JP2005329806A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing machine capable of being used without anxiety by correctly performing car shape detection and removing a sense of being oppressed by the washing machine from users. <P>SOLUTION: The portal car washing machine is provided with washing means 15, 16, drying means 11, 12 and a car shape detection means 10 in this order from the front. The car washing machine comprises a control means 19 for sequentially performing a car shape detecting process for completing the car shape detection by the car shape detection means 10 at the rear of a vehicle, a washing process for completing washing by the washing means 15, 16 at the front of the vehicle, and a drying process for completing drying by the drying means 11, 12 at the rear of the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine that includes a car wash processing device for performing a car wash operation on a vehicle in a car wash body formed in a gate shape, and moves the car wash machine forward and backward of the vehicle to perform car wash.

Conventionally, a car wash machine in which a drying means is arranged at the rear and a washing means at the front in the car wash body is described in Patent Document 1 below. Further, a car wash machine having a process of ending vehicle shape detection behind the vehicle is described in Patent Document 2 below.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-072679 JP 2000-127920 A

  However, the device described in Patent Document 1 is a car wash machine that is configured so that the vehicle once passes through the car wash machine and stands by. In addition, it was uncomfortable to go through the inside of the car just above the height of the car and go through. In addition, when the vehicle in front of the vehicle has been washed, if the vehicle is immediately passed through in order to wash the vehicle, the droplets remaining on the washing means at the top of the car wash machine are dripping down the windshield of the vehicle. It was still a resistance to adhere and block the field of view and let it run in it.

  The device described in Patent Document 2 describes a step of detecting only the car shape by moving the car wash machine forward with respect to the vehicle. In order to adopt this method, the car wash machine must be finally stopped at the rear of the vehicle, and in this device in which the drying means is arranged in the front of the car wash machine main body and the cleaning means is arranged in the rear, it remains in the washing apparatus. The liquid droplets dropped on the vehicle and the drying efficiency was lowered.

  In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a main body formed in a gate shape so as to straddle a vehicle, a vehicle shape detection means and a drying means disposed in the rear of the main body, and disposed in the front. In the car wash machine comprising the cleaning means, the step of ending the vehicle shape detection by the vehicle shape detection means at the rear of the vehicle, the step of ending the cleaning by the cleaning means at the front of the vehicle, and the drying means at the rear of the vehicle The gist of the invention is to provide a car wash machine provided with a control means for sequentially executing a process of finishing drying.

  Since the apparatus of the present invention is configured as described above, the use of this car wash machine in the drive-through system ensures that the car wash machine is always located at the rear of the car after the car wash is completed, and the car can be easily removed and washed. Area space can be reduced as much as possible. Further, since the drying means is disposed at the rear of the car washer, liquid dripping from the cleaning means to the vehicle can be prevented, and the drying efficiency can be improved. In addition, since the washing means is not driven during vehicle shape detection, the vehicle shape can be detected reliably without being affected by the steam generated when using hot water as washing water to prevent freezing in winter. Car wash machine. In addition, since the car washing by the washing means is started from the rear of the vehicle, there is no pressure on the passengers in the car. Further, since the vehicle washing standby position of the vehicle is in front of the car wash machine, there is no need to pass through the car wash machine, and it is possible to prevent a sense of resistance due to the self-running of the vehicle itself and a damage accident due to contact of the vehicle with the car wash machine.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a car wash machine provided in a car wash space, which includes a car wash processing device such as a brush, a water spray nozzle, and a blower in a frame formed in a gate shape so as to straddle a car A on rails 2 and 2. It is a gate type car wash machine that travels back and forth and automatically cleans and dries the car body of the car A. Here, the car wash space refers to a space in a range where the car wash machine 1 can be moved by at least the rails 2 and 2. The car wash machine 1 stops at the rear end of the travel range normally given by the rails 2 and 2 and starts car wash from this position. The rails 2 and 2 are set to a height that can be easily overcome by an automobile.

  3 is a car wash reception device installed at the entrance to the car in front of the car wash space. An operation panel is provided on the front, and the car washing fee is entered in the driver's seat of car A while the car wash fee is input and the car wash content is selected. It is configured to allow input and the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a gate installed between the car wash reception device 3 and the car wash space, which is a type that turns a known pole up and down in a parking lot or the like, and prohibits or permits entry of the car into the car wash space.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a tire stop that stops an entering car at a predetermined position, and includes an air cylinder or the like, which normally protrudes from the ground and functions as a tire stop, and operates so that the automobile A can fall down when the automobile A exits. . Reference numeral 18 denotes a stop position sensor provided adjacent to the tire stopper 17, which detects that the plate material protruding to the ground by the spring pressure is stepped on the tire and falls down by a limit switch or the like. Detect that it has stopped.

  FIG. 2 is a side view of the car wash machine constituting the car wash apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a car wash body formed in a gate shape so as to straddle the automobile body, and the wheel 7 is rotationally driven by an electric motor 6 capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation so as to reciprocate along the rails 2 and 2.

  A rotary encoder (not shown) for detecting the car wash machine travel position is connected to the output shaft of the electric motor 6, and a pulse signal is output for each unit angle rotation while detecting the rotation direction of the electric motor 6. 5 running positions are given.

  Reference numeral 8 denotes a car wash machine position sensor for detecting the car wash machine position, which is provided at the lower part of the car wash machine body 5 and senses and switches the dog 9 which is a protrusion fixed to the rail 2 laying surface. Is given a position. The dog 9 gives the travel start position of the car wash machine body 5.

  Inside the car washing machine main body 5 is a beam sensor 10 for measuring the presence or absence of a vehicle and a vehicle height, an upper surface drying nozzle 11 and a side surface drying nozzle 12 serving as drying means, watering nozzles 13 and 14, and moving up and down along the upper surface of the vehicle body serving as a cleaning means. The top brush 15 and a pair of left and right side brushes 16 that open and close along the side of the vehicle body are accommodated as a car wash processing device in the above order from the rear of the car wash machine body 5. Processing such as washing and drying is performed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the embodiment. Reference numeral 19 denotes a microcomputer that controls the car wash machine 1 and includes a CPU 20 that performs arithmetic processing, a memory 21 that stores programs and various data, and an input / output interface 22. The input / output interface 22 includes a rotary encoder and a car wash machine position sensor 8. , A vehicle height measuring beam sensor 10, motors 6 and 6, water spray nozzles 13 and 14, top brush 15, side brush 16, top surface drying nozzle 11, side surface drying nozzle 12, tire stopper 17, stop position sensor 18, and the like are connected. The

  Reference numeral 23 denotes a microcomputer that controls the car wash acceptance device 3, and includes a CPU 24 that performs arithmetic processing, a memory 25 that stores programs and various data, and an input / output interface 26. The input / output interface 26 includes an operation panel, a gate 4, and the like. Connected.

  The microcomputer 19 of the car wash machine 1 and the microcomputer 23 of the car wash acceptance device 3 are connected by a serial transmission cable 27 such as RS485. The microcomputer 19 of the car wash machine 1 performs car washing based on a car wash request signal transmitted from the microcomputer 23 of the car wash acceptance device 3 via the cable 27. The microcomputer 23 of the car wash acceptance device 5 accepts the input of the car wash fee and the selection input of the car wash contents on the operation panel, and outputs a car wash request signal to the microcomputer 19 of the car wash machine 1 based on this, and the car wash machine 1 The gate 4 is controlled by detecting an end signal from the microcomputer 19.

  Next, the car wash operation will be described. In a state where the car wash is not executed, the car wash machine 1 is at the rear end of the rails 2 and 2 as shown in FIG. 1, and the tire stopper 17 protrudes to stop the entering car at a predetermined position.

  Here, if there is a car wash request signal from the car wash acceptance device 3, the car wash contents such as the car type, car wash course, and the presence or absence of protrusions are read from the signal, the contents are checked, and if it is verified, the received signal is Return it. After transmitting the reception confirmation signal, the vehicle waits for the vehicle to enter, and the stop position sensor 8 confirms that the vehicle has entered the predetermined position given by the tire stopper 17.

  When the approach is confirmed, first, the car wash machine 1 is moved forward, and the vehicle shape detection step of detecting the vehicle shape by the beam sensor 10 is executed. At this time, since the cleaning means is not operating and the cleaning water does not scatter between the beam sensors 10, the vehicle shape can be reliably detected.

  Next, the car wash machine 1 is moved backward, the top brush 15 and the side brush 16 are rotated, and water is sprayed from the water spray nozzles 13 and 14 to execute the cleaning process.

  Further, the car wash machine 1 is advanced, and the upper surface drying nozzle 11 and the side surface drying nozzle 12 are operated to perform the drying process.

  When the car wash is executed and the car wash machine 1 reaches the front end position and the car wash is finished, the tire stopper 17 is pushed down to enable the automobile to move forward, and the stop position sensor 18 detects that the automobile has moved from the stop position. If the car continues from the state for a certain period of time necessary to exit the car wash area, it is determined that the car has exited, and the car wash machine 1 outputs a car wash end signal to the car wash acceptance device 3 and the car wash machine 1 is moved to the rear of the car wash area. Move to the end and enter standby mode.

  By the way, in the car wash, the washing process is only water sprinkling. However, when the wax is sprayed after washing with detergent instead of water, the detergent is sprayed from the watering nozzles 13 and 14 in the washing process. Thereafter, the car wash machine 1 is moved forward, the top brush 15 and the side brush 16 are rotated, water is sprayed from the water spray nozzles 13 and 14 to wash away the detergent, and the car wash machine 1 is moved backward and the top brush 15 The washing process of rotating the brush 16 and spraying wax from the watering nozzles 13 and 14 is executed. Finally, the car wash machine 1 is advanced, and the drying process is executed by operating the upper surface drying nozzle 11 and the side surface drying nozzle 12. The Thus, in any case, the car wash machine finally ends the car wash at the front end of the car wash area.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various design change can be performed, without deviating from a claim. For example, a rail that drives a car wash machine is not laid on the floor surface, but is embedded in a groove that has been dug into the floor surface, eliminating protrusion from the floor surface, making it easier to exit the vehicle over the rail. It may be made to become.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view in the car wash machine of the same apparatus. It is a block diagram of the same apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car wash machine 10 Beam sensor 11 Top surface drying nozzle 12 Side surface drying nozzle 15 Top brush 16 Side brush 19 Microcomputer

Claims (1)

In a car wash machine comprising a main body formed in a gate shape so as to straddle a vehicle, a vehicle shape detection means and a drying means arranged at the rear in the main body, and a washing means arranged at the front,
Control for sequentially executing a step of ending vehicle shape detection by the vehicle shape detection means at the rear of the vehicle, a step of ending washing by the cleaning means at the front of the vehicle, and a step of ending drying by the drying means at the rear of the vehicle Car wash machine characterized by comprising means.

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