JP2013035531A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing machine which cleans the lower surface of a vehicle to be washed.SOLUTION: The car washing machine, which includes a moving device 40 that is loaded with a mounted vehicle to be washed CA to move the same in vehicle longitudinal direction, a car washing machine body 1 moving in the vehicle longitudinal direction by striding over the vehicle to be washed CA, and lower surface cleaning device 30 cleaning the lower surface of the vehicle to be washed CA by moving in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein: the lower surface cleaning device 30 stops moving while the vehicle to be washed CA keeps on moving by the moving device 40; and the lower surface cleaning device 30 moves and cleans while the vehicle to be washed CA is stopped to move.

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine that is installed in a gas station or the like to wash a vehicle to be cleaned.

  Conventionally, a car wash machine used for car washing is installed in a fueling station or the like, and the liquid agent and washing water stored in the liquid storage tank are washed to the car to be washed while moving the car to be washed and the car wash machine body in the front-rear direction. 2. Description of the Related Art A gate-type car wash machine that is configured to spray and brush a car to wash is known.

  Furthermore, a car wash machine having a lower surface cleaning device for cleaning the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is also known. For example, based on the timing at which a carrier (cart) having a water discharge nozzle for cleaning the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is run in parallel with the car wash machine body and the vehicle end is detected by the detection means provided in the car wash machine body. A lower cleaning device in a car wash machine that controls water discharge by a water discharge nozzle has already been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, a car wash machine that performs a car wash with a shortened car wash space by moving the car wash machine body forward and moving the vehicle to the rear end side of the car wash machine body by a conveyor device is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2). ). This car wash machine includes a moving device that places a vehicle to be cleaned and moves in the front-rear direction, and a gate-type car wash machine body that moves back and forth across the vehicle to be cleaned and cleans it.

  The main body of the car washer includes a top brush for cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned and a side brush for cleaning the side surfaces. When the car wash is started based on a predetermined car wash condition, the car wash machine body arranged in front of the car to be washed is washed from the front end of the car to be washed using the brush while moving to the rear of the car to be washed. Load the vehicle to be cleaned and move forward. This provides a car wash machine with a reduced car wash space.

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  When a lower surface cleaning device is introduced into a car wash machine that performs cleaning while moving the car wash machine body and the vehicle to be cleaned in opposite directions as in Patent Document 2, the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned can be carefully washed. There is no problem. That is, if the lower surface cleaning device is run in parallel with the car wash machine as in Patent Document 1, and the lower surface cleaning is performed, the vehicle to be cleaned also moves during the lower surface cleaning, and therefore the relative speed between the lower surface cleaning device and the vehicle to be cleaned. Becomes larger. Therefore, how to wash becomes complicated, and there is a possibility that it can be left unwashed on the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a car wash machine that reduces the car wash space and reduces the remaining washing of the lower surface of the vehicle to be washed.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a moving device for placing a vehicle to be cleaned and moving it in the vehicle length direction, a car wash machine body moving in the vehicle length direction across the vehicle to be cleaned, and a vehicle length direction A lower surface cleaning device that moves to and cleans the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned, and when the vehicle to be cleaned is moved by the moving device, the lower surface cleaning device stops moving and performs cleaning, When the vehicle to be cleaned is stopped moving, the lower surface cleaning device moves and cleans.

  According to this configuration, when the car wash is started based on the car wash conditions of the car wash machine body, the car wash machine body arranged in front of the car to be washed is washed from the front end to the rear end of the car to be washed using the brush. The moving device loads the vehicle to be cleaned and moves to the front of the vehicle to be cleaned. At this time, when the vehicle to be cleaned is moved by the moving device, the lower surface cleaning device stops moving and performs cleaning. If the vehicle to be cleaned is stopped moving, the lower surface cleaning device moves and starts cleaning.

  According to the present invention, in the car wash machine configured as described above, the start position for starting the cleaning of the lower surface cleaning device is defined by the front end of the vehicle to be cleaned positioned at the forward limit of the vehicle to be cleaned and the traveling direction of the lower surface cleaning device. Between the turn-back position that reverses and until the vehicle to be cleaned stops moving at the forward limit after the front end of the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the lower surface cleaning device arranged at the start position. Cleaning is performed by the lower surface cleaning device that has stopped moving, and after the vehicle to be cleaned stops moving at the forward limit, the lower surface cleaning device moves toward the rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned and performs cleaning. And

  According to the present invention, in the car wash machine configured as described above, a vehicle sensor for detecting a rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned is provided in the car wash machine body, and the lower surface cleaning device travels from the start position and stops at a forward limit. The time to reach the rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned is acquired based on the moving speed of the lower surface cleaning apparatus, and the rearward movement of the lower surface cleaning apparatus is stopped as the time elapses. .

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the car wash machine having the above configuration, the moving speed of the lower surface cleaning device can be set.

  According to the present invention, since the moving device for moving the vehicle to be cleaned in the vehicle length direction and the lower surface cleaning device for cleaning the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned are provided, the space for washing the vehicle is reduced and the remaining washing of the vehicle to be cleaned is reduced. Car wash machine can be provided. Further, when the vehicle to be cleaned is moved by the moving device, the lower surface cleaning device stops moving, and when the vehicle to be cleaned is stopped moving, the lower surface cleaning device moves and cleans. The lower surface of the can be carefully washed.

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  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1, 2, and 3 are a side view, a front view, and a plan view showing a car wash machine of the present embodiment. The car wash machine WA includes a car wash machine main body 1, and a remote panel 7 </ b> A is disposed on the approach path of the car wash machine main body 1. The vehicle to be cleaned CA stops in front of the remote panel 7A, and receives a car wash by operating the remote panel 7A.

  The car washer main body 1 is opened to the front and rear, and is formed in a gate shape straddling the vehicle to be cleaned CA. Wheels 3 arranged on a pair of left and right rails 2 provided on the ground are provided on the bottom surface of the car wash machine main body 1. Thereby, the car wash machine main body 1 travels on the rail 2 and relatively moves back and forth with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned CA.

  The car wash machine main body 1 is provided with a plurality of rotating brushes for brushing the vehicle to be cleaned CA. The brush comprises a top brush 4, a side brush 5 and a rocker brush 6. The top brush 4 is formed by cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned and fixing brush hairs made of cloth (woven fabric, knitted fabric, non-woven fabric, etc.) or resin fibers in a radial manner.

  A pair of left and right side brushes 5 are provided at the rear portion of the car wash machine body 1 and slides on both side surfaces and front and rear surfaces of the vehicle CA to be cleaned to clean the vehicle CA to be cleaned. A pair of left and right rocker brushes 6 are provided to clean the lower surface of the side surface including the tire of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The side brush 5 and the rocker brush 6 also have the same rotating shaft and brush hair as the top brush 4.

  On one side of the car wash machine main body 1 is disposed a tank storage unit 50 for storing a plurality of liquid storage tanks (not shown) for storing various liquid agents such as detergents and waxes. Distributing piping 51 for distributing the city water and the liquid agent from each liquid storage tank via an electromagnetic valve or the like is provided above the tank storage 50. First and second water purification nozzles 11 and 13, first and second detergent nozzles 12 and 15, a water-repellent coating nozzle 14, and a wax nozzle 16 are led out to the distribution pipe portion 51.

  The first and second water purification nozzles 11 and 13 are respectively arranged on the front side and the back side of the car wash machine body 1 and inject city water to the vehicle to be cleaned CA. The first and second detergent nozzles 12 and 15 are respectively arranged on the near side and the far side of the car wash machine main body 1 and spray detergent onto the vehicle to be cleaned CA. The water repellent coating nozzle 14 is disposed on the back side of the car wash machine body 1 and sprays a water repellent coating agent onto the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The wax nozzle 16 is disposed on the back side of the car wash machine body 1 and injects wax onto the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  The car wash machine main body 1 is provided with a top blowing nozzle 21 and a side blowing nozzle 22 for drying the vehicle CA to be cleaned. A top blowing nozzle 21 is provided at the upper center of the car wash machine main body 1, and side blowing nozzles 22 are provided on both sides. The top blower nozzle 21 and the side blower nozzle 22 blow the blown air from the blower 20 against the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  A vehicle sensor 8 is provided on the front surface of the car wash machine main body 1. The vehicle sensor 8 includes a photoelectric sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and the like, and detects an outer surface shape, a front end, and a rear end of the vehicle CA to be cleaned that enters the car wash body 1.

  An operation panel 7 is disposed on the front surface on one side of the car wash body 1. The operation panel 7 has the same operation buttons as the remote panel 7A, and accepts a car wash and sets car wash conditions by the operation of a user who gets off the vehicle to be cleaned CA.

  As setting of the car wash conditions, buttons for adding shampoo, waxing, water repellent coat, etc. to the water wash are provided on the operation panel 7 and the remote panel 7A. There are also buttons for high-end shampoo, high-grade wax, high-grade water repellent coat, special coat and the like. In addition, equipment setting buttons such as front guard, fender pole, door mirror, rear wiper, and no applicable equipment are provided.

  Between the rails 2, there is provided a conveyor (moving device) 40 that extends in the vehicle length direction to the vicinity of the front end and rear end of the rails 2 and loads the vehicles to be cleaned CA. Shafts 41 and 42 extending in the left-right direction are provided at the front and rear ends of the pair of left and right conveyors 40. The shafts 41 and 42 are connected to a rotation motor (not shown), and the shafts 41 and 42 are rotated by driving the rotation motor. Accordingly, when the shafts 41 and 42 rotate, the conveyor 40 rotates, and the vehicle to be cleaned CA placed on the conveyor 40 is moved in the vehicle length direction.

  A pair of left and right rails 32 extending in the vehicle length direction to the vicinity of the shafts 41 and 42 are provided between the conveyors 40. On the rail 32, a lower surface cleaning device 30 having a rotary motor and wheels (both not shown) is placed. The wheels roll on the rails 32 by driving the rotary motor, and the lower surface cleaning device 30 is moved on the rails 32 in the front-rear direction. The bottom surface cleaning device 30 stands by at the start position before the start of car washing. The start position is set on the vehicle CA forward limit side with respect to the vehicle length direction. When the car wash is started, the lower surface cleaning device 30 starts the forward movement at a predetermined timing. When the car reaches the turn-back position (see FIG. 8), it temporarily stops, then returns to the start position and returns.

  Further, the lower surface cleaning apparatus 30 includes a plurality of nozzles 31 and injects high pressure water or the like from the nozzles 31 to clean the lower surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The moving speed in the front-rear direction of the lower surface cleaning device 30 can be set by the operation panel 7 or the remote panel 7A.

  With the above configuration, the user sets the car wash conditions of the car wash machine body 1 using the operation panel 7 or the remote panel 7A, and the car wash machine machine 1 cleans the vehicle CA to be washed. As shown in FIG. 4, the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA travels from behind the conveyor 40 and rides up to a position where the rear wheels are placed. At this time, the car wash machine main body 1 and the lower surface cleaning device 30 are disposed on the start position side of the vehicle to be cleaned CA.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the car wash machine main body 1 travels on the rail 2 at a moving speed V from the front of the moving vehicle to be cleaned CA. At this time, the rotating brush provided in the car wash machine body 1 slides on the vehicle CA to be cleaned to clean the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Further, the conveyor 40 rotates counterclockwise in the figure to place the vehicle to be cleaned CA and moves it forward at a moving speed C. At this time, since the conveyor 40 rotates, the relative speed (V + C) of the car wash machine body 1 with respect to the vehicle CA to be cleaned is large, and the upper surface and side surfaces of the vehicle CA to be cleaned can be cleaned quickly. When the front end of the vehicle to be cleaned CA reaches the lower surface cleaning device 30, the lower surface cleaning device 30 injects cleaning water W and starts cleaning.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is advanced to the forward limit by the conveyor 40 while maintaining the state where the lower surface cleaning device 30 sprays the cleaning water W. When the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is advanced to the forward limit, the rotation of the conveyor 40 is stopped. That is, the lower surface cleaning device 30 is stopped and cleaned from the state in which the front end of the vehicle CA to be cleaned passes over the lower surface cleaning device 30 arranged at the start position in FIG. 5 to the forward limit shown in FIG.

  After the vehicle to be cleaned CA has traveled to the forward limit as shown in FIG. 7, the lower surface cleaning device 30 starts moving backward at the moving speed U to clean the lower surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. At this time, since the lower surface cleaning device 30 is moving with the rotation of the conveyor 40 stopped, the relative speed of the lower surface cleaning device 30 with respect to the vehicle CA to be cleaned is reduced. Thereby, the lower surface of the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA with much dirt can be carefully cleaned.

  Further, the rear end position of the vehicle to be cleaned CA is detected by the vehicle sensor 8 of the car wash machine body 1. The time until the lower surface cleaning device 30 travels from the start position and reaches the rear end of the cleaned vehicle CA stopped at the forward limit is based on the moving speed U of the lower surface cleaning device and the detection result of the vehicle sensor 8. To be acquired. When the time has elapsed, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower surface cleaning device 30 reaches the rear end of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, and the rearward movement of the lower surface cleaning device 30 is stopped.

  Thereafter, the lower surface cleaning device 30 reverses the traveling direction at the turn-back position and performs cleaning while moving the lower surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned to the start position. Then, the car wash machine main body 1 dries the vehicle to be cleaned CA using various blowers while going back, and the cleaning is completed.

  In addition, since the moving speed V of the car wash machine main body 1 and the moving speed U of the lower surface cleaning device 30 are independent speeds, the respective speeds can be changed according to the situation. In this embodiment, the moving speed V is assumed to be about 1.5 to 5.0 m / min, and the moving speed U is assumed to be about 1.5 to 2.0 / min.

  According to the present embodiment, the conveyor 40 that moves the vehicle CA to be cleaned in the front-rear direction and the lower surface cleaning device 30 that cleans the lower surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned are provided. It is possible to provide the car wash machine WA that reduces the remaining amount. Further, when the vehicle to be cleaned CA is moved by the moving device 40, the lower surface cleaning device 30 stops moving, and when the vehicle to be cleaned CA stops moving, the lower surface cleaning device 30 moves and cleans. Therefore, the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned CA can be carefully cleaned.

  In addition, the start position of the lower surface cleaning device 30 is disposed on the rear end side of the vehicle to be cleaned from the front end of the vehicle CA to be cleaned at the forward limit of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, and the upper surface of the lower surface cleaning device 30 disposed at the start position is cleaned. From the state in which the front end of the vehicle CA passes through to the forward limit shown in FIG. 6, the lower surface cleaning device 30 performs cleaning while stopping, and when the vehicle CA to be cleaned arrives at the forward limit, the lower surface cleaning device 30 is moved backward. Move and wash. Thereby, the drive unit of the lower surface cleaning device 30 and the like can be installed in front of the start position of the lower surface cleaning device 30, and the space below the vehicle CA to be cleaned at the forward limit can be effectively used.

  In addition, the vehicle sensor 8 that detects the rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned CA is provided at the front of the car wash machine body 1, and the rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned CA that the bottom surface cleaning device 30 has run from the start position and stopped at the forward limit Is acquired based on the moving speed U of the lower surface cleaning device 30, and the movement of the lower surface cleaning device 30 to the rear of the vehicle CA to be cleaned is stopped as the time elapses. Thereby, the movement of the lower surface cleaning apparatus 30 can be easily controlled, and it is possible to prevent water from being discharged from the lower surface cleaning apparatus 30 behind the vehicle to be cleaned CA.

  Moreover, since the moving speed U of the lower surface cleaning device 30 can be set, the convenience of the car wash machine WA is improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can utilize for the car wash machine which installs in a gas station etc. and wash | cleans a to-be-washed vehicle.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car wash machine body 4 Top brush 5 Side brush 6 Rocker brush 7 Operation panel 7A Remote panel 8 Vehicle sensor 30 Lower surface washing apparatus 40 Conveyor (moving apparatus)
CA Washed vehicle WA car wash machine

Claims (4)

A moving device for placing the vehicle to be cleaned and moving it in the vehicle length direction;
A car washer main body moving in the vehicle length direction across the vehicle to be cleaned;
A lower surface cleaning device that moves in the vehicle length direction to clean the lower surface of the vehicle to be cleaned;
With
The lower surface cleaning device stops moving when the vehicle to be cleaned is moved by the moving device, and the lower surface cleaning device moves and cleans when the vehicle to be cleaned is stopped moving. Car wash machine that features. A start position for starting the cleaning of the lower surface cleaning device is arranged between a front end of the vehicle to be cleaned that is positioned at a forward limit of the vehicle to be cleaned and a folding position that reverses the traveling direction of the lower surface cleaning device,
During the period from when the front end of the vehicle to be cleaned passes over the lower surface cleaning device arranged at the start position until the vehicle to be cleaned stops moving at the forward limit, the lower surface cleaning device stopped moving. 2. The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein after the vehicle to be cleaned stops moving at a forward limit, the lower surface cleaning device moves toward the rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned and cleans. A vehicle sensor for detecting a rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned is provided in the car wash machine body,
Based on the moving speed of the bottom surface cleaning device, the time until the bottom surface cleaning device moves from the start position and stops at the forward limit and reaches the rear end of the vehicle to be cleaned is acquired. The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the rearward movement of the lower surface cleaning device is stopped by the operation of the car wash machine.   The car wash machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a moving speed of the lower surface cleaning device can be set.

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