JPS582687Y2 - Automotive wheel cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is designed to protect the areas of sanitary environment maintenance facilities such as cafeterias, hospitals, food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and factories from adhering to the tires of trucks and other automobiles that enter premises or houses from outside. This relates to an automobile wheel cleaning device that removes mud and dust coming in from the entrance.In particular, it has a simple configuration that automatically removes dirt coming in from the outside of the car, and cleans the inside by washing in a predetermined process. This relates to an automobile wheel cleaning device that can be held.

Conventional) In sanitary environment maintenance facilities such as cafeterias, hospitals, food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical factories, strict environmental hygiene and cleanliness maintenance are required, but in most cases indoor air filtration equipment and sterilization equipment are required. Most of the methods are passive, such as
Little things like entrance mats for pedestrians and air cleaners were used to prevent mud and dust from entering from outside.

However, the amount of mud and dust brought into the interior by pedestrians' shoes, etc. is extremely small, and the movement of walking is slow, so the degree of diffusion of the mud and dust brought into the interior is small. The amount of mud and dust brought in by the tires of automobiles, especially materials delivery trucks, is overwhelmingly large, and the amount of dirt and dust that is diffused into the interior due to their movement speed and rotational moment is also extremely large, making it difficult to protect the environment. However, there were disadvantages that were extremely undesirable in terms of maintaining cleanliness.

Recently, as a way to deal with this, as shown in Figure 1,
Facing a self-propelled automobile passageway 1 leading to a sanitary environment maintenance facility area such as a food factory, an automobile wheel cleaning oil 2 capable of self-propelled automobiles is provided in the passageway 1, and cleaning water 3 is stored in the cleaning oil 2. When the truck 4 runs through the cleaning oil 2 stored in the cleaning water 3, the wheels 5 have a relative speed and are soaked with the cleaning water 3, and the mud, dust, etc. adhering to the wheels 5 are removed from the cleaning water. 3 and the wheel 5 was cleaned.

However, when washing automobile wheels using the above-mentioned washing oil 2, the washing water 3 becomes contaminated when repeated washing is carried out.
Therefore, it is necessary to replace the wash water 3 and keep it clean at all times, and cleaning of the wash water 3 is controlled at the top of the furnace, such as by installing a pump, water pipe, and drain pipe, and it is also necessary to prevent sedimentation of mud, dust, etc. The debris is not easily removed, and the truck 4 ends up running over the deposits, which may cause mud, dust, etc. to adhere to the wheels 5, and there is also the disadvantage that the wheels cannot be washed.

Furthermore, since the cleaning oil 2 is buried in the passageway 1 and is immovable, it cannot be removed even when not in use, resulting in an inconvenience in terms of appearance and design.

The purpose of this invention is to take into account the problems based on the above-mentioned prior art.
By disposing a pair of car wash frames equal to the width of the car in a foldable manner, and providing automatically operating wheel nozzles on the car wash frames, the above-mentioned drawbacks are eliminated, the difficulties are eliminated, and the disadvantages and inconveniences are eliminated, and the invention is new. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent automobile wheel cleaning device.

The structure of this invention, which meets the above objectives, is to automatically sense when a vehicle enters a car entry path at the entrance of a hospital, pharmaceutical factory, etc., and in conjunction with the detection, the wheels will move upward in the opposite direction. Pressurized water is sprayed to clean mud, dust, etc. adhering to the wheels, and when a car passes, the high-pressure water spray automatically stops, and both car wash frames can be folded and removed when not in use. This is a summary of what was done.

Next, one embodiment of this invention will be described below based on the drawings from FIG. 2 onwards.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 6 denotes an automobile wheel cleaning device which forms the gist of this invention, and a pair of car washing frames 1°1 having the same width as the automobile wheels are disposed at the base of the cleaning device 6. , car intrusion parts 8, 8 having an upward slope are formed at the right end of the car wash frame 1, 1 in FIG. formed inside,
A cavity-shaped car wash part 10.10 is bored in the middle thereof with a tapered part IL11 on both sides, and the car wash part 10.10 is connected to the perforated plate 12.12 through stoppers 11' and '11'.
In addition to internally installing drain pipes 13, 13 at the bottom of the inner wall.
It is attached.

Same, the above-mentioned intrusion parts 8, 8, intrusion parts 9, 9, taper part IL
Striped grooves are carved on the surface of 11 to prevent slipping.

Further, high-pressure water injection nozzles 14, 14, etc. are provided on both sides of the central portion of the car wash frames 1, 7 so as to be inclined inwardly below the center with respect to the traveling wheels, and are activated by internal microswitches. High pressure water pipe 1 through solenoid valve
5, high pressure air injection nozzles 16, 16, . It is connected to the.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the above car wash frame l,
A pair of folding connecting rods 18.18 (hereinafter abbreviated as connecting rods 18, 18) are provided on the inwardly facing outer surface of γ and protrude downwardly and inwardly, and a hinge is provided at the inner end of each connecting rod 18.18. The two car wash frames γ, γ are foldably connected to each other by a pin connecting portion 19°19.

In the above configuration, for example, the automobile wheel cleaning device 6 is mounted via a forklift or the like facing a self-driving automobile passageway leading to a sanitary environment maintenance facility area such as a hospital, and is moved in the direction of the upper arrow in FIG. 2. When washing the wheels of an upcoming truck, if the truck moves at a low speed and the front wheels of the truck hit the intrusion parts 8, 8 of the car wash frame γ, 1, the car wash frame γ
The waterproof micro switch (not shown) installed in one of the trucks 1 is energized by the application of the weight of the truck, and the high pressure water supply solenoid valve (not shown) is turned on, and the water is injected through the high pressure water pipe 16. High-pressure water is supplied to the nozzles 14.14, and the high-pressure water is injected from the injection nozzles 14.14 so as to face the lower front and side surfaces of the traveling wheels, and the high-pressure air supply solenoid valve is also turned ON, and the high pressure air injection nozzle 16.1 passes through the high pressure crab vibe 11.
6... Higher pressure air is also injected at a higher pressure so as to face the front and side surfaces of the lower half of the traveling wheels, and the car wash sections 10, 10 are in a state of spraying high pressure air and high pressure water.

While the front wheels are self-rotating and proceed to the car washing section 10° 10 which is in such a high-pressure spray state, the front wheels are subjected to high-pressure jets of high-pressure water over the entire surface, and the adhered mud is removed. , dust, snow, etc. are removed from the wheel and removed from the perforated plate 12.12
The water is drained together with water into the drain pipes 13, 13, and removed outside the system, and is also subjected to high-pressure jetting of high-pressure air, causing the adhering water to be separated from the front wheels and scattered, and then dried with direct air.

Similarly, the rear wheels are washed and dried in the same process as the front wheels, and when the rear wheels pass through the extrusion section 9, the track of the microswitch automatically controls the rear wheels. The voltage is removed and a reset state is entered.

Here, the automobile wheels are washed and dried, and a truck equipped with clean wheels is turned into a truck that can be brought indoors or on site for predetermined loading and unloading.

Further, after washing the automobile wheels, both car washing frames 7, 7 can be folded in half and the folded trowel can be removed by using a forklift or the like when not in use for a long period of time.

The embodiments of this invention are not limited to the above embodiments, and other design changes are of course possible. For example, a photoelectric sensing switch can be used as a vehicle intrusion detection device.

As described above, according to this invention, a pair of car wash frames equal in width to the car wheels are arranged facing the self-propelled car path leading to the sanitary environment maintenance facility area, and the car wash frames are provided with a frame that responds to the self-propelled car passage. Since it is equipped with a wheel cleaning injection nozzle that operates by
Just by driving the car past the car wash frame at a low speed, the entire circumference of the wheel is thoroughly cleaned, and mud, dust, and dirt adhering to the wheel are completely removed. It is possible to prevent dirt and dust from entering the premises indoors.

In addition, since the wheel washing injection nozzle is installed on the car washing frame so that it is directed in the opposite direction to the self-rotating wheels and injects the water into the lower half of the wheel, the water is sprayed almost completely without scattering. The nozzle is introduced into the car washing section at the center of the car washing frame so as to be wrapped around the wheels, and mud, dust, etc. after separation are also introduced, and the wheel washing injection nozzle can also be attached to the car washing frame in a compact manner.

Since both car wash frames are foldably connected via a connecting rod, when the car wheels are not used for a long period of time after being washed, both car wash frames can be folded in half using a forklift, etc., and removed and stored. It is also portable, can be used whenever needed, and has excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing the prior art, Fig. 2 and the following shows one embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a general perspective explanatory view, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional explanation showing a linked state. It is a diagram. γ...Car wash reframe, 19...Hinge, 18...Folding connection rod.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pair of car wash frames having a width equal to the width of the car wheels are disposed, and the wheel washing injection nozzle is provided on at least one side of the car wash frames, and the car wheel is installed facing an automobile self-driving path leading to a sanitary environment maintenance facility area. An automobile wheel washing device, characterized in that the pair of car washing frames are connected so as to be integrally foldable via a foldable connecting rod having a hinge.