JPH10323632A - Disk washer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To wash many disks completely while a productivity is improved by a method wherein both surfaces of many disks are simultaneously washed, and both surfaces are washed with washing liquid rotating. SOLUTION: A disk washer for washing a donut type disk, is equipped with a holder 2 wherein many disks are held in a plurality of lines, and stopped on an intermittent transfer conveyor 1 according to its part, a drive means 50 rotating the disk 3, and a rotary wiping off means 51 composed of a rotary brush which is guided between mutual disks 3 from another position when the disk 3 is rotated with the drive means 50, and is rotated by coming in contact with mutual side surfaces of the disks 3. Then, a spary means is provided wherein washing liquid is supplied to the rotary wiping off means 51 when the disk 3 is rotated with the drive means 50. The spray means is a spray nozzle which is connected to a warm water pipe line, and injects warm water at a specific hydraulic pressure, and supplies warm water at a specific hydraulic pressure, and supplies warm water generally more uniformly to the rotary wiping off means 51 composed of the rotary brush.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning process for a donut-shaped fixed disk having a center hole, such as a magnetic disk (memory disk) made of aluminum alloy or a spacer disk used for annealing a magnetic disk. The present invention relates to a disk cleaning apparatus for performing the above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a disk of this type has been proposed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-20778. The cleaning apparatus proposed in the above publication includes a cleaning process having a carry-in section on one side and a carry-out section on the other, and a conveyor for horizontally supporting and transporting a disk from the carry-in section toward the carry-out section. Rooms are set up. In the cleaning processing chamber, three holding rolls for holding the transported disk horizontally while rotating it while slightly lifting it from the conveyor, three movable arms supporting each holding roll, and the disk A jetting means is provided for sequentially blowing a high-pressure cleaning liquid and high-pressure air toward the disk while being held and rotated by each holding roll.

[0003]

The above-described conventional cleaning apparatus has been proposed for cleaning a donut-shaped disk component mainly used for automobile parts.
For example, when the cleaning apparatus is used for cleaning a magnetic disk or a spacer disk used to obtain a desired flatness and surface accuracy when the magnetic disk is annealed, there are the following problems. Was. First, since each of the holding rolls has a structure for holding one disk, a plurality of disks cannot be washed in parallel, and productivity is extremely low. . Secondly, since the cleaning device rotates the disk while spraying a high-pressure cleaning liquid and high-pressure air on the disk in order, the magnetic disk and the spacer disk are not sufficiently cleaned.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly productive disk cleaning apparatus by efficiently cleaning a large number of disks in parallel. It is another object of the present invention to provide a disk cleaning apparatus capable of cleaning the surface of the disk and the inner diameter portion (the inner peripheral portion of the center hole) of the disk more sufficiently.

[0005]

A disk cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is configured as follows to solve the above-mentioned problems. In other words, the disk cleaning device according to claim 1 comprises: a holder 2 for holding a plurality of donut-shaped disks 3 in a vertical position in a state of being overlapped in parallel with a horizontal direction at predetermined intervals and rotatably; A driving means 50 for rotating the disk 3, and when the disk 3 is rotated by the driving means 50, the disk 3 is guided from another position between the disks 3 and rotates while being in contact with the side surfaces of the disks 3. A rotating wiping unit 51 comprising a rotating brush or a rotating roll; and a spraying unit 52 for supplying a cleaning liquid to the rotating wiping unit 51 when the disk 3 is rotated by the driving unit 50. And that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the disk cleaning apparatus according to the first aspect, the driving means 50 for rotating the disk 3 comes into contact with and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk, and the disk 3 A drive roll for rotating the disk 3 when the disk 3 comes into contact with the drive frame. The drive means 50 comprising the drive roll, the rotary wiping means 51 and the spray means 52 are attached to a movable frame 54 which moves up and down along a predetermined guide 55. The movable frame 54 is moved from a predetermined high level position to the driving unit 5.
0 is in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3, and the rotary wiping means 51 is guided between the disks 3, and the actuator 53 is moved to a level position where the spraying means 52 faces above the rotary wiping means 51. It is characterized by being lifted up and down.

A disk cleaning apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the holder 2 holds a plurality of donut-shaped disks 3 in a vertical position in a state of being overlapped in parallel with a horizontal direction at predetermined intervals and rotatably; Driving means 60 for rotating the disk 3, and when the disk 3 is rotated by the driving means 60, the outer peripheral portion is in contact with the inner peripheral portion of each of the disks 3, and is inserted into the center hole 30 of each of the disks 3. A slide wiping unit 61 composed of a circular brush or a roll inserted or removed from the side; and a spray unit 62 for supplying a cleaning liquid to the slide wiping unit 61 when the drive unit 60 rotates the disk 3. And, it is characterized by having.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the disk cleaning apparatus of the third aspect, the driving means 60 for rotating the disk 3 contacts and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and the disk is rotated. 3 is a drive roll for rotating the disk 3 at the time of contact with the drive roll 3, and a drive means 60 comprising the drive roll and a spray means 62
The movable frame 6 which moves up and down along a predetermined guide 65
The movable frame 64 is mounted on the slide wiping unit 61 when the driving unit 60 comes into contact with the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 from a predetermined high level position and the spraying unit 62 performs the insertion and removal operation. Is moved up and down by the actuator 63 up to the level position facing upward.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a disk cleaning apparatus provided at an intermittent transfer conveyor and a predetermined stop position of the intermittent transfer conveyor, the first cleaning comprising the disk cleaning apparatus according to the first or second aspect. Unit 5 and the first cleaning unit 5
And a second cleaning unit 6 comprising a disk cleaning device according to claim 3, which is provided at a stop position behind the intermittent transfer conveyor 1. It is characterized in that the holders 2 are supported in a horizontal posture and transferred in a state of being arranged in parallel in the width direction of the transfer conveyor 1 at predetermined intervals.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the disk cleaning apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the holder 2 comprises a plurality of rotatable pairs of supports for supporting the plurality of disks 2 in a plurality of rows. It is characterized by having a roller 23.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the disk cleaning apparatus according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the holder is provided at a stop position behind the second cleaning section 6 of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1. A rinsing unit 7 for rinsing each of the disks 3 supported by the holder 2 is provided. At a stop position behind the rinsing unit 7 of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1, each of the rinsing units 7 is supported by the holder 2. A drying unit 8 for drying the disc 2 is provided.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the disk cleaning apparatus according to the seventh aspect, the drying unit 8 includes a driving unit 80 for rotating the disk 3.
And air blow means 81 for blowing hot air onto the disk 2.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a disk cleaning apparatus according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. First Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 10 show a disk cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment corresponding to the first to eighth aspects of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a disk cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2A is a partially cutaway side view of a holder for holding a disk, and FIG. FIG. 3A is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a holder positioning bush shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a partial front view of the holder shown in FIG. 2, and FIG.
5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the holder, FIG. 5 is a side view of the cleaning device according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an arrow A- in FIG.
A is a front view along A, FIG. 7 is a side view of the cleaning device according to the third and fourth aspects of the invention, FIG. 8 is a front view along arrow BB of FIG. 7, FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic front view along arrow CC of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, an intermittent transfer conveyor 1 composed of a chain conveyor is installed above the machine frame 1. The intermittent transport conveyor 1 intermittently transports from the left side to the right side of the figure by a motor 13 while horizontally supporting a holder 2 holding a number of donut-shaped disks 3. At the first stop position of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1, a standby unit 4, which is a unit for carrying the holder 2 into the cleaning device, is provided.
The first cleaning unit 5, the second cleaning unit 6, the rinsing unit 7, and the drying unit 8
Are provided in order, and an unloading section 40 having a free-rotating roller conveyor 11 is provided behind the drying processing section 8.

The holder 2 rotatably holds a number of disks 3 having a center hole 30 as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, a large number of disks 3 are configured to be held in three rows as described below. The disk 3 to be processed in this embodiment
Is a spacer disk used as a spacer for magnetic disks made of an aluminum alloy when the magnetic disks are annealed.

Each holder 2 has a pair of parallel side frames 20, 20 each formed of a vertical plate having a flange opposed to the lower portion.
And a plurality of connecting bars 21 for connecting the side frames 20, 20.
And three pairs of support rollers 23, 23 rotatably attached to the side frames 20, 20, respectively. In this embodiment, upper support rollers 22 are further rotatably mounted diagonally above each pair of support rollers 23, 23, and each pair of support rollers 22, 2223, 23.
Thus, the row-shaped disks 2 are rotatably held. Upper central pair of support rollers 22, 22
, And each pair of support rollers 22 before and after that share one support roller 22, respectively.

Each of the support rollers 22 and 23 has a pitch bar structure. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a shaft 24 rotatably attached to each side frame 20 by a bearing 26, and the same size at both ends. It has a flange-like spacer 25a,
Numerous rollers 2 closely mounted on the shaft 24
The outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 is inserted and held between the spacers 25a. At the top of each side frame 20, each pair of support rollers 22, 2
The notches 28 are formed so that the center holes 30 of the discs 3 in each row held in the respective rows 3 are exposed laterally.
As shown in FIG. 2, a bush 27 for locking (or positioning) is mounted in the center of the lower part of both side frames 20 by a plurality of screws 27a so as to be embedded.

The upper traveling chain and the lower traveling chain of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 travel along guide rails 12, 14 (FIGS. 6, 8, and 10) installed below the traveling parts. A pair of transport pins 15, 15 (FIGS. 5, 7, and 9) for roughly positioning and transporting the holder 2 at predetermined intervals are attached to the intermittent transport conveyor 1, and the holder 2 is intermittent. It is supplied to the standby section 4 of FIG. 1 so as to be located between the transport pins 15 on the transfer conveyor 1.

On the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 of the standby section 4 shown in FIG.
At predetermined time intervals (time intervals slightly longer than the processing time in the first cleaning unit 5, the second cleaning unit 6, the rinsing unit 7, and the drying unit 8) in the state along the width direction as described above. Supplied to When the holder 2 is supplied to the standby unit 4, a sensor 43 installed on the side of the standby unit 4 detects this, and each time this detection is performed, the shutter 42 between the standby unit 4 and the first cleaning unit 5 is activated. Upper actuator (air cylinder)
While the shutter 42 is opened and closed by the shutter 41, the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 is operated by the motor 13 one pitch at a time. Each time the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 operates by one pitch, the holder 2 moves from the standby section 4 to the first cleaning section 5 and the second
The cleaning unit 6, the rinsing unit 7, the drying unit 8, and the carry-out unit 9 are sequentially transferred.

The holder 2 includes a first cleaning unit 5, a second cleaning unit 6,
Each time it is transferred to the drying section 8, the lock pins 16 (FIGS. 6, 8, and 10) installed on both sides of the conveyor traveling portion are
Holder 2 by actuator (air cylinder) 17
Is inserted into the locking bushing 27 on both sides of the holder 2 so that the holder 2 is accurately positioned and locked onto the intermittent transfer conveyor 1. I have. Each lock pin 16
After the time (for example, 1 to 5 minutes) necessary for completing the processing in each of the units 5 to 8 elapses, the actuators 17 are retracted to release the lock of the holder 2.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first cleaning unit 5 of this embodiment holds a large number of disks 3 in a plurality of rows in the above-described state, and stops on the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 at the relevant position. A holder 2, a drive means 50 for rotating the disk 3, and a guide between the disks 3 from other positions when the disk 3 is rotated by the drive means 50; When the disk 3 is rotated by the driving means 50,
A spray unit 52 for supplying a cleaning liquid to the rotary wiping unit 51.

In this embodiment, the drive means 50 for rotating the disk 3 is a drive roll which contacts and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and rotates the disk 3 when it comes into contact with the disk 3. The drive rolls are arranged above and corresponding to the respective rows of the disks 3, and a portion corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 is made of rubber or other member having a large coefficient of friction, so that a portion corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 has a larger friction coefficient. It has a large diameter.

The rotary wiping means 51 composed of a rotary brush is
When guided between the discs 3, they are configured to contact the side surfaces of the discs, and the number of rotating brushes provided is one more than the number of discs 3 in a row. As shown in FIG. 6, each of these rotating brushes is arranged at an upper position between adjacent disks 3 and at an upper position on the side of the disk 3 at both ends. The brush portion of the rotating brush is densely implanted with animal hair or a soft nylon thread having a wire diameter of 0.05 to 2.0 mm. When a rotary roll is used for the rotary wiping unit 51, the contact portion of the rotary roll with the side surface of the disk 3 has a foaming ratio of 20 to 5
A foam having a soft elasticity of about 0 is attached.

The spray means 52 is a spray nozzle connected to a hot water pipe (not shown) for jetting hot water at a predetermined water pressure. These spray nozzles extend in the longitudinal direction of each rotary wiping unit 51 in a state facing each rotary wiping unit 51 so that hot water is supplied to the rotary wiping unit 51 composed of a rotating brush more uniformly. Along at regular intervals.

The driving means 50 comprising a driving roll;
The rotary wiping unit 51 and the spraying unit 52 include a movable frame 5 that moves up and down along cylindrical guides 55 and 55.
4 attached. The cylindrical guides 55, 55 are fixed to columns 56, which constitute the machine frame, and the movable frame 5
Reference numeral 4 is fixed to the lower end of a slide bar 55a that slides along the guides 55. The movable frame 54 is arranged such that the driving unit 50 comes into contact with the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and the rotating and wiping unit 51 is guided between the disks 3 from the high-level position shown in FIG. 52 is the rotary wiping unit 51
The actuator (air cylinder) 53 is configured to move up and down to a level position facing upward.

Each drive means 50 is provided with a motor 5 with a speed reducer.
0a, the timing pulley 50b attached to an appropriate position of the movable frame 54, and the end of each driving means 50, and the timing belt 50c attached to each timing pulley 50c. 50a
Is rotated by As shown in FIG. 5, each of the rotary wiping means 51 includes an output shaft of a motor 51a having a speed reducer, timing pulleys 51b attached to appropriate positions of the movable frame 54, and a timing belt attached to each timing pulley 51b. The motor 51a rotates through a gear train 51d attached to the end of each of the rotation wiping means 51 and the lowermost timing pulley 51b.

At the same time as the holder 2 holding a large number of disks 3 is stopped at the position shown in the figure and locked, the movable frame 54 is lowered by a predetermined amount by the actuator 53, and the required portion of each drive means 50 composed of a roll is Each rotation wiping unit 51 contacts the side surface of each disk 3 while contacting the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3. At the same time, the spray means 52 also descends. At the same time, the rotation of the motor 50a is transmitted to each disk 3 via the driving means 50, and each disk 3 rotates in a certain direction, and each rotation wiping means 51 is rotated by the motor 51a. Warm water is sprayed from each of the spraying means 52 for about 1 to 5 minutes.

While each disk 3 is being rotated, the entire surface thereof is more uniformly brushed by the warm water and the rotary wiping means 51, so that dirt on both surfaces is removed. In the first processing section 5, the productivity is extremely high because both surfaces of a large number of disks 3 are simultaneously cleaned as described above, and dirt on both surfaces of the disks is sufficiently removed by warm water and brushing.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the second cleaning section 6 of this embodiment holds a large number of disks 3 in a plurality of rows in the above-described state, and stops on the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 at the relevant portion. The holder 2, a driving unit 60 for rotating the disk 3, and each of the disks 3 in a state where the outer peripheral portion contacts the inner peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 when the disk 3 is rotated by the driving unit 60. Slide wiping means 61 formed of a circular brush inserted into and removed from the center hole 30 of the disk 3 from the side, and spray means 62 for supplying a cleaning liquid to the slide wiping means 61 when the disk 3 rotates. It is configured.

In this embodiment, the drive means 60 for rotating the disk 3 is a drive roll that contacts and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and rotates the disk 3 when it comes into contact with the disk 3. The drive rolls are arranged above and corresponding to the respective rows of the disks 3, and a portion corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 is made of rubber or other member having a large coefficient of friction, so that a portion corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 has a larger friction coefficient. It has a large diameter.

The slide wiping means 61 is reciprocally inserted / removed from the side of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 while being in contact with the center hole 30 of each disk 3, so three sets corresponding to three rows of disk groups are provided. is set up. Each slide wiping means 61 is composed of a circular brush reciprocally inserted into and removed from the center hole 30 of the disk 3, and each circular brush is attached to the tip of a slide bar 61b. Each slide bar 61b is provided with a respective slide bush 61d mounted on the machine frame 61e on the side of the stop position of the holder 2.
As described above, each actuator (air cylinder) 61a installed on the machine frame 61e via each pusher 61c reciprocates as described above. In the brush part of the circular brush, the wire diameter is 0.05-2.
Animal hair of 0 mm or soft nylon thread is densely planted. When a cylindrical roll is used for the rotary wiping unit 61, a soft elastic foam having a foaming ratio of about 20 to 50 times is attached to a contact portion of the roll with the inner surface of the center hole 30 of the disk 3. Can be

The spray means 62 is a spray nozzle which is connected to a hot water pipe (not shown) and jets hot water at a predetermined water pressure. These spray nozzles are directed toward the side of each disk 3 so that the slide wiping unit 61 is formed of a circular brush so that hot water is more uniformly supplied to the slide wiping unit 61 when the slide wiping unit 61 reciprocates. Are arranged respectively.

The driving means 60 comprising a driving roll;
The spraying means 52 is attached to a movable frame 64 that moves up and down along cylindrical guides 65.
The cylindrical guides 65, 65 are fixed to columns 56, which form a machine frame.
5 is fixed to a lower end portion of a slide bar 65a that slides along. The movable frame 64 is moved from the illustrated high-level position to a level position where the driving unit 60 contacts the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and the spraying unit 62 faces obliquely upward toward the side surface of each disk 3. The actuator (air cylinder) 63 is configured to move up and down.

Each drive means 60 is provided with a motor 6 having a speed reducer.
0a, a timing pulley 60b attached to an appropriate position of the movable frame 64, and an end of each driving means 60, and a timing belt 60c attached to each timing pulley 60b. 60a
Is rotated by

At the same time as the holder 2 holding a large number of disks 3 is stopped at the position shown in the figure and locked, the movable frame 64 is lowered by a predetermined amount by the actuator 63, and the required portion of each drive means 60 consisting of a roll is The spray means 62 descends to an appropriate position while contacting the outer periphery of the disk 3. At the same time, the rotation of the motor 60a is transmitted to each disk 3 via the drive means 60, and each disk 3 rotates in a certain direction, and the spray means 52 sprays warm water for about 1 to 5 minutes. The slide wiping means 61 is reciprocated by the actuator 61a so as to penetrate the center hole 30 of each disk 3.

While rotating, the inner peripheral portion of each disk 3 is more uniformly washed by the hot water and the slide wiping means 61, so that the stain on the relevant portion is removed. In the first processing section 6, as described above, the inner peripheral surfaces of a large number of disks 3 are simultaneously cleaned, so that productivity is extremely high, and dirt on the inner peripheral surfaces of the disks is sufficiently removed by warm water and brushing. You.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rinsing unit 7 of this embodiment is not shown in the drawing so that the side surfaces of a large number of disks 3 in the holder 2 stopped in the processing unit 7 are viewed from above. A large number of spray nozzles 71 connected to a hot water pipe and an air shower nozzle 72 connected to an air pipe with a blower (not shown) are provided. When the holder 2 is stopped in the rinsing section 7, first, the hot water is sprayed from the spray nozzles 71 onto the entire surface of each disk 3 for a predetermined time (about 1 to 3 minutes).
Each disc 3 is rinsed and washed. Next, air is blown from each air shower nozzle 72 to the entire surface of each disk 3 for a predetermined time (about 1 to 3 minutes),
Each disk 3 is pre-dried.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the drying section 8 of this embodiment holds a large number of discs 3 in a plurality of rows in the above-described state, and the intermittent transfer conveyor 1
A holder 2 stopped above, a drive unit 80 for rotating the disk 3, and an air blow unit 81 for blowing warm air over the entire surface of each disk 3 when the disk 3 is rotated by the drive unit 80. It is composed of

In this embodiment, the drive means 80 for rotating the disk 3 is a drive roll which comes into contact with and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and rotates the disk 3 when it comes into contact with the disk 3. The drive rolls are arranged above and corresponding to the respective rows of the disks 3, and a portion corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 is made of rubber or other member having a large coefficient of friction, so that a portion corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of each of the disks 3 has a larger friction coefficient. It has a large diameter.

As shown in FIG. 10, the air blow means 81 is provided with a large number of injection nozzles (not shown) directed to the respective disks 3 on an air blow pipe 81a fixed to a column 56 on one side of the machine frame. The air blow pipe 81a is connected to a hot air supply device having a blower via a heat-resistant hose 81b.

The driving means 80 comprising a driving roll comprises:
It is attached to a movable frame 84 that moves up and down along cylindrical guides 85. The cylindrical guides 85, 85 are fixed to the columns 56 constituting the machine frame, and the movable frame 84 is fixed to the lower end of each slide bar 85a that slides along the guides 85, 85. The movable frame 84 is configured to be moved up and down by an actuator (air cylinder) 83 from a high level position shown to a level position at which the driving means 80 comes into contact with the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3.

Each drive means 80 is provided with a motor 8 having a speed reducer.
0a, an appropriate position of the movable frame 84, and each sprocket 8 attached to the end of each driving means 80.
0b and a chain 80c attached to each sprocket 80b, and is rotated by the motor 80a. Depending on the temperature of the air supplied from the air blow means 81, each sprocket 80b may be used as a timing pulley.
The chain 80c can be replaced with a timing belt.

At the same time as the holder 2 holding a large number of disks 3 is stopped at the position shown in the figure and locked, the movable frame 84 is lowered by a predetermined amount by the actuator 83, and the required portion of each drive means 80 comprising a roll is It contacts the outer periphery of the disk 3. At the same time, the rotation of the motor 80a is transmitted to each disk 3 via the driving means 80, and each disk 3 rotates in a certain direction.
Warm air (50 to 150 ° C.) is blown for about 5 minutes.

Since each disc 3 is blown with hot air while being rotated, the entire surface of each disc 3 is subjected to a drying treatment so that no water droplets remain. In the cleaning processing unit 8,
As described above, since the entire surface of a large number of disks 3 is simultaneously dried, the productivity is extremely high, and the warm air comes into contact with the entire surface of the disks 3 and is sufficiently dried.

Other Embodiments The first cleaning section 5 is provided with another movable frame (not shown) which moves up and down independently of the movable frame 54, and the rotating and wiping means 51 is provided together with a motor 51a and its rotation transmitting means. Can be attached to a movable frame. In this case, the slide wiping unit 61 in the second cleaning unit 6
Is installed in the first cleaning unit 5 in the same state as in the above embodiment,
By configuring the slide wiping unit 61 to be inserted into and removed from the center hole 30 of each disk 3 after each rotary wiping unit 51 is raised, the second cleaning unit 6 can be omitted. In the first cleaning unit 5 and the second cleaning unit 6, each of the timing pulleys 50b, 51b, and 60b
Each of the timing belts 50c, 51c and 60c can be replaced with a chain, and a sprocket can be replaced with a chain. In the second cleaning unit, the slide wiping unit 61 can be configured to reciprocate while rotating.

[0046]

According to the disk cleaning apparatus of the first aspect, since both surfaces of a large number of disks 3 can be cleaned at the same time, the productivity is greatly improved as compared with the conventional cleaning apparatus. Since both surfaces of each disk 3 are cleaned by the rotary wiping unit 51 and the cleaning liquid while rotating, both surfaces of each disk 3 can be cleaned more uniformly and more completely.

In the disk cleaning apparatus according to the second aspect, the drive means 50, the rotary wiping means 51 and the cleaning liquid spray means 5 are provided on the movable frame 54 which moves up and down at a predetermined stroke.
2 is attached, so that it is easy to simultaneously raise and lower these components simultaneously with good timing.

According to the disk cleaning device of the third aspect, since the inner peripheral surfaces of the central holes 30 of a large number of disks 3 can be cleaned at the same time, the productivity is far higher than that of the conventional cleaning device. improves. The inner peripheral surface of each disk 3 is cleaned by the slide wiping means 61 and the cleaning liquid while rotating, so that the inner peripheral surface of each disk 3 is more uniformly formed.
Moreover, it can be more completely washed.

In the disk cleaning apparatus according to the fourth aspect, since the driving means 60 and the spray means 62 are attached to the movable frame 64 which moves up and down with a predetermined stroke, it is possible to move these parts up and down simultaneously with good timing. Easy.

In the disk cleaning apparatus according to the fifth aspect, since the first cleaning section 5 and the second cleaning section 6 are installed so as to be continuous by the intermittent transfer conveyor 1, both surfaces of the large number of disks 3 and the center hole are provided. Since the process is continuously performed with the inner peripheral surface over time, productivity can be further improved.

In the disk cleaning apparatus according to the sixth aspect, since the holder provided with the support rollers for supporting the plurality of disks 3 in a plurality of rows is provided, a further large number of disks 3 can be cleaned in parallel. Can be.

In the disk cleaning apparatus according to the seventh aspect, since the rinsing processing section 7 and the drying processing section 8 are further provided in order behind the first cleaning section 5 and the second cleaning section 6, a larger number of disks can be provided. The washing, rinsing, and drying processes of No. 3 can be efficiently performed in a continuous process.

According to the disk cleaning apparatus of the present invention, since each disk 3 is dried while rotating in the drying processing section 8, the entire surface of the disk 3 is more efficiently dried.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a disk cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment corresponding to claims 7 and 8;

2 (a) is a partially cutaway side view of a holder for holding a disk, and FIG. 2 (b) is a partial sectional view showing an enlarged view of the holder positioning bush shown in FIG. 2 (a). is there.

FIG. 3 is a partial front view of the holder of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the holder of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side view of a cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment corresponding to the first and second aspects of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view along an arrow AA in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a side view of a cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment corresponding to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view along an arrow BB of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a side view of a drying processing unit in the cleaning device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic front view along arrow CC of FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Intermittent transfer conveyor 10 Machine frame 11 Roller conveyor 12, 14 Guide rail 13 Motor 15 Transport pin 16 Lock pin 17 Actuator 2 Holder 20 Side frame 21 Connecting bar 22, 23 Support roller 24 Axis 25 Roller 25a Flange 26 Bearing 27 Locking Bush 27a Screw 28 Notch 3 Disk 30 Center hole 4 Standby unit 40 Carry-out unit 41 Actuator 42 Shutter 43 Sensor 5 First cleaning unit 6 Second cleaning unit 8 Drying unit 50, 60, 80 Driving unit 51 Rotary wiping unit 50a 51a, 60a, 80a Motor 50b, 51b, 60b Timing pulley 50c, 51c, 60c Timing belt 50d Gear train 80b Sprocket 80c Chain 61 Slide wiping means 61a Actuator 61b Slide Dover 60c Pusher 60d Slide bush 60e Machine frame 81 Air blow means 81a Air blow pipe 81b Heat resistant hose 52,62 Spray means 53,63,83 Actuator 54,64,84 Movable frame 55,65,85 Guide 55a, 65a, 85a Slide bar 56 Prop 57, 67, 87 Fixed frame 7 Rinse processing part 71 Spray nozzle 72 Air shower nozzle

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiaki Yano 2-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A holder 2 for rotatably holding a plurality of donut-shaped disks 3 in a vertical position in parallel with each other at predetermined intervals in a horizontal direction and a driving unit 50 for rotating the disks 3. When the disk 3 is rotated by the driving means 50, the disk 3 is guided from another position between the disks 3;
And a rotating wiping unit 51 comprising a rotating brush or a rotating roll which rotates while being in contact with the mutual side surfaces of the disks 3, and a cleaning liquid applied to the rotating wiping unit 51 when the driving unit 50 rotates the disk 3. And a spray means (52) for supplying the disc. 2. Driving means 5 for rotating the disk 3.
Numeral 0 denotes a drive roll which comes into contact with and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and rotates the disk 3 when it comes into contact with the disk 3. The drive means 50 comprising the drive roll, the rotary wiping means 51 and the spray The means 52 includes a predetermined guide 55
The movable frame 54 is attached to the outer periphery of the disk 3 from a predetermined high level position, and the rotary wiping unit 51 is attached to the movable frame 54 from a predetermined high level position. 2. The disk cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the disk cleaning device is guided up and down by the actuator 53 to a level position where the spray unit 52 is guided above the rotary wiping unit 51 while being guided between each other. 3. A holder 2 for rotatably holding a plurality of donut-shaped disks 3 in a vertical position in parallel with each other at predetermined intervals in a horizontal direction and a driving unit 60 for rotating the disks 3. When the disk 3 is rotated by the driving means 60, the disk 3 is inserted into and removed from the center hole 30 of each disk 3 in a state where the outer peripheral portion contacts the inner peripheral portion of each disk 3. Slide wiping means 61 comprising a circular brush or a roll; and spray means 62 for supplying a cleaning liquid to the slide wiping means 61 when the disk 3 is rotated by the driving means 60. Yes, disk cleaning equipment. 4. A driving means 60 for rotating the disk.
Is a driving roll that comes into contact with and separates from the outer peripheral portion of the disk 3 and rotates the disk 3 when it comes into contact with the disk 3. A driving unit 60 including the driving roll and the spraying unit 62 are provided with a predetermined guide. The movable frame 64 is attached to a movable frame 64 that moves up and down along the upper and lower sides of the disk 3. 4. The disk cleaning device according to claim 3, wherein the disk cleaning device is moved up and down by the actuator 63 to a level position facing above the slide wiping unit 61 in operation. 5. 5. An intermittent transfer conveyor 1, which is installed at a predetermined stop position of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1,
A first device comprising the disk cleaning device according to claim 1 or 2.
5. A cleaning unit, comprising: a second cleaning unit 6 that is provided at a stop position behind the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 more than the first cleaning unit 5 and that includes the disk cleaning device according to claim 3 or 4. The intermittent transport conveyor 1 supports the holder 2 in a horizontal posture and transports the disk 3 in a state where the disks 3 are arranged in parallel in the width direction of the intermittent transport conveyor 1 at predetermined intervals. 6. The holder 2 includes a plurality of disks 3
The disk cleaning device according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of rotatable pairs of support rollers 23 that support the rollers in a plurality of rows. 7. The disk cleaning device according to claim 5, wherein each of the disks 3 supported by the holder 2 is located at a stop position behind the second cleaning unit 6 of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1. A rinsing unit 7 for rinsing the discs is provided. A drying unit for drying each disc 2 supported by the holder 2 is provided at a stop position of the intermittent transfer conveyor 1 behind the rinsing unit 7. A disk cleaning device, wherein 8 is installed. 8. The drying unit 8 includes the disk 3
The disk cleaning device according to claim 7, further comprising: a driving unit (80) for rotating the disk; and an air blowing unit (81) for blowing hot air to the disk (2).