JP3038532B2 - Cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for removing chips, oils and the like adhering during machining of a machined object to be cleaned.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cleaning apparatus of this type has been disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-225158 (JP-A-6-55146).
Is known. As shown in FIG. 8, the cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning chamber 201 of a main body 200 of the cleaning apparatus.
The rotary drive shaft 202 is horizontally disposed on the
A plurality of clamp devices 203 are radially and rotatably mounted in the cleaning chamber 201, a cleaning tank 205 having a high-pressure cleaning nozzle 204 is provided in the lower part of the cleaning chamber 201, and an air blow nozzle 206 is provided in the upper part of the cleaning chamber 201. Then, the cleaning object W is immersed in the cleaning tank 205, and the high-pressure cleaning nozzle is rotated while rotating the cleaning object W.
The high-pressure cleaning liquid is ejected from the cleaning tank 204 to agitate the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 205 to wash the object W to be cleaned.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional cleaning apparatus described above has a problem that the whole apparatus becomes large and complicated, and the production cost increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning apparatus which simplifies a main body of the cleaning apparatus, reduces the size of the entire apparatus, and facilitates maintenance work. And

[0005]

According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems , the invention according to claim 1 is characterized by
It is exposed to the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 19 provided in the cleaning chamber 3 of the cleaning device body 1.
The cleaning object W is immersed, and the high pressure is applied while rotating the cleaning object W.
Cleaning by spraying high-pressure cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle to perform cleaning
In the apparatus, an elevating unit which can be moved up and down
And a part for guiding the lifting unit 21
Material is provided, and the guiding member is fixed to the cleaning device main body 1.
And the washing chamber 3
A plurality of guides extending from the upper part of the
Door 23 and the elevating unit so as to be engageable with the plurality of guide columns 23.
Multiple guide rows rotatably mounted on the side of knit 21
And the lifting unit 21 is disposed in the cleaning chamber.
3 Connected to and supported by the lifting drive cylinder 24 provided at the top of
Then, the object to be cleaned W is placed on the lifting unit 21 and transported.
The rotating unit 25 equipped with the transfer device 28 for feeding is rotatable
The rotation unit 25 is provided at both ends of the rotation unit 25.
The rotation plate 26 is fixed coaxially with the rotation center of
The rotation center of the rotation unit 25 is attached to the rotation plate 26 on one side.
The first sprocket 38 is fixedly supported coaxially with the
To the output shaft 40 'of the gearbox 40 fixed to the unit 21
Attach the second sprocket 41, the second sprocket
41 and the first sprocket 38 are linked by a chain 42.
The input of the gear box 40 is located above the cleaning chamber 3.
A drive motor 43 for rotating the shaft 40 ″ is provided, and the cleaning chamber
3 A washing tank 19 with a high-pressure washing nozzle
It is characterized by having. Invention of claim 2
Cleaning of the cleaning tank 19 provided in the cleaning chamber 3 of the cleaning device body 1
The cleaning object W is immersed in the liquid, and the cleaning object W is rotated.
The high-pressure cleaning liquid from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle to perform cleaning.
In the cleaning apparatus, the lifting unit is vertically movable into the cleaning chamber 3.
Dispose the knit 21 and guide the elevating unit 21
And a member for positioning and guiding
The material is slidably disposed on the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3,
A guide shaft whose end is fixed to the lifting unit 21
112 and a positioning fixed to the lower part of the lifting unit 21
And a pin 111 provided above the cleaning chamber 3.
The lifting unit 21 is connected to a lifting drive cylinder 24 to support it.
The object to be cleaned W is placed on the elevating unit 21 and
The rotating unit 25 equipped with the transfer device 28
And the transfer device is connected to one end of the roller shaft 100 '.
Drive roller conveyor 100 with moving sprocket 101
To the upper corresponding position of the driven sprocket 101.
A chain guide 102 fixedly supported by the rotation unit 25,
Through the chain guide 102, the driven sprocket 10
1 and a chain 103 suspended in a loop
When the chain 21 is in the raised position, it engages with the chain 103
A drive sprocket for driving the drive roller conveyor 100
The rotary unit 25 at both ends.
The rotating plate 26 is fixed coaxially with the rotation center of the rotating unit 25.
Of the two rotating plates 26, one of the rotating plates 26 has the rotating unit.
Solid the first sprocket 38 to rotate in the heart and coaxial knit 25
A gear that is attached and supported and fixed to the lifting unit 21
-A second sprocket 41 is mounted on the output shaft 40 'of the box 40.
And the second sprocket 41 and the first sprocket
To the cleaning chamber 3 by a chain 42.
To drive the input shaft 40 ″ of the gear box 40 to rotate
A motor 43 is provided, and a high-pressure cleaning nozzle is provided below the cleaning chamber 3.
A washing tank 19 in which a cleaning tank 19 is provided . According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the rotary plate 26 has a substantially V-shaped positioning groove 4.
A positioning plate 46 having a 6 '
The positioning rod 48 is engaged with the determining groove 46 ',
It is characterized in that the unit 25 is positioned .

[0006]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the object to be cleaned W is lifted.
At the predetermined position of the transport device of the rotating unit 25 of the descending unit 21
After being placed and positioned, the lift drive cylinder 24 is
Moves the elevating unit 25 down to a predetermined position in the washing tank 19
Then, the object W to be cleaned is added to the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank 19.
Immerse. When descending, the lifting unit 21 is the lifting unit
21 for guiding or positioning and guiding
If you descend quickly without being guided and sideways,
When the object to be cleaned W is cleaned, the elevating unit 21 performs high-pressure cleaning.
Do not swing against the jet pressure of the high-pressure cleaning liquid from the nozzle
Will be held.

[0007] When the high-pressure cleaning solution is ejected, the driving force is increased.
The dynamic motor 43 operates. The rotational force of this drive motor 43 is
The first sprocket via the second sprocket 41 and the chain 42
The rotation is transmitted to the rocket 38 and the rotation unit 25 rotates.

Accordingly, the object to be cleaned W is cleaned in the cleaning tank 19.
Spray high-pressure cleaning liquid while rotating while immersed in liquid
Cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 19
Cleaning is performed efficiently.

When a predetermined washing cycle is completed, high pressure washing is performed.
The ejection of the high-pressure cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle stops, and the
The Linda 24 operates again, and the lifting unit 21 is moved to the predetermined position.
Raise, position and lock in place. this
Is a position fixed to the rotating plate 26 as described in claim 3.
The positioning lock is inserted into the substantially V-shaped positioning groove 46 'of the positioning plate 46.
The lock is performed by engaging the lock 48.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a cleaning device main body according to the present invention. The cleaning device main body 1 includes a carry-in section 2,
The cleaning chamber 3, the draining chamber 4, and the carry-out section 5 are schematically configured.

[0011] Then, on a gantry 7 provided in the loading section 2,
A strike (not shown) provided so that it can come and go with an air cylinder
The object to be cleaned W is always repelled by the lid and spring.
Loading roller core with biased anti-back stopper
Conveyor 6 is laid. Two sets of a pair of side guide rails 8 are supported on the bracket 9 fixed to the gantry 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, a pusher device 10 is fixedly supported on a support 11 fixed to the gantry 7. A pusher 12 is slidably fitted on a guide rail (not shown) of the pusher device 10 (see FIG. 5).

A push claw 13 is provided at an appropriate position above the pusher 12.
Are mounted rotatably back and forth, and a rack (not shown) is formed below the pusher 12. A drive motor 14 of the pusher device 10 is provided on the gantry 7, and a pinion (not shown) is mounted on a drive shaft of the drive motor 14 so as to be able to engage with a rack of the pusher 12.

Therefore, when the drive motor 14 operates and its drive shaft rotates forward, the pusher 12 moves forward, and the pusher 12
The push claw 13 is engaged with the object to be cleaned W and presses and moves the object to be cleaned W. When the drive shaft of the drive motor 14 is reversed,
The engagement with the object to be cleaned W is released, and the pusher 12 is retracted to return to the original position.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a rinsing and draining chamber 15 is provided in the upper part of the rinsing chamber 3, and a plurality of rinsing nozzles are provided at appropriate places in the rinsing and draining chamber 15. A pair of rinse cleaning nozzle chambers 16 (not shown) are provided, and a pair of air blow nozzle chambers 17 are provided with a plurality of air blow nozzles (not shown).

A washing tank 19 is provided at a lower portion of the washing chamber 3, and the washing tank 19 is provided with a pair of high-pressure washing nozzle chambers 20 each having a plurality of high-pressure washing nozzles at appropriate positions. The pair of rinse cleaning nozzle chambers 16 and the pair of air blow nozzle chambers 17
The pair of high-pressure cleaning nozzle chambers 20 have substantially the same shape.

The washing room 3 is provided with a vertically movable unit.
Is mounted around the lifting unit 21
The cleaning device 3 is fixedly supported at an appropriate position on the main body of the cleaning device 1 and is located above the cleaning chamber 3.
The elevating unit 21 extending from the
A plurality of guide pillars 23
I have. In addition, the above-mentioned plural
Guide rollers rotatably engaged with the guide columns 23
22 is rotatably mounted. In this example, the guide
The pillars 23 are provided in four places.

An elevating drive cylinder 24 is fixed to the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3, and its piston rod 24 'is connected to an elevating unit.
The lifting unit 21 is connected to the lifting unit 21. Therefore, the elevating unit 21 is supported by the elevating drive cylinder 24, and is moved up and down by the expansion and contraction of its piston rod 24 '. At this time, the lifting unit 21 covers the plurality of guide columns 23.
Guided through the idler roller 22
Get up and down quickly.

A rotary unit 25 is rotatably disposed on the elevating unit 21. Both ends of the rotary unit 25, that is,
A rotating plate 26 is fixed coaxially to the rotation center of the rotating unit 25 on the side of the carry-in / out of the article W to be washed. At the center of the rotating plate 26 at both ends, an object passage port 26 '(see FIG. 5) is formed.

[0020] elevating unit 21 has the guide roller 27 is rotatably mounted, the guide rollers 27 are both rotating plate 26
The rotary unit 25 is rotatably supported by engaging with four locations on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary unit 25. In this embodiment, both rotating plates are surrounded.
They are provided at four locations at equal intervals.

An object W to be cleaned is placed on the rotating unit 25 ,
In addition, a free roller conveyor 28 for carrying is provided. The free roller conveyor 28 is coaxial with the carry-in roller conveyor 6 provided in the carry-in section 2 when the elevating unit 21 is stopped at a predetermined position in the rinsing and draining chamber 15, that is, at the rising end. It is arranged. Two pairs of side guide rails 29 are fixedly supported on the rotating unit 25 at the upper portions on both sides of the free roller conveyor 28.

The rotating unit 25 has a pair of upper guide rails 30 fixedly supported. Further, a substantially L-shaped front stopper 31 is mounted at an appropriate position of the rotation unit 25 by a hinge pin 32 so as to be rotatable. The front stopper 31 has a front end thereof at an engagement side with the cleaning object W by a spring (not shown). It is constantly being fired.

A pressing cylinder 33 is fixed to the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3, and a piston rod 33 'of the pressing cylinder 33 is slidably fitted to a guide holder 35 fixed to the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3. . A push rod 34 is attached to the distal end of the piston rod 33 ′, and the distal end of the push rod 34 engages with the base end of the front stopper 31.

Accordingly, when the piston rod 33 'of the pressing cylinder 33 is extended, the pressing member 34 presses the base end of the front stopper 31, and the front stopper 31 rotates against the elastic force of a spring (not shown). The tip of the front stopper 31 and the object to be cleaned W
Is disengaged. That is, the front end portion of the front stopper 31 protrudes and retracts on the engagement side of the article W to be cleaned by the expansion and contraction of the piston rod 33 'of the pressing cylinder 33.

An anti-back stopper 36 is rotatably mounted at an appropriate position on the rotation unit 25 by a hinge pin 37. The tip of the anti-back stopper 36 is constantly resiliently urged toward the engagement side of the cleaning object W by a spring (not shown).

An annular first sprocket 38 fixedly supported by a support member 39 is provided on the rotary plate 26 on the inlet side of the cleaning chamber 3 among the rotary plates 26 of the rotary unit 25 .
The first sprocket 38 is the passage 26 'of the rotating plate 26 to be cleaned.
And is mounted so as to be coaxial with the rotation center of the rotation unit 25.

A gear box 40 is fixed to the upper part of the elevating unit 21, and a second sprocket 41 is mounted on an output shaft 40 ′ of the gear box 40. The second sprocket 41 and the first sprocket 38 are
Are linked by

A drive motor 43 is provided in the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3, and a drive shaft of the drive motor 43 is gear-connected to a gear housed in a gear box 44 fixed to the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3.

The gear box 44 has a gear box 44.
A spline shaft 45 is provided which is spline-connected to the gear housed in the gear box 40. The lower end of the spline shaft 45 is connected to the input shaft 40 ″ of the gear box 40.
The drive shaft of the drive motor 43 provided in the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3 and the input shaft of the gear box 40 fixed to the elevating unit 21 are connected.

A positioning plate 46 having a substantially V-shaped positioning groove 46 'is fixed to the inlet side of the cleaning chamber 3 of the two rotating plates 26 . A positioning rod 48 connected to a piston rod 47 'of a positioning cylinder 47 provided in the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3 is engaged with the positioning groove 46'. In FIG. 4, a reference numeral 49 denotes a fall prevention rod whose base end is fixed to the elevating unit 21.

A lock cylinder 50 supported by a bracket 51 is fixed to an upper portion of the cleaning chamber 3. A lock rod 54 slidably fitted to a guide holder 52 fixedly supported by a bracket 53 fixed to the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3 is connected to a piston rod 50 'of the lock cylinder 50.

The rotary unit 25 has a pusher guide rail 55 coaxial with a guide rail (not shown) of the pusher device 10.
(See FIG. 5).

As shown in FIG. 1, the draining chamber 4 is provided with a drive roller conveyor 56 coaxially with the carry-in roller conveyor 6. An unillustrated stopper for operating an air cylinder and an anti-back stopper and side guide rails which are always urged and resiliently provided by a spring are provided on appropriate positions of the drive roller conveyor 56.

A pair of fixed nozzle chambers 57 are provided on both sides of the drive roller conveyor 56, and a plurality of air blow nozzles (not shown) are mounted in appropriate positions in the nozzle chamber 57 toward the object W to be cleaned. I have. An elevating nozzle chamber unit 58 is provided above the draining chamber 4.

An elevating cylinder is provided above the drain chamber 4.
A piston rod 59 'of the lifting cylinder 59 is connected to the lifting nozzle chamber unit 58 described above.

A pair of guide shafts 60 connected to the elevating nozzle chamber unit 58 are provided above the draining chamber 4.
Is provided. The guide shaft 60 is slidably fitted to a pair of guide holders 61 fixed to the drain chamber 4.

A door cylinder is provided at an appropriate position in the upper part of the entrance of the washing chamber 3, the outlet of the draining chamber 4 and the boundary between the washing chamber 3 and the draining chamber 4.
62 is provided, and the piston rod of the door cylinder 62 is provided.
62 'are respectively connected to doors 63.

The carry-out section 5 is configured substantially the same as the carry-in section 2, and a carry-out roller conveyor 64, which is a first transfer device, is laid on the gantry 65 coaxially with the carry-in roller conveyor 6. A pair of side guide rails 66 are supported by the bracket 67 fixed to the gantry 65.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, it is assumed that all the devices of the cleaning device main body 1 are at their original positions as shown in FIGS. That is, in the cleaning chamber 3, the piston rod 24 ′ of the lifting drive cylinder 24 is shortened, and the lifting unit 21 is at the raised position, and the rinse cleaning and draining chamber 15 is at a predetermined position.

The piston rod 3 of the pressing cylinder 33
3 'is shortened, the pusher 34 is raised, and the front end of the front stopper 31 projects to a position where it can be engaged with the cleaning object W by the resilience of a spring (not shown). Further, the piston rod 47 'of the positioning cylinder 47 is extended, and the distal end of the positioning rod 48 is positioned in the positioning groove 46' of the positioning plate 46.
, And the rotation unit 25 is positioned at a predetermined position. Therefore, the free roller conveyor 28 of the rotation unit 25 is located at a position coaxial with the carry-in roller conveyor 6 of the carry-in section 2.

On the other hand, in the drain chamber 4, the piston rod 59 'of the lifting cylinder 59 is shortened, and the lifting nozzle chamber unit 58 is at the raised position. The pusher 12 of the pusher device 10 is located at a predetermined position of the carry-in section 2, the piston rods 62 'of all the door cylinders 62 are shortened, and the door 63 is open.

Therefore, the carry-in roller conveyor 6 of the carry-in section 2
When the object W to be cleaned is placed on the upper side, the object W to be cleaned
And a stopper for air cylinder operation ( not shown) and an anti-back stopper which is always urged toward the object to be cleaned W by a spring are provided at appropriate positions of the carry-in roller conveyor 6. The article W to be cleaned passes through the anti-back stopper against the resilience of the spring, abuts against the air cylinder operation stopper, and stops at that position. On the other hand, the workpiece W is transported in the direction of the cleaning chamber 3.
When the object to be cleaned W is pushed, the pusher 12 of the pusher device 10 is pushed.
The nail 13 (see FIG. 5) is pushed down and passes, and the object to be cleaned W passes.
Then, the push claws 13 protrude toward the object W to be cleaned.

The article to be cleaned W is supplied by the air of the carry-in roller conveyor 6.
When the stopper comes into contact with the cylinder operation stopper, the anti-back stopper protrudes due to the spring force of the spring, and the object to be cleaned W
From behind. In this way, when the object to be cleaned W is positioned at a predetermined position, the stopper for operating the air cylinder is retracted, the engagement with the object to be cleaned W is released, and the drive motor 14 is operated. The drive shaft is rotated forward, and the pusher 12 of the pusher device 10 is advanced.

When the pusher 12 of the pusher device 10 moves forward, the pressing claw 13 of the pusher 12 presses the object to be cleaned W from behind, and places the object to be cleaned W on the free roller conveyor 28 of the rotating unit 25. Since the pusher 12 is further advanced, the pusher 12 is guided along the pusher guide rail 55, and the object to be cleaned W is guided by the two pairs of side guide rails 29 and the pair of upper guide rails 30. The spring (not shown) is pushed up and passed against the elastic force of the spring, abuts the front stopper 31, and stops at that position.

At this time, since the anti-back stopper 36 is disengaged from the object to be cleaned W, it protrudes toward the object to be cleaned W by the elastic force of a spring (not shown), and supports the object to be cleaned W from the rear. .

Therefore, the object W to be cleaned is rotated by the rotating unit 25.
Placed in the free roller conveyor 28, front stopper 3
1. The anti-back stopper 36 is positioned at a predetermined position by a pair of side guide rails 29 and a pair of upper guide rails 30.

When the object to be cleaned W is placed in the rotary unit 25 and positioned at a predetermined position, the drive shaft of the drive motor 14 is reversed, and the pusher 12 of the pusher device 10 is retracted.
Return to the original position.

When the pusher 12 of the pusher device 10 returns to its original position, the door cylinder 62 is operated, and its piston rod 62 'is extended to lower the door 63 and close the entrance of the washing chamber 3 and the drain chamber 4.

When the entrances of the washing chamber 3 and the drain chamber 4 are closed, the positioning cylinder 47 is operated, and the positioning cylinder 47 is operated.
The piston rod 47 'of 47 is shortened, the positioning rod 48 is retracted, the engagement with the positioning groove 46' of the positioning plate 46 is released, and the rotating unit 25 is made rotatable.

When the rotation unit 25 is unlocked,
The lifting drive cylinder 24 operates, and its piston rod 24 '
The by extended predetermined cleaning in the cleaning tank 19 a lifting unit 21
Then, the object to be cleaned W is immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank 19. At this time, the lifting unit 21
The plurality of guide rollers 22 engage with the plurality of guide columns 23
The lifting unit 21 can move quickly without
Slowly descends .

The elevating unit 21 descends to a predetermined washing position.
Then, when the object to be cleaned W is immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 19, the high-pressure cleaning liquid is ejected from the plurality of high-pressure cleaning nozzles attached to the pair of high-pressure cleaning nozzle chambers 20 toward the object to be cleaned W. The drive motor 43 operates.

The rotational force of the drive shaft of the drive motor 43 is transmitted to the first sprocket 38 via the spline shaft 45, the second sprocket 41 and the chain 42, and rotates the rotary unit 25. At this time, the rotation unit 25 is
And rotate to the lifting unit 21 by the plurality of guide rollers 27
Because it is movably supported, over the first sprocket 38
It rotates quickly without excessive load.

Therefore, the elevating unit 21 performs predetermined cleaning.
When the object to be cleaned W is lowered to the position, the object to be cleaned W is immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 19 and is washed by squirting a high-pressure cleaning liquid while rotating. Done. The high-pressure cleaning liquid ejected from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle during the cleaning cycle is discharged from an overflow port (not shown) provided at an appropriate position in the cleaning chamber 3 and filtered.
Used again as a cleaning solution.

When the predetermined cleaning cycle is completed, the ejection of the high-pressure cleaning liquid from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle is stopped, the lifting drive cylinder 24 is operated again, the piston rod 24 'is shortened, and the lifting unit 21 is rinsed and drained. The chamber 15 is raised to a predetermined position , that is, the rising end . Even during this ascent , the elevating unit 21 has a plurality of guide rollers 22
Because it is engaged with the guide post 23, it does not run out
It rises quickly.

The lifting unit 21 is used for rinsing and draining.
After being raised to the predetermined position of No. 15 and positioned, a plurality of rinse cleaning nozzles mounted on the pair of rinse cleaning nozzle chambers 16 eject a rinse cleaning liquid toward the workpiece W, and the rinse cleaning of the workpiece W is performed. Done.

Further, when a predetermined rinsing cleaning cycle is completed, air is blown from the plurality of air blow nozzles mounted on the pair of air blow nozzle chambers 17 to the object W to be cleaned.
, And the object to be cleaned W is drained.

When the predetermined draining cycle ends, the operation of the drive motor 43 stops, and the rotation of the rotary unit 25 stops. When the rotation of the rotation unit 25 stops, the positioning cylinder 47 operates, and its piston rod 47 'extends,
The positioning rod 48 is advanced to engage with the positioning groove 46 'of the positioning plate 46, and the rotating unit 25 is positioned and locked at a predetermined position.

When the rotary unit 25 is positioned at a predetermined position and locked, the pressing cylinder 33 is operated, the piston rod 33 'thereof is extended, and the pusher 34 is advanced, and the base end of the front stopper 31 is pressed. Then, the front stopper 31 is rotated against the elastic force of a spring (not shown) to release the engagement with the object to be cleaned W.

Further, the door cylinder 62 is operated, its piston rod 62 'is shortened, the door 63 is raised, and the doors of the washing chamber 3 and the drain chamber 4 are opened. Hereinafter, since the door 63 is configured to open and close as appropriate, the description thereof is omitted.

When the entrances of the washing chamber 3 and the drain chamber 4 are opened, the drive motor 14 is operated, and the pusher 10 of the pusher device 10 is operated.
The cleaning object 12 is moved forward and the object W to be washed after being washed in the washing chamber 3 is conveyed onto the driving roller conveyor 56 of the draining chamber 4 and the object to be washed next is fixed on the carry-in roller conveyor 6 by the above-described means. Since the object to be cleaned W is stopped at the position and is waiting at the carry-in section 2, the object to be cleaned W is carried into a predetermined position of the cleaning chamber 3.

When the object W to be washed is conveyed onto the drive roller conveyor 56 in the draining chamber 4, the drive roller conveyor 56
56 is operated to transport the object W to be cleaned to a predetermined position. That is, an anti-back stopper always urged toward the object to be cleaned by an air cylinder operating stopper and a spring (not shown) is provided at an appropriate position of the drive roller conveyor 56 in the same manner as the carry-in section 2. The object W to be washed, which has been conveyed onto the drive roller conveyor 56, comes into contact with a stopper for air cylinder operation, and at the same time, is locked from behind by an anti-back stopper and positioned at a predetermined position.

When the object W to be washed is positioned at a predetermined position in the draining chamber 4, the elevating cylinder 59 is operated, and its piston rod 59 'is extended to lower the elevating nozzle chamber unit 58 so that the pair of elevating nozzle chambers 58 is lowered. Air is blown out from an air blow nozzle (not shown) mounted on the fixed nozzle chamber 57 and the elevating nozzle chamber unit 58 to drain and dry the cleaning target W after cleaning.

When a predetermined draining / drying cycle is completed in the draining chamber 4, the elevating cylinder 59 is operated, the piston rod 59 'of the elevating cylinder 59 is shortened to elevate the elevating nozzle chamber unit 58, and the air cylinder (not shown) is operated. Retract the front stopper.

When a stopper for operating the air cylinder (not shown) is retracted, the drive roller conveyor 56 is operated again, and the object to be cleaned W after draining and drying is discharged from the discharge roller conveyor of the discharge section 5.
The sheet is conveyed to the next step by the discharge roller conveyor 64, and one washing cycle is completed.

When the cleaning work is started, the piston rod 50 'of the lock cylinder 50 is shortened to release the engagement of the lock rod 54 with the lock hole of the fall prevention rod 49 at the start of the cleaning work. At the end of the operation, the piston rod 50 'of the lock cylinder 50 is extended, and the lock rod 54 is engaged with the lock hole of the fall prevention rod 49.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on the following. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The figure shows the cleaning chamber 3 when the lifting unit 21 is at the original position of the cleaning chamber 3, that is, at the rising end. The driving unit is mounted on the rotating unit 25 of the lifting unit 21.
A la conveyor 100 is provided. Drive roller conveyor
Reference numeral 100 is provided on the rotation unit 25 so as to be coaxial with the carry-in roller conveyor 6 provided in the carry-in section 2. A pair of side guide rails 29 are fixedly supported on both sides of the drive roller conveyor 100.

The roller shaft 100 ′ of the driving roller conveyor 100
A driven sprocket 101 is mounted on one side end of the driven sprocket 101 (see FIG. 7). A chain guide 102 fixedly supported by the rotating unit 25 is provided at an upper position corresponding to the driven sprocket 101. A chain 103 is attached to the driven sprocket 101 via the chain guide 102 in a loop shape.
Is hung.

On the upper side of the chain 103, the lifting unit 21
A driving sprocket 104 is provided so as to engage with the chain 103 when is located at the original position of the washing chamber 3.
The drive sprocket 104 is fixed to the tip of a drive shaft 105 'of a drive motor 105 provided outside the cleaning chamber 3.

A guide holder 106 in which the drive shaft 105 'of the drive motor 105 is slidably fitted in the washing chamber 3 is provided.

Therefore, when the elevating unit 21 is at the original position of the cleaning chamber 3, the drive motor 105 operates and its drive shaft
When the 105 ′ rotates, the rotational force becomes the driving sprocket 104,
The chain 103 is transmitted to the roller shaft 100 'of the driving roller conveyor 100 via the driven sprocket 101, and the driving roller conveyor 100 operates.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The pressing cylinder 33 (provided above the cleaning chamber 3 in the first embodiment) is fixedly supported by the bracket 108 provided in the first embodiment, and the bracket 107 is fixed to the piston rod 33 'of the pressing cylinder 33. . A base end of a guide shaft 110 slidably fitted to a guide holder 109 fixed to the bracket 108 is fixed to the bracket 107.

A positioning pin 111 is fixed to a lower central portion of the lifting unit 21. The positioning pin 111 is used for cleaning when the lifting unit 21 is lowered to a predetermined cleaning position of the cleaning tank 19 during cleaning. The lifting unit 21 is positioned by engaging with a positioning member (not shown) provided in the printer.

In the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3, there is a lifting drive means.
A plurality of guide holders 113 surround the lifting drive cylinder 24.
The base ends of the guide holders 113 are raised.
Each of the guide shafts 112 fixed to the descending unit 21
It is slidably fitted. In this embodiment, the guide shear
The feet 112 are provided at three locations.

A mount plate 114 is fixed to the top of the guide shaft 112. The drive motor 43 (provided in the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3 in the first embodiment) is attached to the mount plate 114.

One side is a drive motor under the drive motor 43.
Geared with 43 drive shafts, the other side is gearbox 40 input
A rotary drive shaft 115 is provided which is connected to the shaft 40 "via a coupling 115 ' .

Therefore, when the drive motor 43 is operated and its drive shaft rotates, its rotational force is transmitted to the first sprocket 38 via the rotary drive shaft 115, the second sprocket 41 and the chain 42, and 25 rotates.

An actuator 116 is mounted at an appropriate position on the mount plate 114, and a limit switch 117 is fixedly supported on a bracket 119 provided on the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3 so as to be engageable with the actuator 116. . 117 'is a detection unit.

Although the pair of upper guide rails 30 are provided in two rows from the entrance side to the exit side of the rotary unit 25 in the first embodiment, in the second embodiment,
There are 25 inlets and outlets.

The front stopper 31 and the anti-back stopper
36 is different shapes, since its effect is the same, Oite the first embodiment and the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals
is there.

Further, the positioning cylinder 47 for positioning the rotary unit 25 by engaging the positioning rod 48 with the positioning groove 46 'of the positioning plate 46 is provided with the positioning plate 46 at the upper part of the cleaning chamber 3 in the first embodiment. Although they are provided at corresponding positions, in the second embodiment, they are provided at positions corresponding to the positioning plates 46 on the elevating unit 21.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. First, as in the first embodiment, all the devices of the cleaning device main body 1 are at the original positions. Therefore, when the article to be cleaned W is placed on the carry-in roller conveyor 6 of the carry-in section 2 as in the first embodiment,
The article W to be washed is conveyed in the direction of the washing chamber 3 and is placed at an appropriate position of the carry-in roller conveyor 6 by an air cylinder driven strike ( not shown).
It comes into contact with the hopper and is locked from behind by the anti-back stopper.

Next, the piston rod 6 of the door cylinder 62
2 'is shortened and the door 63 is open, so that when the air cylinder driving stopper ( not shown) is retracted, the cleaning object W is conveyed by the carry-in roller conveyor 6 onto the driving roller conveyor 100 of the rotary unit 25.

At this time, since the drive motor 105 is operating on the drive roller conveyor 100 , the object W to be cleaned is guided by the pair of side guide rails 29 and the pair of upper guide rails 30, and the anti-back stopper 36 is shown. This pushes up and passes against the resilience of the spring which does not come into contact with the front stopper 31 and stops at that position.

At this time, the engagement of the anti-back stopper 36 with the object to be cleaned W is released, so that the anti-back stopper 36 projects toward the object to be cleaned W by the elastic force of a spring (not shown) and supports the object to be cleaned W from the rear . . When the object to be cleaned W comes into contact with the front stopper 31, the operation of the drive motor 105 stops, and the drive roller conveyor 100 also stops.

Therefore, the object W to be cleaned is rotated by the rotating unit 25.
Placed in the drive roller conveyor 100, front stopper 3
1, anti-back stopper 36, a pair of side guide rails 2
It is positioned at a predetermined position by 9 and a pair of upper guide rails 30.

When the object to be cleaned W is positioned at a predetermined position of the rotary unit 25, the door cylinder 62 is operated, the piston rod 62 'of the door cylinder 62 is extended, the door 63 is lowered, and the cleaning chamber 3 and the drain Close the doorway of room 4.

When the entrances of the cleaning chamber 3 and the drain chamber 4 are closed, the positioning cylinder 47 is operated, and its piston rod is moved.
47 'is shortened, the positioning rod 48 is retracted, the engagement with the positioning groove 46' of the positioning plate 46 is released, and the rotating unit
Put 25 in a rotatable state.

When the rotation unit 25 is unlocked,
The lifting drive cylinder 24 operates, and its piston rod 2
4 'extension to a predetermined washing in the cleaning tank 19 a lifting unit 21
It is lowered to the cleaning position, and the object to be cleaned W is immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank 19. At this time, the lifting unit 21
Is guided by a plurality of guide shafts 112 and descends
As a result, the vehicle quickly descends without sideways.

The lifting unit 21 performs predetermined cleaning in the cleaning tank 19.
When the positioning unit 111 is lowered to the position, the positioning pin 111 engages with a positioning member (not shown) in the cleaning tank 19, and the elevating unit 21 is positioned at a predetermined cleaning position in the cleaning tank 19.

The lifting unit 21 performs predetermined cleaning in the cleaning tank 19.
When the cleaning object W is immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 19, the high-pressure cleaning liquid is ejected from the plurality of high-pressure cleaning nozzles mounted on the pair of high-pressure cleaning nozzle chambers 20 toward the cleaning object W. At the same time, the drive motor 43 operates to rotate the rotation unit 25. At this time, the rotating unit
25 is provided by a plurality of guide rollers 27 via both rotating plates 26
Because it is rotatably supported by the elevating unit 21, the first
Without excessive load on the sprocket 38
To rotate.

Therefore, the elevating unit 21 performs the predetermined cleaning.
The cleaning object W is positioned at the position, and the object to be cleaned W is washed by squirting a high-pressure cleaning liquid while rotating while being immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 19. Done. The high-pressure cleaning liquid ejected from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle during the cleaning cycle is discharged from an overflow port (not shown) provided at an appropriate position in the cleaning chamber 3, filtered, and used again as the cleaning liquid.

When the predetermined cleaning cycle is completed, the ejection of the high-pressure cleaning liquid from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle is stopped, and the lifting drive cylinder 24 is operated again, the piston rod 24 'is shortened, and the lifting unit 21 is raised. When the lifting unit 21 is raised, the actuator 116 is moved to the limit switch 117.
Of the lifting unit 21 at the middle position,
That is, the chain 103 of the rinsing and draining chamber 15 is driven.
It stops at a position before engaging with the sprocket 104 .

When the lifting unit 21 stops at the intermediate position,
Installed in a pair of rinse cleaning nozzle chambers 16
The rinsing liquid is washed from the plurality of rinsing nozzles
Rinsing of the object to be cleaned W is performed.
You. When the predetermined rinsing cleaning is completed, the object to be cleaned W is still
Since it is rotating, it collects in the perforated portion of the object W after cleaning.
The cleaning liquid that has been drained is drained and the object to be cleaned W is drained.
It is.

In this embodiment, the cleaning after the rinsing is performed.
Rotate the cleaning object W and perforate the cleaning object W after rinsing.
The cleaning liquid accumulated in the section was removed.
In the same manner as in the embodiment, the rinse and drain
A pair of air blow nozzle chambers 17 are provided,
Washing after rinsing air from the air blow nozzle
It may be ejected toward the object W and drained, or
Alternatively, only draining may be performed without rinsing.

When the predetermined draining cycle is completed, the operation of the drive motor 43 is stopped, and the rotation of the rotary unit 25 is stopped. When the rotation of the rotation unit 25 stops, the positioning cylinder 47 operates, and its piston rod 47 'extends,
The positioning rod 48 is moved forward and engaged with the positioning groove 46 'of the positioning plate 46 to position and lock the rotary unit 25 at a predetermined position.

When the rotary unit 25 is positioned at a predetermined position and locked, the pressing cylinder 33 is operated, the piston rod 33 'is extended, the pusher 34 is advanced, and the base end of the front stopper 31 is pressed. Then, the front stopper 31 is rotated against the elastic force of a spring (not shown) to release the engagement with the object W to be cleaned.

Further, the door cylinder 62 is operated, the piston rod 62 'is shortened, the door 63 is raised, and the entrances of the cleaning chamber 3 and the drain chamber 4 are opened.

On the other hand, when the predetermined draining cycle is completed, the lifting drive cylinder 24 is operated again, the piston rod 24 'is further shortened, and the lifting unit 21 is raised to return to the original position.

When the lifting unit 21 returns to its original position, the chain 103 suspended on the driving roller conveyor 100 engages with the driving sprocket 104, so that the driving motor 105
Operates to drive the drive roller conveyor 100 to convey the cleaned object W onto the drive roller conveyor 56 in the draining chamber 4.

When the object to be cleaned W is conveyed onto the driving roller conveyor 56 in the draining chamber 4, the driving roller conveyor 56 is operated in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and the object to be cleaned W is cleaned by a predetermined amount. It is transported to the position and positioned. Hereinafter, since it is the same as the first embodiment, the description is omitted.

Thus, one cleaning cycle is completed, and thereafter, the above-described cleaning cycle is sequentially repeated.

In the second embodiment, the description of the means for preventing the elevating unit 21 from falling is omitted, but the same means as in the first embodiment may be provided. Further, the components of the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be freely rearranged. For example, the main components of the first embodiment,
A member for guiding the descending unit 21, and a transport device, and a second
The main components of the embodiment, the position for guiding the lifting unit 21
The members to be determined and the transport device are appropriately combined and configured.
It is also possible.

[0104]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the present invention according to claims 1 and 2 has the following features.
Has a significant effect. Raising and lowering the lifting unit provided in the cleaning room
When moving the piston rod of the moving cylinder up and down by expanding and contracting
Are the members or guide positions for guiding the lifting unit.
Depending on the member to be positioned, whether the piston rod has an eccentric load
Without ascending and without swaying.
Can be dropped. In addition, the lifting unit
Down to the predetermined cleaning position of
Cleaning by jetting high-pressure cleaning liquid by high-pressure cleaning nozzle
At this time, a member or guide for guiding the lifting unit
Depending on the positioning member, the lifting unit can
It does not swing against the jet pressure, and
Can be smoothly rotated for washing. This
Thus, the cleaning effect can be further improved.

[0105] Rotary units are attached to both ends of the rotary unit.
Rotatably supported by the lifting unit via the fixed rotating plate
And the first sprocket is fixedly supported on the rotating plate on one side.
Rotate the first sprocket to rotate the rotating unit straight
Contacting and rotating, so the first sprocket
Makes the first sprocket last longer without excessive load
While rotating the first sprocket.
Drive motor capacity can be reduced. Also,
The rotating unit is equipped with a rotatable transfer device, so
The purified material can be easily carried into the rotating unit.

A conventional clamp for holding an object to be cleaned
The object to be cleaned is lifted in a straight line instead of turning the
Because it was lowered, the structure of the washing room became simple,
The cleaning room can be downsized, and the production cost can be reduced.
And make maintenance work easier,
In addition, maintenance costs can be reduced. In addition, the cleaning room
Only can be used alone as a cleaning device
Can be used in combination with other equipment.
A wide variety of purification equipment is economical.

[0107] The invention according to claim 3 provides the rotating plate with:
Positioned in the substantially V-shaped positioning groove of the fixed positioning plate
Since the rod is engaged, the rotating unit is
Can be set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of that of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the one in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the cleaning chamber of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of that of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of that of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a conventional cleaning device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cleaning device main body 3 Cleaning room 6 Loading roller conveyor 19 Cleaning tank 21 Elevating unit 22 Guide roller 23 Guide column 24 Elevating drive cylinder 25 Rotary unit 26 Rotating plate 28 Free roller conveyor 38 First sprocket 40 Gear box 40 'output shaft 40 Input shaft 41 Second sprocket 42 Chain 43 Drive motor 46 Positioning plate 46 'Positioning groove 48 Positioning rod 100 Drive roller conveyor 100' Roller shaft 101 Follower sprocket 102 Chain guide 103 Chain 104 Drive sprocket 111 Positioning pin 112 Guide shaft W Object to be cleaned

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cleaning unit (1) provided in a cleaning room (3) of a cleaning device main body (1).
The object to be cleaned (W) is immersed in the cleaning solution in the cleaning tank (19), and
High-pressure cleaning liquid from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle while rotating the object (W)
In the cleaning apparatus for performing cleaning by ejecting water , a lifting unit (21) is disposed in the cleaning chamber (3) so as to be able to move up and down .
And a member for guiding the lifting unit (21) is provided.
The guide member is fixedly attached to the cleaning device body (1).
And the washing room (3) surrounding the lifting unit (21).
A plurality of gussets extending from the upper part of the
The guide pillar (23) and the plurality of guide pillars (23) are engageable with the guide pillar (23).
A plurality of gas turbines rotatably mounted on the side of the lifting unit (21)
Idling roller (22), the elevating unit (21)
The lifting drive cylinder (24) provided above the washing chamber (3)
The object to be cleaned (W) is placed on the lifting unit (21) and transported.
Rotating the rotating unit (25) equipped with the transport device (28)
The rotating unit (25) is provided freely at both ends of the rotating unit (25).
The rotation plate (26) is fixed coaxially with the rotation center of the
Of the two rotating plates (26), the rotating unit (26) is attached to one of the rotating plates (26).
The first sprocket (38) is fixed coaxially with the rotation center of the
Gear box fixed to the lifting unit (21)
The second sprocket (41) to the output shaft (40 ') of the box (40).
Mounted, the second sprocket (41) and the first sprocket
The cleaning chamber is connected to the bracket (38) by a chain (42).
The input shaft (40 ″) of the gear box (40) is connected to the upper part of (3).
A drive motor (43) for rotating and driving is provided, and the cleaning chamber (3) is
A washing tank (19) equipped with a high-pressure washing nozzle was installed at the bottom.
Cleaning device characterized by the following: 2. A cleaning chamber (3) of a cleaning device body (1).
The object to be cleaned (W) is immersed in the cleaning solution in the cleaning tank (19), and
High-pressure cleaning liquid from the high-pressure cleaning nozzle while rotating the object (W)
In the cleaning apparatus for performing cleaning by ejecting water , a lifting unit (21) is disposed in the cleaning chamber (3) so as to be able to move up and down .
And guides and positions the lifting unit (21).
A member is provided, and the member for guiding and positioning is provided in the cleaning chamber.
(3) is slidably disposed on the upper part of the
A guide shaft (112) fixed to the lowering unit (21) ,
Positioning pins (1) fixed to the lower part of the lifting unit (21)
11), and a lift provided above the cleaning chamber (3).
By connecting the lifting unit (21) to the lowering drive cylinder (24)
Supporting, placing the object to be cleaned (W) on the elevating unit (21), and
Rotating unit (25) equipped with transfer device (28) is rotatable
And the transfer device is provided at one end of the roller shaft (100 ').
Drive roller conveyor equipped with driven sprocket (101)
(100) and the upper corresponding position of the driven sprocket (101)
The chain guide fixedly supported by the rotating unit (25)
(102) and the follower via the chain guide (102).
Chain (103) looped around a sprocket (101)
When the lifting unit (21) is in the raised position,
Drive roller conveyor (100) engaged with the chain (103).
And a driving sprocket (104) for driving the rotating unit (25).
A rotating plate (26) is fixed coaxially with the rotation center, and the two rotating plates (2
Of the above 6), the rotation unit (25) is rotated by one of the rotation plates (26).
Securely supports the first sprocket (38) coaxially with the center of rotation
A gear box fixed to the lifting unit (21)
A second sprocket (41) is mounted on the output shaft (40 ') of the
And the second sprocket (41) and the first sprocket
To the cleaning chamber (38) by a chain (42).
The input shaft (40 ″) of the gear box (40) is connected to the upper part of (3).
A drive motor (43) for rotating and driving is provided, and the cleaning chamber (3) is
A cleaning device comprising a cleaning tank (19) provided with a high-pressure cleaning nozzle at a lower portion thereof. 3. A substantially V-shaped positioning groove in said rotary plate (26).
(46 ') is fixed to the positioning plate (46).
The positioning rod (48) into the positioning groove (46 ')
3. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation unit is positioned .