JPH08131383A - Electric floor polisher having detergent injection mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To allow a detergent to flow down on a floor surface polished presently with a brush and inside the brush. CONSTITUTION: A driver 3 is mounted on a base 2 and a brush base 5 planted with brushes 4 is fastened on a brush plate mounting metal 6, which 6 is coupled to the driver 2 and a detergent supply hole 21 is cut into the brush plate mounting metal 6 to insert a detergent pipe 22 through the base 2. Thus, a detergent from the detergent pipe 22 is introduced into the brush plate mounting metal 6 and supplied to the brushes 4 and a floor surface inside it from the detergent supply hole 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric floor polisher having a detergent injection mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, an electric floor polisher C having a conventional detergent injection mechanism has a drive unit 3 mounted on a base 2 and a brush base 5 on which a brush 4 is planted and a brush plate mounting bracket 6 mounted thereon. The brush plate mounting bracket 6 is coupled to the drive shaft 7 of the drive unit 3 and rotated, and the detergent supply hole 5a is formed in the brush base 5 and the detergent pipe 22 is inserted into the base 2. There is. Then, with the electric floor polisher C having a detergent injection mechanism, the detergent 23 from the detergent tank (not shown) provided on the base 2 is dropped from the detergent pipe 22 to the upper surface 5b of the brush base 5, and the detergent supply hole is further provided. 5a
The detergent 23 is dropped onto the floor surface 8 to brush the floor surface 8 with the brush 4.
Was washed in.

[0003]

However, in the electric floor polisher C having the above-mentioned conventional detergent injection mechanism, the brush base 5 actually rotates, so that it falls on the upper surface 5b of the brush base 5. The detergent 23 does not pass through the detergent supply hole 5a, flows through the upper surface 5b of the brush base 5 by the centrifugal force, and is scattered from the outer periphery of the brush base 5 to the outside, and does not flow down to the floor 8 currently brushed by the brush 4, and in some cases, The detergent 23 scatters on the wall surface and stains the wall surface. In particular, since the rotation of the brush base 5 is increased in order to enhance the cleaning efficiency of the electric floor polisher having the detergent injection mechanism in recent years, the detergent 23 is even more likely to be scattered. For this reason, there is also a product in which a rubber plate is provided on the outer periphery of the base 2 to prevent the detergent 23 from splashing. However, the cleaning efficiency is poor because the detergent 23 does not flow down to the floor 8 which is actually being brushed. It has become a thing.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a detergent injecting mechanism capable of increasing the washing efficiency by allowing the detergent to flow down to the floor surface currently being brushed or the inner center portion thereof by a brush. An object is to provide an electric floor polisher having the same.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electric floor polisher having a detergent injection mechanism of the present invention comprises:
An electric floor polisher in which a driving machine is attached to a base, a brush base having brushes is fixed to a brush plate mounting bracket, and the brush plate mounting bracket is connected to the driving machine and rotated. A detergent supply hole is formed in the mounting bracket, a detergent pipe is inserted through the base, the detergent from the detergent pipe is introduced into the brush plate mounting bracket, and the detergent is supplied from the detergent supply hole to the brush. Further, a foaming machine may be provided in the brush plate mounting bracket, and further, the foaming machine has a pressing rod fixed to the case of the drive machine and a plate on the drive shaft of the drive machine. It is provided in the brush plate fitting by being loosely fitted with the sponge body facing downward.

[0006]

According to the electric floor polisher having the above-described detergent injection mechanism, the detergent that has passed through the detergent pipe on the base is dropped into the brush plate mounting bracket, and the detergent is supplied from the detergent supply hole formed therein. Does not scatter from the outer circumference of the base to the floor surface located inside the brush, or due to the centrifugal force due to the rotation of the brush plate mounting bracket, to the floor surface currently brushed by the brush,
The detergent will immediately be involved in cleaning the floor.

Further, the detergent dropped into the brush plate fitting is made into a foam by a foaming machine, and the foamed detergent is actually seen by the floor located inside the brush from the detergent supply hole or by the brush. It runs down to the floor that is being rubbed.

Further, the detergent dropped into the brush plate mounting bracket is sucked into the spongy body, and is loosely fitted to the drive shaft by the pressing rod fixed to the case of the non-rotating drive unit so that the detergent of the brush plate mounting bracket is removed. The rotation causes the entrained plate to move up and down, and the movement of this plate causes the spongy body to be squeezed up and down and returned to make the detergent foam.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an electric floor polisher having a detergent injection mechanism of the present invention. In the figure, an electric floor polisher A having a detergent injection mechanism is an electric floor polisher 1,
The electric floor polisher 1 is equipped with a detergent injecting mechanism 20 incorporated therein, and a drive unit 3 is attached to a base 2 and a brush base 5 having a brush 4 is fixed to a brush plate attachment fitting 6 to drive the drive unit 3 The brush plate mounting bracket 6 is coupled to the drive shaft 7 and is rotated.

The base 2 has a bottomed cylindrical body, and its bottom surface
A hole 11 is formed in the center of the hole 10, and the driving machine 3 is fitted into the hole 11. The drive machine 3 is configured by mounting a gear box (case) 13 under the motor 12, and the gear box 13
The rotation speed of the drive shaft 7 is set to an appropriate value.

The brush 4 is formed by bundling dozens of synthetic resin bristles, and a large number of the bundles are planted on a ring-shaped brush base 5. Therefore, the brush 4 is formed into a donut-shaped brush base 5. Since the electric floor polisher 1 is placed on the floor surface 8, the floor surface 8 located inside the brush 4 is surrounded by the brush 4. In general, the brush base 5 is generally made of wood. When the brush base 5 is made of wood, a metal brush plate 14 is attached, and further, the brush plate mounting bracket 6 is detachably screwed to the brush plate 14. are doing.

The detergent injection mechanism 20 has a detergent supply hole 21 formed in the brush plate mounting bracket 6 and a detergent pipe 22 inserted into the base 2, and the detergent 23 from the detergent pipe 22 is inserted into the brush plate mounting bracket 6. It is introduced into the interior of the brush 4, and the detergent 23 is supplied to the brush 4 from the detergent supply hole 21.

The detergent supply holes 21 are provided on the side wall 6a and the bottom plate 6b of the brush plate mounting member 6, respectively. Since these detergent supply holes 21 are located inside the brush 4, the brush plate mounting member 6 is Even if it is rotating, it is supplied to the inside of the brush 4 or to the brush 4.

The detergent pipe 22 is connected to a detergent tank provided on the base 2 or the like by a hose or a pipe, and is further connected to the detergent supply hole 21 by a pipe 24. As the pipe 24, at least a square pipe is used between the gear box 13 and the brush plate 14. The reason is gearbox 13 and brush plate
The gap with 14 is usually narrow, and a round pipe does not have a sufficient pipe cross-sectional area, resulting in an insufficient flow rate.However, if a square pipe is used, even if the gap is narrow, it can be made sufficiently long in the width direction to increase the pipe cross-sectional area and increase the flow rate. Because it can be taken.

Next, a method of using the electric floor polisher A having the above-described detergent injection mechanism will be described. First, the electric floor polisher 1 having the detergent injection mechanism 20 is carried on the floor surface 8 to be polished, the supply cock of the detergent tank is closed, and the prepared detergent 23 is put in the detergent tank. Next, the power is turned on to rotate the motor 12 of the driving machine 3, and at the same time, the supply cock is opened to supply the detergent 23 to the detergent supply pipe 22. The supplied detergent 23 passes through the pipe 24 and enters the brush plate mounting bracket 6. Since the brush plate mounting member 6 is rotating together with the brush 4, the detergent 23 flows toward the side wall 6a by centrifugal force and drops from the detergent supply hole 21 to the floor surface 8 inside the brush 4 or the brush 4. The floor surface 8 is washed by the rotating brush 4. When the cleaning of the floor surface 8 is completed, the supply cock of the detergent tank is closed, the power is turned off, the motor 12 is stopped, and the operation is finished.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention. The difference between the electric floor polisher B having this detergent injection mechanism and the embodiment shown in FIG. A foaming machine 30 is provided. This foaming machine 30 is a driving machine 3
Is provided in the brush plate mounting bracket 6 by loosely fitting the plate 32 on the drive shaft 7 of the drive unit 3 with the sponge body 33 on the lower side, and the push rod 31 on the gear box (case) 13 of Is.

There are two pressing rods 31a and 31b, each of which is threaded, and both are screwed 180 degrees apart to a mounting piece 34 fixed to the gear box 13 so that the distance to the plate 32 can be adjusted. It is like this.

The plate 32 has a metal ring shape, and the sponge body 33 is a sponge and also has a ring shape. Since the plate 32 and the sponge body 33 are in a state of being loosely fitted to the drive shaft 7 and housed in the brush plate mounting bracket 6 as described above, they are rotated together with the rotation of the brush plate mounting bracket 6. The spongy body 33 is pressed or returned by the pressing rods 31a and 31b having different lengths that do not rotate. Therefore, the detergent 23 supplied to the spongy body 33
Can be a foamy or mist-like detergent with a small amount of water. Since the other structure and operation of this embodiment are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1, the reference numerals are attached to the drawings and the description thereof is omitted.

Although only the detergent has been described in the above embodiment, other materials such as oil, liquid wax,
It may be water containing polishing sand. Further, in the above embodiment, since the detergent injection mechanism 20 of the present invention is attached to the conventional electric floor polisher 1b, the existing electric floor polisher 1b can be easily changed to the product of the present invention.

[0020]

As described in detail above, according to the electric floor polisher having the detergent injecting mechanism of the present invention, the detergent which has passed through the detergent pipe on the base is dropped into the brush plate mounting bracket, and further The detergent does not scatter from the outer periphery of the base to the outside through the detergent supply hole formed on the bottom of the base, and flows down onto the floor surface located inside the brush, or due to the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the brush plate mounting bracket, the detergent is actually cleaned. As it runs down to the floor surface, the detergent is immediately involved in cleaning the floor surface. Therefore, the detergent flows down to the floor surface that is being brushed or the center of the inside of the brush with the brush, and the detergent is not wasted to improve the cleaning efficiency, and the detergent is not scattered to the outside to stain the wall surface. . In addition, the conventional electric floor polisher can be easily modified and used.

Further, the detergent dropped into the brush plate fitting is made into a foam by the foaming machine, and the foamed detergent is actually seen by the floor located inside the brush from the detergent supply hole and the brush. It runs down to the floor that is being rubbed. Therefore, in addition to the above effects, the detergent can be foamed to reduce the water content and sent to a symmetrical object such as the floor to be cleaned. can do.

Further, the detergent dropped into the brush plate mounting member is sucked into the sponge body, and is loosely fitted to the drive shaft by the pressing rod fixed to the case of the drive unit which does not rotate due to the rotation of the brush plate mounting member. The plate is actuated in the vertical direction, and the movement of the plate causes the spongy body to be crushed in the vertical direction and returned to the original state, whereby the detergent is foamed. Therefore, in addition to the above effects, the foaming machine has a simple structure and can efficiently generate bubbles. Further, the conventional electric floor polishing machine can be modified and used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an electric floor polisher having a detergent injection mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Electric floor polisher 2 Base 3 Drive 4 Brush 5 Brush base 6 Brush plate mounting bracket 7 Drive shaft 13 Gear box (case) 20 Detergent injection mechanism 21, 5a Detergent supply hole 22 Detergent pipe 23 Detergent 30 Foamer 31 , 31a, 31b
Push rod 32 plate 33 sponge A, B, C Electric floor polisher with detergent injection mechanism

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drive unit is mounted on a base, and a brush base having brushes is fixed to a brush plate mounting bracket,
An electric floor polisher in which the brush plate mounting bracket is connected to the drive unit and rotated, wherein a detergent supply hole is formed in the brush plate mounting bracket and a detergent pipe is inserted into the base to remove the detergent. An electric floor polisher having a detergent injection mechanism, characterized in that the detergent from a pipe is introduced into the brush plate fitting and the detergent is supplied from the detergent supply hole to the brush. 2. An electric floor polisher having a detergent injection mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a foaming machine is provided in the brush plate mounting bracket. 3. In the foaming machine, a pressing rod fixed to a case of the drive machine and a drive shaft of the drive machine are loosely fitted with the plate on the top and the sponge body on the inside of the brush plate mounting bracket. An electric floor polisher having the detergent injecting mechanism according to claim 2, which is provided in the.