JP2011020532A - Portal car washing machine and method for washing car - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a car washing space in a portal car washing machine, which washes a vehicle body front and rear surfaces, side surfaces and an upper surface with a side surface brush and an upper surface brush provided in a portal car washing machine body traveling in relation to a washed vehicle and injecting washing water to a vehicle body surface from an outlet rinse nozzle. <P>SOLUTION: The side surface brush 23 and the upper surface brush 16 are arranged in front and rear sides of the portal car washing machine body 1, respectively. The upper surface brush 16 is rotatably supported at a free end of an oscillating arm 10. The outlet rinse nozzle 34n of an outlet rinse device RE is arranged between the side surface brush 23 and the upper surface brush 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gate-type car wash machine that moves relative to a vehicle to be cleaned and a car wash method thereof.

  Conventionally, in a gate-type car wash machine that performs a car wash by reciprocating a gate-type car wash machine main body with respect to a vehicle to be cleaned that stops at the car wash position, a drying nozzle in order from the front part to the rear part of the car wash machine body, A top brush and a side brush are arranged, and the top brush is provided on a swing arm that is pivotally supported on the main body of the door-type car wash machine so as to swing back and forth, so that it can be raised and lowered to form a swing type top brush. Is known (see Patent Document 1 below).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-154941

  However, in such a gate-type car wash machine, the swinging upper surface brush swings up and down in the front-rear direction of the main body of the gate-type car wash machine, so that the upper surface brush and the side brush do not interfere with each other and the vehicle height is high ( Recently, there is a problem that if a vehicle to be cleaned can be cleaned (there is a vehicle having a vehicle height of 2 meters or more), the front-and-rear width of the main body of the gate-type car wash machine becomes longer and the car wash space becomes larger.

  Therefore, if a side brush is disposed at the front part of the gate-type car wash machine and a swinging upper surface brush is disposed at the rear part thereof, interference between these brushes can be avoided and the car wash space can be reduced.

  However, as described above, even if the side brush is arranged at the front part of the gate type car wash machine and the upper surface brush is arranged at the rear part thereof, the outlet rinse nozzle is arranged behind the upper face brush so While washing the upper surface of the vehicle body with the upper surface brush at the time of washing, rinsing the upper surface of the vehicle body with the upper surface brush with the cleaning water sprayed from the outlet rinse nozzle, the side brush and the upper surface brush are arranged as described above. There is also a problem that the car wash space cannot be reduced.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel gate-type car wash machine and a car wash method thereof that can solve the above-described problems and reduce the car wash space.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a side brush is disposed in front of the front and rear direction of the gate-type car wash body, and a top brush is disposed behind the front brush, and the upper brush is disposed in the front-and-rear direction of the gate-type car wash body. A gate-type car wash machine that is rotatably supported by a free end of a swing arm pivotally supported by
An exit rinse nozzle of an exit rinse device is disposed between the side brush and the top brush.

  In order to achieve the object, the invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 1, the main body of the gate-type car wash machine is provided with a drying nozzle in front of the side brush.

In order to achieve the object, the invention according to claim 3 performs car washing by using the gate-type car wash machine according to claim 1 or 2 as the main body of the gate-type car wash machine reciprocates relative to the vehicle to be cleaned. A car wash method,
It is characterized in that the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned with a side brush while jetting cleaning water from the exit rinse nozzle when the main body of the door-type car washer is returned.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the upper surface brush is supported by the swing arm that is pivotally supported by the gate-type car wash machine body and swingable in the front-rear direction, and is disposed on the rear side of the side brush, And since an exit rinse nozzle is arrange | positioned between a side surface brush and an upper surface brush, the length of the front-back direction of a portal type car-washing machine main body can be shortened, and, thereby, car-washing space can be made small.

  According to the invention of claim 2, when the vehicle is dried by the air from the drying nozzle while spraying the washing water from the outlet rinsing nozzle when the gate-type car washing machine main body returns, the outlet rinsing nozzle becomes the gate-type car washing. Since it is arranged closer to the front of the gate-type car wash machine main body than the outlet of the machine main body, it is possible to prevent water from flowing to the rear side of the gate-type car wash machine main body.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned with the side brush while jetting the cleaning water from the exit rinse nozzle when the gate-type car wash machine is returned, the outlet rinse nozzle is disposed on the side brush. Since it is arranged in the vicinity, the rear surface of the vehicle body can be effectively rinsed with the cleaning water from the outlet rinse nozzle after the rear surface of the vehicle body is cleaned by the side brush.

Side view of a door-type car wash machine Rear view of a gate-type car wash machine along line 2-2 in FIG. Front view of the gate-type car wash machine along line 3-3 in FIG. Top view of a gate-type car wash machine along line 4-4 in FIG. The figure which shows the washing process of the front and side of the car body by the side nozzle Perspective view of inlet and outlet rinse devices Diagram showing the cleaning action of a portal car washer

  Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below based on the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

  1-4, the gate-type car wash machine main body 1 of the gate-type car wash machine includes a gate-type frame 2 that can straddle the vehicle V to be cleaned. The portal frame 2 is formed in a concave shape in plan view by cutting out the upper surface frame of the rear part. The pair of left and right front wheels 3 and 3 and the pair of left and right rear wheels 4 and 4 provided on the portal frame 2 reciprocate on a pair of left and right traveling rails 5 and 5 laid on the installation surface. The front wheels 3 and 3 are connected to traveling motors 6 and 6 provided in the gate-type car wash machine body 1, and the traveling motors 6 and 6 are driven so that the portal frame 2 is placed on the pair of traveling rails 5 and 5. Can be reciprocated.

  A start position cam 7 is provided on the installation surface of the gate-type car wash machine body 1. The traveling frame 2 constituting the main part of the gate-type car wash machine main body 1 is provided with a start position detection switch 8 that hits the start position cam 7 and detects that the gate-type car wash machine main body 1 is at the start position. .

  At the rear of the portal frame 2 in the front-rear direction, an upper surface brush device TB for cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle V to be cleaned is provided, and in the front-rear direction of the portal frame 2 in front of the upper surface brush device TB. A side brush device SB for cleaning the left and right side surfaces and the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle to be cleaned V is provided at the intermediate portion, and a top nozzle that can be raised and lowered for drying the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned V is provided at the front thereof. A drying device D including a side nozzle SN for drying the side surfaces of the TN and the vehicle V to be cleaned is provided.

  An inlet rinsing device RI is provided between the drying device D and the side brush device SB, and an outlet rinsing device RE is provided between the side brush device SB and the upper surface brush device TB.

  Next, the configuration of the upper surface brush device TB will be described with reference to FIGS.

  On the left and right sides of the rear part of the portal frame 2, a pair of left and right swing arms 10 and 10 are rotatably supported on the same horizontal axis HH via bearings 11 and 12, respectively. Each swing arm 10 is formed in a crank shape, and is a horizontal support shaft portion 10a supported by the bearings 11 and 12, and an inner arm portion that is fixed to the inner end of the support shaft portion 10a and extends in the vertical direction. 10b and an outer arm portion 10c fixed to the outer end of the support shaft portion 10a and extending in the vertical direction. Between the free ends of the left and right inner arm portions 10a, 10a, a rotating shaft 13 extending in the horizontal direction is rotatably supported via bearings 14, 15, and the upper surface brush 16 can rotate integrally with the rotating shaft 13. So that it is supported. A rotation motor 17 is supported at the tip of the right inner arm portion 10, and an output shaft of the rotation motor 17 is connected to the rotation shaft 13. The brush 16 is rotated together with the rotating shaft 13.

  The upper surface brush 16 is a conventionally well-known thing, and is comprised by synthetic resin brush bristles, a brush cloth, etc.

The first balance weights 19 ₁ and 19 ₁ are fixed to the base end portions of the left and right inner arm portions 10b and 10b, respectively, and the second balance weight 19 is fixed to the distal end portions of the left and right outer arm portions 10c and 10c. ₂ and 19 ₂ are fixed.

  By swinging the swing arms 10, 10, the upper surface brush 16 is raised and lowered while rotating around the support shaft portions 10 a, 10 a, and at this time, a part of the upper surface brush 16 is more than the rear surface of the portal frame 2. It protrudes backward.

  An operation arm 20 is fixed to an intermediate portion of the support shaft portion 10 a of the swing arm 10, and a swing cylinder 21 is connected between the operation arm 20 and the portal frame 2. , The swing arm 10 is rotated to the upper limit position, and the upper surface brush device TB is held at the retracted position (the solid line position in FIG. 1).

  Next, the configuration of the side brush device SB will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, and 4. The side brush device SB includes a pair of side brushes 23 and 23 that can be opened and closed in the left-right direction of the portal frame 2. Is provided. A pair of moving bodies 25, 25 are supported on a guide rail 24 that is horizontally fixed to the upper part of the portal frame 2 so that it can be opened and closed in the approaching / separating direction via a drive wheel 26 and a driven wheel 27 provided there. ing. An opening / closing motor 28 is connected to the drive wheel 26, and each moving body 25 travels along the guide rail 24 by driving the opening / closing motor 28, and the pair of moving bodies 25, 25 travels along the guide rail 24. Can be approached and separated from each other.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of moving bodies 25, 25 has support cylinders 29, 29, with the gate line car wash body 1 facing the axis line l-l from the top to the bottom with respect to the vertical line vv. The support cylinders 29 and 29 are rotatably supported by rotating shafts 30 and 30 provided with side brushes 23 and 23, respectively. Each axis l′-l ′ of the rotary shaft 30 is on an extension line of each axis l-l of the support cylinders 29, 29, and the inclination angle θ of each rotary shaft 30 is preferably 2 ° to 7 °. Is permanently set to 3 °. As will be described later, the inclination angle θ is set to an angle that substantially matches the inclination angle of the vehicle side surface of either a van type vehicle having a high vehicle height or a sedan type vehicle having a low vehicle height.

  A rotary motor 31 supported by the moving body 25 is connected to the upper end of each rotary shaft 30, and when the rotary motor 31 is driven, the side brush 23 is rotated forward and backward. The cylindrical side brush 23 includes an upper portion 23u, a lower portion 23l having a smaller diameter, and a frustoconical intermediate portion 23m connecting the upper portion 23u and the lower portion 23l.

  Thus, the axis l′-l ′ of the rotary shaft 30 of the side brush 23 is inclined outward from the top to the bottom with respect to the vertical line vv, so that the side brush 23 is cleaned by the vehicle V to be cleaned. Therefore, the cleaning effect of the side surface of the vehicle due to the rotation of the side brush 23 is enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the inlet rinse device RI and the outlet rinse device RE include portal rinse tubes 33 and 34 supported inside the portal frame 2, and the rinse tubes 33 and 34 include the rinse tubes 33 and 34. A plurality of inlet rinse nozzles 33n and outlet rinse nozzles 34n for the vehicle to be cleaned V are provided. Open / close valves 37 and 38 are connected to the center of the upper part of the gate-type rinse pipes 33 and 34, respectively. These open / close valves 37 and 38 are provided in the gate-type frame 2 via the water supply pipe 39. Connected to P. Then, the rinsing water (detergent water, washing water, etc.) from the water supply pump P can be selectively supplied to the portal type rinsing pipes 33, 34 by opening / closing control of the opening / closing valves 37, 38.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 35 denotes a car wash control panel provided on the front surface of the portal frame 2.

  The cleaning process of the vehicle upper surface of the vehicle V to be cleaned by the upper surface brush device TB is not different from the conventional one, and the start position (standby position) in front of the vehicle V to be cleaned stopped between the traveling rails 5 and 5. In the state where the gate-type car wash machine body 1 is located at the top, the top brush 16 is rotated in the direction of arrow a by driving the rotary motor 17, and the gate-type car wash machine body 1 is driven by the driving motor 6 as shown in FIG. When traveling in the direction of the arrow b, the swing arm 10 is swung around the support shaft portion 10a so that the outer peripheral surface of the rotating upper surface brush 16 follows the vehicle upper surface, and the vehicle upper surface is brushed and cleaned. To do.

  FIG. 6 shows a cleaning process of the front surface and both side surfaces of the vehicle body by the side brush device SB.

  The left and right moving bodies 25, 25 at the separated positions are moved in the closing direction by the rotation of the opening / closing motors 28, 28, and approach each other at the center of the gate-type car wash machine body 1. As shown in the direction of the solid arrow c, the side brushes 23 and 23 are rotated so that the side contacting the front side of the vehicle moves from the vehicle center to the side of the vehicle.

  When the side brushes 23, 23 come into contact with the front surface of the vehicle V as the portal type car wash machine 1 travels, the traveling of the portal frame 2 is stopped. Then, as indicated by the broken arrow d, the side brushes 23 and 23 are rotated so that the side contacting the vehicle front surface moves from the vehicle side surface to the vehicle center, thereby moving the pair of moving bodies 25 and 25 apart.

  When the pair of moving bodies 25, 25 move away from each other, the lower portion of the side brushes 23, 23 having a small diameter cleans the front surface of the vehicle. At this time, the side brushes 23 and 23 move obliquely from the upper side to the lower side with respect to the upper surface of the front bumper VB of the vehicle due to the inclination of the rotation shafts 30 and 30 of the side brushes 23 and 23, so that the upper surface of the bumper VB is effective. Can be cleaned automatically.

  Next, when the side brushes 23 and 23 finish cleaning the front surface of the vehicle, the gate-type car wash machine main body 1 is moved back and the side brushes 23 and 23 are moved in the closing direction to clean the side surfaces of the vehicle.

  When washing the side of the vehicle, the side brushes 23 and 23 are inclined outward (inclination angle 2 ° to 7 °, preferably 3 °) from the top to the bottom in the left-right direction of the main body 1. Even in the case of a vehicle having a high vehicle height and a side surface that is nearly vertical, and also in the case of a vehicle having a low vehicle height and a greatly inclined side surface, the side surface brush 23, 23 can be brought into contact with the vehicle body in the vertical direction, and the side surface of the vehicle can be cleaned effectively.

  The rear surface of the vehicle by the side brushes 23 and 23 is also cleaned in the same manner as the front surface of the vehicle at the time of cleaning described later.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the cleaning action of the portal type car wash machine of the present invention will be described.

  (1) As shown in FIG. 7A, the gate-type car wash machine body 1 starts traveling from the start position of the left end of the traveling rails 5 and 5. As described above, the side surface brushes 23 and 23 and the upper surface brush 16 spray the cleaning water (detergent water in this embodiment) from the inlet rinsing nozzles 33n of the inlet rinsing device RI by this forward travel. Clean the front and both sides of the car and the top of the car.

  When the gate-type car wash machine body 1 reaches the travel end position at the right end of the traveling rails 5 and 5, the injection of the washing water from the inlet rinse nozzles 33n is stopped, and the rotation of the upper surface brush 16 is stopped. 16 is stored in the upper limit storage position.

  During this forward travel, no wash water is ejected from the exit rinse nozzles 34n of the exit rinse apparatus RE.

  (2) Next, as shown in FIG. 7 (B), the gate-type car wash machine main body 1 starts to travel backward while spraying wash water from the exit rinse nozzles 34n. By this backward running, as shown in FIG. 6C, the rear surface of the vehicle body is cleaned by the side brushes 23, 23. At this time, since the exit rinse nozzles 34n are located between the upper surface nozzle 16 and the side surface brushes 23, 23 and in the vicinity of the side surface brushes 23, 23, the vehicle body rear surface is cleaned after the side surface brushes 23, 23 are cleaned. The rear surface can be effectively rinsed with the washing water sprayed from the outlet rinse nozzles 34n.

  (3) Next, when the rear surface of the vehicle body is cleaned by the side brushes 23, 23, the rotation of the side brushes 23, 23 is stopped, and the side brushes 23, 23 are separated and held at the separated positions.

(4) Next, as shown in FIG. 7 (D), air is injected from the drying nozzle device D composed of the top nozzle TN and the side nozzle SN while jetting cleaning water from the outlet rinse nozzles 34n. Dry the whole area. At the time of this drying, the top nozzle TN is controlled to move up and down following the unevenness of the upper surface shape of the vehicle body (up / down control of the top nozzle TN is performed by a conventionally known lift control means).

  At this time, the exit rinse nozzles 34n are between the upper surface brush 16 and the side brushes 23, 23, and are located at the rear surface of the gate-type car wash machine body 1, that is, at the front of the gate-type car wash machine body 1 with respect to the outlet. Therefore, the washing water jetted from the outlet rinse nozzles 34n is a wind generated by the air flow jetted from the top nozzle TN and the side nozzle SN of the drying device D, and the outlet of the gate-type car wash machine body 1 through the outlet. It is possible to prevent splashing backward.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the Example, A various Example is possible within the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ..... Gate-type car wash machine body 10 ..... Swing arm 16 ..... Upper surface brush 23 ..... Side brush 34n ·······································································································································
SN ... Drying nozzle (side nozzle)
V ... Car to be cleaned

Claims (3)

A side brush is placed in front of the gate-type car wash machine in the front-rear direction and a top brush is placed behind it. The upper brush is a free end of a swing arm that is pivotally supported in the front-rear direction of the gate-type car wash machine. It is a portal type car wash machine that is rotatably supported by the part,
A portal type car wash machine, wherein an exit rinse nozzle of an exit rinse apparatus is disposed between the side brush and the top brush.   2. The gate-type car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the gate-type car wash machine body is provided with a drying nozzle in front of the side brush. A car wash method for performing car wash by using the gate type car wash machine according to claim 1 or 2 by reciprocating the main body of the gate type car wash machine with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned,
A car wash method for a gate type car wash machine, characterized in that, when the gate type car wash machine is returned, the rear surface of the vehicle to be washed is washed with a side brush while spraying wash water from an exit rinse nozzle.

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