CN206168840U - High -efficient belt cleaning device of part surface for self -driving car - Google Patents
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of self -driving car equipment, especially, relate to a high -efficient belt cleaning device of part surface for self -driving car. The to -be -solved technical problem of the utility model is to provide a high -efficient belt cleaning device of part surface for self -driving car that the cleaning efficiency is high, fast, the convenient operation of washing. In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a such high -efficient belt cleaning device of part surface for self -driving car is including bottom plate, left side frame, washing frame, otter board, first brush, fixed block, second brush, outlet pipe, first automatically controlled valve, pivot, motor, fixed plate etc. The welding of bottom plate top left side has left side frame, and bottom plate top center is connected with the washing frame through bolted connection's mode. The utility model discloses having reached the cleaning efficiency height, having washd effect fast, convenient operation, this device can reduce the machine maintenance time, can save a large amount of manual works, and the cleaning performance is good.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to pilotless automobile equipment technical field, more particularly to a kind of pilotless automobile parts table
Face high-efficiency washing device.
Background technology
Pilotless automobile is a kind of intelligent automobile, it is also possible to referred to as wheeled mobile robot, relies primarily on in-car
Intelligent driving instrument based on computer system is unmanned to realize.
After pilotless automobile traveling a period of time, some parts in automobile easily produce substantial amounts of grease, and then
Increase the oil consumption of vehicle, also have an impact the service life of automobile, so needing periodically to clean some parts.At present nobody
Driving component surface cleaning device haves the shortcomings that cleaning efficiency is low, cleaning speed is slow, cumbersome, therefore needs badly
Research and develop fast, the easy to operate pilotless automobile component surface high-efficiency washing device of a kind of cleaning efficiency height, cleaning speed.
The content of the invention
(1) technical problem to be solved
The present invention in order to overcome current pilotless automobile component surface cleaning device exist cleaning efficiency it is low, cleaning
Slow, the cumbersome shortcoming of speed, the technical problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide that a kind of cleaning efficiency is high, cleaning speed is fast,
Easy to operate pilotless automobile component surface high-efficiency washing device.
(2) technical scheme
In order to solve above-mentioned technical problem, the invention provides such a pilotless automobile is efficient with component surface
Cleaning device, includes base plate, left frame, cleaning frame, web plate, the first hairbrush, fixed block, the second hairbrush, outlet pipe, first automatically controlled
Valve, rotating shaft, motor, fixed plate, connecting rod, spring, the first slide rail, the first slide block, pole, cylinder, top board, wedge, second
Slide block and the second slide rail, base plate top left side is welded with left frame, and base plate top is connected with clearly centrally through bolted mode
Frame is washed, the mode that cleaning inframe is bolted is connected with web plate, and cleaning frame lower right side is connected by way of flange connection
Outlet pipe is connected to, outlet pipe is provided with the first electrically-controlled valve, and left frame right side central is welded with two poles, and two pole right-hand members pass through bolt
The mode of connection is connected with the first slide rail, and slidingtype is connected with the first slide block on the first slide rail, and the first slide block is matched somebody with somebody with the first slide rail
Close, the first slide block bottom left and right sides is connected with spring by way of hook, the spring other end is by way of hook with the
One slide rail bottom or so connects, and the first slider bottom center weld has connecting rod, and connecting rod bottom is welded with fixed plate, and motor leads to
Cross bolted mode and be fixed on fixed plate bottom, the output shaft of motor is connected with rotating shaft by way of shaft coupling connection,
The mode that rotating shaft bottom is bolted is connected with fixed block, and fixed block passes on left bolted mode and is connected with first
Hairbrush, the mode that fixed block right side is bolted is connected with the second hairbrush, and the first hairbrush and the second hairbrush are located on web plate
Side, the mode that left frame right upper portion is bolted is connected with cylinder, and left top of the trellis is welded with top board, and top board bottom centre leads to
Cross bolted mode and be connected with the second slide rail, slidingtype is connected with the second slide block, the second slide block and second on the second slide rail
Slide rail coordinates, and the mode being bolted on the second slide block is connected with wedge, and wedge left end passes through spiral shell with cylinder right-hand member
Stricture of vagina connects, and wedge bottom is connected with the first shoe contact formula.
Preferably, travel switch is also included, the mode that the left and right sides is connected by screw on the second slide rail is connected with row
Cheng Kaiguan, travel switch has cylinder to connect by circuit.
Preferably, the first water pipe and the second electrically-controlled valve are also included, left frame bottom is connected with by way of flange connection
First water pipe, the first water pipe is provided with the second electrically-controlled valve.
Preferably, baseboard material is rustless steel.
Preferably, left frame material is Q235 steel.
Preferably, web plate material is stainless (steel) wire.
Operation principle:When needing to use this device, first staff pours appropriate water and cleanout fluid into cleaning frame
It is interior, then auto parts and components are put on web plate, controlled motor rotation, motor drives rotating shaft rotation, and then drives fixed block rotation
Turn, so as to drive the first hairbrush and the rotation of the second hairbrush so that the first hairbrush and the second hairbrush are cleaned to auto parts and components,
Cylinder elongation is controlled simultaneously, and cylinder drives wedge to move right, and drives the first slide block to move downward, and spring is compressed, and then
Connecting rod is driven to move downward, connecting rod drives fixed plate to move downward, so as to drive motor is moved downward, motor drives rotating shaft
Move downward, rotating shaft drives fixed block and the first hairbrush and the second hairbrush to move downward, when the first hairbrush and the second hairbrush and vapour
When car parts are contacted, control cylinder stops elongation.Motor drives the first hairbrush and the second hairbrush constantly to clean auto parts and components
On grease, cleaning a period of time after, staff control the first electrically-controlled valve open, the water for clean by outlet pipe whole stream
After going out, the first electrically-controlled valve of control is closed, and staff pours appropriate water into cleaning inframe again, motor drive the first hairbrush and
The grease that second hairbrush is constantly cleaned on auto parts and components.After the completion of cleaning, controlled motor is stopped the rotation.Cylinder contracting is controlled simultaneously
Short, cylinder drives wedge to left movement, and the first slide block is moved upwards under the elastic force effect of spring, so drive fixed plate to
Upper motion, so as to drive motor is moved upwards, motor drives rotating shaft to move upwards, and rotating shaft drives fixed block and the first hairbrush and the
Two hairbrush are moved upwards, when all member resets, control cylinder stop motion, and now, staff controls the first electrically-controlled valve
Open, after the water for clean is all flowed out by outlet pipe, control the closing of the first electrically-controlled valve, staff is by cleaned automobile
Parts are processed.
Because also including travel switch, the mode that the left and right sides is connected by screw on the second slide rail is connected with stroke and opens
Close, travel switch has cylinder to connect by circuit, when to the left motion contact is to travel switch for the second slide block, left side travel switch
Control cylinder elongation, when the second slide block is moved right touches travel switch, travel switch control cylinder in right side shrinks, and increases
The automaticity of this device.
Because also including the first water pipe and the second electrically-controlled valve, left frame bottom is connected with first by way of flange connection
Water pipe, the first water pipe is provided with the second electrically-controlled valve, and the second electrically-controlled valve of control is opened, and water passes through the first water pipe stream to cleaning inframe,
When the water for cleaning inframe reaches a certain amount of, the second electrically-controlled valve of control is closed, convenient cleaning.
Because baseboard material is rustless steel, rustless steel corrosion resistance and acid resistance are strong, can extension fixture service life.
Because left frame material is Q235 steel, Q235 steel hardness is high, it is not easy to deforms, makes the service life of device longer.
Because web plate material is stainless (steel) wire, with the performance such as acidproof, alkaline-resisting, heatproof, wear-resisting.
(3) beneficial effect
Fast, the easy to operate effect of cleaning efficiency height, cleaning speed is invention achieves, this device can reduce machine dimension
The shield time, can save substantial amounts of artificial, and cleaning performance is good, saves time, laborsaving, safe and reliable, it is easy to maintenance.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the first main structure diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is second main structure diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the third main structure diagram of the present invention.
Labelling in accompanying drawing for:1- base plates, the left framves of 2-, 3- cleaning frames, 4- web plates, the hairbrush of 5- first, 6- fixed blocks, 7- the
Two hairbrush, 8- outlet pipes, the electrically-controlled valves of 9- first, 10- rotating shafts, 11- motors, 12- fixed plates, 13- connecting rods, 14- springs, 15-
First slide rail, the slide blocks of 16- first, 17- poles, 18- cylinders, 19- top boards, 20- wedges, the slide blocks of 21- second, 22- second is slided
Rail, 23- travel switches, the water pipes of 24- first, the electrically-controlled valves of 25- second.
Specific embodiment
With reference to the accompanying drawings and examples the present invention is further illustrated.
Embodiment 1
A kind of pilotless automobile component surface high-efficiency washing device, as Figure 1-3, includes base plate 1, left frame
2nd, frame 3, web plate 4, the first hairbrush 5, fixed block 6, the second hairbrush 7, outlet pipe 8, the first electrically-controlled valve 9, rotating shaft 10, motor are cleaned
11st, fixed plate 12, connecting rod 13, spring 14, the first slide rail 15, the first slide block 16, pole 17, cylinder 18, top board 19, wedge
20th, the second slide block 21 and the second slide rail 22, the top left side of base plate 1 is welded with left frame 2, and the top center of base plate 1 is bolted
Mode be connected with cleaning frame 3, the mode that is bolted in frame 3 of cleaning is connected with web plate 4, and cleaning frame 3 lower right side is led to
The mode for crossing flange connection is connected with outlet pipe 8, and outlet pipe 8 is provided with the first electrically-controlled valve 9, and the right side central of left frame 2 is welded with two
Pole 17, the mode that the right-hand member of two pole 17 is bolted is connected with the first slide rail 15, slidingtype connection on the first slide rail 15
There is the first slide block 16, the first slide block 16 coordinates with the first slide rail 15, the bottom left and right sides of the first slide block 16 is by way of hook
It is connected with spring 14, the other end of spring 14 is connected by way of hook with the bottom of the first slide rail 15 or so, the bottom of the first slide block 16
Portion's center weld has connecting rod 13, and the bottom of connecting rod 13 is welded with fixed plate 12, and the mode that motor 11 is bolted is fixed
In the bottom of fixed plate 12, the output shaft of motor 11 is connected with rotating shaft 10 by way of shaft coupling connection, and the bottom of rotating shaft 10 passes through
Bolted mode is connected with fixed block 6, and fixed block 6 passes on left bolted mode and is connected with the first hairbrush 5, fixed
The mode that the right side of block 6 is bolted is connected with the second hairbrush 7, and the first hairbrush 5 and the second hairbrush 7 are located at the top of web plate 4, left
The mode that the right upper portion of frame 2 is bolted is connected with cylinder 18, and the welded top of left frame 2 has top board 19, in the bottom of top board 19
The mode that the heart is bolted is connected with the second slide rail 22, and slidingtype is connected with the second slide block 21 on the second slide rail 22, and second
Slide block 21 coordinates with the second slide rail 22, and the mode being bolted on the second slide block 21 is connected with wedge 20, wedge 20
Left end is threaded connection with the right-hand member of cylinder 18, and the bottom of wedge 20 is connected with the contact of the first slide block 16.
Travel switch 23 is also included, the mode that the left and right sides is connected by screw on the second slide rail 22 is connected with stroke and opens
23 are closed, travel switch 23 has cylinder 18 to connect by circuit.
Also include the first water pipe 24 and the second electrically-controlled valve 25, the bottom of left frame 2 is connected with the by way of flange connection
One water pipe 24, the first water pipe 24 is provided with the second electrically-controlled valve 25.
The material of base plate 1 is rustless steel.
The material of left frame 2 is Q235 steel.
The material of web plate 4 is stainless (steel) wire.
Operation principle:When needing to use this device, first staff pours appropriate water and cleanout fluid into cleaning frame 3
It is interior, then auto parts and components are put on web plate 4, controlled motor 11 rotates, and motor 11 drives rotating shaft 10 to rotate, and then drives solid
Determine block 6 to rotate, so as to drive the first hairbrush 5 and the second hairbrush 7 to rotate so that the first hairbrush 5 and the second hairbrush 7 are to zero, automobile
Part is cleaned, while control cylinder 18 extending, cylinder 18 drives wedge 20 to move right, and drives the first slide block 16 fortune downwards
Dynamic, spring 14 is compressed, and then drives connecting rod 13 to move downward, and connecting rod 13 drives fixed plate 12 to move downward, so as to band
Galvanic electricity machine 11 is moved downward, and motor 11 drives rotating shaft 10 to move downward, and rotating shaft 10 drives the hairbrush 5 and second of fixed block 6 and first
Hairbrush 7 is moved downward, and when the first hairbrush 5 and the second hairbrush 7 are contacted with auto parts and components, control cylinder 18 stops elongation.Electricity
Machine 11 drives the grease that the first hairbrush 5 and the second hairbrush 7 are constantly cleaned on auto parts and components, and after cleaning a period of time, work people
Member's the first electrically-controlled valve 9 of control is opened, and the water for having cleaned after outlet pipe 8 all flows out, close, work by the first electrically-controlled valve 9 of control
Make personnel again to pour appropriate water in cleaning frame 3 into, motor 11 drives the first hairbrush 5 and the second hairbrush 7 constantly cleaning automobile
Grease on parts.After the completion of cleaning, controlled motor 11 is stopped the rotation.Control cylinder 18 simultaneously to shorten, cylinder 18 drives wedge
To left movement, the first slide block 16 is moved upwards shape block 20 under the elastic force effect of spring 14, and then drives fixed plate 12 to transport upwards
Dynamic, so as to drive motor 11 is moved upwards, motor 11 drives rotating shaft 10 to move upwards, and rotating shaft 10 drives fixed block 6 and first mao
The hairbrush 7 of brush 5 and second is moved upwards, when all member resets, controls the stop motion of cylinder 18, now, staff's control
First electrically-controlled valve 9 is opened, and the water for having cleaned after outlet pipe 8 all flows out, close, staff by the first electrically-controlled valve 9 of control
Cleaned auto parts and components are processed.
Because also including travel switch 23, the mode that the left and right sides is connected by screw on the second slide rail 22 is connected with row
Cheng Kaiguan 23, travel switch 23 has cylinder 18 to connect by circuit, when the second slide block 21 to the left motion contact to travel switch 23
When, the control cylinder 18 of left side travel switch 23 extends, when the second slide block 21 is moved right touches travel switch 23, right side row
The control cylinders 18 of Cheng Kaiguan 23 shrink, and increase the automaticity of this device.
Because also including the first water pipe 24 and the second electrically-controlled valve 25, the bottom of left frame 2 is connected by way of flange connection
There is the first water pipe 24, the first water pipe 24 is provided with the second electrically-controlled valve 25, and the second electrically-controlled valve 25 of control is opened, and water passes through the first water pipe
24 streams in cleaning frame 3, when the water in cleaning frame 3 reaches a certain amount of, close, convenient cleaning by the second electrically-controlled valve 25 of control.
Because the material of base plate 1 is rustless steel, rustless steel corrosion resistance and acid resistance are strong, can extension fixture service life.
Because the material of left frame 2 is Q235 steel, Q235 steel hardness is high, it is not easy to deforms, makes the service life of device longer.
Because the material of web plate 4 is stainless (steel) wire, with the performance such as acidproof, alkaline-resisting, heatproof, wear-resisting.
Embodiment described above only expresses the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and its description is more concrete and detailed, but and
Therefore the restriction to the scope of the claims of the present invention can not be interpreted as.It should be pointed out that for one of ordinary skill in the art
For, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, some deformations, improvement can also be made and substituted, these belong to this
Bright protection domain.Therefore, the protection domain of patent of the present invention should be defined by claims.
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1. a kind of pilotless automobile component surface high-efficiency washing device, it is characterised in that include base plate (1), left frame
(2), frame (3), web plate (4), the first hairbrush (5), fixed block (6), the second hairbrush (7), outlet pipe (8), the first electrically-controlled valve are cleaned
(9), rotating shaft (10), motor (11), fixed plate (12), connecting rod (13), spring (14), the first slide rail (15), the first slide block
(16), pole (17), cylinder (18), top board (19), wedge (20), the second slide block (21) and the second slide rail (22), base plate (1)
Top left side is welded with left frame (2), and the mode that base plate (1) top center is bolted is connected with cleaning frame (3), cleans frame
(3) mode being bolted in is connected with web plate (4), and cleaning frame (3) lower right side is connected by way of flange connection
There is an outlet pipe (8), outlet pipe (8) is provided with the first electrically-controlled valve (9), left frame (2) right side central is welded with two poles (17), two
The mode that bar (17) right-hand member is bolted is connected with the first slide rail (15), and slidingtype is connected with first on the first slide rail (15)
Slide block (16), the first slide block (16) coordinates with the first slide rail (15), the side that the first slide block (16) the bottom left and right sides passes through hook
Formula is connected with spring (14), and spring (14) other end is connected by way of hook with the first slide rail (15) bottom or so, and first
Slide block (16) bottom centre is welded with connecting rod (13), and connecting rod (13) bottom is welded with fixed plate (12), and motor (11) passes through
Bolted mode is fixed on fixed plate (12) bottom, and the output shaft of motor (11) is connected with by way of shaft coupling connection
Rotating shaft (10), the mode that rotating shaft (10) bottom is bolted is connected with fixed block (6), and fixed block (6) passes on left bolt
The mode of connection is connected with the first hairbrush (5), and the mode that fixed block (6) right side is bolted is connected with the second hairbrush (7),
, positioned at web plate (4) top, the mode that left frame (2) right upper portion is bolted connects for first hairbrush (5) and the second hairbrush (7)
There is cylinder (18), left frame (2) welded top has top board (19), and the mode that top board (19) bottom centre is bolted is connected with
Second slide rail (22), slidingtype is connected with the second slide block (21), the second slide block (21) and the second slide rail on the second slide rail (22)
(22) coordinate, the mode being bolted on the second slide block (21) is connected with wedge (20), wedge (20) left end and gas
Cylinder (18) right-hand member is threaded connection, and wedge (20) bottom is connected with the first slide block (16) contact.
2. a kind of pilotless automobile according to claim 1 component surface high-efficiency washing device, it is characterised in that
Travel switch (23) is also included, the mode that the left and right sides is connected by screw on the second slide rail (22) is connected with travel switch
(23), travel switch (23) has cylinder (18) to connect by circuit.
3. a kind of pilotless automobile according to claim 1 component surface high-efficiency washing device, it is characterised in that
The first water pipe (24) and the second electrically-controlled valve (25) are also included, left frame (2) bottom is connected with first by way of flange connection
Water pipe (24), the first water pipe (24) is provided with the second electrically-controlled valve (25).
4. a kind of pilotless automobile according to claim 1 component surface high-efficiency washing device, it is characterised in that
Base plate (1) material is rustless steel.
5. a kind of pilotless automobile according to claim 1 component surface high-efficiency washing device, it is characterised in that
Left frame (2) material is Q235 steel.
6. a kind of pilotless automobile according to claim 1 component surface high-efficiency washing device, it is characterised in that
Web plate (4) material is stainless (steel) wire.
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