JP3472730B2 - Ball washer - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ball washing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a play facility or the like where young children (infants) play with balls, a device for efficiently cleaning a large number of dirty balls is required. There has been adopted a method in which the balls collected in the container are put into a large container and washed with a detergent using a scrubbing brush or the like.

However, in such a method, it takes a lot of time and labor, and it takes a considerable time to wash away the stubborn dirt adhering to the surface of the ball, and a large number of washed balls are collected together. The work was quite troublesome.

On the other hand, a ball washing device for automatically washing soft balls, soft balls, etc. is, for example, the actual open sho 56.
It is proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 19260 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 56-30963. In this method, a ball is sandwiched between a rotationally driven brush base and a fixed brush, and the ball is rotated for automatic cleaning.

[0005]

The above-described ball cleaning device can obtain a high cleaning effect without requiring manpower, but has a relatively low cleaning ability, and a large number of balls used in a game hall or the like. Could not be continuously and efficiently cleaned automatically.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball cleaning machine capable of efficiently and continuously cleaning a large number of balls.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in a ball washing machine of the present invention, a horizontally driven shaft which is rotationally driven is provided in a container having an upper half portion and a lower half portion ,
A large number of brush bristles are radially and spirally formed at a predetermined pitch on the shaft, and a charging port for charging a ball to be cleaned is provided in an upper half of the container at one end of the brush bristles. Side and a discharge port for discharging the washed balls to the outside of the container at a position corresponding to the other end side of the brush bristles, and the inside of the container is conveyed by the bristles. It is possible to store the cleaning liquid for cleaning the ball on the way, and one side of the upper half
Is hinged to one side of the lower half so that it can be turned and opened freely.
Can be locked in the closed state by the lock device.
The bottom of the lower half of the container is
The sheet-shaped body with the
From the bottom of the bottom half of the bowl to the outlet of the ball
Set a gentle upward slope toward the
At the bottom, ensure that the cleaning solution does not reach
So that the rolls are spirally rotated and transported to the discharge port.
Configured.

Also, a three-dimensional frame with casters attached
The lower half of the container is fixed to the frame, and the
The body frame has an upper frame with a handle on top
There is. Also, the bristles forms a degree of edge portions of some cross-sectional shape that can be scraped off the dirt adhered to the cleaned balls yet preferable.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the ball washing machine, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line X--X of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a side view thereof. Reference numeral 1 is a box-shaped container made of a transparent resin material (for example, acrylic resin or the like) or a metal plate, which is composed of an upper half portion 2 and a lower half portion 3, and one side of the upper half portion 2 is It is connected to one side of the lower half 3 by hinges 4 and 4 so that it can be turned and opened freely toward one side and can be locked in a closed state by a locking device 5.

At the central position of the container 1, a horizontally placed shaft 6 which is rotationally driven is provided (crossed) in the longitudinal direction, and the shaft 6 has
A large number of bristle bristles 7 in a spiral shape with a radial pitch
1 is attached to the container 1 on one end side of the brush bristles 7.
On the upper surface of the upper half portion 2, a charging port 9 for charging the ball 8 to be cleaned is provided. On the other hand, a discharge port 10 for discharging the washed balls 8 to the outside of the container 1 is provided on the front side surface of the upper half portion 2 of the container 1 on the other end side of the brush bristles 7.

The lower half portion 3 of the container 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a sheet-like body 11 in which a large number of short bristles 12 are planted is laid so that it can be taken out, and one side of the sheet-like body 11 is provided with brush bristles 7.
Curved along the outer peripheral surface of the. Further, the bottom portion 13 (bottom of the lower half portion 3) of the container 1 has a gentle upward slope (θ = 3 ° to 1) from the input port 9 side toward the discharge port 10.
5 °) (see FIG. 4) so that the cleaning liquid 14 does not reach the bottom portion 13 near the discharge port 10.

With this structure, the balls 8 thrown in through the throwing port 9 are sandwiched between the rotating brush bristles 7 and the short bristles 12 planted in the sheet-like body 11 and rubbed against each other. While being spirally moved (revolved) and rotated by the spiral brush bristles 7 while being conveyed toward the discharge port 10, the cleaning liquid 14 effectively cleans and adheres to the surface thereof. The stubborn dirt that exists is washed off cleanly.
In particular, since the ball 8 does not merely be fed in the axial direction (longitudinal direction) but makes a spiral motion, sufficient brush bristles 7 ...
Contact is made.

By the time the ball 8 is conveyed close to the discharge port 10, the ball 8 is sufficiently cleaned, and the cleaning liquid 14 does not reach the vicinity of the discharge port 10, so that the brush bristles 7 ...
And the short hair 12 of the sheet-like body 11 ...
The cleaning liquid 14 adhering to the surface of the is washed out and discharged from the discharge port 10 to the outside. Since such a cleaning operation is continuously performed, a large number of balls 8 ...
Can be sequentially charged from the charging port 9, efficiently and automatically cleaned, and discharged from the discharging port 10.

More specifically, the upper half 2 of the container 1
Reinforcing metal edge frame members 16 and 17 are fixed to the lower peripheral edge portion and the upper peripheral edge portion of the lower half portion 3 with screw stoppers 18, and one side of both edge frame members 16 and 17 is attached. , Hinges 4, 4
The edge frame material 17 of the lower half portion 3 is fixed to the upper frame 19 made of a pipe material by screwing 18 ... A connection port 20 with a drainage opening / closing knob is provided on the bottom front side of the lower half part 3. Further, the rear portion of the upper frame 19 is bent obliquely upward so that the upper portion thereof becomes the handle 21, and the cross rail 2 is provided below the handle 21.
2 are laid across.

The upper frame 19 includes four front and rear columns 23 ...
Is integrated with the lower frame 24 through the above to form a highly rigid three-dimensional frame 25 as a whole. Four casters 26, 27, ... Are attached to the lower portion of the lower frame 24, and a motor 28 with a speed reducer is mounted on one rear side of the lower frame 24, and is a main drive attached to its output shaft. A pulley 29 is transmission-coupled to a driven pulley 32 mounted on the shaft 6 via a belt 31 covered by a casing 30. The motor 2
A control box 33 with a cord (not shown) for driving 8 is provided on one side of the rear portion of the upper frame 19, and a bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft 6 is provided at the front portion and the rear portion of the upper frame 19. 34, 34 are mounted.

A sandwiching member 35 sandwiching the bases of a large number of brush bristles 7 is spirally wound around and welded to the shaft 6. The brush bristles 7 are, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (A) to (D), balls 8 to be cleaned
It is preferable that the stubborn dirt adhering to the surface of the ball 8 is formed in a cross-sectional shape such as a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a star shape, a cross shape or the like having an edge portion 37 capable of scraping it off. Elasticity that can give an appropriate friction force for cleaning and an appropriate resistance force for transportation.
It is desirable to have flexibility (rigidity).

In the ball washing machine constructed as described above, at the time of washing, as shown in FIG. 6, a chute 38 for throwing in the balls 8 ... Collection box 43 for collecting ...
If the ball is connected to the discharge port 10, a large number of balls 8 can be continuously and efficiently cleaned and collected.

The chute 38 is formed of, for example, an acrylic resin or the like into a box shape having an open upper portion, and a bottom portion 39 thereof.
Is formed with a connection port 40 that fits into the insertion port 9, and balls 8 are provided on both sides inside the side wall of the connection port 40.
It is assumed that the inclined walls 41, 41 are formed in the longitudinal direction so that they can be guided to 0. Such a chute 38 can be set in a stable state by fitting the connection port 40 into the insertion port 9 and mounting the other end side bottom portion on the horizontal rail 22.

On the other hand, the collecting frame 43 is, for example, a U-shaped upper frame 44 and lower frame 45 made of pipe material.
Are connected to each other by four vertical pipes 46 ...
7 may be set and the opening may be arranged so as to face the discharge port 10.

When such preparations are completed, an appropriate amount of the cleaning liquid 14 is put into the container 1, the motor 28 is rotated to rotate the brush bristles 7 ... When the balls 8 to be cleaned are thrown into the chute 38, the brush bristles 7 which are dropped from the throwing port 9 into the container 1 and rotate, and the short bristles 1 planted in the sheet-like body 11 are dropped.
It is sandwiched between 2 and, and is effectively cleaned by the cleaning liquid 14, while being conveyed toward the outlet 10 by the brush bristles 7 (while performing the spiral movement and the rotation as described above). During that time, the stubborn dirt adhering to the surfaces of the balls 8 ... Is scraped off cleanly by the edge portions 37 of the brush bristles 7 ...

By the time the balls 8 are transported to the vicinity of the discharge port 10, the cleaning is completed, and the cleaning liquid 14 does not reach the vicinity of the discharge port 10, so the brush bristles 7 ...
And the short hair 12 of the sheet-like body 11 ...
The cleaning liquid 14 adhering to the surface of the cleaning liquid is continuously discharged from the discharge port 10 in a state of being wiped off, and the collecting net 4
It can be collected by 7. Although not shown, a shower faucet may be provided near the discharge port 10 to wash off the cleaning liquid 14 adhering to the balls 8.

FIG. 7 shows a case where the dryer 51 is arranged at the discharge port 10. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the dryer 51 has a short cylindrical casing 52 with an open upper portion,
A rotor 53 is provided and hot air is blown from below onto the balls 8 placed on the rotor 53.
More specifically, the rotor 53 is a disc 54 made of hard resin.
A ring-shaped wire net 55 is fixed to the outer periphery of the wire by screws 56, and arc-shaped recesses 57 for fitting the balls 8 are formed in the wire net 55 at predetermined intervals.
The recesses 57, 57 are formed so as to communicate with each other through the guide groove 58.

A support shaft 59 attached to the center of the disk 54 of the rotor 53 is supported by a bearing 61 provided on an intermediate support plate 60 stretched in the intermediate position of the casing 52, and attached to the lower end thereof. The driven pulley 62 is transmission-coupled via a belt 63 to a driving pulley 65 attached to an output shaft of a motor 64. The motor 6
4 is mounted on a bottom plate 66 stretched under the casing 52.

A heater 67 which introduces air from the outside to generate warm air is mounted on the bottom plate 66, and a discharge port 68 thereof is arranged on the intermediate support plate 60 so as to correspond to immediately below the wire net 55. Connected to the ring-shaped warm air discharge pipe 69, and a large number of small holes 70 formed in the warm air discharge pipe 69.
The hot air is emitted from the wire toward the wire net 55. Further, three casters 71 ... Are attached to the lower portion of the casing 52.

On the other hand, a part of the upper peripheral edge of the casing 52 is cut out to provide an introducing chute 72 for introducing the balls 8 discharged from the discharge port 10 into the rotor 53, and the upper peripheral edge of the casing 52. A discharge chute 73 for discharging the dried balls 8 to the outside is provided by cutting out another part, and the discharge chute 73 is provided.
A guide plate 74 for guiding the ball 8 toward
It is attached to the inner wall of the casing 52.

With this structure, the balls 8 discharged from the discharge port 10 are transferred from the introduction chute 72 to the rotor 53.
After being introduced onto the wire mesh 55, fitted into the recess 57 thereof, rotated in the direction of arrow A, and dried by the warm air blown up from below, the guide meshes with the guide plate 74 and is guided by the discharge chute 73. Is discharged to the outside. In such a drying process, a large number of balls 8 that are continuously discharged from the discharge port 10 can be sequentially and smoothly received by the rotation of the rotor 53, and can be efficiently dried. It is possible to secure extremely high work efficiency.

When the balls are loaded into the ball washing machine of the present invention, the balls are successively carried into the dryer 51 from the amusement facility by the vacuum carrying means (comprising a vacuum suction machine and a vacuum hose). preferable. Further, also in the carry-out of the ball of the present invention, similarly, while vacuum drying means, with a drying means (air type or hot air type or heater type etc.) continuously provided in the middle or before and after it, while drying,
It is also desirable to return it to the amusement facility.

[0029]

According to the present invention, during the process in which the ball 8 thrown in from the throwing port 9 is conveyed to the discharge port 10 by the rotating spiral brush bristles 7 while performing the spiral motion and the rotation, Cleaning liquid 1 while being rubbed by the brush bristles 7
4 effectively cleans, and the stubborn dirt adhering to the surface is cleaned off. Also, the ball 8
Since a large number of balls 8 are washed while being transported, the balls 8 can be continuously and efficiently washed automatically. Also brush hair
7 and the short hair 12 ...
The dirt that adheres, especially hair and clothing fibers, is even more effective.
It can be swept away. Also, the bottom 1 of the container 1
3 is set to a gentle upward slope toward the outlet 10 side,
Make sure that the cleaning liquid 14 does not reach near the discharge port 10.
The cleaning liquid 14 does not adhere to the surface by
And with the ball 8 that can be dried quickly and has a beautiful finish
Become.

Further , the stubborn dirt adhering to the balls 8 can be scraped off at the edge portions 37 of the brush bristles 7 ,.
The cleaning effect is improved. In particular, Ru can be even infant of excrement and leftovers confectionery and red, etc. is not attached securely cleaned and removed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ball cleaning machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of brush bristles.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a cleaning work.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a dryer is connected to the ball washing machine.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the dryer.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 container 6 shafts 7 brush hair 8 balls 9 slot 10 outlet 11 sheet 12 short hair 13 bottom 14 Cleaning solution

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-10-179810 (JP, A) Actually open 2-1178 (JP, U) Actually open 7-18752 (JP, U) Actually open 54- 35069 (JP, U) Actual opening 56-19260 (JP, U) Actual opening 56-30963 (JP, U) Actual opening 47-36465 (JP, Y1) Actual opening 43-27025 (JP, Y1) Special Table 2000-516822 (JP, A) International Publication 98/004167 (WO, A1) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B08B 7/04 A63B 47/04

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A horizontal shaft 6 that is rotationally driven.
It is provided in a container 1 composed of an upper half part 2 and a lower half part 3 , and a large number of brush bristles 7 are implanted in the shaft 6 in a spiral shape having a predetermined pitch, and the upper half part 2 of the container 1 is provided. Has
An input port 9 for inputting the ball 8 to be cleaned is
The brush bristles 7 are provided at positions corresponding to one end side thereof, and a discharge port 10 for discharging the washed balls 8 out of the container 1 is provided at a position corresponding to the other end sides of the brush bristles 7. , the above-mentioned container 1, to allow storing the cleaning liquid 14 for cleaning the middle of the ball 8 to be conveyed by the brush hairs 7 ..., one side of the upper half 2, the hinges 4,4, turning・ Open
A locking device that is freely connected to one side of the lower half 3 and
The container is configured so that it can be locked in the closed state by the above item 5.
A large number of short hairs 12 are planted on the bottom 13 of the lower half 3 of the plant 1.
The sheet-like body 11 is laid so as to be removable, and the bottom portion 13 of the lower half portion 3 of the container 1 is thrown by the ball 8.
Setting a gentle upward slope from the inlet 9 side to the outlet 10 side
Then, at the bottom 13 near the discharge port 10, the cleaning liquid 14
And the ball 8 spirals.
And a ball cleaning machine configured to be conveyed to the discharge port 10 while rotating on its own axis . 2. Casters 26 and 27 are attached.
The lower half 3 of the container 1 is fixed to the three-dimensional frame 25.
Further, the three-dimensional frame 25 has the handle 21 on the upper side.
The ball washing machine according to claim 1, further comprising an upper frame (19 ). 3. The brush bristles 7 ...
The dirt that adheres to the ruler 8 can be scraped off.
The ball washing machine according to claim 1 or 2 , which has a cross-sectional shape with a wedge portion 37 .