ES2245190A1 - Collector for liquid spills on ground or other surfaces has elastic component provided on roll of absorbent laminate material to prevent inadvertent unrolling of laminate material - Google Patents

Abstract

A roll carrier is comprised of a flat plate shaped into a U such that a central branch defines a handle. A roll of absorbent laminate material is mounted between the side branches of the roll carrier. The roll has an elastic component to prevent inadvertent unrolling of the laminate material.

Description

Device for collecting liquid spills of soil or other surfaces.

The present invention relates to a device for collecting liquid spills from the ground or other surfaces, which lacks motive mechanisms and prevents the responsible for handling come into contact with the liquid that is pretend to pick up

The device of the invention is applicable to the collection of any type of liquid spilled on the ground, especially in liquids with which it is not desirable to establish a direct contact, due to its contaminating characteristics, corrosive, etc.

Devices for the exposed purpose are already known, in which the collection of the liquid takes place by an effect of aspiration by depression or by absorption by rubbing. The devices based on depression aspiration are usually present a complicated constitution, having to have a mechanism that produces the necessary depression, all in addition to The consequent energy consumption. The second type of devices, in which the collection of the liquid is carried out by rubbing absorption, it presents the problem of wear of the medium that causes absorption and also in most of the cases forces the person in charge of collecting the liquid Get in touch with it.

In short, the known devices they suffer from excessive equipment, in comfort, difficulty of access to spills, premature wear due to friction absorbent, etc.

The present invention is intended to eliminate the problems described above, using a device simple constitution, easy and comfortable handling, both during your Use as in your transportation.

The device of the invention is based on the use of an absorbent material, which does not present the risk of friction wear, as it acts by rolling on the area in the one that you want to act.

The device of the invention also allows that absorption occurs without the user having to enter Contact with the substance to be collected.

One more advantage of the device of the invention It is its ease of handling, which requires virtually no effort any to carry out the liquid collection process spilled.

The device of the invention is composed by a roll of absorbent sheet material and by a roll holder with handle.

The roll holder consists of a flat armor, U-shaped, whose central branch defines the handle and between the end of whose lateral branches a detachable shaft is fixed. He roll, meanwhile, includes a tubular core, in diameter slightly larger than the axis of the roll holder, and an element elastic that embraces the roll and is fixed by its ends at extreme sections of the tubular core.

The lateral branches of the U-armor of the roll holders will be of sufficient length for the central branch that forms the handle can be held by the user, keeping the body straight, without the need for lean on the ground

When the absorbent medium is constituted by a roll of absorbent sheet material, this can be unrolled and cutting as it is completely impregnated with liquid.

Accidental unwinding of sheet material it is avoided by the elastic element that hugs the roll and that it will serve as a fastener for the free transverse edge of the absorbent sheet

The roll holder armor can be constituted by a tubular profile, whose ends are finished off in parallel flat sections equipped with two opposite holes, in which the shaft ends are introduced, which is fixed to said sections by nuts. The fixation could be carried out by other systems, by closing systems and opening mooring Quick.

All the features and advantages exposed and others of the invention may be better understood with the following description, made with reference to the attached drawings, in which an example of non-limiting embodiment is shown.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a device constituted according to the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device of figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof device.

Figure 4 is a section of the roll and end of the armor of the device of the invention.

Figure 5 corresponds to detail A of the figure 4, on a larger scale.

The device of the invention, as shown in figures 1 to 3, it is composed of a roll 1 of material laminar and roll holder armor 2.

Roll 1 is composed of a sheet material absorbent, which is wound on a tubular core 3.

The roll holder armor may be constituted from a tubular profile that bends in a U-shape, whose central section 4 defines the handle and whose lateral branches 5 will be long enough to support the lateral surface of the roll 1 on the ground, the person in charge of handling can hold it through the section or central branch 4 in position normal.

The side branches 5, as best you can can be seen in figures 4 and 5, they are finished off in sections flat ends 6 having facing holes 7 between the that an axis 8 of diameter slightly smaller than the internal one is mounted of tubular core 3 of roll 1.

The axis 8 can be composed of a core cylindrical center whose bases protrude, in coaxial position, two pivots 9 which are the ones that are introduced through the holes 7. These pivots can be carriers of a head internal 10, adjacent to the core 8, and have an end section 11 threading that will pass through hole 7 of sections 6 and receive a lock nut 12.

In this way the assembly and disassembly of rolls 1, for example for replacement, can be carried out a quick way, just unscrew the nuts 12, separate slightly the lateral branches 5 and thus release the core or axis 8 with the tubular core 3 of the spent roll holder, for Replace it with a new roll.

The extreme flat sections 6 of the branches 5 they could be grooved from the free transverse edge, so that to remove a roll 1 it would be enough to loosen the nuts 12 and extract the end pivots 8 through said grooves.

As best seen in Figures 1 and 4,  the roll 1 has an elastic means 13 that prevents its accidental unwinding. This elastic element can be constituted by a tape or band that is fixed at its ends to the tubular core 3, for example to its extreme sections, and is in tensioned position, so that it compresses the different turns of the sheet that make up roll 1, from the free transverse edge or near it, to prevent its unwinding.

With the constitution described, to proceed with the collection of a spilled liquid, it will be sufficient to roll the roller 1 on said liquid, holding the assembly through the handle 4. By pushing through said handle the roller 1 will be rolled over the area moistened, the spilled liquid collecting the absorbent sheet. Depending on the sheet being completely impregnated, they will be able to progressively unwind successive turns, to always have a dry surface or at least with sufficient absorption capacity to collect
liquids

The constitution and handling of the device is simple, does not require high efforts nor consumption of Energy.

Claims (3)

1. Device for collecting liquid spills from the ground or other surfaces, characterized in that it comprises a roll of absorbent sheet material and a holder with holder; whose roll holder comprises a flat, U-shaped armor, whose central branch defines the handle and between the end of whose lateral branches a detachable shaft is fixed; and whose roll includes a tubular core, slightly larger in diameter than the axis of the roll holder, and an elastic element that hugs the roll and is fixed to the tubular core. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the U-shaped reinforcement is constituted from a tubular profile, the ends of which are finished in parallel flat sections provided with two opposite holes, in which the ends of the shaft are introduced, which They are fixed to these sections by nuts. Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the axis of the roll holder comprises a cylindrical core whose flat bases protrude in a coaxial position of two pivots, which include an internal section of greater section and an external section of smaller threaded section, being the end section of smaller section intended to be introduced through the holes of the flat end sections of the side branches of the frame, to receive the fixing nuts.