JPH07215178A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent floating of a guide plate by forming a clearance between a pair of left and right guide bodies to become gradually narrower toward a starting end part of a carrier device and providing a float preventing device to prevent floating of the guide plate between a frame and the guide plate. CONSTITUTION:A pair of guide bodies 47a, 47b to guide wheels 14a, 14b of a vehicle 3 to be washed to a carrier surface is respectively provided above each of guide plates 17a, 17b. These guide bodies 47a, 47b are short pipes supported on a floor surface and projected above the guide plates 17a, 17b respectively, and a clearance of both of the guide bodies 47a, 47b facing against each other is formed to become gradually narrower toward a starting end part of each of roller conveyors 12a, 12b. Both ends of these guide bodies 47a, 47b are fixed on the floor surface by bolts and nuts. As a ball bearing for pressing is engaged with a horizontal engagement plate 39 from above, it is possible to prevent floating of each of the guide plates 17a, 17b by a shock, etc., at the time when the vehicle 3 to be washed passes on both of the guide plates 17a, 17b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car wash machine for cleaning a vehicle to be cleaned while it is being carried by a carrying device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a vehicle guidance / guidance device provided at the entrance of a car wash machine, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-232
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 70. That is, a fixed frame is provided on a floor surface such as an entrance of a car wash machine, and a movable frame is mounted on the fixed frame so as to be reciprocally movable in the longitudinal direction via a ball caster. This moving frame is always held in a neutral position by a pair of left and right neutral spring devices. A pair of left and right wheel guides arranged in a divergent shape are provided above the moving frame.

According to this, when the vehicle to be washed is mounted on the moving frame while being displaced to one side from the intermediate position,
One wheel of the vehicle to be cleaned abuts the inside of one wheel guide and presses this wheel guide, and the reaction force moves the moving frame to the other side against the elastic force of the neutral spring device. As a result, both wheels of the vehicle to be cleaned move to the intermediate position together with the moving frame, so that the vehicle to be cleaned is returned from one side to the intermediate position and the deviation is eliminated.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional type, there is a possibility that the moving frame floats up due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the moving frame (guide plate).

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a car washer capable of preventing the guide plate from rising.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the car wash machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is such that a stationary car wash main body and a vehicle to be cleaned are carried into the car wash main body from the front on the floor surface. Provided with a transfer device for carrying out from the inside of the car wash machine body to the rear, provided a guide plate in front of the transfer device from the floor surface to the start end of the transfer surface of the transfer device, and transferred the guide plate to the floor surface. A support device for horizontally moving in a direction orthogonal to the transport path of the device is provided, and a biasing member for biasing the guide plate to the neutral position is provided on the support device. A mount fixed and mounted, and a plurality of support wheels attached to the mount to support the guide plate,
A pair of left and right guide bodies for guiding the wheels of the vehicle to be cleaned to the transport surface of the transport device are disposed above the guide plates so as to be freely rotatable around the axis in the same direction as the transport path. It is fixed, and the interval between both guides is gradually narrowed as it approaches the starting end of the carrying device, and a floating prevention device is provided between the mount and the guide plate to prevent the guide plate from floating.

In the car wash machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the floating prevention device is provided with a locking member provided on the guide plate and a locking member provided on the pedestal so as to be engageable with the locking member from above and in the same direction as the conveying path. And a pressing wheel body that can freely rotate around its axis.

The car washer according to the third aspect of the present invention is provided with a deviation preventing device for preventing deviation of the guide plate in the front-rear direction between the gantry and the guide plate. In the car wash machine according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the deviation prevention device is provided with a pair of front and rear locking bodies provided on the guide plate, and is fitted between the two locking bodies provided on the pedestal and is idled around the vertical axis. It is configured by a free shift prevention wheel body.

[0009]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the invention, when the vehicle to be washed is self-propelled and is loaded into the transporting device and the vehicle to be washed is displaced to the left or right, the front wheels of the vehicle to be washed are separated from the floor surface. While riding on the guide plate, it is guided by the guide body and laterally moves from one side to the other side. Along with this, the guide plate laterally moves from the neutral position to the other side, so that the lateral displacement of the vehicle to be cleaned is smoothly corrected. Then, after the wheels of the vehicle to be cleaned pass over the guide plate, the guide plate returns to the neutral position by the urging force of the urging device.

Further, by attaching the support wheel body to the mount in advance, the support device can be handled as a unit. Therefore, it is possible to mount the supporting device set by simply stocking the supporting device with the supporting wheels attached to the mounting base and fixing the mounting base to the floor surface at the installation site. Therefore, the mounting work of the supporting device can be speeded up. Further, since the floating prevention device is provided, it is possible to prevent the guide plate from being lifted due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate.

According to the structure of the second aspect of the invention, since the pressing wheel is engaged with the locking body from above, the guide plate is lifted up by an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate. Can be prevented. Further, as the guide plate moves to the left and right, the pressing wheel body idles in the left and right directions around the axis, so that smooth misalignment correction is not hindered.

According to the structure of the third aspect, it is possible to prevent the guide plate from being displaced in the front-rear direction due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate. According to the structure of the fourth aspect, the shift preventing wheel is fitted between the pair of front and rear locking bodies, so that the guide plate is displaced forward and backward due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate. Can be prevented. Further, as the guide plate moves to the left and right, the deviation prevention wheel body idles around the vertical axis, so smooth deviation correction is not hindered.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a stationary car wash main body formed in a front view gate shape, and the car wash machine main body 1 is installed on a floor surface 2. Inside the car wash machine body 1, a top brush 5 for cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned,
A pair of left and right side brushes 6 for cleaning both side surfaces and front and rear surfaces, a pair of left and right rocker brushes 7 for cleaning lower side surfaces and side surfaces of wheels, a top brush 8 and a rocker brush 9 for wax application, and a drying brush Top nozzle 10
And a side nozzle 11 are provided.

A pair of left and right roller conveyors 12a, 12b which penetrate the inside of the car wash machine body 1 to carry the vehicle 3 to be washed into the car wash machine body 1 from the front and carry it out from the car wash machine body 1 to the rear ( An example of the transfer device) is arranged in parallel on the floor surface 2. Among them, one roller conveyor 12a supports and conveys the front wheel 14a and the rear wheel 15a on one side of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, and the other roller conveyor 12b the front wheel 14b on the other side of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. And the rear wheel 15b. The width of one roller conveyor 12a is narrow, and the width of the other roller conveyor 12b is wide so as to accommodate various vehicle widths.

In front of the roller conveyors 12a and 12b, the conveying surface 16 of the roller conveyors 12a and 12b from the floor surface 2 is conveyed.
Guide plates 17a and 17b are provided so as to extend to the start ends of the sheets. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the guide plates 17a and 17b are respectively supported by the supporting device 18 and the roller conveyors 12a and 12a.
It is tilted and supported so that the 12b side is the upper level.
In addition, the width of the other guide plate 17b is formed wider than the width of the one guide plate 17a so as to accommodate various vehicle widths.

Each of the support devices 18 has a corresponding guide plate 17
a, 17b are horizontally movably supported in a direction orthogonal to the transport path 19 of the roller conveyors 12a, 12b (that is, in the left-right direction), and are mounted on the floor surface 2 such as bolts and nuts 20.
And a plurality of support rollers 22, which are attached to the pedestal 21 and support the guide plates 17a and 17b,
23, 24 (an example of a supporting wheel). Of these, the front support roller 22 is a bracket on the front of the frame 21.
The guide plates 17a, 17 are arranged so as to be freely rotatable around a shaft center 26 in the same direction as the conveyance path 19 (that is, the front-rear direction) via 25.
It is in contact with the lower surface of the front part of b. These front support rollers 22
Are arranged in a row on the left and right. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the rear support roller 23 and the intermediate support roller 24 are provided around the shaft center 26 in the same direction as the transport path 19 via the bracket 27 at the rear and intermediate portions of the pedestal 21, respectively. The guide plates 17a, 17b are arranged so as to be freely rotatable and abut on a support plate 29 horizontally attached to the lower surfaces of the guide plates 17a, 17b. These rear support rollers 23
The intermediate portion support roller 24 and the intermediate portion support roller 24 are provided so as to be laterally distributed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the above guide plates 17
A first tension spring 30 and a second tension spring 31 are provided between a and 17b and the gantry 21 as an example of a biasing member that biases the guide plates 17a and 17b to the neutral position A. . Of these, the first tension spring 30 urges each of the guide plates 17a and 17b to one side, one end of which is connected to the pedestal 21 via a bracket, and the other end is connected to the other of the support plates 29. .
The second tension spring 31 of one guide plate 17a urges the guide plate 17a toward the other, and one end of the second tension spring 31 has the guide plate 17a.
Is connected to one side and the other end is connected to the gantry 21 via a bracket. Further, the second tension spring 31 of the other guide plate 17b biases this guide plate 17b to the other, one end of which is connected to one of the support plates 29 and the other end of which is connected to the pedestal 21 via a bracket. Has been done. Thus, the biasing force (tensile force) of the first tension spring 30 and the second tension spring 30
The guide plates 17a and 17b are held at the neutral position A by balancing with the urging force (pulling force) of 31.

Further, between the respective pedestals 21 and the respective guide plates 17a, 17b, a lifting prevention device 35 for preventing the lifting of these guide plates 17a, 17b, and these guide plates 17 are provided.
A shift prevention device 36 for preventing the front and rear shifts of a and 17b is provided. That is, the locking member 37 is attached across the width direction on the lower surface of the support plate 29 of each of the guide plates 17a and 17b. As shown in FIG. 3, these locking members
Reference numeral 37 denotes a pair of front and rear vertical locking plates 38 (an example of a locking body), and horizontal locking plates 39 continuously provided in the front-rear direction from the lower ends of both vertical locking plates 38.
(An example of a locking body). The pedestal 21 has a pair of front and rear pressing ball bearings 42 (which are freely engageable with the horizontal locking plate 39 from above via a bracket 40 and freely rotatable around an axis 41 in the same direction as the transport path 19 ( An example of a pressing wheel body is provided so as to be distributed to the left and right.
Further, the pedestal 21 is provided with a deviation prevention roller 44 (an example of the deviation prevention wheel) which is fitted between both the vertical locking plates 38 and is freely rotatable around the vertical axis 43, which is distributed to the left and right. There is. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, an inclined plate 45 for eliminating the step between the front end of each guide plate 17a, 17b and the floor surface 2 is attached to the front end of each pedestal 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each guide plate 17a,
Wheels 14a and 14 of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned are provided above 17b, respectively.
A pair of left and right guide bodies for guiding b, 15a, 15b to the transport surface 16
47a and 47b are provided. These guides 47a, 47b
Are short tubes that are respectively supported by the floor surface 2 and project above the respective guide plates 17a and 17b.
Is gradually narrowed toward the starting ends of the roller conveyors 12a and 12b. These guides 47a, 47b
Both ends of are fixed to the floor surface 2 with bolts and nuts 48.

The operation of the above structure will be described below.
As shown by the phantom line A in FIG. 5, the driver drives the vehicle to be cleaned 3 and gets into the starting ends of the two roller conveyors 12a and 12b. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, when the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is displaced to the left or right, the front wheels 14 of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned are displaced.
a, 14b pass from the floor surface 2 through both inclined plates 45 and both guide plates 17a,
While riding on 17b, the side surface of one front wheel 14a contacts one guide body 47a and moves laterally while being guided from one to the other. Along with this, the other front wheel 14b also laterally moves from one side to the other, and both guide plates 17a, 17b laterally move from the neutral position A to the other B as shown by the phantom line in FIG. Therefore, the lateral displacement of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is smoothly corrected. Then, after the front wheels 14a, 14b have passed over the guide plates 17a, 17b, the respective guide plates 17a, 17b
Is the neutral position A due to the biasing force of the first tension spring 30.
Return to. In this way, the left-right deviation is automatically corrected, so that the driver can accurately move the vehicle to be cleaned 3 on both roller conveyors.
It is possible to get into the starting ends of 12a and 12b. After that, the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is stopped, and both roller conveyors 12a,
By driving 12b, the vehicle 3 to be washed is washed in the car wash machine body 1 while being transported.

Also, as shown in FIG. 7, when the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is displaced to the other side, similarly, the side surface of one front wheel 14a comes into contact with the other guide body 47b and is guided from the other side to the one side. Move sideways. Along with this, the other front wheel 14b also laterally moves from the other to one, and both guide plates 17a, 17b laterally move from the neutral position A to one C as shown by the phantom line in FIG. Therefore, the left-right deviation of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is smoothly corrected, and then the guide plates 17a, 17b
Is the neutral position A due to the urging force of the second tension spring 31.
Return to.

When the vehicle to be cleaned 3 passes over the guide plates 17a and 17b, its weight is dispersed by the guide plates 17a and 17b and is supported by the support rollers 22, 23 and 24. It is possible to reduce an unbalanced load acting on any of the support rollers 22, 23, 24.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, since the pressing ball bearing 42 is engaged with the horizontal locking plate 39 from above, when the vehicle 3 to be cleaned passes over both guide plates 17a and 17b. It is possible to prevent the guide plates 17a and 17b from being lifted up by a shock or the like. Further, as the guide plates 17a and 17b move to the left and right, the pressing ball bearing 42 moves toward the shaft center 41.
Since it idles around the axis in the left-right direction, smooth misalignment correction is not hindered.

Further, the misalignment preventing rollers 44 are both vertical locking plates.
Since it is fitted between the 38, the vehicle 3 to be cleaned has both guide plates 17
Each guide plate 17 due to impact when passing over a, 17b
It is possible to prevent the a and 17b from shifting back and forth. Further, as the guide plates 17a and 17b move to the left and right, the deviation prevention roller 44 idles around the vertical axis 43, so that smooth deviation correction is not hindered.

In addition, the support rollers 22, 23, 24 are previously mounted on the pedestal 21.
By attaching the pressing ball bearing 42, the deviation preventing roller 44 and the inclined plate 45, the supporting device 18 can be handled as a unit. In this way, the support device 18 assembled as a unit is always stocked, and the set of the support device 18 can be attached only by fixing the pedestal 21 to the floor surface 2 with the bolts and nuts 20 at the installation site. Therefore, the mounting work of the support device 18 can be speeded up. Support device
After mounting 18, the guide plates 17a and 17b are brought close to the supporting devices 18 from the lateral direction, the shift prevention rollers 44 are fitted between the vertical locking plates 38, and the horizontal locking plates 39 and the support plates are supported. 29
The guide plates 17a and 17b can be easily mounted on the supporting devices 18 by inserting the pressing ball bearings 42 between the guide plates 17a and 17b.

Further, in the above embodiment, since both the vertical locking plate 38 and the horizontal locking plate 39 are formed on the locking member 37,
It is possible to reduce the number of parts and save the assembly work.
In the above embodiment, the guide plates 17a, 17b are inclined, but the guide plates 17a, 17b are formed horizontally at the same level as the conveying surface 16, and the front ends of the guide plates 17a, 17b and the floor surface 2 are formed. The step may be eliminated by the inclined plate 45.

Although the tension springs 30 and 31 are provided as an example of the urging device in the above embodiment, they may be air cylinders or hydraulic cylinders. In the above embodiment, the guide bodies 47a, 47b
Are attached and fixed to the floor surface 2, respectively,
One end of 47a, 47b may be attached to the inclined plate 45, and the other end may be attached to the side frame of each roller conveyor 12a, 12b.

In the above embodiments, the rollers 22, 23, 24 and 44 are used as an example of the support wheel body and the shift prevention wheel body, but ball bearings may be used for these rollers. Also,
As an example of a press ring, a press ball bearing 42
However, a roller may be used instead.

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. A single roller conveyor 61, which is an example of a transfer device, is provided on the floor surface 2, and the width of the transfer surface of the roller conveyor 61 is set wider than the vehicle width of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. One guide plate 63 is provided in front of the roller conveyor 61.
Are provided via a support device 18. Above the guide plate 63, a pair of left and right guide bodies 64a and 64b are provided.

According to this, when the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is displaced to the left or right when getting into the starting end of the roller conveyor 61, the side surface of one front wheel 14a is one guide member 64.
It comes into contact with a and moves laterally while being guided from one side to the other side. Along with this, the other front wheel 14b also moves laterally from one side to the other side, and as shown by the phantom line in FIG.
63 laterally moves from the neutral position A to the other B. Therefore,
The lateral displacement of the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is smoothly corrected.

Further, in this embodiment, since the number of the guide plates 63 is one and the number of the guide bodies 64a, 64b is reduced to the left and right, the installation work at the installation site is shortened as compared with the first embodiment. .

In each of the above embodiments, the roller conveyors 12a and 12b and the roller conveyor 61 are mentioned as an example of the conveying device, but they may be a belt conveyor or a chain conveyor.

[0033]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle to be washed is self-propelled and is loaded into the transporting device and the vehicle to be washed is displaced to the left or right, the front wheels of the vehicle to be washed. Rides on the guide plate from the floor surface, and is guided by the guide body to move laterally from one side to the other side. Along with this, the guide plate laterally moves from the neutral position to the other side, so that the lateral displacement of the vehicle to be cleaned is smoothly corrected. Then, after the wheels of the vehicle to be cleaned pass over the guide plate, the guide plate returns to the neutral position by the urging force of the urging device. Further, since the vehicle weight of the vehicle to be washed is dispersed by the guide plate and supported by the supporting device,
It is possible to reduce an unbalanced load acting on the supporting device.

Further, by attaching the support wheel body to the mount in advance, the support device can be handled as a unit. Therefore, it is possible to mount the supporting device set by simply stocking the supporting device with the supporting wheels attached to the mounting base and fixing the mounting base to the floor surface at the installation site. Therefore, the mounting work of the supporting device can be speeded up. Further, since the floating prevention device is provided, it is possible to prevent the guide plate from being lifted due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the pressing wheel is engaged with the locking body from above, the guide plate is prevented from rising due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate. It can be prevented. Further, as the guide plate moves to the left and right, the pressing wheel body idles in the left and right directions around the axis, so that smooth misalignment correction is not hindered.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the guide plate from being displaced in the front-rear direction due to an impact or the like when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the shift preventing wheel is fitted between the pair of front and rear locking bodies, the guide plate shifts back and forth due to an impact when the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the guide plate. Can be prevented. Further, as the guide plate moves to the left and right, the deviation prevention wheel body idles around the vertical axis, so smooth deviation correction is not hindered.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a guide plate of a car wash machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow XX in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a configuration of a car wash machine.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a configuration of a car wash machine.

FIG. 6 is a plan view for explaining the movement of the guide plate when the vehicle to be cleaned is displaced to one side.

FIG. 7 is a plan view for explaining the movement of the guide plate when the vehicle to be cleaned is displaced to the other side.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a guide plate of a car wash machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Car wash main body 2 Floor surface 3 Vehicles to be cleaned 12a, 12b Roller conveyors (transporters) 14a, 14b Front wheels 16 Transport surfaces 17a, 17b Guide plate 18 Support device 19 Transport path 21 Stand 22, 23, 24 Support rollers (support wheels) Body) 30, 31 Tension spring (biasing device) 35 Lifting prevention device 36 Displacement prevention device 38 Vertical locking plate (locking body) 39 Horizontal locking plate (locking body) 42 Holding ball bearing (holding ring) ) 44 Displacement prevention rollers (displacement prevention wheels) 47a, 47b Guide body 61 Roller conveyor (conveyor) 63 Guide plates 64a, 64b Guide body A Neutral position

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A stationary car washer body is provided on a floor surface, and a carrying device is provided for carrying a vehicle to be washed into the car wash body from the front and carrying it out from the car wash body to the rear. A guide plate continuing from the floor surface to the start end of the transfer surface of the transfer device, and a support device for supporting the guide plate horizontally movable in a direction orthogonal to the transfer path of the transfer device on the floor surface. , A urging member for urging the guide plate to a neutral position, the pedestal on which the support device is mounted and fixed on the floor, and a plurality of units mounted on the gantry to support the guide plate. Support wheels, and these support wheels are rotatably arranged around an axis in the same direction as the transfer path. Above the guide plate, the wheels of the vehicle to be cleaned are transferred to the transfer surface of the transfer device. Fix a pair of left and right guides that guide the Formed gradually narrower toward the end,
A car wash machine characterized in that a lifting prevention device for preventing lifting of the guide plate is provided between the gantry and the guide plate. 2. A floating prevention device is provided, which is provided on a guide plate, and which is provided on a pedestal so as to be freely engageable with the engaging body from above and to rotate around an axis in the same direction as the conveying path. The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the car wash machine is configured with a free pressing wheel body. 3. The car wash machine according to claim 1, further comprising a shift prevention device provided between the pedestal and the guide plate for preventing the guide plate from shifting in the front-rear direction. 4. A displacement prevention device, which is provided on a guide plate and a pair of front and rear locking bodies, is mounted on a pedestal, and is fitted between the both locking bodies so as to be freely rotatable around the vertical axis. The car washer according to claim 3, wherein the car washer is configured with a wheel body.