Automatic washing machine for shoes
OwnerNobuo Misawainventor
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Abstract
An automatic washing machine for shoes which has a water tub incorporating a dehydrating tub which is provided with inner brushes which are mounted with shoes and vertically moved, outer brushes which are arranged to come in contact with external surface of shoes and vertically moved in opposite directions to the inner brushes, and driving means for driving the inner and outer brushes; the water tub is provided with a discharging mechanism to discharge water as required from the water tub and with a lifting head section which opens and closes an opening of the water tub at a position above the water tub and the head section is provided with an air nozzle for drying washed shoes to blow air for drying into the dehydrating tub while the opening of the water tub is closed by the head section.
Claims13
An automatic washing machine for shoes comprising
- (a) a water tub having an open upper side,
- (b) a dehydrating tub which is rotatably disposed in said water tub,
- (c) an external shell which houses said water tub,
- (d) a head section which is provided above said external shell and vertically moves to open and close the opening of said water tub,
- (e) a water supplying and discharging means which supplies water into and discharges it from said water tub,
- (f) at least two brushing sections which are arranged adjacent each other in said dehydrating tub, each brushing section having an inner brush which is made so that a shoe may be mounted thereon and an outer brush which is arranged to surround said inner brush so that said outer brush comes in contact with the external surface of said shoe mounted on said inner brush,
- (g) a drying means which is provided on said head section to supply air for drying into said water tub,
- (h) a driving means for rotating said dehydrating tub at a high speed,
- (i) a driving means for alternately moving up and down the inner and outer brushes of said brushing section in two different directions,
- (j) a driving means for vertically moving said head section, and
- (k) a control means for controlling the driving means for said dehydrating tub, the driving means for said brushing sections, the driving means for said head section and said water supplying and discharging means,
- wherein an automatic washing operation for shoes is carried out in sequence through a first stage for covering and closing said water tub by moving down said head section by said control means after shoes have been mounted on said inner brushes of the brushing sections, a second stage for supplying water for washing into said water tub, a third stage for brushing the shoes by said brushing sections, a fourth stage for discharging water for washing from said water tub and supplying water for cleansing into the water tub, a fifth stage for discharging water for cleansing, a sixth stage for centrifugally dehydrating water from the shoes by rotating said dehydrating tub and said brushing sections, a seventh stage for supplying air for drying from said drying means into said dehydrating tub after dehydration, and an eighth stage for moving up said head section to expose said brushing sections.
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