JP2000317409A - Tatami cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to remove mud and dust sticking to a tatami (a mat) front before shipping by including a casing and a plurality of brushes for cleaning which exist within the casing, are rotatable and move in the casing while rotating. SOLUTION: The coating device consists of a brushing device 2 which has a plurality of the brushes 14 within the freely vertically movably disposed casing 1 and are arranged with the brushes 14 movably within the casing 1 while rotating and a dust collector which is coupled to the casing 1 via a duct. The rotation of the brushes 14 of the brushing device 2 starts scraping the mud and dust on the tatami front by descending of the casing 1 and the brushes 14 are moved by a chain 13, by which the mud and dust are scraped out over the entire width of the tatami in a approximately orthogonal with the progression of the tatami. The rotating speed of the brushes 14 of this time is set sufficiently higher than the moving speed by the chain 13, by which an effect of polishing up the tatami front is exhibited together with the scraping of the mud and dust. The scraped mud and dust are sucked by the dust collector via the duct.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tatami surface cleaning apparatus, and more particularly to a tatami surface cleaning apparatus that removes mud and dust for dyeing soil adhering to a new tatami surface during a tatami manufacturing process.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a manufacturing process of a tatami mat, a cut rush is immersed in dyed soil, and the rush is dried and woven into a tatami mat. Through such a mud dyeing process, a blue-green tatami surface can be obtained. The dyed soil has an effect of suppressing discoloration until the tatami is finished, and after the tatami is finished, it is manually removed with a brush or a vacuum cleaner.

[0003]

When a new tatami mat is sewn on a tatami mat floor, it is necessary to remove mud and dust adhering to the surface of the tatami mat before shipment. However, this required manual labor apart from the work of sewing tatami mats.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for removing mud on a tatami surface.
The tatami cleaning device includes a housing and a plurality of brushes for cleaning inside the housing, and the brush is rotatable, and cleans the tatami surface by moving inside the housing while rotating. By rotating and moving a plurality of brushes, mud and dust adhering to the tatami surface can be removed before shipment.

Since the brush moves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the traveling direction of the tatami mat, the brush moves along the weave of the tatami mat surface (the direction parallel to the rush), and the rotation of the brush 14 By moving, the mud and dust can be efficiently scraped out to perform the cleaning operation.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A tatami cleaning apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of brushes 14 in a casing 1 provided to be movable up and down, and the brushes are arranged so as to be movable in the casing while rotating. And a dust collecting device 4 coupled to the housing 1 via a duct 3.

In the final step of the tatami manufacturing process, the helicopter sewn in the flat piercing process is sewn to the side of the tatami by the sewing machine 91 of the return stitcher. When this process is completed,
The finished tatami mat is discharged. Therefore, the tatami cleaning device of the present invention is, as shown in FIG. 1, a brushing device supported by a support frame 7 on a conveyor 6 from which a completed tatami mat 5 is discharged and surrounded by a vertically movable housing 1. 2 and a dust collecting device 4 joined to the housing 1 via a duct 3 so as to remove mud and dust adhering to the tatami mat.

[0008] The brushing device 2 is arranged at intervals as shown in the front view of FIG. 2 and the side view of FIG.
A pair of chain wheels 11, 12; two chains 13 hung on the chain wheels 11, 12; and a motor 1 for driving the chain wheel 11
7, a brush 14 attached via the chain 13 and the bearing 10, a belt 21 for giving rotation to the brush 14, a pulley 22 for rotating the belt 21,
A pulley 23 for transmitting a rotational force to the brush 14;
24, an upper sliding plate 15 for preventing the chain 13 from hanging down, a lower sliding plate 16 for pressing the brush 14 against the tatami surface without lifting the brush 14 from the tatami surface, and a belt 21.
And a belt guide 25 for preventing the floating of the belt. It should be noted that a belt may be used instead of the chain 13 and a chain may be used instead of the belt 21.

The brushing device 2 is arranged and supported so that the lower surface is surrounded by a casing 1 having an opening. The casing 1 can be moved up and down with respect to a support frame 7 by a motor 8 or the like. It is arranged so as to be substantially perpendicular to the traveling direction of the tatami mat. A tatami mat detector (not shown) for detecting a completed tatami mat is provided at an outlet of the sewing machine.

The housing 1 is normally raised, but when the tatami mat detector detects a completed tatami mat, each of the motors 17 and 24 is turned on.
Is operated, the motor 8 and the like are operated, the housing 1 is lowered, and the dust collecting device 4 is operated to start suction of air containing mud and dust in the housing 1.

When the housing 1 is lowered, the brushing device 2
The rotation of the brush 14 starts scraping out mud and dust on the tatami surface, and the brush 14 is moved by the chain 13 to scrape out mud and dust over the entire width of the tatami in a direction substantially perpendicular to the traveling direction of the tatami. It is. Brush 1 at this time
The rotation speed of No. 4 is set sufficiently faster than the moving speed of the chain 13, so that it has the effect of scraping mud and dust and polishing the tatami surface. If the speed at which the brush 14 moves is set faster than the speed at which the tatami moves, the brush moves along the weave of the tatami surface (in a direction parallel to the rush), and the rotation and movement of the brush 14 are performed. As a result, mud and dust can be efficiently scraped out and the cleaning operation can be performed. The scraped mud and dust are sucked by the dust collecting device 4 from the suction port of the duct 3.

The edge of the completed tatami mat is free of mud and dust, and if brushed on the edge, it will be damaged or stained. It is only necessary to provide a This mask may be attached to the housing 1, or may be attached to a conveyor 8 or the like that moves the tatami mats, and the position of the mask may be adjusted according to the width of the tatami mats. In the case of FIG. 1, the mask may be fixed at the upper front side of the tatami mat, and the lower front side may be adjusted. Of course, the position of both masks may be adjusted.

(Other Embodiments) As an embodiment of the present invention, a state in which a tatami cleaning device is connected to a tatami manufacturing machine and incorporated in a line has been described. It is also possible to use it.

If the lowering position of the housing 1 is configured to be adjusted according to the thickness of the tatami, the tatami can be prevented from being damaged by an excessive force applied to the tatami, and the cleaning effect by idling can be prevented. Can be prevented from decreasing.

[0015]

As is clear from the description based on the above embodiment, according to the tatami cleaning apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to provide a clean tatami mat and to carry out cleaning work at the time of shipping tatami mats having a bad working environment. Can be automated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tatami cleaning device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a brushing device in the device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a brushing device in the device shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Brushing device 3 Duct 4 Dust collector 5 Tatami 6 Conveyor 7 Support frame 8 Motor 10 Bearing 11 Chainwheel 12 Chainwheel 13 Chain 14 Brush 15 Upper sliding plate 16 Lower sliding plate 17 Motor 21 Belt 22 Pulley 23 Pulley 24 Motor 25 Belt guide 91 Sewing machine

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cleaning device for removing mud on the surface of a tatami mat,
A tatami cleaning system comprising: a housing; and a plurality of brushes for cleaning inside the housing, wherein the brush is rotatable, and cleans the tatami surface by moving inside the housing while rotating. apparatus. 2. The tatami cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the brush is moved in a direction substantially orthogonal to a traveling direction of the tatami mat.