JPH08323313A - Mat cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a mat cleaner capable of easily washing the floor mats of automobiles by sweeping out the stains of the mats and efficiently suck sand and dust in washing of the floor mats. CONSTITUTION: This mat cleaner is successively provided with a first feed roller 5, a cleaner means 6 consisting of a pair of upper and lower washing brushes 6a and 6b holding the mat therebetween and a second feed roller means 10 having dust suction ports 9 along the progressing passage for the mats.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mat cleaner suitable for cleaning floor mats, particularly carpet mats, which are laid on the floor surface of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional carpet mat cleaner, cleaning water is sprayed onto a carpet mat to clean the mat, and the cleaning water attached to the mat is removed by a dewatering roller.

[0003]

The recent automobile mats are inconvenient to use when they are wet with washing water, and the carpet mats have long hairs so that the washing water can be sufficiently dehydrated even by using a squeezing roller. There were problems such as not being available.

Further, depending on how dirty the mat is, it may be desirable to perform dry cleaning without using cleaning water rather than wet cleaning with cleaning water.

An object of the present invention is to solve these problems and to provide a mat cleaner capable of sweeping out dirt on a mat and efficiently sucking dust to easily clean the mat.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a first feed roller means for the mat along the path of movement of the mat, and a cleaner means for the mat comprising a cleaning brush for dry cleaning. A second feed roller means having a dust suction port is sequentially arranged.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
3 through FIG.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mat cleaner according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, a mat A to be cleaned is inserted into a main body 1 through a mat insertion port 2, dust is removed after cleaning, and a mat outlet 3 is provided. It exits the main body 1 and falls onto the cleaning mat guide net 4.

FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the main body 1.
In the inside, along the flow of the mat A to be washed, a first feeding roller means 5 composed of an upper feeding roller 5a and a lower feeding roller 5b, and a cleaner means composed of a rotating upper cleaning brush 6a and a lower cleaning brush 6b rotating in the same manner. 6 and
A second feed roller means 10 composed of a second feed roller 8 and a roller 9 having a dust suction port is sequentially arranged.

As shown in FIG. 3, the roller 9 having the dust suction port is rotatable around a suction pipe 9c having a slit-shaped elongated suction port 9b in a rotating portion composed of a plurality of rod-shaped bodies 9a. The suction pipe 9c is axially attached, and one end of the suction pipe 9c is connected to a discharge portion 9d having a swivel mechanism.
It is connected to the discharge hose 9f via e.

A shaft 9g is rotatably supported at the other end of the suction pipe 9c, and a pulley 9h is fitted to the tip of the shaft. Further, the second feed roller means 10 is formed by being biased toward the second feed roller 8 by the spring 16a.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 17 is a start foot switch, 18 is a stop switch, 19 is a forward / reverse switching switch, 20 is a blower case incorporating a suction device blower or filter, and 21 is a power cord.

First, when the start-up foot switch 17 is stepped on and activated, the motor for feeding and the blower motor for sucking dust are started, and the mat to be washed A is inserted from the mat insertion port 2 with the hair surface facing downward. Then, the mat A is fed into the main body 1 by the first feed roller means 5, and the dust and the like which are swept from the inside of the fluff by the cleaning brush, especially the lower cleaning brush 6b, are discharged from the suction port 9b of the roller 9. It is sucked and discharged through a suction pipe 9c in the direction of a blower (not shown). The mat A, which has been cleaned, falls through the mat outlet 3 into the cleaning mat guide net 4.

To stop, push the stop switch 18.

If the mat A is bitten at this time or if the user mistakenly puts the hair surface upwards, the stop switch 18 is immediately pressed to stop, and then the forward / reverse changeover switch 19 is inserted to turn the roller. Reverse. When it reverses and the mat returns, switch to the normal side again.

A mat cleaner according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the mat cleaner according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 4, the mat to be cleaned A is inserted into the main body 1'from the mat insertion port 2 and is dedusted after cleaning and the mat outlet 3 is shown. From the main body 1 ', it falls on the cleaning mat guide net 4.

FIG. 5 shows the internal structure of the main body 1 ', and in the main body 1', along the flow of the mat A to be cleaned, there is provided a first feed roller means 5 comprising an upper feed roller 5a and a lower feed roller 5b. , A dry and wet cleaning means 6'comprising a rotating upper cleaning brush 6a, a rotating lower cleaning brush 6b, an upper water spray pipe 7a and a lower water spray pipe 7b.
And a second feed roller means 10 including a second feed roller 8 and a roller 9'having a dust suction port, and an upper aperture roller 1
A dehydration squeezing roller means 11 composed of 1a and a lower squeezing roller 11b is arranged in order, and the upper squeezing roller 11a is switched between pressure attachment and detachment through a link mechanism 15 connected by a handle 12, a sprocket 13 and a chain 14. .

The roller 9'having the dust suction port is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a rotating portion composed of a plurality of rod-shaped bodies 9a is rotatably attached around a suction pipe 9c having a slit-shaped elongated suction port 9b, and one end of the suction pipe 9c has a swivel mechanism. It is connected to the attached discharge portion 9d and is connected to the discharge hose 9f through the discharge port 9e.

The other end of the suction pipe 9c has the sprocket 1
3d is fitted and rotated by connecting the chain 14b in a direction in which washing drainage does not flow from the elongated suction port 9b during wet washing. Further, the second feed roller means 10 is formed by being biased toward the second feed roller 8 by the spring 16a.

Next, a switching mechanism such as a roller for wet cleaning and dry cleaning will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

FIG. 7 shows wet cleaning, in which the handle 12 is tilted to the left in the figure.

The handle 12 is attached to the sprocket 13a. A chain 14a is hung to connect between the sprocket 13a and the sprocket 13b, and a link 15a is attached to the connected sprocket 13b.

The link 15a is an inverted L-shaped link 15b.
And the link 15b is connected to the link 15c. The link 15c is pivotally supported by a link fulcrum 15d. In addition, the upper squeezing roller 11 is almost at the center of the link 15c.
a is fixed to the lower squeezing roller 1 by a spring 16b from a connecting point between the link 15c and the link 15b.
The squeezing roller means 11 for dehydration is formed by being urged toward 1b.

The sprocket 13b is a double-layered sprocket, and the double sprocket 13b.
The other chain 14b from ´ is sprocket 13c
And sprocket 13d.

The sprocket 13d is fitted in the suction pipe 9c shown in FIG. 6, and the elongated suction port 9b faces downward so that washing waste water does not flow in.

FIG. 8 shows dry cleaning. When the handle 12 is tilted to the right side in the figure, the sprocket 1 is pulled by the chain 14a.
3b rotates the link 15a upward in the clockwise direction, pulls up the link 15b and the link 15c connected to the link 15a, and the upper squeezing roller 11a axially fixed to the link 15c moves upward to move to the mat. Release the crimped state.

Further, the sprocket 1 is sprocketed by another chain 14b which is hung on the double sprocket 13b '.
3d also rotates clockwise, and the long and narrow suction port 9b facing downward during wet cleaning rotates in a direction forming a certain angle with respect to the cleaning mat surface, and efficiently sucks dust generated from the mat surface during dry cleaning. can do.

A suction pipe 9c having the suction port 9b
Is always connected to the discharge hose via the discharge part 9d with a swivel mechanism, which saves the trouble of connecting the discharge hose each time during dry cleaning.

Furthermore, there is a hole at the end of the suction pipe 9c, which coincides with the suction pipe of the swivel mechanism only during dry cleaning.

The cleaning means 6'for both wet and dry can be used for wet cleaning or dry cleaning by controlling the water spray from the upper and lower water spray pipes 7a, 7b without switching the pair of upper and lower cleaning brushes 6a, 6b. It can be used for both.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 17 is a start foot switch, 18 is a stop switch, 19 is a forward / reverse switching switch, 20 is a blower case incorporating a suction device blower or filter, 21 is a power cord, and 22 is a drain hose. Two
3 shows a water supply hose.

First, when performing wet cleaning, the handle 12 is used.
To bring you to the front.

When the start-up foot switch 17 is stepped on and activated, the motor for feeding and the valve for sprinkling are opened, and when the mat to be cleaned A is inserted from the mat insertion port 2, the mat A is washed.
Is fed into the main body 1 by the first feed roller means 5, and while receiving the water spray from the water spray pipes 7a and 7b at the upper and lower portions, the cleaner means 6 for both dry and wet by the cleaning brushes 6a and 6b.
'Is wet-cleaned and then dehydrated from the second feed roller means 10 by the dewatering squeezing roller means 11 consisting of upper and lower squeezing rollers 11a and 11b. It falls to the guide network 4.

To stop, push the stop switch 18.

If the mat A is bitten at this time, or if the mat A which is supposed to be dry-cleaned by mistake is inserted, the stop switch 18 is immediately pressed to stop and then the forward / reverse changeover switch 19 is turned on. Reverse the roller. When it reverses and the mat returns, switch to the normal side again.

Next, in order to perform dry cleaning, the handle 12 is used.
To the back.

With the link mechanism 15 as shown in FIG.
Release the pressure of the upper squeezing roller 11a,
Thus, the suction port 9b of the roller 9'having the dust suction port is rotated upward and switched.

When the handle 12 is switched to the dry state, when the start-up foot switch 17 is stepped on, the feed motor and the blower motor for sucking dust are started, so that the mat to be washed A faces downward from the mat insertion port 2. If you insert
The mat A is fed into the main body 1 by the first feed roller means 5, and the dust and the like discharged from the inside of the fluff by the cleaning brush, especially the lower cleaning brush 6b is discharged by the roller 9 '.
Is sucked from the suction port 9b and is discharged in the blower direction (not shown) through the suction pipe 9c.

A mat cleaner according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

In FIG. 9, a cleaner / dryer cleaner means 6'comprising the first feed roller means 5, a cleaning brush and a sprinkling pipe.
Is similar to that of the second embodiment, but is characterized in that the roller below the second feed roller means can be switched to a dehydration squeezing roller means or a roller having a dust suction port.

In FIG. 10, a roller 9 having a dust suction port
It is switched by a bracket 24 sandwiching both ends of the ″ ″ and the dewatering diaphragm roller 11b ′ through a roller switching mechanism (not shown).

The third embodiment requires two operations for switching the pressing / removing direction of the roller and the two rollers by 180 °, but has the advantage of reducing the number of rollers by one.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, when cleaning a floor mat for an automobile, particularly a carpet mat, it is possible to provide a mat cleaner capable of sweeping out dirt from the mat and efficiently sucking dust to easily clean the mat. Have.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a mat cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part thereof.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a roller having the dust suction port.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a mat cleaner according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part thereof.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a roller having the dust suction port.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the switching mechanism during the wet cleaning.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the switching mechanism during the dry cleaning.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the roller means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 First Feeding Roller Means 6 Cleaner Means 6a, 6b Cleaning Brush 8 Second Feeding Roller 9 Feeding Roller Having Dust Suction Port 10 Second Feeding Roller Means

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A first feed roller means for the mat, a cleaner means for the mat formed of a cleaning brush for dry washing, and a second feed roller means having a dust suction port are sequentially arranged along a traveling path of the mat. Matte cleaner characterized by having done. 2. A first feeding roller means for the mat along the path of movement of the mat, a cleaning means for the mat and a cleaner, which comprises a cleaning brush for both dry cleaning and wet cleaning, and a second feeding having a dust suction port. A mat cleaner characterized in that a roller means and a dehydration squeezing roller means capable of switching between pressure attachment and detachment are sequentially arranged. 3. A first feed roller means for the mat, a dry / wet cleaner means for the mat comprising a cleaning brush for both dry cleaning and wet cleaning, and a dewatering squeezing roller means for switching along the advancing path of the mat. Alternatively, a mat cleaner characterized in that second feed roller means having a dust suction port are sequentially arranged. 4. The dry / wet cleaner means has a pair of upper and lower cleaning brushes sandwiching the advancing passage of the mat, and an upper sprinkler which discharges cleaning water obliquely above the upper cleaning brush toward the upper cleaning brush. The mat cleaner according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a pipe is installed and a lower sprinkling pipe for discharging washing water from diagonally below the lower cleaning brush toward the lower cleaning brush is installed. 5. The second feed roller means has a suction pipe which is always connected to a discharge hose via a discharge portion having a suction port and having a swivel mechanism, and the suction pipe rotatably provided outside the suction pipe. The mat cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the mat cleaner comprises a rotary portion formed by a plurality of rod-shaped bodies parallel to the pipe. 6. The suction port is formed elongated along the longitudinal direction of the roller, and the suction port is installed so as to always make a constant angle with respect to the surface of the cleaning mat during dry cleaning. The mat cleaner according to claim 5. 7. The dehydration squeezing roller means and the second feed roller means are rotatably pivotally mounted by a bracket at intervals in parallel with each other, and a roller switching mechanism is connected to the bracket. The mat cleaner according to claim 3.