JP3525754B2 - Cloth brush attached to rotating cylinder of portal type car washer - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cloth brush attached to a rotary cylinder provided in a main body of a gate type car wash machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Resin brushes or non-woven cloth brushes are used as brushes attached to a rotary cylinder of a gate type car wash machine. In the former cleaning member using a bristle brush, the tip of the thin bristle brush contacts the surface of the vehicle body as a point, which causes so-called car-washing damage, because the tips of the brushes are sequentially struck on the surface of the vehicle body by centrifugal force. There is. For this reason, the applicant has proposed a cloth brush that comes into contact with the surface of the vehicle body by a surface thereof, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-35433, so that car wash scratches can be prevented and the same cleaning effect as hand washing can be obtained.

[0003]

However, the cloth brush is wound around the rotary cylinder by the rotational force and becomes smaller than the theoretical diameter. As a result, even if the rotary cleaning tool is moved and controlled as a theoretical circle based on the vehicle shape data, the cleaning efficiency is reduced due to the distance from the vehicle body, and unwashed residue occurs. Also,
Even if it comes in contact with the surface of the car body, the cleaning member itself is not stiff,
There was a problem that the vehicle body was damaged by being wound around a convex portion of the vehicle body or a wiper.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. An object of the present invention is to make a cloth brush made of a non-woven fabric have a waist so that the diameter of a rotary cleaning tool at the time of car washing is stable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cloth brush which is attached to a rotary cylinder of a gate type car wash machine and which prevents the brush from being wrapped around the vehicle body.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a cloth brush comprising a cleaning member and a mounting member, the mounting member being mounted on a rotary cylinder of a gate type car wash machine. The cleaning member is composed of an elongated bag made of non-woven fabric and a reinforcing sheet made of synthetic resin, and the reinforcing sheet is arranged with its tip end submerged in the elongated bag, and the mounting member has a plurality of cleaning members. As it is installed,
The waist is given to the cleaning member to stabilize the diameter of the rotary cleaning tool at the time of car washing, and the control based on the vehicle shape data stabilizes the contact force with the vehicle body to improve the cleaning efficiency. Further, when the vehicle is not washed, the cleaning member is prevented from hanging down due to gravity, improving the appearance and preventing the cleaning members from being entangled with each other.

Since the reinforcing sheet is a polyethylene sheet having a thickness of about 0.3 mm, the cleaning member itself can be provided with appropriate elasticity and suppleness, and the cleaning member comes into contact with the vehicle body as a surface so that cleaning efficiency can be improved. Improve.

The elongate bag of the cleaning member has a length of about 800 mm and a width of about 60 mm, and the reinforcing sheet has a length of about 600 mm and a width of about 55 mm. Since the parts are attached, the reinforcing sheet does not protrude from the elongated bag and the vehicle body is not damaged. Further, the rotary cleaning tool can draw a uniform circle, and can keep a constant distance from the surface of the vehicle body.

The elongated bag of the cleaning member has a length of about 400 mm and a width of about 60 mm, and the reinforcing sheet has a length of about 300 mm and a width of about 55 mm, and the cleaning member is provided on both sides of the mounting member. Since the rear end portion is attached, the cost can be reduced.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gate type car washer having a cloth brush of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a configuration of a gate type car washer having a cloth brush of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cloth brush of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the cloth brush, FIG. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the cleaning member, FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view showing a mounting state of the cloth brush of the present invention, and FIGS. 8) is an explanatory view showing a car wash state with the cloth brush of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the cloth brush of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the car wash machine body 1 has a gate shape and is supported by traveling wheels 2 so as to reciprocate along a predetermined route. Left and right legs 3 of the car wash machine body 1
A side rotary cleaning tool 5, a top rotary cleaning tool 6, a cleaning liquid injection nozzle 7, and a vehicle sensor 8 for detecting a vehicle shape are arranged on the beam portion 4 connecting them. Reference numeral 9 in the drawing is an operating portion for driving operation, and reference numeral 10 in the drawing is a motor for driving the traveling wheels 2 when reciprocating.

A cloth brush 21 made of a plurality of water repellent non-woven fabrics is attached to the side rotary cleaning tool 5 and the top rotary cleaning tool 6. This cloth brush 21
Is composed of a cleaning member 22 and a mounting member 23 as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, and the cleaning member 22 has a length of about 8 mm.
The elongated bag 24 is formed by stitching in the shape of an elongated bag having a width of 00 mm and a width of about 60 mm as shown by a broken line. A reinforcing sheet 25 having a length of about 600 mm and a width of about 55 mm, for example, a polyethylene sheet having a thickness of 0.3 mm is inserted into the elongated bag 24. The reinforcing sheet 25 in the elongated bag 24 has the tip portion 2
5a are evenly submerged in the left-right direction and inserted into the cleaning member 22. The mounting member 23 is formed to have a length of about 200 mm and a width of about 360 mm, and a plurality of cleaning members 22 are orthogonal to each other in the width direction of the mounting member 23 and are attached by being sewn together as shown by a dashed line. There is.

As shown in FIG. 6, the mounting member 23 is arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotary cylinder 32 of the side rotary cleaning tool 5 and the top rotary cleaning tool 6 through a pressing plate 31 having substantially the same length as the mounting member 23. Attach the mounting member 23 with screws 33 so that they are positioned at the intervals.
It is attached through the hole 34 of the rotary cylinder 32 and is mounted in multiple stages in the longitudinal direction of the rotary cylinder 32.

Next, the operation will be described. Car wash machine body 1
The car washer body 1 is moved by the output from the operating section 9 provided in
The side rotation cleaning tool 5 and the top rotation cleaning tool 6 are driven,
Then, the cleaning liquid is sprayed from the cleaning liquid spraying nozzle 7 to start car washing. Further, the top rotation cleaning tool 6 is moved up and down by the output from the vehicle sensor 8. At this time, the cleaning member 22 attached to the rotary cylinder 32 of the side rotation cleaning tool 5 and the top rotation cleaning tool 6 has rigidity improved by the reinforcing sheet 25 and can extend radially to form a theoretical circle, and the top rotation The distance between the cleaning tool 6 and the surface of the vehicle body is kept constant, and car washing is performed based on the vehicle shape data. In addition, FIG.
As shown in (b), the cleaning efficiency is increased by contacting the tip of the cleaning member 22 with the surface of the vehicle body and then contacting the surface of the reinforcing sheet 25 near the tip 25a as a surface to increase the vehicle cleaning area. improves.

Further, without being limited to the above embodiment,
As shown in FIG. 8, short cleaning members 41 may be attached to both ends of the attachment member 42. In this case, the cleaning member 41 is formed in an elongated bag shape having a length of about 300 mm and a width of about 60 mm, and the cleaning member 41 has a length of about 200 mm.
Reinforcement sheet 4 with a width of 55 mm and a width of 55 mm
3 is attached by immersing the tip.

[0015]

The cloth brush attached to the rotary cylinder of the gate type car washer according to the present invention is as described in detail above.
A cloth brush comprising a cleaning member and a mounting member, the mounting member being mounted on a rotary cylinder of a gate type car wash machine, wherein the cleaning member is composed of an elongated bag made of non-woven fabric and a reinforcing sheet made of synthetic resin. , The reinforcing sheet is disposed in the elongated bag with its tip part submerged, and since the plurality of cleaning members are attached to the mounting member, the diameter of the rotary cleaning tool at the time of car washing is increased by giving the waist to the cleaning member. Stable, the control based on the vehicle shape data stabilizes the contact force to the vehicle body and improves the cleaning efficiency. Further, when the vehicle is not washed, the cleaning member is prevented from hanging down due to gravity, improving the appearance and preventing the cleaning members from being entangled with each other.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a gate type car washer having a cloth brush of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a configuration of a gate type car washer having a cloth brush of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cloth brush of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a cloth brush.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a cleaning member.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of the cloth brush.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a car wash state with a cloth brush.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the cloth brush.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car wash machine body 2 running wheels 3 legs 4 beams 5 side rotation cleaning tools 6 Top rotation cleaning tool 7 Cleaning liquid injection nozzle 8 car sensor 9 Operation part 10 motors 21 brush 22 Cleaning member 23 Mounting member 24 slender bags 25 Reinforcement sheet 25a tip 31 Press plate 32 rotating cylinder 33 screws 41 Cleaning member 42 Mounting member 43 Reinforcement sheet

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cloth brush comprising a cleaning member and a mounting member, the mounting member being mounted on a rotary cylinder of a gate type car wash machine, wherein the cleaning member is made of an elongated bag made of non-woven fabric and a synthetic resin. It is composed of a reinforcing sheet, and the reinforcing sheet is arranged in a slender bag with its tip part submerged, and a plurality of cleaning members are attached to the attaching member. Cloth brushes. 2. The cloth brush attached to the rotary cylinder of the gate type car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing sheet is a polyethylene sheet having a thickness of about 0.3 mm. 3. The elongate bag of the cleaning member has a length of about 800.
3. The gate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reinforcing sheet has a length of about 600 millimeters and a width of about 55 millimeters, and the reinforcing sheet has a length of about 600 millimeters and a width of about 55 millimeters. A cloth brush that can be attached to the rotating cylinder of a car wash machine. 4. The elongate bag of the cleaning member has a length of about 400.
The millimeter and width is about 60 millimeters, the reinforcing sheet is about 300 millimeters in length and about 55 millimeters in width, and the rear end of the cleaning member is attached to both sides of the attachment member. A cloth brush that is attached to the rotary cylinder of the described gate-type car wash machine.