CN112503031A - Rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cleaning device, in particular to a rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device. The invention provides a rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device which can be used for conveniently cleaning fan blades, saving labor and time and safely cleaning the fan blades. A rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device comprises a shaft sleeve, a fixed support, a first fixed shaft, a second fixed shaft, a wire pulling device, a rotating device, a distance adjusting device and the like; the top of the shaft sleeve is provided with a rotating device, the upper part of the shaft sleeve is rotatably provided with a fixed support, the top of the fixed support is provided with a first fixed shaft, the left and right sides of the first fixed shaft are rotatably provided with distance adjusting devices, the upper part of the distance adjusting devices is connected with a second fixed shaft, and the shaft sleeve is rotatably provided with a wire drawing device. The ceiling fan blade cleaning device is provided with the wire drawing device, the rotating device, the distance adjusting device and other equipment, wherein the rotating device drives the wire drawing device to rotate in multiple angles to clean the fan blades of the ceiling fan, and the distance adjusting device can adjust the device according to the thickness of the fan blades of the ceiling fan, so that people can clean the fan blades conveniently, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a cleaning device, in particular to a rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device.
Background
The ceiling fan is fixedly arranged on a ceiling and has a good summer heat relieving effect in summer.
Because the ceiling fan is fixedly arranged on the ceiling, the ceiling fan is difficult to clean, and when the ceiling fan is cleaned, the fan blades of the ceiling fan are usually detached to clean by people, or the fan blades are directly cleaned by rags when people step on the escalator, so that the two methods are troublesome to clean, consume more manpower and time, and have certain potential safety hazards.
In view of the above problems of the prior art methods for cleaning fan blades of ceiling fans, there is a need to develop a rolling brush type cleaning device for cleaning fan blades of ceiling fans, which can facilitate the cleaning of the fan blades, save labor and time, and safely clean the fan blades.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects that the existing method for cleaning the fan blades of the ceiling fan is relatively troublesome in cleaning, consumes more manpower and time and has certain potential safety hazard, the technical problem to be solved is as follows: the rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device can be used for conveniently cleaning fan blades, saving labor and time and safely cleaning the fan blades.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the utility model provides a roll brush formula ceiling fan flabellum cleaning device, including the axle sleeve, the fixed bolster, first dead axle, the second dead axle, draw off mechanism, rotating device, roll adjustment device and antiskid cover, the axle sleeve top is equipped with rotating device, axle sleeve upper portion rotary type is equipped with the fixed bolster, the fixed bolster top is equipped with first dead axle, the equal rotary type in first dead axle left and right sides is equipped with roll adjustment device, roll adjustment device upper portion is connected with the second dead axle, be equipped with draw off mechanism in the axle sleeve, draw off mechanism and fixed bolster connection, draw off mechanism and rotating device cooperation, the draw off mechanism bottom is connected with the antiskid cover.
As further preferred scheme, the wire drawing device is including first fixed block, the steel wire, the turning block, brush and dwang, the axle sleeve internal rotation formula is equipped with the dwang, fixed bolster front side left and right sides symmetry is equipped with first fixed block, the dwang top is equipped with the turning block, the turning block is connected with the axle sleeve rotary type, the first fixed axle left and right sides all is connected with the steel wire, the steel wire is walked around the second dead axle and is connected with the turning block with first fixed block, the equal rotary type in first dead axle and second dead axle middle part is equipped with the brush.
As a further preferred scheme, the rotating device comprises a wrench, a worm wheel, a third fixed shaft, a second fixed block, a worm and a square-head connecting rod, the worm wheel is arranged in the middle of the fixed support, the second fixed block is arranged on the front side of the upper portion of the shaft sleeve, the third fixed shaft is arranged at the top of the second fixed block, the worm is rotatably arranged on the upper portion of the third fixed shaft and matched with the worm wheel, the square-head connecting rod is arranged at the top of the worm, and the wrench is arranged at the top of the square-head.
As a further preferable scheme, the distance adjusting device comprises a threaded connecting rod, a first spring and a nut, the threaded connecting rod is arranged on the left side and the right side of the first fixed shaft in a sliding mode, the upper portion of the threaded connecting rod is connected with the second fixed shaft, the first spring is wound on the threaded connecting rod and connected with the first fixed shaft and the second fixed shaft, and the nut is arranged at the bottom of the threaded connecting rod.
As a further preferred solution, the fixing bracket is U-shaped.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the ceiling fan blade cleaning device is provided with the wire drawing device, the rotating device, the distance adjusting device and other equipment, wherein the rotating device drives the wire drawing device to rotate in multiple angles to clean the fan blades of the ceiling fan, and the distance adjusting device can adjust the device according to the thickness of the fan blades of the ceiling fan, so that people can clean the fan blades conveniently, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the fixing bracket, the wire drawing device and the part a of the invention.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic perspective view of part a of the present invention.
The meaning of the reference symbols in the figures: 1: shaft sleeve, 2: fixed bracket, 21: first dead axle, 22: second dead axle, 3: wire drawing device, 31: first fixing block, 32: steel wire, 33: turning block, 34: brush, 35: dwang, 4: rotating device, 41: wrench, 42: turbine, 43: third dead axle, 44: second fixed block, 45: worm, 46: square head connecting rod, 5: pitch control device, 51: threaded connecting rod, 52: first spring, 53: nut, 6: an anti-slip sleeve.
Detailed Description
The following description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
The utility model provides a roll brush formula ceiling fan flabellum cleaning device, as shown in figure 1, figure 2 and figure 3, including axle sleeve 1, fixed bolster 2, first dead axle 21, second dead axle 22, guy device 3, rotating device 4, roll adjustment device 5 and antiskid cover 6, 1 top of axle sleeve is equipped with rotating device 4, 1 upper portion rotary type of axle sleeve is equipped with fixed bolster 2, 2 tops of fixed bolster are equipped with first dead axle 21, the first dead axle 21 left and right sides all is equipped with roll adjustment device 5, roll adjustment device 5 upper portion is connected with second dead axle 22, be equipped with guy device 3 in the axle sleeve 1, guy device 3 is connected with fixed bolster 2, guy device 3 and rotating device 4 cooperation, 3 bottoms of guy device are connected with antiskid cover 6.
People want to clean the fan blades of the ceiling fan quickly, the invention can be used, people adjust the distance adjusting device 5 according to the thickness of the fan blades, the distance adjusting device 5 adjusts the distance between the first fixed shaft 21 and the second fixed shaft 22, the first fixed shaft 21 and the second fixed shaft 22 drive the adjusting wire pulling device 3, the rotating device 4 is twisted, the rotating device 4 drives the fixed bracket 2 to move, the first fixed shaft 21 drives the distance adjusting device 5 to move, the distance adjusting device 5 drives the second fixed shaft 22 to move, the first fixed shaft 21 and the second fixed shaft 22 drive the wire pulling device 3 to move, the fixed bracket 2 adjusts the angle of the wire pulling device 3, when people adjust the wire pulling device 3 to the proper angle of the fan blades, hold the shaft sleeve 1 to place the fan blades in the wire pulling device 3, rotate the antiskid sleeve 6, the antiskid sleeve 6 drives the wire pulling device 3 to move, move the shaft sleeve 1, the wire pulling device 3 cleans the fan blades, after the cleaning, stop rotating the antiskid sleeve 6, the shaft sleeve 1 is held to leave the fan blades, and when people need to clean the fan blades again, the operation is repeated, so that the ceiling fan blades can be conveniently cleaned by people.
Guy wire device 3 is including first fixed block 31, the steel wire 32, turning block 33, brush 34 and dwang 35, 1 internal rotation formula of axle sleeve is equipped with dwang 35, 2 front side left and right sides symmetries of fixed bolster are equipped with first fixed block 31, dwang 35 top is equipped with turning block 33, turning block 33 is connected with 1 rotary type of axle sleeve, the first dead axle 21 left and right sides is connected with steel wire 32, steel wire 32 is connected with turning block 33 around second dead axle 22 and first fixed block 31, first dead axle 21 and second dead axle 22 middle part all establish the rotary type and have brush 34.
People hold axle sleeve 1 and put the flabellum between two brushes 34, rotate anti-skidding cover 6, anti-skidding cover 6 drives dwang 35 and rotates, dwang 35 drives turning block 33 and rotates, turning block 33 drives the motion of steel wire 32, steel wire 32 drives first dead axle 21 and second dead axle 22 and is close to each other, first dead axle 21 and second dead axle 22 side drive two brushes 34 relative movement respectively, the flabellum is washd in the motion of brush 34, the flabellum sanitization back, stop rotating anti-skidding cover 6, it can to leave the flabellum to hold axle sleeve 1, when people need wash the flabellum once more, operation more than repeated, make things convenient for people to wash the ceiling fan flabellum.
Example 2
On the basis of embodiment 1, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the rotating device 4 includes a wrench 41, a worm wheel 42, a third fixed shaft 43, a second fixed block 44, a worm 45 and a square head connecting rod 46, the worm wheel 42 is disposed in the middle of the fixed bracket 2, the second fixed block 44 is disposed on the front side of the upper portion of the shaft sleeve 1, the third fixed shaft 43 is disposed on the top of the second fixed block 44, the worm 45 is rotatably disposed on the upper portion of the third fixed shaft 43, the worm 45 is engaged with the worm wheel 42, the square head connecting rod 46 is disposed on the top of the worm 45, and the wrench 41 is disposed on the top of the square head connecting rod.
The wrench 41 is turned by one's twisting, the wrench 41 drives the square head connecting rod 46 to turn, the square head connecting rod 46 drives the third fixed shaft 43 to turn, the third fixed shaft 43 drives the worm 45 to turn, because the worm 45 is matched with the worm wheel 42, the worm 45 drives the worm wheel 42 to rotate, the worm wheel 42 drives the fixed support 2 to rotate forwards or backwards, the fixed support 2 drives the first fixed shaft 21 to move, the first fixed shaft 21 drives the distance adjusting device 5 to move, the distance adjusting device 5 drives the second fixed shaft 22 to move, the first fixed shaft 21 and the second fixed shaft 22 drive the brush 34 to move, when people adjust the brush 34 to the proper angle of the fan blades, people hold the shaft sleeve 1 to place the fan blades between the two brushes 34, the brushes 34 rotate to clean the fan blades, the fan blades are cleaned, and then the shaft sleeve 1 is held to leave the fan blades, when people need to clean the fan blades again, the operation is repeated, and the ceiling fan blades can be conveniently cleaned in multiple directions by people.
The distance adjusting device 5 comprises a threaded connecting rod 51, a first spring 52 and a nut 53, the threaded connecting rod 51 is arranged on the left side and the right side of the first fixed shaft 21 in a sliding mode, the upper portion of the threaded connecting rod 51 is connected with the second fixed shaft 22, the first spring 52 is wound on the threaded connecting rod 51, the first spring 52 is connected with the first fixed shaft 21 and the second fixed shaft 22, and the nut 53 is arranged at the bottom of the threaded connecting rod 51.
When the nut 53 is screwed, the nut 53 drives the threaded connecting rod 51 to move downwards or upwards, the threaded connecting rod 51 drives the second fixed shaft 22 to move downwards or upwards, when the second fixed shaft 22 moves downwards, the distance between the second fixed shaft 22 and the first fixed shaft 21 is reduced, the distance between the two brushes 34 is also reduced, at this time, the first spring 52 becomes a compressed state, when the second fixed shaft 22 moves upwards, the distance between the second fixed shaft 22 and the first fixed shaft 21 is increased, the distance between the two brushes 34 is also increased, at this time, the first spring 52 becomes a stretching state, when the thickness between the two brushes 34 is similar to the thickness of the fan blade, the nut 53 is stopped to be screwed, then, people put the fan blades between the two brushes 34 for cleaning, and after cleaning, the fan blades are separated from the shaft sleeve 1 by holding, when people need to clean the fan blades again, the operation is repeated, and the distance between the two brushes 34 can be conveniently adjusted by people according to the thickness of the fan blades.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.
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1. A rolling brush type ceiling fan blade cleaning device comprises a shaft sleeve (1) and a fixed support (2), wherein the fixed support (2) is rotatably arranged at the upper part of the shaft sleeve (1), the anti-skidding type wire drawing device is characterized by further comprising a first fixed shaft (21), a second fixed shaft (22), a wire drawing device (3), a rotating device (4), a distance adjusting device (5) and an anti-skidding sleeve (6), wherein the rotating device (4) is arranged at the top of the shaft sleeve (1), the first fixed shaft (21) is arranged at the top of the fixed support (2), the distance adjusting devices (5) are arranged on the left side and the right side of the first fixed shaft (21), the second fixed shaft (22) is connected to the upper portion of the distance adjusting device (5), the wire drawing device (3) is arranged in the shaft sleeve (1), the wire drawing device (3) is connected with the fixed support (2), the wire drawing device (3) is matched with the rotating device (4), and the anti-skidding sleeve (6) is connected to.
2. The fan blade cleaning device for the rolling brush type ceiling fan according to claim 1, wherein the wire pulling device (3) comprises a first fixed block (31), a steel wire (32), a rotating block (33), a brush (34) and a rotating rod (35), the rotating rod (35) is rotatably arranged in the shaft sleeve (1), the first fixed block (31) is symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the front side of the fixed support (2), the rotating block (33) is arranged on the top of the rotating rod (35), the rotating block (33) is rotatably connected with the shaft sleeve (1), the steel wire (32) is connected to the left side and the right side of the first fixed shaft (21), the steel wire (32) is connected with the rotating block (33) by surrounding the second fixed shaft (22) and the first fixed block (31), and the brush (34) is rotatably arranged in the middle of the first fixed shaft (21) and the second fixed shaft (22.
3. The fan blade cleaning device for the rolling brush type ceiling fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotating device (4) comprises a wrench (41), a worm wheel (42), a third fixed shaft (43), a second fixed block (44), a worm (45) and a square-head connecting rod (46), the worm wheel (42) is arranged in the middle of the fixed support (2), the second fixed block (44) is arranged on the front side of the upper portion of the shaft sleeve (1), the third fixed shaft (43) is arranged on the top of the second fixed block (44), the worm (45) is rotatably arranged on the upper portion of the third fixed shaft (43), the worm (45) is matched with the worm wheel (42), the square-head connecting rod (46) is arranged on the top of the worm (45), and the wrench (41) is arranged on the top of the square-head.
4. The fan blade cleaning device of the rolling brush type ceiling fan as claimed in claim 3, wherein the distance adjusting device (5) comprises a threaded connecting rod (51), a first spring (52) and a nut (53), the threaded connecting rod (51) is slidably arranged on both the left and right sides of the first fixed shaft (21), the upper part of the threaded connecting rod (51) is connected with the second fixed shaft (22), the first spring (52) is wound on the threaded connecting rod (51), the first spring (52) is connected with the first fixed shaft (21) and the second fixed shaft (22), and the nut (53) is arranged at the bottom of the threaded connecting rod (51).
5. The rolling brush ceiling fan blade cleaning apparatus of claim 4, wherein the fixing bracket (2) is U-shaped.
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