JPH06225847A - Water tank cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a water tank cleaning device simplifying the inserting/ removing work of a filter member and preventing the upper face of a cleaning device main body from being damaged by the inserting/removing work. CONSTITUTION:A filter member 12 is formed into a rectangular solid shape, the filter member 12 is installed accessibly to a cleaning device main body 2 from above, the filter member 12 is prevented from being deformed by the accumulation of the dust acquired by the filter member 12, and the filter member 12 can easily be removed from the upper section of the cleaning device main body 2. When the filter member 12 is removed, the cleaning device main body 2 is not required to be vertically reversed to face the bottom side upward as in the past, and the upper face of the cleaning device main body 2 is not damaged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention sucks dust adhering to or accumulating in a water tank such as a swimming pool or a drinking water tank installed on the roof of a building, and catches the dust with a filter member so that the inside of the water tank can be captured. The present invention relates to an aquarium cleaning device for cleaning a water tank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of aquarium cleaning device, one disclosed in European Patent Publication No. 314259 is known.

This water tank cleaning device has a traveling device for moving a box-shaped cleaning device body forward and backward in the water tank, and a suction pump for sucking water containing dust in the water tank through an opening of a bottom plate thereof. When the traveling device travels, the water is sucked and the dust in the water tank is taken into the cleaning device. Further, the dust thus taken in is captured by the bag-shaped filter member to clean the inside of the water tank.

[0004]

When the dust thus trapped in the bag-shaped filter member becomes full, the filter member is taken out from the bottom side of the cleaning device main body, and the dust inside the filter member is removed. Discard.

However, in the conventional filter member for the aquarium cleaning device, since the entire filter member is made of soft resin and its shape is not fixed, the filter member in which dust is trapped has various shapes in the cleaning device main body. Therefore, when the filter member is taken out of the cleaning device main body, the filter member is caught by the end of the take-out port of the cleaning device main body, and the dust-filled filter member cannot be immediately taken out. Further, even in the work of mounting the filter member in the main body of the cleaning apparatus, the work is troublesome because the shape thereof is not fixed. Furthermore, in the work of taking out this filter member,
In order to take out the filter member, the cleaning device main body has to be turned upside down so that its bottom side is facing up, and this taking out work is troublesome. Further, when the cleaning device main body is turned over, there is a problem that the upper surface of the cleaning device main body is rubbed against the mounting surface of the cleaning device main body, and the upper surface of the cleaning device main body is damaged.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a water tank cleaning device in which the filter member is easily put in and taken out, and the upper surface of the cleaning device body is not damaged by the putting in and taking out work.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention according to claim 1 sucks the dust in the water tank together with water from the bottom of the main body of the cleaning device while traveling in the water tank. In a water tank cleaning device for cleaning the inside of the water tank by capturing the sucked dust with a filter member in the cleaning device body, the filter member is formed in a predetermined shape and can be freely taken in and out from the top of the cleaning device body. It is characterized by being installed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the aquarium cleaning device according to the first aspect, the filter members are installed at a plurality of locations in the cleaning device body.

The invention of claim 3 relates to claim 1 or claim 2.
In the water tank cleaning device according to the description, the filter member is formed in a vertically long box shape, and has a dust disposal port in an upper portion,
A check valve is provided at the bottom of the dust inflow side to prevent a reverse flow of dust inside the filter member.

The invention of claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the invention.
In the water tank cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the filter member has a dust catching net which is removably wound around a frame frame by a planar fastener. .

The invention of claim 5 is the invention of claims 1 to 4.
In the water tank cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the cleaning device main body is formed by vertically connecting an upper case and a lower case, and the lower case is provided with internal parts such as the filter member and a drive source for traveling. It is characterized by having done.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the filter member is formed in a predetermined shape and the filter member is installed so as to be able to be taken in and out from the upper portion of the main body of the cleaning device, it is possible to prevent dust trapped on the filter member. The filter member is not deformed, and the filter member can be easily taken out from the upper portion of the cleaning device body.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the filter member is installed at a plurality of locations in the cleaning device main body, the outer size of one filter member can be reduced.
Even when the filter member is filled with dust and the filter member is slightly deformed, the deformation can be suppressed to a minimum, and the filter member take-out operation is not hindered.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the filter member is formed in the shape of a vertically long box, and the dust disposal port is provided on the upper portion, so that the dust can be easily discarded from the dust disposal port. Further, since the bottom part on the dust inflow side has a check valve for blocking the reverse flow of the dust inside the filter member, the dust trapped by the filter member during the traveling of the cleaning device body does not leak out of the cleaning device body. .

According to the invention of claim 4, the inside of the filter member is completely opened by opening the planar fastener of the dust catching net, and the dust caught in the filter member can be simply and completely discarded. .

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the upper case is covered after the inner parts such as the filter member and the drive source for traveling are installed in the lower case, and the upper and lower cases are connected. This completes the assembly of the cleaning device body.

[0017]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a water tank cleaning apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the water tank cleaning apparatus, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the water tank cleaning apparatus, and FIG. It is an assembly perspective view of a filter member.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a water tank cleaning device which runs on the bottom surface and side surfaces of a pool P for swimming, for example, to capture dust in the pool P and clean the pool P.

The water tank cleaning device 1 has a cleaning device body 2 in which upper and lower cases 21 and 22 each having an opening on the opposite surface are connected by a screw 23, and the cleaning device body 2 constitutes a casing of the water tank cleaning device 1. is doing.

As shown in FIG. 2, a traveling drive motor 3 is installed in the lower portion of the center of the lower case 22 inside the cleaning device main body 2 thus constructed. The drive pulley 4 shown in is rotated. As shown in FIG. 1, the drive pulley 4 transmits this rotational force to a wheel pulley 5 arranged in front of and behind the cleaning device body 2 via a rotary belt 6. With such a traveling means, the wheel 7 fixed to the axle of the wheel pulley 5 is rotated, and the cleaning device main body 2 is moved back and forth. A wheel receiving cover 8 pivotally supports the wheel pulley 5 and the wheels 7.

A drainage motor 9 is installed above the traveling drive motor 3 in the center of the lower case 22. This drainage motor 9 has a fan 10 fixed to its rotating shaft.
To rotate. Due to the rotational force of this fan, the cleaning device body 2
The water that has flowed in is drained from an outlet 11 formed in the center of the upper case 21.

A filter member 12 is installed in front of and behind the main body 2 of the cleaning device with the motors 3 and 9 interposed therebetween.
The structure of the filter member 12 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

That is, the filter member 12 is composed of a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped filter main body 121 having upper and lower ends opened, and lids 122 and 123 for covering the upper and lower openings of the filter main body 121. Each corner portion 121a of the filter body 121 is formed of a hard resin frame to prevent deformation. A dust trapping net 121b made of a soft resin is placed between the resin frames to keep dust that has flowed into the filter body 121 from the filter body 1.
The water that has been trapped inside 21 and the dust has been removed is discharged from this dust trapping net 121b. On the other hand, the upper lid 122 is provided with a dust disposal port 122a, and the dust in the filter body 121 is discarded through this dust disposal port 122a. In addition, as shown in FIG.
In addition to providing an inflow port 123a of water containing dust,
A check valve 123b for opening and closing the inflow port 123a is installed so that the dust trapped in the filter body 121 does not flow back through the inflow port 123a. Here, the upper lid 122 and the lower lid 123 are
It is made of hard resin so that its shape does not change.

As shown in FIG. 2, the filter member 12 having the above-described structure has the lid 123 below the lower case 2 as shown in FIG.
The upper lid 122 is formed in the upper case 21 while being removably fitted in the second mounting opening 24.
And is held in the cleaning device body 2. The take-out port 25 can be opened and closed by an opening / closing door 26 of a hinge mechanism, and the opening / closing door 26 can be opened to pull out the filter member 12 in which dust is captured from the cleaning device main body 2. Next, a cleaning operation of the pool P by the water tank cleaning device 1 will be described. That is, the traveling drive motor 3 is driven to travel in the pool P, while the drainage motor 9 is driven. By driving this drainage motor 9, the water containing dust in the pool P enters the inflow port 123a of the filter member 12 as shown by the one-dot chain line arrow in FIG.
It flows into 1. The dust contained in this water is the dust trapping net 1
The water that has been captured by 21b and has had its dust removed is fan 1
It is drawn to the 0 side and drained into the pool P from the outlet 11. As a result, the pool P is cleaned.

When the dust trapped in the filter member 12 becomes full during this cleaning operation, this cleaning operation is stopped and the water tank cleaning device 1 is pulled up from the pool P to perform the dust disposal operation. That is, as shown in FIG.
The opening / closing door 26 is opened, the upper part of the filter member 12 is grasped from the take-out port 25, and pulled out upward as shown by the white arrow. Thereafter, the dust is discarded from the dust disposal port 122a of the filter member 12 to the outside. This allows
Dust disposal work is completed. When this work is completed, the filter member 12 is installed again in the cleaning device main body 2 and the cleaning work is continued.

In the cleaning work of the pool P and the dust disposal work, as described above, the upper and lower lids 122 and 123 of the filter member 12 and the corner portion 121a of the filter body 121 are made of hard resin. Because
The deformation of the dust trapping net 121b that occurs when the dust is full is suppressed to a minimum. Therefore, when the filter member 12 is taken out, it is not caught in the take-out port 25, and the taking-out work is simple, and when the filter member 12 is attached inside the cleaning device body 2, it can be easily attached.

Further, the filter member 12 is the cleaning device main body 2
Since it is installed at a plurality of locations inside, the outer dimensions of one filter member 12 can be reduced, and the above-mentioned filter member 1
The deformation of No. 2 is further reduced, and the above-mentioned take-out work is further facilitated.

Further, in the assembling work of the water tank cleaning apparatus 1, the traveling drive motor 3, the drainage motor 9, the filter member 12 and the like are installed in the lower case 22,
After these devices are installed in the lower case 22, the upper case 21 may be screwed to the lower case 22 with the screw 23 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 2, which simplifies the assembly process. .

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the water tank cleaning apparatus according to the present invention, which is an improvement of the structure of the filter main body. The filter main body 121 according to the first embodiment is constructed by integrally fixing the corner portion 121a and the dust trapping net 121b, but in this embodiment, the filter main body 121 is configured to be separable.

That is, the filter body 124 is the upper lid 1
22 and the lower lid 123 at the corners of the frame 12
4a is provided with a pillar function, and a space between the frames 124a is covered with a dust trapping net 124b of a soft resin from the outside, and the planar fasteners 1 are provided at both ends of the dust trapping net 124a.
24c is provided.

According to this second embodiment, the sheet fastener 1
When the opening operation of 24c is performed and the dust capturing net 124b is expanded, the inside of the filter main body 124 is completely opened.
The dust in the filter body 124 can be easily and completely discarded. The other configurations and operations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[0032]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, since the filter member is formed in a predetermined shape, and the filter member is installed so as to be able to be taken in and out from the upper portion of the cleaning device main body, the filter member is provided. The filter member is not deformed by the accumulation of dust captured by the filter member, the filter member can be easily taken out from the upper portion of the cleaning device main body, and the dust in the filter member can be easily discarded. Also,
When removing the filter member, it is not necessary to turn the cleaning device main body upside down so that the bottom side of the cleaning device main body is facing upward, and therefore the upper surface of the cleaning device main body is not damaged. Moreover, since the shape of the filter member is fixed even when the filter member is mounted in the cleaning device main body, the filter member can be easily mounted.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the filter member is installed at a plurality of locations in the cleaning device main body, the outer size of one filter member can be reduced, and accordingly,
Even when the filter member is filled with dust and the filter member is slightly deformed, the deformation can be minimized, and the filter member take-out operation is not hindered.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the filter member is formed in the shape of a vertically long box, and the dust disposal port is provided on the upper portion, so that the dust can be easily discarded from the dust disposal port. Further, since the bottom part on the dust inflow side has a check valve for blocking the reverse flow of the dust inside the filter member, the dust trapped by the filter member during the traveling of the cleaning device body may leak out of the cleaning device body. Absent.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the dust trapped in the filter member can be simply and completely discarded by opening the planar fastener of the dust trapping net.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, after the internal members such as the filter member and the driving source for traveling are installed in the lower case, the upper case is covered and connected to complete the assembling work of the cleaning device body. This is a lot easier.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an aquarium cleaning device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the water tank cleaning device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of a filter member according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a filter member according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Water tank cleaning device, 2 ... Cleaning device main body, 3 ... Running drive motor, 9 ... Drainage motor, 12 ... Filter member, 12
1, 124 ... Filter main body, 121b, 124b ... Dust trapping net, 122a ... Dust disposal port, 123b ... Check valve, 1
24a ... Frame, P ... Pool.

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display location E02B 5/08 104 Z 9320-2D E04H 4/16 // B01D 21/24 C

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. While traveling in the water tank, the dust in the water tank is sucked together with water from the bottom of the cleaning device main body, and the sucked dust is captured by a filter member in the cleaning device main body to clean the inside of the water tank. In the water tank cleaning device for cleaning, the filter member is formed in a predetermined shape, and is installed so as to be able to be taken in and out from an upper portion of the cleaning device main body. 2. The aquarium cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the filter members are installed at a plurality of locations inside the cleaning device main body. 3. The filter member is formed in a vertically long box shape, has a dust disposal port in the upper portion, and has a check valve for preventing backflow of dust inside the filter member at the dust inflow side bottom portion. The water tank cleaning device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. 4. The filter member according to claim 1, wherein the filter member has a dust catching mesh which is removably wound around a frame frame by a planar fastener. The aquarium cleaning device described. 5. The cleaning device main body comprises an upper case and a lower case which are vertically connected to each other, and internal parts such as the filter member and a drive source for traveling are installed in the lower case. The water tank cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.