US20140260188A1

US20140260188A1 - Combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow

Info

Publication number: US20140260188A1
Application number: US14/353,034
Authority: US
Inventors: Sun Yul Seok
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2011-10-21
Filing date: 2012-10-22
Publication date: 2014-09-18
Also published as: KR20130043722A; WO2013058625A9; KR101420786B1; WO2013058625A2

Abstract

Provided is a combined multi-purpose pollution-free vehicle and snowplow which comprises a hot water utilization and circulation pipe OSWL branching and circulating coolant heated by a vehicle engine from an induction connecting apparatus; a heater HTR secondarily heating air primarily heated by the hot water utilization and circulation pipe OSWL; a propeller OPE sending secondarily heated air to a distribution duct PEORUM; and a distribution duct PEORUM comprising a branching pipe so as to discharge secondarily heated air out of emission pipes PED disposed at the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow.

BACKGROUND ART

Human society is making a continuous progress ever since an ancient time up to date and so will the society in the future. Along the way people created something out of nothing and an ownership has been highly valued due to prevailing poverty. However, the pattern is changing before people know it. It is a well-known fact that the whole world is suffering troubles of a variety of unprecedented natural disasters such as climatic changes, extreme temperatures, bad droughts, big floods and snow storms presumably caused by greenhouse gas and air pollution that are side effects of constant development. The importance of environmental protection cannot be emphasized enough under the circumstances in order to avoid such devastating natural disasters. In reality, world leaders are profoundly aware of the importance and seriousness of a natural protection and seeking for counter measures, and development of more systematic program to this end is also essential. Now, the tide is turning from something to nothing and such tide-turning will further speed up. In the meantime, various products are losing their ground for the advance of pollution-free products the way all food products are being replaced by pollution-free food products.
Typical snowplowing is spraying of sands and calcium chloride. This method requires a huge expense on procurement of sand and calcium chloride, which also cause a corrosion of vehicles. Also, a snowplowing vehicle is used, but there is an inconvenience in that the plowed snow has to be gathered and removed.
FIG. 1 illustrates a typical snowplowing vehicle of a truck type. In FIG. 1, a loader LOD is installed at the front side of a vehicle to push snow away to the side, and a sand sprayer MSG for spraying sand to remove snow is also provided. The sand and calcium chloride cause environmental contamination, and the snow-pushing method requires an extra work of removing.

DISCLOSURE

Technical Problem

Present invention provides a combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow, which can remove snow in pollution-free method without a snow-removing expense and can be used as a general vehicle in response to completion of snow-removal, so as to provide popularity, unprecedentedness, and multi-functionality in improving all the difficulties and discomforts that regular works are stopped and our ordinary life is paralyzed due to heavy snow.

Technical Solution

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow including; a hot water utilization and circulation pipe branching and circulating coolant heated by a vehicle engine from an induction connecting apparatus; a heater secondarily heating air primarily heated by the hot water utilization and circulation pipe; a propeller sending secondarily heated air to a distribution duct; and a distribution duct including a branching pipe so as to discharge secondarily heated air out of emission pipes disposed at the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle.

Advantageous Effects

Since the vehicle in use for passenger transportation at a usual time can be used to remove snow in response to snowing, the present invention enables the vehicle's shift from a rare work of snowplowing to a new regular work. Also, if a black box is installed on the present invention to record snowplowing work and an incentive is provided with mileage reward to the drivers who join snowplowing, any drivers equipped with the present invention happily and readily join the effort, thus resulting in a faster completion of the snowplowing task, let alone the sense of pride shared by the drivers. Therefore, in case the vehicle is made into an un-manned automatic vehicle equipped with a hybrid engine of an electric vehicle and a robotic vacuuming function to conduct a cleaning of a street in the middle of night time, the vehicle can help spare people the work and make their life more relaxing and comfortable during the day. Accordingly, the vehicle can be most desired by people. People who own the present invention can be the happiest being and greatly contribute to the construction of a beautiful society

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a typical snowplowing vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a snowplowing vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a configuration of main parts according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a principle of generating hot air for snowplowing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a principle of controlling hot air amount according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a principle of controlling a heating intensity according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a principle of controlling a hot air intensity according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a concept of hot air door opening/closing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view illustrating a concept of hot air distance adjustment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a concept of distribution and emission of hot air according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference symbols set forth in the Drawings include reference to the following elements as further discussed below:
BM: bumper BON: bonnet CM: window DOR: door DP: driving force transmission mechanism ENG: engine EOMG: pleated part
EP: plunger ET: fuel supply tank GM: protection net HTR: heater HTRK: heater fixing member HTRN: distribution point IN: direction IND: window KEBG: joint KL: hot air guide KMC: hot air distance control connection ring KS,KS′: flashing alarm LE: lever LBG: lever hinge LBJ: hot air control LD: radiator LGH: cooling fan LOS: induction connecting apparatus LST: wheel LWG: coolant circulation pipe NG: ignition plug OPE: propeller
OPEG: hot air energy guide OPG: hot air guide OSWL: hot water utilization and circulation pipe PE1: distribution inlet
PED; propeller checking door PEO: heated air PEODOR: hot air output control lever PEORUM: distribution duct
PEOUT: delivered heat SBT: battery SBTD: battery storage part SHB: integrated hot air adjustment body SUNPE: side panel SUNPE: roof panel SW: power switch SWAJ: hot air output controller SWALB: hot air output control lever SWJ: heat emission control SWLB: heat emission control lever

BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a snowplowing vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle may be an electric dream vehicle of the future since the vehicle is a pollution-free multi-purpose hot air snowplow, also to be used for passengers' ride, and equipped with an un-manned AI and a solar heat charging method. The vehicle may draw the most attention from the world. The term SBT indicates a high performance solar heat charging battery. The term SUNPE refers to a charging panel that converts solar energy to electric energy. The term SENG indicates that the vehicle is equipped with a super engine of a hybrid electric vehicle. The term OPE is a propeller that generates a super strong hot air energy.
FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a principle of the present invention that may be applied to a typical vehicle engine, showing that a hot water utilization and circulation pipe line OSWL may be coupled to an induction connecting apparatus LOS for utilization of engine coolant (warm water) to induce heat from the circulation (Process 1F) and the induced heat may be output by a propeller OPE (Process 3F).
FIG. 4 shows that heat energy generated through Process F1 as shown in FIG. 3 and electric energy produced by the solar heat charging roof panel SUNPE are charged into a super battery SBT. The charged energy may drive a propeller OPE in response to a switch SW turning on. The propeller OPE may guide heat from a front delivery opening PEO1 along a hot air energy guide OPEG (Process F3), and the heat may pass through a heater HTR heated by the battery SBT to produce heated air PEO2. The produced hot air may be sent through a duct in the vehicle plumbing and distributed to emission pipes PED at different locations (4 locations as distinguished as front, rear, left and right in FIG. 4) from a distributer PERUM. Configuration for each process (2F, 3F and 4F) may vary in location as required.
FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a means to control the amount of hot air according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing that a heated air PEO distributed by a distributer PEORUM through a distribution inlet PE1 may be discharged to an emission pipe PED, and that a hot air output control lever PEODOR may be disposed at the distributer PED to control the amount of hot air by opening/closing an opening. Here, since hot air output control lever PEODOR may be implemented by a known art such as a solenoid valve, a hydraulic valve or a manual lever type, PEODOR is only described as a valve. For example, a hot air output control lever may be configured to include a cable wire KEB of a structure operating a bicycle brake, a hot air control element LBJ separately disposed at the driver's seat to be operated by a lever LB, such that the lever LB of a cable wire KEB may be pulled or pushed on a lever hinge LBG to open/close the hot air output control lever PEODOR.
FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a means for controlling the heat intensity according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing an example of adjusting the amount of heat emission from a heater HTR by use of a control lever SWLB of a heat emission control SWJ that adjusts the output by a slide-type variable resistance. The term KS refers to a lamp indicating a power on and snowplowing work in operation.
FIG. 7 shows that a hot air output controller SWAJ controlling power output at different output levels by a hot air output control lever SWALB like Slidacs is wired to the propeller OPE whose rotation force varies with the output from the hot air output controller SWAJ.
FIG. 8 is a view illustrating the opening/closing of a hot air door. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the door DOR may open/close a path of a heated air PEO moving toward an outlet of the hot air emission pipe PED. The door moving up and down along a slide guide whose illustration is omitted here, may include a connection ring KDG disposed thereon and moving vertically by a cable wire KEB (Since, depending on the vehicle, a vehicle feature can be taken advantage of instead, or a guide roller can be disposed separately, an illustration of a guide roller moving vertically is omitted.) A cable wire KEB may be disposed to be coupled to a lever LB that hinges on the lever hinge LBG disposed on the bottom of the hot air adjustment body LBJ.
FIG. 9 is a view illustrating adjustment of the distance that delivered high-intensity energy hot air falls, with a heated air PEO being delivered in 4 directions of the front, rear, left and right, during a snow removing work, as shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 10 is a view specifically illustrating an adherence of a propeller shown in FIG. 2 to a vehicle's body and visualizing the process of the propeller's OPE binding to the vehicle's body in four directions of the front, rear, left and right.
Details will be described based on the above.
A super battery SBT may be used so as to be charged both by electricity and by solar energy and stored in a battery storage part SBTD.
Here, a cord socket JE for charging with an outer power source may be disposed to be exposed on the outside of a vehicle. A roof panel SUNPE for charging may be disposed on the outside of the vehicle to convert high solar energy to electric energy for charging a battery. Side panels SUNPE′ may be disposed on at least two of the four sides of the front, rear, left and right of the vehicle in addition to the roof panel SUNPE. A super engine SENG that is a hybrid-type electric vehicle engine may be disposed. Also, wide snow tires may be disposed on the vehicle wheels LST so as to raise the height of the vehicle to some degree and the vehicle may be a 4-wheel drive. Also, in an embodiment of the present invention, a propeller OPE able to generate a super strong hot air energy may be disposed and a door PED may be disposed on the outside of the vehicle for an easy check on the propeller. In an embodiment of the present invention, a heated air PEO heated by the heater HTR and further by a propeller OPE may be delivered from the outlets disposed at the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle respectively.
A door DOR may be disposed at a heated air PEO outlet to stop foreign substances from entering at a usual time and to be open at the time of use and allow heated air out. In an embodiment of the present invention, a typical fossil fuel engine ENG may be disposed in parallel. Also, a bumper BM may be disposed for securing stability. A bonnet BON, a windshield IND, a window CM and a fuel tank ET may typically be disposed on the vehicle. If required, a flashing alarm KS may also be disposed on the vehicle.
Specifically, FIG. 3 shows that a connecting apparatus may be disposed to take advantage of coolant (heated warm water) of an engine SENG, ENG. The warm water may be sent to the IN direction from a binding apparatus LOS before a circulation in a radiator LD, may flow through a circulation pipe OSWL for a heat transfer, and then may be drained to the OUT direction, by way of the binding apparatus LOS, and back to the radiator LD. In this case, a circulation pipe OSWL formed of a copper of a high thermal conductivity may perform a primary heating function on a heated air blown in by a propeller. (Process 1F) In this case, a hot air guide OPG may be disposed to stop the heat flown in through a propeller OPE from flowing out and assist in enhancing a heat exchange rate through a circulation pipe OSWL. The hot air guide may also function such that a propeller can easily absorb hot air blown through a hot engine toward a circulation pipe OSWL by a cooling fan LGH rotating at a high speed. Here, a protection net GM may be disposed to stop foreign substances from entering in response to hot air circulation from the lower part of the vehicle body to a propeller OPE in the upper part of the vehicle body.
A radiator LD basically disposed on a typical vehicle may perform as a heat exchanger that induces the water heated in an engine ENG out of the engine room and cool the hot water. Here, the cooling fan LGH that is rotated at a high speed by a driving force from an engine may perform a cooling function on warm water in the radiator LD and cool the heated body of an engine. A coolant circulation pipe LWG cooling an engine ENG may function to circulate coolant between the radiator LD and the engine ENG. The engine ENG may be ignited by an ignition plug (or a nozzle). A diesel engine nozzle may inject a fuel and a gasoline engine ignition plug sends off an electric spark into an ignition room of an engine that is a combined set of cylinders and pistons to explode in the ignition room, a mixture of fuel gas compressed under high pressure and produce the driving force. A plunger EP of the diesel engine may feed a fuel and the ignition plug of the gasoline engine may provide the electric spark. Fuel left over after supplied from a fuel supply tank ET to the ignition room located in the lower space of the ignition plug NG may be circulated back to the fuel supply tank ET. The driving force of the vehicle may be transmitted to a wheel LST through a driving force transmission mechanism DP (which is not specifically illustrated). Also, a heated hot air through Process 1F may be blown by a propeller OPE through the heater HTR and even more heated, which is Process 2F. Then the heated hot air may be blown in (or out) through a propeller OPE (Process 3F) to be discharged to the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle through the distribution duct PEORUM.
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, hot air energy produced through Process 1F as shown in FIG. 3 may be changed through the heater HTR of Process 2F to hot air energy with increased heating value (which increases heating rate significantly by reducing initial heating time). A hot air guide OPEG may be disposed to guide hot air to the propeller OPE under Process 3F to be generated in amplified way. Then hot air may be delivered through the distribution duct PEORUM to 4 directions of the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle. (Process 4F) Even though processes are illustrated in FIG. 4 in the order of 3F, 2F and 4F, processes may be organized in the order of 2F, 3F and 4F. In this case, power for operation of the heater HTR may be supplied from a super battery SBT disposed to be charged by a roof panel SUNPE so as not to require additional energy supply for a continuous use. The heater HTR may be fixed in a heater fixing members HTRK and HTRK′ that are brackets for fixing a heater. Since the specifications of a bracket vary depending on the shape of a heater, a heater fixing member HTRK is merely specified as a bracket in FIG. 4. Additionally, a partition marked as a distribution point HTRN on a bracket may be disposed such that in case of one side of the heater breaking down a malfunctioning part may be taken off for a repair, still enabling the minimum functioning.
Also, heated air PEO3 may be heated by the heater HTR into heated air PEO2 such that more strengthened hot air energy may be sent through the propeller OPE to the distribution duct PEORUM (Process 3F), or primarily-heated air PEO1 heated by the hot water utilization and circulation pipe as shown in FIG. 3 may be blown by the propeller OEP into heated air PEO3 (Process 3F) and heated air PEO2 that went through the heater HTR (Process 2F) may be supplied to the distribution duct PEORUM that is Process 4F. The terms SW and SWA refer to power-on switches. In response to hot air discharge from the distribution duct PEORUM to the front, rear, left, and right sides of a vehicle, the discharged hot air may be delivered to the emission pipe PED and a dipper-type distribution inlet PE1 may be disposed at the distribution duct PEORUM to increase a delivery force. The switch SWA may be a power switch that turns on and starts an operation of a propeller to generate super strong hot air energy under Process 3F and may function as a power supply switch to adjust hot air intensity at four stages and reverse the rotation as shown in FIG. 7.
In FIG. 5, the distribution duct PERORUM under Process F4 as shown in FIG. 4 is enlarged for illustration. One of the four directions is illustrated in details, and at the same time delivery of heated air PEO is shown to be made in accordance with the opening/closing of the heated air PEO door DOR in phases by an operation lever. The distribution duct PEORUM may be configured to induce high-intensity energy hot air at one location to deliver to four directions each. In this case, the emission pipe PED may be disposed at the outlet side of each direction to discharge hot air and a distribution inlet hole PE1 may be additionally disposed at the entrance of the coupling part of the emission pipe to guide and facilitate the distributed inlet. Also, a hot air control lever PEODOR may be disposed at the inlet or outlet side of the emission pipe PED and the opening/closing by the lever may be adjusted by a cable wire KEB coupled to operate with a cable wire joint KEBG of the lever LB. The adjustment of the opening/closing may be implemented by one of the known opening/closing structures such as by a cable wire, by a gear mechanism coupled with a stepping motor, by a cylinder operation or by a cam operation. Therefore, the opening/closing configuration is simply referred to as a hot air output control lever and thus illustrated in this disclosure. The lever LB coupled to a lever hinge LBG in the hot air adjustment body LBJ may adjust hot air delivery like automobile gear shifts at 4 phases from 0 to 3, which can also be implemented by an electronic push button or slide structure like Slidacs. Among the 4 phases, 0 indicates that the system is off, and 1, 2 and 3 indicate heated air states. PEO in FIG. 5 shows high-intensity energy hot air fuming out of the emission pipe by way of the distribution duct PEORUM onto the relevant locations around the vehicle. SHB may be an integrated hot air adjustment body, as shown in a plan view, which may combine every hot air adjustment body LBJ at the front, rear, left and right sides into a single box.
The heater HTR according to an embodiment of the present invention may choose a variable resistance, or may use a heat emission control SWJ as a means to control output. Heat emission intensity may be indicated by a multi-level positioning of the heat emission control lever SWLB. The heater HTR may be connected in parallel to flashing alarms KS and KS′ to check power supply to the heater HTR.
FIGS. 7 and 10, which show an example of Process 3F of FIG. 4, illustrate a hot air output controller SWAJ allowing the propeller OPE to operate at a desired output. The hot air output controller SWAJ, which is an example of adjusting the intensity of super strong hot air energy emitted from the propeller OPE, shows a turn-on state ( levels 1, 2, 3, and 4), a turn-off state (level 0), and a reverse rotation state (level −1) driven by a hot air output control level SWALB. FIG. 10 illustrates the hot air energy guide OPEG that is disposed at the front, rear, left, and right sides of a vehicle to discharge hot air through the propeller OPE. The hot air energy guide OPEG may be fixed on the vehicle frame (vehicle body) by a bolt BT. The guide OPEG (front) may indicate that the guide OPEG is disposed at the front of the vehicle body, and the guide OPEG (rear) may indicate that the guide OPEG is disposed at the back of the vehicle body. Also, the guide OPEG (left) may indicate that the guide OPEG is disposed at the left side of the vehicle body, and the guide OPEG (right) may indicate that the guide OPEG is disposed at the right side of the vehicle body.
Also, as shown in FIG. 8 which is in more detail than FIG. 5, an operation of the door DOR may enable discharge of heated air PEO through the emission pipe, and the door DOR may adjust the amount of emission of hot air PEO of high intensity energy. For this a connection ring KDG may be disposed on the upper end of the door DOR to have one end of a cable wire KEB fastened thereon and the other end of the cable wire KEB may be connected to a cable wire joint KEBG. A lower end of the lever LB may be adhered to a lever hinge LBG in the hot air adjustment body and an upper end of the lever may be exposed outside of the hot air adjustment body LGJ to function as a lever. An operation of a cable wire KEB linked to a lever causes the door DOR to move vertically along a slide guide that is not illustrated here, and function to open/close.
Also, in FIG. 9, the end of the emission pipe PED of heated air PEO shown in FIG. 5 may be raised or lowered to shift the discharge locations of heated air PEO of high intensity energy such that snowplowing distance and area may be adjusted during a snowplowing. A hot air distance adjustment ring KMC may be disposed at the top end of the emission pipe PED to connect to one end of the cable wire KEB and the other end of the wire may be connected to a cable wire joint KEBG disposed at the middle point of the lever LB. Multi-level markings 1, 2, and 3 may be made on the hot air adjustment body LBJ such that hot air distance can be adjusted with the lever LB operation. A pleated part EOMG may be disposed at the emission pipe PED for a smooth emission.

Claims

1. A combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow comprising;

a hot water utilization and circulation pipe OSWL branching and circulating coolant heated by a vehicle engine from an induction connecting apparatus;

a heater HTR secondarily heating air primarily heated by the hot water utilization and circulation pipe OSWL;

a propeller OPE sending secondarily heated air to a distribution duct PEORUM; and

a distribution duct PEORUM comprising a branching pipe so as to discharge secondarily heated air out of emission pipes PED disposed at the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle.

2. The combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow of claim 1, wherein hot air passing through a cooling fan LGH is primarily heated by the hot water utilization and circulation pipe OSWL and guided by a hot air guide OPG to the heater HTR.

3. The combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow of claim 1, wherein the secondarily heated air passing through the propeller OPE is transported to the distribution duct PEORUM through a hot air energy guide OPEG.

4. The combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow of claim 3, comprising a dipper-type distribution inlet PE1 additionally disposed at a connecting part of the distribution duct PEORUM with the emission pipes PED branching to the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle to facilitate discharge.

5. The combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow of claim 4, wherein the emission pipe PED comprises a door DOR disposed at an outlet of the emission pipe to open/close the outlet and link with a cable wire KEB connected to a lever LB disposed at a driver's seat.

6. The combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow of claim 4, comprising:

a pleated part EOMG additionally disposed at an outlet of the emission pipe PED to adjust an angle of a portion of the emission pipe PED; and

a hot air distance adjustment ring KMC disposed at an end of the emission pipe PED to be connected to a wire adjusting the angle of the emission pipe PED.

7. The combined multi-purpose pollution-free car and snowplow of claim 1, comprising a roof panel SUNPE and a side panel SUNPE′ additionally disposed on a roof and a side of the vehicle, respectively,

wherein energy outputted from each of the roof panel SUNPE and the side panel SUNPE′ is charged into a super battery SBJ.