CN216969593U - Full-automatic integral type car wash - Google Patents

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CN216969593U
CN216969593U CN202220761978.XU CN202220761978U CN216969593U CN 216969593 U CN216969593 U CN 216969593U CN 202220761978 U CN202220761978 U CN 202220761978U CN 216969593 U CN216969593 U CN 216969593U
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The utility model relates to a full-automatic integrated car washing house, and belongs to the technical field of car washing houses. Solves the problem of low vehicle washing efficiency. Including carwash, platform, bottom shower nozzle and ring arm device, the lower part of carwash is provided with the platform, and the upper portion of carwash is provided with the ring arm device, and the entrance side of platform is provided with the bottom shower nozzle, and the ring arm device includes arm and mobile device, mobile device includes slide, ring tooth, motor, gear and slide, the inboard of slide is provided with the ring tooth, and slide, ring tooth are connected with the garage, and the slide is connected with the slide, and gear, arm are connected respectively at the inside and outside both ends of slide, are provided with the motor on the slide, the output and the gear connection of motor, gear and ring tooth meshing, and the arm inboard is provided with the shower nozzle. The cleaning machine can clean the whole surface without dead angles, and can improve the cleaning efficiency while ensuring the cleaning quality.

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Full-automatic integral type car wash
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a full-automatic integrated car washing house, and belongs to the technical field of car washing houses.
Background
Along with the rapid development of Chinese economy, more and more automobiles enter families, the rapid increase of the automobiles and the pace of life of people are accelerated increasingly, and the car washing house is favored by car owners more and more. At present, most carwashes adopt the mode of half artifical semi-machinery, and handheld spray gun, brush spray rinsing the car promptly, later the reuse cloth is wiped futilely, adopt this kind of mode carwash not only inefficiency, need people's arrangement after the instrument such as these brushes, cloth is used to accomplish in addition, also occupied great space, and the cost of labor is high simultaneously.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a fully automatic integrated car washing room to solve the above technical problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the problem of low vehicle washing efficiency. The following presents a simplified summary of the utility model in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the utility model. It should be understood that this summary is not an exhaustive overview of the utility model. It is not intended to determine the key or critical elements of the present invention, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
The technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:
the utility model provides a full-automatic integral type carwash, includes carwash, platform, bottom shower nozzle and ring arm device, the lower part of carwash is provided with the platform, and the upper portion of carwash is provided with the ring arm device, and the entrance side of platform is provided with the bottom shower nozzle, and the ring arm device includes arm and mobile device, mobile device includes slide, ring tooth, motor, gear and slide, the inboard of slide is provided with the ring tooth, and slide, ring tooth are connected with the carwash, and the slide is connected with the slide, and gear, arm are connected respectively to the inside and outside both ends of slide, are provided with the motor on the slide, the output and the gear connection of motor, gear and ring tooth meshing, the arm inboard is provided with the shower nozzle.
Preferably, the following components: the mechanical arm is internally provided with a cavity, and the mechanical arm is provided with a plurality of spray heads which are arranged in an array.
Preferably: the bottom spray head comprises a hub cleaning spray head and a chassis cleaning spray head, the chassis cleaning spray head is positioned in the middle of the inlet side of the platform, and the hub cleaning spray heads are arranged on two sides of the chassis cleaning spray head.
Preferably: the carwash includes slide rail, door plant, slide bar, mounting bracket and the room body, the lower part of the room body is provided with the platform, and the upper portion and the ring arm device of the room body are connected, and the entrance side of the room body has the entry, the entrance side of the room body is provided with the mounting bracket, and the room body is connected with the mounting bracket, and the room body passes through mounting bracket and sliding rail connection, and the upper portion of door plant is provided with the slide bar, slide bar and sliding rail connection.
Preferably: the carwash includes slide rail, door plant, slide bar, mounting bracket and the room body, and the both sides of the room body are provided with entry and export respectively, the lower part of the room body is provided with the platform, and the upper portion and the ring arm device of the room body are connected, the entrance side of the room body and the outlet side of the room body all are provided with the mounting bracket, and the room body is connected with the mounting bracket, and the room body passes through mounting bracket and sliding rail connection, and the upper portion of door plant is provided with the slide bar, slide bar and sliding rail connection.
Preferably: the slide bar is U-shaped.
Preferably: every three door plant forms door plant group, and adjacent door plant passes through hinge connection, and door plant group's quantity is two sets of door plant group sets up the both sides at the slide bar.
Preferably: the house is characterized by further comprising an inclined platform, wherein the inclined platform is located inside the house body and is arranged on the inlet side of the platform, or the two inclined platforms are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the platform respectively.
Preferably: the outward flange of the door plant in the outside is connected with linear electric motor's one end, and linear electric motor's the other end and room body coupling.
Preferably: solar panel is installed on the upper portion of the room body, solar panel and linear electric motor, motor electric connection.
The utility model has the following beneficial effects:
this device is when the vehicle reachs the entrance side of platform, wheel hub washs the shower nozzle and sprays water to wheel hub position, chassis washs the shower nozzle and sprays water to vehicle chassis, the car is slowly to the internal removal in room, wheel hub washs shower nozzle and chassis and washs the shower nozzle and can be at this in-process to wheel hub, the chassis washs, when the vehicle moves the platform completely, motor drive gear, gear and ring tooth meshing make the slide along the slide motion, the slide is the annular, the shower nozzle of arm washs or weathers the top and the side of vehicle in the motion process, wash comprehensive no dead angle, improve the cleaning efficiency when guaranteeing cleaning quality.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fully automatic integrated car wash;
FIG. 2 is a layout view of a bottom shower head;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the construction of the loop arm assembly;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at A in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a system diagram of a fully automatic integrated car wash;
FIG. 7 is a layout view of a ramp;
in the figure, 1-car washing room, 3-platform, 4-bottom spray head, 5-annular arm device, 11-sliding rail, 12-door plate, 13-sliding rod, 14-mounting rack, 15-room body, 41-hub cleaning spray head, 42-chassis cleaning spray head, 51-mechanical arm, 52-moving device, 511-spray head, 521-slideway, 522-annular tooth, 523-motor, 524-gear and 525-sliding seat.
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In order that the objects, aspects and advantages of the utility model will become more apparent, the utility model will be described by way of example only, and in connection with the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that such description is merely illustrative and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Moreover, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the concepts of the present invention.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
The first embodiment is as follows: the embodiment is described with reference to fig. 1-6, and the full-automatic integrated car washing house of the embodiment comprises a car washing house 1, a platform 3, a bottom spray head 4 and a ring arm device 5, the lower part of the car washing room 1 is provided with a platform 3, the upper part of the car washing room 1 is provided with a ring arm device 5, the inlet side of the platform 3 is provided with a bottom spray head 4, the ring arm device 5 comprises a mechanical arm 51 and a moving device 52, the moving device 52 comprises a slideway 521, a ring gear 522, a motor 523, a gear 524 and a sliding seat 525, the inner side of the slide rail 521 is provided with ring teeth 522, the slide rail 521 and the ring teeth 522 are connected with the garage 1, the slide rail 521 is connected with a slide base 525, the inner end and the outer end of the slide base 525 are respectively connected with a gear 524 and a mechanical arm 51, the slide base 525 is provided with a motor 523, the output end of the motor 523 is connected with the gear 524, the gear 524 is meshed with the ring teeth 522, and the inner side of the mechanical arm 51 is provided with a spray nozzle 511; the cleaning device is characterized in that a cavity is formed in the mechanical arm 51, a plurality of spray heads 511 are arranged on the mechanical arm 51, the spray heads 511 are communicated with the cavity in the mechanical arm 51, the spray heads 511 are arranged in an array mode, an inlet pipe is arranged at the upper portion of the mechanical arm 51 and is respectively connected with a blower, a high-pressure pump and a cleaning agent pump through hoses, the high-pressure pump is connected with a fresh water pool, and the cleaning agent pump is connected with a cleaning liquid pool; the bottom nozzle 4 comprises a hub cleaning nozzle 41 and a chassis cleaning nozzle 42, the chassis cleaning nozzle 42 is positioned in the middle of the inlet side of the platform 3, the hub cleaning nozzles 41 are arranged on two sides of the chassis cleaning nozzle 42, and the hub cleaning nozzle 41 and the chassis cleaning nozzle 42 are connected with a fresh water pool through high-pressure pumps; when a vehicle reaches the inlet side of the platform 3, the hub cleaning spray head 41 sprays water to the wheel hub position, the chassis cleaning spray head 42 sprays water to the vehicle chassis, the vehicle slowly moves towards the room body 15, the hub cleaning spray head 41 and the chassis cleaning spray head 42 can clean the wheel hub and the chassis in the process, when the vehicle completely moves to the platform 3, the motor 523 drives the gear 524, the gear 524 is meshed with the ring gear 522 to enable the sliding seat 525 to move along the sliding way 521, the sliding way 521 is annular, the spray head 511 of the mechanical arm 51 cleans or dries the top and the side of the vehicle in the moving process, the cleaning is complete and free of dead corners, the cleaning quality is guaranteed, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
The second embodiment is as follows: the embodiment is described with reference to fig. 1-6, and the full-automatic integrated car washing house of the embodiment comprises a car washing house 1, a platform 3, a bottom spray head 4 and a ring arm device 5, the lower part of the car washing room 1 is provided with a platform 3, the upper part of the car washing room 1 is provided with a ring arm device 5, the inlet side of the platform 3 is provided with a bottom spray head 4, the ring arm device 5 comprises a mechanical arm 51 and a moving device 52, the moving device 52 comprises a slideway 521, a ring gear 522, a motor 523, a gear 524 and a sliding seat 525, the inner side of the slide rail 521 is provided with ring teeth 522, the slide rail 521 and the ring teeth 522 are connected with the garage 1, the slide rail 521 is connected with a slide base 525, the inner end and the outer end of the slide base 525 are respectively connected with a gear 524 and a mechanical arm 51, the slide base 525 is provided with a motor 523, the output end of the motor 523 is connected with the gear 524, the gear 524 is meshed with the ring teeth 522, and the inner side of the mechanical arm 51 is provided with a spray nozzle 511; the cleaning device is characterized in that a cavity is formed in the mechanical arm 51, a plurality of spray heads 511 are arranged on the mechanical arm 51, the spray heads 511 are communicated with the cavity in the mechanical arm 51, the spray heads 511 are arranged in an array mode, an inlet pipe is arranged at the upper portion of the mechanical arm 51 and is respectively connected with a blower, a high-pressure pump and a cleaning agent pump through hoses, the high-pressure pump is connected with a fresh water pool, and the cleaning agent pump is connected with a cleaning liquid pool; the bottom nozzle 4 comprises a hub cleaning nozzle 41 and a chassis cleaning nozzle 42, the chassis cleaning nozzle 42 is positioned in the middle of the inlet side of the platform 3, the hub cleaning nozzles 41 are arranged on two sides of the chassis cleaning nozzle 42, and the hub cleaning nozzle 41 and the chassis cleaning nozzle 42 are connected with a fresh water pool through high-pressure pumps; the car washing room 1 comprises a slide rail 11, a door plate 12, a slide rod 13, a mounting frame 14 and a room body 15, wherein the lower part of the room body 15 is provided with a platform 3, the upper part of the room body 15 is connected with a circular arm device 5, the mounting frame 14 is arranged on the inlet side of the room body 15, the room body 15 is connected with the mounting frame 14, the room body 15 is connected with the slide rail 11 through the mounting frame 14, the upper part of the door plate 12 is provided with the slide rod 13, and the slide rod 13 is connected with the slide rail 11; the sliding rod 13 is U-shaped; every three door panels 12 form a door panel group, adjacent door panels 12 are connected through hinges, the number of the door panel groups is two, and the two door panel groups are arranged on two sides of the sliding rod 13; the width of the door can be adjusted conveniently according to the width of the vehicle, the space required by opening and closing of the door is reduced, meanwhile, the sliding rail 11 is arranged above, the deformation caused by rolling the sliding rail 11 by the vehicle can be prevented, the inclined platform 2 is arranged inside the house body 15, and the two inclined platforms 2 are arranged on the inlet side of the house body 15, namely the inclined platforms 2 are arranged on the inlet side of the platform 3.
The third concrete implementation mode: the embodiment is described with reference to fig. 1-7, and the full-automatic integrated car washing house of the embodiment comprises a car washing house 1, a platform 3, a bottom spray head 4 and a ring arm device 5, the lower part of the car washing room 1 is provided with a platform 3, the upper part of the car washing room 1 is provided with a ring arm device 5, the inlet side of the platform 3 is provided with a bottom spray head 4, the ring arm device 5 comprises a mechanical arm 51 and a moving device 52, the moving device 52 comprises a slideway 521, a ring gear 522, a motor 523, a gear 524 and a sliding seat 525, the inner side of the slide rail 521 is provided with an annular tooth 522, the slide rail 521 and the annular tooth 522 are connected with the garage 1, the slide rail 521 is connected with a slide seat 525, the inner end and the outer end of the slide seat 525 are respectively connected with a gear 524 and a mechanical arm 51, the slide seat 525 is provided with a motor 523, the output end of the motor 523 is connected with the gear 524, the gear 524 is meshed with the annular tooth 522, and the inner side of the mechanical arm 51 is provided with a spray head 511; the cleaning device is characterized in that a cavity is formed in the mechanical arm 51, a plurality of spray heads 511 are arranged on the mechanical arm 51, the spray heads 511 are communicated with the cavity in the mechanical arm 51, the spray heads 511 are arranged in an array mode, an inlet pipe is arranged at the upper portion of the mechanical arm 51 and is respectively connected with a blower, a high-pressure pump and a cleaning agent pump through hoses, the high-pressure pump is connected with a fresh water pool, and the cleaning agent pump is connected with a cleaning liquid pool; the bottom nozzle 4 comprises a hub cleaning nozzle 41 and a chassis cleaning nozzle 42, the chassis cleaning nozzle 42 is positioned in the middle of the inlet side of the platform 3, the hub cleaning nozzles 41 are arranged on two sides of the chassis cleaning nozzle 42, and the hub cleaning nozzle 41 and the chassis cleaning nozzle 42 are connected with a fresh water pool through high-pressure pumps; the car washing room 1 comprises a sliding rail 11, a door panel 12, a sliding rod 13, a mounting frame 14 and a room body 15, wherein an inlet and an outlet are respectively arranged on two sides of the room body 15, a platform 3 is arranged on the lower portion of the room body 15, the upper portion of the room body 15 is connected with a ring arm device 5, the mounting frame 14 is arranged on the inlet side of the room body 15 and the outlet side of the room body 15, the room body 15 is connected with the mounting frame 14, the room body 15 is connected with the sliding rail 11 through the mounting frame 14, the sliding rod 13 is arranged on the upper portion of the door panel 12, and the sliding rod 13 is connected with the sliding rail 11; the sliding rod 13 is U-shaped; every three door panels 12 form a door panel group, adjacent door panels 12 are connected through hinges, the number of the door panel groups is two, and the two door panel groups are arranged on two sides of the sliding rod 13; the outward flange of the door plant 12 in the outside is connected with linear electric motor's one end, and linear electric motor's the other end is connected with the room body 15, is convenient for adjust the width of door according to vehicle width, reduces the required space that the door opened and shut, and slide rail 11 sets up in the top simultaneously, can prevent that the vehicle from rolling slide rail 11 and leading to the deformation, still includes sloping platform 2, and sloping platform 2 is located the inside of the room body 15, two sloping platform 2 symmetrical arrangement respectively is at the entrance side and the exit side of the room body 15, two promptly sloping platform 2 symmetrical arrangement is in the both sides of platform 3 respectively, solar panel is installed on the upper portion of the room body 15, solar panel and linear electric motor, motor 523, air-blower, high-pressure pump, cleaner pump electric connection.
It should be noted that, in the above embodiments, as long as the technical solutions can be aligned and combined without contradiction, a person skilled in the art can exhaust all possibilities according to the mathematical knowledge of the alignment and combination, and therefore the utility model does not describe the technical solutions after alignment and combination one by one, but it should be understood that the technical solutions after alignment and combination have been disclosed by the utility model.
This embodiment is only illustrative of the patent and does not limit the scope of protection thereof, and those skilled in the art can make modifications to its part without departing from the spirit of the patent.

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1. The utility model provides a full-automatic integral type car wash which characterized in that: the car washing device comprises a car washing room (1), a platform (3), a bottom spray head (4) and a ring arm device (5), wherein the platform (3) is arranged at the lower part of the car washing room (1), the ring arm device (5) is arranged at the upper part of the car washing room (1), the bottom spray head (4) is arranged at the inlet side of the platform (3), the ring arm device (5) comprises a mechanical arm (51) and a moving device (52), the moving device (52) comprises a slide way (521), a ring tooth (522), a motor (523), a gear (524) and a slide seat (525), the ring tooth (522) is arranged on the inner side of the slide way (521), the slide way (521) and the ring tooth (522) are connected with the car washing room (1), the slide way (521) is connected with the slide seat (525), the inner end and the outer end of the slide seat (525) are respectively connected with the gear (524) and the mechanical arm (51), the motor (523) is arranged on the slide seat (525), the output end of the motor (523) is connected with the gear (524), the gear 524 is engaged with the ring gear 522, and the inner side of the mechanical arm 51 is provided with the spray head 511.
2. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 1, characterized in that: the mechanical arm (51) is internally provided with a cavity, a plurality of spray heads (511) are arranged on the mechanical arm (51), and the spray heads (511) are arranged in an array.
3. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the bottom spray head (4) comprises a hub cleaning spray head (41) and a chassis cleaning spray head (42), the chassis cleaning spray head (42) is located in the middle of the inlet side of the platform (3), and the hub cleaning spray heads (41) are arranged on two sides of the chassis cleaning spray head (42).
4. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 1, characterized in that: car wash (1) includes slide rail (11), door plant (12), slide bar (13), mounting bracket (14) and the room body (15), and the entrance of the room body (15) has the entry, the lower part of the room body (15) is provided with platform (3), and the upper portion and the ring arm device (5) of the room body (15) are connected, the entrance of the room body (15) is provided with mounting bracket (14), and the room body (15) is connected with slide rail (11) through mounting bracket (14), and the upper portion of door plant (12) is provided with slide bar (13), and slide bar (13) are connected with slide rail (11).
5. The full-automatic integrated car washing house according to claim 1, characterized in that: car wash (1) includes slide rail (11), door plant (12), slide bar (13), mounting bracket (14) and the room body (15), and the both sides of the room body (15) are provided with entry and export respectively, the lower part of the room body (15) is provided with platform (3), and the upper portion and the ring arm device (5) of the room body (15) are connected, the entrance side of the room body (15) and the outlet side of the room body (15) all are provided with mounting bracket (14), and the room body (15) is connected with mounting bracket (14), and the room body (15) passes through mounting bracket (14) to be connected with slide rail (11), and the upper portion of door plant (12) is provided with slide bar (13), and slide bar (13) are connected with slide rail (11).
6. A full-automatic integrated car wash according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: the sliding rod (13) is U-shaped.
7. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 6, characterized in that: every three door panels (12) form a door panel group, adjacent door panels (12) are connected through hinges, the number of the door panel groups is two, and the two door panel groups are arranged on two sides of the sliding rod (13).
8. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 6, characterized in that: still include sloping platform (2), sloping platform (2) are located the inside of the room body (15), sloping platform (2) are arranged in the entry side of platform (3), or two sloping platform (2) symmetry respectively arranges the both sides at platform (3).
9. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 7, characterized in that: the outer edge of the door panel (12) on the outer side is connected with one end of a linear motor, and the other end of the linear motor is connected with the house body (15).
10. The full-automatic integrated car washing room according to claim 9, characterized in that: solar panel is installed on the upper portion of the room body (15), and solar panel and linear electric motor, motor (523) electric connection.
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