JP3200376U - Vehicle bottom cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a vehicle bottom cleaning apparatus that can perform cleaning without sinking into the underside of a vehicle. A vehicle body cleaning device 10 is capable of entering between a ground and a lower portion of a vehicle, an operation unit 40 pivotally supported by the body unit 20, and a substantially vertical direction with respect to the body unit 20. And a sprinkler portion 30 (a front sprinkler portion 301 and a rear sprinkler portion 302) that are connected to a water supply and can radiate cleaning water to a lower portion of the vehicle. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle bottom cleaning device that can perform cleaning without entering a lower side of a vehicle.

  Serious damage was likely to occur at the bottom of the vehicle if corrosion or mud stains due to salt damage were left unattended. Therefore, the bottom of the vehicle is cleaned. However, the cleaning operation for the bottom of the vehicle requires that the operator bend down or dive between the ground and the vehicle.

  However, in the above-described cleaning operation, it takes a long time and it is difficult to perform the operation, which places a heavy burden on the operator.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle bottom cleaning device that enables an operator to perform cleaning without bending down or sinking between the ground and the vehicle.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a main body portion that can enter between the ground and the lower portion of the vehicle, an operation portion that is pivotally supported by the main body portion, and a main body portion that is rotatable about the vertical direction. And a sprinkler portion that is connected to a water supply and can radiate wash water at the lower portion of the vehicle.

  According to this, it is possible for the operator to enter the main body part between the ground and the lower part of the vehicle by operating the operation part, and the sprinkler part radiates cleaning water in a wide area toward the lower part of the vehicle. As a result, the operator can clean the bottom of the vehicle without bending down or sinking between the ground and the vehicle.

  Further, if the main body portion includes a guard member that prevents the lower portion of the vehicle and the sprinkler portion from coming into contact with each other outside the rotation region of the sprinkler portion, the sprinkler portion contacts the lower portion of the vehicle and is damaged. This can be prevented.

  The sprinkler part has a water discharge pipe that extends radially from the rotation axis of the sprinkler part in a plan view, and a water discharge nozzle that protrudes upward from the tip of the water discharge pipe. The portion is inclined to the rear side in the rotation direction with respect to the rotation axis of the sprinkler portion rather than the lower end portion.

  According to this, since the washing water supplied from the water feeder is jetted from the water discharge nozzle, the rotational force of the sprinkler part is obtained, so that the rectifying part is not provided in the shaft part of the sprinkler part and the structure is simplified. Thus, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

It is a perspective view of the use condition of the vehicle bottom part washing | cleaning apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the embodiment. It is a side view of the embodiment. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of a washing gun.

  An embodiment of a vehicle bottom cleaning device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, F is the front, B is the back, R is the right, L is the left, U is the top, and D is the bottom of the arrows shown in each drawing.

  As schematically shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle bottom cleaning apparatus 10 includes a main body 20 that can enter between the ground G and a lower portion of the vehicle M, and an operation unit 40 that is pivotally supported by the main body 20. And a sprinkler portion 30 that is disposed so as to be rotatable about the vertical direction with respect to the main body portion 20 and is connected to a water feeder (not shown) and can radiate cleaning water to the lower portion of the vehicle M.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the main body 20 includes a base frame 21, a front support member 24 and a rear support member 25 formed of stainless steel, and a guard member 27 formed of vinyl chloride. .

  The base frame 21 is formed of a long rectangular pipe, and has an outer frame 22 whose outer shape is formed in a substantially home base shape with a front end portion cut off in plan view. The auxiliary frame 23 which is bridged along the left-right direction is divided into a trapezoidal region 21a located on the front side and a rectangular region 21b located on the rear side.

  A plate-like front support member 24 is stretched over the front part of the trapezoidal region 21a, and a plate-like rear support member 25 is bridged along the left-right direction at the rear part of the trapezoidal region 21a. On the left and right ends of the front support member 24 and the rear support member 25, bent portions 24a and 25a, respectively, bent upward so that the guard member 27 can be attached are disposed.

  A pair of casters 26 are attached to the lower surface side of the front support member 24 along the left-right direction.

  The guard member 27 is plate-shaped and formed in a horseshoe shape, and is attached to the bent portion 24a inside the rear end portion and to the bent portion 25a inside the front portion, and is arranged outside the rotation region of the sprinkler portion 30. ing. Further, the guard member 27 is set to be higher than the upper end of the water discharge nozzle 34 of the sprinkler part 30 described later in order to prevent the lower part of the vehicle M and the sprinkler part 30 from contacting each other.

  The sprinkler portion 30 (when distinguished, the front sprinkler portion 30 is referred to as the front sprinkler portion 301 and the rear sprinkler portion 30 is referred to as the rear sprinkler portion 302), as shown in FIGS. A bearing member 32, a water discharge pipe 33, and a water discharge nozzle 34 are provided.

  The pipe member 31 is formed in a cylindrical shape through which cleaning water can be circulated, and is arranged so that the front support member 24 and the rear support member 25 are inserted vertically in the central portions of the front support member 24 and the rear support member 25. Has been.

  The bearing member 32 is formed so as to be rotatable with respect to the pipe member 31 and is capable of supplying cleaning water to the water discharge pipe 33.

  The water discharge pipe 33 is connected to the bearing member 32 and arranged so as to extend radially from the rotation axis O of the sprinkler portion 30 at intervals of 180 degrees in plan view.

  As shown in the two circles in FIG. 2, the water discharge nozzle 34 protrudes so as to be substantially orthogonal to the rotation surface (substantially horizontal plane) of the water discharge pipe 33, and the upper end portion 34 a is a sprinkler portion rather than the lower end portion 34 b. It arrange | positions so that it may incline in the rotation direction back side with respect to 30 rotation axis O.

  In the present embodiment, the sprinkler unit 30 is a so-called jet reflection type sprinkler that uses the reaction force of the washing water injection.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, rectangular plate-like mounting plates 35 are respectively disposed on the left and right ends of the rear end portion of the outer frame 22 in the rectangular region 21 b. Each caster 26 is attached.

  A rectangular flat plate-shaped operation unit support plate 36 is disposed at the center of the rear end of the outer frame 22, and a pair of ribs 37 are attached to the operation unit support plate 36.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the operation unit 40 is formed of a long stainless steel square tube, and is attached to the pair of ribs 37 of the main body 20 so as to be rotatable about a substantially horizontal direction.

  A handle member 41 extending to the left side is attached to the free end side of the operation unit 40. The handle member 41 has a trigger 42 that opens and closes an opening / closing valve (not shown) provided in a water supply passage 56 described later. By pulling the trigger 42 by hand, the on-off valve moves to open a water supply passage 56 described later and supply cleaning water to the sprinkler unit 30.

  A holding member 43 that is in the shape of a rectangular tube and can hold a later-described cleaning gun 60 is disposed on the lower right side of the operation unit 40.

  A columnar gripping member 44 that protrudes to the right side is attached to the main body 20 side from the handle member 41 via a bracket 45.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cleaning water supply circuit includes a water supply device (not shown) that feeds the cleaning water, a first hose portion 51 that distributes water from the water supply device to the handle member 41, and a first hose portion 51. A second hose portion 52 for flowing the supplied cleaning water to the rear sprinkler portion 302, a third hose portion 53 for flowing from a T-shaped branch joint member 50 described later to the front sprinkler portion 301, and a T-shape described later. And a fourth hose portion 54 for allowing the cleaning water to flow from the branch joint member 55 to the cleaning gun 60.

  The operation portion 40 is provided with a T-shaped branch joint member 50 in the vicinity of the handle member 41, the first hose portion 51 at the left end, the second hose portion 52 at the right end, and the operation handle. The end portion on the main body side is connected to the fourth hose portion 54 so that cleaning water can be supplied to the sprinkler portion 30 side and cleaning water can be supplied to the cleaning gun 60.

  The second hose portion 52 passes through the lower side of the operation portion 40 and is connected to a T-shaped branch joint member 55 disposed along the outer frame 22 on the near side of the rear sprinkler portion 302. The branch joint member 55 is connected to the pipe member 31 of the rear sprinkler part 302, and the cleaning water supplied from the second hose part 52 can be supplied to the rear sprinkler part 302. On the other hand, the branch joint member 55 and the pipe member 31 of the front sprinkler part 301 are connected via the third hose part 53, and cleaning water can be supplied to the front sprinkler part 301.

  The branch joint member 50, the second hose part 52, the branch joint member 55, and the third hose part 53 form a water supply passage 56.

  As shown in FIG. 4, an existing cleaning gun having a nozzle portion 61 and a handle portion 62 is used as the cleaning gun 60, and a trigger 63 disposed on the handle portion 62 is pulled to thereby provide an internal water supply passage 56. By opening the on-off valve in the gun water supply passage 57 formed by the fourth hose portion branched from the cleaning hose, the cleaning water can be injected toward the vehicle M.

  The usage mode and operation of the vehicle bottom cleaning apparatus 10 having the above configuration will be described.

  The first hose portion 51 connected to the water feeder is connected to the branch joint member 50. The handle member 41 of the operation unit 40 is held by hand, and the main body unit 20 enters between the vehicle M and the ground G as shown in FIG. The trigger 42 of the handle member 41 is pulled to open the cleaning water supply passage 56 to supply cleaning water to the rear sprinkler portion 302 and the front sprinkler portion 301.

  The water discharge nozzle 34 protrudes so as to be substantially orthogonal to the rotation surface (substantially horizontal surface) of the water discharge pipe 33, and as shown in two circles in FIG. 2, the upper end portion 34a is a sprinkler portion rather than the lower end portion 34b. Since it is arrange | positioned so that it may incline to the rotation direction rear side with respect to 30 rotation-axis O, it rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. 2 with the reaction force of washing water.

  Wash water is sprayed over a wide range by the rear sprinkler portion 302 and the front sprinkler portion 301. By operating the operation unit 40, the operator can clean the lower portion of the vehicle M without bending over or entering between the vehicle M and the ground G.

  In addition, it is also possible to clean the side surface, front surface, rear surface, etc. of the vehicle M by using the cleaning gun 60.

  In the vehicle bottom cleaning device 10 having the above-described configuration, the main body 20 that can enter between the ground G and the lower portion of the vehicle M, the operation unit 40 that is pivotally supported by the main body 20, and the main body 20 substantially up and down. A sprinkler unit 30 (a front sprinkler unit 301 and a rear sprinkler unit 302) that is rotatably arranged around a direction and is connected to a water supply device and can radiate cleaning water to a lower portion of the vehicle M is provided.

  According to this, it is possible for the operator to enter the main body 20 between the ground G and the lower part of the vehicle M by operating the operation unit 40, and the sprinkler part 30 faces the lower part of the vehicle M. Since the washing water can be radiated over a wide range, the operator can wash the bottom of the vehicle M without bending down or entering between the ground G and the vehicle M.

  Further, the main body 20 includes a guard member 27 that prevents the lower part of the vehicle M and the sprinkler 30 from coming into contact with the outside of the rotation region of the sprinkler 30 (the front sprinkler 301 and the rear sprinkler 302). If so, it is possible to prevent the sprinkler portion 30 from coming into contact with the lower portion of the vehicle M and being damaged.

  Further, the sprinkler portion 30 (the front sprinkler portion 301 and the rear sprinkler portion 302) is arranged so as to protrude upward from the water discharge pipe 33 extending radially from the rotation axis O of the sprinkler section 30 and the front end portion of the water discharge pipe 33 in plan view. The water discharge nozzle 34 is provided, and the water discharge nozzle 34 has an upper end 34 a inclined more to the rear side in the rotation direction than the lower end 34 b with respect to the rotation axis O of the sprinkler portion 30.

  According to this, since the washing water supplied from the water feeder is sprayed from the water discharge nozzle 34, the rotational force of the sprinkler part 30 is obtained, so that a simple structure is not provided in the shaft part of the sprinkler part 30. And the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  The vehicle bottom cleaning apparatus 10 of the present invention is not limited to the above configuration. That is, various design changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Hereinafter, modified embodiments will be exemplified.

  For example, as long as the sprinkler unit 30 can inject cleaning water onto the bottom of the vehicle M, a rotary type sprinkler such as an impact type, a gear drive type, or a ball drive type can be used.

  Further, the arrangement configuration of the handle member 41 and the gripping member 44 can be appropriately changed to a position where the operator can easily work.

  Moreover, the material of the main-body part 20 and the operation part 40 can also use the existing material which can satisfy | fill the rust prevention property, water resistance, required intensity | strength, and the weight which is easy to operate.

10 Vehicle bottom cleaning device 10
20 Main body portion 21 Base frame 27 Guard member 30 Sprinkler portion 301 Front sprinkler portion 302 Rear sprinkler portion 33 Water discharge pipe 34 Water discharge nozzle 34a Upper end portion 34b Lower end portion 40 Operation portion G Ground O Rotation axis M Vehicle

Claims (3)

A main body that can enter between the ground and the lower part of the vehicle;
An operation unit pivotally supported by the main body,
A sprinkler portion that is rotatably arranged with respect to the main body portion as an axis and is connected to a water feeder and can radiate cleaning water to the lower portion of the vehicle;
A vehicle bottom cleaning device comprising:   2. The vehicle bottom portion cleaning according to claim 1, wherein the main body portion includes a guard member that prevents the lower portion of the vehicle and the sprinkler portion from coming into contact with each other outside a rotation region of the sprinkler portion. apparatus. The sprinkler part has a water discharge pipe that extends radially from the rotation axis of the sprinkler part in a plan view, and a water discharge nozzle that is disposed to protrude upward from the tip of the water discharge pipe,
3. The vehicle bottom cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion of the water discharge nozzle is inclined rearward in a rotation direction with respect to a rotation axis of the sprinkler portion than a lower end portion.

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