Cleaning vehicle

Abstract

A cleaning vehicle is provided with: a chassis; a brush for cleaning a road surface; a user placement portion which is provided rearward of the brush in the chassis, and which has an operating handle; and an electrical unit for driving the brush. The cleaning vehicle is provided with a battery case which holds a removable battery, and which is thereby capable of supplying electric power from the battery to the electrical unit. In the battery case, an opening portion through which the battery can be inserted is exposed to the outside of the chassis forward of the brush.

1 . A cleaning vehicle comprising:
 a chassis;   a cleaning portion provided at a lower portion of the chassis to clean a road surface;   a user placement portion provided further rearward than the cleaning portion at the chassis and including a gripping portion that is gripped by a user; and   an electrical unit configured to drive the cleaning portion,   further comprising   a battery holding portion configured to hold an attachable and detachable battery and thereby supply electric power from the battery to the electrical unit,   wherein   the battery holding portion includes an opening through which the battery is inserted, and   the opening is exposed to an outside of the chassis at a position further forward than the cleaning portion.   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the opening is located above the cleaning portion. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein   the battery holding portion includes an axis that defines an insertion direction of the battery, and   the axis is inclined in a manner so that the opening is located further forward than a lower portion of the battery holding portion or is in a vertical direction.   
     
     
         4 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein   at least part of the battery holding portion is provided on an inner side of a cover that forms the chassis, and   the opening is provided so as to project out from the cover.   
     
     
         5 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the opening is provided above a front wheel provided to the chassis. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 5 , wherein a center of gravity of the battery holding portion in a state of holding the battery is located at a position overlapping the front wheel in a plan view of the chassis. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the chassis is provided with a drive wheel located further rearward than the cleaning portion. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein   the electrical unit includes a motor that rotates the cleaning portion and a power adjusting portion that adjusts electric power supplied from the battery to the motor, and   the battery holding portion, the motor, and the power adjusting portion are provided on a widthwise inner side of a pair of gripping portions that are gripped by the user.   
     
     
         9 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 8 , wherein the battery holding portion, the motor, and the electric power adjusting portion are provided at positions including a widthwise center line of the chassis. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 8 , further comprising an exhaust hole communicating with a space in which the motor or the electric power adjusting portion is disposed,
 wherein the opening is located further forward than the exhaust hole.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaning vehicle according to  claim 10 , wherein the opening is located above the exhaust hole.