JP3774785B2 - Wind Snow Removal / Wind Acceleration Passenger Car - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vehicle having a snow removal function, and in particular, a passenger vehicle that can perform snow removal at the initial stage of snowfall using wind power during running and can accelerate the vehicle using wind power during running. It is about.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the conventional technology, for example, one blower device that generates wind, an air duct that guides the wind from the blower device to the lower side on both sides of the traveling vehicle, and the wind sent through the air duct in the vehicle width direction of the traveling vehicle. An air guide that guides from one end to the other end, and an air guide unit that is provided at an end opening of the air guide that discharges wind and that guides the wind discharged from the end opening obliquely downward toward the road surface There is a cleaning vehicle equipped with a blower, and when removing snow, there is a technology that exhales the wind from the end opening of the air guide toward the diagonally downward direction and blows off the snow on the road surface outside the road without spreading the wind. (For example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-275845
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional technology described above is not suitable for a passenger car because a large-scale device such as a blower device, an air duct, or an air guide needs to be mounted on the vehicle. Further, in order to blow wind obliquely downward from one end in the vehicle width direction toward the road surface outside, another snow removal device such as a cleaning brush is required in front of the vehicle for snow removal in the traveling direction of the host vehicle. Furthermore, there is a problem that extra fuel is required to drive the blower device, and exhaust gas increases.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is possible to remove snow on the road surface in the initial stage of snowfall without using extra fuel by using wind power during traveling. It is also possible to provide a wind snow removal / acceleration passenger vehicle that can accelerate the vehicle.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
For this reason, the present invention includes an intake port formed in the vehicle width direction at the lower front of the vehicle,
An air passage extending in the vehicle length direction from the air inlet and guiding the wind taken from the air inlet to the rear of the vehicle;
A first discharge hole that is opened in a vehicle width direction on the lower surface of the rear end portion of the air passage, and discharges the guided wind toward the road surface;
And a second discharge hole that is perforated on a lower surface of the air passage closer to the front of the vehicle than the first discharge hole and discharges the guided wind toward a road surface.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples shown in the drawings.
[0008]
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional explanatory view seen from the right side showing an embodiment of a wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of the wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional explanatory view seen from the top showing an embodiment of a wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car according to the present invention. Hereinafter, what is simply referred to as “vehicle 1” is “wind snow removal / acceleration vehicle 1 according to the present invention”.
[0009]
As shown in FIG. 1, the wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car 1 according to the present invention is provided with an intake port 2 for taking in wind at the front lower portion of the vehicle 1. 1 The air passage 3 for guiding the taken-in wind is extended toward the rear. The vicinity of the air inlet 2 and the rear end 8 of the air passage 3 are formed in a cylindrical shape surrounded by the upper and lower surfaces and the left and right surfaces so that the introduced wind is guided toward the rear portion of the vehicle 1. The upper surface of the air passage 3 at the substantially central portion of the vehicle 1 is opened for weight reduction. The portion opened on the upper surface of the air passage 3 does not have to be one, and may be divided into a plurality of openings. Further, the air passage 3 is disposed on the lower side of the vehicle 1 in the vicinity of the engine room and the heater device (both not shown). Further, the air passage 3 is provided with a gradient in a diagonally downward direction from the front portion of the vehicle 1 toward the rear portion of the vehicle 1, and the diameter of the air passage rear end portion 8 is smaller than the diameter of the air inlet 2. Thus, the wind taken from the air inlet 2 is guided to the rear of the vehicle 1 while being compressed.
[0010]
The material of the air passage 3 is preferably a synthetic resin for weight reduction, but is determined in consideration of overall performance and safety such as fuel efficiency and strength of the entire vehicle 1. Moreover, although the attachment structure to the vehicle 1 of the ventilation path 3 is not shown in figure, the ventilation path 3 is being fixed to the chassis.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 2, the air inlet 2 is formed in a substantially quadrangular shape opened in the vehicle width direction at the lower front of the vehicle 1, but is not limited to a substantially quadrangular shape, and may be, for example, a substantially circular shape. . Although not shown, the intake port 2 is provided with an opening / closing means. The opening / closing means may be an automatic opening / closing type that can be operated from within the vehicle 1 or may be a manual opening / closing type. By making the intake port 2 openable and closable as described above, the intake port 2 is closed so that no foreign matter is mixed in a strong wind such as a typhoon.
[0012]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the position of the air passage rear end portion 8 is set immediately before the rear wheel 6 of the vehicle 1, and the lower surface of the air passage rear end portion 8 has a substantially quadrangular shape in the vehicle width direction. The 1st discharge hole 4 opened in slit shape is provided. The air passage rear end wall 8 a is formed to be inclined obliquely downward and rearward from the upper surface of the air passage rear end portion 8 toward the first discharge hole 4. In addition, a plurality of perforated second discharge holes 5 are provided on the lower surface of the air passage 3 closer to the front of the vehicle than the first discharge holes 4. The first discharge holes and the second discharge holes are not limited to the shape and number shown in the present embodiment, and are set to the optimum shape and number according to the shape and structure of the vehicle 1. Further, with regard to the structure near the rear end 8 of the air passage, the wind taken in from the air inlet 2 discharges the snow on the road surface 7 from the first discharge hole 4 and the second discharge hole 5 to the extent that it can melt snow. If done, it may not be formed into a perfect seal.
[0013]
Next, the operation of the wind snow removal / acceleration vehicle 1 according to the present invention will be described.
Since the wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car 1 according to the present invention is configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, the wind 9 taken from the intake port 2 when the vehicle 1 travels is When the vehicle passes the vehicle, it is compressed and discharged from the first discharge hole 4 at the rear end of the vehicle 1, and is blown near the ground contact surface of the rear wheel 6 and the road surface 7 of the vehicle 1, thereby accelerating the vehicle 1. .
[0014]
In addition, the wind 9 taken from the intake port 2 is compressed when passing through the air passage 3, and is inclined toward the road surface 7 from the second discharge hole 5 in addition to the first discharge hole 4. It is discharged to the lower rear. Here, as described above, since the air passage 3 is disposed below the vicinity of the engine room and the heater device, the wind 9 passes through the engine room and the vicinity of the heater device when the air passes through the engine room and the heater device. The device heats up to a higher temperature than the outside air and snow. For this reason, the small amount of snow S accumulated on the road surface 7 in the initial stage of snowfall is melted into water by the warm wind 9a, and this water is provided at the road edge along the slope of the road surface 7. Into the drainage channel. In this way, since a small amount of snow S at the initial stage of snowfall is removed, there are effects of preventing slipping at the initial stage of snowfall and delaying the wearing time of the tire chain. It is assumed that the slope of the road surface 7 and the drainage groove of the road are usually provided on the road. For example, when there is no slope on the road surface, In a road without a drainage ditch provided in a mountain road or forest road, water generated by melting snow is drained to a forest outside the road along the slope of the road surface.
[0015]
In both cases of acceleration and snow removal, wind (wind power) 9 is used when the vehicle 1 is running, and no extra fuel is required, which saves energy and has low exhaust gas effects, preventing global warming. It is effective for environmental measures such as low pollution. In addition, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to run a snow removal dedicated vehicle that is not suitable for riding, such as a cleaning car or a snowplow, at the beginning of snowfall. Furthermore, the effect of this snow removal increases as the number of wind snow removal / acceleration passenger cars 1 of the present invention traveling on the road surface 7 increases. In midsummer when the asphalt road surface is at a high temperature of 40 degrees or higher, the wind 9 taken from the air intake 2 is lower than the road surface temperature even if it is heated by the heat of the engine room. By blowing wind on the road surface 7, there is an effect that the temperature of the road surface is lowered.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, the front portion of the vehicle 1 is formed in a shape that reduces the air resistance, but it is needless to say that the vehicle 1 is not limited to a vehicle having such a shape. For example, the present invention can also be implemented in a vehicle that does not prioritize the reduction of air resistance, such as a luggage carrier vehicle or a special vehicle for construction.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the wind snow removal / acceleration vehicle according to the present invention, it is possible to remove snow at the initial stage of snowfall using wind force, and it is possible to accelerate the vehicle using wind force. Has an excellent effect.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional explanatory view seen from the right side showing an embodiment of a wind snow removal / acceleration passenger car according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of a wind snow removal / acceleration passenger vehicle according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional explanatory view seen from the top showing one embodiment of a wind snow removal / wind acceleration passenger car according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the wind snow removal / wind acceleration passenger car according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wind-power snow-removal and wind-accelerated passenger car 2 Intake port 3 Blower path 4 1st discharge hole 5 2nd discharge hole 6 Rear wheel 7 Road surface 8 Blower path rear end part 8a Blower path rear end wall 9 Wind 9a S Snow cover in early snowfall

Claims (1)

An air inlet formed in the vehicle width direction at the lower front of the vehicle;
An air passage extending in the vehicle length direction from the air inlet and guiding the wind taken from the air inlet to the rear of the vehicle;
A first discharge hole that is opened in a vehicle width direction on the lower surface of the rear end portion of the air passage, and discharges the guided wind toward the road surface;
The wind power is provided with a second discharge hole that is perforated on a lower surface of the air passage closer to the front of the vehicle than the first discharge hole and discharges the guided wind toward the road surface. Snow removal and wind acceleration passenger car.

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