JP3517073B2 - Car wash with cloth brush - 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 washer installed in a gas station, for example, a movable car washer for reciprocating a car washer body with respect to a car to be washed, and a car washer to be washed. The present invention relates to a fixed car wash machine for moving a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, in a brush group of a car wash machine, each brush is made of cloth (cloth material) so that it can be suitably washed with high water retention and softness. The protrusions of will not be damaged,
In addition, the sound that hits the body of the brush alone can be reduced to maintain a soft feeling.

That is, a vehicle cleaning body unit disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-107133 is provided as a brush made of cloth. In this conventional configuration, the vehicle cleaning body unit is made of woven cloth or nonwoven cloth. And by adopting woven cloth or non-woven cloth, it is possible to provide a group of brushes at low cost, yet the cloth itself is elastic and has excellent water repellency and does not become heavy, so the brush shape when rotated is made uniform. It will look good.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional structure, the woven or non-woven fabric brush has a coarse cloth material, so that sand or dust is likely to enter, and sand or dust may enter. Therefore, it is easy to damage the outer surface of the vehicle body. Furthermore, the durability of the cloth is low and the frequency of repair work such as replacement is high.

In view of the above, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention makes it possible to make the brush shape uniform when rotated and to have a good appearance, but it is possible to reduce the ingress of sand, dust and the like and to improve the durability. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a car wash machine using a cloth brush with good properties.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a car washing machine using a cloth brush according to a first aspect of the present invention is such that a car washing machine body and a vehicle to be washed are relatively opposed to each other in a vehicle length direction. Is a car wash machine for cleaning a vehicle to be washed by a brush group, the car wash body being provided with a top brush, a side brush and a rocker brush, and the top brush is made of an ultrafine fiber cloth. One brush or a plurality of non-woven brushes in the direction of the brush axis.
It is obtained by said configured by alternately arranged.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit has a high density of knitted fibers, it is difficult for sand and dust to enter, and the material itself is soft, which damages the outer surface of the vehicle body. And the durability of the cloth is good, and moreover, it is easy to contain water to improve water retention. In addition, bra made of ultrafine fiber cloth
The nonwoven fabric brush itself positioned between sheet alone to regulate the microfiber cloth brush itself from right and left, microfiber fabric brush alone shape prevents the uneven wavy obtained, its
Then, the presence of the non-woven fabric brush unit group causes
Can reduce the overall weight of the lashi.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a car washing machine using a cloth brush, which has the above-mentioned first configuration.
It is characterized in that the side brush is composed of an ultrafine fiber cloth brush single layer corresponding to an intermediate portion in the vehicle height direction, and a nonwoven fabric brush single layer located above and below the brush layer.

Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the brush-made single layer of ultrafine fiber cloth can be brought into contact with the intermediate portion of the vehicle to be cleaned, which is concerned about scratches, and the lower portion which is not so concerned about scratches. Alternatively, a non-woven fabric brush unit layer can be brought into contact with the upper portion where the protrusions are present, and the non-woven fiber brush unit layer regulates the ultra-fine fiber fabric brush unit layer from above and below, It is possible to prevent the shape of the brush unit layer from wavy.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a car washing machine using a cloth brush, wherein the rocker brush has a superfine fiber cloth brush single layer corresponding to an intermediate portion in a vehicle height direction. And a non-woven fabric brush unit layer located therebelow.

Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the superfine fiber cloth brush single layer can be brought into contact with the intermediate portion of the vehicle to be cleaned, which is concerned about the damage, and the damage is not very concerned. The non-woven fabric brush single layer can be brought into contact with the lower part, and the non-woven fiber brush single layer supports the ultra-fine fiber cloth brush single layer from below to form the shape of the ultra-fine fiber cloth brush single layer. Can be prevented from wavy variation.

[0012] Moreover car wash cloth brush used according to claim 4 of the present invention, in the configuration of claim 1, wherein the above, the radius effects from microfiber fabric brush single brush axis is non-woven brush alone It is characterized in that it is set longer than the action radius from the brush axis.

Therefore, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a group of ultrafine fiber cloth brush units having a long working radius is mainly brought into contact with the upper surface portion of the vehicle to be cleaned which is concerned about scratches. Therefore, it is possible to reduce damage to the upper surface of the vehicle body. Then, by positioning the non-woven cloth brushes whose action radius is short and which do not come into contact with the upper surface of the vehicle body so much between the micro-fine fiber cloth brushes, the non-woven fiber brushes regulate the micro-fiber cloth brushes from the left and right. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the shape of the brush made of the ultrafine fiber cloth from becoming uneven in a wavy shape.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
A state adopted in a mobile car wash machine will be described based on the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a car-washing machine main body 10 having a gate shape.
Is mounted on the rail 1 via a plurality of wheels 11, and is reciprocated on a fixed route by the operation of a traveling drive device (not shown). The car wash body 10 includes a first wash water arch 12, a first wax arch 13, and a second wash water arch.
14, the second wax arch 15, and the detergent arch 16 are arranged in this order, and a top nozzle 17 and a side nozzle 18 for drying are provided at the location of the first washing water arch 12. Further, a side brush 20, a rocker brush 30, and a top brush 40 are arranged in the car wash machine body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the side brush 20 is constructed by disposing both a non-woven cloth brush unit 25 and a microfiber cloth brush unit 28 on a brush shaft 21. ing. That is, the brush shaft 21 is pipe-shaped, and axially fitting portions 22 are formed at a plurality of positions on the outer circumference of the brush shaft 21 in the circumferential direction. And a non-woven brush 25
The inner peripheral portion of the brush unit 28 made of ultrafine fiber cloth is folded, and the folded portion is fixed by a plurality of fitted members 26, 29 in the circumferential direction. Here, the mating object 2
6, 29 are fitted in the fitting portion 22 so as to be slidable in the axial direction.

Nonwoven brush unit having the above structure
When assembling the brush 25 and the single-piece brush 28 made of ultrafine fiber cloth on the brush shaft 21, first, the fixing devices 23 are fixed at a plurality of circumferential positions at the lower end of the brush shaft 21. Next, non-woven brush unit
A plurality of mating bodies 26 fixed to the
The fitting part 22 of 21 is fitted from the upper end and the fitting part 22
The slide of the non-woven fabric brush 25 is externally fitted to the brush shaft 21 by sliding in the axial direction by the guide. Then, the non-woven brush unit 25 side is slid to the lower end, and the fitted body 26 is brought into contact with the fixing device 23 from above.

By repeating such external fitting and sliding,
The non-woven fabric brush units 25 are sequentially laminated and arranged in the axial direction while the upper fitted body 26 is brought into contact with the lower fitted body 26 from above. The lamination of the non-woven brush 25 alone corresponds to the lower portion in the vehicle height direction of the vehicle to be cleaned 5 such as a passenger car, that is, to the range from the lower portion of the vehicle body 6 to the upper portion of the tire 7, for example. Then, the lower layer non-woven brush single layer 25A is formed.

Next, the microfiber cloth brush units 28 are similarly laminated. Here, a brush made of ultrafine fiber cloth
The lamination of 28 is performed corresponding to the intermediate portion of the vehicle to be cleaned 5 in the vehicle height direction, that is, corresponding to the range of the intermediate portion of the vehicle body 6, for example.
28A is formed.

Thereafter, the non-woven brush unit 25 is laminated again in the same manner. Here, the non-woven fabric brush unit 25 is laminated corresponding to the upper portion of the vehicle to be cleaned 5 in the vehicle height direction, that is, corresponding to the range of, for example, the window 8 and so on. 25B is formed.

After stacking as described above, the fixing device 23 is fixed to the upper end of the brush shaft 21. Thus, the brush portion of the side brush 20 can be constituted by the microfiber cloth brush single layer 28A corresponding to the middle portion in the vehicle height direction and the non-woven brush single layer 25B, 25A located above and below the microfiber cloth single brush layer 28A.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, the rocker brush 30 has both a non-woven brush unit 35 and a microfiber cloth brush unit 38 arranged on the brush shaft 31. It is composed of. The parts of the rocker brush 30, the assembly work, etc., are the same as the side brush 20 described above.
Is the same as. Here, the fitting portion 32, the fixing device 33, and the fitted objects 36 and 39 are shown.

To assemble such a non-woven brush unit 35 and a microfiber cloth unit brush 38 on the brush shaft 31,
First, the fixing device 33 is fixed to the lower end of the brush shaft 31. Next, the fitted body 36 of the non-woven brush unit 35 is fitted and slid on the fitting portion 32 from the upper end, and by repeating this, the non-woven brush unit 35 is sequentially laminated and arranged in the axial direction. This non-woven brush unit 35 is laminated on the vehicle 5 to be cleaned.
In the vehicle height direction, that is, in the range from the lower part of the vehicle body 6 to the upper part of the tire 7, for example, to form the non-woven brush single layer 35A.

Next, the ultrafine fiber cloth brush units 38 are similarly laminated. Here, a brush made of ultrafine fiber cloth
The lamination of 38 is performed corresponding to the middle portion of the vehicle to be cleaned 5 in the vehicle height direction, that is, corresponding to the range of the middle portion of the vehicle body 6, for example, and thus the brush layer made of ultrafine fiber cloth is formed.
38A is formed.

After stacking as described above, the fixing device 33 is fixed to the upper end of the brush shaft 31. As a result, the brush portion of the rocker brush 30 can be configured by the microfiber cloth brush single layer 38A corresponding to the intermediate portion in the vehicle height direction and the non-woven brush single layer 35A located below it.

The top brush 40 is shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5.
As shown in FIG. 3, both the non-woven fabric brush unit 45 and the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 are arranged on the brush shaft 41. The configuration of each part of the top brush 40 and the assembling work are the same as those of the side brush 20 described above. Here, the fitting portion 42, the fixing device 43, the object to be fitted
Shown as 46,49.

To assemble the non-woven brush unit 45 and the ultrafine fiber cloth unit 48 on the brush shaft 31,
First, the fixing device 43 is fixed to one end of the brush shaft 41. In this state, the mating body 46 of the non-woven brush unit 45 is inserted into the mating section 42.
By fitting and sliding from the other end, the single non-woven brush 45 is externally fitted and arranged on the brush shaft 41. Next, a single microfiber cloth brush unit 48 is laminated in the same manner. By repeating this, non-woven brush unit 45
And the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 are alternately laminated one by one. Then, after such lamination, the fixing device 43 is fixed to the other end of the brush shaft 41.

As a result, the brush portion of the top brush 40 is made up of the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 and the non-woven cloth brush unit.
45 and 45 may be alternately arranged one by one in the direction of the brush axis. At this time, the working radius 48a from the brush shaft center 41a of the group 48 of ultrafine fiber cloth brushes is set longer than the working radius 45a from the brush shaft center 41a of the group 45 of non-woven fiber brushes.

The cleaning action in the above embodiment will be described below. When performing the cleaning, first, the driver or the operator operates the operation panel while the vehicle 5 to be cleaned is stopped, so that one car washing course (washing condition) is set. In this state, by turning on the car wash start switch, while the car wash machine body 10 is reciprocatingly moved, the brushes 20, 30, 40 are moved toward and away from each other by the rotation, and the washing water arches 12, 14 are used for washing. Water supply, wax arch 1
The vehicle to be washed 5 is operated by appropriately combining the supply of the wax liquid through the nozzles 3 and 15, the supply of the detergent through the detergent arch 16, and the blowing of the air from both nozzles 17 and 18. The intended cleaning process and drying process can be performed.

During the cleaning process, each brush 20,
Since the brush parts of 30 and 40 are made of cloth (cloth material), they have high water retention and are soft and suitable for cleaning. The brushes 20, 30 and 40 are rotated at a constant speed, so that the resistance of the cloth brush portion does not damage the protrusions of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned, and the sound of the cloth brush portion that hits the vehicle body 6 is reduced. And maintain a soft feeling.

By the way, the ultrafine fiber cloth brush units 28, 38, 48 used for the brushes 20, 30, 40 are as follows:
For example, Bellbell (registered trademark) manufactured by Kanebo is used. In this case, since ultrafine fibers are knitted at a high density, it is difficult for sand and dust to enter, and the material itself is soft, and the outer surface of the vehicle body is damaged. Can be reduced. Moreover, the durability of the cloth is good, and the frequency of repair work such as replacement can be reduced. Further, since it easily contains water, the water retention property can be further improved, and the washing can be performed well.

However, when the ultrafine fiber cloth brush units 28, 38 and 48 are used for all of the brush portions of the brushes 20, 30 and 40, as described above, since they are liable to contain water, the whole becomes heavy, and the rotation If this is done, the shape of the brush will be wavy and the appearance will be poor. In addition, it becomes easy to be damaged by being caught in a protrusion (such as a sun visor).

On the other hand, in the side brush 20, as shown in FIG. 3, the brush single layer 28 made of ultrafine fiber cloth is used for the intermediate portion which is a portion where the scratch on the vehicle 5 to be cleaned is concerned.
By contacting A, it is possible to reduce the damage to the outer surface of the vehicle body, and it is possible to perform good cleaning. Then, the lower non-woven fabric brush unit layer 25A and the upper non-woven fabric brush unit layer 25B are brought into contact with the lower portion where the scratches are not much concerned and the upper portion where the protrusions are present. The layers 25A and 25B regulate the brush layer 28A made of ultrafine fiber cloth from above and below to prevent the shape of the brush layer 28A made of ultrafine fiber cloth from being irregularly wavy. The shape of the brush when rotated can be made uniform, and the appearance can be improved.

Further, in the rocker brush 30, as shown in FIG. 4, a brush single layer 38A made of ultrafine fiber cloth is brought into contact with an intermediate portion of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned which is concerned about scratches. Can reduce the damage to the outer surface of the vehicle body,
Moreover, it can be washed well. The non-woven brush single layer 35A is brought into contact with the lower portion where the scratches are not so much concerned, and the non-woven brush single layer 35A supports the ultrafine fiber cloth single brush layer 38A from below. Become a superfine fiber cloth brush single layer 38
It is possible to prevent the shape of A from undulating, and to make the shape of the brush when the rocker brush 30 is rotated uniform, so that the appearance can be improved.

Further, in the top brush 40, as shown in FIG. 5, a brush unit made of ultrafine fiber cloth having a long working radius 48a is mainly used for the upper surface portion of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned which is concerned about scratches. By contacting the 48 groups, it is possible to reduce the damage to the upper surface of the vehicle body, and it is possible to perform a good cleaning. And, the non-woven brush unit 45 whose action radius 45a is short and does not contact the upper surface of the vehicle body much
By rotating between the ultrafine fiber cloth brush units 48, the non-woven fiber brush unit 45 restricts the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 from the left and right, and the shape of the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 is It is possible to prevent wavy variations, and thereby make the brush shape uniform when the top brush 40 is rotated, and make the appearance good. In addition, the existence of the non-woven fabric brush unit 45 groups can reduce the total weight of the top brush 40 and prevent the drive device (motor or the like) for rotating the brush from being overloaded.

In the above-described embodiment, the movable car wash machine is shown in which the car wash machine body 10 is reciprocated with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned 5. This is a conveyor device for a fixed car wash machine body. It may be a fixed type car wash machine that moves the vehicle to be washed by, for example.

In the above embodiment, the side brush 20
And the rocker brush 30 are all non-woven brush 25,
Both 35 and microfiber cloth brushes 28 and 38 are used, but this may be part of the side brush 20 and rocker brush 30 , and the balance is made of non-woven brush and microfiber cloth. It is also possible to use only one of the brushes alone.

In the above embodiment, the top brush 40
As an example, the non-woven brush unit 45 and the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 are alternately arranged one by one,
This may be a form in which a plurality of sheets are alternately arranged, such as two or three sheets.

In the above embodiment, the top brush 40
As a form using a non-woven fabric brush unit 45 and an ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48 having different action radii, this is a non-woven fabric brush unit 45 and an ultra-fine fiber cloth brush unit 48 having the same action radius. May be used.

In the car wash machine described in the above embodiment, the arrangement order and the number of various arches and nozzles are examples, and the car wash machine in which the arrangement order and the number thereof are arbitrarily changed may be used. .

[0041]

According to the above-mentioned claim 1 of the present invention, since the brush made of ultrafine fiber cloth has a high density of knitted fibers, it is difficult for sand and dust to enter, and the material itself is soft. The damage to the outer surface of the vehicle body can be reduced, the durability of the cloth is good, the frequency of repair work such as replacement can be reduced, and moreover, it easily contains water and can further improve the water retention, so that it can be washed well. It can be performed. In addition, the brush made of non-woven fabric is placed between the brushes made of ultra-fine fiber cloth.
By controlling from the left and right, it is possible to prevent the shape of the ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit from becoming uneven in a wavy shape, so that the shape of the brush when the top brush is rotated can be made uniform and a good appearance can be obtained. The non-woven brush unit can be provided easily and inexpensively. And the existence of a group of non-woven brushes
The overall weight of the top brush can be reduced by
No load is applied to the rotation drive device (motor, etc.)
You can

According to claim 2 of the present invention described above,
With respect to the intermediate part that is concerned about the damage of the vehicle to be cleaned, the brush layer made of ultra-fine fiber cloth can be contacted to reduce the damage on the outer surface of the vehicle body, and the cleaning can be performed well. The non-woven brush single layer can be contacted to the lower part where scratches are not so much concern and the upper part where the protrusions are present. By restricting, it is possible to prevent the shape of the brush layer made of the ultrafine fiber cloth from being uneven in a wavy shape, so that the shape of the brush when the side brush is rotated can be made uniform and the appearance can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention described above, the outer surface of the vehicle body is damaged by bringing a single layer of the ultrafine fiber cloth brush into contact with the intermediate portion of the vehicle to be cleaned which is concerned about the damage. It is possible to reduce the amount of waste, and it is possible to perform good cleaning. Then, the non-woven brush single layer can be contacted to the lower part where the scratches are not so much concerned, and further, the non-woven fiber brush single-layer supports the ultra-fine fiber cloth single-layer layer from below, and the ultra-fine fiber It is possible to prevent the shape of the single layer of cloth brushes from wavy, and to make the shape of the brush when the rocker brush is rotated uniform and to give a good appearance.

Further, according to the above-mentioned claim 4 of the present invention, the superfine fiber cloth brush unit group having a long working radius is mainly brought into contact with the upper surface portion of the vehicle to be cleaned which is concerned about scratches. As a result, it is possible to reduce the damage to the upper surface of the vehicle body and to perform a good cleaning. Then, by positioning the non-woven fabric brush unit whose action radius is short and does not contact the upper surface of the vehicle body so much between the ultra-fine fiber fabric brush units, these non-woven fabric brush units regulate the ultra-fine fiber fabric brush unit from the left and right. Further, it is possible to prevent the shape of the brush made of the ultrafine fiber cloth from becoming uneven in a wavy shape, so that the shape of the brush when the top brush is rotated can be made uniform and the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a car washing machine using a cloth brush, showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a car washing machine using the cloth brush.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a side brush in the car washing machine using the cloth brush.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a rocker brush in a car washing machine using the cloth brush.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a top brush in the car wash machine using the cloth brush.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 Vehicle to be washed 6 car body 7 tires 8 windows 10 car wash machine body 20 side brush 21 brush shaft 25 Non-woven brush unit 25A lower layer non-woven brush single layer 25B Upper non-woven brush unit layer 28 Ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 28A Ultrafine fiber cloth brush single layer 30 rocker brush 31 brush shaft 35 Non-woven brush unit 35A Non-woven brush single layer 38 Ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 38A Ultrafine fiber cloth brush single layer 40 top brush 41 brush shaft 41a Brush shaft center 45 Non-woven brush unit 45a Working radius 48 Ultrafine fiber cloth brush unit 48a Working radius

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───Continued from the front page (56) References JP-A-8-336492 (JP, A) JP-A-6-107133 (JP, A) Actually open Sho-60-125919 (JP, U) Actually open 4- 39164 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60S 3/00-3/06

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A car wash machine for cleaning a vehicle to be cleaned by a group of brushes by relatively moving the car wash machine body and the vehicle to be cleaned in the vehicle length direction, wherein the car wash machine body has a top brush and a side. A brush and a rocker brush are provided, and the top brush includes a single microfiber cloth brush and a single non-woven cloth brush in the direction of the brush axis , one by one or a plurality of brushes.
A car wash machine using a cloth brush, which is characterized by being arranged alternately one by one . 2. The side brush is composed of a superfine fiber cloth brush single layer corresponding to an intermediate portion in the vehicle height direction, and a non-woven brush single layer located above and below the brush layer. A car washing machine using the cloth brush according to Item 1. 3. The rocker brush is constituted by a microfiber cloth brush single layer corresponding to an intermediate portion in the vehicle height direction and a non-woven brush single layer located below the brush layer. A car washing machine using the cloth brush according to Item 1. 4. The operating radius from the brush shaft center of the brush made of ultrafine fiber cloth is set longer than the operating radius from the brush shaft center of the non-woven fabric brush. Car wash machine using a cloth brush from.