JP3052814B2 - Car wash equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car wash facility installed at a gas station, for example, a movable type for reciprocating a car washer body relative to a car, and a fixed type for moving a car relative to a car wash machine body. This is related to car wash facilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, a car washer is installed outside of a gas station. Therefore, in a cold region, when the car washer is stopped (when no car is washed), water adhering to the brush freezes. The car cannot be washed. Conventionally, as a countermeasure, the brush is idled after car washing to drain the water, spraying warm water on the brush before car washing to deicing,
It is considered to be installed in a heated building to protect it from freezing, etc., and is currently being implemented.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional countermeasures, it goes without saying that the brushes are made of resin, especially if the brushes are made of cloth (cloth) or feathers. Can not. In other words, the cloth and feathers have high water retention, and the water that has penetrated into the fiber cannot be drained to the extent that it does not freeze unless it is idle for a long time, such as hours or a day. It is practically impossible to take measures to drain the water by spinning. As a measure against hot water spraying, even if hot water is sprayed, hot water is not applied to the inside of the brush material only, so thawing is impossible except for mild freezing, and hot water is sprayed. Even then, it will quickly cool and freeze. In addition, measures to be installed in a building increase equipment costs and require a large installation space.

Accordingly, the present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention prevents the brush material from freezing even if the brush material is made of resin, cloth or feather. The purpose is to provide a car wash facility that can be obtained.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a car wash facility according to the present invention is a car wash facility provided with a brush for washing on a car wash machine body,
The brush is formed by attaching a brush material to an outer periphery of a brush shaft having an internal space, and a detachable heating device is provided in the internal space when the operation of the brush is stopped. .

Here, as the brush material, cloth (made of cloth), feather, or resin is used. Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the operation is stopped, and the heating device is attached to the inner space of the brush shaft in a state where the brush is in a sloping and drooping state. The temperature of the air in the internal space can be raised to bring the internal space into a state of a heating chamber that is isolated from the outside air. As a result, the brush material located outside the brush shaft is heated from the inside by heat conduction through the brush shaft, and even under the condition that outside air freezes water, Even if the brush material is made of resin, feather or cloth, the brush material impregnated with water and squeezed is free from freezing. Therefore, the next car washing operation can be performed without any trouble by removing the heating device from the brush shaft.

[0007] Further, the car washing equipment according to claim 2 of the present invention,
In the above configuration, the heating device includes a heating portion that can be inserted into the internal space, and a clamp portion that can operate on the end of the brush shaft.

Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the heating device is mounted on the brush shaft by inserting the heating portion into the internal space of the brush shaft to a predetermined position and causing the clamp portion to act on the brush shaft. I can do it. The heating device can be detached from the brush shaft by releasing the clamp of the clamp unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a car washing facility according to the first aspect of the present invention, further comprising a cover that is cylindrical and can be fitted over the brush when operation is stopped. It was done.

Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the heat in the space surrounded by the cover body can be increased by the heat radiation from the outer surface of the brush shaft. Thus, the brush material is located in this atmosphere, which can further promote prevention of freezing. Then, before performing the next car washing operation, the cover body is removed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a car washing facility according to the first aspect, wherein the brush material is formed of a cloth material. Therefore, according to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the brush material is a cloth (cloth) material, it is possible to perform suitable washing with high water retention.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
A description will be given with reference to the drawings as a state in which the car washer is adopted as a movable type in which a car washer body reciprocates with respect to a car.

4 and 5, the car wash machine body 10 is formed in a gate shape with a pair of left and right side members 11 and a ceiling member 12 with the front and rear surfaces opened. This car wash machine body
10 is mounted on the rail 1 on the ground side via a plurality of wheels 13, and is configured to be reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction by the operation of a traveling drive device (not shown).

Inside the car wash machine body 10, there are a plurality of washing water arches 15, a plurality of wax arches 16, and a detergent arch.
17, a top nozzle 18 for drying and a side nozzle 19 are provided at a position on the front side, and a top brush 20, a side brush 21, and a rocker brush 30 for cleaning are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 6 to 8, each brush
Of the brushes 20, 21 and 30, for example, the brush shaft 31 of the rocker brush 30 has a pipe shape formed by extruding aluminum (an example of metal), and has a plurality of circumferentially outer circumferential portions (four in the embodiment). ), A fitting portion 32 in the axial direction is formed.

The fitting portions 32 are formed in a pair in the circumferential direction.
33, and a pair of locking portions that are projected outward from a circumferentially outer position with respect to these ridges 33 and then successively extended to the opposite side.
34 formed. And the outer surface of the ridge 33 and the brush shaft
A fitting recess 35 is formed by the outer surface of the base 31 and the inner surface of the locking portion 34. Further, connecting round holes 36 are formed in the portions between the both ridges 33 at both ends of the brush shaft 31.

A single brush material 37 made of only cloth (cloth material) such as a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric is formed in a disk shape with a central through portion 38 at the center thereof.
A plurality of fixing holes 39 are formed at a plurality of positions (12 positions in the embodiment) in the peripheral portion of the central through portion 38 in the circumferential direction.

The brush member 37 is fixed to a plurality (four in the embodiment) of fitting members 40 in the circumferential direction through a peripheral portion of the central through portion 38. The fitted body 40 is formed of a resin into a square plate shape, in which case a rectangular main body portion is formed at the center.
On both sides of 41, a pair of locked portions 42 are formed that protrude inward and are then extended in opposite directions. A fixing hole 43 is formed in the main body portion 41.

The brush material 37 is fixed to the fitting member 40 formed as described above. This fixing is performed by folding the peripheral portion in the circumferential direction and through the folded portion. That is, in the embodiment, the brush material 37 is folded twice, and three-layered folded portions are formed at four places. At this time, folding is performed in a state where three fixing holes 39 are communicated with each other at a central portion in the circumferential direction of the folded portion. Then, the outer surface of the main body portion 41 of the body to be fitted 40 is applied to the inside of the folded portion, and the fixing holes 43 are communicated with the fixing holes 39.
By driving in 44, the brush material 37 is fixed to the fitting target 40.

The fitting body 40 to which the brush material 37 is fixed in this manner is fitted to the fitting portion 32 of the brush shaft 31 so as to be slidable in the axial direction. That is, the fitted body 40 is fitted from the end of the brush shaft 31 by being engaged with the both locked portions 42 with the both locking portions 34, and is guided by the fitting portion 32 so that the shaft center is The brush member 37 is externally fitted to the brush shaft 31, and is arranged so as to be stacked in the axial direction.

A fixing device 45 for preventing outward movement of both ends of the fitted body 40 located at both ends in the axial direction of the brush shaft 31 includes:
It is provided detachably on the brush shaft 31 side. That is, the main body of the fixing device 45 is formed of a contact member 46 formed of a resin into a square plate shape, and the contact member 46 abuts on the outer surface between the two protrusions 33 in the fitting portion 32 of the brush shaft 31. Is done. Further, the contact member 46 is formed with a long connecting hole 47 extending in the axial direction, and the long connecting hole 47 is a round hole for connecting the brush shaft 31.
36 is formed to be freely communicable.

A fixing tool 48 for fixing the abutment member 46 to the brush shaft 31 is provided. The fixing tool 48 includes a bolt 49 that is passed from the connecting long hole 47 to the connecting round hole 36 and a brush shaft. It is composed of a nut 50 and the like, which are located in the inside 31 and into which the bolt 49 is screwed.

As described above, since the brush shaft 31 has a pipe shape, an internal space 51 is formed, and a detachable heating device 54 is provided in the internal space 51 when the operation of the rocker brush 30 is stopped. Can be The heating device 54 is a heater (an example of a heating unit) that can be inserted into the internal space 51 from below.
55, a clamp portion 57 integrated with the heater 55 via a bracket 56 and operable at the lower end of the brush shaft 31 and at a position avoiding the fitting portion 32, and a free end connected to the heater 55 And a cable 59 having a connector 58. Here, the clamp portion 57 is configured as a spring scissors type integrally having an opening / closing operation portion.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, when the operation of the rocker brush 30 is stopped,
A cover body 60 which is cylindrical and can be fitted to the outside is provided. That is, the cover body 60 includes, for example, a rectangular heat insulating cover 61 made of a heat insulating material, a side surface fastener 62 provided between the left and right ends of the heat insulating cover 61, and an upper surface provided on the upper end inner surface of the heat insulating cover 61. It is formed by a fastener 63 or the like. Here, the cover body 60 can expand from a cylindrical shape to an open shape due to the flexibility of the heat retaining cover 61.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below. When performing the car washing operation, the driver or the operator operates the operation panel 25 while the car 5 is stopped to set the car washing course. As a result, the brushes 20, 21, 30 spread by rotation as shown by the dotted lines in FIGS. 4 and 5 while the car wash machine body 10 reciprocates, and the washing water is supplied through the washing water arch 15. , Wax arch
The supply of the wax liquid via the nozzle 16, the supply of the detergent via the detergent arch 17, and the blowing of the wind from both nozzles 18, 19, etc., are operated in an appropriate combination, so that the intended Cleaning can be performed. At that time, brush 2
Since the material of the brush material 37 in 0, 21, and 30 is a cloth (cloth), the water retention is high and suitable cleaning can be performed.

When such a car wash is completed and the operation is stopped, the brushes 20, 21, and 30 are in a sloping and drooping shape as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. In this state, first, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1 and the imaginary lines in FIGS. 7 and 8, the heater 55 is inserted into the internal space 51 of the brush shaft 31 from below to a predetermined position. At the lower end of the
Is clamped at a position avoiding the above. That is, the heating device 54 is attached to the lower end of the brush shaft 31.

Next, after the heat retaining cover 61 deployed as shown in FIG. 1 is wound around the rocker brush 30, the left and right ends of the heat retaining cover 61 are joined using the side surface fasteners 62. After making it cylindrical, the upper surface fastener
63, using the heat insulating cover 61 except for the brush shaft 31
Between the inner surfaces of the upper ends. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cover body 60 is externally fitted in a tubular shape with respect to the rocker brush 30, and at this time, the coupling portion at the upper end is caught and the fall is prevented. Become.

In this state, the connector 58 is connected to the connector 26 and the heater 55 is energized.
The heat generated in 55 can raise the temperature of the air in the internal space 51.
As a result, the inside of the inner space 51 becomes a state of a heating chamber that is cut off from the outside air, and the brush material located outside this atmosphere is
37 is heated from the inside by heat conduction through the brush shaft 31, so that even if the outside air freezes the water, the brush material impregnated with water and constricted. 37 escapes freezing.

Further, by radiating heat from the outer surface of the brush shaft 31, the air in the space surrounded by the cover body 60 can be heated,
As a result, the inside of the space becomes an atmosphere of a greenhouse state in which it is shut off from the outside air, and the brush material 37 is located in this atmosphere, which can further promote prevention of freezing.

Therefore, in the next cleaning operation, the connector 58 is detached, the power is cut off, the cover body 60 is removed by releasing the connection of the hook-and-loop fasteners 62, 63, and the clamp portion 57 is removed.
By removing the heating device 54 from the brush shaft 31 by releasing the clamp, the operation can be performed without any trouble.

In the above-described embodiment, the rocker brush 30 has been mainly described. However, the top brush 20 and the side brush 21 are similarly protected from freezing by the heating device 54, and the cover body 60 is also shaped and sized. A similar thing is adopted except for differences.

In the above-described embodiment, the heater 55 is used as the heating device 54. However, the heater 55 may be of a type in which a heating liquid or a heating gas flows through the internal space 51. The connector 58 on the heater 55 side may be connected to a connector on the ground side.

In the above-described embodiment, the heating device 54 is configured to be detachable via the spring scissor type clamp portion 57. This is a type in which the heating device 54 is elastically pressed into the lower end of the brush shaft 31 and mounted. Alternatively, other types such as a type of being screwed to and attached to the lower end of the brush shaft 31 may be used.

In the above-described embodiment, the cover body 60 is formed in a rectangular shape and is externally fitted in a tubular shape using the side surface fasteners 62. For example, the side brush 21 and the rocker brush are used.
A cylindrical cover body 60 having no dividing portion may be adopted for the 30 and may be externally fitted from the lower end side. Also cover body 60
Is divided into two or more places (plural places) in the circumferential direction, and two or more places (plural places) by the side surface fastener 62.
May be combined.

In the above-described embodiment, the joining and releasing are quickly and easily performed by using the side surface fastener 62 and the upper surface fastener 63 for the cover body 60. Other formats, such as a format or a format of being attached with a string, may be used.

In the above embodiment, the upper part of the cover body 60 is moved by the rocker brush 30 by the action of the upper surface fastener 63.
It is attached to the side of the car wash machine 10 but may be supported by hanging it.

In the above-described embodiment, the brush material 37 is formed of a cloth material, thereby enabling suitable washing with high water retention. This uses a brush material made of a feather material or a resin material. It may be something.

In the above-described embodiment, a movable car washing facility for reciprocating the car washing machine main body 10 with respect to the car 5 is shown, but this is performed by a conveyor device or the like with respect to the fixed car washing machine main body. A fixed type car wash facility for moving the car 5 may be used.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a heating device is attached to the internal space of the brush shaft, the air in the internal space can be heated by the heat of the heating device. The heating room can be in a state where the vacant space is isolated from the outside air. This allows the brush material located outside the brush shaft to
Heat was applied from the inside by heat conduction through the brush shaft, so that the brush material was made of resin, feather, or cloth, even if the outside air was freezing water. In this case, it is possible to prevent the brush material impregnated with water and frozen from being frozen. Therefore, the next car washing operation can be performed without any trouble by removing the heating device from the brush shaft. Further, it can be easily installed outdoors, and the equipment cost can be reduced, and the installation space can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
The heating device is inserted into and removed from the interior space of the brush shaft, and the clamp device is clamped to the brush shaft, so that the heating device can be attached to and detached from the brush shaft. Switching can be easily and quickly performed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by fitting the cylindrical cover body to the brush,
By radiating heat from the outer surface of the brush shaft, the temperature of the air in the space surrounded by the cover body can be raised quickly and sufficiently, thereby creating a greenhouse atmosphere in which the space is cut off from the outside air. It is possible to further promote prevention of freezing of the brush material.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily employ a brush material of cloth, and to perform suitable washing with high water retention even in a cold region.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention and is a front view when a heating device is installed in a car wash facility.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the car wash facility when a cover is attached.

FIG. 3 is a plan view when the cover body is mounted in the car wash facility.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the car washing facility.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the car wash facility.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a rocker brush in the car wash facility.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a lower end portion of the rocker brush in the car washing facility.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway front view of a lower end portion of the rocker brush in the car wash facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Car wash machine body 20 Top brush 21 Side brush 30 Rocker brush 31 Brush shaft 32 Fitting part 37 Brush material (cloth material) 40 Object to be fitted 44 Rivets 45 Fixing device 51 Internal space 54 Heating device 55 Heater (heating unit) 57 Clamp part 60 Cover body 61 Heat insulation cover 62 Side surface fastener 63 Upper surface fastener

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60S 3/06

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. A car washing facility comprising a washing brush in a car washing machine main body, wherein the brush is formed by attaching a brush material to an outer periphery of a brush shaft having an inner space, and when the brush is stopped, A car washing facility, wherein a detachable heating device is provided in the internal space. 2. The car washing facility according to claim 1, wherein the heating device comprises a heating portion that can be inserted into the internal space and a clamp portion that can operate on the end of the brush shaft. 3. The car wash facility according to claim 1, wherein a cover body is provided which is cylindrical and can be fitted onto the brush when the operation is stopped. 4. The car wash facility according to claim 1, wherein the brush material is formed from a cloth material.