JPS58161644A - Car cleaning and waxing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively clean and wax a car body by cleaning the body while supplying a foaming cleaning agent to a car washing brush after washing the car body while supplying fresh water to the brush, and supplying a foaming waxing solution to the brush after supplying the fresh water. CONSTITUTION:When a switch for car washing is firstly turned on, upon the starting of a washing operation, a splenoid valve 131 is opened, causing fresh water W within a water tank 1 to be supplied by a pump 4 via a manual operation valve 12 and the solenoid valve 131 to a car washing brush 11. After the prescribed time elapsed, the solenoid valve 131 is closed by a timer mechanism and the same valves 132, 133, 155 are opened, allowing the fresh water W to be supplied to a mixing vessel 15 and mixed with a detergent C from a tank 5. This mixed solution is foamed by blowing compressed air 19 into it in a foaming vessel 16, and supplied to the car washing brush 11 as a foaming detergent solution. Further, only fresh water W is again, after the lapse of prescribed time, supplied to the car washing brush 11, and thereafter a forming waxing solution obtained by mixing the fresh water W and wax Wa within the tank 6 is supplied to the car washing brush 11 aproximately in the same manner as in said case.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a car washing and waxing method applied to special motor vehicles, lorries and the like.

Conventionally, when cleaning and waxing the bodies of special vehicles, etc., it is not possible to use continuous car washes or gate-type car washes, so detergent is applied to the car body in advance, and then clean water is sprayed on the car body. Brush and clean,
After that, water-based wax is applied to the car body by brushing, but cleaning and waxing are inefficient because the detergent and wax flow off the car body during these operations, and on top of that, it is necessary to perform heavy cleaning and waxing. There is a problem that it cannot be done. There is also the problem that detergent and wax are wasted, which is uneconomical.

In view of the above, the present invention allows detergent and wax to be sufficiently adhered to the body of a special automobile, etc., thereby improving the efficiency of cleaning and waxing and uniformly cleaning and waxing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for car washing and waxing, which can prevent wasteful consumption.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 2 shows a simple car washing and waxing device used to carry out the present invention, which is equipped with a water tank 1 for storing fresh water W at the bottom and a nozzle 2 at the top. . A pump motor 3 is disposed within the housing 1, and a pump 4 driven by the motor 3 is submerged within the water tank 1. A detergent tank 5 for storing detergent C and a wax tank 6 for storing wax fa are placed on the top surface of the water tank 1.
A connecting pipe 7 having various electromagnetic valves connecting the pump 4 and the pump 4, a timer mechanism (not shown) for controlling the opening and closing of these electromagnetic valves, etc. are accommodated in the housing 2. Furthermore, a car wash switch 8 and a waxing switch 9 are provided on the front surface of the housing 2. The discharge side of the connection pipe 7 is connected to a car wash brush 11 via a hose 10, and a manually operated valve 12 is interposed on the pump 4 side of the connection pipe 7.

FIG. 3 shows the system of fresh water W, detergent C, and wax Wα, and shows the pipe line 22 between the pump 4 and the car wash brush 11.
The manual operation valve 12 and the first solenoid valve 1 are installed from the pump 4 side.
3. are successively interposed, and the first solenoid valve 13. A second electromagnetic valve 132, a mixer 15, a foamer 16, and a check valve 17 are sequentially installed in the conduit 14 that detours from the pump 4 side.

In the bifurcated pipe line 18 between the mixer 15 and the detergent tank 5 and wax tank 6, a third solenoid valve 133 is installed on the detergent tank 5 side, and a fourth solenoid valve 1 is installed on the wax tank 6 side.
34 are interposed respectively. A fifth electromagnetic valve 13. and a pressure reducer 21 are successively installed.

Said 1st. Second. Third. Fifth solenoid valve 13. .

132. 133-135 and 1st. Second. 4th and 5th solenoid valves 13+, 132. 134. 13s is controlled to open and close by a timer mechanism operated by a car wash switch 8 and a waxing switch 9, respectively. These timer mechanisms are also used as means for stopping the pump motor 3 and the compressed air supply source 19.

Next, car washing and waxing will be explained step by step. During these operations, the manually operated valve 12 is open.

(In the main process of A car wash process, the fourth solenoid valve 1 on the wax tank 6 side
34 is always closed. When the car wash switch 8 is closed,
The first solenoid valve 131 opens and the pump motor 3 and compressed air supply 19 are activated. Second. Third. Fifth solenoid valve 132. 133°13 is closed, so pump 4
In the water tank 1 (T', fresh water W is manually operated valve 12, 1st
It is supplied to the car wash brush 11 via the solenoid valve 13□. Thereby, the car body can be brushed with the car wash brush 11 and washed with water.

Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the timer mechanism activates the first solenoid valve 13. is closed, and the second. Third. Fifth solenoid valve 13□, 1
33. 135 opens, the fresh water W opens the manual operation valve 12,
The detergent C is supplied to the mixer 15 through the second solenoid valve 13□, and the detergent C is supplied to the mixer 15 through the third solenoid valve 133. The fresh water W and the detergent C are thoroughly mixed in the mixer 15, and the mixed liquid is supplied to the foamer 16. Foaming machine 1
6, compressed air is supplied to a pressure reducer 21, a fifth solenoid valve 13. Since the compressed air is blown into the mixed liquid, it foams, and the foamed detergent liquid is supplied to the car wash brush 11 via the check valve 17. Thereby, the car body can be brushed and washed with the car wash brush 11. In this case, the foaming detergent liquid sufficiently adheres to the vehicle body due to its viscosity and is difficult to run off, resulting in extremely high cleaning efficiency.

After a further predetermined period of time has elapsed, a timer mechanism activates the second and third
．． Fifth solenoid valve 132. 133 and 135 close and the first solenoid valve 131 opens, fresh water W flows through the manual operation valve 12 and the first solenoid valve 131.
Solenoid valve 13. It is supplied to the car wash brush 11 via. Thereby, the car body can be brushed with the car wash brush 11 to wash off the foaming detergent liquid.

After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, a timer mechanism activates the first solenoid valve 13. is closed, and the pump motor 3 and compressed air supply source 19 stop operating to complete the car wash process.

(During the waxing process, the third solenoid valve 133 on the detergent tank 5 side
is always closed. For waxing, when the switch 9 is closed, the second. 4th. Fifth solenoid valve 13□.

134,135 are opened and the pump motor 3 and compressed air supply 19 are activated. Since the first solenoid valve 131 is closed, the fresh water W in the water tank 1 is supplied by the pump 4 to the mixer 15 via the manually operated valve 12 and the second solenoid valve 132, and the water iα is supplied to the fourth solenoid valve 13. ．． is supplied to the mixer 15 via. In the mixer 15, the fresh water W and the wax Wα are sufficiently mixed, and the mixed liquid is supplied to the foamer 16. Compressed air is supplied to the foamer 16 through a pressure reducer 21 and a fifth
Solenoid valve 13. Since the compressed air is blown into the mixed liquid, it foams, and the foamed wax liquid is supplied to the car wash brush 11 via the check valve 1T. Thereby, the car body can be brushed with the car wash brush 11 and the wax Wα can be sufficiently rubbed onto the car body. In this case, the foamed wax liquid sufficiently adheres to the car body due to its viscosity and becomes difficult to run off, making waxing extremely efficient.

Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the timer mechanism starts the second and fourth
．． Fifth solenoid valve 132 , 134 . 13s is closed and the first solenoid valve 13t is opened, so that fresh water W is supplied to the manually operated valve 12,
First solenoid valve 13. It is supplied to the car wash brush 11 via. This allows the car body to be brushed with the car wash brush 11 to wash away excess foamed wax liquid.

After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, a timer mechanism activates the first solenoid valve 13. is closed, and the pump motor 3 and compressed air supply 19 stop operating, completing the waxing process.

(As mentioned above, the method of car washing and waxing according to the present invention includes the steps of supplying clean water to a car wash brush and washing the car body with water; and adding a foaming detergent to the car wash brush by mixing clean water and detergent and foaming the mixture. A process of supplying liquid to wash the car body; A process of supplying clean water to a car wash brush to wash off foaming detergent liquid adhering to the car body; A process of mixing clean water and wax to the car wash brush and foaming it. The cleaning and waxing process is extremely efficient as the foamed detergent liquid and foamed wax liquid are sufficiently adhered to the car body due to their viscosity. Furthermore, it is possible to perform uniform cleaning and waxing.It is also more economical as it prevents wasteful consumption of detergent and wax.Furthermore, the foaming detergent liquid and foaming wax liquid are free from air contamination. Since it is discharged from the car wash brush in a pulsating manner, this causes the car wash brush to vibrate, and the mutual effect of the vibration and brushing can sufficiently remove dust that is thinly attached to the car body. Wax can be rubbed deep into minute scratches and uneven areas.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1st. 2 is a front view and a side view of a car washing and waxing apparatus used to carry out the method of the present invention, respectively, and FIG. 3 is a supply system diagram for fresh water, detergent, and wax. C...detergent, W...clean water, Wα...wax, 1
...Aquarium, 4...Pump, 5...Detergent tank, 6
...Wax tank, 11...Car wash brush, 15.
... Mixer, 16... Foamer Fig. 3 Fig. 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] a step of supplying clean water to a car wash brush to add water to the car body; a step of supplying a foamed detergent solution obtained by mixing clean water and detergent and foaming the mixture to the car wash brush to wash the car body;
supplying clean water to the car wash brush to wash away foaming detergent liquid adhering to the car body;
A method for washing and waxing a car, comprising: mixing fresh water and wax and supplying a foamed wax liquid obtained by foaming the mixture to wax the car body.