JPH088767Y2 - Floor washer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial application The present invention relates to an improvement of a floor washer, and more specifically, to a frame supporting a body of an upper tank washer having a washing tank and a dirty water tank above a battery. It is related to the structure.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional upper tank type floor cleaning machine in which a cleaning tank and a dirty water tank are arranged above a battery is disclosed in, for example, Shoukai 61-10166.
As disclosed in the publication, a tank pedestal is detachably provided on a machine frame for accommodating a battery, and a cleaning tank and a dirty water tank are mounted on the tank pedestal.

As is well known, the battery must be inspected, retightened at the terminal, and replenished with liquid periodically. However, in the case of the conventional upper tank type floor cleaning machine,
First, drain the liquid in the wash tank and the waste water tank with drain hoses to empty the liquid in the tank, then lower the two tanks on the floor, then remove the tank pedestal from the machine frame and lower it on the floor. Only after a while was it possible to check the battery or replenish the liquid. Since the preparation work of emptying the tanks and lowering the two tanks and the tank cradle is troublesome, regular inspection of the battery or replenishment of the liquid may be neglected, and sometimes the replenishment of the liquid may be delayed and the battery may become unusable. In that case, it is necessary to replace the battery with a new one, but it is difficult to replace the heavy battery enclosed in the machine frame.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is intended to solve the problems in the conventional upper tank type floor cleaning machine, and a cleaning tank is provided above the battery mounted on the frame. In an upper tank type floor washer equipped with a dirty water tank, guide rails were provided on both sides of the frame, a washing tank and a dirty water tank were provided on the upper part of the body, and the body corresponded to the guide rails below these tanks. Formed in a gate shape in which the side plate hangs down, a slide bar is attached to the lower part of the side plate of the body, the slide bar is slidably guided to the guide rail, and the body is placed at a mounting position on the frame. It is possible to slide in a substantially horizontal direction between the sliding position protruding from the frame and the side plate of the body, the tank and the frame when the body is in the mounting position. The battery is positioned in a space formed between the battery and the battery, and when the body is slid to the slide position, an upper portion of the battery is opened.

Action According to the above configuration, when the battery is inspected or the like, when the body is pulled out to the slide position, the body portion that covers the upper portion of the battery does not overlap with the battery, and the upper portion of the battery is completely opened. Also, the sliding body has a washing and dirty water tank integrated with it, but since the body is simply slid horizontally, the sliding operation can be performed easily even with the cleaning liquid or the like kept in the tank. . Therefore, as compared with the conventional case where after washing and emptying the dirty water tank, lifting these to open the upper part of the battery, the preparation work before starting the inspection of the battery is easier, and the regular inspection of the battery and the liquid Maintenance such as replenishment of the battery and battery replacement can be easily performed.

Example Left and right guide rails that have a V-shaped cross section and extend in the front-rear direction
2, 3 and 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the front and rear connecting plates 4,5 and the intermediate connecting plate 6,
The frame 1 is formed by welding 7 together, and in this embodiment, the left and right guide rails 2 and 3 also serve as the left and right machine frames of the frame 1. The frame 1 of the floor cleaning machine is driven by the front wheel 8 provided substantially below the center of the intermediate connecting plate 6 and the rear wheels 11 of the left and right casters 10 attached to the rear wheel support members 9 welded to the left and right guide rails 2 and 3. It is supported freely. A pair of cleaning brushes 13 mounted on the frame 1 so as to be movable up and down are rotated by a brush motor 12 to clean the floor with the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning tank 23, and then the sewage 14 after cleaning is collected by the squeegee 14. This is known. A support 16 is welded to the rear upper surfaces of the left and right guide rails 2 and 3, and a support cover 17 is attached to the support 16. Intermediate connecting plate 7
And a movement restricting piece 18a that restricts the front, rear, left, and right movement of the battery by bending four round upwards on the upper surfaces of the left and right guide rails 2,
The battery mounting table 18 formed with is welded, and two batteries 19 are mounted on the battery mounting table 18. A roller support shaft 21 rotatably supporting a body support roller 20 is welded to the lower surfaces of the front end portions of the left and right guide rails 2 and 3, as shown in FIG. A body jump-up prevention member 31 is welded to the guide rails 2 and 3 above the support roller 20 with a slight distance from the slide bar 26.

22 is a glass fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester resin (hereinafter FR
The body is made of P) and the FRP cleaning tank 23 and the waste water tank 24 are integrally molded on the upper side, and these tanks are
Left and right side plates are respectively hung downward from 23 and 24 corresponding to the guide rails 2 and 3, and a body 22 is formed in a gate shape as shown in FIG. Seat plates 25 are attached inside the lower left and right side plates of the body 22 in correspondence with the guide rails 2 and 3,
A slide bar 26 formed in a U shape so as to surround the left and right guide rails 2 and 3 is fixed to a seat plate 25 of a body 22, and a body support roller 27 is rotatably attached to the rear portion of the left and right slide bars 26. The supported roller support shaft 28 is welded. The lower part of the front of the body 22 is formed as a cover that covers the front and left and right of the cleaning brush 13. Slide the slide bar 26 of the body 22 to the body support rollers 2 of the left and right guide rails 2 and 3
The body support roller 27 of the slide bar 26 is placed on the left and right guide rails 2 and 3 (FIG. 7), and the body 22 is placed on the frame 1. The guide rails 2 and 3 of the frame 1 are slidable in the front-back direction in a substantially horizontal state between the installation position (the state shown in FIG. 1) and the slide position projecting forward from the frame 1 (see FIG. 2). Is guided in the front-back direction. And the first
As shown in the figure, when the body 22 is placed on the frame 1, the front inner end surface of the slide bar 26 contacts the front end surfaces of the left and right guide rails 2 and 3, and the rear end surface of the slide bar 26 The hook 29 that is welded to the body is locked with the slide fixing latch 30 fixed to the column cover 18 (Fig. 4),
22 is supported so as not to slide on the guide rails 2 and 3. At this time, as is clear from FIG.
The battery 19 is located in a space formed between the left and right side plates of the body 22, the frame 1 (the upper surface of the battery mounting table 18) and the lower surfaces of the tanks 23 and 24. When the slide fixing latch 30 and the hook piece 29 are disengaged and the body 22 is slid forward, the stoppers 32, which the body support rollers 27 contact so as to stop at the sliding position shown in FIG. It is attached to a few. Like this, body 22
In the state in which the battery 19 has advanced to the slide position, as is apparent from FIG. 2, the battery 19 and the body 22 are prevented from overlapping in the front-rear direction. As a result, when the body 22 is in the slide position, The upper part is wide open.
Reference numeral 41 is a cover for covering the upper surfaces of the cleaning tank 23 and the dirty water tank 24, and although not shown, it is swingably hinged to a cover support bracket fixed to the pillar 16, and the cover 41 and the pillar 16 are connected by a gas spring. When the cover 41 is manually lifted, it is supported in the state shown in FIG. 42
Is a vacuum motor for collecting sewage, 43 is a squeegee 14
And sewage tank 24 and sewage tank 24 and vacuum motor 42
Is a vacuum hose connected to the, 44 is a drain hose for discharging the sewage collected in the sewage tank, and 45 is a handle for a floor cleaning machine.

In the above embodiment, the cleaning tank 23, the dirty water tank 24 and the body
I explained 22 as an example of integrally molded FRP, but body 2
2 is formed into a sheet metal type, and the cleaning tank 23
The sewage tank 24 may be made of sheet metal, and the two tanks may be detachably mounted on the body 22. When the body supporting rollers 20 and 27 are ball bearings, the body 22 slides smoothly, which is preferable in practice.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the upper tank floor washing machine, the guide rails are provided on both sides of the frame, the washing tank and the dirty water tank are provided on the upper part of the body, and the body is placed under these tanks. Is formed in a gate shape in which a side plate corresponding to the guide rail hangs down, a slide bar is attached to the lower part of the side plate of the body, and the slide bar is slidably guided to the guide rail, and the body is placed on the frame. It is possible to slide in a substantially horizontal direction between the mounted position and the slide position protruding from the frame,
The battery is located in the space formed between the side plate of the body and the tank and the frame when the body is in the mounting position, and the upper side of the battery is opened when the body is slid to the slide position. Therefore, the upper part of the battery is completely opened only by sliding the body to the slide position, and the battery can be easily inspected and the liquid can be replenished. And since you just pull out the body almost horizontally, leave the cleaning liquid and dirty water in each tank,
Since the battery can be easily inspected at any time, it is necessary to drain the cleaning liquid or dirty water from the cleaning liquid tank or the dirty water tank before the battery inspection can be performed. Since it becomes easy, the maintenance and management of the battery can be surely performed, and the battery can be easily replaced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of an upper tank type floor washer, FIG. 2 is a side view of the floor washer when the body is pulled forward, and FIG. III-III sectional view of the figure, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the state where the body slide bar is assembled to the frame, FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a section VI-VI of FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 1 ... frame, 2,3 ... guide rail, 19 ... battery, 22 ... body, 23 ... wash tank, 24 ... dirty water tank, 26 ... slide bar, 20,27 ... body support roller

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An upper tank type floor washer in which a washing tank and a dirty water tank are arranged above a battery mounted on a frame, and guide rails are provided on both sides of the frame, and the washing tank and the dirty water tank are provided above the body. The body is formed in the shape of a gate below which the side plates corresponding to the guide rails hang below these tanks, and a slide bar is attached to the bottom of the side plate of the body, and this slide bar is slidable on the guide rails. The body is slidable in a substantially horizontal direction between a mounting position on the frame and a sliding position protruding from the frame, and when the body is in the mounting position, the side plate of the body and the tank are And the battery is located in the space formed between the frame and the frame, and when the body is slid to the slide position,
A floor cleaning machine characterized in that the upper part of the battery is opened.