CN214520228U

CN214520228U - Car washing robot

Info

Publication number: CN214520228U
Application number: CN202120666709.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈思锐
Original assignee: Guangzhou Ruitong Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Ruitong Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-31
Filing date: 2021-03-31
Publication date: 2021-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-31

Abstract

The utility model discloses a car washing robot, which comprises a walking base, a lifting mechanism and an arm; the lifting mechanism comprises a rack fixed on the walking base, a lifting part arranged on the rack in a lifting way and a lifting driving part used for driving the lifting part to lift up and down; one end of the mechanical arm is fixedly connected with the lifting part through the heightening connecting piece, and the other end of the mechanical arm is provided with a cleaning part; when the lifting part rises to the highest point of the stroke of the lifting part, the height of the lifting part is lower than the highest point of the cleaning target, and the cleaning part is higher than the highest point of the cleaning target. The utility model discloses an among the carwash robot, adopt between the lift portion of arm and elevating system to increase the connecting piece and connect to raise the arm, under the condition that keeps satisfying clean height, with elevating system's high reduction, thereby reduced whole carwash robot's whole size, avoid the equipment size too big.

Description

Car washing robot

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the washing equipment, concretely relates to car washing robot.

Background

The car washing machine is used for carrying out abluent equipment for the car, and current car washing machine mostly sets up to the portal frame formula, has set up a top brush, two side brushes and a plurality of little brushes. Under the arrangement of the brush head, the brush is too large as a working head, the movement track of the moving mechanism of the brush is simple, the automobile cannot be cleaned in all directions, and the cleaning dead angle exists. To this problem, current a new car washing robot, including walking base, the elevating system of setting on car washing base and the arm of setting on elevating system, set up rotatory round brush on the arm, the oscilaltion through elevating system drives the oscilaltion of arm in order to reach and wash the height, and the arm can carry out the posture conversion and clean some corners that are difficult to wash, and its automatically controlled cabinet is fixed on elevating system's fuselage. However, this solution has a problem that since the robot arm is directly connected to the elevating portion of the elevating mechanism, the robot arm is substantially equal to the elevating portion, and in order to satisfy the cleaning of the car by the robot arm, the robot arm should be able to ascend to a position higher than the highest position of the cleaning target, and the elevating mechanism should be able to ascend to a position higher than the highest position of the cleaning target. And because the washing target is the car, its highest point is higher, leads to the whole high of elevating system higher for whole car washing robot whole size still is bigger than normal, seems too bulky.

Therefore, a new technology is needed to solve the problem of the large overall size of the car washing robot in the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

For solving the above-mentioned problem among the prior art, the utility model provides a car washing robot, it has reduced car washing robot's height to a certain extent, avoids the equipment size too big.

The utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

a car washing robot comprises a walking base, a lifting mechanism and a mechanical arm;

the lifting mechanism comprises a rack fixed on the walking base, a lifting part arranged on the rack in a lifting way and a lifting driving part used for driving the lifting part to lift up and down;

one end of the mechanical arm is fixedly connected with the lifting part through a heightening connecting piece, and the other end of the mechanical arm is provided with a cleaning part;

when the lifting part rises to the highest point of the stroke of the lifting part, the height of the lifting part is lower than the highest point of the cleaning target, and the cleaning part is higher than the highest point of the cleaning target.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme of the utility model, increase the lower extreme of connecting piece with lift portion fixed connection, increase the upper end of connecting piece with arm fixed connection.

As the technical scheme of the utility model further improves, still including being used for control the walking base elevating system with the control box of arm action.

As the utility model discloses technical scheme's further improvement, the control box is located increase on the connecting piece.

As a further improvement, the utility model discloses technical scheme still including being used for the guide walking guide mechanism of walking base walking direction.

As a further improvement, the traveling guide mechanism is located below the mechanical arm, when the mechanical arm descends to the lowest point, the upper end of the height increasing connecting piece is higher than the upper end of the traveling guide mechanism.

As a further improvement of the technical scheme of the utility model, walking guiding mechanism include along the guide part that predetermined path set up, with walking base fixed connection's mounting bracket and two at least roller trains, each roller train all includes that at least two are located the gyro wheel of guide part both sides, two the periphery of gyro wheel all with the guide part butt, the gyro wheel with the mounting bracket rotates the connection, the gyro wheel is followed the guide part rolls.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:

the utility model discloses an among the carwash robot, adopt between the lift portion of arm and elevating system to increase the connecting piece and connect to raise the arm, under the condition that keeps satisfying clean height, with elevating system's high reduction. Under this kind of structure, the same with prior art, when wasing the washing target of same height, the utility model discloses a height of lift portion can be than prior art's low to reduce whole car washing robot's overall dimension, avoided the equipment size too big.

Drawings

The technology of the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description:

fig. 1 is a front view of the car washing robot of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the car washing robot of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the walking guide mechanism of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

1-a walking base; 11-an auxiliary function box; a 111-notch;

2-a lifting mechanism; 21-a frame; 22-a lifting section;

3, a mechanical arm; 31-a cleaning section; 32-a mounting base; 33-a first arm; 34-a second arm body;

4-heightening connecting pieces;

5-a control box;

6-a walking guide mechanism; 61-a guide; 62-a mounting frame; 63-a roller;

7-cleaning the target.

Detailed Description

The conception, specific structure and technical effects of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments, so as to fully understand the objects, aspects and effects of the present invention. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, when a feature is referred to as being "fixed" or "connected" to another feature, it may be directly fixed or connected to the other feature or indirectly fixed or connected to the other feature. Furthermore, the description of the upper, lower, left, right, etc. used in the present invention is only relative to the mutual positional relationship of the components of the present invention in the drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a car washing robot includes a traveling base 1, a lifting mechanism 2, and a robot arm 3.

The lifting mechanism 2 comprises a rack 21 fixed on the walking base 1, a lifting part 22 arranged on the rack 21 in a lifting manner, and a lifting driving part used for driving the lifting part 22 to lift up and down. In one embodiment, the lifting driving portion is a motor, the frame 21 is provided with a vertical sliding rod, the lifting portion 22 is slidably mounted on the sliding rod, a synchronous belt arranged up and down is mounted on the frame 21, the lifting portion 22 is fixed with the synchronous belt, and the motor drives the lifting portion 22 to lift through the synchronous belt. The transmission of the synchronous belt can be replaced by gear and rack transmission.

One end of the mechanical arm 3 is through increasing connecting piece 4 with lift portion 22 fixed connection, the other end of the mechanical arm 3 is equipped with cleaning portion 31, and cleaning portion 31 is generally the rotatory roller brush, and it is rotatory to drive the roller brush through the motor, still sets up the shower head generally for spray detergent and water, supplementary washing. When the elevating portion 22 ascends to the highest point of its stroke, the height of the elevating portion 22 is lower than the highest point of the cleaning target 7, and the cleaning portion 31 is higher than the highest point of the cleaning target 7. That is, in this embodiment, the elevating portion 22 is lower than the highest point of the cleaning target 7 when reaching the highest point, but the cleaning portion 31 is higher than the highest point of the cleaning target 7, in other words, the raising link 4 raises the robot arm 3 so that the elevating portion 22 can still clean the cleaning target 7 even though it is lower than the highest point of the cleaning target 7. With such a structure, the height of the lifting mechanism 2 can be lowered to some extent, so that the entire size of the entire car washing robot can be reduced. In one embodiment, the robot arm 3 is provided with 2, one for cleaning the top surface and one for cleaning the side surface. Arm 3 is conventional arm, and specific structure can refer to conventional arm, and arm 3's structure is not the utility model discloses a point of improvement, no longer gives unnecessary details here.

Specifically, the lower end of the heightening connecting piece 4 is fixedly connected with the lifting part 22, and the upper end of the heightening connecting piece 4 is fixedly connected with the mechanical arm 3. That is, the robot arm is mounted above the elevating unit 22 by raising the link 4, so that the cleaning unit 31 of the robot arm 3 can be cleaned to a position higher than the elevating unit 22.

In addition, this carwash robot still includes and is used for controlling walking base 1 elevating system 2 with the control box 5 of arm action, control box 5 is fixed on walking base 1. The controller and the corresponding control switch are arranged in the control box 5 and are used for controlling the actions of the car washing robot such as walking, lifting, cleaning and the like.

Preferably, control box 5 is located increase on the connecting piece 4, increase the connecting piece 4 and set up to frame construction, inside vacuole formation for installation control box 5, control box 5 sets up on increasing connecting piece 4, can be along with lift portion, arm rise in step and descend, can also place other auxiliary assembly in the cavity that increases connecting piece 4. When maintenance is performed, the robot arm 3 can be lifted, and the height of the heightening connecting piece 4 is adjusted to a proper height, so that the control box 5 can be conveniently checked and maintained.

In one embodiment, the robot arm 3 is a telescopic arm, and includes a mounting base 32, a first arm 33 and a second arm 34, the first arm 33 is slidably connected to the mounting base 32, the second arm 34 is slidably connected to the first arm 33, the cleaning unit 31 is mounted at the end of the second arm 34, and the first arm 33 and the second arm 34 are driven to slidably extend and retract relative to the mounting base 32 by a telescopic driving device (typically a motor, an air cylinder or an electric cylinder) to control the cleaning position of the cleaning unit 31. Preferably, the mounting base 32, the heightening connecting member 4 and the lifting portion 22 are integrally connected to form an integral body, and the integral body is mounted on the lifting mechanism, and then the first arm 33 and the second arm 34 are mounted on the mounting base 32.

The car washing robot also comprises a walking guide mechanism 6 for guiding the walking direction of the walking base 1, and the walking guide mechanism 6 is arranged for guiding the walking direction of the car washing robot because the car washing robot is relatively difficult to control due to the fact that water exists on the ground during walking. Preferably, the walking guide mechanism 6 is located below the robot arm 3, and when the robot arm 3 is lowered to the lowest point, the upper end of the heightening link 4 is higher than the upper end of the walking guide mechanism 3. Due to the increase of the heightening connecting piece 4, a space exists between the mechanical arm 3 and the ground when the mechanical arm descends to the lowest point, so that the walking guide mechanism 6 can be arranged in the space, and the transverse size is reduced. If the height-increasing link 4 is not provided, there is no space, and the travel guide mechanism needs to be installed outside the robot arm 3, which results in an excessively large lateral dimension of the entire car washing robot. In one embodiment, the walking base 1 is further provided with an auxiliary function box 11, which can be used for adding other functions to the car washing robot, such as arranging a booster pump, increasing the water pressure for spraying during washing, arranging a hot air drying device, and drying by blowing hot air after washing. The auxiliary function box 11 may be equipped with a control device for controlling the operation of the robot. The auxiliary function box 11 is provided with a notch 111, and the travel guide 3 passes through the notch 111.

Specifically, walking guiding mechanism 6 include along the guide part 61 that predetermined path set up, with walking base 1 fixed connection's mounting bracket 62 and two at least gyro wheel 63 groups, each gyro wheel 63 group all includes two at least gyro wheels 63 that are located the guide part 61 both sides, two the periphery of gyro wheel 63 all with guide part 61 butt, gyro wheel 63 with mounting bracket 62 rotates to be connected, gyro wheel 63 follows guide part 61 rolls. In one embodiment, the guiding portion 61 is an angle iron structure, one surface of which is perpendicular to the bottom surface, and the two rollers 63 are located at two sides of the guiding portion 61 and abut against the guiding portion 61, so that the guiding portion 61 starts a limiting effect, and the walking base 1 is prevented from moving left and right relative to the guiding portion 61, thereby playing a role in limiting and guiding. The walking guide mechanism 6 is also provided with a drag chain for assisting the connection of cables and water pipes, the drag chain is arranged above the walking guide mechanism 6 and is positioned below the mechanical arm, when the mechanical arm 3 descends to the lowest point, the upper end of the heightening connecting piece 4 is higher than the upper end of the drag chain at the walking guide mechanism 6, and the drag chain sequentially extends to the mechanical arm through the auxiliary function box 11 and the lifting mechanism and is used for supplying water to the cleaning part 31 and supplying power to the mechanical arm 3 and controlling the cleaning part.

In one embodiment, the traveling base 1 is itself powered and capable of traveling on its own, as is the case with AGV carts. In another embodiment, the walking base 1 is not powered by itself, but moves by means of a synchronous belt mechanism installed on one side of the walking guide mechanism 6, the synchronous belt mechanism has a synchronous belt arranged along the guide part 61, a motor is installed on the walking base 1, and the motor is meshed with the synchronous belt through a driving wheel and a driven wheel to drive the walking base 1 to walk, and the mechanism for moving the synchronous belt belongs to a conventional scheme and is not described herein again.

Other contents of the car washing robot of the present invention refer to the prior art, and are not repeated herein.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, so that any modification, equivalent change and modification made by the technical spirit of the present invention to the above embodiments do not depart from the technical solution of the present invention, and still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A car washing robot, its characterized in that: comprises a walking base, a lifting mechanism and a mechanical arm;

2. The vehicle washing robot of claim 1, wherein: the lower extreme that increases the connecting piece with lift portion fixed connection, increase the upper end of connecting piece with arm fixed connection.

3. The vehicle washing robot of claim 1, wherein: the robot walking mechanism further comprises a control box used for controlling the walking base, the lifting mechanism and the mechanical arm to act.

4. The vehicle washing robot of claim 3, wherein: the control box is arranged on the heightening connecting piece.

5. The vehicle washing robot of claim 1, wherein: the walking guide mechanism is used for guiding the walking direction of the walking base.

6. The vehicle washing robot of claim 5, wherein: the walking guide mechanism is positioned below the mechanical arm, and when the mechanical arm descends to the lowest point, the upper end of the heightening connecting piece is higher than the upper end of the walking guide mechanism.

7. The vehicle washing robot of claim 5, wherein: the walking guiding mechanism comprises a guiding part arranged along a preset path, a mounting frame fixedly connected with the walking base and at least two roller groups, each roller group comprises at least two rollers positioned on two sides of the guiding part and two roller surfaces of the rollers are abutted to the guiding part, the rollers are rotatably connected with the mounting frame, and the rollers roll along the guiding part.