JP3722007B2 - Cleaning body - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cleaning body such as a side brush device or a rocker brush device provided in a car wash machine, for example.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of cleaning body, there are a side brush device and a rocker brush device provided in a car wash machine.
[0003]
That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the side brush device 81 includes a rotary shaft 83 that is rotatable around a vertical axis 82, a rotary drive device 84 that rotates the rotary shaft 83, and a brush 85. Has been. The rotary shaft 83 includes an upper shaft body 87 inserted into the outer cylinder member 86 and a lower shaft body 88 that rotates integrally with the upper shaft body 87. The upper shaft body 87 is rotatably held in the outer cylinder member 86 by pillow-type bearing units 89 provided at both upper and lower ends of the outer cylinder member 86. The brush 85 is attached to the lower shaft body 88, and is constituted by a disk-shaped cloth body 90 in which a plurality of upper and lower layers are stacked.
[0004]
The rocker brush device has the same configuration as the side brush device 81.
According to this, the rotation shaft 83 is rotated by the rotation driving device 84 and the brush 85 is rotated. As a result, the cloth 90 constituting the brush 85 comes into contact with the vehicle and cleaning is performed. Conventionally, as the cloth body 90, a flexible woven cloth has been used because a flexible material is less likely to be scratched on the vehicle, and is more familiar with the vehicle surface and removes dirt. Yes.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the cloth body 90 is rich in flexibility in the above-described conventional form, when the brush 85 is rotated, the uppermost cloth body 90 is turned up as shown in FIG. There is a problem that the outer cylinder member 86 and the mounting and fixing bolt 91 of the bearing unit 89 are entangled.
[0006]
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cleaning body that is less likely to be scratched on a vehicle, can be well adapted to the surface of the vehicle and can remove dirt, and can prevent the uppermost cloth body from turning up. Objective.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention is a cleaning body for cleaning a vehicle, wherein a brush is provided on a rotary shaft that is rotatable around an axis in the vertical direction,
The brush is composed of a cloth body in which a plurality of upper and lower layers are laminated,
The uppermost cloth body is formed thicker or harder than the lower cloth body.
[0008]
According to this, when the rotating shaft rotates, the brush contacts the vehicle while rotating, and the vehicle is brushed. At this time, since the uppermost cloth body is formed thicker or harder than the lower-layer cloth body, it is possible to prevent the problem that the uppermost cloth body is turned up as in the prior art. it can. Furthermore, by making the cloth body lower than the uppermost part a material having high flexibility, the vehicle is hardly damaged as in the conventional case, and it can be well adapted to the surface of the vehicle and can remove dirt well.
[0009]
In the second aspect of the invention, a nonwoven fabric is used for the uppermost fabric body, and a woven fabric is used for the fabric body lower than the uppermost portion.
According to this, the durability of the lower cloth body is improved.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a car wash machine for washing the vehicle 2 while traveling back and forth on a fixed route 38. That is, a car wash machine body 4 that can run through a plurality of wheels 3 includes a pair of left and right side brush devices 5 (an example of a cleaning body) that cleans both side surfaces and both front and rear surfaces of the vehicle 2, and both side surfaces of the vehicle 2. A pair of left and right rocker brush devices 7 (an example of a cleaning body) that cleans the lower portion and the wheels 6, a top brush device 8 that cleans the upper surface of the vehicle 2, a top nozzle device 9 that dries the upper surface of the vehicle 2, and the vehicle 2 A pair of left and right side nozzle devices 10 that dry both side surfaces of the vehicle and a plurality of arches that inject cleaning water, detergent, and the like toward the vehicle 2 are provided.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pair of side brush devices 5 are each supported by a guide rail 16 and movable in the left and right directions, and a movable body 17 and a vertical shaft provided on the movable body 17. The rotary shaft 13 is rotatable around the core 12, a motor 14 (an example of a rotary drive device) that rotates the rotary shaft 13, and a brush 15 provided on the rotary shaft 13.
[0012]
That is, the guide rail 16 is provided in the left-right direction (width direction) on the upper part of the car wash machine body 4, and the movable body 17 reciprocates along the guide rail 16 via a plurality of upper and lower guide rollers 18. The movable body 17 is provided with an outer cylinder member 19 that supports the rotary shaft 13. The rotating shaft 13 includes an upper shaft body 20 inserted into the outer cylinder member 19 and a lower shaft body 21 that rotates integrally with the upper shaft body 20. The upper shaft body 20 is rotatably held by the outer cylinder member 19 by pillow-type bearing units 22 and 23 provided at both upper and lower ends of the outer cylinder member 19. Each bearing unit 22, 23 is provided with a fixing bolt 24. The motor 14 is provided on the movable body 17, and the drive shaft of the motor 14 and the upper end portion of the upper shaft body 20 protruding from the upper end of the outer cylinder member 19 are linked and connected by sprockets 26, 27 and a chain 28. Has been.
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the said brush 15 is comprised by the cloth bodies 29 and 30 laminated | stacked upper and lower two or more sheets. That is, each of the cloth bodies 29 and 30 is formed in a disc shape having a through hole 31 at the center, and is configured to be fitted onto the lower shaft body 21 using the through hole 31.
[0014]
Further, a pair of upper and lower end ring bodies 32 and 33 that can be fitted onto the lower shaft body 21 and a large number of intermediate ring bodies 34 are provided, and the lower end ring body 33 is a lower end portion of the lower shaft body 21. And is fixed by a fixing tool 35. In addition, although the bolt is used as the fixture 35, welding, a rivet, etc. may be used.
[0015]
The single cloth body 30 is externally fitted to the lower shaft body 21 and stacked on the lower end ring body 33, and then the intermediate ring body 34 is externally fitted to the lower shaft body 21 and stacked on the cloth body 30, In this way, the cloth body 30 and the intermediate ring body 34 are sequentially and externally fitted and stacked on the lower shaft body 21, and the uppermost cloth body 29 is fitted on the lower shaft body 21, and then the upper The end ring body 32 is fitted on the upper end portion of the lower shaft body 21 and is fixed by the fixture 35. Thereby, the brush 15 is comprised.
[0016]
A woven fabric rich in flexibility is used for the fabric body 30 lower than the uppermost fabric body 29. The uppermost fabric body 29 is made of a nonwoven fabric that is thicker and harder than the lower fabric body 30. In addition, a nonwoven fabric is produced by fusing the heat-softened fiber, or is produced by bonding fibers with an appropriate solvent, and is generally rich in elasticity and has a high resilience. As an example, the uppermost fabric body 29 is set to a thickness of about 0.6 mm, and the lower fabric body 30 is set to a thickness of about 0.3 mm.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 8, the car wash machine body 4 is provided with a traversing means 37 that moves both the movable bodies 17 in the left-right direction along the guide rails 16 to approach and separate each other. The traversing means 37 includes a pair of left and right swing arms 39 having a base end portion provided in the car wash machine body 4 and free end portions connected to the movable bodies 17, and a cylinder device that swings the swing arms 39. 40 etc.
[0018]
4 to 6, each of the pair of rocker brush devices 7 includes a parallel link mechanism 41 that is rotatably provided in the car wash machine body 4, and a rotation that rotates the parallel link mechanism 41. The moving cylinder device 54, the holding plate 42 provided at the free end portion of the parallel link mechanism 41, the swinging body 44 connected to the holding plate 42 via the connecting shaft 43, and the swinging body 44 connected to the connecting shaft 43. Oscillating cylinder device 45 that oscillates around the axis, a rotating shaft 47 that is held by the oscillating body 44 and that is rotatable around an axis 46 in the vertical direction, and a motor 48 that rotates the rotating shaft 47 (rotation). An example of a driving device) and a brush 49 provided on the rotating shaft 47 are configured.
[0019]
The connecting shaft 43 is provided in the left-right direction, and the swinging body 44 is configured to swing back and forth by a cylinder device 45. The rotating shaft 47 includes an upper shaft body 52 that is inserted into a housing 50 attached to the rocking body 44 and supported by a bearing 51, and a lower shaft body 53 that rotates together with the upper shaft body 52. Has been. The motor 48 and the upper shaft body 52 are interlocked and connected through sprockets 55 and 56 and a chain 57.
[0020]
The brush 49 of the rocker brush device 7, like the side brush device 5, is composed of cloth bodies 29 and 30 that are stacked one above the other, and includes end ring bodies 32 and 33, an intermediate ring body 34, and a fixture 35. And are provided. Note that the brush 49 is also made of a non-woven fabric that is thicker and harder than the lower fabric body 30 in the uppermost fabric body 29, similar to the side brush device 5. For the body 30, a woven fabric rich in flexibility is used.
[0021]
Hereinafter, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
As shown in FIG. 8, the distance between the pair of left and right side brush devices 5 opens and closes according to the width of the vehicle 2 by operating the cylinder device 40 of the traversing means 37 to move the pair of movable bodies 17 closer to and away from each other.
[0022]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, by operating the rotating cylinder device 54 to rotate the parallel link mechanism 41, the distance between the pair of left and right rocker brush devices 7 opens and closes according to the width of the vehicle 2. Further, by operating the swing cylinder device 45 to swing the swing body 44, the pair of left and right rocker brush devices 7 swing in the front-rear direction B (see FIG. 7) about the connecting shaft 43.
[0023]
When performing a car wash, the brush 15 is rotated integrally with the rotary shaft 13 by rotating the rotary shaft 13 by operating the motors 14 of both side brush devices 5 while the car wash machine body 4 is running. By rotating the rotating shaft 47 by operating the motor 48 of the rocker brush device 7, the brush 49 is rotated integrally with the rotating shaft 47, and as described above, the distance between the pair of side brush devices 5 and the pair of the pair of side brush devices 5 are rotated. The space | interval of the rocker brush apparatus 7 is opened and closed according to the width | variety of the vehicle 2, respectively. As a result, the brushes 15 of the both side brush devices 5 come into contact with the both side surfaces and the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle 2 for brushing, and the brushes 49 of the both rocker brush devices 7 are applied to the lower portions of the both side surfaces of the vehicle 2 and the wheels 6. Brush by touching.
[0024]
At this time, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the uppermost cloth body 29 of the brush 15 of each side brush device 5 and the brush 49 of the rocker brush apparatus 7 is thicker than the lower cloth body 30. Since it is a hard non-woven fabric, it is possible to prevent problems such as turning up the uppermost fabric body 29 as in the prior art. Thereby, the trouble that the uppermost cloth body 29 gets entangled with the bolt 24 of the bearing unit 23, the outer cylinder member 19 (see FIG. 2), the holding plate 42 (see FIG. 6), or the like can be eliminated.
[0025]
Further, since the fabric body 30 below the uppermost portions of the brush 15 of each side brush device 5 and the brush 49 of the rocker brush device 7 is a woven fabric having a high flexibility, the vehicle 2 is hardly damaged, and the vehicle 2 is well adapted to the surface of 2 and can remove dirt well, and the durability of the cloth body 30 is also improved.
[0026]
In the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, as the uppermost fabric body 29 of each brush 15, 49, a nonwoven fabric thicker and harder than the lower fabric body 30 is used. A nonwoven fabric that is the same thickness as 30 and harder than the lower fabric body 30 may be used, or a nonwoven fabric that is the same hardness as the lower fabric body 30 and thicker than the lower fabric body 30 may be used.
[0027]
In the above-described embodiment, the car wash machine 1 of the type in which the car wash machine body 4 travels and performs the car wash in the state where the vehicle 2 is stopped at a predetermined position is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this type. The machine main body 4 may be installed and fixed on the ground side, and the vehicle may be washed in the car wash machine main body 4 while the vehicle 2 is conveyed by the conveying device. Further, the car wash machine body 4 may be run and the car 2 may be washed in the car wash machine body 4 while being transported in the direction opposite to the car wash machine body 4 by the transport device.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the uppermost cloth body is formed thicker or harder than the lowermost cloth body, so that the uppermost cloth body is turned up as in the prior art. Problems can be prevented. Furthermore, by making the fabric lower than the uppermost part a material having high flexibility, the vehicle is not easily damaged as in the conventional case, and the vehicle surface is well adapted to remove dirt well.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a side brush device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the side brush device.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a brush of the side brush device.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the rocker brush device.
5 is an AA arrow view in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the rocker brush device.
FIG. 7 is a side view of a car wash machine provided with a side brush device and a rocker brush device.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of a car wash machine including a side brush device and a rocker brush device.
FIG. 9 is a front view of a conventional side brush device.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Vehicle 5 Side brush device (cleaning body)
7 Rocker brush device (cleaning body)
12, 46 Axes 13, 47 Rotating shaft 15, 49 Brush 29, 30 Cloth

Claims (2)

A washing body for washing a vehicle,
A brush is provided on a rotating shaft that can rotate around the vertical axis,
The brush is composed of a cloth body in which a plurality of upper and lower layers are laminated,
The uppermost fabric body is formed thicker or harder than the lower fabric body than the uppermost fabric body. 2. The cleaning body according to claim 1, wherein a nonwoven fabric is used for the uppermost fabric body, and a woven fabric is used for the lower fabric body.

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