Device for combing and conditioning artificial turf

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for combing and conditioning artificial turf, which comprises a handle (1), a pole (2), a head (3) which houses an electric motor (4), and a pair of brushes (5) driven by the electric motor (4), the brushes (5) being configured for combing and conditioning the artificial turf, and such that the brushes (5) have a helical shape.

Claims

1. A device for combing and conditioning artificial turf, wherein the device comprises: a handle; a pole; a head situated on the end of the pole opposite the handle, wherein the head comprises an electric motor, a driven shaft, and a pair of brushes coupled to the driven shaft and driven by the electric motor, the brushes being configured for combing and conditioning the artificial turf, wherein the head further comprises a cover formed by two halves that are attachable to each other, wherein the electric motor is in the cover, and wherein the electric motor includes a rotatable output shaft, the output shaft being transversely oriented to the driven shaft.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the brushes have a helical shape.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the brushes rotate in the same direction.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the pole comprises a gripper for the left hand.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission connected to the motor for transmitting movement of the motor to the brushes.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the cover formed by two halves that are attachable to each other covers the transmission.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cover does not cover the brushes.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the driven shaft rotates at a rotation speed different than the output shaft during rotation of the output shaft.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the head further includes a rotatable transmission shaft, the transmission shaft including a worm screw drivingly coupled to the driven shaft, wherein during rotation of the output shaft, the transmission shaft is rotated by the output shaft and the driven shaft is rotated by the transmission shaft.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) To complete the description, the present specification is accompanied by a set of figures constituting an integral part of the same, which represent the following:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the device for combing and conditioning the turf object of the invention.

(3) FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of all of the components of the device for combing and conditioning the turf object of the invention.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

(4) The object of the present invention, as previously indicated and as can be seen in the figures, is a device for combing and conditioning artificial turf that has a handle (1), a pole (2), a head (3) which houses an electric motor (4) and a pair of brushes (5) driven by the electric motor (4), the brushes (5) being configured for combing and conditioning the artificial turf.

(5) The electric motor (4) receives the electrical energy by means of a cable (6), the end of which has a plug (7), which is joined to the device at the handle (1), and an electric installation that runs along the pole (2) until reaching the aforementioned electric motor (4). It is the same for the electric motor (4).

(6) To hold the device object of the invention in a more stable way, it has a gripper (8) on the pole (2) for the left hand of the user, such that with the handle (1) and the gripper (8) the device object of the invention can be manually operated in an easier way.

(7) The movement of the electric motor (4) is transmitted to the brushes (5) via a transmission, which carries out two gear reductions. The transmission has a motor output shaft (9) that is associated with a transmission belt (10) which transmits the rotation of a wheel (11), a first gear reduction of the rotation speed of the electric motor (4) having been produced in these elements. Before reaching the brushes (5), the wheel (11) transmits the rotation to a transmission shaft (12) that ends in a worm screw (13) which transmits the rotation to a transverse shaft (14) via a toothed wheel (15) attached to the transverse shaft (14).

(8) Given that the transverse shaft (14) houses the brushes (5), the transmission shaft (12), via the worm screw (13), rotates the toothed wheel (15) of the transverse shaft (14) and the rotation of said transverse shaft (14) moves the brushes (5) that comb and condition the artificial turf.

(9) With this configuration, the two brushes (5) of the device rotate in the same direction, and as such, for the device object of the invention to operate, the brushes (5) have a helical shape, and thanks to that helical shape, the rotation of the two brushes (5) in the same direction separates the debris situated on the artificial turf.

(10) The device object of the invention comprises a cover (16) formed by two halves that are attachable to each other, covering the motor (4) and the transmission, and thus the cover (16) is situated on the end of the pole (2) opposite the handle (1).

(11) The device object of the invention comprises a trigger (17) located on the handle (1) and configured for changing the rotation speed of the electric motor (4), the trigger (17) being a hand throttle, of the ones known in the state of the art.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

(12) The conditioning comb object of the invention can be applied in the industry of light garden machinery.