JPH0376990B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention mainly relates to an ashtray washer for cleaning automobile ashtrays, and in particular, a novel ashtray washer that mixes air with water droplets and sprays the mixture onto the ashtray. The structure relates to an ashtray washer.

Car ashtrays are generally cleaned at gas stations, etc., but the inner surface of the ashtray has minute ash, tar, etc. attached to it, and simply blowing air on it will remove the ash attached to it due to static electricity. It is not possible to do a thorough cleaning. Conventionally, the user had to scrub the surface with a brush, rinse it with water, and then wipe it with a cloth, which was extremely troublesome work. However, as shown in Fig. 3, automobile ashtrays have a pleated extinguishing section 20 for extinguishing cigarettes.
Since there is a cover plate 21 covering the upper surface of the ashtray, it is impossible to thoroughly clean the interior with a brush, and wiping with a cloth is also difficult, resulting in extremely poor workability.

The present invention has been made to solve these conventional drawbacks, and it connects a pneumatic feed pipe to a nozzle, connects a water supply pipe, and forms a water droplet generating device in the nozzle to generate water droplets. Mixed air is injected from a nozzle, and the ashtray is covered with this jet to clean the inside of the ashtray, making it possible to effectively clean every corner of the ashtray and making the work much easier. be.

The present invention will be explained in detail below based on illustrated embodiments. Fig. 1 shows an ashtray washer according to the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the device, in which a washing chamber 2 is provided. . The cleaning chamber 2 has a periphery made of a stainless steel plate, etc., and has a window 3 on the front surface into which an ashtray is inserted.The lower surface forms a cleaning waste liquid receiving part 4, from which a drain pipe 5 is connected to the outside of the machine. It is something to bring out. As an example, the cleaning chamber 2 is provided with a nozzle 6 facing upward, and an air pressure feed pipe 7 and a water supply pipe 8 are connected to the nozzle 6. In the illustrated embodiment, as an example, a water supply pipe 8 communicating with a water storage tank 9 is connected to a nozzle 6, and a pneumatic feed pipe 7 communicating with a compressor 10 is connected diagonally from the side.
The water in the water storage tank 9 is sucked out and supplied by the suction force of the air flow of the pneumatic feed pipe 7. Note that the configuration of the water supply pipe 8 is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and the water may be fed under pressure by a pump or may be dropped by gravity. The nozzle 6 is provided with a water droplet generating device 11, and as an example, as shown in FIG. 2, a spiral protrusion 12 is formed on the inner surface of the nozzle 6. In addition, the water droplet forming device 1
1 can be any structure as long as the supplied water can be mixed with air in the form of water droplets, such as forming spiral blades, colliding liquids to form atomization, or high-velocity It may be of any suitable structure, such as a type in which air collides with water to form atomization. Furthermore, in the illustrated embodiment, the spiral protrusion 12
A cylindrical constriction part 13 is formed at the tip. This is provided to prevent the rotating airflow from expanding into an umbrella shape when it is ejected from the nozzle 6, and to rectify the flow.
In addition, the reference numeral 14 is a foot switch, and 15 is a pressure reducing valve.

The present invention has the above-mentioned configuration as a basic configuration, but in order to further drain water sufficiently, a draining nozzle 16 can be provided in line with the cleaning nozzle 6. That is, an auxiliary pneumatic feed pipe 17 is branched from the pneumatic feed pipe 7 and connected via a foot switch 18 to a draining nozzle 16 attached to the washing chamber 2 facing upward.

The present invention has such a configuration and is used as follows. First, in order to use this device, the air compressor 10 is operated to enable supply of compressed air, the water storage tank 9 is filled with water, and the water supply pipe 8 is placed underwater. Then, the user inserts the ashtray A into the cleaning chamber 2 through the window 3 and holds it in his hand so as to cover the nozzle 6, while depressing the foot switch 14 to supply compressed air from the pneumatic feed pipe 7 to the nozzle 6. They send it in. At that time, the water in the water storage tank 9 is sucked out through the water supply pipe 8 by the suction force of the air, and this water is rotated by the spiral protrusion 12 serving as the water droplet generating device 11 to become water droplets and mix with the air. Then, it is sprayed from the nozzle 6. At this time, the jet stream that is about to spread into an umbrella shape is constricted by the constriction part 13 at the tip of the nozzle 6 and is ejected almost straight upward. This jet then collides with the concave surface of ashtray A, wraps around to both sides, and flows downward through the side walls of ashtray A. At this time, the ash and tar adhering to the inner surface of the ashtray are absorbed by the colliding water droplets. The action causes it to be peeled off from the wall and instantly washed away along with a large amount of air. This action is strong, and the massaging part 2
It is possible to completely clean between the thin folds of ash tray A and the corners of ashtray A. Moreover, since water droplets and air are mixed for cleaning, almost no water droplets adhere to the inside of the ashtray A. Furthermore, to completely drain the water, place an ashtray over the draining nozzle 16 and turn the foot switch 18.
All you have to do is press down to blow out the compressed air.

The present invention has such a structure and function, and since the water is mixed with air and water is turned into droplets, and the droplets collide with the ashtray to perform cleaning, an extremely good cleaning effect can be obtained. It is something that In addition, the cleaning work can be done in an instant and extremely easily, improving work efficiency and saving labor. It is particularly effective in cleaning automobile ashtrays that have pleated muffing parts and lid plates.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of an ashtray washer according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing the structure of a nozzle portion, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of an ashtray for an automobile. 1; Apparatus body, 2; Cleaning chamber, 3; Window, 6; Nozzle, 7; Air pressure pipe, 8; Water supply pipe, 9; Water storage tank, 10; Compressor, 1; Water droplet generator, 12; Spiral protrusion , 13; constriction section, 14, 1
8; Foot switch, 16; Draining nozzle,
A; ashtray, 20; rubbing part, 21; lid plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Connect the pneumatic pipe to the nozzle, and
This ashtray washer is characterized in that a water supply pipe is connected thereto, a water droplet generating device is provided in the nozzle, the water droplets are mixed with air, the mixture is jetted from the nozzle, and the ashtray is washed by covering the jet stream.