JP2008307484A - Cleaning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning apparatus for a wheel and the like of a forklift and the like, which efficiently cleans a wheel of a vehicle and the like. <P>SOLUTION: The cleaning apparatus 10 includes a dust sucking means 20 whose inside is a cavity 21, and a dust collecting means collecting dust in the dust sucking means 20 by sucking air in the cavity 21. On an upper face 22 of the dust sucking means 20, a plurality of sucking holes 23, which are openings of the inside of the cavity 21, are formed, a lid 24 capable of opening and closing each of the sucking holes 23 is provided, and a first elastic body 25 for energizing the lid 24 is provided so that the lid 24 closes the sucking holes 23 by being energized with the elastic body 25. A plurality of rails 26 provided at the dust sucking means 20 support an object 1 to clean such as a wheel, grooves 26b are formed on the upper faces 26a of a plurality of the rails 26, and pressing members 27 are disposed at the grooves 26b so that the lid 24 does not close the sucking holes 23 by pushing the lid 24 downward with the pressing members 27 when the object 1 to clean steps on the pressing members 27. Brushes 42 are implanted onto a conveyer 40 arranged between the rails 26 for the brushes 42 to clean the object 1 to clean. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning device for wheels such as a forklift, and more particularly to a cleaning device capable of efficiently cleaning the wheels and the like.

Conventionally, when a vehicle such as a forklift enters a factory, store, building, etc., if dirt, dust, dust, etc. remain attached to the wheels and tires, the floor inside the factory, store, building, etc. becomes dirty. was there. Therefore, as a cleaning device for a vehicle wheel or the like, dust collecting means having a hollow inside, and dust collecting means for sucking air in the cavity of the dust sucking means and collecting soil, dust, dust, etc. in the dust sucking means There is a cleaning device. In this case, a plurality of suction ports serving as the opening portions of the cavity are formed on the upper surface of the dust suction means, and a lid body that can open and close each suction port is provided, and an elastic body that biases the lid body The lid body is urged by the elastic body to close the suction port, and a brush is implanted in the lid body. When the brush is stepped on an object to be cleaned, the lid body sucks the suction body. It is formed so as to open its mouth (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-369785 A

However, in the above-described conventional example, since the brush is implanted in the lid, the horizontal position of the brush does not change, and thus there is a problem that the cleaning object is not sufficiently cleaned by the brush.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device that can efficiently clean an object to be cleaned such as a vehicle wheel with a brush.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a dust suction means having a hollow inside, and sucking air in the cavity of the dust suction means to remove soil, dust, dust, etc. in the dust suction means. A cleaning device having a dust collecting means for collecting, wherein a plurality of suction ports serving as openings in the cavity are formed on the upper surface of the dust suction means, and a lid body capable of opening and closing each suction port is provided, A first elastic body for urging the lid body is provided, the lid body is urged by the first elastic body to close the suction port, a plurality of rails are provided in the dust suction means, and the plurality of rails Supports an object to be cleaned such as a wheel of a vehicle, a groove is formed on the upper surface of the plurality of rails, a pressing member is disposed in the groove, and when the pressing member is stepped on the object to be cleaned, the pressing A member pushes the lid downward so that the lid does not close the suction port. , The conveyor is disposed between the plurality of rails, the brush is implanted in the conveyor, a cleaning device, characterized in that the brush to clean the cleaning object.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the plurality of rails provided in the dust suction means of the cleaning device support the object to be cleaned. And the 1st elastic body urges | biases the cover body which can open and close the several suction opening used as the opening part in the said cavity formed in the upper surface of the said dust suction means, and the said cover body is against said 1st elastic body The suction port is closed by being biased. Further, when a pressing member disposed in a groove formed on the upper surface of the plurality of rails is stepped on the object to be cleaned, the pressing member pushes the lid downward and the lid opens the suction port. The suction port is opened so as not to close. Further, when the brush that is implanted in the conveyor disposed between the plurality of rails cleans the object to be cleaned while being conveyed by the conveyor, dirt, dust, dust, etc. that have fallen from the object to be cleaned are sucked. It falls from the mouth into the cavity of the dust suction means. And the dust collection means of the said cleaning apparatus attracts | sucks the air in the cavity of the said dust suction means, and collects the soil, dust, dust, etc. in the said dust suction means.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor is a chain conveyor, a horizontal beam supporting the chain of the chain conveyor is arranged, and the horizontal beam is flexible. The cleaning device is supported by the second elastic body from below.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the brush implanted in the chain conveyor is stepped on the object to be cleaned and pushed downward, the chain of the chain conveyor is pushed downward, so that there is flexibility to support the chain. The horizontal rail is pushed downward and curved against the urging force of the second elastic body. For this reason, since the brush implanted in the conveyor is pushed downward, the range in which the brush contacts the object to be cleaned is widened.

  Furthermore, invention of Claim 3 is the cleaning apparatus of Claim 1, Comprising: The said conveyor is a chain conveyor, the horizontal beam which supports the chain of the said chain conveyor is arrange | positioned, and the said horizontal beam is an elastic body. This is a cleaning device.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the brush implanted in the chain conveyor is stepped on the object to be cleaned and pushed downward, the chain of the chain conveyor is pushed downward. The crosspiece is bent downward against its elastic force. For this reason, since the brush implanted in the conveyor is pushed downward, the range in which the brush contacts the object to be cleaned is widened.

  Furthermore, invention of Claim 4 is the cleaning apparatus of Claim 2 or 3, Comprising: A some conveyor is arrange | positioned in parallel mutually, The said crosspiece is arrange | positioned for every conveyor, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. It is a cleaning device.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, since the horizontal rail is arranged for each of the plurality of conveyors arranged in parallel to each other, the plurality of conveyors are pushed downward by the cleaning object, so that the plurality of conveyors The range where the implanted brush contacts the object to be cleaned can be expanded two-dimensionally.

According to the cleaning device according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently clean an object to be cleaned such as a vehicle wheel with a brush.
Furthermore, according to invention of Claim 2, the range which can clean a cleaning target object with a brush with the effect of invention of Claim 1 becomes wide.
Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 3, together with the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the range in which the object to be cleaned can be cleaned with a brush is widened.
Furthermore, according to invention of Claim 4, the range which can clean a cleaning target object with a brush becomes two-dimensionally wide with the effect of the invention of Claim 2 or 3.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 shows an outline of a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows an AA cross section of the cleaning device of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 shows the operation of the dust suction means of FIG. The operation | movement following FIG. 3 is shown. 5 shows a plan view of the dust suction means of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 shows the operation of the brush of the cleaning device of FIG. 1, FIG. 7 shows the operation following FIG. 6, and FIG. Indicates the continuation. Furthermore, FIG. 9 shows arrangement | positioning of the brush of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1, FIG. 10 shows the modification of FIG.

  The cleaning device 10 includes a dust suction means 20 having a cavity 21 inside, and a dust collection means 30 that sucks air in the cavity 21 of the dust suction means 20 and collects dirt, dust, dust and the like in the dust suction means 20. I have.

As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of suction ports 23 serving as openings of the cavity 21 (see FIG. 3) are formed on the upper surface 22 of the dust suction means 20, and a lid body 24 that can open and close each suction port 23 is provided. ing.
A first elastic body 25 that urges the lid body 24 is provided, and the lid body 24 is urged by the first elastic body 25 to close the suction port 23.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lid body 24 is formed larger than the suction port 23, is attached to the side wall 21 a of the cavity 21 by a hinge 24 a, and is disposed in the cavity 21. The first elastic body 25 is a leaf spring and is attached to the hinge 24a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the dust suction means 20 is provided with a plurality of rails 26 (see FIG. 5), and the plurality of rails 26 support a cleaning object (first cleaning object) 1 such as a vehicle wheel. In FIG. 2, three rails 26 are arranged in parallel to each other.
As shown in FIG. 3, a groove 26b is formed on the upper surface 26a of the plurality of rails 26, and a pressing member 27 is disposed in the groove 26b. When the pressing member 27 is stepped on the cleaning object 1, the pressing member 27 pushes the lid 24 downward so that the lid 24 does not close the suction port 23.
Specifically, the pressing member 27 has a main body 27a and two pin-like portions 27b attached to the lower portion of the main body 27a. The pin-like portion 27 b is inserted through the hole 26 c of the groove 26 b of the rail 26. When the main body 27a of the pressing member 27 is stepped on the cleaning object 1, the pin-like portion 27b pushes the lid 24 downward.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, a conveyor 40 is disposed between the plurality of rails 26, and a brush (first brush) 42 is implanted on the conveyor 40. In FIG. 9, four rows of conveyors 40 are arranged in parallel to each other. Specifically, since the conveyor 40 is a chain conveyor, the brush 42 is attached to the chain 41 of the conveyor 40.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the brush 42 cleans the cleaning object 1. In addition, the direction shown by the arrow 1a is the rotation direction of the wheel of the vehicle which is the cleaning object 1.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the plurality of rails 26 are arranged so as to extend in the traveling direction of the vehicle (the direction indicated by the arrow 2) serving as the cleaning object 1, and the conveyor 40 is arranged between the plurality of rails 26. Moves the brush 42 in the traveling direction of the vehicle.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, a horizontal rail 43 that supports the chain 41 of the conveyor 40 is disposed. The horizontal rail 43 is flexible and is supported from below by a second elastic body 44.
Specifically, the horizontal rail 43 is formed of a flexible synthetic resin, and the second elastic body 44 is a coil spring. The second elastic body 44 is disposed on the bottom plate 28 of the dust suction means 20 and supported by the bottom plate 28.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of conveyors 40 are arranged in parallel to each other, and the horizontal rail 43 (see FIG. 8) is arranged for each conveyor 40.

  The dust collecting means 30 is connected to each cavity 21 via a duct 31.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a first slope 52 that is an uphill is disposed between an inlet 51 such as a wheel of a vehicle that becomes the cleaning object 1 and the cleaning device 10, and the first slope 52 has a third elasticity. A body 53 is supported from below. The third elastic body 53 is a coil spring. A first proximity switch 54 is disposed that operates when the first slope descends against the elastic force of the third elastic body 53. Further, a motor 55 is disposed inside the conveyor 40.
When the vehicle to be cleaned 1 gets on the first slope 52 from the entrance 51 of the cleaning device 10, the first slope 52 is lowered by the weight of the vehicle to be cleaned 1 and is attached below the first slope 52. When the third elastic body 53 is slightly compressed, the first proximity switch 54 is activated, the operation of the first proximity switch 54 starts the motor 55, and the motor 55 drives the conveyor 40. . Further, the operation of the first proximity switch 54 starts the operation of the dust collecting means 30 and enters the dust absorbing state.

  The wheels and tires of the vehicle to be cleaned 1 ride on the rail 26 from the first slope 52, and when the vehicle starts to move forward, the pressing member 27 is pushed down, and the lid 24 provided at the lower portion of the rail 26 is provided with the pressing member 27. Open. At this time, the lever 24 is pushed down greatly by applying the lever principle only by slightly pushing down the pin-shaped portion 27b, and the suction port 23 is opened widely. Here, by increasing the length L of the pressing member 27 in the traveling direction of the cleaning object 1 (the direction of the arrow 2), the time for opening the lid 24 can be lengthened, and the dust suction efficiency can be increased. .

  A plurality of lids 24 are provided along the traveling direction of the cleaning object 1 between the plurality of rails 26 and the outer wall 29. As shown in FIG. 3, when the wheel / tire to be cleaned 1 comes to a position where the lid 24 is located, the lid 24 only on the portion where the wheel / tire to be cleaned 1 is on the pressing member 27. The dust collecting means 30 is prevented from sucking useless air. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the wheel / tire serving as the cleaning object 1 passes over the pressing member 27, the lid body 24 is pushed upward by the first elastic body 25, and the lid body 24 is sucked into the suction port 23. Is closed and the pressing member 27 is also pushed upward by the lid body 24 to return to the original position. In this manner, the lid body 24 at the position of the cleaning object 1 sequentially opens the suction port 23 in accordance with the progress of the cleaning object 1.

By pushing the pressing member 27 while the wheel of the vehicle to be cleaned 1 is moving, the lid 24 is opened, and dirt, dust, dust, etc. scraped off from the cleaning target 1 by the brush 42 are instantly sucked. Then, it is collected by the dust collecting means 30 via the cavity 21 and the duct 31 extending in the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the cleaning object 1. The duct 31 is formed to have the same length as that of the cleaning object 1 in the traveling direction of the cleaning device 10, and is attached to the side of the outer wall 29.
Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the brush 42 positioned on the upper side of the conveyor 40 is rotated by the conveyor 40 so as to coincide with the traveling direction of the cleaning object 1.

Furthermore, the 2nd slope 56 used as the downhill is arrange | positioned between the cleaning apparatus 10 and the exit 59, and the 4th elastic body 57 is supporting the 2nd slope 56 from the bottom. The fourth elastic body 57 is the same as the third elastic body 53. A second proximity switch 58 that is activated when the second slope 56 is lowered is disposed.
After the wheel of the vehicle that becomes the cleaning object 1 passes through the cleaning device 10 in the traveling direction, the vehicle goes down on the second slope 56. At this time, since the second slope 56 is pushed downward by the weight of the vehicle of the cleaning object 1, the fourth elastic body 57 is pushed downward by the second slope 56, and the second proximity switch 58 is activated. The operation of the motor 55 and the dust collecting means 30 is stopped by the operation of the second proximity switch 58. Thereafter, the wheel of the vehicle to be cleaned 1 goes out of the second slope 56 from the outlet 59.

The cleaning device 10 configured as described above operates as follows.
A plurality of rails 26 provided on the dust suction means 20 of the cleaning device 10 support the object 1 to be cleaned. And the 1st elastic body 25 urges | biases the cover body 24 which can open and close the some suction opening 23 which becomes the opening part in the cavity 21 formed in the upper surface 22 of the dust suction means 20, and the cover body 24 is 1st. The suction port 23 is closed by being urged by the elastic body 25. Further, when the pressing member 27 disposed in the groove 26b formed on the upper surface 26a of the plurality of rails 26 is stepped on the object 1 to be cleaned, the pressing member 27 pushes the lid body 24 downward and the lid body 24 sucks. Since the mouth 23 is not closed, the suction port 23 is opened.

Further, when the cleaning object 1 is cleaned while the brush 42 planted on the conveyor 40 arranged between the plurality of rails 26 is being conveyed by the conveyor 40, dirt, dust, dust, etc. that have fallen from the cleaning object 1 are removed. It falls from the suction port 23 into the cavity 21 of the dust suction means 20. Then, the dust collecting means 30 of the cleaning device 10 sucks the air in the cavity 21 of the dust sucking means 20 and collects dirt, dust, dust and the like in the dust sucking means 20.

  Further, when the brush 42 planted on the conveyor 40 is stepped on the cleaning object 1 and pushed downward, the chain 41 of the conveyor 40 is pushed downward. Is bent downward against the urging force of the second elastic body 44 (see FIG. 8). For this reason, since the brush 42 implanted in the conveyor 40 is pushed downward, the range in which the brush 42 contacts the cleaning object 1 is widened.

  Furthermore, since the cross rail 43 is arrange | positioned for every several conveyor 40 arrange | positioned in parallel mutually, since it is pushed below by the cleaning object 1 for every some conveyor 40, it was planted by the some conveyor 40 The range where the brush 42 contacts the cleaning object 1 can be expanded two-dimensionally. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, since the four conveyors 40 are arranged in parallel to each other, the width of the cleaning object 1 is wider than the width of the conveyor 40, and the four conveyors 40 When the brush 42 contacts the cleaning object 1, the range in which the brush 42 contacts the cleaning object 1 is two-dimensionally widened.

In this way, while a vehicle such as a forklift passes over the cleaning device 10, dirt, dust, dust, and the like attached to the tires of the vehicle, particularly the forklift tires, can be easily removed.
Furthermore, although soil, dust, dust, etc. that could not be sucked in by the dust collecting means 30 despite being scraped off by the brush 42 are accumulated at the bottom of the cleaning device 10, as shown in FIG. The brush 42 positioned on the lower side of the conveyor 40 moves the accumulated soil, dust, dust and the like in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the cleaning object 1 while scratching the bottom of the cleaning device 10. Accumulated soil, dust, dust, etc. are collected in one place. The collected soil / dust / dust 3 can be sucked by the dust collecting means 30.

In the above-described embodiment, the brush 42 is provided perpendicular to the traveling direction of the vehicle. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a modified brush (second brush) 42 x is used. You may arrange | position in the state inclined with respect to the advancing direction of a vehicle. If it does in this way, the brush 42x can be match | combined with the groove | channel of the tire of the wheel used as another cleaning target object (2nd cleaning target object) 1x.
Moreover, although the 1st elastic body 25 is a leaf | plate spring, it is not limited to this, A coil spring, rubber | gum, etc. may be sufficient. The second elastic body 44 is a coil spring, but is not limited thereto, and may be rubber or the like.
Moreover, although the 3rd and 4th elastic bodies 53 and 57 are coil springs, it is not limited to this, For example, rubber | gum may be sufficient.
Further, it is possible to omit the second elastic body 44 by assuming that the cross rail 43 itself is an elastic body. When the second elastic body 44 is omitted, both ends in the longitudinal direction of the cross rail 43 can be supported by a support (not shown).

It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of the cleaning apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the dust suction means of FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation subsequent to FIG. 3. It is a fragmentary figure which shows the plane of the dust suction means of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the brush of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation subsequent to FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a continuation of the operation of FIG. 7. It is a fragmentary figure which shows arrangement | positioning of the brush of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. FIG. 10 is a partial view showing a modification of FIG. 9.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cleaning target object 1x Other cleaning target object 10 Cleaning apparatus 20 Dust absorption means 21 Cavity 22 Upper surface 23 Suction port 24 Cover body 25 1st elastic body 26 Rail 27 Press member 30 Dust collection means 40 Conveyor 42 Brush 42x Modified example brush 43 Horizontal beam 44 2nd elastic body

Claims (4)

A cleaning device comprising dust collection means having a hollow inside, and dust collection means for sucking air in the cavity of the dust collection means and collecting the dust in the dust collection means,
A plurality of suction ports serving as openings in the cavity are formed on the upper surface of the dust suction means, and a lid body capable of opening and closing each suction port is provided.
A first elastic body for urging the lid is provided; the lid is urged by the first elastic body to close the suction port;
The dust suction means is provided with a plurality of rails, and the plurality of rails support a cleaning object such as a vehicle wheel,
A groove is formed on the upper surface of the plurality of rails, and a pressing member is disposed in the groove,
When the pressing member is stepped on the object to be cleaned, the pressing member pushes the lid downward so that the lid does not close the suction port,
A conveyor is disposed between the plurality of rails;
A brush is planted on the conveyor, and the brush cleans the object to be cleaned. The cleaning device according to claim 1,
The conveyor is a chain conveyor;
A horizontal rail supporting the chain of the chain conveyor is arranged,
The horizontal rail is flexible and is supported from below by a second elastic body. The cleaning device according to claim 1,
The conveyor is a chain conveyor;
A horizontal rail supporting the chain of the chain conveyor is arranged,
The cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the cross rail is an elastic body. A cleaning device according to claim 2 or 3,
A cleaning device, wherein a plurality of conveyors are arranged in parallel to each other, and the horizontal rail is arranged for each conveyor.

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