JPS60150878A - Joint washing apparatus of tile panel - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a tile panel joint cleaning device that automatically performs cleaning after joint filling in the manufacture of tile panels.

Traditionally, tile panels are manufactured by aligning and gluing tiles to a substrate that is integrally fixed to a frame, with joints spaced apart, filling the joints with joint compound and pressing it to make the joint surface uniform. This was accomplished through the steps of cleaning the joint filler sticking out and adhering to the joints, etc., and curing the joint filler.

The process of cleaning the grout that sticks to the tile surface relies on manual labor to wipe it off with a cloth, etc., and it takes about 10 degrees for one person to clean one tile panel (approximately 2.4 m). This was a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

Also, if you accidentally touch the joints too hard and damage the joints when cleaning the quill surface, you will have to fill in the joints again and press the joints, which is inefficient. Uniform cleaning is difficult, and sometimes there are insufficient cleanings or uncleaned areas, making it difficult to maintain stable quality.

In addition, excess joint compound that had been absorbed into a cloth or the like was wiped off by rinsing it with a large amount of water and then removing it from the cloth, which was very time-consuming and required a large amount of cleaning. It had various drawbacks such as requiring water.

In view of these drawbacks, the present invention has a transfer device disposed on a frame for laterally reciprocating the tile panels that have been jointed and sealed, and two rotatably controlled bodies are disposed at opposing positions above the transfer device. A traverser, in which cleaning rollers are arranged side by side and each can be moved up and down independently, is arranged so as to be able to move back and forth, and a cleaning tank that is supplied with cleaning water is provided at the left and right end positions of each cleaning roller. When the tile panel is moved back and forth, the traverser is moved back and forth and the cleaning roller is moved so that when one of the cleaning rollers is in contact with the top surface of the tile panel in the wiping position, the other side is alternately located in the cleaning tank. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. This is the main body of the device, and after the tile T has been glued to a predetermined position, the tile panel 2, which has been subjected to joint crawling and joint pressing, is placed and transported.
A frame 4 is installed in the transfer route of the frame 4.
A transfer device 5 is disposed below the transfer conveyor 3 in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor conveyor 3 at a position above the conveyor conveyor 3.

The transfer device 5 comprises two chains 6.6a wound at predetermined intervals corresponding to the width of the tile panel 2, and a drive motor 7 for controlling the chains 6.6a to reciprocate from side to side.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a lifter for raising and lowering the tile panel 2. The lifter 8 is arranged at a position below the conveyor 3 corresponding to the base of the transfer device 5, and lifter 8 moves the tile panel 2 conveyed on the conveyor 3 to the transfer device 5. The tile panel 2 lifted by the lifter 8 is held by an appropriate holder attached to the chain 6.6a, and is laterally moved integrally with the chain 6.6a. It is designed to be transported back and forth.

9.9a is a pair of chuck guides that support and restrict two adjacent sides of the tile panel 2;
9a holds and fixes the tile panel 2 at an angle of 5" with respect to the transfer direction (tJ). The chuck guide 9, which is arranged obliquely and is located on the base side of the transfer device 5, is integrally fixed to the transfer device 5 and is attached to the chuck guide 9. On the other hand, the other chuck guide 9a is controlled to move in the lateral direction by an appropriate transfer means so as to fix the tile panel 2 between it and the chuck guide 9.

Further, a rail 10 is disposed above the frame 4 facing the transfer path of the transfer device 5, and a traverser 12 is disposed on the rail 10 so as to be movable laterally via wheels 11 and Ila. At the same time, the movement of the traverser 12 is controlled by a cylinder 13, and two support shafts 15 and 16 are provided between the side plates 14 on both sides of the traverser 12.
At both ends of the support shaft 15.16, there is an arm rod 19.19a between which a cleaning roller 17.18 corresponding to the width of the tile panel 2 is rotatably supported.
, 20.20a are pivotally connected to the cleaning roller 17.1.
The rods 23.8 of cylinders 21.22 are respectively supported on support shafts 15.16 such that they can move up and down, and the rods 23.
24 are connected to each other so that the cleaning rollers 17.18 can be independently moved up and down by a predetermined stroke by the action of the cylinders 21.22, and each cleaning roller 17.18
is the drive motor 25 mounted on the traverser 12.
chain 26.26a8 sprocket 27.27a・
By linking them via..., the rotations of each are controlled.

28 and 29 are draining rolls, and washing rollers 17.
It is pivotally supported between the side plates 14 in a state where it is in pressure contact with the cleaning rollers 17 and 18 in the raised position of the cleaning rollers 18.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the cleaning roller 17.1 has a rubber sponge layer 30 on its outer periphery, and a rubber layer N31 is interposed below the sponge N30 to achieve a uniform pressing effect. It is made up of a lot of things.

32.33 is a cleaning tank into which cleaning water is supplied, and this cleaning tank 32.33 is connected to the cleaning roller 17.1.
The cleaning water in the cleaning tanks 32 and 33 is reused by the circulating pump 9.

Next, to explain the operation of the tile panel joint cleaning device according to the present invention, from the joint pressing process to the conveyor 3
The tile panel 2 that is being fed IIQ from above flows straight and reaches the position facing the lower part of the transfer device 5 at the lid 8.
moves upward, and the tile panel 2 on the conveyor 3 is lifted up to the height of the transfer device 5, and then fixedly held at an angle of 5° to the transfer device 5 between the chuck guides 9 and 98.

In this state, the traverser 12 is located at the left moving end as shown in FIG. The rollers 18 are located in the corresponding cleaning tanks 33 in the raised position, and are rotationally controlled by drive motors 25, respectively.

Next, when the tile panel 2 is moved forward to the right by the operation of the transfer device 5 and reaches the wiping position 34, the cleaning roller 17 waiting at that position is moved to the tile by the pressing force of the cylinder 21 and the own weight of the cleaning roller 17. As the tile panel 2 is pressed against the surface of the panel 2 and moved, the excess joint compound on the surface is sequentially wiped off to give a rough finish.
After being washed in the container 3, it is raised and brought into pressure contact with a draining roll 29 to drain the water. Tile panel 2
is held at an angle of 5° by the chuck guide 9.9a, so that the joint portion does not come into contact with only the same part of the surface of the cleaning roller 17, but uniformly contacts the entire surface of the cleaning roller 17. ing.

When the tile panel 2 is transferred to the right end by the operation of the transfer device 5 and the rough finishing by the cleaning roller 17 is completed,
As the cleaning rollers 17 and 18 rise, the cylinder 1
3, the traverser 12 is controlled to move to the right end, the cleaning roller 17 is moved above the cleaning tank 32, the cleaning roller 18 is moved above the wiping position 34, and then the cleaning rollers 17 and 18 are lowered to perform rough finishing. After completion of cleaning, the cleaning roller 17 is immersed in the cleaning tank 32 to clean the wiped-off joint filler, while the cleaning roller 18 that has already been cleaned in the cleaning tank 33 is placed on standby at the wiping position 34.

From this state, when the transfer device 5 is moved backward, the tile panel 2 moves to the left, and during this movement, the cleaning roller 18 similarly removes the rough-finished tile panel 20.
After the surface is finally finished, the tile panel 2 is moved back to the upper position of the conveyor 3, and at this position the chuck guide 9.9a is released, and the tile panel 2 that has been wiped and finished is returned onto the conveyor 3 by the lifter 8. It is transported to the next process by the transport conveyor 3.

The joint sealant wiped off by the cleaning rollers 17 and 18 is washed and separated in the cleaning tank 32 and 33, and this washing water is reused by the circulation pump, and the joint sealant is removed by a filter press installed in the middle of the circulation. It is designed to be separated and removed.

In short, in the present invention, a transfer device 5 for laterally reciprocating the tile panel 2 that has been jointed and sealed is disposed on the frame 4, and two bodies that are rotationally controlled are placed at opposing positions above the transfer device 5. Since the traverser 12, which has cleaning rollers 17 and 18 installed in parallel and can be moved up and down independently, is arranged so as to be able to move back and forth, two tile panels 2 are moved back and forth by the transfer device 5. The cleaning rollers 17 and 18 can mechanically wipe off excess joint compound on the surface of the tile panel 2, and the cleaning tank 32 supplied with cleaning water is located at the left and right end position of each cleaning roller 17 and 18. Washing rollers 17 and 18 are provided for reciprocating movement of the tile panel 2.
The reciprocating movement of the traverser 12 and the vertical movement of the cleaning rollers 17, 18 are related so that when one is in contact with the upper surface of the tile panel 2 at the wiping position 34, the other is alternately located in the cleaning tank 32, 33. Since one cleaning roller 17.18 is wiping off the surface of the tile panel 2 to finish it, the other cleaning roller 17.18 automatically wipes away the joint compound in the cleaning tank 32.33. It can be washed thoroughly,
Therefore, all of the joint cleaning work that was conventionally done manually can be done mechanically, so the total cleaning process time can be significantly shortened, and there will be no uneven wiping or forgetting to wipe, etc., increasing productivity. In addition, the wiped joint compound can be easily recovered, making it effective as a countermeasure against pollution. Also, the amount of cleaning water used can be significantly reduced compared to conventional methods. The effect is enormous.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of a tile panel joint cleaning device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a cleaning roller. be. 2 Tile panel 4 Frame 5 Transfer device 12 Traverser 17, 18 Washing roller 32. 33 Washing tank and above Applicant Ina Seito Co., Ltd. Goto Iron Works Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A transfer device for laterally reciprocating the tile panels that have been jointed and sealed is disposed on the frame, and two cleaning rollers whose rotation is controlled are arranged in parallel above and opposite to this transfer device. 1-rubber servers, which are mounted to be able to move up and down independently, are arranged so as to be able to move back and forth, and cleaning tanks that are supplied with cleaning water are installed at the left and right end positions of each cleaning roller. The reciprocating movement of the traverser and the vertical movement of the cleaning roller are made to operate in a related manner so that when one of the cleaning rollers is in contact with the top surface of the tile panel at the wiping position, the other is alternately positioned in the cleaning tank. A tile panel joint cleaning device characterized by: