JPH0939746A - Car washing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely wash the whole surface of an automobile regardless of the car height by providing a moving frame adapted to travel on right and left traveling rails in the longitudinal direction, and an elevating frame loaded with a water pipe with an injection nozzle. SOLUTION: An automobile C is forced to enter a designated position, and with the operation of a start switch, an elevating frame 20 is lowered through chains 24, 24 by a motor 25b to move an air box 33, a water pipe 36 and a wax pipe to designated positions to be on standby. A pump is started to supply water in a container to water pipes 34, 36 and the water is injected from an injection nozzle. Further, another motor is started, and when a moving frame 10 traveling on the travelling frames 10a, 10a in the longitudinal direction to wash both sides and the top of the automobile C reaches the forward movement limit, the water pipe 36 is set to the backward position together with the air box 33 and the wax pipe through an oscillating mechanism 40 to wash the whole surface of the automobile C.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car wash device that can easily wash a car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At a gas station, a taxi company, a car rental company, a coin car washing place, etc., a car washing device for an automobile is installed.

This is composed of left and right traveling rails attached to the upper part of a pedestal frame in which an automobile can be stored, and a moving frame that travels back and forth on the traveling rails. The moving frame is assembled in a gate shape. The water pipe with the spray nozzle is installed.

[0004] Therefore, this one automatically ejects water pumped from a pump or the like from an injection nozzle of a water pipe and causes a moving frame to run back and forth along a running rail to automatically move the entire surface of an automobile. Can be washed. In addition, the left and right traveling rails are placed on the ground,
A ground-type car wash device is also known in which a gate-shaped moving frame into which a car can be stored is installed on a traveling rail.

[0005]

According to the prior art, the water pipe only moves back and forth at a certain height position by the moving frame, so that it is suitable for a high roof type vehicle having a high vehicle height. When the height of the water pipe is set, the jet nozzle of the water pipe is too far away from the roof, trunk, bonnet, etc. of a car with a low vehicle height, and the surface of the car cannot be sufficiently washed. When the height of the water pipe is set according to the height of the vehicle having a low height, there is a problem that the height of the water pipe cannot be washed at all because the water pipe contacts the roof.

In view of the above problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to suspend an elevating frame that can be moved up and down from a moving frame, and dispose water pipes on the left and right of the moving frame.
By mounting a water pipe on the lifting frame, the water pipe can be set to an appropriate height according to the vehicle height, and the entire surface of the vehicle can be reliably washed regardless of the vehicle height. To provide a car wash device.

[0007]

The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a moving frame which travels back and forth on left and right running rails, and an elevating frame which hangs up and down from the moving frame. The gist of the present invention is to provide a water pipe with a jet nozzle disposed on the left and right of the moving frame and a water pipe with a jet nozzle mounted on the elevating frame.

A wax pipe with an injection nozzle can be arranged on the left and right sides of the moving frame, and a wax pipe with an injection nozzle can be mounted on the elevating frame.

Further, the moving frame may be equipped with a blower for draining water, and the blower may be connected to an air box having an air ejection port.

Further, the lifting frame may be mounted with an air box via a swinging mechanism, and the water pipe and the wax pipe mounted on the lifting frame may be fixed to the air box.

Further, the movable frame can be provided with guide rails on the left and right, and the elevating frame can be provided with guide rollers on the left and right that engage with the guide rails.

[0012]

According to the structure of the present invention, since the elevating frame is equipped with the water pipe with the injection nozzle and is hung up and down from the moving frame, the elevating frame is moved up and down according to the vehicle height of the entering vehicle. Therefore, the water pipe on the lifting frame can optimally set the distance from the roof of the vehicle regardless of the vehicle height of the vehicle.

If wax pipes with injection nozzles are arranged on the left and right of the moving frame, and the wax pipes with injection nozzles are mounted on the elevating frame, the water from the water pipe is used to clean the surface of the automobile and then the wax pipes are removed. Liquid wax can be jetted through to automatically wax the entire surface of the vehicle.

When the moving frame is equipped with a blower for draining water, the blower can quickly remove water remaining on the surface of the washed automobile and can be forcedly dried.

If the blower is connected to an air box with an air outlet, the air box can uniformly blow the strong wind from the blower onto the surface of the automobile.

If the air box is mounted on the lifting frame via the swing mechanism, the swing mechanism can change the spray angle of each spray nozzle of the water pipe and wax pipe integrated with the air box via the air box. As a result, a series of car washing processes including a car washing process, a waxing process, and a drying process can be performed more reliably.

By disposing guide rails on the left and right of the moving frame and providing guide rollers on the elevating frame, the elevating frame suspended from the moving frame can be safely moved through the guide rails and guide rollers without rocking. Can be raised and lowered.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The car wash device includes left and right traveling rails 10a, 1
0a, a moving frame 10 that travels back and forth, and an elevating frame 20 that hangs up and down from the moving frame 10.
Are the main members (FIG. 1). In addition, traveling rail 1
0a and 10a are fixed parallel to each other in the building B, and the floor surface F of the building B is provided with car stops S and S for stopping the automobile C at a fixed position. .

The moving frame 10 is constructed by combining vertical members 11, 11 and horizontal members 12a, 12b into an I-shape (FIG. 2). In addition, one cross member 12a is the other cross member 1a.
It is formed larger than 2b. The bogie brackets 13a and 1b are provided on the lower surfaces of both ends of the cross members 12a and 12b, respectively.
Traveling rollers 13, 13 are attached via 3a, and carriage brackets 13a, 13a are attached to both ends of the cross member 12a.
Guide rollers 14 and 14 are horizontally attached to the outer sides of 13a via bearing brackets 14a and 14a. The traveling rollers 13, 13 ...
The moving frame 10 is movably supported via the moving frame 10a, and the guide rollers 14 and 14 roll inside the running rail 10a on the cross member 12a side.
Can be run smoothly.

Both ends of a chain 15 are connected to each outer surface of the vertical members 11, 11 on the side of the horizontal member 12a.
5 is wound around sprockets 16a, 16a arranged at both ends of the traveling rail 10a. One sprocket 16a is attached to the shaft end of the motor 16,
The other sprocket 16a is rotatably attached to the front end of the traveling rail 10a via a bracket (not shown). The motor 16 is also fixed to the rear end of the traveling rail 10a via a bracket (not shown). That is, the moving frame 10 can be moved forward and backward on the running rails 10a and 10a via the chain 15 by driving the motor 16 in the forward and reverse directions.

At both ends of the vertical members 11, 11 of the moving frame 10, pillar members 17, are provided via brackets 11a, 11b.
17 is vertically installed (FIGS. 3 and 4), and one of the pillar members 17
A bendable arm 18 is connected to the upper side surface of the. The arm 18 is connected to the upper arm 18a via the pin 18b1.
And the lower arm portion 18b are rotatably connected to each other. The upper end of the upper arm portion 18a is rotatably connected to the upper portion of the pillar member 17 via the support plate 18c and the bracket 18d, and the lower end of the lower arm portion 18b is rotatably connected to the bracket 18e fixed to the floor surface F. It is connected. Therefore, when the moving frame 10 travels back and forth on the running rails 10a and 10a, the arm 18 can follow the moving frame 10 by changing the bending angle.

The elevating frame 20 is composed of vertical members 21, 21 and horizontal members 22 combined in a gate shape (FIGS. 1 and 5). Guide rollers 23, 2 are provided on the upper and lower portions of the rear surface of each vertical member 21 via brackets 23a, 23a, respectively.
3 are attached so as to project to the left and right of the elevating frame 20. Further, one end of a chain 24 that is folded back up and down is connected to the upper bracket 23a and the lower bracket 23a of each vertical member 21, respectively.

A shaft 25 is rotatably disposed on the lower surface of the vertical members 11, 11 of the moving frame 10 via bearings 25a, 25a (FIGS. 1 and 3). The chains 24, 24 are wound around sprockets 24a, 24a fixed to both ends of the shaft 25, and sprockets 24b, 24b arranged under the column members 17, 17. However, in FIG. 3, only one chain 24 is shown. The shaft 25 includes the bearings 25a and 25a.
a, the vertical member 11 through the brackets 25a1 and 25a1,
11 is attached to the lower surface of the sprocket 24b
Is rotatably attached to a shaft 24b1 protruding from the lower end of the column member 17 via a bracket 24b2.

Brackets 2 are provided on the lower surfaces of the vertical members 11, 11.
A motor 25b is attached via 5b1 and the shaft 25 is connected to the motor 25b via a chain 25c. Therefore, the elevating frame 20 drives the motor 25b in the forward and reverse directions so that the chains 24, 2
It can be moved up and down via 4.

A guide rail 23b is attached to each of the pillar members 17 of the moving frame 10 corresponding to the left and right guide rollers 23 of the elevating frame 20 (FIGS. 3 and 6). The guide rail 23b is formed in a U-shaped cross section, and has upper, middle and lower brackets 23b1 and 23b.
It is fixed to the front side of the pillar 17 via b1. An auxiliary roller 23c is attached to the guide roller 23. The auxiliary roller 23c is arranged so that its rotation axis is orthogonal to the rotation axis of the guide roller 23.
Combined in 3. The guide roller 23 and the auxiliary roller 23c can roll inside the guide rail 23b to guide the elevating frame 20. That is, the lifting frame 20 includes the guide rails 23b, 23b.
It is possible to stably move up and down along the.

The moving frame 10 has blowers 31, 31
... is installed (Fig. 1). Left and right blowers 31, 31
Is installed on the moving frame 10 via the brackets 31a and 31a with the discharge port facing downward, and the blower 31 in the middle is installed with the discharge port facing sideways via the bracket 31a.

The left and right blowers 31, 31 are connected to air boxes 32, 32 which are arranged facing each other on the left and right of the moving frame 10 via duct hoses 31b, 31b (FIGS. 3 and 7). However, only one of the air boxes 32 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 7. Each air box 3
2 is formed in a vertically long box shape, and an air inlet 32a is opened at the upper end surface. An air ejection port 32b is opened vertically on the inner side surface of the air box 32, and straightening vanes 32c, 32 are provided on both sides of the air ejection port 32b.
c is attached. The air box 32 is fixed to the rear surface side of the pillar member 17 of the moving frame 10 via a pair of upper and lower brackets 32d, 32d, and the air introduction port 32a.
A duct hose 31b from a blower 31 is connected to the. The air box 32 can uniformly eject the strong wind from the blower 31 from the air ejection port 32b.
The straightening vanes 32c and 32c prevent the air from the air ejection port 32b from being excessively dispersed.

The blower 31 in the middle is a duct hose 31.
Air box 3 mounted on the lifting frame 20 via b
3 (FIGS. 1 and 5). Air box 33
Is formed in a horizontally long box shape, and an air introduction port 33a is opened on the upper surface. An air ejection port 33b is opened on the lower surface of the air box 33 similarly to the air box 32, and the air rectifying plates 33c, 3c are provided at the air ejection port 33b.
3c is attached. The air box 33 is attached to the horizontal member 22 of the elevating frame 20 via the left and right brackets 33d, 33d and the swing mechanism 40. Therefore, the air box 33 can uniformly eject the strong wind from the blower 31 from the air ejection port 33b.

Water pipes 3 are provided on the left and right of the moving frame 10.
4, 34 and wax pipes 35, 35 are provided (FIGS. 1 and 8). However, in FIG.
Only 4 is shown. A water pipe 36 and a wax pipe 37 are mounted on the elevating frame 20 (FIGS. 5 and 8).

Each water pipe 34 has an injection nozzle 34a,
34a ... Are arranged inward (FIG. 8), and the water pipe 36 includes the injection nozzles 36a, 36 including the bent portions at both ends.
are arranged downward. Also, the water pipe 34,
36, 34 are connecting pipes 34b, 34b, connecting hose 34
are connected in this order to the pump P1 via the c, 34c ..., The pump P1 transfers the water W in the container Y1 to the water pipe 3
It can be pumped to 4, 36, 34. Similarly, spray nozzles 35a, 35a are arranged inward on each wax pipe 35, and spray nozzles 37a, 37a ... Are arranged downward on the wax pipe 37. The wax pipes 35, 37, 35 are connected to the connecting pipes 35b, 35.
b, connecting hoses 35c, 35c ... In this order, they are connected to the pump P2. The pump P2 transfers the liquid wax WX in the container P2 to the wax pipes 35, 37, 35.
Can be pumped to.

The left and right water pipes 34, 34 and the wax pipes 35, 35 are paired with each other to form the moving frame 1.
It is fixed to the air box 32 arranged at 0 (FIGS. 1 and 7). The water pipe 34 is attached to the upper and lower parts of the air box 32 with respect to the brackets 34e and 34e,
It is fixed via U bolts 34f and 34f. Further, the wax pipe 35 is provided on the air box 32,
It is fixed to the brackets 35e, 35e attached to the lower portion via U bolts 35f, 35f. However,
In FIG. 7, a bracket 34 on top of the air box 32 is shown.
Only e, 35e and U bolts 34f, 35f are shown.

The water pipe 36 includes brackets 36c and 36.
c, the U-bolt 36d, 36d, the lifting frame 20
It is fixed to the side surface of the upper air box 33 (Fig. 5,
(FIG. 9). Similarly, the wax pipe 37 is attached to the bracket 3
It is fixed to the lower slope of the air box 33 via 7c, 37c and U bolts 37d, 37d.

The connecting hoses 34c and 35c for connecting the water pipes 34, 36 and 34 and the wax pipes 35, 37 and 35 to the pumps P1 and P2 are the brackets 18f and 1f.
8f ..., U bolts 18f1, 18f1 ..., 18f2, 1
It is fixed to the arm 18 via 8f2 ... (FIG. 4).

Swing mechanism 4 attached to the air box 33
0 is a motor 41, a shaft 42, a bearing 43, a bracket 44
(Fig. 5). The motor 41 is a motor with a reducer, and is fixed to the lower surface of the cross member 22 of the moving frame 20. The output shaft of the motor 41 is connected to one bracket 33d of the air box 33. A bearing 43 is attached to a fixed bracket 44 which is vertically provided on the horizontal member 22 so as to face the output shaft of the motor 41, and a short shaft 42 is rotatably attached to the bearing 43. The shaft 42 is connected to the other bracket 33d of the air box 33. Therefore, the swinging mechanism 40 uses the motor 4
By rotating 1 in the forward and reverse directions, the air box 33 is swung back and forth, and the air ejection port 33 of the air box 33 is rotated.
b, the injection nozzles 36a, 36a of the water pipe 36, and the injection nozzles 37a, 37a of the wax pipe 37, the forward position (solid line in FIG. 9), the downward position (chain line in the same figure), the backward position (the same figure). It is possible to switch to the injection angle of the two-dot chain point.

The operation of the car wash device is as follows.

First, the movable frame 10 is made to stand by at the backward limit, and the elevating frame 20 is made to wait at the upward limit. Further, the air box 33, the water pipe 36, and the wax pipe 37 stand by at the frontward position.

Subsequently, the tire of the car C is stopped by the car S,
When the vehicle C is correctly stored in the building B so as to come into contact with S (FIG. 10) and a start switch (not shown) is operated, the motor 25b causes the chain 24, 24 to move the lifting frame 20 at the upper limit. Lower, air box 3
3. The water pipe 36 and the wax pipe 37 are moved to a set position corresponding to the vehicle height of the automobile C and are on standby (solid line and chain line in FIG. 10). However, the motor 25b at this time
The vehicle height of the automobile C is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the air box 33, the water pipe 36, and the wax pipe 37 are made to stand by at the optimum set positions through the elevating frame 20.

Then, the pump P1 is activated to supply the water W in the container Y1 to the water pipes 34, 36, 34, and jet it from the jet nozzles 34a, 34a ... 36a, 36a. At the same time, the motor 25b is activated to move the lifting frame 2
0 is lowered, and when the lifting frame 20 reaches the lower limit, the lifting frame 20 is raised to the set position (see FIG. 10).
Arrow K1 direction). Therefore, the water pipe 36 is connected to the car C.
The rear surface can be cleaned.

When the elevating frame 20 reciprocates up and down, the swinging mechanism 40 activates the motor 41 to set the water pipe 36 together with the air box 33 and the wax pipe 37 to the downward position. Next, moving frame 10
Starts the motor 16 to drive the traveling rail 10
It is possible to travel forward on a and 10a (in the direction of arrow K2a in the figure). Therefore, the water pipes 34, 36, 34 can clean both side surfaces and the upper surface of the automobile C.

When the moving frame 10 reaches the forward limit,
The water pipe 36 is set to the rearward position together with the air box 33 and the wax pipe 37 via the swing mechanism 40. Subsequently, the elevating frame 20 reciprocates up and down from the set position to the lower limit (in the direction of arrow K3 in the figure), and the water pipe 36 can clean the front surface of the automobile C.

After that, the water pipe 36 is reset to the downward position together with the air box 33 and the wax pipe 37 through the swinging mechanism 40, and the moving frame 10 moves backward on the running rails 10a and 10a (the same). Both sides and the upper surface of the automobile C are rewashed by the water pipes 34, 36 and 34 (in the direction of arrow K2b in the figure).

When the moving frame 10 reaches the backward limit,
The pump P1 is stopped and the washing process of the automobile C is completed. The air box 33, the water pipe 36, and the wax pipe 37 are returned to the forward position via the swing mechanism 40.

Then, the pump P2 is started to start the container Y2.
The wax WX in the inside is supplied to the wax pipes 35, 37, 35, and the injection nozzles 35a, 35a ..., 37a, 37a.
While spraying from ..., The elevating frame 20, the swing mechanism 40, and the moving frame 10 are driven in the same order as in the cleaning process. Thus, the entire rear surface, both side surfaces, the upper surface, and the front surface of the automobile C can be waxed, and the wax process can be completed.

Next, the blowers 31, 31, ... Are activated and the air jet ports 32b, 32 of the air boxes 32, 32, 33 are activated.
By blowing strong wind from b and 33b and driving the elevating frame 20, the swing mechanism 40, and the moving frame 10 in the same manner as in the cleaning process and the wax process, excess water drops on the entire surface of the automobile C are removed by the strong wind, The drying process after car wash can be completed.

When the drying process is completed, the lifting frame 20
Raises the set position from the set position to the upper limit and returns the whole to the original standby state.

In the above description, the blowers 31, 31, ... On the moving frame 10 are intended to forcibly dry the surface of the automobile C, and the number of the blowers 31, 31 mounted on the moving frame 10, the blowing capacity, etc. are arbitrarily changed. can do. For example, if you have a large capacity blower, 1 on the moving frame 10.
A pedestal may be mounted and branched and connected to the air boxes 32, 32, 33. Also, the water W sent by the pump P1
May be a solution containing detergent.

Instead of the building B, the traveling rails 10a and 10a may be attached to an appropriate pedestal frame into which a car C can be stored. Further, the water pipes 34, 34 may be provided with a drain valve at their lower ends in order to discharge the water remaining inside when the cleaning process is completed. The same applies to the wax pipes 35, 35.

The entire operation sequence can be arbitrarily switched and selected via an operation switch (not shown). For example, one or both of the wax process and the drying process may be omitted. Further, the water pipes 34, 34 and the wax pipes 35, 35 may be provided with electromagnetic valves on their respective tops so that the operation is stopped when the elevating frame 20 elevates the front and rear parts of the automobile C. . further,
The forward limit of the moving frame 10 may also be optimally set according to the total length of the vehicle C by detecting the front end of the vehicle C via an appropriate sensor.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the moving frame that moves forward and backward on the left and right traveling rails and the elevating frame that mounts the water pipe with the injection nozzle, Since the water pipe on the frame can be set to the optimum height according to the vehicle height of the entering car, regardless of the height of the car, the entire surface of the car can be reliably washed. It has an excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view of the entire configuration.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part (1).

FIG. 3 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of essential parts.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part (2).

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part (3)

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

FIG. 8 Piping system diagram

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line ZZ of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Moving frame 10a ... Traveling rail 20 ... Elevating frame 23 ... Guide roller 23b ... Guide rail 31 ... Blower 32, 33 ... Air box 32b, 33b ... Air ejection port 34, 36 ... Water pipe 35, 37 ... Wax pipe 34a, 35a, 36a, 37a ... Injection nozzle 40 ... Swing mechanism

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A moving frame that moves forward and backward on left and right running rails, an elevating frame that hangs up and down freely from the moving frame, and water pipes with jet nozzles that are arranged on the left and right of the moving frame. And a water pipe equipped with a jet nozzle mounted on the elevating frame. 2. The moving frame is provided with wax pipes with injection nozzles on the left and right, and the elevating frame is
The car wash device according to claim 1, further comprising a wax pipe having an injection nozzle. 3. The car wash apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the movable frame is equipped with a blower for draining water. 4. The car wash apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the blower is connected to an air box having an air ejection port. 5. The elevating frame mounts the air box via a swinging mechanism, and the water pipe and wax pipe mounted on the elevating frame are fixed to the air box. 4. The car wash device according to 4. 6. The moving frame has guide rails disposed on the left and right, and the elevating frame includes guide rollers on the left and right that engage with the guide rails. The car wash device according to any one of the above.