At the end of the air purification duct 109, the suction motor 112 is present which conveys the exiting air into an emission duct 113, comprising a Hepa filter 114, up to an outlet mouth 116 in which a directional grid 115 is adapted to direct the exiting air jet, by now completely purified, in the pre-established direction. Also said Hepa filter 114 is provided with relative sensor 143 connected to an acoustic and/or light indicator 135.

In the preferred embodiment, within the casing 100 which comprises the suction system, a timer is also installed which - when suitably set - allows users to program periods of automatic activation of the motor 112 and rest periods.

In addition to the suctioning components included in the above-described casing 100, the kit also comprises components that are reversibly connectable to the movable suctioning sleeve 106 in order to personalize and modulate the suction modes according to the convenience of every situation.

The external end of the movable suctioning sleeve 106, in particular, can be alternatively engaged, stably and reversibly, with:

- a semirigid pipe 150 provided with a first rigid portion 150’ and with a second flexible portion 150” which the user grasps in order to direct the suction into the pre- established point;

- a multiple pipe 151 provided with at least one pair of outlet openings 151'-151”, with which further instruments can be connected that are adapted to multiply the suction directions;

- an under-surface aspirator 152, adapted to be positioned below a work surface for an immediate suction, from below, of the solid residues;

- a suction dome 153, adapted to be positioned above a work surface for an immediate suction, from above, of the solid residues;

- a pedestal 154 comprising height-adjustable feet 155, brackets 155’ for connecting to the casing of the kit, a support surface 154’ superimposed on a suction mouth 154” connected to the suctioning sleeve 106 by means of a flexible pipe. Such pedestal 154 is particularly useful for executing, on its support surface 154’, work such as pedicures and manicures, instantaneously suctioning the residues thereof.

Finally, it is clear that modifications, additions or variations that are obvious for the man skilled in the art can be made to the invention described up to now, without departing from the protective scope that is provided by the enclosed claims.