JP5012672B2 - Car wash machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine for washing a vehicle by relatively moving a vehicle to be washed and a car wash machine body.

An example of a conventional car wash machine is disclosed in Patent Document 1.
The car wash machine described in Patent Literature 1 includes a car wash machine body that runs in the front-rear direction with respect to the vehicle to be washed, and a pair of running rails that guide the car wash machine body in the front-rear direction and in the left-right direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. It is configured. In addition, the car wash machine body includes a brush device for brushing the vehicle, a drying device for drying water adhering to the vehicle by jetting air, and a spray device for spraying water (detergent) used for car washing. A device is provided.

  A pair of left and right windshields extending outward in the front-rear direction are provided on the left and right inner walls of the car wash machine main body at the front and rear portions of the car wash machine main body. This windshield is formed by stretching a sheet material having waterproof properties on a rectangular frame made of a pair of vertical members and a pair of cross members. In addition, each cross member is extended from the frame body to one outer side, the car wash machine main body is provided with a guide rod adapted to these cross members, the frame body is slidable along the guide rod, The windshield can be stored in the car wash body. In addition, a lock pin for fixing the cross member is inserted into the cross member and the guide rod at a position where the windshield is in a retracted state with respect to the car wash machine main body and at a position where the windshield is in an output state with respect to the car wash main body. A hole is formed, and the windshield is fixed at each position by inserting a lock pin.

  Further, in Patent Document 1, a hinge that is rotatable inward in the car wash machine main body is provided on each of the left and right inner walls in the car wash machine main body, and a rectangular frame is provided via the hinge. The thing provided with the structure which provides the windshield formed in the body is disclosed. In this case, an upright receiving material is provided on the horizontal member of each windshield and on the left and right inner walls of the main body of the car wash machine, and when each windshield is closed, the left and right windshield receiving materials are hung in the front and rear respectively. Thus, each windshield is fixed in a closed state with respect to the car wash machine body. Further, when each windshield is opened, the windshield receiving material and the inner wall receiving material of the car wash machine body are hooked, and each windshield is fixed to the car wash machine main body in the open state.

As described above, since the windshields are provided at the front and rear portions of the car wash machine body, when the vehicle is washed, the detergent sprayed from the spray device may be scattered to the outside of the car wash machine body by brushing. It is prevented. Further, when the operation of the car wash machine main body is finished, the windshield is fixed in a closed state with respect to the car wash machine main body, and the car wash machine main body is cleaned up compactly.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-202214

  However, in the car wash machine configured as described above, a guide rod is provided in the car wash machine body, and the windshield is slidably attached along the guide rod, or a hinge is provided in the car wash machine body so that the windshield is attached to the car wash machine body. However, if a windshield is installed with such a guide rod or a plurality of hinges, the cost of installing the windshield increases, that is, the cost of the car wash machine increases. there were.

  In order to solve the above problem, it is conceivable to fix the windshield to the car wash machine main body with bolts, but if the windshield is fixed to the car wash machine in an open state, the size of the car wash machine main body can be transported. Since it becomes larger than the size of the platform of the transport truck, the car wash machine main body cannot be mounted on the transport truck, and the car wash machine main body cannot be transported by the transport truck. Therefore, the car wash machine main body and the windshield are transported separately, and at the installation site of the car wash machine, the work of attaching the windshield that has been transported without being attached to the car wash machine main body to the car wash machine main body is performed. However, such attachment work requires at least an operator who supports the windshield at a position where it is fixed to the car wash machine body and an operator who fixes the supported windshield to the car wash machine body with bolts. There was a problem that the workability of the mounting work for attaching the windshield to the main body was poor.

  Therefore, the present invention can reduce the cost of installing the windshield, improve the workability of fixing the windshield to the car wash machine main body, and can transport the car wash machine main body with a transport truck with the windshield attached. The purpose is to provide a machine.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a brush device for brushing a vehicle to be washed in a portal-type car wash body, a drying device for drying the vehicle, A car washing device comprising a spray device for spraying a liquid agent used for car washing, and the vehicle and the car washing machine main body moved relative to each other in the front-rear direction, and the car washing device entered the car washing machine main body. A car wash machine for washing a vehicle,
A windshield that prevents the liquid sprayed from the spray device from splashing outward from the car washer body during brushing of the vehicle by the brush device is provided at least on the side end of the windshield. Two downward claws are formed, a bent portion for attaching the windshield is provided in the car wash machine body, and each of the claws of the windshield is inserted and hooked on the bent portion, at least up and down 2 The windshield can be opened and closed with respect to the car wash machine main body by forming two holes and rotating the windshield claw portion within the hole.

  According to the above configuration, the windshield pawl is rotated in the hole of the bent portion, and the windshield can be freely opened and closed with respect to the car wash machine body. It is no longer necessary to provide a windshield, and the cost for the windshield is reduced. Further, when the car wash machine body is transported, the windshield can be closed with respect to the car wash machine body, and the car wash machine body can be mounted on the loading platform of the transport truck. Further, at the installation site of the car wash machine main body, the closed windshield is opened with respect to the car wash machine main body, and the work of fixing the windshield to the car wash machine main body is performed.

  The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the bent portion is formed from a Z-shaped plate body in plan view, and each of the hole portions is the plate. It is formed along one bent portion of the Z-shape of the body.

  According to the above configuration, each hole is provided along one bent portion, and each claw portion of the windshield inserted in each hole of these bent portions is hooked, and the windshield is attached to the car wash machine body. It is attached to.

The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the windshield is formed of a rectangular plate-like body. is there.
According to the said structure, the shape as a windshield is easily formed by making a windshield into a plate-shaped body.

  The invention according to claim 4 of the present invention is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the windshield is constituted by a plate-like body having an L shape in plan view. To do.

  According to the said structure, the shape as a windshield is easily formed by making a windshield into a plate-shaped body. Further, by installing a windshield L-shaped in a plan view toward the inside of the car wash machine body, detergents and the like scattered substantially along the front-rear direction from each side brush device that brushes each side of the car are washed by the car wash machine. It is prevented from splashing outward from the main body.

  The invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the windshield opened with respect to the car wash machine body is A fixing means for fixing to the car wash machine main body is provided.

  According to the above configuration, when the windshield is fixed to the car wash machine body, the windshield is opened with respect to the car wash machine body, and then the windshield is fixed to the car wash machine body by the fixing means. At this time, the windshield is opened by one worker, and the windshield is fixed to the car wash machine main body by the fixing means.

  According to the car wash machine of the present invention, the windshield pawl is rotated in the hole, and the windshield can be freely opened and closed with respect to the car wash machine body. This eliminates the need to provide a windshield and reduces the cost of the windshield. When the car wash machine is transported, the car wash machine can be mounted on the platform of the transport truck by closing the windshield with respect to the car wash machine. Furthermore, at the installation site of the car wash machine body, the closed windshield is opened to the car wash machine body, and the work for fixing the windshield to the car wash machine body is performed, thereby improving the workability of installing the car wash machine. .

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a front washing type car wash body supported and guided by a pair of rails 2 laid on the floor and freely reciprocating. This is done by a device (not shown). In addition, a brush device for brushing the vehicle 3 to be washed, a drying device for injecting air to dry the vehicle 3, a washing water, a detergent, a wax solution, etc. used for the car washing, etc. The car wash apparatus comprised from the spray apparatus which sprays the liquid agent on the vehicle 3 is provided.

  Here, the moving direction of the car wash machine body 1 is the front-rear direction X, and the horizontal direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction X is the left-right direction Y. The front side) is the front, and the exit side of the vehicle 3 of the car wash machine body 1 (the back direction when viewed from the driver of the vehicle 3) is the rear.

  As the brush device, as shown in FIG. 1, a top brush 4 for brushing the upper surface of the vehicle 3, a pair of side brushes 5 for brushing front and rear surfaces and side surfaces of the vehicle 3, and a pair for brushing the lower portion of the vehicle 3. The rocker brush 6 is provided.

  The side brush 5 is disposed at the rear portion of the car wash machine main body 1 and is driven to rotate about the respective vertical axes 7 and is capable of traversing inward of the car wash machine main body 1 along the left-right direction Y. It is configured. With such a configuration, each of the side brushes 5 that are driven to rotate is moved back and forth in the front-rear direction X of the car wash machine body 1 by the liquid sprayed from the spray device to the vehicle 3, and the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle 3. Car wash the entire side.

  As the spray device, as shown in FIG. 1, a first washing water nozzle 10, a first detergent nozzle 11, a second washing water nozzle 12, a water repellent coating agent nozzle 13, and a second detergent nozzle 14 are provided. The wax nozzle 15 is provided, and is arranged in this order from the front part to the rear part of the car wash machine body 1.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the liquid agent sprayed from the spray device from the rear part to the rear of the car wash machine body 1 is removed from the car wash machine body 1 when the vehicle 3 is brushed by the brush device. A windshield 20 is provided to prevent splashing.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the windshield 20 is composed of a rectangular main body (an example of a plate-like body) 21, and its front end (an example of one side end). The windshield 20 is attached to the car wash machine main body 1. The upper and lower two downward claw portions 22 are formed on an example of one side end in the state of FIG. 2 provided. That is, the claw portion 22 is formed on one side surface of the rectangular main body 21.

  Further, the claw portion 22 is formed in an L-shape facing downward in a side view. That is, the claw portion 22 is formed in a horizontal direction from the front end of the main body 21 at least longer than a thickness in a direction in which the claw portion 22 of a mounting plate (an example of a bent portion) 23 to be described later is inserted, and the tip thereof is downward. It is bent and formed into an L-shape facing downward in a side view. A bolt hole 25 through which a bolt 24 described later is communicated is formed in the vicinity of each claw portion 22 of the main body 21.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the windshield 20 is attached to the rear portion of the car wash machine body 1 to which the windshield 20 is attached, and an attachment plate 23 formed from a Z-shaped plate body in plan view is provided. Yes. The mounting plate 23 forms the car wash machine main body 1 and is mounted between a vertical frame 26 provided at the rear end and a front frame 26a. The mounting plate 23 is formed of a first mounting portion 23a, a second mounting portion 23b, and an inclined portion 27 connecting the first and second mounting portions. The first mounting portion 23a is formed from the rear end of the car wash machine body 1. The inclined portion 27 is bent inward of the car wash machine main body 1 by a predetermined distance (a distance obtained by adding the width in the longitudinal direction X of the frame 26 and the thickness of the main body 21 of the windshield 20). Is formed. Further, the inclined portion 27 is bent along the front-rear direction X of the car wash machine body 1 to form a second attachment portion 23b. The second attachment portion 23a is formed on the frame 26a by the first attachment portion 23a. At 23b, they are fixed via bolts or the like.

  In addition, the upper and lower slits (an example of the hole) in which the claw portion 22 of the windshield 20 is inserted and hooked along the bent portion at the rear bent portion (an example of one bent portion) of the mounting plate 23. ) 28 is formed. Specifically, a slit 28 is formed from the rear portion of the inclined portion 27 of the mounting plate 23 to the front portion of the first mounting portion 23a. When the mounting plate 23 is provided in the car wash machine main body 1 via the inner wall 29 forming the car wash machine main body 1, the claw portion 22 of the windshield 20 inserted and hooked into the slit 28 of the mounting plate 23. However, a hole is formed in the inner wall 29 so as not to contact the inner wall 29 of the car wash machine body 1.

  With the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 5, the claw portion 22 of the windshield 20 is inserted and hooked into the slit 28 of the mounting plate 23, and the claw portion 22 rotates in the slit 28, so that the windshield 20 is washed. The machine main body 1 can be opened and closed freely.

  When the windshield 20 is opened with respect to the car wash machine body 1 (shown by a solid line in FIG. 5) and the longitudinal direction is along the longitudinal direction X, the windshield 20 body 21 and the car wash machine body 1 frame A bolt hole 30 through which the bolt 24 communicates is formed at a position where the 26 contacts with the mounting plate 23 so as to overlap the bolt hole 25 of the main body 21, and a nut 31 is welded in the frame 26. Therefore, the windshield 20 is fixed to the car wash machine body 1 in an open state by inserting the bolt 24 into the bolt hole 25 of the windshield 20 and the bolt hole 30 of the frame 26 and fastening the bolt 24 to the nut 31. The bolt 24 and the nut 31 constitute an example of a fixing means.

  A bracket 33 for supporting the windshield 20 in the closed state (shown by a chain line in FIG. 5) with the longitudinal direction along the left-right direction Y is shown by a broken line in FIG. . A bolt hole similar to the bolt hole 25 of the main body 21 is formed in the bracket 33, and a nut is welded. Therefore, the bolt is inserted into the bolt hole of the main body 21 of the windshield 20 and the bolt hole of the bracket 33 in the closed state, the bolt is tightened to the nut, the main body 21 is fixed by the bracket 33, and the windshield 20 is closed by the bracket 33. Supported by the state.

  Hereinafter, the field installation work of the car wash machine 1 and the windshield 20 having the above-described configuration will be described. The windshield 20 is supported by the bracket 33 in a closed state when the car wash machine body 1 is shipped, with the claw portion 22 of the windshield 20 being inserted into the slit 28 of the mounting plate 23 and hooked.

  First, the car wash machine main body 1 transported to the transport truck is lowered onto a pair of rails 2 laid by a crane or the like. And in order to fix the windshield 20 in an open state, the volt | bolt which connects the bracket 33 and the main body 21 of the windshield 20 is removed.

  Next, the windshield 20 is supported in an open state, and the bolts 24 are inserted into the bolt holes 25 of the windshield 20 and the bolt holes 30 of the frame 26 and tightened to the nuts 31 to fix the windshield 20 to the car wash machine body 1. To fix it open.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the claw portion 22 of the windshield 20 rotates within the slit 28 of the main body 21, and the windshield 20 is opened and closed with respect to the car wash machine main body 1. It is not necessary to provide such a hinge, and the cost of the windshield 20 can be reduced. In addition, the windshield 20 is opened and closed with respect to the car wash machine body 1, and when the car wash machine body 1 is transported, the windshield 20 is closed with respect to the car wash machine body 1, so that the car wash machine body 1 is placed on the loading platform of the transport truck. Can be installed.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, by configuring the windshield 20 from the rectangular main body 21, the shape of the windshield 20 can be easily formed, and the cost for forming the windshield 20 can be reduced.
Further, according to the present embodiment, at the installation site of the car wash machine body 1, after the windshield 20 is opened with respect to the car wash machine body 1 during the work of fixing the windshield 20 to the car wash machine body 1, the bolt The windshield 20 may be fixed to the car wash machine body 1 by a fixing means composed of 24 and nuts 31. A worker who supports the windshield 20 in a fixed position is not required, and the windshield 20 is opened by one worker. The windshield 20 can be fixed to the car wash machine main body 1 by fixing means, and the workability of installing the car wash machine can be improved.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, when the car wash machine main body 1 is shipped (an example when the car wash machine main body 1 is transported to the installation site), the windshield 20 is rotated so that the car wash machine main body 1 is closed. By doing so, the car wash machine main body 1 to which the windshield 20 is attached can be transported by the transport truck. At this time, the windshield 20 is supported by the car wash machine main body 1 by the bracket 33, so that the windshield 20 can be prevented from being opened and closed due to shaking during transportation.

  In this embodiment, the windshield 20 is composed of a rectangular main body 21, but as shown in FIG. 6, the windshield 20a is composed of an L-shaped main body (an example of a plate) 21a in plan view. And you may assemble | attach the windshield 20a of planar view L shape toward the inner side of the car-washing machine main body 1. FIG. In this way, by configuring the windshield 20a from the L-shaped main body 21a, the detergent or the like that splashes rearward along the front-rear direction X from the brush device that brushes the vehicle 3 outward from the car wash machine main body 1. It is possible to prevent scattering.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the windshield 20 is provided only at the rear part of the car wash machine body 1, but the windshield 20 may be provided at the front part of the car wash machine body 1 with the same configuration as this. Can be prevented from splashing outward from the car wash machine body 1.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the car wash machine main body 1 includes a drying device, a brush device, and a spray device. However, the car wash machine main body 1 includes a front car wash machine main body 1a including the brush device and the spray device, and a drying device. It may be divided into a rear car wash machine main body 1b provided with At this time, the windshield 20 is provided in the rear part of the front car-wash machine main body 1a. Thereby, the same effect as this embodiment can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, a pair of rails 2 is provided on the floor surface, and the car wash machine body 1 is run along the rails 2 by the travel drive device to wash the vehicle 3. It is good also as a structure which provides the conveyance means which conveys the vehicle 3 to the car wash machine main body 1 fixed to a floor surface, and the effect similar to embodiment is acquired.

  In the present embodiment, each windshield 20, 20a is provided with two upper and lower claws 22 and two slits 28 are formed on the mounting plate 23 of the car wash machine body 1, but each windshield 20, 20a. Further, the number of the claw portions 22 may be further increased, and the number of the slits 28 of the mounting plate 23 of the car wash machine body 1 may be further increased according to the number of the claw portions 22. According to this configuration, for example, the windshields 20 and 20a are provided with the claw portions 22 at the upper, middle and lower portions along the vertical direction, and the slits 28 of the mounting plate 23 of the car wash machine body 1 are provided with the claw portions 22. If the structure is formed at the upper part, the center part, and the lower part in accordance with the above, even if the weights of the windshields 20 and 20a are increased, the weight applied to the claw part 22 is dispersed. Each windshield 20, 20a can be safely attached to 1.

It is a side view of the car wash machine in an embodiment of the invention. It is a rear view of the car wash machine. It is a principal part enlarged view of the car wash machine. It is a principal part expansion perspective view of the windshield with which the car wash machine is equipped. It is an operation | movement figure of the windshield with respect to the car wash machine. It is a perspective view of an example of the windshield with which the car wash machine in other embodiment of this invention is equipped.

Explanation of symbols

X Front-rear direction Y Left-right direction 1 Car wash machine body 2 Rail 3 Vehicle
20, 20a Windshield
21, 21a body
22 Nail
23 Mounting plate
24 volts
26 frames
27 Inclined part
28 slits
31 Nut
33 Bracket

Claims (5)

A car-washing device comprising a brush device for brushing a vehicle to be washed, a drying device for drying the vehicle, and a spray device for spraying a liquid agent used for car washing is provided in a car wash machine body having a gate shape. A car wash for washing the vehicle that has entered the car washer by the car wash device while relatively moving the vehicle and the car washer in the front-rear direction,
A windshield for preventing the liquid sprayed from the spray device from splashing outward from the car wash machine body during brushing of the vehicle by the brush device,
Forming at least two upper and lower downward claws on one end of the windshield,
In the car wash machine main body, a folding part for attaching the windshield is provided,
Forming at least two upper and lower holes into which the windshield claw portions are inserted and hooked in the bent portion;
The car wash machine can be opened and closed with respect to the car wash machine body by rotating the pawl portion of the wind shield within the hole. The bent portion is formed from a Z-shaped plate in plan view,
The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein each hole is formed along one of the Z-shaped bent portions of the plate. The car wash machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the windshield is formed of a rectangular plate-like body. The car wash machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the windshield is constituted by a plate-like body having an L shape in plan view. The car wash machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a fixing means for fixing the windshield opened to the car wash machine body to the car wash machine body. .

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