JP2008006324A - Surface cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-priced/compact surface cleaning device capable of easily replacing a product cleaning roller and a product roller cleaning roller with new ones and freely setting how to combine the product cleaning roller with the product roller cleaning roller. <P>SOLUTION: The surface cleaning device having the product cleaning rollers 5, 6 that are rotated by allowing them to contact the surface of a product 8 to convey the product 8 and the product roller cleaning roller 7 that contacts the rollers 5, 6 while rotating is provided. A plurality of sets of grooves whose upper ends are released and lower ends are closed for bearing and guiding the rollers 5, 6 and the roller 7 or slits 2, 3, and 4 are provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a surface cleaning apparatus for cleaning a product surface.

  Conventional surface cleaning devices usually include two types of rollers, a product cleaning roller (primary roller) pressed against a strip or plate-shaped product, and a product roller cleaning roller (pressed against the product cleaning roller ( There is a secondary roller), and the dust adhering to the product first adheres to the product cleaning roller and then moves to the product roller cleaning roller. Accordingly, dust, moisture and the like attached to the product are removed by the product cleaning roller, and the removed dust, moisture and the like are taken into the product roller cleaning roller (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Such a surface cleaning device is installed as part of the production line, and when the garbage accumulates on the product roller cleaning roller, the production line is temporarily stopped, the accumulated garbage is removed, and then restarted. In addition, by replacing the roller for cleaning the product roller, the removed dust, moisture, etc. are prevented from adhering to the product again.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-49084

However, this type of conventional surface cleaning apparatus has a method in which the shafts of the product cleaning roller and the product roller cleaning roller are fixed to the holding unit, a method in which the shaft is inserted into the hole of the holding unit, or a drive unit for rotating the product cleaning roller. It is a directly connected system, and the work to remove accumulated garbage and the replacement of the roller for cleaning the product roller is a troublesome work, and it also increases the time that the equipment stops, deteriorating production efficiency. It was a factor.
In addition, there are many large devices in the past, and in order to install a new surface cleaning device in a limited space on the existing production line, it is necessary to modify the production line partially, or it is an expensive device. There was.

  The present invention makes it possible to easily replace the product cleaning roller and the product roller cleaning roller, and changes the method of cleaning the product surface by freely setting the combination of the product cleaning roller and the product roller cleaning roller. An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive and compact surface cleaning device that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, a surface cleaning apparatus according to the present invention includes a product cleaning roller that is rotated by contacting a product surface and the product is conveyed, and a product roller cleaning roller that is in contact with the product cleaning roller. In the surface cleaning apparatus provided, in order to guide the product cleaning roller and the product roller cleaning roller, three sets of grooves or slits having an open upper end and a closed lower end are provided.

  Further, in the surface cleaning device according to the present invention, the plurality of sets of grooves or slits are three sets, and among the grooves or slits, the plurality of sets of grooves or slits are three sets, and among the grooves or slits, One set at the center has a straight shape, and two sets on both sides have a lower part parallel to the one set at the center and an upper part extending in a direction away from the one set at the center.

  Moreover, the surface cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, among the three grooves or slits provided in the three sets, the lower end of the central set is positioned below the lower ends of the two sets on both sides.

  According to the present invention, the recombination time of the product cleaning roller and the product roller cleaning roller can be dealt with in about 1 minute. In addition, single cleaning, in which one product cleaning roller cleans both surfaces or one surface of a product, and double cleaning, in which two product cleaning rollers clean, can be performed with one device without replacing the device. Even if the cleaning surface changes depending on the product, it can be easily handled by changing the combination of the product cleaning roller and the product roller cleaning roller. And it becomes a surface cleaning device that can be as wide as the product cleaning roller or product roller cleaning roller 2 or 3 occupies (about 2 to 3 times the roller diameter), and can be installed in a narrow part of existing equipment It has become possible.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on illustrated examples.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a surface cleaning apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the roller holder. In this embodiment, out of the three sets of guide grooves 2, 3 and 4 respectively formed on a pair of roller holding portions 1, 1 provided to face each other, the outer guide grooves 3, 4 have a product cleaning roller 5 in them. 6 and 6 are respectively incorporated in the center guide groove 2 with a product roller cleaning roller 7. The central pair of guide grooves 2 and 2 has a straight shape extending vertically, with the upper end being opened and the cross section being concave. The two sets of guide grooves 3, 3 and 4 and 4 on both sides are formed as slits whose upper ends are opened, and lower portions 3a, 3a and 4a, 4a parallel to the central guide grooves 2, 2 And upper portions 3b, 3b and 4b, 4b extending in a direction away from the central guide grooves 2 and 2, respectively. Note that the depth of the guide slits 3 and 4 is shallower than that of the central guide groove 2 as indicated by a symbol D in FIG. The guide slits 3 and 4 may be formed as grooves having a concave cross section, or the guide groove 2 may be formed as a slit.

  Since the device according to the present invention is configured as described above, the rotation shafts of the product cleaning rollers 5 and 6 and the product roller cleaning roller 7 are guided grooves or slits 2 and 2 formed in the roller holding portions 1 and 1. It is possible to assemble the device simply by dropping it into 3, 3 and 4 and 4 and by changing the order and number of dropping, it is possible to perform single cleaning or double cleaning on the front, back or both sides of the product. can do. 3 to 5 show various embodiments thereof. In these embodiments, the guide grooves 2, 3 and 4 are all formed as straight slits 2 ′, 3 ′ and 4 ′. However, as described in the above-described embodiments, these are the slit 3 Including the shapes of “and 4”, the grooves may be appropriately selected and formed as grooves having a concave cross section. In the figure, 8 is a product.

  FIG. 3A shows an example of incorporation of the rollers 5, 6 and 7 when single cleaning is performed on both sides of the product 8, and FIGS. 3B and 3C are single cleaning on one side of the product 8, respectively. . Of the three sets of guide slits, each roller 5, 6 and 7 is incorporated using a central set 2 ', but it is also possible to incorporate these into the outer guide slit 3' or 4 '. Needless to say.

  That is, in the case of double-sided cleaning as shown in FIG. 3A, each roller is placed in the same guide slit in the order of the product roller cleaning roller 7, the product cleaning roller 5, the product cleaning roller 6, and the product roller cleaning roller 7. And the product 8 passes between the product cleaning rollers 5 and 6 so that both surfaces of the product can be cleaned. Moreover, as shown in FIG.3 (b), in the case of upper surface cleaning, each roller is integrated in the same guide slit in order of the product cleaning roller 5 and the roller 7 for product roller cleaning. Moreover, as shown in FIG.3 (c), in the case of bottom surface cleaning, each roller should just be integrated in the same guide slit in order of the product roller cleaning roller 7 and the product cleaning roller 6.

  FIG. 4A shows an example of incorporating the product cleaning rollers 5 and 6 and the product roller cleaning roller 7 when double cleaning is performed on both sides of the product 8 and FIGS. 4B and 4C are shown on one side. Show. That is, double cleaning is possible by incorporating the product cleaning rollers 5, 5 and 6, 6 in the guide slits 3 'and 4' on both sides and the product roller cleaning rollers 7 and 7 in the central guide slit 2 '. Become. In this case, as a matter of course, the order in which the rollers are assembled is assembled first from the lower roller.

  FIG. 5 shows an example in which multiple cleaning is performed by arranging a plurality of double cleanings on both sides of the product 8. That is, in this case, a plurality of assembly examples shown in FIG. 4A are connected as a unit, and a common product 8 is passed between the product cleaning rollers 5, 5 and 6, 6 of each unit. .

  By adopting a structure in which the rotation shaft of each roller is dropped into the guide groove or slit in this way, the product cleaning rollers 5 and 6 and the product roller cleaning roller 7 can be easily attached and detached, and dust accumulates to the product roller. When the cleaning roller needs to be replaced, the stop time of the apparatus can be shortened.

  In particular, the central set of guide grooves or slits 2 and 2 is straight, and the two sets of guide slits 3, 3, 4 and 4 on both sides are lower portions parallel to the central set of guide slits 2, 2. If the structure which has the part 3a, 4a and the upper part 3b, 4b extended in the direction which leaves | separates from one set of guide slits 2, 2 of the center from the middle is employ | adopted, attachment or detachment of each roller will be performed more easily. It becomes possible.

  And among the three guide grooves or slits provided in the three sets, the lower ends of the central one set of guide slits are selected so as to be positioned below the lower ends of the two sets of guide grooves or slits on both sides. The depth of the guide groove or slit is reduced, so that the rollers on both sides can be attached and detached more easily.

  In the case of double cleaning, one product roller cleaning roller 7 can be used for the two product cleaning rollers 5 and 6, and the product roller cleaning roller 7 can be used in common. It becomes possible and is economical.

  As described above, by appropriately using one to three of the three sets of guide grooves or slits that guide the shaft of each roller, cleaning of the front surface or back surface of the product or cleaning of both front and back surfaces can be performed by single cleaning or It is possible to provide such a surface cleaning device that is extremely convenient and that allows double cleaning.

It is a perspective view of one Example of the surface cleaning apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the roller holding | maintenance part of this invention apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a combination of the various rollers in the case of the single cleaning by this invention apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a combination of the various rollers in the case of the double cleaning by this invention apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a combination of the various rollers in the case of the multistage cleaning by this invention apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Roller holding part 2, 2 ', 3, 3', 4, 4 'Guide groove or slit 3a, 4a Guide groove or slit lower part 3b, 4b Guide groove or slit upper part 5, 6 Product cleaning roller 7 Product Roller for cleaning roller 8 Product D Guide groove or slit 2, 2 'and guide groove or
Is the depth difference between slits 3, 3 'and 4, 4'

Claims (3)

  In the surface cleaning apparatus comprising a product cleaning roller that is rotated by contacting the product surface and being transported, and a product roller cleaning roller that is in contact with the product cleaning roller, the product cleaning roller and the product roller are cleaned. A surface cleaning device provided with a plurality of sets of grooves or slits whose upper ends are open and whose lower ends are closed for bearing and guiding the rollers for use.   The plurality of sets of grooves or slits are three sets. Of the grooves or slits, one set at the center is straight, and two sets on both sides are a lower portion parallel to the center set and one set at the center. The surface cleaning device according to claim 1, further comprising an upper portion extending in a direction away from the surface cleaning device.   The plurality of sets of grooves or slits are three sets, and the lower end of one set in the center of the grooves or slits is located below the lower ends of the two sets on both sides. 2. The surface cleaning apparatus according to 2.

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