JPH02262449A - Car moving device in car cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate cleaning of an installation surface of the lower part of a moving truck by forming the moving truck, which is run forward and backward to a car cleaning machine, and on which a car to be cleaned is put, out of a truck yoke for which a square front rim is reinforced by supporting beams, and of a grating that is put on the truck yoke attachable/detachable. CONSTITUTION:On a pair of guide rails, 1, 1, a gate type running frame 3 installed with a car cleaning apparatus such as a drying device, etc., is put so as to run forward and backward. On the inside of the guide rails 1, 1 an installation surface F' for the truck lower than the installation surface F of the guide rail 1 is formed, upon which, a pair of guide rails 7, 7 are provided through rail supporting boards 6, and a moving truck 8 is put on the guide rail 7 so as to run forward and backward. The moving truck 8 is composed of a square front rim 10, a truck yoke 12 formed out of supporting beams 11 for reinforcement, and of gratings 14 put on the upper surface of the truck yoke 12 attachable/detachable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [A1] Purpose of the invention (1) Industrial application field The present invention provides a guide rail laid on an installation surface and a
A vehicle moving device in a vehicle washing apparatus, which is equipped with a mobile cart that is placed on the guide rail so as to be able to move forward and backward with respect to a car washing machine that is equipped with equipment, and on which a vehicle to be washed can be placed on the top surface. related to).

(2) Prior Art Conventionally, a vehicle moving device in such a vehicle washing device is known, for example, from Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-21303.

(3) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the vehicle moving device described in the above-mentioned publication, one side of the moving trolley is formed of a single striped steel plate.
Mud, etc. that fell from the vehicle adheres and accumulates on the movable trolley, making it easy to get dirty, requiring frequent cleaning of the top of the movable trolley, and furthermore, there is a problem in that the washing water accumulated on the trolley is difficult to drain. Furthermore, since the striped steel plate is integrally installed on the trolley frame, there is also the problem that it is difficult to maintain and inspect the running wheels installed at the bottom of the moving trolley and to clean the installation surface below the moving trolley. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it prevents mud etc. from accumulating on the movable trolley, has good drainage of washing water, and maintains maintenance of the running wheels disposed at the bottom of the movable trolley. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle moving device in the vehicle washing device, which allows easy inspection and cleaning of the installation surface below the moving truck.

B0 Structure of the Invention (1) Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a guide rail laid on the installation surface of a vehicle moving device and a guide rail installed on the installation surface of a vehicle moving device, and a guide rail that moves toward and away from a car wash machine equipped with car wash equipment. In a vehicle moving device in a vehicle washing apparatus, the moving trolley is provided with a moving trolley that is placed on the guide rail so as to be able to travel and on which a vehicle to be washed can be placed. It is characterized by comprising a bogie frame reinforced with a plurality of support girders, a plurality of gratings removably placed on the bogie frame, and a running wheel that is pivoted on the lower surface of the bogie frame. do.

(2) Effect According to the above configuration, since a plurality of gratings are arranged on the bogie frame made of a rectangular outer frame reinforced with a plurality of support girders, the washing water sprayed onto the vehicle when washing the vehicle and the car body The mud, etc. that falls from the movable truck is immediately discharged through the grating to the bottom of the movable trolley. In addition, since the plurality of gratings are removably mounted on the bogie frame, the gratings can be attached and removed at required locations on the bogie frame as needed, and the gratings installed below the bogie can Maintenance and inspection of the wheels and cleaning of the installation surface below the trolley can be easily performed.

(3) Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a pair of guide rails 11 parallel to each other are laid on the installation surface F of the ground ring. A gate-shaped traveling frame 3 of a car washing machine 2, which can run astride the vehicle to be washed, is mounted on the guide rails 1 and 1 so as to be able to travel back and forth via driving wheels 4 and driven wheels 5. ing.

The concave traveling frame 3 includes a cleaning brush (not shown),
It is equipped with conventionally known car washing equipment consisting of a drying device, a washing liquid injection pipe, and the like.

On the inside of the guide rail 1.1, there is formed an installation surface F' for a bogie that is lower in height than the installation surface F, and on this installation surface F', a plurality of rail supports 6 are arranged. has been done. On these supports 6, another pair of guide rails 7.7 parallel to the guide rails 1, 1 are supported, and on these guide rails 7.7 a movable trolley 8 is mounted with a set of running wheels 9. ，
It is mounted so that it can move back and forth through 9 parts.

The movable cart 8 includes a cart frame 12 consisting of a rectangular outer frame 10 and a plurality of reinforcing support beams 11. The outer frame 10 includes a pair of narrow cross beams 10 made of U-shaped materials arranged in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the movable trolley 8.
a, °10a, and a pair of wide vertical beams 10b, 1 made of wide U-shaped materials fixed to both ends of these horizontal beams 10a, 10a.
0b, and the plurality of support beams 11 are horizontally suspended between both the cross beams 10a, 10a. Also, at both ends of the crossbeam 10a on the rear side (left side in Figure 1.2),
A pair of wheel stoppers 13, 13 are fixedly attached to stop the preceding wheels Wf, Wf when the vehicle (2) enters the vehicle. By stopping the preceding wheels Wf, Wf against the wheel stoppers 13.13, the vehicle (2) can be stopped at a predetermined position on the truck 8.

A plurality of gratings 14 are not fixed on the upper surface of the bogie frame I2 but are removably placed thereon. This grating 1
4 is a conventionally known one, for example, as shown in Fig. 1.3, a rectangular frame 14a is made of angle materials and a plurality of horizontal + M l 4 b and one compressor L4c are mounted inside the rectangular frame 14a. By locking the long f portion of the rectangular frame 14a between the dark blue girder 10b of the outer frame 10 and the support girder 11, or between the adjacent support girders 11 and 11, the bogie frame 12 It is now supported by Among the plurality of gratings 14, one of the gratings 14 adjacent to the wheel stopper 13.13 has a grating 1 made of angle material that allows the front wheel Wf to moderately ride over just before the front wheel Wf locks on the wheel stopper 13. A climbing member 15 is fixed.

As shown in Figure 3, the left and right longitudinal girders 10b and the adjacent support girder 11. ．． A support member 16.1 rotatably supports the shaft of the running wheel 9 on the lower surface of the wheel 11.
7 is fixed, and 1- of these supporting members 16.17
A cover 18 is removably attached to the surface of the running wheel 9c to prevent mud and washing water from splashing on the knee of the running wheel 9c.

A drive device 19 for driving the movable trolley 8 in reciprocating motion is disposed between the movable trolley 8 and the installation surface F' as follows. In other words, on the - side of the installation surface F', the first
A transmission shaft 22 to which a second transmission sprocket 20 and 21 are fixed is rotatably supported, and the output of a first transmission sprocket 20 and a motor 23 which is disposed in the vicinity of the first transmission sprocket 20 and which can rotate in forward and reverse directions. It is connected to a drive sprocket 24 fixed to the shaft via a chino 25. Further, a driven sprocket 26 is rotatably supported approximately at the center of the installation surface F', and between the driven sprocket 26 and the second transmission sprocket 121,
A traction chino 28 is suspended from a platform f whose both ends are fixed to the movable cart 8 via china tension means 27.27.

As shown in FIG. 4, each tensioning means 27 includes an adjustment bolt 29 connected to one end of the truck towing machine 2B, and an adjustment bolt 29 fixed to the surface of the truck frame 12'l''. 29, a nut 31 that is screwed into the adjustment bolt 29, and the fixing piece 30 and the j-seat 31.
The spring 32 is compressed between the springs 32 and 32 to bias the cheno 28 toward the nut 31. By moving the nut 31 forward and backward with respect to the adjustment bolt 29, the tension of the cheno 28 for pulling the truck can be adjusted. It is adjustable. When the motor 23 is driven, the driving sprocket 24, the chino 25, and the first . The rotation of the motor 23 is transmitted to the running wheels 9 through the second transmission sprocket 17 (2f), 21, the trolley pulling chain 28, and the driven sub (26).
, 9, and the movable trolley 8 can be made to reciprocate along the guide rail 7. Direction, 1-1 in Figure 2.3
, L2 detects that the movable cart 8 is placed at the rearmost end and the frontmost end (9).

Therefore, ji of this embodiment (both moving devices M are
It is composed of members t and C indicated by the reference numeral 2 and the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, before washing the vehicle (2), the vehicle (2) is placed on the moving cart 8. In this case, the front wheel W' of the vehicle (2) climbs over the get-over member 15 just before it is stopped by the wheel stopper 13, so the driver can know that the front wheel Wf has approached the wheel stopper 13 due to the vibrations generated at that time. Therefore, it is possible to brake the wheels immediately before the front wheel Wf collides with the wheel stopper 13, and prevents the front wheel Wr from strongly hitting the wheel stopper 13 or the front wheel Wf from running over the wheel stopper 13. be able to.

Next, the gate-shaped traveling frame 3 and the movable trolley 8 are made to travel in opposite directions, and the car wash equipment installed on the gate-shaped traveling frame 3 is operated to wash the body surface of the vehicle V. During this cleaning operation, washing water and mud removed from the car body surface fall onto the movable dolly 8, but these are quickly discharged under the movable dolly 8 through the grating 14, so that the top of the dolly 8 does not get dirty. do not have. Furthermore, the grating 14
is removably mounted on the trolley frame 12, so after the cleaning work is completed, the grating 14 at the required location on the trolley frame 12 can be removed as necessary, and the movable trolley 8 can be removed from above the movable trolley 8. Maintenance and inspection of the running wheels 9 disposed at the lower part of the movable cart 8 and cleaning of the installation surface F' below the movable cart 8 can be easily performed.

Although one embodiment of the vehicle moving device in the vehicle washing device according to the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and there is no deviation from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims. However, various small design changes can be made.

For example, in the above embodiment, a plurality of support girders 11 are connected to the outer frame 10.
Although an example is shown in which the horizontal beams 10a and 10a are hung horizontally only between the pair of horizontal beams 10a and 10a before and after the 0, they are also horizontally suspended between the longitudinal beams 10b and lOb of the outer frame 10, so that the bogie frame 12 is shaped like a lattice when viewed from above. It is also possible to assemble the Moreover, the riding member 15 can be fixed to a pair of gratings 1414 adjacent to a pair of wheel stoppers 13.13, respectively.

Furthermore, it is also possible to configure the transmission system of the drive device 19 of the movable trolley 8 by a gear mechanism such as a pinion or a rack. Furthermore, instead of moving the recessed traveling frame 3 and the movable trolley 8 together, it is also possible to fix the recessed traveling frame 3 and move only the movable trolley 8. Further, in the above embodiment, the vehicle ■
When entering the vehicle, an example has been shown in which the front wheel Wf is locked by the wheel stopper 13 by entering from the front wheel Wf side, but it is also possible to enter from the rear wheel Wr side and lock the rear wheel Wr by the wheel stopper 13. is also possible.

C9 Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of gratings are arranged on a bogie frame formed by reinforcing a rectangular outer frame with a plurality of support girders, so that cleaning sprayed onto the vehicle body during vehicle cleaning can be avoided. Water, mud, etc. that fall from the car body are quickly discharged to the bottom of the movable dolly through the grating, so the top surface of the movable dolly is not soiled, and water on the dolly is well drained.

In addition, since the plurality of gratings are removably placed on the bogie frame, gratings can be attached and removed at required locations on the bogie frame as needed, and therefore the gratings can be placed at the bottom of the movable bogie. Maintenance and inspection of the mounted running wheels and cleaning of the installation surface below the movable trolley can be easily performed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the device of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of the vehicle cleaning device including the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall side view of the same vehicle cleaning device, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the chain tensioning means of the device of the present invention. 2... Car wash machine, 7... Guide rail, 8... Moving trolley, 9... Running wheel, 10... Outer frame, 11... Support girder, 12... Taito frame, ・・Grating F'...Installation surface, M...Vehicle movement device, ■...Vehicle

Claims (1)

[Claims] A guide rail (7) laid on the installation surface (F') and a top surface placed on the guide rail (7) so as to be able to move forward and backward with respect to the car wash machine (2) equipped with car wash equipment. In a vehicle moving device in a vehicle washing device, the vehicle moving device includes a moving trolley (8) on which a vehicle (V) to be washed can be placed.
The mobile cart (8) has a cart frame (12) formed by reinforcing a rectangular outer frame (10) with a plurality of support girders (11), and is removably placed on the cart frame (12). A vehicle moving device in a vehicle washing device, comprising a plurality of gratings (14) and a running wheel (9) that is pivoted on the lower surface of the bogie frame (12).