JPH1059141A - Car rasher - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washer in which both side surfaces of a vehicle can be sufficiently washed using a side brush even when the vehicle is carried as it is a little deflected right or left, and in which time required for washing a front surface and a back surface of the vehicle using the side brush can be shortened. SOLUTION: In a car washer for washing a vehicle in a car washer main body 1 as it is carried on a conveyor device, a frame 18 which is capable of freely reciprocating in a vehicle carrying direction C and an inverse direction D to it is provided on the car washer main body 1, and the frame 18 has a side brush device 8a on the left side movable in the lateral direction within a left half range of the car washer main body 1, and a side brush device 8b on the right side movable in the lateral direction within a right half range of the car washer main body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car washer for cleaning a vehicle using a side brush device while transporting the vehicle by a conveyor device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of car washer, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-47935 is cited. That is, a gate-shaped stationary car wash body and a roller conveyor for transporting a vehicle from the front of the car wash machine body to the rear of the car wash machine body are installed on the floor surface. The car wash body is provided with a pair of left and right side brushes, of which one side brush is fixed at a predetermined position of the car wash machine body, and the other side brush is movable in the left and right direction and the front and rear direction. It has a configuration.

According to this, while the vehicle is being conveyed by a roller conveyor, one side of the vehicle is cleaned by a fixed side brush on one side, and the side brush on the other side moves in the front, rear, left and right directions. Thereby, the front surface, the other side surface, and the rear surface of the vehicle are cleaned.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional type, since the one side brush is fixed to the car washer body, the distance between the one side brush and one side of the vehicle is fixed. It is necessary to position the vehicle in the left-right direction (vehicle width direction) so that the distance is equal to. Therefore, when the vehicle is conveyed while being shifted in the left-right direction, there is a risk that one side surface of the vehicle may not be sufficiently washed by the fixed side brush on one side.

Further, when cleaning the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle, the other side brush reciprocates between the left end and the right end of the car washer body. The distance traveled has increased and the time required to clean the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle has increased accordingly.

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention can sufficiently clean both side surfaces of a vehicle even if the vehicle is transported with a slight shift in the left-right direction, and can also provide a front and rear surface of the vehicle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a car washer capable of shortening a time required for washing a car.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a stationary car wash machine main body, and the above-mentioned vehicle installed in the car wash machine main body from the front. A car washing machine comprising a conveyor device for carrying in and carrying out the car washing machine body rearward, wherein the car washing machine body is provided with a gantry capable of reciprocating in a vehicle transport direction and a direction opposite to the vehicle transport direction. The gantry is provided with a pair of left and right side brush devices which are individually movable in the width direction of the vehicle.

According to this, the vehicle gets into the start end of the conveyor device and stops, and then the conveyor device is driven to convey the vehicle into the car washer body. When the front side of the vehicle comes into contact with the two side brush devices, the two side brush devices move in the vehicle width direction, and further, the gantry moves in the vehicle conveyance direction according to the conveyance speed. It moves with the vehicle in the vehicle transport direction while moving in the vehicle width direction. This cleans the front of the vehicle.

Thereafter, the two side brush devices individually move in the vehicle width direction according to the vehicle width, one side brush device cleans one side of the vehicle, and the other side brush device is mounted on the vehicle. Wash the other side. In this manner, by moving the two side brush devices individually in the vehicle width direction (left / right direction), even if the vehicle is slightly shifted in the left / right direction (vehicle width direction), the vehicle can be moved by the two side brush devices. Both sides can be sufficiently cleaned. Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to position the vehicle in the left-right direction as in the related art.

Thereafter, the two side brush devices move in the vehicle width direction, and further, the gantry moves in the vehicle conveyance direction in accordance with the conveyance speed, whereby the both side brush devices contact the rear surface of the vehicle and move in the vehicle width direction. It moves with the vehicle in the vehicle transport direction while moving. Thereby, the rear surface of the vehicle is cleaned.

Further, according to the present invention, the car washer body is provided with a cylinder device for moving the gantry in the vehicle transport direction and a weight for urging the gantry in the reverse direction of the vehicle transport direction. It is characterized by.

[0012] Further, the invention according to claim 3 provides the base with:
One moving device for moving the left side brush device in the left and right direction within the left half of the car washer body, and the other moving device for moving the right side brush device in the right half region of the car wash machine main body. A moving device is provided.

According to this, when cleaning the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle, the left side brush device reciprocates right and left in a substantially left half area of the car washer body, and the right side brush device is used for cleaning the car washer body. The reciprocating movement of the left and right sides of the right half area is shorter than that of the conventional type, so that the moving distance of each side brush device in the left and right direction is shorter, and the time required to clean the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle is correspondingly reduced. Can be shortened.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the stationary car wash machine main body 1 and the vehicle 2 are mounted on the car wash machine main body 1 from the front.
A car washer 4 is provided on the floor 5 and includes a pair of left and right roller conveyor devices 3 which are carried into the car interior and carried out of the car washer body 1 rearward.

A pair of left and right rocker brush devices 6 for cleaning, a top brush device 7 for cleaning, and a pair of left and right side brush devices 8 for cleaning are provided inside the car washer body 1.
a, 8b, a top brush device 9 for applying wax,
A pair of left and right rocker brush devices 10 for wax application
, A top nozzle device 11 for drying, and a pair of left and right side nozzle devices 12 for drying.

As shown in FIG. 7, each of the two side brush devices 8a and 8b includes moving bodies 14a and 14b, and side brush bodies 15a and 15b provided below the moving bodies 14a and 14b, respectively. ing. Figures 3 and 4
As shown in (1), each of the two moving bodies 14a and 14b is supported and guided by a rail 17 via a plurality of rollers 16 and is movable in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 1, the rail 17 is attached to a gantry 18 provided at an upper portion of the car wash machine main body 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, the two side brush bodies 15a and 15b are respectively movable bodies 14a and 14b.
In addition, it is provided rotatable about a rotation shaft 19. The moving bodies 14a and 14b are provided with a rotation motor 20 for rotating the side brush bodies 15a and 15b.

As shown in FIG. 1, the gantry 18 includes one moving device 21a for moving the left side brush device 8a in the left-right direction within the left half of the car washer body 1,
The other moving device 21b for moving the right side brush device 8b in the left-right direction within the range of the right half of the car washer body 1 is provided.

The two moving devices 21a and 21b are a pair of left and right brush urging means 22a and 22b for urging the both side brush devices 8a and 8b toward the center side A of the car washer body 1, and these brush urging means 22a. , 22b, and brush driving means 23a, 23b for moving both side brush devices 8a, 8b in the direction B away from the center of the car washer body 1.

As shown in FIG. 7, the brush urging means 22a and 22b respectively include wires 24a and 24b connected to the moving bodies 14a and 14b and wires 24a and 2b, respectively.
4b. The weights 25a and 25b are suspended from 4b. The two wires 24a and 24b are respectively provided on guide wheels 26 provided on the left and right sides of the gantry 18.
Are guided from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction.

The two driving means 23a and 23b are respectively provided on a pair of left and right sprockets 2 provided on the gantry 18.
7, a drive chain 29 wound between the two sprockets 27, 28, a drive motor 30 for rotating one of the sprockets 27 (see FIG. 3),
Push member 3 provided integrally with drive chain 29
And 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pressing member 31 comes into contact with each of the passive members 32 provided on both of the moving bodies 14 a and 14 b to contact the brush urging means 22.
a, both side brush devices 8a,
8b is moved in the direction B away from the center of the car washer body 1. In addition, as shown in FIG.
9 movably penetrates a through hole 33 formed in the passive member 32. In addition, the passive member 32 is provided with a proximity switch 34 for detecting the contact / separation of the pressing member 31.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
Is composed of a pair of left and right side frames 37 and a connecting member 38 for connecting the two side frames 37 to each other. The rail 17 is provided between both side frames 37. The gantry 18 is supported and guided by a pair of left and right support rails 40 via a plurality of rollers 39 provided before and after both side frames 37, and reciprocates in the vehicle transport direction C and the direction D opposite to the vehicle transport direction. It is possible.

The gantry 18 is moved in a direction D opposite to the vehicle transport direction by a pair of left and right gantry urging means 41a and 41b, and the gantry driving means 42
It moves in the vehicle transport direction C against the urging force of 1a, 41b. That is, each of the two gantry urging means 41a and 41b includes a wire 43 connected to both sides and a front portion of the gantry 18, and a weight 4 suspended by these two wires 43.
4. Further, the two wires 43 are respectively provided on the guide wheels 4 provided on the left and right sides of the car wash machine main body 1.
5 guides from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction.

The gantry driving means 42 comprises a wire 46 having one end connected to the center of the gantry 18, and a cylinder device 48 having the other end of the wire 46 connected to a piston rod 47. . The above cylinder device 48
Is mounted horizontally on the support bracket 57, and the piston rod 47 retreats left and right. Further, the wire 46 is attached to the support bracket 57 from the front-rear direction by moving the piston rod 47 of the cylinder device 48 back and forth (left-right direction).
Two guide wheels 49 and 50 are provided for guiding the wheel. The support bracket 57 is attached to a horizontal frame member 58 provided on the upper portion of the car wash machine body 1.

In FIG. 1, the car washer body 1 has a front gantry detecting device 52 for detecting the gantry 18 which has moved to the front end position E as shown by a solid line, and a rear end detecting device 52 as shown by an imaginary line. A gantry detecting device 53 at a rear position for detecting the gantry 18 moved to the position F is provided. The gantry 18 is provided with a vehicle detection device 54 that detects the vehicle 2. A photoelectric switch, a proximity switch, a limit switch, or the like is used for the gantry detection devices 52, 53, and a photoelectric switch, an ultrasonic sensor, or the like is used for the vehicle detection device 54.

As shown in FIG. 5, each of the pair of left and right rocker brush devices 6 for washing is attached to the free end of a swing arm 56 provided on the car wash machine body 1,
The swing of the swing arm 56 makes it possible to move left and right. The pair of left and right rocker brush devices 10 for wax application are also movable in the left-right direction.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below.
As shown by the phantom line in FIG. 6, the vehicle 2 gets on the starting end of the roller conveyor device 3 and stops, and is then conveyed by the roller conveyor device 3 toward the car washer body 1.
At this time, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the gantry 18 is detected in advance by the front gantry detection device 52 while waiting at the front end position E. Further, both side brush devices 8a and 8b are It stands by at the side end part distant from the center of the main body 1.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the two-rotation motor 20 is driven to rotate the two side brush bodies 15a and 15b, and as shown in FIG.
When 0 rotates forward, both drive chains rotate to one side, and both push members 31 move to the center side A of the car washer body 1 respectively.
Thereby, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 3, both side brush devices 8a and 8b move to the center side A of the car wash machine main body 1 by the urging force of the weights 25a and 25b. At this time, since each passive member 32 moves while being in contact with each push member 31, the proximity switch 34 is turned on.

The front surface 2c of the vehicle 2 which has passed between the two rocker brush devices 6 while being conveyed by the roller conveyor device 3 and has passed under the top brush device 7 is shown in FIG.
As shown by the solid line, the two side brush devices 8a and 8b
When the two side brush devices 8a and 8b come into contact with the vehicle 2,
, The gantry 18 slightly shifts in the vehicle transport direction C against the urging force of the weight 44. As a result, the gantry detecting device 52 at the front position is not detected, and the piston rod 47 of the cylinder device 48 retreats.
The gantry 18 is pulled via the wire 46 against the urging force of the weight 44, and the vehicle 2
In the vehicle transport direction C according to the transport speed of the vehicle. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 9, both side brush devices 8a, 8
b moves from front to back. Along with this movement, both driving motors 30 rotate in reverse, and both driving chains 29 rotate to the other, and as shown by the solid lines in FIG. 3, both pushing members 31 are respectively separated from the center of the car wash machine main body 1. Move in direction B. As a result, the pressing member 31 is moved to the weights 25a, 25a.
9, the side brush devices 8a and 8b move in the direction B away from the center of the car washer body 1 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. As a result, substantially the left half of the front surface 2c of the vehicle 2 is cleaned by the one side brush device 8a, 8b, and the substantially right half is cleaned by the other side brush device 8a, 8b.

When the front surface 2c of the vehicle 2 has been washed as described above and the gantry 18 moves from the front end position E to the rear end position F, the gantry detecting device 53 at the rear position detects the gantry 18. Thereby, the piston rod 4 of the cylinder device 48 is
7 protrudes, the gantry 18 is pulled via the wire 43 by the urging force of the weight 44, and moves in the direction D opposite to the vehicle transport direction as shown in FIG. At this time, the two drive motors 30 rotate forward again, the two drive chains 29 rotate to one side, and the both push members 31 move to the center side A of the car wash machine body 1 respectively. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7, both side brush devices 8a and 8b move to the center side A of the car washer body 1 by the urging force of the weights 25a and 25b, and come into contact with the side surfaces 2a and 2b of the vehicle 2. It stops, but in this state, both side brush bodies 15a, 15
b is too close to the vehicle 2 side.

For this reason, immediately after that, as shown in FIG.
And the proximity switch 34 is turned off. As a result, the driving motor 30 rotates in the reverse direction by a predetermined number of revolutions, the driving chain 29 rotates to the other side, and the pushing member 31 moves by a predetermined distance in the direction B away from the center of the car wash machine main body 1. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the pressing member 31 comes into contact with the passive member 32 and the weights 25a, 25a.
In order to push the passive member 32 against the urging force of 5b, both side brush devices 8a and 8b move a predetermined distance T in the direction B away from the center of the car wash machine body 1. Thereby, the distance between the one side brush main body 15a and the one side surface 2a of the vehicle 2 and the distance between the other side brush main body 15b and the other side surface 2b of the vehicle 2 can be adjusted optimally.

Then, both sides 2a and 2b of the vehicle 2 are cleaned by the both side brush devices 8a and 8b while the vehicle 2 is being conveyed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, while the vehicle 2 is passing below the gantry 18, the vehicle detection device 54 detects the vehicle 2.

When the vehicle 2 is conveyed to the right or left with respect to the center of the car washer body 1, the side brush body 15a on one side comes into contact with one side surface 2a of the vehicle 2 first. It moves by a predetermined distance T in the direction B away from the center of the car wash machine main body 1, and the side brush main body 15b on the other side comes into contact with the other side surface 2b of the vehicle 2 with a slight delay, and the car wash main body 1
Is moved in the direction B away from the center by a predetermined distance T.
In this way, even if the vehicle 2 is displaced to the left or right, the distance between each side brush body 15a, 15b and the side surface 2a, 2b of the vehicle 2 can be adjusted optimally.
As described above, by moving the two side brush devices 8a and 8b individually in the left and right direction, even if the vehicle 2 is slightly shifted in the left and right direction, the two side brush devices 8a and 8b are moved.
The two side surfaces 2a, 2b of the vehicle 2 can be sufficiently cleaned with the a, 8b.

When the gantry 18 is moved from the rear limit position F to the front limit position E after the cleaning of the both side surfaces 2a and 2b of the vehicle 2, the gantry detecting device 52 at the front position detects the gantry 18. Then, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 11, when the vehicle 2 passes below the gantry 18, the vehicle detection device 54 is not detected, so that the position of the rear end of the vehicle 2 is detected. Then, the piston rod 47 of the cylinder device 48 retreats and the gantry 18
Is pulled through the wire 46 while resisting the urging force of the weight 44, and moves in the vehicle transport direction C according to the position of the rear end of the vehicle 2 and the transport speed as shown by the phantom line in FIG. With this movement, as shown in FIG. 11, the two side brush devices 8a and 8b move to the center side A of the car washer body 1 respectively, so that the two side brush devices 8a and 8b follow the vehicle 2 being conveyed. 2 to clean the rear surface 2d. Then, the gantry 18 is moved from the front end position E to the rear end position F
Then, the gantry detecting device 53 at the rear position detects the gantry 18, and the washing of the rear surface 2d of the vehicle 2 ends.

When the front surface 2c and the rear surface 2d of the vehicle 2 are washed, the side brush device 8a on one side reciprocates right and left in a substantially left half area of the car washer body 1, and
Since the other side brush device 8b reciprocates right and left in the substantially right half range of the car wash machine body 1, the moving distance of each side brush device 8a, 8b in the left and right direction is shorter than that of the conventional type. Accordingly, the time required for cleaning the front surface 2c and the rear surface 2d of the vehicle 2 can be reduced.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle 2 is further coated with wax by a top brush device 9 for applying wax and a rocker brush device 10, and is further provided with a top nozzle device 11 for drying and a side nozzle. It is dried by the device 12 and then conveyed to the end of both roller conveyor devices 3. Then, the vehicle 2 travels and exits from the terminal end of the roller conveyor device 3.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Although the proximity switch 34 is used as a detecting device for detecting the contact and separation of the pressing member 31, a limit switch or a photoelectric switch may be used.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Although the gantry 18 is moved in the vehicle transport direction C using the cylinder device 48, a motor may be used. Further, the gantry 18 is moved in the direction D opposite to the vehicle transport direction by using the gantry urging means 41a and 41b by the weight 44, but a cylinder device or a motor may be used instead of the urging means.

[0039]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, both side brush devices are individually moved in the vehicle width direction (left-right direction) in accordance with the vehicle width, and one side brush device is moved to one side. The one side brush device cleans one side of the vehicle, and the other side brush device cleans the other side of the vehicle. In this way, both side brush devices can be individually set in the vehicle width direction (left-right direction).
By moving to both sides, both side brush devices can sufficiently clean both sides of the vehicle even if the vehicle is conveyed slightly shifted in the left-right direction (vehicle width direction). Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to position the vehicle in the left-right direction as in the related art.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when cleaning the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle, the left side brush device reciprocates right and left within a substantially left half area of the car washer body and the right side brush device. Since the brush device reciprocates right and left in the area of the right half of the car washer body, the moving distance of each side brush device in the left and right direction is shorter than that of the conventional type, and the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle are correspondingly reduced. The time required for cleaning can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a gantry of a car washer and its periphery according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged plan view of a gantry.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an upper portion of one side brush device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an upper part of one side brush device.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway plan view of the car washer.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the car washer.

FIG. 7 is a schematic front view of both side brush devices and a moving device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic front view showing the operation of the both side brush devices.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of both side brush devices and the gantry when cleaning the front of the vehicle.

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the both side brush devices and the gantry when cleaning the side surface of the vehicle.

FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the both side brush devices and the gantry when cleaning the rear surface of the vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car wash machine main body 2 Vehicle 3 Roller conveyor device 4 Car wash machine 8a, 8b Side brush device 18 Mount 21a, 21b Moving device 44 Weight 48 Cylinder device C Vehicle transport direction D Reverse direction of vehicle transport direction

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A car washing machine comprising a stationary car washing machine main body, and a conveyor device for carrying the vehicle into the car washing machine main body from the front and discharging the vehicle from the car washing machine main body to the rear. In the car washer body, a pedestal that can reciprocate in the vehicle transport direction and the opposite direction of the vehicle transport direction is provided, and a pair of left and right side brush devices that are individually movable in the width direction of the vehicle are provided on the gantry. Features car wash machine. 2. The car wash machine body according to claim 1, further comprising: a cylinder device for moving the gantry in the vehicle transport direction; and a weight for urging the gantry in a direction opposite to the vehicle transport direction. Car wash machine. 3. A moving device for moving the left side brush device on the gantry in the left-right direction within a left half of the car washer body, and a right side brush device within a right half of the car wash machine body. The car washer according to claim 1, further comprising a second moving device for moving the vehicle in the left-right direction.