JP2000067320A - Washing reception device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an appropriate washing reception service capable of dealing with a misoperation by providing a washing reception device with a temporary receipt issuing means for issuing a temporary receipt after detecting the charge of washing. SOLUTION: When a human body sensor detects a user, a message for urging a user to insert a membership card is displayed on an LCD display device 13. When the membership card is normal, a charging door solenoid is controlled, a charging door is unlocked and a message for urging the user to charge a cleaning bag is displayed on the display device 13. When a charging door opening switch detects the open of the charging door, a message related to the charge of a cleaning bag is displayed on the display device 13. When the switch detects the close of the charging door, the switch locks the charging door and opens/closes a front medium door 16 and a rear medium door. When an optical sensor 24 detects the charge of a cleaning bag, a required message is displayed on the display device 13 and a temporary receipt is issued from a printer 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laundry storage device which is installed in a store such as a laundry store or a convenience store, and stores and stores laundry (cleaning material) deposited by a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A laundry box disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2588728 is conventionally known as this type of laundry storage device. The laundry box is provided with a laundry input port in the upper half of the front face, and a lid serving as a chute is pivotally supported at the lower edge of the input port by a solenoid mechanism so as to be lockable and unlockable. In addition, an insertion slot for inserting a magnetic card is provided on the front of the laundry box, and can be used only by registered users. Further, an issuing port for printing and issuing the deposit sheet and the exchange sheet is opened below the insertion port.

The laundry box operates as follows when a user deposits laundry. First, when the user inserts a membership card, which is a magnetic card, into the insertion slot, a deposit sheet and a redemption sheet are issued from the issuing slot. The user who receives this sheet attaches the exchange sheet to the storage bag containing the laundry to be deposited,
The deposit sheet is brought back as a certificate showing that the laundry has been deposited.

Further, by inserting the membership card, the lid for opening and closing the slot is unlocked. The user releases the unlocked lid, inserts the storage bag to which the exchange sheet has been attached, and finally closes the lid to complete the deposit of the laundry.

[0005]

However, for example, when the user is unfamiliar with the operation or operates the device by mischief, the laundry is inserted even though the operation of the laundry box is started by inserting the membership card. May not be done. Therefore, there is a problem in performing an appropriate operation in such a case.

In the conventional laundry box described above,
In order to solve this problem, when the laundry is not inserted even after a predetermined time (for example, 120 seconds) has elapsed since the door was unlocked, the user's performance data is stored,
At the time of the subsequent operation of the administrator, the label displaying the error based on the result data is printed out. By inspecting this error label, the administrator of the laundry box or the cleaning company can know that the storage sheet and the exchange sheet have been issued but the laundry has not actually been stored.

However, in this laundry box, the fact that laundry is not loaded is detected by "elapse of a predetermined time since the door is unlocked", and this predetermined time is set to an appropriate time. There is a problem that it is difficult to set the time. That is, if a short time is set as the predetermined time, a user or the like unfamiliar with the operation may not be able to put in the laundry. On the other hand, if a long time is set as the predetermined time, at least immediately after the set predetermined time, other users use the laundry box immediately after the mischief is performed.

[0008] Further, since the deposited sheet and the exchange sheet are issued even though the laundry is not actually deposited, the running cost is increased by not only unnecessary consumption of the sheet but also replenishment of the sheet. Management work becomes complicated.

[0009] Further, since the deposit sheet and the exchange sheet are issued even though the laundry is not actually deposited, there is no use between the user having the deposited sheet and the manager or the cleaning company. There was a problem that trouble could occur. Furthermore, for example, when a user unfamiliar with the operation makes a mistake in inserting a member once and then inserts a member card again and inserts laundry, the exchange sheet issued at the time of the mistake in insertion is stuck and stuck. There is also a problem that a bag may be inserted, which not only causes trouble but also complicates inquiries of a manager or a cleaning company.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a highly convenient washing machine capable of coping with a user's operation error and the like and providing an appropriate laundry deposit service. An object storage device is provided.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a laundry storage device main body having a laundry input port, and a laundry input door for opening and closing the laundry input port. An identification information input means for inputting identification information of a user in a laundry storage device for storing a user's laundry inserted from a laundry input port in the laundry storage device body; Laundry input detection means for detecting
A loading door lock mechanism for unlocking the laundry input door after the identification information of the user is input to the identification information input means and locking the laundry input door after the laundry input door is closed; A deposit certificate issuing means for issuing a deposit certificate after detecting the loading of laundry by the means.

According to the present invention, when the identification information of the user is input, the lock of the laundry input door is released, and the door can be opened and closed. Thereby, the user can open the laundry input door, input the laundry, and close the door after inputting the laundry. When the laundry is loaded, the loading is detected by the laundry loading detecting means, and then a deposit certificate is issued. When the laundry input door is closed, the door is locked.

[0013] In the second aspect of the present invention, the laundry is stored in a laundry storage bag associated with identification information of a user, and the laundry storage bag inserted from the laundry slot is used for washing. A device characterized by being stored in the storage device body is proposed.

According to the present invention, since the laundry is stored in the laundry storage bag associated with the identification information of the user, the relation between the input identification information of the user and the input laundry is provided. Can be recognized. That is, it is possible to specify which user the laundry storage bag put into and stored in the laundry storage device main body is.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A laundry storage device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the laundry storage device, and FIG. 2 is an AA ′ of the laundry storage device in FIG.
3 is a vertical sectional view taken along line DD 'of the laundry storage device in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is an external view of a remote control, and FIG. 5 is a control device of the laundry storage device in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram.

As shown in FIG. 1, the laundry storage device has a vertically long, substantially rectangular parallelepiped laundry storage device main body (hereinafter, simply referred to as a "main body") 1. , A laundry input door (hereinafter simply referred to as an “input door”) which is formed to open and close rotatably back and forth around a lower edge portion of the laundry input port 2. .) 3
It is provided with.

The main body 1 includes an outer box 4 having a front opening, an inner box 5 having a front opening provided inside the outer box 4, and a front face for opening and closing the front openings of the outer box 4 and the inner box 5. It consists of a door 6. The inlet 2 is formed in a horizontally long rectangle slightly below the upper end of the front door 6. Above the slot 2 opened in the front door 6, a display unit window 7, a card insertion slot 8, and a deposit certificate issuing slot 9 are sequentially opened in the horizontal direction. Further, a human body sensor 10 for detecting the presence or absence of a person standing in front of the main body 1 is provided at the lower center of the slot 2. Further, a front door lock 11 for locking the front door 6 is attached to one of the left and right ends of the human body detection sensor 10. Further, an electric lighting panel 12 is provided on a large portion of the front lower portion of the front door 6, and mainly serves as a space for night lighting, display of a cleaning shop, advertisement, and the like. Further, the upper edge of the front door 6 is formed of an acrylic resin or the like, and a light emitting element (not shown) such as a fluorescent lamp is provided therein to enable nighttime illumination and various warning displays.

The input door 3 has a groove 3a formed at the upper part of the front surface thereof as a handle for opening and closing the door. The input door 3 is pivotally mounted on the lower edge as an axis so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction as described above. When the input door 3 is opened forward, the rear surface of the input door 3 is maintained substantially horizontal. It is supported by the main body 1 by a loading door support arm (not shown).

Inside the main body 1, an inner box 5 is arranged on a bottom plate 1a as shown in FIGS. Inner box 5
Are arranged so as to provide predetermined spaces between the ceiling plate 5a, the left and right side plates 5b, the rear plate 5c, and the outer case 4, respectively. The height position of the ceiling plate 5a is substantially the same as the upper edge portion of the inlet 2 of the front door 6. On the upper surface of the ceiling plate 5a, an LCD is provided so as to be located behind the display section window 7, the card insertion slot 8, and the deposit card issuing slot 9, respectively.
A display 13, a magnetic card reader 14, and a printer 15 are provided. Here, the LCD display 13 mainly displays various information such as guidance for the user. The magnetic card reader 14 is for inputting user identification information recorded on the membership card C of the user. The printer 15 is mainly for issuing a laundry receipt R to a user and for outputting a deposit receipt summary table (journal) for an administrator or the like.

In the inner box 5, a front middle door 16 and a rear middle door 17, which are a pair of front and rear plate members that partition the inside up and down, are arranged. The front middle door 16 is a rectangular one that partitions the front half of the cross section of the inner box 5, and is rotatably mounted on the front edge so as to be rotatable downward. The rear middle door 17 is a rectangular one that partitions the rear half of the cross section of the inner box 5, and is rotatably mounted on the rear edge as an axis. The front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17
Is about 90 degrees downward from the horizontal position. In the present embodiment, it rotates downward from the horizontal position to about 82 degrees. When the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 are pivoted upward from below to partition the inner box 5 up and down, that is, when the inner box 5 is in a horizontal state, the upper surface height is lower than the lower edge of the inlet 2. It is arranged so that it may be at almost the same height position as. The front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 are respectively provided with a front middle door driving mechanism 18.
The door is driven to open and close by a rear middle door drive mechanism 19.

Front middle door drive mechanism 18 and rear middle door drive mechanism 1
Reference numerals 9 denote opening and closing drive motors 18a and 19, which are respectively provided on the upper surface of the ceiling plate 5a of the inner box 5 and at one of the left and right ends.
a, a link arm 18c extending downward between the outer case 4 and the side plate 5b of the inner case 5 from the peripheral portions of the rotary plates 18b and 19b provided on the rotating shafts of the open / close drive motors 18a and 19b; And 19c, link arm 18
front door 16 and rear rear door 17 connected to the other ends of
And mounting pieces 18d and 19d fixed to the side edge portions. When the opening / closing drive motors 18a and 19a are rotationally driven in one direction by the front / middle door driving mechanism 18 and the rear / middle door driving mechanism 19, the front / middle door 16 and the rear / middle door 17 are respectively rotated downward and opened / closed. If the drive motors 18a and 19a are rotationally driven in the other direction, the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 respectively rotate upward.

The lower front end of the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 1 are also provided.
At the lower rear end of 7, middle door opening / closing detection devices 20 and 21 are installed, respectively. Middle door open / close detection devices 20 and 21
Are for detecting whether the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 are "completely open" and "completely closed", respectively. The front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 are respectively detected.
A fully open switch (not shown) that is turned on when the is completely opened, and a fully closed switch (not shown) that is turned on when completely closed to partition the inner box 5 up and down. These are constituted by switch means such as a microswitch.

Inside the front door 6 and above the slot 2, a slot lock mechanism 22 for locking the slot 3 is provided.
Is attached. The closing door lock mechanism 22 is provided with a closing door solenoid 22a to control opening and closing.
The sliding shaft of the input door solenoid 22a is fitted in a hole (not shown) formed in the upper edge of the input door 3 to enable locking and unlocking of the input door 3. Further, inside the front door 6 and beside the slot 2, a slot opening / closing detecting device 23 is provided.
Is attached. The input door open / close detection device 23 includes an input door open switch 23a. The input door open switch 23a is turned on when the input door 3 closes the input port 2, and is turned off otherwise. . As the closing door open switch 23a, for example, switch means such as a micro switch is used.

The inner box 5 is provided with a loading detecting device for detecting the loading of the laundry and detecting whether the laundry is full. This insertion detection device includes an optical sensor 24 provided near the center of one of the left and right side plates 5b,
A light emitting element 25 is provided near the center of the other left and right side plate 5b at a position symmetrical to the optical sensor 24.
The light emitted by the light emitting element 25 is detected by the optical sensor 24,
When there is a shield such as laundry between the light emitting element 25 and the optical sensor 24, the optical sensor 24 does not detect light. As the optical sensor 24, for example, a photodiode, a phototransistor, a CCD, or the like is used. As the light emitting element 25, for example, an LED is used. A net height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height position of the laundry storage net 26 is provided between the side plate 5b of the inner box 5 and the outer box 4. This net height adjusting mechanism includes a support column 27 that stands vertically from the bottom plate 1a of the main body 1, a slide 28 that slides up and down the support column 27, and a spring interposed between the slide 28 and the bottom plate 1a. 29. The side of the slide 28 is
The inner box 5 is exposed to the inside of the inner box 5 through a sliding hole 5d formed in the side plate 5b. A support arm 30 for supporting the laundry storage net 26 is horizontally attached to the exposed portion of the slide 28. A laundry storage net 26 is suspended from both ends of the support arm 30. Thereby, when the laundry storage net 26 is empty, the laundry storage net 26 is located above, and when the amount of stored laundry becomes large, the laundry storage net 26 is lowered by its own weight. I do.

On the back side of the front door 6, a remote controller 40 operated by an administrator of the laundry storage device, a cleaning company or the like is arranged. The remote controller 40 includes a plurality of keys 41 for inputting various data to a control device (not shown) to be connected, and instructing print processing of various reports and the like.

According to such a laundry storage device, when the cleaning bag B, which will be described later, is inserted and stored, the front door 16 and the rear door 17 are closed and the input door 3 is closed.
Is opened, and the cleaning bag B is placed on the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17. Thereafter, when the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 are opened, the cleaning bag B falls and is stored in the laundry storage net 26. When the cleaning bag B falls, the cleaning bag B crosses the optical sensor 24 so that the insertion can be detected. When the amount of the cleaning bag B stored in the laundry storage net 26 increases, the laundry storage net 26 descends. When the laundry storage net 26 is located at the lowermost position, the cleaning bag B is further inserted when the cleaning bag B is further inserted.
Light that is stacked on the top and always enters the optical sensor 24 is blocked.

This laundry storage device is used by inserting a membership card C as shown in FIG. This membership card C
Are readable by the magnetic card reader 14 and are distributed in advance to a specific person using the laundry storage device. The membership card C has magnetically recorded user identification information. Here, the identification information is for distinguishing a user of the laundry storage device from other users, and for example, a member number, an address, a name, a telephone number, or a combination thereof is used.

Further, the laundry storage device can load and store a cleaning bag B which is a laundry storage bag as shown in FIG. This cleaning bag B
Is for the user to collectively store one or more laundry items. The cleaning bag B is associated with the user identification information in advance. This association is performed by, for example, a label BL describing user identification information.
For example, affixing the label BL on which the user's identification information is written in the bag B, attaching the user's identification information on the front or back surface of the bag B, or the like. . It should be noted that the identification information associated here is recorded on the membership card C of the user.

Further, the laundry storage device can issue a deposit certificate R from a deposit certificate issuing port 9 as shown in FIG. The receipt R certifies that the laundry storage device has deposited the laundry of the user, and is taken back by the user. This deposit certificate R includes the user's identification information recorded on the member card C, the date and time of use, the name of the store,
Other necessary information is printed.

Next, a control device of the laundry storage device will be described. The control device 50 of the laundry storage device is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, CPU 51, RAM 52, ROM 53,
It has an I / O interface 54 and a bus 55 connecting these. The ROM 53 stores a control program for controlling the laundry storage device. Various devices of the laundry storage device are connected to the I / O interface 54. Specifically, the remote controller 40, the printer 15,
LCD display 13, magnetic card reader 14, human body sensor 10, optical sensor 24, slot opening switch 23a,
Fully open switch 20a of front middle door 16, fully closed switch 20b of front middle door 16, fully open switch 21 of rear middle door 17
a, the full closing switch 21b of the rear middle door 17, the closing door solenoid 22a, the opening / closing drive motor 18a of the front middle door 16, and the opening / closing drive motor 19a of the rear middle door 17 are connected to the I / O interface 54.

Next, the operation of the laundry storage device will be described. The laundry storage device is stored in the ROM 5 of the control device 50.
It operates based on the control program stored in 3 and provides a laundry deposit service to a user, a management business service to an administrator, and the like.

First, the operation of the laundry deposit service provided to the user will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a control flowchart at the time of laundry deposit service. Here, first, the human body sensor 10 is monitored, and the process waits until a user appears in front of the main body 1.
When the human body sensor 10 detects a human (user), a laundry deposit service is started (step S1).
During this standby, the LCD display 13 displays information such as "Reception of a cleaning bag. Please insert a membership card into the slot." It is preferable to periodically display advertisements and the like in a cyclic manner.

When the human body sensor 10 detects the user, the user inserts the membership card C into the LCD display 13 such as "Receive a cleaning bag. Insert a membership card into the slot." Is displayed (step S2). Next, the inserted member card C
If is not normal, the process proceeds to step S5. If not, an error message is displayed on the LCD display 13 and the process returns to step S1 (steps S3 and S4). Here, abnormal cases include, for example, a case where the inserted card is another type of card, a case where the membership card is defective, and a case where the membership card C is not inserted and a predetermined time (for example, 120 seconds) has elapsed. Etc. are raised.

If the member card C is normal, the door door solenoid 22a is controlled to unlock the door 3 (step S5), and the LCD display 13 displays "Open the door and insert one cleaning bag. A message prompting the user to insert a cleaning bag, such as "Please", is displayed (step S6).

Next, when the input door release switch 23a detects that the input door 3 has been opened, a message such as "Please insert one cleaning bag" is displayed on the LCD display 13 for an appropriate time (for example, 5 seconds). After the elapse, a message such as "We will keep your bag. Please close the door" is displayed (step S
7, S8). After an appropriate time (for example, 120 seconds) has elapsed since the opening of the loading door 3, the LCD display 1
It is advisable to display a message such as "We have not received your bag yet. We will cancel the process."

Next, when the closing door open switch 23a detects that the closing door 3 is closed, the closing door 3 is locked and the front middle door 1 is closed.
6 and the rear middle door 17 are opened and closed (steps S9 and S9).
10, S11). The opening and closing operation in this step S11 is as follows.
Switches 20a for detecting opening and closing of the middle doors 16 and 17,
The drive of each of the drive motors 18a and 19a may be controlled based on the signals of 20b, 21a and 21b. This allows
When the cleaning bag B is placed on the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17, the cleaning bag B falls and is stored in the laundry storage net 26.

Next, when the opening of the cleaning bag B is detected by the optical sensor 24 when the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 are opened and closed in step S11, the display 1
In step 3, a message such as "The bag has been received. A deposit certificate is being issued. Please wait for a while" is displayed, and a deposit certificate R is issued from the printer 15 (steps S12, S13, and S14). Here, the content to be printed on the receipt R is information such as user identification information recorded on the member card C read by the magnetic card reader 14 and issuance date and time. In addition to the issuance of the deposit certificate R, these information are recorded in the RAM 52 of the control device 50 (step S15). Finally, a message such as "Please take your deposit certificate and membership card. Thank you" is displayed on the display 13 (step S16), and the process returns to the standby state and proceeds to step S1. If the loading of the cleaning bag B is not detected, an error message such as "The bag cannot be kept" is displayed on the LCD display 13 (step S17), and the process may be shifted to step S1. .

Through the above steps, the user can put the laundry in the cleaning bag B and deposit it in the laundry storage device. That is, the user has the membership card C
When the loading door 3 is opened, the cleaning bag B is loaded, and the loading door 3 is closed, the loading of the laundry is completed, and then a deposit certificate R is issued. When the input door 3 is opened but the cleaning bag B is not inserted due to a user operation error or the like, the deposit certificate R is not issued.

Next, the operation at the time of a management service provided to an administrator or a cleaning company will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a control flowchart at the time of the management service. Here, only the journal printing among the management tasks will be described.

First, the administrator or the like unlocks the front door 11 and opens the front door 6 to take out the remote controller 40 and press the "journal print" button of the remote controller 40 in order to perform management work. When the controller 50 detects the pressing, the controller 15 prints “Deposit certificate counting (journal)” using the printer 15 based on the various data recorded in the RAM 52 during the laundry deposit service (steps S21 and S2).
2). The administrator or the like may receive the printed journal and collect the cleaning bag B stored in the laundry storage net 26. Here, since the cleaning bag B is associated with the user identification information, it is possible to reliably specify which user each bag B belongs to.

As described above, in the laundry storage device according to the present embodiment, when the member card C is inserted and recognized normally, the lock of the input door 3 is released, and the door can be opened and closed. If the input door 3 is closed, it is locked, so that opening and closing by a person who does not have a normal membership card C can be prevented. Thereby, mischief or theft can be prevented. Here, since the loading door 3 is locked regardless of whether or not laundry is loaded, even if the door is opened but an irregular operation of not loading laundry is performed, the loading door 3 is securely loaded. The door 3 can be locked.

Further, since the deposit certificate R is issued after the user opens the loading door 3 and puts the laundry, only the deposit certificate R corresponding to the actually stored laundry can be issued. That is, it is possible to prevent the issuance of the deposit certificate R even though the laundry is not stored, so that the deposit certificate R is not wasted, and the frequency of replenishing the deposit certificate R is accordingly reduced. Is reduced and the convenience is improved. Furthermore, since it is possible to prevent a situation in which the receipt R is issued even though the laundry is not stored, a useless dispute that may occur between the user and the administrator can be prevented. Can be prevented.

Further, since the laundry is stored in the cleaning bag B associated with the identification information of the user, the cleaning bag B put into and stored in the main body of the laundry storage device is not belonging to any user. Can be identified. Therefore, the management work of the manager or the like can be ensured, and unnecessary conflict with the user can be prevented beforehand, which is highly convenient.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The laundry storage device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG. 8 is a front vertical sectional view of the laundry storage device, and FIG. 9 is a side vertical sectional view of the laundry storage device.
In the drawings, the same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The laundry storage device according to the present embodiment
The difference from the first embodiment is that a laundry entry detecting device 31 for detecting whether or not laundry has entered from the slot 2 onto the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17 is provided. It is in.
Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the laundry entry detecting device 31 will be described here.

The laundry entry detection device 31 is provided slightly before the center of the ceiling wall of the inner box 5. Also,
The laundry entry detection device 31 has an entry detection light emitting element 31a that emits light downward and an entry detection light sensor 31b that detects light incident from below, which are integrally arranged side by side.
Further, a reflection plate 32 for reflecting the light from the entry detection light emitting element 31a at a high reflectance is provided on the upper surface of the front middle door 16 and directly below the laundry entry detection device 31. With such a configuration, when the laundry has not entered from the input port 2 and the front middle door 16 is closed, the light emitted from the entry detection light emitting element 31a is reflected by the reflection plate 32, and the entry detection light sensor 31b. Further, when the laundry enters from the slot 2 and is placed on the front middle door 16 and the rear middle door 17, the light emitted by the entry detection light emitting element 31b is blocked by the laundry and the entry detection light is emitted. Sensor 31b
Does not enter. Therefore, the front middle door 16
And it can be detected whether or not the laundry has entered the rear middle door 17.

Next, the operation of the laundry storage device provided to the user during the laundry deposit service will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. 10 and 11
Is a control flowchart at the time of a laundry deposit service.

The operation of the laundry storage device according to the present embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment in that the laundry entrance detecting device 31 is provided, and The point is to check whether or not laundry has entered after being opened.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the processing in step S37 in FIG. 10 is assumed to correspond to the processing in steps S7 to S8 in FIG. 7 in the first embodiment.
From step S40. Since the processing in the other steps is the same as that of the first embodiment, the processing from step S37 to step S40 will be described here.

In step S37, the closing door open switch 2
3a detects opening of the entrance door 3 (step S3).
7). When the release is detected, a message such as "Please insert one cleaning bag" is displayed on the LCD 13 (step S38). Next, when it is detected by the entry detection optical sensor 31b of the entry detection device 31 that the cleaning bag B has entered from the insertion port 2, a message such as "Please store the bag. Please close the door." Is displayed (step S39). , Step S40). After an appropriate time (for example, 120 seconds) has elapsed since the opening of the loading door 3, the LCD display 13 indicates “The bag has not been received yet. The processing will be stopped once.” Should be displayed and the process should be restarted from the beginning.

As described above, in the laundry storage device according to the present embodiment, it is possible to detect that the laundry has entered from the slot, and it is possible to control the display and the like based on the detection. Therefore, the laundry deposit service can be performed more accurately and reliably. Other functions and effects are the same as those of the first embodiment.

In the first and second embodiments, the light sensor 24 and the light emitting element 25 are used as means for detecting the loading of the laundry. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, other means such as detecting an impact generated when the laundry falls and detecting a change in weight applied to the laundry storage net may be used.

In the first and second embodiments, the means for detecting the loading of the laundry and the means for detecting the fullness of the laundry are shared by a loading detecting device comprising an optical sensor 24 and a light emitting element 25. However, a separate detection device may be provided.

Further, in the first and second embodiments,
As a means to output various information to users, etc., LC
Although the D display 13 was used, without being limited to this,
For example, it may be a CRT display, LED, EL, or the like. Further, guidance by voice or the like may be used.

Further, in the first and second embodiments,
As a means for inputting the identification information of the user, the member card C, which is a magnetic card on which the identification information is recorded, is used as a medium and is read by the magnetic card reader 14. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An IC card, a punch card, an FD, or the like may be used as a medium. Also,
A card or mark sheet on which the user has written identification information
It may be read by CR. Further, identification information may be input using a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like.

Further, in the first and second embodiments,
Although only the identification information for identifying the user is recorded on the member card C, a usage history or the like may be recorded together with the identification information. In particular, when the member card C is used like a so-called prepaid card, the balance information or the like may be recorded.

Further, in the first and second embodiments,
Although the deposit certificate R printed on paper is issued using the printer 15 as the deposit certificate issuing means, the present invention is not limited to this, and the deposit certificate R may be issued as electronic data. That is, for example, the deposit certificate R may be issued by recording the deposit certificate R as electronic data on the member card C. In this case, the user checks the information of the deposit certificate R by using a personal computer or a dedicated device at home or a store.

[0058]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the identification information of the user is input, the lock of the laundry input door is released, and the door can be opened and closed. When the door is closed, the door is locked, so that it is possible to prevent a person without identification information from opening the door. Thereby, mischief or theft can be prevented. Here, since the lock of the laundry input door is performed regardless of whether or not the laundry is input, even if an irregular operation of opening the door but not inputting the laundry is performed, it is surely performed. The door can be locked.

Further, since the deposit certificate is issued after the user opens the laundry input door and inserts the laundry, only the deposit certificate corresponding to the actually stored laundry can be issued. In other words, it is possible to prevent the issuance of a deposit certificate even though laundry is not stored, so that the deposit certificate is not wasted, and the frequency of replenishing the deposit certificate has been reduced. It will be highly convenient. Furthermore, since it is possible to prevent a situation where a deposit certificate is issued even when laundry is not stored, it is possible to prevent unnecessary conflicts that may occur between users and managers. can do.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the laundry is stored in the laundry storage bag associated with the user identification information, the input user identification information and the input user identification information are input. It is possible to recognize the relationship with the laundry. That is, it is possible to specify which user the laundry storage bag put into and stored in the laundry storage device main body is. Therefore, the management work of the manager or the like can be ensured, and unnecessary conflict with the user can be prevented beforehand, which is highly convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a laundry storage device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the laundry storage device in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the laundry storage device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a remote controller according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control device of the laundry storage device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a control flowchart at the time of a laundry deposit service according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a control flowchart at the time of a management service according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a front vertical sectional view of a laundry storage device according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a side longitudinal sectional view of a laundry storage device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a control flowchart at the time of laundry deposit service according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a control flowchart at the time of laundry deposit service according to the second embodiment;

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... The laundry storage apparatus main body, 2 ... Input port, 3 ... Input door, 4
... outer box, 5 ... inner box, 6 ... front door, 7 ... display window, 8 ... card insertion slot 8, 9 ... deposit certificate issuing port, 10 ... human body sensor, 13 ... LCD display, 14 ... magnetic card Reader, 1
5 Printer, 16 Front middle door, 17 Rear middle door, 18, 1
9: Middle door opening / closing drive device, 20, 21: Middle door opening / closing detecting device, 22: Closing door lock mechanism, 23: Closing door open / close detecting device, 24: Optical sensor, 25: Light emitting element, 26: Laundry storage net, B: Cleaning bag, C: Member card,
R… Deposit certificate

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A laundry storage device main body having a laundry input port, and a laundry input door for opening and closing the laundry input port, wherein a laundry of a user input from the laundry input port is washed. In the laundry storage device to be stored in the storage device body, identification information input means for inputting user identification information, laundry input detection means for detecting the input of laundry, and identification of the user in the identification information input means. The laundry input door is unlocked after the information is input, and the loading door lock mechanism that locks the laundry loading door after the laundry loading door is closed, and the loading of laundry is detected by the laundry loading detecting means. A laundry storage device comprising: a deposit certificate issuing means for issuing a deposit certificate later. 2. The laundry is stored in a laundry storage bag associated with identification information of a user, and the laundry storage bag inserted from a laundry slot is stored in a main body of the laundry storage device. The laundry storage device according to claim 1, wherein: