JP2013141840A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing machine which enables a user to recognize guidance from a guide section even during washing.SOLUTION: A car washing machine WA includes: a body section 1 which performs washing by moving forward and backward relative to a vehicle CA to be washed; vehicle detection sensors 8 and 9 which detect an outer shape of the vehicle CA to be washed; a top blast nozzle 21 which is arranged in the body section 1 to send air to a top surface of the vehicle CA to be washed; and the guide section 40 which is arranged ahead of the vehicle CA to be washed and which provides notification by display. The top blast nozzle 21 moving backward from the front of the vehicle CA to be washed starts the notification by the guide section 40 after passing a front window W.

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine including a guide unit that performs notification by display.

  A conventional car wash machine in which a car wash machine is installed in a gas station or the like is disclosed in Patent Document 1. The car wash machine includes a main body formed in a gate shape across the vehicle to be cleaned. The main body moves relative to the vehicle to be cleaned in the front-rear direction and includes a top brush and a top blowing nozzle.

  The top brush is provided on the upper portion of the main body, and is rotated by a drive motor to clean the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned. The top blowing nozzle is provided in the upper front portion of the main body, and sends air to the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned for drying.

  When the user sets the car wash conditions and the car wash starts, the main body moves in the front-rear direction across the vehicle to be washed. The top brush moves from the front of the vehicle to be cleaned along the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned and is cleaned. Thereafter, the top blowing nozzle also moves from the front of the vehicle to be cleaned, and sends air at a predetermined distance from the vehicle to be cleaned. This completes the cleaning.

  In general, a guide unit is provided behind the main body unit (in front of the vehicle to be cleaned) for performing display notification by standing from the ground. The guide unit guides the campaign information of the car wash machine to a user who stands by in the vehicle to be washed during the washing.

JP 2010-6260 A

  However, according to the conventional car wash machine, while the top blowing nozzle is positioned in front of the user, the user is blocked from vision by the top blowing nozzle. For this reason, there exists a problem that the guidance from a guidance part cannot fully be recognized. On the other hand, there is a problem that if the guidance unit guides after the cleaning is completed, the waiting time of the user becomes long.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a car wash machine that allows a user to recognize guidance from a guide even during washing.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is arranged in a main body portion that performs cleaning by moving relative to the vehicle to be cleaned back and forth, a vehicle detection sensor that detects the outer shape of the vehicle to be cleaned, and the main body portion. In a car wash machine comprising: a top blow nozzle for blowing air on the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned; and a guide unit that is arranged in front of the vehicle to be cleaned and performs notification by display, from the front to the rear of the vehicle to be cleaned The notification by the guide unit is started after the top blowing nozzle that moves to the front window passes the front window.

  According to this configuration, when the car wash is started, the main body moves in the front-rear direction with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned, and the position of the front window of the vehicle to be cleaned is detected by the vehicle detection sensor. When the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned by the main body, the top blowing nozzle moves by sending air from the front to the rear of the vehicle to be cleaned. At this time, the notification by the guide unit is started after the top blowing nozzle passes the front window. Thereafter, the vehicle to be cleaned is dried by the top blowing nozzle, and the car wash is finished.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the car wash machine having the above-described configuration, the content of the notification on the display screen of the guide unit is scrolled.

  In the car wash machine configured as described above, the display screen of the guide unit is switched according to time.

  According to the present invention, the top blowing nozzle that moves from the front to the rear of the vehicle to be cleaned starts the notification by the guide unit after the front window has passed, so the car wash machine that can recognize the guidance from the guide unit even during cleaning Can be provided.

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  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a side view and a front view showing an overall configuration of a car wash machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The car wash machine WA includes a main body 1, a rail 2, a remote panel 7A, and a guide 40. The main body part 2 is formed in a gate shape having two left and right stand parts 90 facing each other and a ceiling part 91 connecting the upper ends of the stand parts 90.

  A pair of left and right rails 2 are provided on the ground G, and wheels 3 provided on the bottom surface of the main body 1 are disposed on the rails 2. Accordingly, the main body 1 is erected so as to travel on the rail 2 by driving of a travel motor (not shown) and to move relative to the vehicle CA to be cleaned back and forth.

  The remote panel 7A is arranged on the approach path of the main body 1. The vehicle to be cleaned CA stops in front of the remote panel 7A. The user performs operations such as receiving a car wash by operating the remote panel 7A from within the vehicle to be cleaned CA.

  The guide unit 40 is erected from the ground G via the support column 42 behind the main body unit 1 (front side with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned CA). The guide unit 40 includes a display unit 41 including an LED light source and an audio unit (not shown). The notification by voice or display by the guide unit 40 is performed in relation to the car wash conditions from the remote panel 7A and the operation status of the main unit 1.

  On one side of the main body 1, there is disposed a tank storage 50 for storing a plurality of liquid storage tanks (not shown) that store various liquid agents such as detergents and waxes. A distribution pipe 51 for distributing city water and the liquid agent from each liquid storage tank is provided above the tank storage 50. First and second water purification nozzles 11 and 13, first and second detergent nozzles 12 and 15, water-repellent coat nozzle 14, and wax nozzle 16 are led out to the distribution pipe portion 51 through electromagnetic valves, respectively.

  The first and second water purification nozzles 11 and 13 are respectively arranged on the front side and the back side of the main 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 front side and the back side of the main body 1 and spray detergent (shampoo) onto the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Further, high-grade detergent is ejected from the first and second detergent nozzles 12 and 15 by switching the electromagnetic valve.

  The water repellent coating nozzle 14 is disposed on the back side of the main body 1 and sprays a water repellent coating agent onto the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Further, a high-grade water-repellent coating agent or a special coating agent is ejected from the water-repellent coating nozzle 14 by switching the electromagnetic valve. The wax nozzle 16 is disposed on the back side of the main body 1 and injects wax onto the vehicle to be cleaned CA. Further, high-grade wax is jetted from the wax nozzle 16 by switching the electromagnetic valve.

  A vehicle detection sensor 8 is provided on the ceiling portion 91 of the main body 1, and a vehicle detection sensor 9 is provided on both stand portions 90. The vehicle detection sensors 8 and 9 are formed by photoelectric sensors, ultrasonic sensors, or the like, and detect the position and outer surface shape of the front window W (see FIG. 3) of the vehicle CA to be cleaned as the main body 1 travels.

  An operation panel 7 is disposed on the front surface of one stand 90 of the main 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.

  With the buttons provided on the operation panel 7 and the remote panel 7A, shampoo, waxing, water-repellent coat, etc. can be added to the water wash to set the car wash conditions. Further, buttons for performing high-grade shampoo, high-grade wax, high-grade water repellent coating, special coating, and the like are also provided on the operation panel 7 and the remote panel 7A. Furthermore, equipment setting buttons such as a front guard, a fender pole, a side mirror, a rear wiper, a roof carrier, and no corresponding equipment are provided.

  The main body 1 is provided with a plurality of rotating brushes that slide on the vehicle to be cleaned CA and perform brushing. The rotating brush is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown), and is brought into contact with and separated from the vehicle CA to be cleaned according to the rotational load. The rotating brush includes a side brush 5, a top brush 4, and a rocker brush 6.

  The top brush 4 is formed by radially fixing brush hairs (not shown) to a shaft portion (not shown). The top brush 4 is moved up and down by a lifting motor (not shown), and is brought into and out of contact with the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Thereby, the top brush 4 moves along the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA, and the upper surface of the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is cleaned.

  A pair of side brushes 5 is provided on the left and right sides, and brush hairs (not shown) are fixed radially to a shaft (not shown) in the same manner as the top brush 5. A pair of left and right rocker brushes 6 are provided to clean the lower portion of the side surface including the tire of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Similarly to the top brush 4, the rocker brush 6 is formed by radially fixing brush hairs (not shown) to a shaft portion (not shown).

  The main body 1 is provided with a blower 20 that generates an air flow for drying the vehicle CA to be cleaned. A top blowing nozzle 21 and a side blowing nozzle 22 are connected to the blower 20. The top blowing nozzle 21 is provided at the upper center of the main body 1 and moves up and down along the vehicle to be cleaned CA and blows air toward the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned CA.

  The side air blowing nozzles 22 are provided on both sides of the main body 1 and blow air toward the side surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is dried by the ventilation of the top blowing nozzle 21 and the side blowing nozzle 22.

  In the car wash machine WA having the above configuration, the user stops the vehicle to be cleaned CA at a predetermined position away from the main body 1. Then, reaching out from the vehicle to be cleaned CA, a desired car wash setting is performed by the remote operation panel 7A.

  3, 4 and 5 are side views of the car wash machine WA in the washed state. When the car wash is started, the main body 1 moves in the front-rear direction with respect to the vehicle CA to be cleaned, and the vehicle detection sensors 8 and 9 detect the outer shape such as the position of the front window of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The vehicle CA to be cleaned is cleaned by the rotating brushes (top brush 4, side brush 5, and rocker brush 6) provided in the main body 1.

  After washing with the rotating brush, the top blowing nozzle 21 and the side blowing nozzle 22 generate an air flow along the outer shape detected by the vehicle detection sensors 8 and 9 as shown in FIG. 3 to dry the vehicle CA to be cleaned. At this time, the top blowing nozzle 21 and the side blowing nozzle 22 send air away from the vehicle CA to be cleaned by a predetermined distance, and move from the front to the rear of the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, the main body 1 moves to the rear of the vehicle to be cleaned CA. When the top blowing nozzle 21 passes the upper end of the front window W of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, guidance from the guide unit 40 is started. As shown in FIG. 6, the notification content M on the display unit 41 (for example, character information such as “★ Oil change free until the end of December!”) Is scrolled as shown in FIG. At this time, voice notification may be performed.

  Thereby, the user can visually recognize the notification content of the guide unit 40 without the visual field being obstructed by the top blowing nozzle 21. Moreover, the waiting time of the user does not become long because of guidance during cleaning.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5, the main body 1 moves to the rear of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, and the top blower nozzle 21 dries the rear part of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, thus completing the car wash.

  In addition, the notification from the guide unit 40 may be displayed by switching the display screen of the guide unit 40 according to time as shown in FIGS. At this time, the notification content M may display content related to the car wash conditions set by the user.

  According to the present embodiment, since the top blowing nozzle 21 that moves from the front to the rear of the vehicle CA to be cleaned passes the front window W and starts the notification by the guide unit 40, the user can guide the guide unit 40 even during cleaning. Can fully recognize the guidance from.

  Moreover, since the notification content M on the display screen of the guide unit 40 is scrolled, the user can recognize without missing the first half of the notification content M.

  In addition, since the display screen of the guide unit 40 is switched according to time, the user can recognize without missing the first half of the notification content M.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can utilize for the car wash machine provided with the guide part which alert | reports by a display.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car wash machine body 4 Top brush 5 Side brush 6 Rocker brush 7 Operation panel 7A Remote panel 8, 9 Vehicle detection sensor 21 Top ventilation nozzle 40 Guide part CA Washed vehicle WA Car wash machine W Front window

Claims (3)

A main body that performs relative movement back and forth with respect to the vehicle to be cleaned, a vehicle detection sensor that detects an outer shape of the vehicle to be cleaned, and an air blower to the upper surface of the vehicle to be cleaned that is disposed on the main body In a car wash machine provided with a top blowing nozzle and a guide unit that is arranged in front of the vehicle to be cleaned and performs notification by display,
The car washing machine, wherein the guide section starts notification after the top blowing nozzle that moves from the front to the rear of the vehicle to be cleaned passes a front window.   The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the content of the notification on the display screen of the guide unit is scrolled.   The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the display screen of the guide section is switched according to time.

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