JP2001096239A - Device for washing wheel of wheelchair - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact wheel washing device for lowering the load imposed on care personnel or physically handicapped persons and washing wheels with high efficiency. SOLUTION: This device for washing wheels of a wheelchair has rolling rolls for supporting the wheels and a polishing/washing roll for polishing/ washing the wheels on a device main body base 2 where the wheelchair 1 is mounted. Rolling roll for supporting the wheels each having a smaller diameter are arranged in a group of other plural rolling rolls 6 for supporting the wheels each having a larger diameter near the common polishing/washing roll 4 to polish/wash all of the wheels. A washing water storage vessel 8 is installed at the position that the roll 4 is immersed in it and a driving motor for rotating the rolls 6 or the roll 4 is installed inside the same roll.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wheelchair wheel cleaning device used when a wheelchair becomes dirty when used outdoors or when the wheels need to be cleaned for other reasons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is natural that people with physical disabilities want to go out using a wheelchair, and it is becoming increasingly popular. Since the wheelchair wheel is dirty after going out, it has been necessary for a caregiver to wipe off the wheel with a rag or the like when returning home. An attempt to clean up this point with an apparatus has been proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-308879. This is a large-scale device in which a wheel rotating roll and a cleaning roll, which rotate by mounting each of the front and rear wheels of a wheelchair, are arranged in front and rear, and cannot be easily used in ordinary households and the like.

[0003]

It is burdensome for a caregiver to clean the wheel of a wheelchair by hand as in the past, and a disabled person himself can get out of the car at the time of cleaning, or to the caregiver. There was also a burden of concern that we had to express our gratitude. Therefore, we studied the development of a compact device that would reduce the burden on both the caregiver and the physically handicapped, and that would efficiently clean the wheels.

[0004]

As a result of studying the above-mentioned problems, a rolling roll for supporting wheels of a wheelchair and a cleaning roll for cleaning the wheels are provided on a low-floor apparatus main body base on which a wheelchair rides. In a wheelchair wheel cleaning device, a plurality of rolling rolls supporting small-diameter wheels are provided in a plurality of rolling rolls supporting large-diameter wheels near a polishing roll, and both large and small wheels are shared by a common polishing roll. It was possible to clean by the same polishing roll. The low floor mentioned here means that the height from the ground contact surface to the polished surface is as low as about 10 cm or less.

[0005] Further, there is provided a wheelchair wheel cleaning device in which a liquid pool of cleaning water supplied to the cleaning roll is provided at a position where the rotary cleaning roll can be immersed. This reservoir can be filled with soap or a germicidal solution in addition to water. The rotary drive motor of the rolling roll or the polishing roll is provided in the same roll.

[0006]

1 is a plan view of a wheel cleaning device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the device. Further, FIG.
FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the same part. As can be seen from these figures, the wheel cleaning device of the present invention is mounted on the low-floor (approximately 8.5 cm) device main body base 2 on which the wheelchair 1 can easily ride, and the road plate 3a is moved forward and backward (left and right in the drawing). When the front wheel 1a, 1a or the rear wheel 1b, 1b of the wheelchair with the physically handicapped (or empty) is on the apparatus base 2, the cleaning roll of the cleaning unit 5 is moved. It is a structure that can be cleaned in contact with 4,4.

[0007] The washing section 5 is provided with a group of rolling rolls 6 for supporting wheels of a wheelchair and a rotary cleaning roll 4 in the vicinity thereof. The group of rolling rolls 6 and the rotary cleaning roll 4 are provided at a position where they come into contact with the wheels and rotate, and are rotated by a motor built in and coaxial with the rolls of the group of rolling rolls 6.
When the rotary drive motor is provided in the roll in this way, the apparatus main body base 2 has a lower floor than when a separate rotary drive motor is provided as in the conventional case.

The small-diameter front wheel 1a turns in the horizontal direction in order to easily change the direction during traveling. Therefore, when the front wheel 1a is mounted on the device for cleaning, if the front wheel 1a is turned sideways along the group of rolling rolls 6, it will enter between the rolls, making the cleaning operation difficult, and the forward movement is also backward. Will also be difficult. That the wheelchair wheels are in the correct position,
In order to maintain the stability at the time of washing, a wheel guide 7 is provided so as to be opposed to the rolling rollers 6 in the traveling direction so as to have substantially the same wheel width as the wheel guide 7 toward the apparatus main body.

The cleaning roll 4 is supplied with cleaning water. For this purpose, a liquid reservoir 8 having a closed bottom is provided in the apparatus main body base 2.
The rotary cleaning roll 4 is provided at a height and a position where it can be immersed in the liquid reservoir 8. Water is supplied to the liquid reservoir 8 from a water storage tank 9. In addition to water, soap or a sterilizing solution can be filled.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the vicinity of the cleaning section showing a state in which the small-diameter front wheel 1a is being cleaned. FIG. 6 shows a large-diameter rear wheel 1b.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the vicinity of a cleaning unit, showing a state during cleaning. FIG.
In the case of wiping the front wheel 1a having a small diameter, the two rolling rolls 6a and 6b adjacent to the wiping roll 4 in the group of rolling rolls 6 are driven by the front wheel 1a.
The a is rotated while being supported, and is cleaned by the cleaning roll 4.
Next, when the large diameter rear wheel 1b is cleaned,
All the rolling rollers 6a, 6b, 6c of the book support and rotate the rear wheel 1b, and are cleaned by the cleaning roll 4.
Both wheels, large and small, could be cleaned by the same cleaning roll with a common cleaning roll. Note that a motor 11 for rotating the roll is provided in the rolling roll 6a, and rotates the roll, and also connects via a chain (or belt) 10 so that the polishing roll 4 also rotates. I have.

[0011]

The wheel cleaning device for a wheelchair having the above-described structure has a small burden on the caregiver and the physically handicapped when going home or returning to the facility from outside, and the cleaning of the wheel is high. It became a device that can be performed efficiently. Because it is a low floor,
People with disabilities remain in their wheelchairs without fear.
Further, since the device is small, it can be easily used. It is not necessary for the caregiver to manually wash the wheels, which is a preferable device from the viewpoint of hygiene.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a wheel cleaning device (wheels of a wheelchair is also shown) of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the same part as FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the vicinity of a cleaning unit showing a state where a small-diameter front wheel is being cleaned.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the vicinity of a cleaning unit showing a state in which a large-diameter rear wheel is being cleaned.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wheelchair 2 Device base 3a, 3b Road plate 4 Polishing roll 5 Washing part 6 Rolling roll group 6a, 6b, 6c Rolling roll 7 Wheel guide 8 Liquid reservoir 9 Water storage tank 10 chain (or belt)

Claims (3)

[Claims] A wheel cleaning device for a wheelchair, comprising: a rolling roll for supporting a wheel of a wheelchair and a scouring roll for polishing the wheel with respect to an apparatus body base for mounting the wheelchair.
Rolling rolls that support small-diameter wheels are provided in a group of multiple rolling rolls that support large-diameter wheels in the vicinity of the polishing roll, and both large and small wheels can be cleaned by a common polishing roll. And wheelchair wheel cleaning device. 2. A wheel cleaning apparatus for a wheelchair according to claim 1, wherein a reservoir of cleaning water to be supplied to the cleaning roll is provided at a position where the cleaning roll can be immersed. 3. The wheel cleaning device for a wheelchair according to claim 1, wherein the rotation drive motors of the rolling rolls or the polishing rolls are provided in the same roll.