JP2011111055A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent washing water of a bottom washing device including sands and dirts from spreading, attaching to paintworks of the vehicle, and being scrubbed with a washing brush in a car washing machine equipped with the bottom washing device for washing a bottom surface of a car to be washed. <P>SOLUTION: In the car washing machine equipped with the bottom washing device 25, a shower device 29 is provided at the upper part of the bottom washing device 25. The washing water sprayed by the shower device 29 prevents the bottom washing water which touches the bottom surface of the vehicle V to be dispersed, and includes sands and dirts from attaching to the upper surface or side surface of the vehicle V. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine provided with a bottom surface cleaning device for cleaning the bottom surface of a vehicle to be cleaned, and in particular, a painted surface of a vehicle is caused by contaminants such as sand and mud contained in cleaning water scattered from the bottom surface cleaning device. The present invention relates to a car wash machine that is prevented from being soiled.

  Conventionally, a bottom surface cleaning device is provided on the approach path of the vehicle to a vehicle cleaning position for cleaning the vehicle to be cleaned with a cleaning brush, and the bottom surface of the bottom surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is sprayed by the bottom surface cleaning device. A car wash machine for washing is publicly known (for example, see Patent Document 1 below).

JP 60-92141 A

  However, in the conventional car wash machine, when the bottom surface of the vehicle is cleaned with the bottom surface cleaning water, contaminants such as sand and mud adhering to the bottom surface of the vehicle to be cleaned are mixed in the bottom surface cleaning water. There is a problem that the cleaning water contained in the water scatters and adheres to the upper surface and the side surface of the vehicle, and the contaminated body is rubbed against the painted surface of the vehicle with the cleaning brush, and the painted surface may be soiled.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can prevent the contaminants contained in the scattered bottom cleaning water from being rubbed against the painted surface of the vehicle to be cleaned with a cleaning brush. An object of the present invention is to provide a new car wash machine.

In order to achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is a bottom surface for injecting cleaning water to the bottom surface of the vehicle to be cleaned in an approach path of the vehicle to be cleaned to a vehicle cleaning position for cleaning the vehicle to be cleaned with a cleaning brush. In a car wash machine equipped with a cleaning device,
It has a nozzle arranged at the upper part of the bottom surface cleaning device, and comprises a shower device for spraying the cleaning water sprayed from the nozzle to the upper surface and the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned,
The cleaning water sprayed by the shower device is prevented from adhering to the top surface and the side surface of the bottom surface cleaning device, which is scattered by hitting the bottom surface.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cleaning water sprayed by the shower device prevents the bottom cleaning water that hits the bottom surface of the vehicle to be cleaned and scatters from adhering to the top and side surfaces of the vehicle to be cleaned. It is possible to prevent contaminants such as sand and mud that have adhered to the bottom surface of the bottom surface cleaning vehicle contained in the scattered bottom surface cleaning water from being rubbed against the painted surface of the vehicle by the cleaning brush.

Overall plan view of car wash machine Overall side view of car wash machine Enlarged cross-sectional view along line 3-3 in FIG. Overall view of shower device Car wash machine cleaning process diagram

  Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below based on the embodiments of the present invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

  1 and 2, a car wash machine main body 1 of a car wash machine includes a portal frame 2 that can straddle an automobile V as a vehicle to be cleaned, and a pair of left and right front wheels 3, 3 provided on the portal frame 2; The pair of left and right rear wheels 4 and 4 reciprocate on a pair of left and right traveling rails 5 and 5 provided on the installation surface F. Traveling motors 6, 6 provided in the car wash machine body 1 are connected to the front wheels 3, 3, and these traveling motors 6, 6 are driven to reciprocate the portal frame 2 on the pair of traveling rails 5, 5. It can be run.

  A start position cam 7 is provided on the installation surface F of the car wash machine body 1. The portal frame 2 is provided with a start position detection switch 8 for detecting that the car wash machine main body 1 is at the start position 1A by hitting the start position cam 7.

  The portal frame 2 has a top brush 9 for cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle V as a vehicle to be cleaned, a pair of left and right side brushes 10 and 10 for cleaning the left and right side surfaces of the vehicle V, and a top for drying the upper surface of the vehicle V. A pair of left and right side nozzles 12 and 12 for drying the nozzle 11 and the side surface of the automobile V, and an inlet watering device 13 and an outlet watering device 14 for injecting washing water to the automobile V are provided.

  The inlet watering device 13, the top brush 9, the side brushes 10 and 10, the outlet watering device 14, the top nozzle 11 and the side nozzles 12 and 12 constitute a cleaning means, from the front part to the rear part of the portal frame 2. Arranged in this order.

  Between the traveling rails 5 and 5, a stopper 15 and a photoelectric sensor 16 as a wheel detection means are provided close to each other at the vehicle washing position V2.

  The photoelectric sensor 16 includes a light projector 16 a and a light receiver 16 b, and 16 c (one-dot chain line) represents the optical axis of the photoelectric sensor 16.

  Then, by stopping the right front wheel tire T of the automobile V against the stopper 15, the automobile V can be stopped at the vehicle washing position V2.

  The photoelectric sensor 16 can detect that the automobile V has stopped at the vehicle washing position V2 by detecting the right wheel of the automobile V.

  Between one end (the right end in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the pair of travel rails 5 and 5, a vehicle entrance EN is provided, and the other end of the pair of travel rails 5 and 5 (the left end in FIGS. 1 and 2). ) Between the vehicle exits EX. A shower gate 22 formed in a gate shape is installed in front of the vehicle entrance EN, a breaker 23 is installed in front of the shower gate 22, and further, on the front side of the breaker 23, A receiving device 24 is installed.

The receiving device 24 includes avoidance keys 37 ₁ , 37 ₂ ,. A shower key 60 that is pressed when cleaning by the shower device 29 and the bottom surface cleaning device 25, which will be described later, is provided.

  Further, an exit guide indicator 26 is installed on the side of the vehicle exit EX.

  The shower gate 22 is provided with a shower device 29 and a photoelectric sensor 30 as vehicle detection means.

  The photoelectric sensor 30 includes a projector 30a and a light receiver 30b. 30 c (one-dot chain line) represents the optical axis of the photoelectric sensor 30.

  A bottom surface cleaning device 25 for cleaning the bottom surface of the automobile V is installed below the shower gate 22.

  A pit 41 is provided on the installation surface F below the shower gate 22 along the width direction of the shower gate 22, and the bottom surface cleaning device 25 is disposed in the pit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the opening 42 of the pit 41 is covered with a lid 42. A plurality of holes 43 are formed in the lid 42 at positions corresponding to the nozzles 25n, and high-pressure water J2 injected from the nozzles 25n described later passes through the holes 43 and is injected into the shower gate 22.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a control panel 27 is provided on one front side of the portal frame 2, and a control device 28 for controlling the car wash machine is disposed in the control panel 27.

  Next, the water piping system of the inlet watering device 13, the outlet watering device 14, the shower device 29, and the bottom surface cleaning device 25 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The inlet watering device 13 provided in the portal frame 2 includes an inlet watering pipe 13p formed in a gate shape, and a nozzle hole is formed in the upper part and the left and right sides of the inlet watering pipe 13p inward of the portal frame 2. A plurality of nozzles 13n are provided.

  The outlet sprinkler 14 provided in the gate-type frame 2 includes an outlet sprinkling pipe 14p formed in a gate shape, and a nozzle hole is formed on the inner side of the gate-type frame 2 on the upper and left and right sides of the outlet sprinkling pipe 14p. A plurality of nozzles 14n are provided.

  The shower device 29 provided in the shower gate 22 includes an upper shower pipe 29Ap and left and right side shower pipes 29Bp, 29Bp, and a plurality of these pipes 29Ap, 29Bp, 29Bp with a nozzle hole directed inward of the shower gate 22 Nozzles 29An, 29Bn, and 29Bn are provided.

  The bottom surface cleaning device 25 includes a bottom surface pipe 25p that is piped into the pit 41. The bottom surface pipe 25p is provided with a plurality of nozzles 25n that are directed upward, i.e., inward of the shower gate 22.

  The inlet sprinkling pipe 13p is connected to the water supply pipe 32 via the detergent mixer 31. The water supply pipe 32 is connected to the discharge port of the low-pressure pump P <b> 1 immersed in the water tank 33, and tap water is stored in the water tank 33.

  The detergent mixer 31 is connected to a detergent tank 34 via a detergent pump P4, and the detergent tank 34 stores detergent.

  The outlet sprinkling pipe 14p is connected to the water supply pipe 32.

  Thus, when the low-pressure pump P1 is driven, water in the water tank 33 can be ejected from the nozzle 13n and the nozzle 14n. At this time, when the detergent pump P4 is driven, detergent water can be ejected from the nozzle 13n. .

  The upper shower pipe 29 </ b> Ap of the shower device 29 is connected to the shower water supply pipe 51 via the opening / closing valve 52, while the left and right side shower pipes 29 </ b> Bp and 29 </ b> Bp are directly connected to the shower water supply pipe 51. The shower water supply pipe 51 is connected to the discharge port of the intermediate pressure pump P <b> 2, and the suction port of the intermediate pressure pump P <b> 2 opens into the tap water in the water tank 33.

  Accordingly, when the intermediate pressure pump P2 is driven, the intermediate pressure water J1 can be injected from the nozzles 29Bn and 29Bn, and when the on-off valve 52 is opened, the intermediate pressure water J1 can also be injected from the nozzle 29An.

  Further, when the medium pressure water J1 from the nozzles 29An, 29Bn, and 29Bn is injected toward the car V to be cleaned, the medium pressure water J1 blocks the field of view of the driver of the car V. A car wash station that is afraid of passing through the medium-pressure water J1 reduces the amount of medium-pressure water J1 injected from the nozzle 29An by reducing the opening of the on-off valve 52, thereby reducing the driver's view. Prevent obstructing. Thereby, a driver | operator's visual field can be improved, without dropping the cleaning power of the intermediate pressure water J1 injected from the nozzles 29Bn and 29Bn.

  In addition, the car wash station of customer needs that can enjoy the attraction show effect by blocking the view of the person riding the car V to be cleaned with the medium pressure water J1 jetted from the nozzles 29An, 29Bn, 29Bn is opened and closed. The show effect is enhanced by increasing the opening of the valve 52 and increasing the amount of intermediate pressure water J1 injected from the nozzle 29An. Thereby, the show effect can be enhanced without increasing the amount of medium-pressure water J1 ejected from the nozzles 29Bn and 29Bn.

  A discharge port of the high pressure pump P3 is connected to the bottom surface piping 25p of the bottom surface cleaning device 25, and a suction port of the high pressure pump P3 opens into the tap water of the water tank 33. When the high pressure pump P3 is driven, high pressure water J2 can be injected into the shower gate 22 from the nozzle 25n.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (1) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, it is assumed that the car wash machine main body 1 is at the start position 1A at the left end of the traveling rails 5 and 5, and the circuit breaker 23 is closed.

The driver of the vehicle V stops the vehicle V at the reception position V1 next to the reception device 24, puts a predetermined fee into the fee receiving device 35, and then presses the shower key 60. Then, when an accessory device such as a fender pole or a carrier is attached to the vehicle V, the corresponding avoidance keys 37 ₁ , 37 ₂ ... Are pressed, and then the start key 36 is pressed. When the start key 36 is pressed, the control device 28 opens the circuit breaker 23.

  When the circuit breaker 23 is opened, the driver slowly advances the automobile V to the vehicle washing position V2.

  (2) When the front end of the automobile V shields the photoelectric sensor 30 (see FIG. 5A), the control device 28 drives the high pressure pump P3 and the intermediate pressure pump P2. As a result, the intermediate pressure water J1 is injected from the nozzles 29Bn and 29Bn, and further, by opening the on-off valve 52, the intermediate pressure water J1 is also injected from the nozzle 29An and the high pressure water J2 is injected from the nozzle 25n.

  (3) When the vehicle V continues to move forward and reaches the position of the nozzles 29An, 29Bn, 29Bn (see FIG. 5B), the upper surface of the vehicle V by the medium pressure water J1 injected from the nozzles 29An, 29Bn, 29Bn And the side washing begins. In addition, cleaning of the bottom surface of the automobile V with the high-pressure water J2 sprayed from the nozzle 25n starts.

  As the automobile V continues to advance, the cleaning with the medium-pressure water J1 and the high-pressure water J2 is continued from the front end to the rear end of the automobile V.

  (4) When the rear end of the vehicle V passes through the photoelectric sensor 30 and the photoelectric sensor 30 becomes transparent (see FIG. 5C), the control device 28 closes the circuit breaker 23.

  (5) A predetermined time elapses after the rear end of the automobile V in (4) passes through the photoelectric sensor 30 and the rear end of the automobile V passes through the nozzles 29An, 29Bn, 29Bn (FIG. 5D The control device 28 stops the high-pressure pump P2 and the intermediate-pressure pump P3.

  (6) As the automobile V continues to move forward, the automobile V reaches the vehicle washing position V2, and stops by hitting the right front wheel tire T against the stopper 15. Thereby, when the photoelectric sensor 16 is continuously shielded from light for a predetermined time, the control device 28 determines that the car washing machine main body 1 is at the start position 1A and the car washing machine main body 1 is at the automobile, assuming that the automobile V stops at the vehicle washing position V2. The car is washed by the washing means provided in the car wash machine body 1 by reciprocating 1.5 times between the turn-back position 1B (FIG. 1, chain line position) passing through V.

  Note that the driver remains on the vehicle V until the car wash is completed.

  The top brush 9 that is controlled to move up and down and the side brush 10 that is controlled to reciprocate in the left-right direction while spraying detergent water from the nozzles 13n of the inlet watering device 13 to the vehicle body surface of the vehicle V when the car wash machine body 1 travels first. 10, the body surface of the automobile V sprayed with the detergent water is brushed and cleaned, and the brushed body surface is rinsed with water sprayed from the nozzle 14 n of the outlet sprinkler 14.

  During the first return of the car wash machine body 1, the body surface of the automobile V is brushed and cleaned by the top brush 9 and the side brushes 10 and 10 while water is sprayed from the nozzle 14 n to the body surface of the automobile V. The vehicle body surface is rinsed by spraying water sprayed from the nozzle 13n with the detergent pump P4 stopped.

  When the car wash machine main body 1 travels in the second direction, the spraying of the inlet watering device 13 and the outlet watering device 14 and the operation of the top brush 9 and the side brushes 10 and 10 are both stopped, and the top nozzle 11, the side nozzle 12, 12, the vehicle body surface of the automobile V is dried. Then, when the car wash machine main body 1 reaches the turn-back position 1B by the second going of the car wash machine main body 1, the car wash is stopped and the car wash is finished.

  When the car wash is completed, the driver causes the vehicle V to leave the vehicle exit EX according to the guidance of the exit guide device 26.

  When the automobile V leaves, the control device 28 returns the car wash machine main body 1 to the start position 1A.

  By the way, in the above (3) to (5), when the top surface, the side surface, and the bottom surface of the automobile V are washed with the medium-pressure water J1 ejected from the nozzles 29An, 29Bn, and 29Bn and the high-pressure water J2 ejected from the nozzles 25n, When hitting the bottom surface of the automobile V, the high-pressure water J2 whose bottom surface has been cleaned is scattered including contaminants such as sand and mud adhering to the bottom surface of the automobile V. And if the paint surface of the upper surface and side surface of the motor vehicle V, especially the paint surface is dry, the said contaminant will adhere to those paint surfaces, and those surfaces will be polluted.

  Thus, in this embodiment, when the bottom surface of the automobile V is cleaned, the painted surface can be actively wetted with the medium-pressure water J1, so that the contaminant contained in the scattered high-pressure water J2 is dry. Adhering to the painted surface can be prevented in advance, and contaminants adhering to the painted surface can be easily removed by the intermediate pressure water J1.

  As described above, the medium-pressure water J1 makes it easier for the contaminants contained in the scattered high-pressure water J2 and attached to the painted surface than when the scattered high-pressure water J2 adheres to the dried painted surface. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the contaminant attached to the painted surface from remaining on the painted surface due to the scattered high pressure water J2.

  Therefore, it is possible to prevent the top brush 9 and the side brushes 10 and 10 from rubbing contaminants such as sand and mud adhering to the bottom surface of the automobile V included in the scattered high-pressure water J2 during the brushing cleaning in (6). it can.

  Further, the pollutant remaining on the painted surface after washing with medium-pressure water J1 and adhering to the bottom surface of the automobile V contained in the scattered high-pressure water J2 is washed water sprayed from the nozzle 13n in (6). Can be easily removed. This also allows the top brush 9 and the side brush 10 to remove contaminants such as sand and mud adhering to the bottom surface of the automobile as the vehicle to be cleaned contained in the scattered high-pressure water J2 during the brushing cleaning in (6). 10 can prevent rubbing against the painted surface.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the Example, A various Example is possible within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a mobile car wash machine in which the car wash machine body is moved with respect to an automobile as a vehicle to be washed that has been stopped has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a car wash machine in which the vehicle to be cleaned is moved by a transfer means such as a conveyor.

9 ... Cleaning brush (top brush)
10 ... Cleaning brush (side brush)
25... Bottom face cleaning device 29... Shower device 29 An... Nozzle 29 Bn. Cleaning vehicle (automobile)
V2 ... Vehicle cleaning device

Claims (1)

In the car wash machine provided with the bottom surface cleaning device for injecting the cleaning water to the bottom surface of the vehicle to be cleaned in the approach path of the vehicle to be cleaned to the vehicle cleaning position for cleaning the vehicle to be cleaned with the cleaning brush,
It has a nozzle arranged at the upper part of the bottom surface cleaning device, and comprises a shower device for spraying the cleaning water sprayed from the nozzle to the upper surface and the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned,
A car wash machine characterized in that the washing water sprayed by the shower device and prevented from splashing on the bottom surface of the bottom surface washing device from adhering to the top surface and side surfaces.

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