JP2689750B2 - Cleaning method for rocker brush device of car wash machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a rocker bra for a car wash machine.
The present invention relates to a vehicle cleaning method using a drive device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional car washing machine, as shown in FIG. 12, a pair of left and right rocker brushes (lower side surface cleaning brushes)
The reference numeral 65 is for cleaning the lower half of the vehicle body outer side surfaces 67 including the wheels 66 from the rocker portion, and is attached to the lower part of the car wash machine body 69 via the arm 68. A drive motor 70 is provided, and the arms 68 are configured to be movable toward and away from each other via an arm 68.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional type, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the rocker brush 65 rotates only in one direction 72 with respect to the running direction 71 of the car wash machine. For this reason, the corner portion of the tire house 73 becomes an obstacle, the tip of the rocker brush 65 does not sufficiently contact the outer peripheral surface portion 74 of the wheel 66 on the upper side of the vehicle washing machine running direction 71, and cleaning is performed. Became insufficient.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for cleaning a rocker brush device of a car wash machine capable of sufficiently cleaning the outer peripheral portion of a wheel surrounded by a tire house. Is.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a car wash machine main body with a pair of left and right parallel link mechanisms that are rotatable in the horizontal direction .
A rocker brush and these rockers on the free end side.
A car wash machine equipped with a rotating device that rotates the brush forward and backward.
A cleaning method for a Kerbrush device, comprising:
With the rocker brush rotated forward,
The rocker brush is rotated horizontally and the rocker brushes
When abutting on the lower part of both outer side surfaces of the vehicle body including the outer side surface of the wheel
Also, run the car wash machine body and put the rocker brush on the wheels.
When located on the outer surface, place the rocker brush at this position.
It can be rotated in the reverse direction, and then the rocker brush can be returned to the normal rotation .

[0006]

With the above-described structure, when the rocker brushes are normally rotated by the rotating device, the parallel link mechanism is horizontally rotated by the actuating device so that both holding plates move toward each other, so that the rocker brushes are moved to the wheel. The normal washing can be performed by abutting the lower part of both outer side surfaces of the vehicle body including the outer side surface of the vehicle and running the car wash machine body from the upper side to the lower side. At this time, when the rocker brush is located on the outer surface of the wheel due to the traveling of the car wash machine body, the rocker brush is rotated in reverse at this position . This allows the wheels to
The area around the outer surface on the upper side in the running direction of the car washer is thoroughly washed. After that, rotate the rocker brush forward and continue.
Car wash.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the gate-type car wash main body 1 is mounted on the rail 3 through the plurality of wheels 2 in a front view, and the travel drive device (not shown) operates. This makes it possible to travel back and forth on a fixed route.

The car wash body 1 has a first wash water arch 4, a first wax arch 5, and a second wash water arch 6.
A second wax arch 7 and a detergent arch 8 are arranged in this order, and a top nozzle 9 and a side nozzle 10 for drying are provided at the location of the first wash water arch 4, and a top brush 11 and a side brush are provided. The brush 12 and the brush 12 are attached via swingable arms 13 and 14, respectively.

A pair of left and right rocker brushes 15 are provided at the lower portions on both sides of the car wash machine body 1 so that they can approach and separate from each other. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a pair of left and right parallel link mechanisms 17 are provided, and the base ends of these parallel link mechanisms 17 are connected to the car wash machine body 1 side via fasteners 18, respectively.

The parallel link mechanism 17 comprises a support arm 19 and a tie rod 20 which are rotatable in the horizontal direction. As an example of an operating device for rotating the parallel link mechanism 17, a cylinder device 21 is provided on the car wash machine body 1 side. It is provided. The tip of the piston rod 22 of the cylinder device 21 is connected to a connecting plate 23 provided in the intermediate portion of the support arm 19.

A holding plate 24 is provided at each free end of the parallel link mechanism 17. The tips of these holding plates 24 are bent to be one step lower, and a support plate 26 for supporting both ends of a connecting shaft 25 provided in the left-right direction is provided on the upper surface thereof.
Is attached.

A box-shaped rocking body 28 is provided above the connecting shaft 25, and a connecting plate 30 fitted to both ends of the connecting shaft 25 is attached to the lower surface of a bottom plate 29 of the rocking body 28. . As a result, the oscillating body 28 opposes each other through the pair of left and right parallel link mechanisms 17 and the holding plate 24, and is swingably provided around the axis 31 of the connecting shaft 25.

An L-shaped connecting plate 32 is attached to an outer end portion of the lower surface of the rocking body 28 in the left-right direction, and a vertical surface 33 of the connecting plate 32 projects outward from one side surface of the rocking body 28. A swing plate 34 is attached to the vertical surface 33, and the tip of a piston rod 36 of a cylinder device 35 is connected to the swing plate 34. The main body of the cylinder device 35 is supported by a support plate 37 and is provided on the holding plate 24 in the front-rear direction.

A rotary shaft (vertical axis) 39, which is rotatable forward and backward around a rotary shaft center 38 orthogonal to the shaft center 31 of the connecting shaft 25, is provided at an inner end portion of the lower part of the rocking body 28 in the left-right direction. It is installed.
The rotating shaft 39 is fitted in a housing 40 attached to the bottom plate 29 of the rocking body 28, and is supported by a bearing 41. The upper end of the rotary shaft 39 penetrates the inside of the oscillating body 28, and the sprocket 42 is provided at the upper end.

A brush shaft 43 of the rocker brush 15 is integrally attached to the lower end of the rotary shaft 39. FIG.
These rocker brushes 15, as shown in FIG.
By inclining the lower part of the vehicle, the vehicle is washed by an angle α toward the center of the car wash machine.

The rocker brush is attached to the upper plate of the oscillator 28.
An electric motor 45, which is an example of a rotating device that rotates the 15 forward and backward, is provided. The drive shaft 46 of the electric motor 45 penetrates the inside of the rocking body 28, and a sprocket 47 is provided at the lower end. The sprockets 42 and 47 are linked by a chain 48. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
A proximity switch 60 and a magnet 61 for restricting the swinging range of the holding plate 24 and the swinging body 28 are provided. FIG.
In FIG. 8, reference numeral 49 designates an automobile and its tire house 54
Wheels 50 are stored inside the. Reference numeral 59 indicates an operation panel.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below.
In the above embodiment, the car 49 is stopped and the brushes 11, 11,
A combination of the contact and separation movements of 12, 15 and the cleaning water supply through the cleaning water arches 4, 6 and the wax supply through the wax arches 5, 7 and the detergent supply through the detergent arch 8 can be appropriately combined. The desired car wash can be performed by operating.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9A, the rocker brush 15 is rotated forward 55 while the piston rod 36 of the cylinder device 35 is contracted to incline the lower part of the rocker brush 15 to the upper side. . Then, the cylinder device 21 is extended and the holding plate 24 is moved inward through the parallel link mechanism 17 without disturbing its posture, so that the rocker brush 15 is brought into contact with the lower portions of both outer side surfaces of the automobile 49. To wash.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9B, the rocker brush 15 is moved to the wheel 50 by the traveling of the car wash main body 1.
When the vehicle body 1 is located on the outer side surface (front wheel or rear wheel), the traveling of the car wash machine main body 1 is stopped and the piston rod 36 of the cylinder device 35 is extended and contracted. As a result, the oscillating body 28
Is rotated in the front-rear direction via the connecting shaft 25, and the rocker brush 15 cleans the outer surface of the wheel 50 while swinging in the front-rear direction around the axis 31 of the connecting shaft 25.

At this time, if only the washing in (b) above is performed,
As shown in FIG. 10, the corner portion of the tire house 54 becomes an obstacle, and the tip of the rocker brush 15 is less likely to contact the outer side peripheral portion 58 of the wheel 50 on the upper side of the running direction 57 of the car wash machine. It was easy to become insufficient.

In order to solve this, the cylinder device 21 is contracted, and the holding plate 24 is moved outward via the parallel link mechanism 17, so that the rocker brush 15 is once separated from the outer surface of the wheel 50. . Then, as shown in FIG. 9C, with the rocker brush 15 rotated in the reverse direction 56,
Extend the cylinder device 21 and move the rocker brush 15 to the wheel.
The outer side peripheral portion 58 of the 50 on the upper side of the car wash machine running direction 57 is brought into contact. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the wheel 50 of the wheel 50, which is apt to be insufficiently cleaned at the time of (b) cleaning,
Since the tip of the rocker brush 15 is sufficiently abutted against the outer peripheral portion 58 on the upper side of the car wash machine running direction 57, sufficient cleaning can be performed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9D, the cylinder device 21 is contracted again, and the rocker brush 15 is moved to the wheel.
The rocker brush 15 is forwardly rotated 55 by separating the rocker brush 15 from the outer side surface of the rocker 50 once. Then, as shown in (e) of FIG. 9, the car washer body 1 is run again in the running direction 57, the cylinder device 21 is extended, and the rocker brush 15 is moved to the automobile 49.
The lower parts of both outer side surfaces of the automobile 49 are washed as the car wash machine body 1 travels. Further, as shown in FIG. 9F, the cleaning of the other wheel 50 (rear wheel or front wheel) is performed in the same manner as in (B) and (C) above.

In the above embodiment, the rocker brush 15 is swingable around the upper end by providing the rocking body 28 above the rocker brush 15 and connecting it to the holding plate 24 via the connecting shaft 25. However, this is provided with a rocking body 28 below the rocker brush 15 and is connected to a holding plate 24 via a connecting shaft 25,
The rocker brush 15 may be swingable around the lower end. Further, in the above embodiment, the cylinder device 21 is provided as an example of the actuating device, but this may be an electric motor.

In the above embodiment, the rocker brushes 15 on both sides are
Since the lower part of the vehicle is tilted toward the center of the car wash machine body 1 by the angle α, it can be brought into close contact with the vehicle body along the inclined surfaces on the lower side of both outer side surfaces. However, it may not be inclined.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the rocker brush provided on the main body of the car wash machine is rotated in the forward and reverse directions so that the wheel
By cleaning the outer side surface, sufficient cleaning can be performed on the peripheral portion of the outer side surface of the wheel on the upper side in the running direction of the car wash machine, which was conventionally insufficiently cleaned. Therefore, the cleaning effect of the rocker brush is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a rocker brush device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrows AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrows BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG.

5 is a partially cutaway enlarged view of a main part in FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view taken in the direction of arrows CC in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the car wash machine.

FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view showing a usage state of the rocker brush device.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing a cleaning method using a rocker brush device.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a cleaning state when the rocker brush is normally rotated.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a cleaning state when the rocker brush is reversely rotated.

FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view showing a usage state of a conventional rocker brush device.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a cleaning state when the rocker brush is rotated.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a cleaning state when the rocker brush is rotated.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Car Wash Machine Main Body 15 Rocker Brush 17 Parallel Link Mechanism 19 Support Arm 21 Cylinder Device (Actuator) 24 Holding Plate 25 Connection Shaft 28 Oscillator 31 Shaft Center 35 Cylinder Device 38 Rotation Shaft Center 39 Rotation Shaft 43 Brush Shaft 45 Electric Motor (Rotation) Equipment) 49 Automobile 50 Wheels 54 Tire house 55 Forward rotation 56 Reverse rotation 57 Car wash machine running direction 58 Outer peripheral area

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A car wash machine main body is provided with a pair of left and right parallel link mechanisms rotatable in a horizontal direction.
The rocker brush and the rocker
-For car wash machines equipped with a rotating device that rotates the brush forward and backward
A method for cleaning a rocker brush device, comprising the rotating device
With the rocker brush in the normal rotation,
Rotate the link mechanism horizontally to remove both rocker brushes.
When abutting on the lower part of both outer side surfaces of the vehicle body including the outer side surface of the wheel
Both run the car washer body, and the rocker brush is the wheel.
When located on the outer surface of the rocker brush in this position
Reverse rotation, then return rocker brush to normal rotation
How to clean a rocker brush device of a car wash machine characterized by
Law.