JP5403265B2 - Liquid spraying treatment equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a processing apparatus for spraying a liquid agent such as a highly foamed detergent on the surface of an automobile.

  As a conventional simple type car wash machine that can be used as a processing apparatus for spraying a processing liquid agent such as a high foaming detergent on the surface of an automobile, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. In the car wash machine described in Patent Document 1, a pair of left and right guide rails are installed on a gate-shaped support structure, and the traveling body is supported by the pair of left and right guide rails so that the traveling body can run freely. A nozzle for spraying a liquid agent is provided, and a hose or the like for supplying a treatment liquid agent to the nozzle is interposed between the traveling body and a fixed position on the side of the traveling path, and is pivotally connected in a horizontally foldable manner. It is the structure led to the traveling body side in the state supported by each boom of the support means which consists of two booms. Specifically, the gate-shaped support structure has a rectangular horizontal frame of a size that can cover the entire entrance / exit route of an automobile, and a pair of left and right front and rear members at a predetermined height on the floor surface by columns. A pair of left and right guide rails are installed between the pair of front and rear left and right members of the horizontal frame, and the guide rails support a central portion of the length in the left and right direction of the traveling body with the nozzle so that the horizontal frame is supported. The support means is disposed further above the frame.

JP 2007-38883 A

  In the configuration of the car wash machine described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to provide a pair of left and right longitudinal members having the same length as the pair of left and right guide rails on the horizontal frame at the upper end of the support structure. Not only has the disadvantage that the horizontal frame at the top of the car is very large and heavy, but this car washer is used as a treatment device for spraying treatment liquids such as high foaming detergent on automobiles. When the vehicle is installed so as to overlap the travel path of the vehicle, it is necessary to travel so that the portal traveling car wash machine enters the inside of the car wash machine (processing device) at the time of car washing. All of the frame, the support means disposed above the horizontal frame, and the pair of left and right guide rails supported by the horizontal frame must be arranged at a height that does not interfere with the traveling portal car wash machine. Don't be. That is, the height of the entire processing apparatus becomes very high.

The present invention proposes a treatment apparatus for spraying a liquid agent capable of solving the conventional problems as described above, and the treatment apparatus for spraying a liquid agent according to the present invention described in claim 1 will be described later. In order to facilitate understanding of the relationship with the embodiment, the reference numerals used in the description of the embodiment are shown in parentheses, and a pair of left and right guide rails ( 13a, 13b) is installed, and the traveling body (33) is supported by the pair of left and right guide rails (13a, 13b) so as to be able to travel, and the nozzles (41a to 41d) provided on the traveling body (33) are processed. A hose or the like (44) for supplying a liquid agent is interposed between the traveling body (33) and a fixed position beside the traveling path, and is supported by two horizontally-bendable and pivotally connected booms ( 47, 48) in the processing device supported by each boom (47, 48) of the horizontally swingable support means (45), the pair of left and right guides The rails (13a, 13b) are supported by the columns (4a, 4b) of the support structure (1) below the horizontal frame (3) at the upper end of the support structure (1). The guide rails (13a, 13b) of the traveling body (33) are supported at both ends in the left-right length direction so as to be able to travel freely. Between the two horizontal booms (47, 48) of the support means (45) and the boom (47, 48) on the fixed position side. 47) is a horizontal frame (3) at the upper end of the supporting structure (1) positioned above and above the intermediate position of one of the left and right guide rails (13a, 13b) of the guide rail (13b ). When the traveling body (33) is in the home position at one end of the guide rails (13a, 13b), the support means is supported by the vertical support shaft (49) supported at both upper and lower ends. (45) 2 booms (47,48) is abbreviated The boom (47) on the fixed position side follows the guide rail (13b) above the guide rail (13b) on one side and the boom (48 on the traveling body (33) side. ) Is configured to be along the left-right length direction of the traveling body (33) above the traveling body (33).

When the present invention is implemented, specifically, as described in claim 2, the two booms (47, 48) of the support means (45) can have substantially the same length. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pair of left and right guide rails (13a, 13b) is composed of two rails (15a, 13b) connected by connecting means (16) at a substantially central position in the length direction. 15b), and the vertical support shaft (49) supporting the boom (47) on the guide rail (13b) side of the support means (45 ) is connected to the connecting means (16) of the guide rail (13b). Also, the traveling body (33) can be disposed at a position close to the home position side.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the boom (47) supported by the vertical support shaft (49) has a tip end side above the boom (47) and the vertical support shaft (49). it can hanging Rukoto by rotatably supported hanging member (54) around, as described in claim 5, wherein the hose (44) is rotatably to the vertical column axis (49) It can be supported in a suspended state by the attached support tool (57).

  According to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the pair of left and right guide rails are not supported by the horizontal frame at the upper end of the support structure, but are supported by the support column at a height lower than the horizontal frame. The horizontal frame at the upper end of the structure can be significantly shortened in the longitudinal direction compared to the total length of the guide rail, and each column supporting the guide rail can be connected by the upper ends. Anything can be used, so that the entire support structure can be configured to be light and small. Moreover, the support means such as a hose disposed above the guide rail is also disposed below the horizontal frame at the upper end of the support structure, so that the center of gravity of the entire apparatus is lowered, and installation work and installation are performed. It is practical in various aspects such as later stability.

  In addition, when this processing apparatus is installed on the traveling path of the portal driving car wash machine and used as a processing apparatus for spraying a high foaming detergent on the automobile, the portal driving car wash machine can reciprocate within the processing apparatus. For this purpose, the pair of left and right guide rails are located on the left and right sides of the traveling path of the portal traveling car wash machine in plan view, and the upper end of the support structure is viewed in side view. It is sufficient that the horizontal frame is positioned above the traveling path of the portal traveling car wash machine. Even if the portal traveling car wash machine travels to a position adjacent to the traveling body waiting at the home position, the supporting means for the hose or the like Is disposed between the horizontal frame at the upper end of the support structure and the guide rail, but when the traveling body is at the home position, the two booms of the support means are In the substantially perpendicular state to overlap with the guide rail and the traveling member, it will be located on the outside of the gate-shaped running car washes. In other words, it is not necessary to arrange the support means above the traveling path of the portal traveling car wash machine so that the portal traveling car wash machine can travel to a position adjacent to the traveling body waiting at the home position. As a result, the processing apparatus can be configured compactly.

Further, according to the configuration of the present invention, the boom on the fixed position side of the support means can be pivotally supported by the vertical column shaft whose upper and lower ends are fixed, and the pivotal support strength can be greatly increased. In addition, according to the structure of Claim 2, two boom itself of the support means, such as the said hose, can be combined with the same member, Compared with the case where two booms from which length differs must be used. As a result, cost can be reduced.

  Further, when the pivot support position of the boom on the fixed position side of the support means is set to the position corresponding to the center in the length direction of the guide rail on one side, in order to achieve the structural requirements of the present invention, The length of the boom is very long. However, according to the configuration of the third aspect, the boom on the fixed position side can be shortened so as to approach the length of the boom on the traveling body side. Cost can be reduced. At the same time, it is possible to shift the pivot support position of the boom on the fixed position side from the connecting means required for the single rails when the long guide rail is composed of two single rails of substantially the same length. Even when the position-side boom is pivotally supported on one guide rail, the connection means is not affected.

Further , according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the boom on the guide rail side can be prevented from being hung by the suspension member, so that the weight of the boom can be reduced, and the weight of the support means as a whole can be reduced. Furthermore, according to the structure of Claim 5, it can prevent that extra margins, such as a hose required around the said vertical support | pillar axis | shaft, are largely overhanging outside a guide rail, and also it was lifted with the support tool. The marginal length of the hose and the like is smoothly and smoothly twisted around the vertical support shaft when the boom is horizontally swung, so that the hose and the like are not bent excessively.

It is a side view which shows the whole processing apparatus. It is a top view same as the above. It is a front view same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the structure for support. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the connection end part and connection means of the rail single-piece | unit which comprise a guide rail. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the support structure of the guide rail with respect to the support | pillar of a structure for support. Fig. A is a longitudinal front view showing a connecting portion between single rails, and Fig. B is a longitudinal front view showing a guide rail support portion of a support structure. Fig. A is a longitudinal front view showing the left half of the traveling body, and Fig. B is a longitudinal front view showing the right half. Fig. A is a plan view showing the left half of the traveling body, and Fig. B is a plan view showing the right half. It is a vertical front view which shows the relationship between the both ends of a traveling body, and a guide rail. It is a vertical side view which shows the relationship between the right side edge part of a traveling body, and a guide rail. It is a side view which shows the base of support means, such as a hose guide | induced to a traveling body. It is a partially notched longitudinal front view showing the base of the support means. Fig. A is a side view of the base side of the support means, and Fig. B is a side view of the support means on the traveling body side. It is a top view which shows the whole car wash equipment which combined the said processing apparatus with the portal driving car wash machine. It is a side view of the whole car wash equipment same as the above. It is a front view of the whole car wash equipment same as the above.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the processing apparatus of this embodiment includes a support structure 1, a guide rail assembly 12, and a traveling body 33. The support structure 1 includes a pair of left and right vertical frames 2A and 2B and a horizontal frame 3 that connects the upper ends of both vertical frames 2A and 2B. Each vertical frame 2A and 2B has a pair of front and rear columns 4a. , 4b and the connecting member 5 in the front-rear direction for connecting the upper ends of the columns 4a, 4b, and the position near the lower ends of the columns 4a, 4b and the intermediate height position close to the upper ends. The horizontal frame 3 is composed of braces 6a and 6b that are stretched, and a pair of front and rear connecting members 7a and 7b that connect the upper ends of the columns 4a and 4b of the pair of left and right vertical frames 2A and 2B; Corner connecting plates 8a to 8d fixed at right-angled corners between both ends of the connecting members 7a and 7b and both ends of the connecting members 5 of the vertical frames 2A and 2B, and each 2 positioned diagonally Between the two corner connecting plates 8a, 8c and 8b, 8d. Over scan 9a, it is constituted by 9b. All the braces 6a, 6b, 9a, 9b are provided with a screw adjusting mechanism for adjusting the effective length between both ends. In addition, a right angle corner between each support column 4a, 4b and the connecting member 5 in the front-rear direction, and a right angle input corner between each support column 4a, 4b and the horizontal connection member 7a, 7b on the horizontal frame 3 side. The corner connecting plates 10 and 11 for reinforcement can be provided on the part.

  The guide rail assembly 12 includes a pair of left and right guide rails 13a and 13b and a connecting member 14 in the left and right direction that connects the rear ends of the guide rails 13a and 13b to each other. Each of the guide rails 13a and 13b is constituted by connecting and integrating two single rails 15a and 15b having substantially the same length by connecting means 16 as shown in FIGS. Each rail unit 15a, 15b is formed from a pair of upper and lower horizontal rail plates 17a, 17b, an outer vertical plate 18 connecting the outer sides of both horizontal rail plates 17a, 17b, and an inner side of the upper horizontal rail plate 17a. The inner vertical plate portion 19 that hangs shortly and the L-shaped reinforcing plate portion 20 that hangs downward from the inner side of the lower horizontal rail plate portion 17b and is bent outwardly.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the connecting means 16 for connecting the rails 15 a and 15 b to each other includes a long upper L-shaped connecting plate 21 and a short lower L-shaped connecting plate 22. On the other hand, rod-like members 23 and 24 with screw holes are fixed to the connecting end portions of the rail units 15a and 15b on the upper surface of the upper horizontal rail plate portion 17a and the outer surface of the outer vertical plate portion 18, respectively. Thus, the upper L-shaped connecting plate 21 of the connecting means 16 is bolted to the rod-like members 23, 24 of each rail unit 15a, 15b in a state of straddling between both rail units 15a, 15b and covering downward from the outside. The lower L-shaped connecting plate 22 is fastened by screws 25 and 26 so that the rod-like member 24 of each rail unit 15a and 15b is covered with a bolt 27 so as to straddle between both rail units 15a and 15b. While being screwed, it is fixed to the horizontal plate portion 20a of the L-shaped reinforcing plate portion 20 of each rail unit 15a, 15b by bolts and nuts 28. It should be noted that the lower side of the long upper L-shaped connecting plate 21 has a short lower side so that the upper L-shaped connecting plate 21 and the lower L-shaped connecting plate 22 can be screwed to a common rod-shaped member 24. A notch 21a into which the L-shaped connecting plate 22 enters is formed.

  The guide rails 13a and 13b of the guide rail assembly 12 are supported by a pair of front and rear columns 4a and 4b of a pair of left and right vertical frames 2A and 2B in the support structure 1, and the guide rails of these columns 4a and 4b. As shown in FIG. 7, an L-shaped support plate 29 which is the same as the short lower L-shaped connection plate 22 of the connecting means 16 is fixed to the support height, and each rail unit constituting the guide rails 13a and 13b is fixed. A rod-shaped member 30 with a screw hole is fixed to the outer surface of the outer vertical plate portion 18 at a substantially central position in the length direction of 15a and 15b. Thus, similarly to the fastening structure of the short lower L-shaped connecting plate 22 of the connecting means 16 and each rail unit 15a, 15b, the L-shaped support plate 29 is a bar-shaped member of each rail unit 15a, 15b. 30 is fixed to the horizontal plate portion 20a of the L-shaped reinforcing plate portion 20 of each rail unit 15a, 15b by a bolt nut 32. An L-shaped support plate 29 fixed to each of the columns 4a and 4b to support the guide rails 13a and 13b is arranged on the upper end side of the columns 4a and 4b of the braces 6a and 6b constituting the vertical frames 2A and 2B. Also serves as a connecting plate.

  According to the above configuration, if the assembled support structure 1 is installed by fixing the lower ends of the four columns 4a and 4b on the floor surface with anchor bolts or the like, the guide rail assembly 12 is mounted. The four constituting rails 15a and 15b are placed on the L-shaped support plate 29 of each column 4a and 4b in a state before being connected by the connecting means 16, and the L-shaped support plate by the bolt 31 and the bolt nut 32. 29, and then the rails 15a and 15b are connected by the connecting means 16 to form a pair of left and right guide rails 13a and 13b. Finally, the rear end portions of the guide rails 13a and 13b are connected by the connecting member 14. The guide rail assembly 12 supported by the support structure 1 can be completed by connecting and integrating the two. At this time, each rail unit 15a, 15b is supported by the L-shaped support plate 29 on the column 4a, 4b side at a substantially central position in the length direction, so that each rail unit 15a, 15b is supported by the column 4a, 4b. The work supported by the can be performed stably and safely.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the traveling body 33 is connected to the pair of left and right guide rails 13 a and 13 b of the guide rail assembly 12 at both ends in the length direction, and the length direction of the guide rails 13 a and 13 b, That is, it is supported so as to be able to travel in the front-rear direction, and has one supporting wheel 34a that rolls on the lower horizontal rail plate portion 17b of the guide rails 13a, 13b at both ends in the length direction. , 34b are provided. The two support wheels 34a and 34b are linked and connected to each other by a single transmission shaft 35 that traverses the inside of the traveling body 33. The single transmission shaft 35 has support wheels 34a and 34b at the outer ends. The mounted wheel mounting shafts 35a and 35b and the pipe member 35c that connects and integrates the inner ends of the wheel mounting shafts 35a and 35b can be used. The transmission shaft 35 is interlocked and connected via a motor 36 incorporated in the traveling body 33 and a chain transmission means 37, and can be driven to rotate in any forward or reverse direction by the motor 36.

  The support wheel 34a is only supported on one end of the traveling body 33 supported by the guide rail 13a, but the other end of the traveling body 33 supported by the guide rail 13b is supported on the other end side. In addition to the wheel 34b, a roller that can freely rotate around a pair of front and rear vertical support shafts arranged on both front and rear sides of the support wheel 34b via a horizontal support plate 38 attached to the upper surface of the traveling body 33. Rollers 40a and 40b that are freely rotatable are supported around a pair of front and rear horizontal support shafts 39a and 39b and a pair of front and rear horizontal shafts disposed on the front and rear sides of the support wheel 34b. The former rollers 39a and 39b are fitted between the outer vertical plate portion 18 and the inner vertical plate portion 19 of the rails 15a and 15b, and the length direction of the traveling body 33 is relative to the guide rails 13a and 13b. The posture of the traveling body 33 is maintained so as to be oriented at a right angle. The latter rollers 40a and 40b are adjacent to the lower surface of the upper horizontal rail plate portion 17a of the rails 15a and 15b, and the traveling body 33 is The rotating body 33 is prevented from rotating around the transmission shaft 35 and the traveling body 33 is held in an upright posture.

  The traveling body 33 of this embodiment includes a high foaming detergent spraying means for spraying the high foaming detergent toward the vehicle body. As shown in FIG. 8, the high foaming detergent spraying means includes nozzles 41a and 41b disposed downward at two locations on the left and right of the center in the length direction of the traveling body 33, and left and right two steps lower on the outside of these nozzles. It consists of nozzles 41c and 41d that are disposed obliquely inward and downward at the locations. In the traveling body 33, one pipe 43 that supplies the high foaming detergent to the nozzles 41 a to 41 d via the distribution hose 42 disposed in the traveling body 33 is perpendicular to the outer side near the center of the traveling body 33. It is attached in the direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, between the traveling body 33 and the guide rail 13 b on one side, a hose or the like 44 in which a hose for feeding a highly foamed detergent to the pipe 43 and a power supply line for the motor 36 are combined. Is suspended via the support means 45. The support means 45 is composed of a first boom 47 and a second boom 48 having substantially the same length and connected to a vertical support shaft 46 so as to be bent horizontally. The free end of the first boom 47 is swingable horizontally at a position near the lower end of the vertical column shaft 49 that is vertically supported between the guide rail 13b and the connecting member 5 of the vertical frame 2B on one side of the supporting structure 1. The free end of the second boom 48 is supported by an upper end of a vertical support shaft 50 erected vertically from the traveling body 33 so as to be horizontally swingable. The vertical column shaft 49 is screwed and fastened to a screw hole mounting member 51 fixed on the upper horizontal rail plate 17a of the guide rail 13b, and the upper end of the vertical column shaft 49 has a vertical frame. It is fixed to a support plate 52 that is fixedly projected from the connecting member 5 of 2A.

  At a position near the upper end of the vertical support shaft 49 on the guide rail 13b side, a suspension member 53 that is rotatable around the vertical support shaft 49 is provided. A suspension rod 54 that suspends one boom 47 and holds it in a horizontal posture is interposed. The first and second booms 47 and 48 are provided with groove members 55 and 56 for supporting the hose 44 and the like along the lower side of the booms 47 and 48. Further, a U-shaped support tool 57 that supports the hose 44 and the like is attached to the vertical support shaft 49 on the guide rail 13 b side so as to be rotatable around the vertical support shaft 49.

  The hose or the like 44 is a groove member 59 laid on the upper side of the guide rail 13b in a groove member 58 (see FIG. 1) provided along the support 4a of the vertical frame 2B on one side of the support structure 1. (See FIG. 1), through the U-shaped support member 57 of the vertical support shaft 49, the groove member 55 of the first boom 47, and the groove member 56 of the second boom 48, respectively. The hose for feeding the high foaming detergent is connected to the pipe 43 of the traveling body 33, and the power supply line is connected to the motor 36. When the hose or the like 44 is handed over, the bending motion of the first and second booms 47 and 48 accompanying the traveling of the traveling body 33 is not obstructed, and the hose or the like 44 is not bent excessively. Although an appropriate margin is secured between the free ends of the first and second booms 47 and 48 and between the first and second booms 47 and 48, the margin around the free ends of the first boom 47 is secured. Since the minute portion is lifted upward by the U-shaped support tool 57, the hose or the like does not protrude greatly outside at this point. Of course, the hose or the like 44 that bypasses the periphery of the vertical support shaft 49 on the free end side of the first boom 47 is lifted upward by the U-shaped support member 57 so that the necessary margin is secured. When one boom 47 swings horizontally around the vertical support shaft 49, the hose and the like 44 around the vertical support shaft 49 can be easily and easily rotated with the rotation of the U-shaped support 57 around the vertical support shaft 49. A twisting motion can be performed.

  For example, as shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the processing apparatus configured as described above can be used in addition to conventionally known car wash equipment. The illustrated car wash equipment includes a conventionally well-known portal-type traveling car wash machine 70. The portal-type traveling car wash machine 70 is supported on a guide rail 71 laid on the floor, and reciprocates between a forward limit position and a reverse limit position (standby position) indicated by a solid line in FIGS. 15 and 16. Various types of structures are known and are not particularly limited. However, a basic configuration will be described. A portal-type traveling car wash machine 70 along the center line between the guide rails 71 will be described. A vehicle-shaped sensor 72 that detects a change in height in the longitudinal direction of the automobile C that has entered from the forward limit position side of the vehicle and stopped with the front end aligned with the fixed stop position P, and water sprinkling means 73 that applies water to the automobile C The lower brushes 74 on both sides of the lower side of the vehicle C, the main brushes 75 on both sides and the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle C, the upper brush 76 that brushes the upper surface of the vehicle C, It is common and a like drying means 77 for drying by blowing air to the plane. In addition, on the floor on which the guide rail 71 is laid, the vehicle C guides the car C to be washed to the fixed stop position P along the travel route of the portal traveling car wash machine 70 inside the guide rail 71. A guide rail 78 is laid.

  With respect to the portal traveling car wash machine 70 as described above, the processing apparatus having the above-described configuration is such that the guide rails 13a and 13b of the guide rail assembly 12 are positioned parallel to the left and right sides of the traveling path of the portal traveling car wash machine 70. In addition, the traveling body 33 located at the home position adjacent to the connecting member 14 in the left-right direction connecting the guide rails 13a and 13b at one end is positioned slightly outside the forward limit position of the gate-type traveling car wash machine 70. The supporting structure 1 is installed so as to straddle the traveling route of the portal traveling car wash machine 70. At this time, the upper end horizontal frame 3 of the supporting structure 1 is at a height that does not interfere with the traveling portal car wash machine 70 that travels.

  The car C to be car-washed is a forward limit of the portal-type traveling car wash machine 70 along the center line between the guide rails 78 for the automobile while the portal-type traveling car wash machine 70 is waiting at the backward limit position (standby position). The vehicle enters from the position side and is stopped in accordance with the fixed stop position P at the front end. In this state, the traveling body 33 waiting at the home position adjacent to the connecting member 14 of the guide rail assembly 12 is energized to the motor 36 via the power supply line in the hose 44 and the like, and a pair of left and right support wheels. By forwardly driving 34a and 34b, the vehicle travels forward at a predetermined speed. When the traveling body 33 reaches the position above the rear end of the vehicle C, a high foam detergent obtained by diluting water to a predetermined magnification with water from a high foam detergent supply device (not shown) is mixed with a hose in a hose 44 or the like. The traveling body 33 is fed forward to the nozzles 41a to 41d of the traveling body 33 via the piping 43 and the distribution hose 42 and sprayed from the nozzles 41a to 41d. Accordingly, the surface of the automobile C can be covered with a layer of detergent foam.

  When the traveling body 33 reaches the position above the front end of the automobile C and the covering process of the foaming detergent on the automobile C is completed, the traveling body 33 is temporarily stopped, and then the motor 36 is driven in reverse to drive the traveling body 33 backward. And stop at the original home position. For the automobile C that has been covered with the foaming detergent, the portal-type traveling car wash machine 70 can be operated to wash the car as conventionally known, but the washing of the foaming detergent at the time of washing the car is improved. In order to perform this, the portal-type traveling car wash machine 70 can be operated and water can be sprayed on the surface of the automobile C by the watering means 73 before the foaming detergent coating process by the processing apparatus.

  When the car washing process is completed, the car C is withdrawn. However, in the case of a passing type car wash facility, the car C is moved forward with the portal car wash machine 70 stopped at the forward limit position. At the same time, as shown by the imaginary line, it will be moved to the lateral side. That is, the front column 4a of the pair of left and right vertical frames 2A, 2B of the support structure 1 is sufficiently rearward from the front ends of the guide rails 13a, 13b. The vehicle can be moved away from the front side to the side, and there is no need to change the operation form of the passing-type car wash facility to the retracted type. Of course, the processing apparatus of the present invention can also be combined with a type of car wash equipment in which a car C that has already been washed is made to travel backward.

  The processing apparatus of this embodiment can be used in addition to the conventional car wash equipment as described above, but when the traveling body 33 is in the home position adjacent to the connecting member 14 of the guide rail assembly 12. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 15, the first boom 47 constituting the support means 45 of the hose or the like 44 is in a posture substantially parallel to the guide rail 13a immediately above the guide rail 13a on one side, 48 is in a posture substantially parallel to the traveling body 33 directly above the traveling body 33, and the first and second booms 47 and 48 are in a substantially right angle posture. Accordingly, in plan view, the first and second booms 47 and 48 constituting the support means 45 are in a state of overlapping the guide rail 13a and the traveling body 33. As the traveling body 33 travels forward, the first and second booms 47 and 48 are pulled by the traveling body 33 while changing the angle between them, and swing horizontally. As indicated by the phantom line, when the traveling body 33 reaches the travel limit position opposite to the home position, the first and second booms 47 and 48 are folded slightly forward from the 180-degree deployed posture that is linear. Since it stops in the bending posture, when the traveling body 33 starts reverse traveling, the first and second booms 47 and 48 can smoothly and reliably bend in the direction of returning to the original bending posture. In other words, the length and the pivot support position of the first and second booms 47 and 48 are determined so that the support means 45 can operate as described above.

  According to the configuration of the support means 45 of the hose and the like 44 of the processing apparatus as described above, when the traveling body 33 is in the home position, the gate is in a state of traveling to the forward limit position and approaching the traveling body 33 in plan view. The first and second booms 47 and 48 that are bent at right angles to the support means 45 are located outside the shaped traveling car wash machine 70 and do not interfere with the portal running car wash machine 70. Therefore, as shown in the figure, a silent measure box 79 having an effect of suppressing the spread of operation noise is mounted on the upper end of the portal traveling car wash machine 70, and air is supplied to the drying means 77 in the silent measure box 79. Even when the height of the gate-type traveling car wash machine 70 is very high as in the case of adopting a configuration for storing a blower or the like, even the horizontal frame 3 at the upper end of the supporting structure 1 is used for the portal-type traveling car wash. The hose or the like 44 disposed between the traveling body 33 and the guide rail 13b (supporting structure 1) is merely configured to have a height that does not interfere with the silent measure box 79 when the machine 70 travels. The support means 45 can be disposed at a low position in accordance with the height of the traveling body 33.

  In the above embodiment, the first and second booms 47 and 48 are configured to have substantially the same length, but the length may be changed. Further, the free end support position (the position of the vertical support shaft 49) of the first boom 47 may be set to the center position in the length direction of the guide rail 13a. In this case, the mounting member 51 with a screw hole for erecting the vertical column shaft 49 is attached to the upper surface of the long upper L-shaped connecting plate 21 of the connecting means 16 that connects the single rails 15a and 15b of the guide rail 13b. It will stick.

  It is conceivable that the highly foamed detergent sprayed from the nozzles 41a to 41d of the traveling body 33 traveling is scattered around by the wind. In order to suppress scattering of the highly foamed detergent, when both the vertical frames 2A and 2B of the support structure 1 or the vertical frame 2A or 2B on one side are adjacent to the wall of the building, the vertical frame on the opposite side Windproof means can be combined with 2B or 2A. As this windproof means, in addition to plate materials (thin steel plates, etc.) that can completely block the wind, vertical windbreak materials such as nets made of fiber or synthetic resin, punching metal, expanded metal, etc. that can moderate the wind moderately. The frame 2A, 2B can be stretched.

  In addition, when the treatment apparatus of the present invention is used for spraying a highly foamed detergent as described above, the surface of the automobile C is covered with a detergent foam film, so that the surrounding people can visually recognize this situation. Can expect a show-like effect. In order to enhance this show effect at night, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rear upper end corners of the pair of left and right vertical frames 2A and 2B of the support structure 1 are directed obliquely inward and downward. It is desirable to install a floodlight 66 that can be illuminated and to illuminate the vehicle C covered with the detergent foam film by both floodlights 66.

  In addition, the use method of incorporating the processing apparatus of the present invention into the traveling route of the portal traveling car wash machine has been described, but the treatment apparatus of the present invention is installed separately from various car wash machines or in a hand washing car wash station. It can also be used as a processing apparatus that is installed and sprayed with a high foaming detergent for the purpose of forming a detergent foam layer on the surface of a vehicle body. Even in this case, according to the support structure for the hose and the like in the present invention, the first and second booms of the support means such as the hose and the like are in a plan view and the guide rail on one side when the traveling body is in the home position. Compared with the conventional configuration in which at least one of the first and second booms crosses obliquely in the traveling path of the traveling body in plan view because it is positioned so as to overlap the traveling body. Thus, when a long object is handled in the vicinity of the processing apparatus, it is possible to avoid an abnormal situation in which the long object collides with the boom or an undue external force acts on the support means such as a hose due to mischief. There are advantages.

  The treatment apparatus for spraying a liquid agent according to the present invention is installed in a car wash or hand wash car wash station equipped with various car wash machines, and for example, water, a normal detergent (shampoo), and a layer of detergent foam on the body surface of the car. It can be used as a processing device for spraying highly foamed detergent for the purpose of forming.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Support structure 2A, 2B Vertical frame 3 Horizontal frame 4a, 4b Support | pillar 5, 7a, 7b, 14 Connection member 6a, 6b, 9a, 9b Brace 12 Guide rail assembly 13a, 13b Guide rail 15a, 15b Rail unit 16 Connecting means 21 Long upper L-shaped connecting plate 21a Notch 22 Short lower L-shaped connecting plate 23, 24, 30 Rod-shaped member with screw holes 29 L-shaped support plate 33 Traveling bodies 34a, 34b Support wheels 35 Transmission Shaft 36 Motor 39a, 39b, 40a, 40b Roller 41a-41d High foam detergent spray nozzle 44 Hose etc. 45 Hose support means 47, 48 Boom 49, 50 Vertical support shaft 53 Suspension member 54 Suspension rod 57 C-shaped support 70 Gate-type traveling car wash machine 71 Guide rail for portal-type traveling car wash machine 78 Guide rail for automobile

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A pair of left and right guide rails are installed on the gate-shaped support structure, and the traveling body is supported by the pair of left and right guide rails so that the traveling body can run freely. , Supported by each boom of a horizontally swingable support means comprising two booms that are interposed between the traveling body and a fixed position beside the traveling path and are pivotally coupled in a horizontally foldable manner. In the processed apparatus, the pair of left and right guide rails are supported by the support structure pillar below the horizontal frame at the upper end of the support structure, and the pair of left and right guide rails Both end portions in the length direction are supported so as to be able to run, and the support means is disposed between the horizontal frame at the upper end of the support structure and the guide rail in a side view, and two of the support means Of the boom, Position side of the boom, the upper and lower ends to the horizontal frame of the upper end of the supporting structure located and in its upper middle position in the length direction of one side of the guide rail of said pair of right and left guide rails is supported When the traveling body is supported on a vertical support shaft in a horizontally swingable manner and the traveling body is at the home position at one end of the guide rail, the two booms of the supporting means are in a substantially right-angled bending posture and are fixed. The position-side boom is configured to follow the guide rail on the upper side of the guide rail on one side, and the boom on the traveling body side is configured to extend along the left-right length direction of the traveling body on the upper side of the traveling body. Processing equipment.   The treatment device for spraying a liquid agent according to claim 1, wherein the two booms of the support means have substantially the same length. The pair of left and right guide rails is composed of two rails connected by connecting means at a substantially central position in the length direction thereof, and the vertical column shaft for supporting the boom on the guide rail side of the supporting means is The processing apparatus for spraying a liquid agent according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is disposed at a position closer to a home position side of the traveling body than the connecting means. The boom supported by the vertical support shaft is suspended at its tip side by a suspension member that is supported above the boom and is rotatable around the vertical support shaft. The processing apparatus for spraying a liquid agent according to claim 1 . 5. The treatment apparatus for spraying a liquid agent according to claim 1, wherein the hose and the like are supported in a lifted state by a support that is rotatably attached to the vertical column shaft .

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