JP2013022461A - Improved washing brush for automatic vehicle-washing system with seamless belts equipped at two places of mounting roller driven by electric motor or mechanical drive member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems with conventional rotary washing brushes: driving the brushes in a longitudinal direction for washing the surface of a vehicle body involves drawbacks that only a limited part of the body comes into close contact with the brushes, the brushes are rotated-supported by each support roller vertically or horizontally disposed for washing the sides, hood, and glass members of the vehicle, and the use of the brushes requires considerably long washing hours and large power consumption.SOLUTION: The washing brush 1 refers to a brush for the automatic vehicle-washing system and includes a plurality of seamless belts 2 arranged at two ends on the mounting rollers driven by a single or a plurality of electric motors or mechanical drive means. The brush 1 executes a linear motion pattern including linear/translational motion and partially rotary motion at the two places.

Description

  The present invention relates to an improved cleaning brush for an automatic car washing system, and unlike a conventional cleaning brush, it has two or more rollers that are rotationally driven by one or a plurality of electric motors, and is driven in a longitudinal direction. The present invention relates to an improved washing brush for an automatic car washing system which supports a seamless belt member for performing a longitudinal translational movement and a partial rotational movement at two locations.

  It is known that a conventional car washing system includes a plurality of washing brushes, and brush hairs driven by the centrifugal force of a roller at the center of the rotating brush are brought into contact with the vehicle body.

  Since the conventional rotary cleaning brush is driven in the longitudinal direction to clean the surface of the automobile body, it has a drawback that it adheres only to a limited portion of the automobile body.

  Further, the conventional cleaning brush is rotatably supported by support rollers arranged in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction in order to clean the side surface of the automobile, the bonnet, and the glass member of the automobile.

  Although the conventional cleaning brushes described above are generally satisfactory, the cleaning time is considerably long and the power consumption is large.

  Accordingly, the main object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of conventional automobile cleaning brushes.

  In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the above objective, as well as other objectives that will become more apparent, is an improved automatic car wash system cleaning brush, the cleaning brush comprising one or more electric motors or mechanical drives. A plurality of seamless belt members mounted at two ends of the mounting roller driven by the means are provided, and a linear motion pattern including linear translational motion and partial rotational motion at two locations is executed. Achieved with a cleaning brush.

  According to a further aspect of the present invention, the cleaning brush of the present invention has a very wide effective cleaning surface to clean the entire surface of the automobile body.

  Further, the tensile force applied to the cleaning brush of the present invention is applied by the central motor that applies the tensile force to the central roller and to the belt member mounted at the two side end portions of the transmission roller. Also good.

  The transmission roller may be perfectly aligned along the longitudinal axis, or the center roller may be offset from the other rollers.

  Thus, the straight brush bristles of the present invention act on a very wide surface of the vehicle body to be cleaned.

  More specifically, in the brush of the present invention, the plurality of belt members arranged adjacent to each other have cleaning brush hairs fixed to the belt members, and the belt members can be quickly moved when the brush hairs are consumed. Easy to replace.

  The bristles of the brush are preferably constructed by folding or folding a sheet member made of closed-cell foamed plastic material and partially cutting it in the longitudinal direction, with low power consumption and high cleaning speed. Provided is a flexible brush bristle member configured to efficiently clean the side, front, rear and top surfaces.

The above and other features of the linear washing brush of the automatic car washing system according to the present invention will become more apparent by referring to the accompanying drawings described below, according to embodiments for carrying out the invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a car washing system, which has a plurality of linear washing brushes composed of belt members according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram of folding a sheet made of closed-cell foamed plastic material into a flag-like or band-like member, and cutting the hair of the brush into the end of the flag-like or belt-like member. 1 schematically shows a cleaning belt member. FIG. 3 is a side-front perspective view showing one of the cleaning belt members. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing two cleaning brushes including a linearly extending belt and two vertical axes for extensive cleaning of the side of the vehicle. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a linear cleaning brush according to the present invention, which supports each band member including the hair of the cleaning brush and is driven by a substantially linear motion including a partial rotational motion of the belt member. A plurality of cleaning belts are shown. FIG. 5 shows a wide cleaning surface of a cleaning brush comprising a belt member according to the present invention. FIG. 6 shows the front part of the car wash system, which has a supporting piston or arm, so that even if the surface of the car body has a large protruding shape or a complicated shape, the washing brush is placed on the side of the body. It has a cleaning brush that can be driven to contact. FIG. 7 shows a side cleaning brush similar to that shown in FIG. 6, but is more adapted to the shape of the car to be cleaned because of the larger inclination angle. FIG. 8 shows two auxiliary rollers covered with felt material for wiping off the moisture of the automobile at the end of the cleaning operation. The moisture wiping operation is a book using brush hair made of felt material. It may be performed by the linear brush of the invention.

  In the present specification, an improved cleaning brush 1 used for cleaning a general automobile is shown with reference to the drawings disclosed above. According to the main aspect of the present invention, the cleaning brush 1 includes a plurality of belt members 2 having a plurality of belt-like or flag-like members 3, and each of the plurality of belt-like or flag-like members 3 has a plurality of regions 5. Preferably, it comprises a folded sheet of closed cell foam plastic material including a plurality of longitudinal cuts 6 defining the bristles 7 of the cleaning brush.

  The brush bristles 7 are formed at the end of each band-like or flag-like member 3 and have a folded root portion 4 having higher rigidity and a tip region 5 having brush bristles 7 that are divided into strips and are more flexible. Prepare.

  Furthermore, it should be noted that the linear cleaning brush including the belt member 2 of the present invention is designed so that the belt 2 travels in a substantially straight path toward two opposite directions.

  At the two short ends, the belt 2 performs a partial rotational movement, and if there is dirt removed from the washing water or the automobile body, the dirt is discharged to the outside.

  As already described, the cleaning brush of the present invention includes the belt member 2, and the belt member 2 is mounted on the flat roller 8 at the end thereof. The flat roller 8 has a plurality of mounting tooth-like members and engages with corresponding tooth-like members on the surface of the belt member.

  Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the front portion of the car wash system is shown. The washing brush 1 has a plurality of supporting pistons or arms 10 so that the automobile body has a protruding or curved shape. Also, the cleaning brush can be brought into contact with and brought into close contact with the main body.

  FIGS. 6 and 7 show the cleaning brush 1 that is supported by a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder and travels on a curved linear track for rotation about a central axis. The cleaning brush 1 swings so as to be completely in close contact with the surface of the automobile body.

  The linear cleaning brush 1 of the present invention has been disclosed so far with reference to the embodiments, but the disclosed embodiments can be implemented in other modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the present invention. It is clear that it is included in

  In particular, the belt of the cleaning brush may support the bristles of a wire having a circular cross section.

Claims (15)

A cleaning brush for an improved automatic car wash system,
The cleaning brush comprises a plurality of seamless belt members mounted at two ends of a mounting roller driven by one or a plurality of electric motors or mechanical driving means, and linear translational motion and parts at two locations A cleaning brush that performs a linear motion pattern including a typical rotational motion. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The seamless belt member is mounted on two or more rollers that are rotationally driven by one or more drive motors or mechanical members that drive at least one of the plurality of tension rollers. brush. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The roller acts to apply tension to the belt, and the assembled state forms the brush for the automatic car wash system. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The tension applied to the brush belt member is transmitted from a tension motor to a central roller for applying tension to the plurality of belt members mounted on the mounting transmission roller at two side end portions thereof. And a cleaning brush. The cleaning brush according to claim 4,
The cleaning brush is characterized in that the transmission rollers are aligned with each other along the longitudinal axis or are not aligned with respect to the axis of the other roller or the central roller. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The belt members are arranged adjacent to each other and provided with brush bristles connected to the belt member at a certain distance by any suitable connecting means to provide a fairly wide cleaning brush; A cleaning brush, wherein the belt can be easily replaced when necessary, such as when the brush hair is consumed. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The cleaning brush includes a sheet member made of a plurality of closed-cell foamed plastic materials, and the sheet member is folded and cut to provide flexible brush hair, with less power consumption and faster cleaning speed, A cleaning brush characterized in that it cleans the front, rear and upper parts of automobiles very efficiently. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The belt member supports a flag-like member formed by folding a plurality of closed-cell foamed plastic materials, each having a plurality of brush bristles formed by cutting in the longitudinal direction at the end portions. Cleaning brush characterized by. A cleaning brush according to claim 8,
Each of the flag-like members is provided with a portion that is folded back in the longitudinal direction in the attachment region, and improves the rigidity in the attachment base and the intermediate region, whereby the flag-like member is rotated when the cleaning brush is driven to rotate. Each of the cleaning brushes has a higher stability. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
A cleaning brush, wherein the bristles are made of felt, fabric, and non-foamed plastic material. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The cleaning brush is a cleaning brush having a linear pattern, in which the belt member travels in a substantially linear path in two opposite directions, and performs a partial rotational movement at two short ends to provide cleaning water. A cleaning brush that discharges dirt, if any, removed from the automobile body. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
The mounting roller is completely flat, or has a plurality of mounting tooth-like members, and engages with corresponding tooth-like members formed on the respective surfaces of the belt member. brush. The cleaning brush according to claim 1,
A cleaning brush characterized in that the cross-sectional shape of the bristle of the belt member is a fine line shape or a circular shape, and is made of PVC material or other plastic and non-foamed material. The improved cleaning brush of claim 1,
The cleaning brush includes a plurality of supporting pistons or arm members, and the cleaning brush is brought into contact with the automobile body even when the automobile body has a protruding or curved shape. . The improved cleaning brush of claim 1,
The improvement is characterized in that the brush bristles are felt brush bristles for wiping off the moisture of the cleaned automobile with an auxiliary rotating brush mechanism covered with a felt material for absorbing the remaining moisture. Cleaning brush.