WO1994019221A1 - Installation de lavage pour le nettoyage de pneumatiques de vehicules - Google Patents

Installation de lavage pour le nettoyage de pneumatiques de vehicules Download PDF

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WO1994019221A1
WO1994019221A1 PCT/DE1994/000191 DE9400191W WO9419221A1 WO 1994019221 A1 WO1994019221 A1 WO 1994019221A1 DE 9400191 W DE9400191 W DE 9400191W WO 9419221 A1 WO9419221 A1 WO 9419221A1
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Horst Brenner
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60SSERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S3/00Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles
    • B60S3/04Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for exteriors of land vehicles
    • B60S3/042Wheel cleaning devices
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02FTREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F2001/007Processes including a sedimentation step
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02FTREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2103/00Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated
    • C02F2103/44Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from vehicle washing facilities

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  • the present invention relates to a washing system for cleaning vehicle tires, in particular truck tires and / or vehicle undersides.
  • the washing system has a nozzle device for spraying the tire or underside with liquid for cleaning purposes, a roller device designed as a pair of rollers for driving the tires of an axle during the cleaning process, a catch basin for holding the liquid after the cleaning process and a pump device for recirculating the liquid to the nozzle device.
  • washing systems are used to clean vehicle tires, which have a robust structure that is suitable for daily rough operation and at the same time should ensure a high degree of cleaning of the tires.
  • Increasing attention is being paid to using such systems as environmentally friendly as possible.
  • Tires of construction site vehicles are frequently cleaned with a water hose before driving on public roads.
  • the work takes a lot of time and is usually not particularly effective.
  • the water flows into the sewage system and places an additional burden on the sewage treatment plants and the environment.
  • a washing system for cleaning vehicles in which a multiplicity of supports formed from box profiles are arranged, in the intermediate spaces of which water jet pipes are arranged, which aim upwards.
  • This washing system inadequate cleaning of the tire surface can be achieved, since at the beginning of the cleaning process the tires are only sprayed tangentially in the upwardly directed water jet rollers and so the dirt sitting in the tread grooves is not sprayed out of the tires .
  • the washing system for cleaning vehicle tires known from DE 38 02 409 C2 has nozzles which form a spray angle of less than 60 degrees to the driving surface, the vehicle rolling over the system during the washing process. This enables a better cleaning effect for the tires, but this washing system also poses a not inconsiderable burden on the environment.
  • the invention is based on the problem of specifying a washing system for cleaning vehicle tires which is improved compared to the prior art mentioned.
  • this invention is accordingly characterized by a discharge device connected to the collecting basin for discharging the solid or quasi-solid dirt components which are detached from the tire or the underside as a result of the cleaning process and by at least one sewage treatment plant, into which the waste water present in the collecting basin can be introduced via a line connection.
  • a discharge device connected to the collecting basin for discharging the solid or quasi-solid dirt components which are detached from the tire or the underside as a result of the cleaning process and by at least one sewage treatment plant, into which the waste water present in the collecting basin can be introduced via a line connection.
  • the invention is therefore based on the knowledge that the wastewater collected in the sump can be further clarified by an additional sewage treatment plant downstream of the sump so that it can be used as so-called clear water in the same way as fresh water in the washing system or for other purposes .
  • the collected waste water in the collection basin can thus be almost completely recycled.
  • the fresh water consumption, which is used in a washing system for cleaning the entire system is always available in a relatively large amount, desirably severely restricted.
  • the discharge of the solid or quasi-solid dirt components from the collecting basin means that the contaminated liquid, in particular water, itself has an already reduced degree of contamination.
  • the vehicle is driven onto the roller device.
  • the tires of the vehicle axle are then rotated by means of the drive of the roller device, the nozzle device simultaneously spraying the tires with liquid for cleaning purposes.
  • the contaminated liquid and the loosening contaminant particles fall down into the catch basin.
  • the discharge device which is preferably designed as a screw conveyor.
  • the more or less contaminated liquid is introduced into the clarification tower and removed from it again as practically clean water.
  • a further nozzle device which acts on the wall and / or the bottom of the collecting basin.
  • the liquid of this nozzle device is led out of the collecting basin together with the dirty water.
  • This liquid can be fed into the collecting basin via a second independent pump device.
  • the walls of the collecting basin are kept free of dirt, in particular of a solid type, since the further nozzle device flushes these solid dirt components into the discharge device, from which these solid components can be conveyed out of the collecting basin. This prevents the sump from silting up.
  • a preferred development of the washing system according to the invention is characterized in that a fresh water connection is provided in a connection line of the collecting basin to the nozzle device, which enables fresh water to be supplied.
  • a fresh water connection is provided in a connection line of the collecting basin to the nozzle device, which enables fresh water to be supplied.
  • the degree of contamination of the water supplied again can be reduced in order to counteract, for example, a risk of clogging of the nozzles of the nozzle device or to protect the pump device.
  • a further development of the washing system according to the invention which can preferably be used for cleaning so-called vehicles with twin tires, is characterized in that a second, drivable roller device for driving the tires of a further axle is provided, the nozzle device also cleaning the tires of the further axle with liquid ⁇ sprayed for purposes.
  • 1 shows a schematic top view of a washing installation according to the invention with a pump sump basin, a discharge screw, a pump device, a control device and a fresh water inlet
  • 2 shows a section through the pump sump basin along the line 2-2 in FIG. 1, in a schematic representation
  • FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section along line 3--3 in FIG. 1 through the washing system according to FIG. 1 with the vehicle retracted, in a schematic illustration and
  • FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section through the sewage treatment plant assigned to the washing plant and designed as a sewage treatment plant according to the invention in a schematic illustration
  • FIG. 5 top view of the assigned to a washing plant, composed of mobile containers sewage treatment plant according to the invention in a schematic representation.
  • a washing system 10 which vehicles 12 drive through in the direction of travel F, has a collecting basin 14 designed as a trough.
  • a driveway plate 16 is connected to the catch basin 14 against the direction of travel F and is slightly inclined towards the catch basin 14.
  • a wall element 18 is arranged parallel to the direction of travel F on both sides of the collecting basin 14 and the drive plate 16.
  • a roller device 20 approximately in the middle and perpendicular to the direction of travel F, which consists of two rollers running in the present case over the entire width of the collecting basin 14. One of these rollers can be driven, the other can be freely rotated.
  • the tires 22 of an axle of the vehicle 12 are seated on the pair of rollers. The tires of an axle can now be rotated by driving a roller.
  • a first grating element 24 and a second grating element 26 extending over the entire width of the collecting basin and a second grating element 26 are arranged on the upper side of the collecting basin 14, a nozzle device 28 with nozzles being present between the first grating element 24 and the second grating element 26 perpendicular to the direction of travel F. is.
  • the nozzles are arranged so that a liquid escaping through the nozzles under pressure can act on the surface of the tires 22.
  • Direction of travel F there is a further roller device 30, which is arranged perpendicular to the direction of travel F over the entire width and is at a distance from the roller device 20 described above, which essentially corresponds to the center distance of the twin axles of a truck vehicle.
  • a grating device 32 extending along the entire width of the collecting basin 14 is arranged next to the roller device 20.
  • a further nozzle device 34 with individual nozzles is provided on the side walls of the collecting basin 14, the liquid emerging from the nozzles of the nozzle device 34 acting on the bottom 36 of the collecting basin 14.
  • the bottom 36 of the collecting basin 14 is designed in such a way that the liquid entering the collecting basin 14 collects at a deepest point.
  • a screw conveyor 38 is connected, which is designed to detect solid or quasi-solid components in the area of the lowest point and to discharge them from the catch basin 14. The accumulation of solid components in the area of the deepest
  • the point of the collecting basin is supported by the operation of the further nozzle device 34.
  • a pump sump basin 42 is connected to the collecting basin 14 via a drain line 40. From the basin 42, a line 44 leads to a pump device 46, which via a schematically shown control unit 48 is controlled.
  • a line 44.1 leads from the pump device 46 to a sewage treatment tower 66, which will be described in more detail below in connection with FIG. 4.
  • a line 05 90 leads from the clarification tower 66 to branch lines 50, 52 which are connected to the nozzle devices 28, 34.
  • a fresh water line 54 with a closure member 56 is connected to the line 50, the closure member 56
  • a fill level sensor 58 is present in the basin 42, which outputs the information about the fill level in the basin 42 to the control unit 48 via a line 60, which then sends the pump device 46 and possibly also the closure member
  • the washer 10 now works as follows: the vehicle 12 is moved into the washer in the direction of travel F until its tire 22 is on a desired axis
  • the water level in the collecting basin 14 reaches a predetermined level, the water flows through the outlet 40 into the pump sump basin 42. From there it is pumped into the clarification tower 66. The water cleaned in the clarification tower 66 is then fed via lines 90, 50 and 52 to the nozzle devices 28 and 34, respectively.
  • the closure member 56 can be opened and fresh water can be supplied to the circuit.
  • two separate pump circuits are present.
  • One pump circuit supplies the nozzle device 20, which cleans the tires, and the second pump circuit supplies the nozzle device 34 for cleaning the catch basin 14 with water.
  • the line 44.1 opens at the top. This line connects to line 44, which comes from the pump sump basin 42. Dirty water is introduced into the clarification tower 66 with the aid of the pump 46.
  • a longitudinal wall 68 is arranged in the clarification tower 66 and extends from top to bottom in the clarification tower 66.
  • This longitudinal wall 68 could also be replaced by an inner tube (Dortmund fountain).
  • the longitudinal wall 68 connects opposite outer wall regions of the clarification tower 66.
  • a left region 70 and a right region 72 are formed in the interior of the clarification tower 66, which only connect to one another below, where the longitudinal wall 68 is no longer present are.
  • the water flowing into the clarification tower 66 through the line 44.1 must therefore flow down through the left region 70. After passing the lower edge 74 of the longitudinal wall 68, this liquid can then flow upward into the right area 72.
  • An agitator can also be present in the clarification tower 66, with which the lower outlet cone 98 of the clarification tower 66 can be kept free of caking.
  • Another tower is assigned to the clarification tower 66 and serves as a water reservoir 86.
  • This water reservoir 86 is fed with clear water via an overflow 88 in the area 72 of the clarification tower 66 at the top. This clear water has accumulated in area 72.
  • the clear water can be fed from the water reservoir 86 via the line 90 to the lines 50, 52 as a replacement for fresh water.
  • the clear water could also be used for other cleaning purposes.
  • the clear water flowing in through the line 90 could thus be supplied to the nozzle devices 28, 34 either exclusively or mixed with dirty water flowing in from the line 44.
  • the clear water from the water reservoir 86 is provided with the required flow pressure with the aid of a motor-driven submersible pump 100.
  • the dirty water can not only be collected in any number of clarification tanks 66 but also cleaned.
  • a wastewater treatment plant 110 downstream of the washing plant is shown schematically in FIG. 5.
  • this sewage treatment plant 110 consists of two containers 112, 114 which are open at the top and which are generally used on construction sites. the. Containers 112, 114 of this type are provided and are suitable for being transported from refuse vehicles to garbage dumps or similar collection points, to be emptied there and to be transported back to the same or another point of need.
  • the containers 112, 114 can be used in addition to one or more clarification towers 66 or preferably instead of such a clarification tower 66 in the present case.
  • the arrangement of the containers instead of the one or more clarifying towers 66 has the advantage that the dirt accumulated in them does not have to be reloaded and transported from the containers to another container, but that the container, in a manner known per se , with which the dirt particles present in it can be easily transported to a landfill or similar waste collection point.
  • the containers 112, 114 differ from comparable commercially available containers in that, in the present example, an intermediate wall 116 is provided in each of them. This intermediate wall 116 protrudes at right angles from a side wall 118 of each container and is connected to the bottom 120 of the container. The wall 116 does not run fully onto the opposite wall 124, so that in the remaining space 126 the water present in the container can flow from the right partial chamber 128 into the left partial chamber 130 (arrow 132).
  • By coupling the two containers 112, 114 to one another via a connecting line 134 four partial chambers are created, two chambers 128, 130 in the container 114 and two comparable chambers 128, 130 in the downstream container 112.
  • Subchamber 128 of the container 114 initiated. From there the water flows along the arrow 132 into the other part of the chamber 130. The dirty water thus flows through the container 114 twice in the longitudinal direction, the flow path could be extended further by arranging further partition walls. The longer the residence time of the dirty water flowing through the container, the more dirt particles can settle down in the bottom area of the container.
  • the water then flows from the container 114 via the connection line 134 into the downstream container 112. There, too, it flows through the container twice, namely once the water flows through the sub-chamber 128 and then once again through the sub-chamber 130
  • the sub-chamber 130 then flows the water, which has since been cleaned there, via the line 90 back to the washing system 10 or the nozzle devices. If two containers 114, 112 are not sufficient to achieve adequate cleaning of the discharged dirty water, a number of additional containers can be set up in a row in a corresponding manner. It is also possible to omit the partition 116 from one or more of these containers. This depends in particular on the degree of contamination of the water introduced and on the number of containers 112, 114 connected and provided downstream.
  • the line 90 can also open into another basin 140 (FIG. 5).
  • This basin 140 serves as a reservoir for purified water. From this container 140, the water present in the basin 140 is fed to the nozzle devices via a pump device 142. Depending on the size of the reservoir 140, water of any size can be made available for cleaning the vehicles. An additional water reservoir for purified water can still be provided below the bottom 36 (FIG. 3). Due to its inclined design, the floor 36 has a free space below it, which can be used as a storage 144 for purified water. In this way, the basin 140 could be made correspondingly smaller or a correspondingly larger amount of purified water could be made available for cleaning at short notice.

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Une installation de lavage (10) pour le nettoyage de pneumatiques, en particulier de pneumatiques de camions, possède un système de buses (28) pour asperger ou arroser avec un liquide les pneumatiques ou la surface inférieure du véhicule, un système de rouleaux (20) pour entraîner les pneumatiques (22) d'au moins un essieu du véhicule, un bassin de réception (14) servant à recevoir le liquide après le nettoyage et un système de pompage (46) servant à ramener le liquide jusqu'au système de buses (28). Cette installation de lavage se caractérise par un système d'extraction (38) raccordé au bassin de réception (14) et servant à extraire du bassin de réception (14) les impuretés solides ou quasi solides qui se détachent des pneumatiques (22) ou de la surface inférieure du véhicule par suite du nettoyage, et également par au moins une installation de décantation (66) dans laquelle l'eau souillée présente dans le bassin de réception (14) est amenée par un système de conduites (40, 44, 44.1) et à partir de laquelle l'eau purifiée est réintroduite dans le système de buses (28).
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GB2347846A (en) * 1999-03-19 2000-09-20 Clean Wheels International Lim Vehicle wheel washing apparatus
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