JPH04212660A - Portable wheel polisher - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the waxing and polishing of a wheel side of a vehicle separately from the car washing process of a car washer. CONSTITUTION:A shiftable hand truck 1 is used for a wheel polisher, and a wax spray nozzle 15 and a brush 5 are installed in this hand truck 1. Then, wax 50 is sprayed to a wheel side from the wax spray nozzle 15, turning the brush 5 round, thus polishing takes place. Since waxing and polishing are performable separately from a car washing process, smudges during car washing is preventable from sticking to the wheel, and besides, from coming to imperfection of these operations. In addition, waxing and polishing alone are carried out economically in a short time.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile wheel polisher used for spraying and polishing the side surfaces of vehicle wheels with wax.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional wheel polishers are attached to car wash machines and perform waxing and polishing of the side surfaces of the wheels as well as cleaning the car body.

0003

According to the above-mentioned conventional method, waxing and polishing of the side surfaces of the wheels are performed during the car washing process, so water and detergent are splashed onto the wheels, and the wax sprayed on the side surfaces of the wheels runs off. Further, since dirt in water or detergent adheres to the polishing brush, when this brush is used to polish the side surface of the wheel, there is a risk that the dirt from the brush may adhere to the wheel.

[0004] Furthermore, even if one only wants to wax and polish the wheels, the entire car wash machine must be operated to wash the car, which is uneconomical and time consuming. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile wheel polisher that can perform only waxing and polishing of the side surfaces of wheels, apart from the car washing process.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a mobile wheel polisher according to the present invention is a polisher for polishing the side surfaces of wheels of a vehicle, and is provided with a polisher that rotates around a horizontal axis on the front of a truck. A brush is provided that is movable and can freely face the side surface of the wheel, and the truck is provided with a drive device that drives the brush and a wax spray nozzle that extends in the same direction as the tip of the brush.

[0006]

According to the structure of the present invention, the movable wheel polisher is moved to a position opposite to the side surface of the wheel. The wax is then sprayed onto the side of the wheel from a wax spray nozzle.

[0007] Then, by rotating the brush, the movable wheel polisher is moved further toward the wheel, and the brush is pressed against the side surface of the wheel for polishing.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, a rotating shaft 3 is installed horizontally inside a box-shaped hand-pull truck 1 via a bearing 2, and one end of the rotary shaft 3 protrudes from the front surface of the truck 1. As shown in FIG.

A brush 5 is attached to one end of the rotating shaft 3 via a disk-shaped brush attachment plate 4. This brush 5 is rotatable about a rotation axis 6 and is freely opposed to a wheel side surface 8 of a vehicle 7.

A driven wheel body 9 is provided at the other end of the rotating shaft 3. Above this driven wheel body 9 is a driving wheel body 10.
is provided, and an endless rotating body 11 such as a chain is wound between these two wheels 9 and 10. The drive wheel body 10 is operatively connected to an output shaft 13 of an electric motor 12, which is an example of a drive device provided inside the truck 1. Inside the truck 1, above the electric motor 12, a battery device 14 for driving the electric motor 12 is provided.

A wax spray nozzle 15 is erected on the upper surface of the front part of the truck 1, and its middle part is directed forward so that the tip 15a of the wax spray nozzle 15 is in the same direction as the tip 5a of the brush 5. It is slightly tilted and bent. The base end of the wax spray nozzle 15 is piped and communicated with a wax tank 16 provided inside the truck 1.

An operation box 17 is provided on the upper surface of the cart 1.
is provided, and a push handle 18 is provided upright. The operation of the above embodiment will be explained below.

As shown in FIG. 1, an operator 19 pushes the hand handle 18 to move the mobile wheel polisher to a position opposite the wheel side 8. As shown in FIG. Then, by operating the operation box 17, the wax 20 is sprayed from the tip 15a of the wax spray nozzle 15 onto the wheel side surface 8. As a result, the wax 20 is sprayed onto the entire wheel side surface 8.

Then, the user operates the operation box 17 to rotate the brush 5. That is, this brush 5 has a ring body 9,
10 and an endless rotating body 11, it is rotationally driven by an electric motor 12. Figure 1 shows the mobile wheel polisher.
The brush 5 is moved further forward 21 from the position shown in , and the tip 5a of the brush 5 is pressed against the wheel side surface 8. As a result, the entire wheel side surface 8 is polished.

In the embodiment described above, by using the push cart 1, polishing can be performed on the vehicle 7 stopped at an arbitrary position. However, polishing may be performed using an automatic trolley that automatically moves on a fixed trajectory for a vehicle that is stopped at a fixed location.

In the above embodiment, by providing the battery device 14 inside the trolley 1, there is no need to pull the power cable around, making it easy to move and having a wide range of movement. However, if the trouble of charging and replacing the battery device 14 is saved and the movement range is narrow, a power cable may be used.

[0017]

According to the present invention having the above structure, since a mobile wheel polisher is provided separately from the car wash machine, waxing and polishing of the side surfaces of the wheels can be completely performed separately from the car wash process. Therefore, the wax sprayed on the wheels is prevented from being washed away by water or detergent during the car washing process, and the polishing brush is prevented from getting dirty and the dirt from adhering to the wheels.

[0018] If only waxing and polishing of the wheels is desired, the car washing process can be omitted, which is economical and can be done in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a mobile wheel polisher showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Trolley 3 Rotation axis 5 Brush 6 Rotation axis center (horizontal axis center) 7 Vehicle 8 Wheel side 12 Electric motor (drive device) 14 Battery device 15 Wax spray nozzle 16 Wax tank 17 Operation box 19　　　　Worker 20 Wax

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A polisher for polishing the side surfaces of wheels of a vehicle, wherein a brush is provided on the front surface of a truck, the brush rotatable around a horizontal axis and freely facing the side surface of the wheel; A mobile wheel polisher comprising: a drive device for driving the brush; and a wax spray nozzle extending in the same direction as the tip of the brush.