JP2007001609A - Oiling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oiling apparatus which causes a vehicle sensor to sense a vehicle coming into an oiling area, and causes an annunciator unit to advise a customer to carry out a destaticizing operation before getting to oiling work, thus allows the customer to eliminate static electricity without fail to prevent a dangerous accident caused by static electricity charge. <P>SOLUTION: The oiling apparatus includes a body case 11 which has a lower case 13 storing an oiling mechanism, and an upper case 14 which is disposed on the top of the lower case 13 and stores a controller 40 controlling various equipment. The body case 11 is raised on an island 2 facing the oiling area. The oiling apparatus further includes the vehicle sensor 32 which detects a vehicle coming into the oiling area on the island 2, a destaticizing operation unit 20 for eliminating static electricity from a human body, the annunciator unit 30 which makes an announcement that advises a customer to carry out a destaticizing operation on the destaticizing operation unit 20 in response to a vehicle sense signal from the vehicle sensor 32, and a destaticizing switch 26 which stops the announcement by the annunciator unit 30 upon sensing the destaticizing operation by the destaticizing operation unit 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fueling device that supplies fuel oil to an automobile or the like at a fueling station.

In recent gas stations, there have been an increasing number of self-service stations where customers themselves perform refueling operations in order to reduce labor costs. The fuel oil supplied by the unspecified number of customers at this self-service station is highly flammable, and the static electricity charged on the human body is discharged and sparks are generated. There was a risk of this. In contrast, the static electricity removal sheet that removes the static electricity charged on the body by the person who wants to refuel is in contact with the body part, and the static electricity that is charged on the human body due to contact with the static electricity removal sheet. A technique related to an unmanned refueling apparatus that includes a sensor that senses that it has been removed and a refueling unit that is refueled by a refueling applicant who has removed static electricity is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-47559 A (4th and 5th pages, FIGS. 1 to 4).

  However, in the conventional unmanned refueling device, in order for the customer to perform the refueling work, the work to remove the static electricity charged in the human body is required before getting off the vehicle and opening the fuel tank cap of the fuel tank. There is a possibility that a problem that the operation for removal is not reliably performed may occur. For this reason, there is a risk of causing sparks due to discharge and causing a fire or the like by accidentally opening the cap of the oil filler port before removing static electricity charged on the human body.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when an automobile enters a refueling area, it is possible to reliably remove static electricity before performing the refueling work, thereby preventing danger due to electrostatic discharge. An object of the present invention is to provide an oil supply device that can perform the above operation.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a main body having a lower case housing an oil supply mechanism and an upper case housing a control device for controlling various devices on the lower case. In a fueling device installed on an island facing a fueling area, a case detects a vehicle entering the fueling area provided on the island, and a static electricity charged on a human body is eliminated. A neutralization operation unit, a notification unit for performing a notification for prompting the neutralization operation by the neutralization operation unit based on a signal detected by the vehicle sensor, and detecting the neutralization operation by the neutralization operation unit and stopping the notification by the notification unit And a static elimination switch. The vehicle that has entered the refueling area is detected by the vehicle sensor, and before the refueling work is performed, the notification section prompts the user to remove the static electricity, so that the work to remove static electricity can be performed reliably, preventing the danger of static electricity discharge. be able to.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the static elimination operation section is constituted by a static elimination operation button made of a conductive material disposed on the operation surface side of the main body case, and a conductive material to which the static elimination operation button is attached. It has a spring member and the static elimination switch that is turned on / off by the operation of the static elimination operation button, and the static elimination operation button is connected to an earth ground terminal through the spring member by a ground wire. It is a feature. Static electricity can be eliminated by touching the static elimination operation button with the hand, and at the same time, this operation can be detected by the static elimination switch.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the notification unit includes a lamp that is lit or blinking to prompt a static elimination operation. The static elimination operation can be urged by lighting or blinking with a lamp.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the lamp is arranged in the vicinity of the static elimination operation unit. The operation can be easily guided by arranging the lamp in the vicinity of the static elimination operation unit.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the lamp is provided integrally with a static elimination operation button of the static elimination operation unit. The operation can be surely performed by integrally providing the lamp on the static elimination operation button.

  In a sixth aspect of the present invention, the notification unit includes a speaker that outputs a sound for prompting a static elimination operation. The static elimination operation can be guided by voice from a speaker.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the main body case has an oil supply setting operation section that enables an oil supply setting by an operation of the static elimination switch. Static electricity can be reliably removed before the refueling operation by enabling the refueling setting operation unit to perform the refueling setting by the operation of the static elimination switch.

  In the present invention, a main body case having a lower case storing an oil supply mechanism and an upper case storing a control device for controlling various devices in an upper portion of the lower case is erected on an island facing an oil supply area. In a fueling device, a vehicle sensor that detects a vehicle entering a fueling area provided on an island, a static elimination operation unit for neutralizing static electricity charged on a human body, and a static elimination operation based on a signal detected by the vehicle sensor. A vehicle that has entered the refueling area by using a vehicle sensor. Prior to detection and refueling work, the notification unit prompts the user to eliminate static electricity, ensuring that static electricity can be removed, preventing the danger of static electricity discharge. Rukoto can.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to an illustrated embodiment. 1 to 6 are views for explaining an oil supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view of the oil supply device, FIG. 2 is a side view of the oil supply device, and FIG. 3 is an electrostatic removal unit of the oil supply device. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a front view of the static electricity removing unit of the fueling device, FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the operation of the fueling device, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the notification operation of the fueling device.

  In these drawings, a fueling device 10 according to the present embodiment is a self-service ground-mounted device that is operated by a customer himself / herself with fuel oil such as regular gasoline, high-octane gasoline, or light oil. A main body case 11 is erected on the island 2 of the site 1. The main body case 11 includes a lower case 13 provided on the top of the pace plate 12 disposed on the island 2, an upper case 14 disposed on the upper portion of the lower case 13, and the left and right sides of the lower case 13 and the upper case 14. And the top case 16 provided between the upper ends of the support columns 15 and 15. In the lower case 13, as an oil supply mechanism for each oil type, an oil supply pump 47 communicated with an underground tank (not shown) buried underground in the site 1, a flow meter 49 for measuring the amount of oil supply, etc. are stored. A joint box 50 or the like in which wirings that are a part of a path for removing static electricity, which will be described in detail, is stored. The fuel oil supplied by the oil supply pump 47 is guided into the top case 16 through the left and right support columns 15 and 15 by piping provided on the discharge port side of the flow meter 49. The pipe for guiding the fuel oil to the top case 16 is connected to one end of the oil supply hose 18 via a pipe joint 17 attached to the lower surface of the top case 16. The oil supply hose 18 is suspended from the top case 16 via a pipe joint 17, and an oil supply nozzle 19 is connected to the other end side. The oil supply nozzle 19 is hung on a nozzle hook 21 attached to the side surface of the main body case 11. Further, a nozzle switch 48 that detects whether the fuel supply nozzle 19 is removed is provided in the vicinity of the nozzle hook 21. The upper case 14 houses various devices and a control device 40 that controls the devices, and the operation side surface has a display meter 22 for displaying the amount of fuel oil supplied by the flow meter 49, and the like. An oil supply setting operation unit 23 including an operation panel for performing an oil supply setting such as a seed and an oil supply amount is disposed. Further, the other surface on the operation side of the main body case 11 is provided with a static elimination operation unit 20 for neutralizing static electricity charged on the human body, and in the vicinity of the static elimination operation unit 20 as a part of the notification unit 30 For example, a speaker 31 is provided for outputting a sound for prompting the customer to perform a charge removal operation such as “Please touch the static elimination button before refueling”. On the side surface of the island 2 on the fueling area side, a vehicle sensor 32 that detects a vehicle entering for fueling is provided.

  The static elimination operation unit 20 is provided on the operation surface of the upper case 14 on the upper side of the nozzle hook 21 and, as shown in FIG. 3, a static elimination operation button 24 made of a conductive material for static elimination, and the static elimination operation button 24. A spring member 25 made of a conductive material to be attached and a static elimination switch 26 that is turned on / off by an operation of the static elimination operation button 24 are provided. The static elimination operation button 24 is formed in a shape that can be touched with the palm of a person, and is disposed on the surface of the upper case 14. The static elimination operation button 24 is attached to the surface of the upper case 14 via a plate-like spring member 25 so that it can be operated with the same elastic force as the push button. The spring member 25 is connected to the joint box 50 of the main body case 11 via the ground wire 28 and further connected to the ground terminal in the ground. A signal line 27 of the static elimination switch 26 is connected to a control device 40 which will be described in detail later, and various devices are operated. In the vicinity of the static elimination operation button 24, a lamp 29 that is turned on or blinked is provided as a part of the notification unit 30 to prompt the static elimination operation. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation surface of the upper case 14 of the static elimination operation unit 20 displays a picture imitating the shape of a human hand in the vicinity of the static elimination operation button 24, and starts refueling work on the surface. For example, characters such as “Touch at the beginning!” And “Do not touch the static electricity removal button” are displayed to prompt the user to remove static electricity. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a lamp 29 is arranged on the upper side of the static elimination operation button 24. As another embodiment, for example, a position indicated by a dotted line on the static elimination operation button 24 in FIG. A lamp 29 may be arranged on the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the control device 40 includes a first drive unit 41 that controls the notification unit 30 by a detection signal from the vehicle sensor 32, and a notification unit 30 and an oil supply setting operation by an on / off signal from the charge removal switch 26. The second drive unit 42 that controls the unit 23, the gate unit 43 that receives the on / off signal from the static elimination switch 26 and the nozzle switch 48, and the signal from the gate unit 43 that receives the signal from the gate unit 43 controls the drive of the oil pump 47. Receiving and displaying a signal relating to the amount of oil counted by the counting means 46 and a counting means 46 for counting the amount of oil received by receiving a pulse signal from the pump drive unit 44, a flow meter 49 and a signal from the gate part. And a display meter driving unit 45 for driving the meter 22. As described above, the notification unit 30 prompts a charge removal operation before refueling, and includes a lamp 29 and a speaker 31. The lamp 29 is lit or blinked by an ON signal when the vehicle sensor 32 detects the vehicle from the first drive unit 41 and an OFF signal of the static elimination switch 26 from the second drive unit 42. The speaker 31 outputs sound based on an ON signal when the vehicle is detected by the vehicle sensor 32 from the first drive unit 41 and an OFF signal of the static elimination switch 26 from the second drive unit 42. The oil supply setting operation unit 23 can be operated based on the ON signal of the charge removal switch 26 from the second drive unit 42.

  Next, operation | movement of the oil supply apparatus 10 of embodiment of this invention is demonstrated concretely based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the vehicle enters a fueling area where the fueling device 10 is provided, the vehicle sensor 32 detects the vehicle and outputs an ON signal (ST1), and then the vehicle driver starts the fueling operation. When a certain short time T elapses (ST2), the notification unit 30 starts operating by the first drive unit 41 and the second drive unit 42 (ST3). That is, when the vehicle sensor 32 detects the vehicle and outputs an ON signal and the static elimination operation is not performed in the static elimination operation unit 20 after a predetermined time T has elapsed, and the static elimination switch 26 is an OFF signal, the first drive unit 41. On the basis of the ON signal and the OFF signal of the second drive unit 42, the lamp 29 starts to turn on or blink, and the speaker 31 outputs a sound for prompting the static elimination operation. Next, when the driver performing the refueling operation pushes the neutralization operation button 24 by hand in the neutralization operation unit 20 and the neutralization switch 26 is turned on, the ON signal of the first drive unit 41 and the ON signal of the second drive unit 42 are displayed. Based on this, the lamp 29 in the notification unit 30 is turned off, and at the same time, the output of the sound of the speaker 31 is stopped, and the oil type and the amount of oil supply can be set by the oil supply setting operation unit 23 (ST5). When the static elimination operation button 24 is pushed by hand, static electricity charged on the human body is discharged to the ground terminal via the static elimination operation button 24, the spring member 25, the ground wire 28, and the joint box 50. . After that, as with normal refueling work, the cap of the vehicle refueling port is opened, the oil type and amount of oil are set by the refueling setting operation unit 23, the refueling nozzle 19 is removed from the nozzle hook 21, and the nozzle switch 48 is turned on. Then, the oil supply pump 47 is driven by the pump drive unit 44, the flow rate pulse of the flow meter 49 is counted by the counting means 46, and the oil supply amount and the like are displayed on the display meter 22 by the display meter drive unit 45. After refueling, when the refueling nozzle 19 is hung on the nozzle hook 21, the nozzle switch 48 is turned off and the refueling operation is completed.

In the fueling device 10 having the above-described configuration, the vehicle sensor 32 detects the vehicle when the vehicle enters the fueling area where the fueling device 10 is provided, and after a short period of time before the customer starts the fueling operation, the static elimination operation unit 20. The lamp 29 of the notification unit 30 arranged in the vicinity of the LED starts to turn on or blink, and a sound is output from the speaker 31 so that the static electricity charged on the human body is removed. As a result, the customer can know that the static elimination operation is necessary before the refueling operation, and the neutralization operation unit 20 is provided in the vicinity of the lamp 29, so that the location of the static elimination operation can be simplified. I can know. In the static elimination operation part 20, since the static elimination operation button 24 is arrange | positioned according to the picture imitating the shape of a human hand, and the character which guides static elimination operation and the display are displayed on the surface, operation can be performed without fail. The static electricity charged on the human body of the customer by discharging the operation button 24 with the palm of the hand is discharged to the ground terminal in the ground via the discharge operation button 24, the spring member 25, the ground wire 28, and the joint box 50. Is done. The neutralization switch 26 is turned on by the operation of the neutralization operation button 24, the notification operation by the notification unit 30 is stopped, and at the same time, the fuel supply setting operation unit 23 enables the fuel supply setting. Accordingly, when the static elimination operation is not completed in the static elimination operation unit 20, the lubrication setting cannot be performed and the lubrication operation cannot be performed. Therefore, the static elimination operation must be performed before performing the lubrication operation. Can prevent danger from electrostatic discharge.

  In the above embodiment, the shape of the main body case 11, the position of the static elimination operation unit 20, and the like can be arbitrarily set, and are not limited to the embodiment. Moreover, the alerting | reporting part 30 should just accelerate | urge | promote the static elimination operation by an audio | voice or light at least before the oil supply operation | work, and the alerting | reporting content can also be made arbitrary.

  It can be used for a fueling nozzle of a fueling device that supplies fuel oil to an automobile or the like at a fueling station.

It is a front view of the oil supply apparatus of this invention embodiment. It is a side view of the oil supply apparatus of this invention embodiment. It is a figure explaining the static electricity removal part of the oil supply apparatus of this invention embodiment. It is a front view of the static electricity removal part of the oil supply apparatus of this invention embodiment. It is a block diagram explaining operation | movement of the oil supply apparatus of this invention embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the alerting | reporting operation | movement of the oil supply apparatus of this invention embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Site 2 Island 10 Oil supply apparatus 11 Main body case 12 Pace plate 13 Lower case 14 Upper case 15 Strut 16 Top case 17 Piping joint 18 Oil supply hose 19 Oil supply nozzle 20 Static elimination operation part 21 Nozzle hook 22 Display meter 23 Oil supply setting operation part 24 Static elimination Operation button 25 Spring member 26 Static elimination switch 27 Signal line 28 Ground wire 29 Lamp 30 Notification unit 31 Speaker 32 Vehicle sensor 40 Control device 41 First drive unit 42 Second drive unit 43 Gate unit 44 Pump drive unit 45 Display meter drive unit 46 Counting means 47 Oil supply pump 48 Nozzle switch 49 Flow meter 50 Joint box

Claims (7)

In the oil supply device in which the lower case containing the oil supply mechanism and the main body case having the upper case containing the control device for controlling various devices on the upper part of the lower case are erected on the island facing the oil supply area,
A vehicle sensor for detecting a vehicle entering a fueling area provided on the island, a static elimination operation unit for neutralizing static electricity charged on a human body, and the static elimination operation unit based on a signal detected by the vehicle sensor An oil supply apparatus comprising: a notification unit that performs a notification for prompting a charge removal operation by the operation; and a charge removal switch that detects a charge removal operation by the charge removal operation unit and stops the notification by the notification unit. The static elimination operation unit is turned on by operating the static elimination operation button made of a conductive material disposed on the operation surface side of the main body case, a spring member made of a conductive material to which the static elimination operation button is attached, and the static elimination operation button. The oiling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an electricity removing switch that is turned off, wherein the electricity removing operation button is connected to an earth ground terminal through the spring member through an earth wire. The refueling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a lamp that is lit or blinking to prompt a charge removal operation. The oil supply device according to claim 3, wherein the lamp is disposed in the vicinity of the charge removal operation unit. The oil supply device according to claim 3, wherein the lamp is provided integrally with a charge removal operation button of the charge removal operation unit. The refueling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a speaker that outputs a sound for prompting a charge removal operation. The oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the main body case has an oil supply setting operation unit that allows an oil supply setting to be performed by operating the charge removal switch.

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