JPH08308778A - Floor wax applying and drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To continuously and stably apply wax onto a floor surface and to dry it in a short time by improving the conventional floor wax applying and drying process for manually applying the wax with a mop and naturally drying it. CONSTITUTION: At the front part of a lower stage 1b of a manual pushing type double stage wagon which can be freely steered while providing a caster 2 downward on a machine body 1, a wax dropping device 4 drooping a nozzle 4e is placed through its long hole. Then, the suitable quantity of wax supplied from a wax tank 5 placed on an upper stage 1a is dropped onto a floor surface F, a vibrating applying pad device 6 for rolling and applying the dropped wax with its applying pad 6c is erected at a central hole 1e, and a blowing drier 7 for drying the applied wax by blowing hot air due to infrared rays from its duct 7c for blowing is erected at a rear rectangular hole 1f.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor wax coating / drying apparatus for supplying a wax to a floor surface and drying the wax, and more particularly to a means for supplying and applying a wax from a wax tank to the floor surface, and a coating wax thereof. For example, warm air (70
The present invention relates to a floor wax coating / drying apparatus which is composed of a trolley provided with a means for drying the floor surface by wax and drying and is capable of continuously performing wax coating / drying on the floor surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional wax coating and drying process for floor surfaces in the prior art, the wax was manually coated with a mop and naturally dried. However, in the wax coating and drying step, uneven coating occurs due to hand coating with a mop, and there is a problem in quality, and the mop absorbs a large amount of wax, resulting in a large amount of waste. And, it was a heavy labor for the worker to continue the mop work for a long time. Furthermore, during work, slip accidents of workers and pedestrians occurred, which was a safety issue. Further, since the conventional process is naturally drying, it is necessary to keep off the entrance for a long time (at least 1 hour) until the coated part is dried, which hinders not only pedestrians but also work. . Further, there is a problem in quality because the solidification time of the wax depends on the room temperature.

[0003]

As a result of earnest research to solve the above problems, the present inventor has made the invention of the following constitution. (1) A wax tank is provided on the upper stage of the trolley, a wax supply / application device for supplying and applying wax to the advancing floor surface of the trolley is provided in the first half of the lower stage, and the wax applied and applied is dried at the rear part. Each of the above-mentioned dryers is provided to enable continuous wax application and drying of the floor surface. (2) A wax tank is placed on the upper stage of the bogie, and a wax dropping device for dropping an appropriate amount of wax onto the advancing floor surface of the bogie is provided at the front part of the lower stage of the wax tank at the center thereof. A wax extension coating device for extending and applying the wax, and a dryer for drying the applied wax at the rear of the wax extension coating device are respectively installed to enable continuous wax application and drying of the floor surface. A wax coating and drying device for floors. (3) A wax tank and a power source battery are juxtaposed in the upper part of the hand-pushed two-stage cart, and the front part of the lower part is
A wax dropping device for dropping an appropriate amount of wax is placed on the advancing floor surface of the carriage by reciprocating the hanging nozzle to the left and right, and at the center thereof, a vibrating coating pad for spreading and applying the dropped wax. The device is erected, and a blast dryer for drying the applied wax is erected at the rear of the device, which is characterized by a structure that enables continuous and stable construction of the wax applying and drying process on the floor surface. Floor wax coating and drying device. (4) The wax coating and drying apparatus for floors according to the third aspect, characterized in that the blower dryer is a system for blowing hot air to dry the hot air, and the hot air can be generated through a far infrared heater. .

In the above-mentioned present invention, the trolley may be manually pushed or automatically driven by remote control. Further, the power source such as a power source may be mounted on the dolly, or may be supplied from the outside by a conductor. The wax may be supplied to the floor surface by dropping, spraying, or applying rollers.
The wax applied to the floor surface may be dried by hot air, infrared rays, electromagnetic waves, or a combination thereof. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the work process of the prior art of hand-coating and natural drying can be made continuous, the quality can be stabilized, and the time required from wax dropping to drying can be drastically reduced. In addition, it is preferable to set the warm air of the blower dryer to about 70 ° C.

[0005]

The operation of the floor wax coating and drying apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The worker presses the hand push handle 1a from the rear of the bogie body 1 to perform the wax coating and drying work on the floor surface F.
In the coating and drying operation, the wax dropping device 4, the vibration coating pad device 6 and the blower dryer 7 are turned on and off, and the far-infrared heater of the blower dryer 7 is turned on and off. The operator performs the work while centrally controlling the switches on the panel 9 from the rear. In the wax dropping device 4, the forward / reverse rotation motor 4f rotates as the switch is turned on to rotate the belt 4c, but the nozzle 4e hanging from the belt 4c reciprocates a stroke limited by the proximity switches 4g, 4g at the left and right ends. To do. A small amount of wax supplied from the wax tank 5 to the nozzle 4e is adjusted by the manual cock 5a, and an appropriate amount of wax is dropped on the floor surface F in a zigzag shape. Further, in the vibration applying pad device 6, when the switch is turned on, the vibration generator 6a is actuated, and the applying pad 6c is installed vertically.
By vibrating up and down, the wax dropped on the floor is evenly spread and applied. In the air blow dryer 7, the fan motor 7a rotates when the switch is turned on to start blowing air. The far-infrared heater is switched on, but it is heated and blown, but at 70 ℃
The warm air set to the front and back is blown from the duct 7c onto the extendedly spread wax to uniformly dry and solidify the entire wax. In addition, filling the wax tank 5 in the upper stage of the machine body 1,
The upper cover 3 is opened to charge the battery 8 and adjust the manual cock 5a. When the application pad 6c is worn and needs to be replaced, the locking tool is removed and the application pad 6c is rotated forward.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the floor wax coating and drying apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view of the machine, FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof. In this machine, the front side is the direction of travel in the direction of arrow A, and the side with the manual handle 1c is the (rear side). In the figure, 1
Is a machine body, 2 is a caster, 3 is a top cover, 4 is a wax dropping device, 5 is a wax tank, 6 is a vibration application pad device, 7 is a blow dryer, and 8 is a battery. The machine body 1 of this machine is basically formed into an inverted L shape by welding a steel plate and a shaped steel, and in front of the machine body 1, an upper stage 1a,
The two-tiered shelves of the lower tier 1b are integrally provided with a manual handle 1c at the upper rear end of the machine body 1. In addition, the aircraft 1
The casters 2 and 2 of each set are attached to the front and rear portions of the bottom surface of the vehicle to form a hand-operated two-stage cart that can travel freely. Further, the upper surface cover 3 is provided in the space above the upper stage 1a.
Is attached so that it can be opened and closed toward the front. 3a
Is a handle of the top cover 3, and 3b is a hinge. Also,
The front surface and the left and right side surfaces of the lower stage 1b are covered with a mounting cover 1h. The size of this machine is 700m on either side.
m, the front and rear are 650 mm, but the front and rear dimensions are preferably as short as possible. Further, the height of the handle 1c is 835 mm above the floor surface.

On the upper stage 1a of the machine body 1 of this machine, a wax tank 5 for a wax dropping device 4 and two 12V batteries 8 of a DC power source are placed side by side, and are usually covered with a top cover 3. There is. On the other hand, on the lower stage 1b of the machine body 1, a wax dropping device 4 having a nozzle 4d for dropping a wax in the front portion is provided, and a coating pad 6c for extending and applying the dropped wax is provided in a central portion of the vibration type. The coating pad device 6 is a blower dryer 7 in which a blow-out duct 7c for drying the coated wax on the rear side is projected downwardly on the rear portion, and the blower dryer 7 is sequentially installed with the working ranges in the left and right directions being substantially the same. Has been done.

Left and right brackets 4 of the wax dropping device 4
The a and 4a are installed side by side in a row at the left and right ends of the front portion of the lower stage 1b. Pulleys 4b and 4b are rotatably provided on the left and right brackets 4a and 4a, respectively, and a belt 4c is wound between the left and right pulleys 4b and 4b. As the vehicle travels in the right-and-left direction at right angles to the direction A, it becomes more common. Also, the belt 4c
The connection fitting 4d with the aluminum pipe nozzle 4e installed underneath
Is attached and runs integrally with the belt 4c. The nozzle 4e passes through a front elongated hole 1d formed in the lower stage 1b in the left-right direction and extends vertically to near the floor surface F.
It moves together with the connecting fitting 4d. Further, the height of the nozzle 4e on the floor surface F can be adjusted (not shown). In addition, a DC-driven forward / reverse rotation motor 4f is installed above the left bracket 4a, and a left pulley 4b (not shown) is driven to run the belt 4c in the forward and reverse directions, and a connecting metal fitting. The nozzle 4e depending from 4d is moved in the left-right direction. Further, from the left and right brackets 4a, 4a, left and right proximity switches 4g, 4g are provided so as to project toward the traveling path of the connecting fitting 4d, and the approach of the connecting fitting 4d is detected, and the rotation direction of the motor 4f is detected. The nozzle 4e is reciprocated right and left by rotating in the forward and reverse directions. In addition, the wax tank 5 of the upper stage 1a and the connecting fitting 4d of the lower stage 1b are connected by a flexible vinyl hose 5b via a manual cock 5a, and the inside of the tank 5 flexibly responds to the lateral movement of the connecting fitting 4d. The wax is supplied to the hose 5b, and the cock 5
An appropriate amount of wax can be dripped by manually adjusting a.
Thus, when the forward and backward movements of the nozzle 4e in the left and right direction are completed, the wax can be continuously dropped in a zigzag manner on the floor surface F by advancing the machine little by little. The capacity of the wax tank 5 2～3L, wax dropping amount ^5cc / ^{m 2 ~10cc} / m 2 is empirically preferred.

The moving coating pad device 6 comprises a DC drive vibration generator 6a standing upright in a central hole 1e of a lower stage 1b, and an oscillating lever 6b having an inverted L-shape is vertically provided below the vibration generator 6a. Further, the lower end of the oscillation lever 6b is parallel to the horizontal movement direction of the nozzle 4e of the wax dropping device 4 installed on the front surface, and is longer left and right than the horizontal movement amount thereof.
On the other hand, its front-back width is about 20 mm, and the long and narrow application pad 6
c is suspended so that the height above the floor surface can be adjusted, and the application pad 6c is vertically vibrated by the operation of the vibration generator 6a, so that the wax dropped onto the floor surface F can be extendedly applied. Become. In addition, in detail, the vibration coating pad device 6
Has its rear part rotatably installed on the lower stage 1b via a hinge 6d, and all of them are locked to the lower stage 1b via a locking tool (not shown). Therefore, when the application pad 6c is worn and needs to be replaced, the locking device is removed and the application pad 6c is removed.
c can be lifted forward together with the entire device 6, and simple replacement is possible.

The blast dryer 7 is fitted in the rear square hole 1f of the lower stage 1b, and is erected so that the air outlet of the air outlet duct 7c at its lower end faces the floor surface F. In addition, 1g is a mounting bracket that can adjust the mounting height of the machine 7 with respect to the floor surface F. The blast dryer 7 is driven by direct current, and a far infrared heater is provided inside a rectangular main body 7a. In addition, in the bottom hole of the main body 7a, a rectangular outlet duct 7c
Is provided down to near the floor surface, and the left and right lengths of the outlet of the duct 7c are formed to be horizontally longer than the coating pad 6c. On the other hand, fans 7b are mounted side by side in the three ventilation holes above the main body 7a.
The air blown by the fan of the stand is heated by the heater in the main body 7a to generate far-infrared rays, which is uniformly blown to the floor surface F from the entire outlet of the duct 7c to evenly dry and solidify the spread-applied wax. To do. In addition, it is desirable in terms of quality stability that the temperature of the warm air dried by far infrared rays is set to around 70 ° C.

Further, as another embodiment of the blast dryer 7,
A far-infrared heater (not shown) provided with a reflection plate so that heat can be directly and efficiently radiated to the lower floor surface F.
May be provided in the blowing duct 7c. Even in this case,
The air blown by the fan 7b is sent from the outlet of the duct 7c to the floor surface F.
It is desirable to be blown to.

On the switch panel 9 attached to the rear surface of the machine body 1, the wax dropping device 4, the vibrating pad device 6 and the blower / dryer 7 on / off switches and the infrared heater of the blower / dryer 7 are installed. Equipped with the on / off switch and each switch of its temperature setting device,
Workers can perform wax coating and drying work on the floor while centrally controlling the machine at the rear.

[0013]

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure and operation, various effects as described below can be expected. (1) Wax coating and drying on the floor surface can be continuously performed, and the wax coating and drying time required in the prior art can be drastically reduced. (2) Since the wax supplying and applying means and the drying means are integrated and installed in one trolley, it becomes a compact device that is easy to handle, and if there is one such device, the process from wax application to all floor surfaces to drying is continuously performed. Can be done to produce a beautiful waxed surface. (3) In the case of an apparatus in which an appropriate amount of wax is dropped on the floor surface and then spread coating is performed using a vibration coating pad, it is possible to form a beautiful waxing surface without causing uneven coating as in the conventional case. It can be done and wax is used without waste. (4) Since the work is done by a machine, the worker's work is significantly easier than the hand-painting work, and no slip accident occurs and the work safety can be secured. (5) Since the time required for the wax coating and drying work on the floor surface is short, there is almost no hindrance to normal work or work in the room. (6) When adopting a warm air drying method that also uses far infrared rays, the uniform warm air drying is performed on the floor surface, and the wax is solidified and formed on the floor surface regardless of the room temperature. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main unit with a partial cross-section display.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of this machine.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of this machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aircraft 1a Upper 1b Lower 1c Handwheel 1d Front slot 1e Center hole 1f Rear square hole 1g Mounting bracket 1h Mounting cover 2 Casters 3 Top cover 3a Handle 3b Hinge 4 Wax dripping device 4a Bracket 4b Pulley 4c Belt 4c Belt 4 4f Motor 4g Proximity switch 5 Wax tank 5a Manual cock 5b Vinyl hose 6 Vibration application pad device 6a Vibration generator 6b Oscillation lever 6c Application pad 6d Hinge 7 Blower dryer 7a Main body 7b Fan 7c Air outlet duct A Floor direction F Floor surface

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A wax tank is provided on an upper stage of a trolley, a wax supplying / applying device for supplying and applying wax to an advancing floor surface of the trolley is provided on a lower half of the lower tier, and the supplied and applied wax is provided on a rear part of the wax tank. A wax coating / drying apparatus for a floor surface, characterized in that each of them is provided with a dryer for drying the wax. 2. A wax tank is placed on the upper stage of the truck, and a wax dropping device for dropping an appropriate amount of wax on the advancing floor surface of the truck is provided at the front of the lower stage of the wax tank.
A wax extension coating device that extends and applies the dropped wax, and a dryer that dries the applied wax is installed at the rear of the wax extension coating device. Wax application and drying of the floor surface can be continuously performed. A wax coating and drying device for floors, which is characterized in that 3. A wax tank and a power source battery are juxtaposed on an upper stage of a hand-pushed two-stage trolley, and a drooping nozzle is reciprocally moved to the left and right at the front of the lower stage to advance the trolley. A wax dropping device for dropping an appropriate amount of wax is placed on the floor surface, a vibration type coating pad device for extending and coating the dropped wax is erected at the center thereof, and the applied wax is provided at the rear part thereof. A floor wax coating / drying device, which is characterized in that a blower / dryer for drying is formed so as to be capable of continuously and stably performing a wax coating / drying process on the floor. 4. The wax coating for a floor surface according to claim 3, wherein the blast dryer is a system for blowing hot air to dry the hot air, and the hot air can be generated through a far-infrared heater. Drying device.