KR101106776B1 - Apparatus for moving car-washing brush - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a brush reciprocating device for a car wash. The brush reciprocating device for car washes is a brush reciprocating device for car washes which reciprocates a brush in a direction approaching or spaced from a vehicle to be cleaned, perpendicular to the direction of entry of the vehicle to be washed. A guide frame disposed; A movable block slidably coupled to the guide frame and having the brush mounted at one end thereof; A cylinder fixed or fixed to the movable block; A first rotating member which is rotated when the cylinder is stretched or contracted and coupled to the movable block; A second rotating member coupled to the movable block rotatably by the rotational force of the first rotating member, and moving in a direction approaching or spaced apart from the vehicle to be washed when rotating; And a guide rail for guiding the second rotating member when the second rotating member moves, wherein the moving block approaches or is spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned when the cylinder is stretched or contracted.

Description

Brush reciprocating device for car wash {Apparatus for moving car-washing brush}

The present invention relates to a brush reciprocating device for a car wash. Particularly, the present invention relates to a brush reciprocating device for a car wash, in which a brush for a car wash is approached or spaced at a predetermined speed and can be installed in a relatively narrow space, thereby improving space use efficiency.

In general, automatic car washes are classified into continuous type (tunnel type) automatic car washes and door type automatic car washes according to their functions.

The continuous automatic car wash is fixed with a car wash, sprays water and detergent onto the surface of the car to be cleaned while moving the vehicle in the car wash using a conveying means such as a conveyor, washes with a brush, and uses a dryer. High pressure air is blown to dry the water on the surface of the car.

Unlike a continuous automatic car wash, a door-type automatic car wash stops at the designated position, and the car wash moves back and forth along the rail to clean the surface of the vehicle.

Figure 1 schematically shows a front view of a conventional door-type automatic car wash, Figures 2 and 3 show a schematic operating state of the brush reciprocating device employed in the conventional door-type automatic car wash. Of course, the brush reciprocating device can be applied to a continuous automatic car wash.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the vehicle to be cleaned enters the conventional door type automatic car wash, the brush 7 performs the car washing while the vehicle 7 approaches or is spaced in the direction of the arrow. 2 and 3, the brush reciprocating device is a link type.

Specifically, the brush reciprocating device for a conventional car wash includes a guide frame (1), a movable block (2) slidably coupled to the guide frame (1), a cylinder (6), and the cylinder (6) and It comprises a link member 5 for connecting the moving block (2).

The guide frame 1 is disposed on the upper part of the to-be-cleaned vehicle C, and is perpendicular to the entry direction of the to-be-cleaned vehicle C, and the movable block 2 is disposed along the guide frame 1. (C) is moved in a direction approaching or spaced apart. The link member 5 comprises a first link 4 and a second link 3.

The rod end of the cylinder 6 is connected to the first link 4, and the second link 3 is connected to one end of the first link 4. The moving block 2 is connected to the other end of the opposite end of the second link 3 to which the first link 4 is connected.

Referring to the operation of the conventional car washing brush reciprocating device according to the above configuration as follows.

When the cylinder 6 contracts, the first link 4 is pulled, and the second link 3 connected to the first link 4 is pulled so that the moving block 2 is washed. Spaced apart from, on the contrary, when the cylinder 6 is tensioned, the movable block 2 is configured to approach the to-be-cleaned vehicle C. FIG.

However, the conventional car wash brush reciprocating device configured as described above has to secure a space in which the link member 5 is folded and unfolded, which requires a lot of installation space, and the moving speed of the moving block 2 is not constant. There is this.

That is, when the cylinder 6 is contracted or stretched so that the first link 4 is pulled or stretched, the path through the end of the first link 4 is curved. The moving block 2 is approached or spaced vertically with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned C. The end of the first link 4 moves in a curved line, and the second link 3 connected to the first link 4 is moved. Since the end portion of also moves in the trajectory of the curve, the speed of the moving block 2 approaching or spaced perpendicular to the to-be-cleaned vehicle C is not constant.

In this way, if the approach or separation speed of the brush 7 is not constant, it is difficult to control the distance between the to-be-cleaned vehicle C and the brush 7, and the brush 7 is formed on the surface of the to-be-cleaned vehicle C. Over-access can cause damage to the vehicle.

The present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned problems and various problems, can be installed in a relatively narrow space, the car wash is improved structure to maintain a constant moving speed of the brush approaching or spaced to the vehicle to be cleaned It is an object of the present invention to provide a brush brush reciprocating device.

A brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the brush reciprocating device for a car wash for reciprocating the brush in a direction approaching or spaced from the vehicle to be cleaned, A guide frame disposed at an upper portion of the vehicle to be perpendicular to an entry direction of the vehicle to be cleaned; A movable block slidably coupled to the guide frame and having the brush mounted at one end thereof; A cylinder fixed or fixed to the movable block; A first rotating member which is rotated when the cylinder is stretched or contracted and coupled to the movable block; A second rotating member coupled to the movable block rotatably by the rotational force of the first rotating member, and moving in a direction approaching or spaced apart from the vehicle to be washed when rotating; And a guide rail for guiding the second rotating member when the second rotating member moves, wherein the moving block approaches or is spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned when the cylinder is stretched or contracted.

In addition, the first rotating member is a chain forming a closed curve, it is preferable that the rod end of the cylinder is connected to the chain.

In addition, the second rotating member is provided with a coupling portion to which the first rotating member is coupled to a central axis, a tooth portion protruding at a predetermined interval is formed on the outer peripheral surface, the guide rail extends in the longitudinal direction of the guide frame Both ends are fixed to the guide frame, and the insertion hole into which the tooth is inserted is continuously formed, so that when the second rotating member is rotated, the second rotating member engages the guide rail while the tooth is engaged with the insertion hole. It is preferred to move along.

In addition, one end is coupled to the rod end of the cylinder, the other end is provided with a connection block is inserted into the chain, the connection block is preferably moved along the guide rod coupled to the moving block.

It is also preferred to have a tilting cylinder for pushing or pulling the brush such that the brush is tiltable from side to side.

The brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to the present invention can be installed in a relatively narrow space, thereby increasing the space utilization of the car wash. That is, by attaching the components, such as the cylinder for moving the brush-mounted moving block along the guide frame to the moving block and mounted adjacent to the guide frame, the link member when moving the moving block by the conventional link structure It does not require the space required to be opened or folded, so installation in a relatively narrow space is possible.

In addition, since the moving speed of the moving block approaching or spaced from the vehicle to be cleaned is kept constant, the cleaning effect on the vehicle to be cleaned during the movement of the moving block is improved, and a cleaning effect is provided without damaging the vehicle to be cleaned.

In addition, since it has a tilting cylinder, it provides the effect of cleaning the vehicle surface which consists of a curved surface more cleanly.

1 is a front view of a typical car wash,
2 and 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an operating state of a reciprocating device of a conventional car wash brush,
Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to an embodiment of the present invention with a pair installed in the car wash,
5 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion of FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG. 5 viewed from another direction; FIG.
8 and 9 is an operating state of the brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a brush reciprocating device for a car wash that reciprocates a brush in a direction approaching or spaced from a vehicle to be cleaned. The brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to the present invention can be applied to both a continuous automatic car wash or a door automatic car wash described in the background section.

First, referring to Figure 4, the brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to the embodiment of the present invention shows a state respectively installed on the left and right of the car wash. A pair of brush reciprocating apparatuses approaching the to-be-cleaned vehicle when the brush moves from left to right and a pair of brush reciprocating apparatuses approaching the to-be-cleaned vehicle when the brush moves from right to left.

The configuration and operation of each brush reciprocating device is the same. Hereinafter, the brush reciprocating device which moves the brush from the left to the right while approaching the vehicle to be cleaned will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG. 8 and 9 is an operating state of the brush reciprocating device for a car wash according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the brush reciprocating device 200 for a car wash according to the present invention includes a guide frame 20, a moving block 30, a cylinder 40, a first rotating member 50, It comprises a second rotating member 60, and the guide rail (70).

The guide frame 20 is disposed at an upper portion of the vehicle to be washed perpendicularly to an entry direction of the vehicle to be cleaned. That is, the vehicle is disposed in a direction transverse to the left and right of the vehicle to be cleaned, and the vehicle to be washed is positioned below the center portion of the guide frame 20.

The movable block 30 is seated on the guide frame 20 and slidably coupled. The movable block 30 is slid and moved in a direction approaching or spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned. A brush 7 is mounted at one end of the movable block 30. As shown in FIG. 7, the brush 7 is coupled to the lower end of the movable block 30 in this embodiment. The movable block 30 is equipped with a cylinder 40, a first rotating member 50, and a second rotating member 60.

The cylinder 40 is fixed to the movable block 30 to be tensioned or contracted. The cylinder 40 is fixed to the movable block 30 while the movable block 30 provides power to approach or be spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned. In this embodiment, the cylinder 40 is a hydraulic cylinder is used.

The first rotating member 50 is rotated by the tensile force or the contracting force of the cylinder 40. The first rotating member 50 is rotated in opposite directions when the cylinder 40 is tensioned or contracted. In addition, the first rotating member 50 is fixed to the moving block 30 and moves together with the moving block 30. In this embodiment, the first rotating member 50 is a chain forming a closed curve is used. The chain is supported and rotated by the first, second and third rotation guides 51, 52, 53, and the coupling portion 61 of the second rotation member 60, which will be described later, and the rod of the cylinder 40 ( 41) An end is connected to the chain.

In addition, as shown in Figure 6, the cylinder 40 and the first rotating member 50 is connected by a connection block 80. One end of the connection block 80 is coupled to an end of the rod 41 of the cylinder 40, and the connection part 81 provided at the other end is inserted into the first rotating member 50. When the cylinder 40 is tensioned or contracted, the connecting portion 81 is pushed or pulled together to rotate the first rotating member 50. In this case, the connection block 80 is moved along the guide rod 90 coupled to the moving block 30. Both ends of the guide rod 90 are fixed to the moving block 30, and the rod 41 keeps the connection block 80 inserted into the guide rod 90 when the rod 41 is tensioned or contracted. The horizontal position of is kept stable.

The second rotating member 60 is a member that is rotated by the rotational force of the first rotating member 50 and is coupled to the moving block 30. Since the second rotating member 60 is coupled to the moving block 30 similarly to the first rotating member 50, the second rotating member 60 is moved together with the moving block 30 in a direction approaching or spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned. . In this embodiment, the second rotating member 60 is formed in a disk shape as a whole, and has a coupling part 61 and a toothing part 62.

The coupling part 61 is provided at the center of the second rotating member 60, and is a part to which the first rotating member 50 is coupled. The coupling portion 61 forms a rotation center axis through which the second rotation member 60 is rotated. In the present embodiment, the second rotating member 60 serves as a sprocket to which the chain used as the first rotating member 50 is coupled. The tooth portion 62 protrudes from the outer circumferential surface of the second rotating member 60 at a predetermined interval.

The guide rail 70 is provided to guide the second rotating member 60 when the second rotating member 60 moves in a direction toward or away from the vehicle to be cleaned. The guide rail 70 extends in the longitudinal direction of the guide frame 20, is disposed in parallel with the guide frame 20, and both ends thereof are fixed to the guide frame 20.

The second rotating member 60 is continuously formed with an insertion hole 71 into which the teeth 62 of the second rotating member 60 are inserted. When the second rotating member 60 is rotated, the tooth portion 62 of the second rotating member 60 is moved along the guide rail 70 while being engaged with the insertion hole 71. In this embodiment, a straight chain is used as the guide rail 70. The guide rail 70 maintains a fixed state to the guide frame 20 and does not rotate. A chain generally used is not formed in a closed curve, but has a form in which both ends are fixed to the guide frame 20 in a straight line shape.

On the other hand, the brush reciprocating device 200 for a car wash according to the present invention is provided with a tilting cylinder 36 so that the brush 7 can be tilted. The tilting cylinder 36 is provided to effectively perform surface cleaning of the to-be-cleaned vehicle having a curved surface.

As shown in FIG. 7, the brush 7 is coupled to the pivot bracket 34 coupled to the movable block 30, and the tilting cylinder 36 pushes or pulls the pivot bracket 34. When the tilting cylinder 36 is stretched or contracted, the pivot bracket 34 is rotated about the pivot shaft 32 with respect to the movable block 30, and the brush 7 is tilted in the left and right directions to form a curved surface. The surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is effectively cleaned.

Hereinafter, the operation of the brush reciprocating device 200 for the car wash by the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

First, referring to Figure 8 will be described in detail the process when the brush 7 is separated from the vehicle to be cleaned by the brush reciprocating device 200 for washing.

When the cylinder 40 is pulled (P1 direction), the connecting block 80 coupled to the end of the rod 41 of the cylinder 40 moves in a direction approaching the vehicle to be cleaned, and the connecting portion of the connecting block 80 81 rotates the first rotating member 50 in the clockwise direction C1. When the first rotating member 50 is rotated in the C1 direction, the second rotating member 60 coupled to the first rotating member 50 is also rotated in the clockwise direction C2. When the second rotating member 60 is rotated in the C2 direction, the tooth portion 62 of the second rotating member 60 is engaged with the insertion hole 71 of the guide rail 70 in the direction away from the vehicle to be cleaned. Move. As a result, since the second rotating member 60 is coupled to the moving block 30, the moving block 30 moves in a direction (A direction) spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned.

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 9, the process of approaching the to-be-cleaned vehicle by the brush 7 by the brush reciprocating device 200 for the car wash is based on a process opposite to that of FIG. 8.

That is, when the cylinder 40 contracts (P2 direction), the connecting block 80 coupled to the end of the rod 41 of the cylinder 40 moves in a direction away from the vehicle to be cleaned, The connecting portion 81 rotates the first rotating member 50 in the counterclockwise direction C3. When the first rotating member 50 is rotated in the C3 direction, the second rotating member 60 coupled to the first rotating member 50 is also rotated in the C4 direction which is the same direction as the C3 direction. When the second rotating member 60 is rotated in the C4 direction, the tooth portion 62 of the second rotating member 60 is engaged with the insertion hole 71 of the guide rail 70 in the direction approaching the vehicle to be cleaned. Move. As a result, the moving block 30 coupled to the second rotating member 60 moves in the direction (B direction) approaching the vehicle to be cleaned.

As such, the brush reciprocating device 200 for washing the car according to the present invention, the cylinder 40, the first rotating member 50, the second rotation to slide the moving block 30 along the guide frame 20 A member 60 and a guide rail 70 are provided, and in particular, the movable block 30, the cylinder 40, the first rotating member 50, and the second rotating member 60 are coupled together to be prevented. The vehicle is moved in a direction approaching or spaced apart. Therefore, when moving the movable block 30 by the conventional link structure, to effectively utilize the space of the car wash by eliminating the space constraints to secure a separate space so that the components forming the link structure can be folded or unfolded do.

In addition, since the moving block 30 approaches or is spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned together with the tension or contraction of the cylinder 40, the moving speed of the brush 7 is constant by controlling the tension or contraction speed of the cylinder 40. Can be maintained. It is also easy to control the approach or separation speed of the brush 7 with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned at a desired speed.

By uniformly approaching or spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned, the moving surface 30 is uniformly cleaned. That is, when a section in which the moving block 30 moves relatively fast without being constantly moved occurs, the vehicle surface of the section is not smoothly cleaned, but the present invention prevents this problem.

In addition, the brush reciprocating device 200 for washing the car according to the present invention includes a tilting cylinder 36 to effectively clean the surface of the to-be-cleaned vehicle that forms a curved surface.

In addition, as shown in Figure 4, when the brush reciprocating device 200 for washing the car according to the present invention is installed on the left and right of the vehicle to be cleaned, respectively, the brushes located on the left and right are reciprocating device 200 By inclining the brush 7 by the tilting cylinder 36 when approaching and adjoining each other, it provides an effect of effectively cleaning even the weak parts between the two brushes (7).

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail about the preferred embodiment, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various many deformation | transformation may be provided within the range which does not deviate from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

20 ... guide frame 30 ... moving block
36 ... cylinder for tilting 40 ... cylinder
41 ... rod 50 ... first rotating member
60 ... 2nd rotating member 70 ... Guide rail
80. Connecting block 90 ... Guide rod

Claims (5)

A brush reciprocating device for car washes, which reciprocates a brush in a direction approaching or spaced from a vehicle to be cleaned,
A guide frame 20 disposed above the to-be-cleaned vehicle and perpendicular to an entry direction of the to-be-cleaned vehicle;
A movable block 30 slidably coupled to the guide frame 20 and having the brush 7 mounted at one end thereof;
A cylinder 40 fixed or fixed to the movable block 30;
A first rotating member 50 which is rotated when the cylinder 40 is tensioned or contracted and coupled to the movable block 30;
A second rotating member (60) coupled to the movable block (30) rotatably by a rotational force of the first rotating member (50) and moving in a direction approaching or spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned when rotating; And
Including a guide rail 70 for guiding the second rotating member 60, the movement of the second rotating member 60,
Brush tension reciprocating device for a car wash, characterized in that during the tension or contraction of the cylinder (40), the moving block (30) is approached or spaced apart from the vehicle to be cleaned. The method of claim 1,
The first rotating member 50 is a chain forming a closed curve,
Brush reciprocating device for a car wash, characterized in that the rod end of the cylinder (40) is connected to the chain. The method of claim 1,
The second rotating member 60 is provided with a coupling portion 61 to which the first rotating member 50 is coupled to a central axis, and a tooth portion 62 protruding at a predetermined interval on an outer circumferential surface thereof.
The guide rail 70 extends in the longitudinal direction of the guide frame 20, both ends of which are fixed to the guide frame 20, and insertion holes 71 into which the teeth 62 are inserted are continuously formed. Become
When the second rotating member 60 is rotated, the second rotating member 60 is moved along the guide rail 70 while the toothed portion 62 is engaged with the insertion hole 71. Brush reciprocating device for car wash. The method of claim 2,
One end is coupled to the rod end of the cylinder 40, the other end is provided with a connection block 80 is inserted into the chain,
The connecting block 80 is a brush reciprocating device for a car wash, characterized in that to move along the guide rod (90) coupled to the moving block (30). The method of claim 1,
Brush reciprocating device for a car wash, characterized in that it comprises a tilting cylinder (36) for pushing or pulling the brush (7) so that the brush (7) is tiltable left and right.

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