CA2035736A1 - Cleaning body for car wash installations - Google Patents
Cleaning body for car wash installationsInfo
- Publication number
- CA2035736A1 CA2035736A1 CA002035736A CA2035736A CA2035736A1 CA 2035736 A1 CA2035736 A1 CA 2035736A1 CA 002035736 A CA002035736 A CA 002035736A CA 2035736 A CA2035736 A CA 2035736A CA 2035736 A1 CA2035736 A1 CA 2035736A1
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- cleaning body
- fibers
- textile material
- car wash
- non woven
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
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- 238000009434 installation Methods 0.000 title abstract description 5
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 38
- 239000004753 textile Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 17
- 239000000835 fiber Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 15
- 239000011230 binding agent Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 10
- 239000004952 Polyamide Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 4
- 229920002647 polyamide Polymers 0.000 claims abstract description 4
- 229920000728 polyester Polymers 0.000 claims abstract description 4
- 229920001169 thermoplastic Polymers 0.000 claims description 4
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- 238000010521 absorption reaction Methods 0.000 abstract description 2
- 238000011010 flushing procedure Methods 0.000 abstract description 2
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- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 2
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- 229920002994 synthetic fiber Polymers 0.000 description 2
- NIXOWILDQLNWCW-UHFFFAOYSA-M Acrylate Chemical compound [O-]C(=O)C=C NIXOWILDQLNWCW-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 1
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- 239000006185 dispersion Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000001747 exhibiting effect Effects 0.000 description 1
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- 239000012943 hotmelt Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000003973 paint Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229920000642 polymer Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000011148 porous material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000009991 scouring Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229920003051 synthetic elastomer Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000005061 synthetic rubber Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000011282 treatment Methods 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S3/00—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles
- B60S3/04—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for exteriors of land vehicles
- B60S3/06—Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for exteriors of land vehicles with rotary bodies contacting the vehicle
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Nonwoven Fabrics (AREA)
- Laminated Bodies (AREA)
- Vehicle Cleaning, Maintenance, Repair, Refitting, And Outriggers (AREA)
- Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strip form for car wash installations includes polyamide or polyester fleece fibers having a fiber titer from 3 to 300 dtex. The fibers are consolidated with an elastic polymeric binder. The material has a bulk volume which is 65 to 99% air and has a finished weight of 100 to 2000 g/m2. The cleaning body has relatively low weight, large internal surface area, relatively high elasticity, good dirt absorption and allows easy removal of absorbed dirt by flushing of water through the material.
A cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strip form for car wash installations includes polyamide or polyester fleece fibers having a fiber titer from 3 to 300 dtex. The fibers are consolidated with an elastic polymeric binder. The material has a bulk volume which is 65 to 99% air and has a finished weight of 100 to 2000 g/m2. The cleaning body has relatively low weight, large internal surface area, relatively high elasticity, good dirt absorption and allows easy removal of absorbed dirt by flushing of water through the material.
Description
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CLEANING BODY FOR CAR WASH INSTALLATIONS
The invention relates to cleaning bodies of non woven textile material for use in car washes.
Rotary brushes are the cleaning devices most frequently used in car washes and generally comprise a drum with closely spaced fi].amentous synthetic fibers on the drum body. The drums rotate about a vertical axis, and the centrifugal force developed sets up the filaments. The rotating drums are moved into contact with and he].d against the vehicle body to be cleaned under a controlled force.
Water is simultaneously sprayed onto the body. Such rotary brushes have the disadvantage that the filaments can produce readily apparent scratches in the painted body surface, even if the ends of all the separatP filaments are spliced.
Bristle free or brush free car wash installations have been used, especially in the United States of America to try to avoid these drawbacks. The cleaning devices in such installations are generally made of textile materials, such~as woven materials, non-woven materials, 1eece, or combinations, principally made of synthetic fibers. The textile bodies have high weight, a low bulk, low elasticity, small internal surface area and are particularly noisy in ~ -; 25 their contact wi~h the vehicle body. The sparing porosity of their surfaces and the low internal surface area permit these textile cleaning bodies to absorb only very small amounts of dirt particles.
hen used on very dirty vehicles, therefore, the surface of the te~tile quickly blocks and subsequently slides over the vehicle body without any effective cleaning effect. The dirt which has been .
absorbed by the material is very difEicult to remove because of the ;; generally small pores of the te~tile. A deposit of fine grain sand or dirt may thus build up directly beneath the surface of the cleaning body material, which has a scouring effect on the vehicle paint.
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In bristle free cleaning bodies the textile materials are generally disk shaped and mounted on the drums in place of the bristles described earlier. These disks have radial cuts of 30 to 40 cm depth, spaced apart by 1 to 5 cm at the outer diameter ~here they contact the surface to be cleaned. Rotation of the drum sets up the material of the textile disks by centrifugal force.
In brush free cleaning bodies the drums are eliminated.
Textile is used in the form of 60 to 200 mm widths and up to 2,200 mm lengths which are mounted on horizontally reciprocating racks generally transverse to the vehicle axis and which move the textile over the vehicle body. The textile pieces may also be mounted on horizontally rotating disks.
It is an object of this disclosure to provide cleaning bodies which overcome the disadvantages mentioned, especially those of weight, dirt absorption capacity and elasticity.
More particularly in accordance with the il~vention there is provided, a cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strip form for a car wash, comprising flbers selected from at least one of polyamide and polyester, said fibers having a titer of from 8 to 300 dtex and consolidated with an elastic polymeric binder, finished weight of said material being within the range of lO0 and 25~2000 g/m2, the material having a bulk vol~e containing between 65 and 9~ o~ air, and the iber to binder ratio being between 90:10 and 20:80 by weight.
Embodiments of the inventlon will now be described.
In a cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strlp form for car wash installations, the material includes non woven ; fibers which are mads of rot resistant material, prefera~ly polyamide or polyester. l~e fleec~ material preferably has a very coarse porosity, a rough but abrasion resistant surface exhibiting surface . ' ~ ', ; . .,;, !, , . ,, ~ , ~35'~
adhesion to smooth surfaces in its wet condition, high elasticity and large internal surface area. To achie-ve high porosity and high internal volume, coarse fibers are used of a titer in the range between 8 and 300 dtex. This achieves a proportion of air within the cleaning body of 65 to 99~ by vol~ne. The fibers are consolidated within an elastic polymeric binder. The large internal volume and the fabric structure of the material allow good dirt take up and allow easy removal of the absorbed dirt by flushing water through the material.
Any of the known water resistant elastic polymers may be used as a binder for the non woven material. Synthetic rubber or acrylate dispersions are preferred. The material may be impregnated with the bin~er by using any of the methods known in the art, for example, by pinch roller application. The binder may also be sprayed onto the material from both sides. The fiber/binder ratio ~ay be varied within the range between 90/10 and 20/80. The final weight of a non woven bound material is preferably between 100 and 2000 g/m2. The tear resistance of the material may be improved by mechanical solidifying treatments such as needling or the addition of fusible fibers to the fiber mixture. The tensile strength of the material may be improved by i~cluding relnforcing strands. This may also be used to reduce stretchlng of the fabric under applied tension.
The fleece material is preferably manufactured using carding or air layering processes known in the art.
:
Furthermore, two or more, preferably three, layers of the fleece material may be laminated together by using water resistant bonding materials and production methods known ln the art.
Appropriate bondin~ materials may be adhesi~a non woven materials made of thermoplastic fibers, thermoplastic adhesion foils, thermoplastic powders or hot melt glues. However, care must to be taken to maintain ~the general desired high porosity in the laminate.
CLEANING BODY FOR CAR WASH INSTALLATIONS
The invention relates to cleaning bodies of non woven textile material for use in car washes.
Rotary brushes are the cleaning devices most frequently used in car washes and generally comprise a drum with closely spaced fi].amentous synthetic fibers on the drum body. The drums rotate about a vertical axis, and the centrifugal force developed sets up the filaments. The rotating drums are moved into contact with and he].d against the vehicle body to be cleaned under a controlled force.
Water is simultaneously sprayed onto the body. Such rotary brushes have the disadvantage that the filaments can produce readily apparent scratches in the painted body surface, even if the ends of all the separatP filaments are spliced.
Bristle free or brush free car wash installations have been used, especially in the United States of America to try to avoid these drawbacks. The cleaning devices in such installations are generally made of textile materials, such~as woven materials, non-woven materials, 1eece, or combinations, principally made of synthetic fibers. The textile bodies have high weight, a low bulk, low elasticity, small internal surface area and are particularly noisy in ~ -; 25 their contact wi~h the vehicle body. The sparing porosity of their surfaces and the low internal surface area permit these textile cleaning bodies to absorb only very small amounts of dirt particles.
hen used on very dirty vehicles, therefore, the surface of the te~tile quickly blocks and subsequently slides over the vehicle body without any effective cleaning effect. The dirt which has been .
absorbed by the material is very difEicult to remove because of the ;; generally small pores of the te~tile. A deposit of fine grain sand or dirt may thus build up directly beneath the surface of the cleaning body material, which has a scouring effect on the vehicle paint.
~03~7~
.
In bristle free cleaning bodies the textile materials are generally disk shaped and mounted on the drums in place of the bristles described earlier. These disks have radial cuts of 30 to 40 cm depth, spaced apart by 1 to 5 cm at the outer diameter ~here they contact the surface to be cleaned. Rotation of the drum sets up the material of the textile disks by centrifugal force.
In brush free cleaning bodies the drums are eliminated.
Textile is used in the form of 60 to 200 mm widths and up to 2,200 mm lengths which are mounted on horizontally reciprocating racks generally transverse to the vehicle axis and which move the textile over the vehicle body. The textile pieces may also be mounted on horizontally rotating disks.
It is an object of this disclosure to provide cleaning bodies which overcome the disadvantages mentioned, especially those of weight, dirt absorption capacity and elasticity.
More particularly in accordance with the il~vention there is provided, a cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strip form for a car wash, comprising flbers selected from at least one of polyamide and polyester, said fibers having a titer of from 8 to 300 dtex and consolidated with an elastic polymeric binder, finished weight of said material being within the range of lO0 and 25~2000 g/m2, the material having a bulk vol~e containing between 65 and 9~ o~ air, and the iber to binder ratio being between 90:10 and 20:80 by weight.
Embodiments of the inventlon will now be described.
In a cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strlp form for car wash installations, the material includes non woven ; fibers which are mads of rot resistant material, prefera~ly polyamide or polyester. l~e fleec~ material preferably has a very coarse porosity, a rough but abrasion resistant surface exhibiting surface . ' ~ ', ; . .,;, !, , . ,, ~ , ~35'~
adhesion to smooth surfaces in its wet condition, high elasticity and large internal surface area. To achie-ve high porosity and high internal volume, coarse fibers are used of a titer in the range between 8 and 300 dtex. This achieves a proportion of air within the cleaning body of 65 to 99~ by vol~ne. The fibers are consolidated within an elastic polymeric binder. The large internal volume and the fabric structure of the material allow good dirt take up and allow easy removal of the absorbed dirt by flushing water through the material.
Any of the known water resistant elastic polymers may be used as a binder for the non woven material. Synthetic rubber or acrylate dispersions are preferred. The material may be impregnated with the bin~er by using any of the methods known in the art, for example, by pinch roller application. The binder may also be sprayed onto the material from both sides. The fiber/binder ratio ~ay be varied within the range between 90/10 and 20/80. The final weight of a non woven bound material is preferably between 100 and 2000 g/m2. The tear resistance of the material may be improved by mechanical solidifying treatments such as needling or the addition of fusible fibers to the fiber mixture. The tensile strength of the material may be improved by i~cluding relnforcing strands. This may also be used to reduce stretchlng of the fabric under applied tension.
The fleece material is preferably manufactured using carding or air layering processes known in the art.
:
Furthermore, two or more, preferably three, layers of the fleece material may be laminated together by using water resistant bonding materials and production methods known ln the art.
Appropriate bondin~ materials may be adhesi~a non woven materials made of thermoplastic fibers, thermoplastic adhesion foils, thermoplastic powders or hot melt glues. However, care must to be taken to maintain ~the general desired high porosity in the laminate.
Claims (6)
1. A cleaning body of non woven textile material in sheet or strip form for a car wash, comprising fibers selected from at least one of polyamide and polyester, said fibers having a titer of from 8 to 300 dtex and consolidated with an elastic polymeric binder, finished weight of said material being within the range of 100 and 2000 g/m2, the material having a bulk volume containing between 65 and 99% of air, and the fiber to binder ratio being between 90:10 and 20:80 by weight.
2. A cleaning body as defined in claim 1, wherein said textile material is needled.
3. A cleaning body as defined in claim 1, wherein said textile material is also bound with thermoplastic binder fibers.
4. A cleaning body as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said cleaning body includes a reinforcing structure of synthetic mono-filaments.
5. A cleaning body as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said cleaning body includes a plurality of laminated layers of said non woven textile material.
6. A cleaning body as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said cleaning body includes a reinforcing structure of synthetic mono-filaments and two or three layers of said non woven textile material laminated together.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE4012159A DE4012159C1 (en) | 1990-04-14 | 1990-04-14 | |
| DEP4012159.3 | 1990-04-14 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2035736A1 true CA2035736A1 (en) | 1991-10-15 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002035736A Abandoned CA2035736A1 (en) | 1990-04-14 | 1991-02-05 | Cleaning body for car wash installations |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| EP (1) | EP0452545A1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPH04228346A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2035736A1 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE4012159C1 (en) |
| FI (1) | FI910053L (en) |
| NO (1) | NO905210L (en) |
Families Citing this family (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL9101687A (en) * | 1991-10-07 | 1993-05-03 | Texplast B V | APPLICATION OF NON-WOVEN, NEEDLE-PICKED FIBER MATERIAL. |
| DE29509406U1 (en) * | 1995-06-08 | 1995-08-24 | Gesellschaft zum Betrieb von Autowaschanlagen mbH, 86850 Fischach | Device for washing vehicles |
| AT405533B (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1999-09-27 | Asota Gmbh | DOUBLE-LAYER NEEDLE FILLED |
| DE29819920U1 (en) | 1998-11-07 | 1999-07-29 | TCW Textile-Car-Wash-Systeme-GmbH, 36037 Fulda | Textile fabric for drying automobiles in car washes |
| DE19942024B4 (en) * | 1999-09-03 | 2011-01-05 | Gregor Kohlruss | Cleaning element for car washes |
| DE10327583A1 (en) * | 2003-06-18 | 2005-01-05 | Klotz E.K. Peter | Cleaning device for smooth surfaces, consists of three sections, each with different levels of absorbency, color, and frictional strength |
| DE102004026235A1 (en) * | 2004-05-28 | 2005-12-15 | Dürr Ecoclean GmbH | Surface cleaning apparatus for vehicle has nozzle that supplies pressurized gas to form uneven surface in cleaning zone of cleaning component |
Family Cites Families (8)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE1660777A1 (en) * | 1966-11-18 | 1971-09-16 | Adalbert Koglin | Process for the manufacture of shaped objects from needle felt |
| US3765043A (en) * | 1971-04-30 | 1973-10-16 | J Lesser | Automatic car wash |
| JPS5716952A (en) * | 1980-06-28 | 1982-01-28 | Sadaaki Takagi | Production of cushion material |
| US4377878A (en) * | 1981-02-11 | 1983-03-29 | Pecora Daniel P | Vehicle finishing device |
| JPS58169574A (en) * | 1982-03-26 | 1983-10-06 | 東レ株式会社 | Water absorbable hygroscopic material |
| US4567619A (en) * | 1984-04-12 | 1986-02-04 | Clark Gaylord J | Adjustable length cloth pad |
| US4582750A (en) * | 1985-04-16 | 1986-04-15 | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company | Process for making a nonwoven fabric of needling, heating, burnishing and cooling |
| JPS621027A (en) * | 1985-06-26 | 1987-01-07 | Nec Corp | Cassette type magnetic tape reading controller |
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1990
- 1990-04-14 DE DE4012159A patent/DE4012159C1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-11-20 EP EP90122161A patent/EP0452545A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1990-11-30 NO NO90905210A patent/NO905210L/en unknown
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1991
- 1991-01-04 FI FI910053A patent/FI910053L/en unknown
- 1991-02-05 CA CA002035736A patent/CA2035736A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1991-04-09 JP JP3076268A patent/JPH04228346A/en active Pending
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| FI910053A7 (en) | 1991-10-15 |
| FI910053L (en) | 1991-10-15 |
| NO905210L (en) | 1991-10-15 |
| DE4012159C1 (en) | 1991-07-18 |
| FI910053A0 (en) | 1991-01-04 |
| EP0452545A1 (en) | 1991-10-23 |
| JPH04228346A (en) | 1992-08-18 |
| NO905210D0 (en) | 1990-11-30 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEER | Examination request | ||
| FZDE | Discontinued |