JP2514076Y2 - Car wash equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is equipped with a conveyor on the floor where a tunnel-shaped main body is installed, and processing such as cleaning and wax coating is performed on the vehicle body conveyed by the conveyor. It relates to a cleaning device for sequentially performing.

[Prior Art] In general, FIG. 5 shows the structure of a conveyor type car wash apparatus for continuously washing a vehicle body conveyed by a conveyor. That is, 70 is a car wash device body, 71 is a conveyor for transporting the vehicle body,
72, 73, 73 'are detergent nozzles for spraying car wash toward the vehicle surface, 74, 74' and 75 are side wash brushes and top wash brushes for brushing the side and top surfaces of the vehicle body, 76, 77, 77 ' Is a rinse nozzle that sprays clean water toward the vehicle surface to wash away excess detergent on the vehicle surface, 78, 79, 7
9'is a wax nozzle that sprays wax onto the vehicle body, 8
Reference numerals 0, 80 'and 81 are side wax brushes and top wax brushes for polishing the side surface and the upper surface of the vehicle body. This device directs the vehicle body conveyed by the conveyor 71 from the detergent nozzles 72, 73, 73' toward the vehicle body surface. Cleaner is sprayed to wash off the dirt adhering to the vehicle body surface with each wash brush 74,74 ', 75, and then clean water is sprayed from the rinse nozzles 76,77,77' toward the vehicle body surface. After washing away the detergent remaining on the car body surface, spray the wax from the wax nozzles 78, 79, 79 'toward the car body surface, and apply the wax to the car body surface with each wax brush 80, 80', 81. I am doing it.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in order to form a strong wax film on the vehicle body surface by spraying the wax toward the vehicle body surface and polishing the vehicle body surface with each wax brush 80, 80 ', 81 ,
In the previous step, it is necessary to spray a large amount of clean water from the rinse nozzles 76, 77, 77 'toward the car body surface to completely remove the detergent remaining on the car body surface. The running cost was high because it was used. Also, since a large amount of fresh water is sprayed from the rinse nozzles 76, 77, 77 ', it is easy for water to remain, especially on the upper surface of the vehicle body. Before it was necessary to make an interval for the residual water to flow down. For this reason, it is necessary to make the installation interval l ₁ between the rinse nozzles 76, 77, 77 'and the wax nozzles 79, 79' as long as possible. There was a problem that led to an increase in size.

The present invention has been made to cope with such a problem, and it is possible to efficiently wash away the detergent and water remaining on the vehicle body surface for effective polishing, and to make the device compact and shorten the car washing time. To aim.

[Means for Solving Problems] In order to solve such problems, the present invention provides a gate-shaped tunnel-shaped frame forming a main body with a detergent nozzle for spraying detergent toward a vehicle body, Various wash brushes for brushing the vehicle body surface, rinse nozzles for spraying clean water to remove excess cleaning on the vehicle body surface, wax nozzles for spraying wax toward the vehicle body surface, and various wax brushes for polishing the vehicle body surface. It is provided in order, and at least a part of the spray direction of the fresh water sprayed from the rinse nozzle is directed to the top wash brush for vehicle body upper surface brushing forming the wash brush.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a car-washing apparatus main body formed in a tunnel shape, and a car body is conveyed by a conveyor 2 provided on a floor surface on which the main body 1 is installed. The conveyor 2 is a sprocket 3,3 pivotally supported on the floor surface of the main body 1 on the vehicle entry side and vehicle exit side.
A loop-shaped chain 4 is wound between them on a horizontal plane, and a guide roller 6, 6 ... Arranged at predetermined intervals on the outer peripheral side of the chain 4 by a motor 5 for rotating one of the sprockets 3 causes the tire on one side of the vehicle body to move. The car body is conveyed by pushing along the passage 7.

The main body 1 is a gate-shaped first divided into transportable units.
~ 6 frames 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1f are connected to each other at the installation site so that they can be assembled.

Reference numeral a is a spray cleaning block located on the vehicle body entry side of the main body 1, and has a top wash nozzle 9 above the first frame 1a and a pair of left and right side wash nozzles 10 and 1 on both sides.
Each of the wash nozzles 9,10,10 ', is embedded with a bottom wash nozzle 11 on the floor below the line connecting the pair of left and right side wash nozzles 10,10'.
From 11, the high-pressure cleaning water is sprayed toward the top, side, and bottom of the vehicle body to perform pre-rinsing to remove dust adhering to the vehicle body surface.

Reference numeral b denotes a brush cleaning block located next to the spray cleaning block a. A pair of left and right front and side wash brushes 13 and 13 'for brushing and cleaning the range from the front end surface of the vehicle body to the rear end of the side surface and the front side surface end of the vehicle body. A pair of left and right rear side wash brushes 14 and 14 'for brushing and cleaning the range to the rear end surface, and a pair of left and right rocker brushes 15 and 15' for brushing and cleaning the lower side surface of the vehicle body.
And a top wash brush 16 for brushing and cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle body, and detergent nozzles 17, 18, 18 'for spraying foamy detergent toward the vehicle body surface. The side wash brushes 13, 13 ', 14, 14' are respectively attached to the tips of arms 19, 19 ', 20, 20' pivotally supported on both sides of the second frame 11b or the third frame 1c. Front side wash brush 13 'and rear side wash brush 14 that are movably suspended and located on one side
Rear side wash brush located on the other side
14 and the position of the front and side wash brushes 13 are opposite to each other, and the support shafts of the arms 19 and 20 supported on one side of the second frame 1b are close to each other.
The brush cleaning block 12 is provided by disposing the respective support shafts of the arms 19 'and 20' supported on the other side part at positions apart from each other.
Space saving of each side wash brush
Avoiding interference during operation of 13,13 ', 14,14', effective brushing cleaning is performed on the front and rear surfaces and side surfaces of the vehicle body with the minimum required number of brushes. 21,21,21,21 are springs that press the side wash brushes 13,13 ', 14,14' against the vehicle body surface, and 22,23,24,25 are springs 21,21,21,21 respectively. This is an air cylinder that operates in the direction in which each side wash brush 13, 13 ', 14, 14' is separated from the vehicle body surface against the above. The top wash brush 16
Is a pair of left and right arms 28, 28 'which are swingably supported at appropriate positions on the rear sides of the third frame 1c behind each side wash brush 13, 13', 14, 14 'so that both ends thereof are rotatable. It is pivotally supported. Reference numeral 29 is a two-stage cylinder that moves the top wash brush 16 up and down. The long and short air cylinders 30 and 30 'are connected so that the rod portions 30a and 30a' expand and contract to the opposite side, respectively. The tip end of the rod portion 30a is fixed to the pivot end of the link arm 31 fixed to the support shaft of the one arm 28, and the tip end of the rod portion 30a 'of the air cylinder 30' having the other short stroke is positioned at a proper position laterally of the third frame. It is connected. Normally, air cylinder 3
The rod portions 30a, 30a 'of 0, 30' are extended to hold the top wash brush 16 at the standby position above the third frame 1c, and at the time of washing, the top wash brush 16 is used for a wagon vehicle with a relatively high vehicle height. For the upper surface, de-energize the air cylinder 30 'with a short stroke to lower the brush position one step downward, and for the upper surface of a regular car, de-energize the air cylinder 30 with a longer stroke to move the brush downward. It is hanging free to the state. Reference numerals 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 are electric motors that rotate and drive the wash brushes 13, 13 ', 14, 14', 15, and 15'16, respectively. The detergent nozzle 17, 18, 18 '
The nozzles 18 and 18 'facing the side of the vehicle body to the second frame 1b
Nozzles 17 facing the upper surface of the vehicle body are arranged at appropriate positions on both sides of the above, above the third frame 1c in front of the top wash brush 16. In this way, in the brush cleaning block b, the foam nozzle is sprayed from the detergent nozzles 17, 18, 18 'to the vehicle body from which the dust adhered to the vehicle body surface has been removed by the spray cleaning block 8, and each wash brush 13, 13', 14,14 ', 15,15',
The operation of 16 brushes the surface of the car body to knock off the stubborn dirt adhering to the car body surface.

Reference numeral c is a wax spraying block located next to the brush cleaning block b, and rinse nozzles 39, 40, 40 'for discharging clean water to wash away excess detergent on the vehicle body surface and to the vehicle body surface Wax nozzles for spraying wax 41,4
2, 42 ', a pair of left and right side wax brushes 43, 43' for polishing the side surface of the vehicle body on which wax is dispersed, and a top wax brush 44 for polishing the upper surface of the vehicle body,
The nozzles 45, 46, 46 'for final rinse are provided to discharge fresh water toward the vehicle body surface and to flush away excess wax on the vehicle body surface. The rinse nozzles 39, 40, 40 'are mounted on the front end of the fourth frame 1d, and the rinse nozzle 39 mounted above the front end of the fourth frame 1d and the rinse nozzles 40, 40' mounted on both sides are bossed. Rinse nozzles 40, 4 located on both sides of the front end of the fourth frame 1d, which communicate with each other by 47, 47 '.
The 0'spray ports 40a, 40a, 40a, 40a ', 40a', 40a 'face each other, and the spout ports 39a, 39a, 39a, 39b, 39b of the rinse nozzle 39 located above the front end of the fourth frame 1d. Are directed toward the top wash brush 16 diagonally below the vehicle entrance side and vertically downward. The wax nozzles 41,42,42 'is opposed wax nozzles 42, 42 to the vehicle body side' of the distance l ₂ away next from rinse nozzle 40, 40 ', wax nozzle 41 that faces the vehicle body upper surface They are attached to the front of the top wax brush 44 and above the fourth frame 1d. The side wax brushes 43, 43 'are rotatably suspended from the tips of arms 49, 49' pivotally supported on both sides of the front part of the fourth frame 1d. 50 and 50 'are springs for pressing the side wax brushes 43 and 43' to the side surface of the vehicle body, and 51 and 51 are directions in which the side wax brushes 43 and 43 'are separated from the side surface of the vehicle body against the bias of the springs 50 and 50. It is an air cylinder that operates on. Top wax brush
The reference numeral 44 is similar to the structure of the top brush 16, and the arms 52 and 5 swingably supported at both ends of the rear portion of the fourth frame 1d.
Two ends of which are rotatably supported at the tip of 2 ', and a two-stage cylinder is attached to a link arm 53 fixed to a support shaft of one arm 52.
54 is connected and moving up and down. 55, 55 and 56 are electric motors that rotate and drive the wax brushes 43, 43 'and 44, respectively. The final rinse nozzles 45, 46, 46 'are mounted above the fifth frame 1e behind the top wax brush 41 and on both sides.

Reference numeral d denotes a tire cleaning block extending behind the wax coating block c. A pair of left and right tire wash brushes 58, 58 'are provided on both sides of the floor on which the fifth frame 1e is installed so that the tire can move forward and backward. Wash brush 58,5
Wash the tire by pressing 8'on the tire.

e is a drying block located next to the tire washing block d. A top blower nozzle 60 is provided above the sixth frame 1f so as to be vertically movable along the shape of the vehicle body, and a pair of left and right side blower nozzles 61 and 61 'are provided on both sides. The blower nozzles 60, 61, 61 'are provided to blow high-pressure air toward the vehicle body surface to remove water droplets adhering to the vehicle body.

 Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the car body is driven into the entrance of the passage 7 and the car washing is started. When car washing starts, the vehicle body is continuously conveyed along the passage 7 by the conveyor 2 and is continuously washed, wax-coated and dried in the order of the arranged blocks. That is, when the vehicle body enters the spray cleaning block a, a pre-rinse for removing the dust adhering to the vehicle body before brush cleaning by spraying high-pressure cleaning water from the wash nozzles 9, 10, 10 ', 11 toward the vehicle surface. Are doing. Then, when the car body enters the brush cleaning block b, the detergent is sprayed from the cleaning nozzles 17, 18, 18 'toward the car body surface and the side wash brushes 13, 13', 14, 14 'are applied to the car body. The front and rear surfaces and side surfaces of the vehicle body are cleaned by brushing, and the top wash brush 16 is applied to the upper surface of the vehicle body to clean the upper surface of the vehicle body by brushing. At this time, the top wash brush 16 is rotated in the direction of hitting from the front end to the rear end of the vehicle body, receives the clean water from the rinse nozzle 39, removes the dirt floating on the upper surface of the vehicle body, and removes the dirt floating on the upper surface of the vehicle body with the brush containing the clean water. The car body surface is flushed and the detergent on the car body surface is rinsed at the same time. In addition, in parallel with the above-mentioned brushing cleaning, clean water is sprayed from the rinse nozzles 39, 40, 40 'toward the vehicle body surface to wash away the detergent remaining on the vehicle body surface, and the rinse on the vehicle body surface can be efficiently rinsed in a short time. Done in time.

Then, the wax is sprayed from the wax nozzles 41, 42, 42 'toward the surface of the vehicle body where the detergent has been rinsed, and the vehicle surface is polished by the wax brushes 43, 43', 44 to apply the wax to the vehicle surface. After the attachment, the final rinse nozzles 45, 46, 46 'inject fresh water toward the vehicle surface to wash off the wax remaining on the vehicle surface. In addition, in parallel with the above-mentioned wax rinsing, the tire wash brush 5
The tires are washed with 7,57 ', and finally, high pressure air is blown from the blower nozzles 59, 60, 60' toward the vehicle body surface to remove water droplets adhering to the vehicle body surface and complete the car wash.

[Advantages of the Invention] The present invention is configured as described above, and has a simple structure in which a part of the fresh water sprayed from the rinse nozzle is directed to the top wash brush. You can apply a brush from the top of the detergent that is attached to the skin and at the same time rinse the detergent off with the clean water contained in the brush to rinse it efficiently. As a result of rinsing at the same time as brushing in this way, the amount of fresh water sprayed from the rinse nozzle onto the upper surface of the vehicle body can be extremely small, and the amount of water remaining on the vehicle body surface is also small. Since it can be installed close to the car, the device can be made compact and the car wash processing time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the overall structure of a car wash apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. Fig. 3 is a partial front view of the rinse nozzles 39, 40, 40 ', and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the main part of the car wash device. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a conventional car wash device. 1 is a main body, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f are first to sixth frames,
2 is a conveyor, 17,18,18 'are detergent nozzles, 13,13' are front and side wash brushes, 14 and 14'are rear
Side wash brush, 16 is a top wash brush, 39, 40 and 40 'are rinse nozzles, 41, 42 and 42' are wax nozzles, 43 and 43 'are side wax brushes, and 44 is a top wax brush.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Ryoji Kitazawa 1825, Amamiya, Sarahaku-shi, Nagano MK Seiko Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor, Yukio Ohikata 1825, Amamiya, Kohei, Nagano Prefecture MK-SEI CORPORATION Company Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Omiya 1825, Amamiya, Sarahaku, Nagano Prefecture MK Seiko Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Hideo Miyasaka 1825, Amamiya, Aramiya, Sarahoku, Nagano Prefecture Products Hironobu Karima (56) References JP-A-49-51773 (JP, A) Actual public 40-587 (JP, Y1) Actual public 46-32637 (JP, Y1) Actual public 50 -11298 (JP, Y1)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A car wash apparatus comprising a conveyor on a floor surface on which a main body formed in a tunnel shape is installed, and a car body conveyed to the conveyor is sequentially subjected to treatments such as cleaning and wax application. Detergent nozzles for spraying detergent toward the vehicle body, various wash brushes for brushing the vehicle body surface, and rinse nozzles for spraying clean water to remove excess cleaning on the vehicle body surface in a gate-shaped tunnel-shaped frame , A wax nozzle for spraying wax toward the vehicle body surface, and various wax brushes for polishing the vehicle body surface are sequentially provided, and at least a part of the spray direction of fresh water sprayed from the rinse nozzle forms the various wash brushes. A car wash device characterized by being directed to a top wash brush for brushing the upper surface of a vehicle body.