ES2391182A1 - Rotating brush applicable to vehicle washing machines (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Rotating brush applicable to vehicle washing machines. It comprises in principle a central support in which a succession of cleaning fringes are radially coupled. It is characterized in that initial sections (5) of the cleaning fringes adjacent to the fixation thereof with respect to the central support, incorporate such initial sections (5) anchoring means between adjacent cleaning fringes, said anchoring means comprising tongues which engage in complementary reception cuts (7) incorporated in the fringes themselves, as with the tabs. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

BRUSH

ROTARY APPLICABLE TO MACHINES FROM WASHED

FROM

VEHICLES

OBJECT

FROM THE INVENTION

The

Present invention, according be express in he

enunciated

from is memory descriptive, be refer to a

brush

rotary from cleaning applicable to machines from

vehicle washing that incorporates characteristic cleaning fringes that provide advantages over known cleaning brushes, since the characteristic structure of such cleaning fringes significantly minimizes the whip effect that they produce on the surface to be cleaned minimizing the bump and by Therefore reducing wear.

In the same way it provides a variable application of the fringes at different engine speeds.

The new structure of the cleaning fringes allows them to be linked and cohesive with each other, minimizing the length of the outer section with greater freedom of movement that bends during the rotation of the rotating brush assembly, which is why the whip effect referred to in the previous paragraph. This results in less wear on the fringes by minimizing the blow against the body of the vehicle to be cleaned and can be used at different speeds.

Therefore, the object of the invention focuses precisely on characteristic means for linking adjacent fringes radially mounted on a central support that is part of the rotating brush assembly of the invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

At present, rotating brushes are applicable to vehicle washing machines that incorporate fringes to clean the body of the corresponding vehicle.

Some of these fringes comprise a structure with a "C" shaped cross section to give greater firmness and cohesion to the set of radially coupled fringes on a central support that is part of the rotating brush assembly.

However, the structure of said fringes does not allow linking a fringe with an adjacent one. In addition, these fringes thus formed have excessive rigidity that can reduce the effectiveness of cleaning the corresponding vehicle.

Another drawback is that the fringes are subject according to their design at speeds of rotation of the rotating brush, the fringes cannot be applied at different speeds without changing them.

Invention Patent No. P-2008303345 is owned by the same owner as the invention in question and it describes, among other elements, cleaning fringes formed by two branches that converge in a common area where they connect to the support center of the rotating brush assembly.

Also known is the German Invention Patent DE 102008046440 B3 which describes a cleaning fringe, the essentiality of which focuses on means for attaching to the central support of the rotating brush, without the incorporation of means for linking fringes with adjacent ones.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order to achieve the objectives and avoid the inconveniences mentioned in the previous sections, the invention proposes a rotating brush applicable to vehicle washing machines that in principle comprises a central support in which a succession of cleaning fringes is radially coupled.

It is characterized in that initial sections of the cleaning fringes adjacent to the fixing thereof with respect to the central support, incorporate such initial sections means of anchoring between cleaning fringes

consecutive

or adjacent, understanding such media from

anchorage

nail tabs that be they hook in some cuts from

reception

complementary incorporated in the own

fringes,

to the same that it happens with the tabs

Another feature of the invention is that the tabs form an integral part of the cleaning fringe material itself while being delimited by punches made in such fringes.

The anchor tabs comprise in a first embodiment with a harpoon-shaped structure, in a second embodiment a "T-shaped" structure and in a third embodiment the anchor tabs comprise a structure with an extreme divergent shape.

Particularly the reception cuts comprise a straight structure flanked by end holes.

Thus, with the new structure presented by the cleaning fringes it is possible to link them and coalesce them with each other minimizing the length of the outer section with greater freedom of movement that bends during the rotation of the rotating brush assembly, which is why it is minimized the whip effect produced by the aforementioned fringes on the surface to be cleaned minimizing the blow and therefore reducing the wear of the vehicle body.

Next, in order to facilitate a better understanding of this descriptive report and forming an integral part thereof, some figures are attached in which the object of the invention has been shown as an illustrative and non-limiting nature.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Figure 1.- Represents a perspective view showing a central support in which a rotating brush applicable to vehicle washing machines is attached, object of the invention, the rotating brush incorporating a succession of cleaning fringes. The movement

Rotating the brush is transmitted by the central support embedded in a longitudinal axis, while the essentiality of the invention is centered on characteristic anchoring means that link some fringes with others when mounted on the central support.

Figure 2.- Shows a plan view of a cleaning fringe where the means for linking a fringe with an adjacent one are highlighted when they are mounted on the central support of the rotating brush. This fringe,

represented

in is figure 2, is formed by two

branches.

Figure

3.Sample a view from a fringe from cleaning

formed

by a alone branch.

Figure

4.-Sample a view from a part from a fringe

from

cleaning that It includes some media  from anchorage with other

realization

different to the shown in the figures

previous.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Considering the numbering adopted in the figures, the rotating brush of the invention comprises a central support 1 embedded in a longitudinal axis 2 that transmits the rotational movement to the central support 1, on which a succession of cleaning fringes is connected radially, either double branch 3 or single branch 4.

Both cleaning fringes 3-4 incorporate in their initial sections 5, adjacent to the end section fixing to the central support 1, anchoring means for successively engaging some fringes with others when mounted on the central support l.

This connection is also made between the two branches of the double branch fringes 3.

In a first embodiment, the anchoring means comprise harpoon-shaped tongues 6 delimited by punches made in the initial sections 5 of the cleaning fringes 3-4, complementing such

tabs

with some cuts from reception 7 made too

in

such sections initials 5 from the fringes, from way that the

tongue

or tabs from a fringe be they hook in he cut or

cuts

from other fringe adjacent Y So successively,

5

getting hooked equally the two branches from a fringe from

double

branch 3.

The

cuts from reception 7 They are straight Y is it so

flanked

by some holes extremes 8.

In

other realizations shown in the figures 3 Y 4,

1 o

the tabs from anchorage understand a shape from "T" 9 Y

too

they can understand a shape divergent extreme 10,

such

how be sample in the figure Four.

The

fringes from cleaning from double branch 3 they count in the

zone

from confluence from the same with a double cut eleven

fifteen

for power engage to the support central, though it no

   affects at all

to the invention that us occupies

Claims (7)

1.-ROTATING BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES

OF VEHICLES, comprising a central support in the

that are radially coupled a succession of fringes of

5

cleaning, is characterized by some initial sections (5)

of the cleaning fringes adjacent to the fixing of the

same with respect to the central support (1), incorporate

such initial sections (5) anchoring means between fringes

adjacent cleaning, comprising such means of

1 o

anchor some tabs that get caught in some cuts of

Reception (7) complementary incorporated in the own ones

fringes, as is the case with anchor tabs.

2. ROTATING BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES

OF VEHICLES, according to claim 1, characterized

fifteen

because the anchor tabs are an integral part of the

own material of cleaning fringes, while

they are delimited by some die cuts made in such

fringes

3. -ROTARY BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES

twenty

OF VEHICLES, according to claim 2, characterized

because the anchor tabs comprise a structure

in the shape of harpoon (6).

Four . ROTATING BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES

OF VEHICLES, according to claim 2, characterized

25

because the anchor tabs comprise a structure

in the form of "T" (9).

5.-ROTATING BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES

OF VEHICLES, according to claim 2, characterized

because the anchor tabs comprise a structure

30

with an extreme divergent form (10).

6.-ROTATING BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES

FROM

VEHICLES, according the claim 2, characterized

why

the cuts from reception (7) understand a

structure

straight.

7. -ROTARY BRUSH APPLICABLE TO WASHING MACHINES OF VEHICLES, according to claim 6, characterized in that the reception cuts (7) are flanked by end holes (8) •