JPH0839035A - Washer for screw part of fitting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of work by sprinkling a turned brush through a sprinkling nozzle and making the brush wash the screw part of a fitting in the washing of the screw part of the fitting which is attached to the outlet of a barrel for beverages such as beer. CONSTITUTION:During washing, a brush 13 is sprinkled from a sprinkling nozzle 21 while the brush 13 fitted to a brush shaft 9 being rotated by the transmission of the rotation of a motor 4 to a slave pulley 14 through a conduction belt 17. A fitting 30 is inserted into a washing box 1 from a through hole 7 by an operator, while the front part of a bush 31 being held by a recessed part of a support member 8, and a screw part is fitted with it. The rear part of the bush 31 is supported by a slanted plate 19, and the screw part 40 is inserted into the brush 13. While the condition of the inside is observed through a transparent front plate 6, the fitting 30 is turned with a down tube 32 held to make the brush 13 wash the screw part 40 of the bush 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning a screw part of a fitting which is attached to the take-out part of a beverage barrel for beer or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A beer barrel fitting 30 will be described as an example of a conventional fitting of this type. It looks like Figure 6,
A bush 31 attached to a beer barrel (not shown) and a down tube 32 vertically movably inserted therein are provided.
A gas valve 33 is mounted on the top of the down tube 32, and the down tube 32 is attached to an annular flange 36 provided in the bush 31 by the gas valve spring 34.
A downward trend is given to the down tube 32 below the gas valve 33.
A beer valve 38 is arranged in the enlarged inner diameter portion 37 of 31, and the beer valve 38 is provided with a rising tendency to come into contact with the gas valve 32 by a beer valve spring 39, and a screw portion is provided on the outer periphery of the upper end of the bush 31. 40 are provided.

By the way, such fitting requires timely cleaning of the threaded portion 40 of the fitting. However, since the cleaning was carried out manually by a worker with a toothbrush, the work efficiency is poor and a large number of workers are required. ,
Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform uniform cleaning.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the problems caused by the conventional cleaning work as described above.
A fitting that does not require manual cleaning by the worker, does not stain the worker's fingers, improves work efficiency and does not require a large number of workers, and can perform uniform cleaning. To provide a screw part cleaning device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a cleaning brush is installed in a cleaning box, and the cleaning brush driving means is provided. The front plate is removably attached to the front surface of the washing box, a through hole is provided substantially in the center of the front plate, and a support member is provided from the lower part of the through hole toward the front. The brush shaft is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the support member, and both ends thereof are pivotally supported by the side plates of the cleaning box, and a pair of brushes face each other on both sides of the end of the support member of the brush shaft. And the supporting member has a vertical plate that is established from the lower part of the through hole toward the front, and a pair of swash plates that extend obliquely upward from both upper parts behind the vertical plate. The fitting block inserted into the cleaning box through the through hole. Supporting the shoe pivotally, above the brush is characterized in that the water spray means is provided. The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the front plate is formed of a transparent plate on the front surface of the washing box. Claim 3
In the invention described in claim 1 or 2, in the invention described in claim 1, the support member is a vertical plate that is established from the lower portion of the through hole toward the front, and a pair of diagonal members that extend obliquely upward from both upper rear portions of the vertical plate. The vertical plate is provided with a recess for holding the portion of the fitting bush where the threaded portion is provided, and the standing portion at the tip serves as a stopper that engages with the threaded portion. However, the swash plate serves to support both lower side surfaces of the bush.

[0006]

When cleaning by such a cleaning device, the motor is operated to transmit the rotation of the main pulley to the driven pulley by the transmission belt 17, and the brush is rotated by rotating the brush shaft. At the same time, the spray nozzle directs the brush toward the brush. Water is sprayed, and the worker inserts the fitting with the down tube into the washing box through the bush through the through hole of the front plate, and the front part of the bush is clamped by the recessed part of the vertical plate of the support member, and the screw part is attached. Stop by engaging with the upright part, the lower both sides of the rear part of the bush are supported by the swash plate, thus inserting the screw part into the brush, and the operator can check the internal situation with the transparent front plate. While observing, rotate the fitting with the down tube, clean the threaded part of the bush with a brush, and when finished, remove the fitting from the cleaning box. And then washed in the same manner the following fitting, this way to end the cleaning of all fittings, stop watering by sprinkler nozzle stops the operation of the motor.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS.
1 indicates a washing box, in which a washing brush 2 is installed,
A motor 4 for operating the cleaning brush 2 is installed on the top plate 3 of the cleaning box 1. A transparent front plate 6 is removably attached to the front surface of the washing box 1, and a through hole 7 is formed substantially in the center of the front plate 6.
Is provided, and a support member 8 is provided from the lower portion of the through hole 7 toward the front. A brush shaft 9 is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the support member 8, and both ends thereof are pivotally supported by the side plates 11 and 12 of the cleaning box 1. A pair of brushes are provided on both sides of the brush shaft 9 with the tip of the support member 8 interposed therebetween.
13 are attached to face each other, and a driven pulley 14 is attached to a portion of the brush shaft 9 projecting out of one side plate 11, and a transmission belt 17 is provided between the driven pulley 14 and a driving pulley 16 attached to the motor shaft. Is stretched. The support member 8 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the vertical plate 18 is formed from the lower part of the through hole 7 toward the front as described above, and the pair of swash plates 19 extending obliquely upward from the upper parts on the both sides behind the vertical plate 18. Has and
The vertical plate 18 is provided with a recessed portion 20 for holding the portion 41 of the bushing 31 of the fitting 30 where the threaded portion 40 is provided, and the standing portion 22 at the tip serves as a stopper that engages with the threaded portion 40. The swash plate 19 serves to support both lower side surfaces of the bush 31. Reference numeral 21 denotes a water spray nozzle installed on the top plate 3 of the cleaning box 1, which is sprayed above the brush 13 by a solenoid valve during cleaning. Instead of the motor 4, other appropriate driving means may be adopted, and the installation place thereof may be another place, and the front plate 6 may be opaque. In FIG. 3, 23 is a brush support, 24 is a brush retainer, and 25 and 26 are fixing bolts for the brush retainer and the brush retainer.

During cleaning by such a cleaning device, the motor 4 is operated to rotate the driving pulley 16 and the transmission belt 17.
Is transmitted to the driven pulley 14, and the brush shaft 9 is rotated to rotate the brush 13 and at the same time, the water spray nozzle.
Water is sprayed toward brush 13 by 21. Then, the worker inserts the fitting 30 with the down tube 32 into the washing box 1 from the bush 31 through the through hole 7 of the front plate 6, and the front portion 41 of the bush 31 is recessed in the vertical plate 18 of the support member 8.
The screw portion 40 is engaged with the upright portion 22 and stopped, and both lower side surfaces of the rear portion 42 of the bush 31 are supported by the swash plate 19, and thus the screw portion 40 is inserted into the brush 13. insert. Then, the worker rotates the fitting 30 with the down tube 32 while observing the inside condition with the transparent front plate 6, and cleans the screw portion 40 of the bush 31 with the brush 13. When the cleaning of the screw portion 40 is completed in this way, the fitting 30 is extracted from the cleaning box 1, and then the next fitting 30 is cleaned in the same manner. When the cleaning of all the fittings 30 is completed in this manner, the motor 4 The operation is stopped and the water spraying by the water spray nozzle 21 is stopped to finish the work.

[0009]

The present invention is as described above, and the invention according to claim 1 is such that the cleaning brush is installed in the cleaning box, and the driving means for the cleaning brush is provided. A front plate is removably attached to the front face of the front plate, a through hole is provided at substantially the center of the front plate, and a supporting member is provided from the lower part of the through hole toward the front, and is orthogonal to the supporting member. Brush shafts are arranged in opposite directions, both ends of which are pivotally supported by the side plates of the cleaning box, and a pair of brushes are attached facing each other on both sides of the end of the support member of the brush shaft, and the support member is It has a vertical plate established from the lower part of the through hole to the front side, and a pair of swash plates extending obliquely upward from the upper parts on both sides behind the vertical plate, by which they are inserted into the cleaning box from the through hole. The bush of the fitted fitting is rotatably supported and Since the sprinkler is installed above the brush, it does not require manual cleaning by workers, it does not stain the fingers of workers, and it improves work efficiency and requires many workers. There is an effect that more uniform cleaning can be performed without doing so. In the invention according to claim 2, in the invention according to claim 1, the front plate is formed of a transparent plate on the front surface of the washing box.
During the cleaning operation, the worker can observe the cleaning condition in the cleaning box, and the cleaning can be performed accurately. The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support member is a vertical plate that is established from the lower part of the through hole toward the front, and diagonally upward from both upper parts behind the vertical plate. And a pair of swash plates extending to the vertical plate, and the vertical plate is provided with a recessed portion for holding a portion of the fitting bush where the threaded portion is provided, and the rising portion of the tip is engaged with the threaded portion. Since the swash plate functions to support both lower side surfaces of the bush, the swash plate maintains a constant relative positional relationship between the screw part and the brush during cleaning work, making it unfamiliar. There is an effect that even a worker can perform safe and reliable cleaning.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which the front plate is removed and the transmission portion is longitudinally cut.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an operating state of the above support member.

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the above.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a fitting to be cleaned according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cleaning Box 2 Cleaning Brush 4 Motor 6 Front Plate 7 Through Hole 8 Supporting Member 9 Brush Shaft 11 Side Plate 12 Side Plate 13 Brush 18 Vertical Plate 19 Swash Plate 21 Sprinkling Nozzle 30 Fitting 31 Bushing 32 Down Tube 40 Screw Part 41 Front Part 42 Rear part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A washing brush is installed in a washing box, a driving means for the washing brush is provided, and a front plate is detachably attached to the front surface of the washing box, and the front plate is approximately at the center. A through hole is provided, a support member is provided from the lower part of the through hole toward the front, and a brush shaft is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the support member, and both ends of the brush shaft are pivotally supported on the side plate of the cleaning box. And a pair of brushes are attached so as to face each other on both sides of the end of the support member of the brush shaft,
The support member has a vertical plate that is established from the lower part of the through hole toward the front, and a pair of swash plates that extend obliquely upward from both upper rear parts of the vertical plate, by which the cleaning is performed from the through hole. A fitting screw part cleaning device, wherein a fitting bush inserted in a box is rotatably supported and a water sprinkling means is installed above the brush. 2. The screw part cleaning device for fitting according to claim 1, wherein the front plate is formed of a transparent plate on the front surface of the cleaning box. 3. The support member has a vertical plate that is established from the lower part of the through hole toward the front, and a pair of swash plates that extend obliquely upward from both upper rear parts of the vertical plate. Has a recess at its tip that holds the threaded part of the bushing of the fitting, the upright part of the tip acts as a stopper that engages the threaded part, and the swash plate is on both lower sides of the bushing. The screw part cleaning device for a fitting according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it serves to support the surface.