JP2014237336A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing machine which reduces waiting time until car washing of a car to be washed starts.SOLUTION: Provided is a car washing machine WA for washing a car to be washed CA by transporting the car to be washed CA forward from an entrance 15 to an outlet 16 of a car washing machine body 1 by a transportation device 40. The car washing machine body 1 has a pair of side brushes 5 moving in a lateral direction and a cross direction. When car washing of the car to be washed CA by the side brushes 5 starts, the side brushes 5 are disposed on predetermined car washing start positions in the cross direction. Following to car washing start of the car to be washed CA, the side brushes 5 move in the lateral direction for washing a front surface of the car to be washed CA, and then the side brushes 5 wash side surfaces of the car to be washed CA while moving until they are positioned on the entrance 15 side from the car washing start positions. Thereafter, the car to be washed CA is transported forward, and the side brushes 5 move toward the outlet 16 while washing a rear surface of the car to be washed CA. When rear surface washing of the car to be washed CA finishes, the side brushes 5 are disposed on the car washing start positions.

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash machine including a side brush that cleans a side surface of a vehicle to be cleaned.

  A conventional car wash machine installed in a gas station or the like is disclosed in Patent Document 1. The car wash machine includes a transfer device and a car wash machine body. The conveying device is formed by a push roller type conveyor and conveys the vehicle to be cleaned. The car wash machine main body has a stand part, a ceiling part, a moving body, and a side brush.

  The stand part is provided facing left and right, and the ceiling part connects the upper ends of the stand part. Thereby, the car wash machine main body is formed in a gate shape, and is fixed to the ground across the vehicle to be cleaned.

  The moving body is provided in the upper part of the car wash machine body and moves in the front-rear direction from the vicinity of the entrance of the car wash machine to the vicinity of the exit. A pair of left and right side brushes are provided at the bottom of the moving body, and are attached to the moving body so as to be movable in the left-right direction. Thereby, a side brush can move to the left-right direction and the front-back direction.

  When the washing of the vehicle to be cleaned is started, the conveying device conveys the vehicle to be cleaned into the car washer body and stops. At this time, the moving body stops near the entrance of the main body of the car wash machine, and cleans the front surface of the vehicle to be cleaned while moving in a direction away from the side brush in the left-right direction.

  When the side brushes are separated to approximately the vehicle width of the vehicle to be cleaned, the movement of the side brushes in the left-right direction is stopped and cleaning of the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is started. At this time, since the transport device resumes transport of the vehicle to be cleaned, the entire side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned.

  When the transport device transports the vehicle to be cleaned and the side brush is disposed at the position on the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned, the moving body starts moving from the entrance to the exit of the car wash machine main body. At this time, the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned by moving the side brushes from the separated state to the approaching state.

  When the cleaning of the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is completed, the moving body moves again to the vicinity of the entrance of the car wash machine main body. Then, the car wash machine main body starts cleaning the next vehicle to be cleaned.

JP 2003-104176 A

  However, according to the conventional car wash machine, the moving body is arranged in the vicinity of the exit of the car wash machine main body when the rear face of the vehicle to be washed is finished. For this reason, in order to wash the next vehicle to be cleaned, it is necessary to move the moving body again near the entrance of the main body of the car wash machine, which causes a problem that it takes time until the next vehicle to be cleaned is washed. It was.

  An object of this invention is to provide the car wash machine which can shorten the waiting time until the car wash start of a to-be-washed vehicle.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a car wash machine for cleaning a vehicle to be cleaned by transporting the vehicle to be cleaned forward from the entrance to the exit of the car wash main body by a transport device, wherein the car wash machine main body is a front-rear direction. And a pair of side brushes that move in the left-right direction, and when the vehicle to be cleaned is started to be cleaned by the side brush, the side brush is disposed at a predetermined cleaning start position in the front-rear direction. Cleans the front of the vehicle to be cleaned while moving in the left-right direction, and then moves until the side brush is positioned closer to the entrance side than the cleaning start position while cleaning the side of the vehicle to be cleaned. The vehicle to be cleaned is transported forward, and the side brush is moved toward the exit to clean the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned, and the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned. The side brush when is characterized in that it is disposed in the cleaning start position.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the car wash machine configured as described above, when the front surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned, the side brush is moved toward the outlet while the vehicle to be cleaned is conveyed forward.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the car wash machine configured as described above, when the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned, the vehicle to be cleaned is conveyed forward.

  According to the present invention, when the vehicle to be cleaned by the side brush is started to be cleaned, the side brush is disposed at the predetermined cleaning start position in the front-rear direction, and the vehicle to be cleaned moves while the side brush moves in the left-right direction along with the start of cleaning of the vehicle to be cleaned. Next, the side brush moves to the entrance side of the cleaning start position while cleaning the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned, and then transports the vehicle to be cleaned forward and the side brush Cleaning the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned while moving toward the exit, and when the cleaning of the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is finished, the side brush is placed at the cleaning start position. The waiting time for car washing can be shortened.

The side view which shows the structure of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows the structure of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the main structures of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the state of the car wash of the side brush of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the state of the car wash of the side brush of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the state of the car wash of the side brush of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the state of the car wash of the side brush of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the state of the car wash of the side brush of the car wash machine of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The side view which shows the structure of the car wash machine of 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a car wash WA according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The car wash machine WA includes a transport device 40 that is laid on the ground G and transports the vehicle to be cleaned CA (see FIG. 4) in the forward transport direction D. In addition, the car wash machine WA includes a remote panel 170, a water purifier 150, an upper surface washing device 160, a side surface washing device 1 (car wash machine main body), and a drying device 100 that are sequentially arranged in the transport direction D.

  The remote panel 170 is arranged on the approach path before the transport of the vehicle to be cleaned CA (see FIG. 4), and sets the car wash conditions. The remote panel 170 is provided with a plurality of buttons, and it is possible to set a car wash condition using a liquid agent such as shampoo, waxing, water repellent coat and the like. It is also possible to set equipment such as front guards, fender poles, side mirrors, rear wipers, and roof carriers.

  The water purifier 150 is formed in a gate shape so as to straddle the vehicle to be cleaned CA, and includes detection sensors 155 and 156, a tank storage unit 157, and a distribution piping unit 151. The detection sensor 155 is disposed on the upper portion of the water purifier 150, and the detection sensor 156 is disposed on both sides of the water purifier 150. These consist of a photoelectric sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, etc., and detect the outer surface shape of the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA that enters the water purifier 150.

  The tank storage unit 157 stores a plurality of liquid storage tanks (not shown) that store various liquid agents such as detergents and waxes. The distribution pipe unit 151 is provided above the tank storage unit 157 and distributes city water and the liquid agent from each liquid storage tank. A water purification nozzle 152, a detergent nozzle 153, and a wax nozzle 154 are connected to the distribution piping unit 151 via electromagnetic valves (not shown).

  The water purification nozzle 152 injects city water to the vehicle CA to be cleaned, the detergent nozzle 153 injects cleaning liquid such as shampoo, and the wax nozzle 154 injects wax to the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  The upper surface cleaning device 160 and the side surface cleaning device (car wash machine body) 1 are formed in a gate shape so as to straddle the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The upper surface cleaning device 160 has a top brush 161, and the side surface cleaning device 1 has a side brush 5. Each brush is rotated by a rotary motor for cleaning (not shown). The top brush 161 relatively moves along the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, and cleans the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. As will be described in detail later, the side brush 5 cleans the front and rear surfaces and both side surfaces of the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  The drying apparatus 100 is formed in a gate shape so as to straddle the vehicle to be cleaned CA, and is provided with a blower 101 that generates an air current to dry the vehicle CA to be cleaned. A top blow nozzle 102 and a side blow nozzle 103 are connected to the blower 101. The top blowing nozzle 102 is provided at the center upper part and blows air toward the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The side blowing nozzles 103 are provided on both sides, and blow air toward the side surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Thereby, the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA can be dried by the blowing of the top blowing nozzle 102 and the side blowing nozzle 103.

  2 and 3 show a front view and a top view of the side surface cleaning apparatus 1. The side surface cleaning device 1 has a left and right opposing stand part 3 and a ceiling part 4 connecting the upper ends of the stand part 3 and is formed in a gate shape. The side surface cleaning device 1 includes water purification nozzles 11 and 12, a guide part 31, a moving body 30 and a side brush 5.

  The purified water nozzle 11 is disposed on the inlet 15 side, and the purified water nozzle 12 is disposed on the outlet 16 side, and is connected to the distribution piping section 151 (see FIG. 1). Thereby, city water is injected with respect to the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA from the water purification nozzles 11 and 12.

  The guide portions 31 are provided in a pair of left and right, and are formed to extend in the front-rear direction. A moving body 30 is provided on the guide portion 31. The moving body 30 has a rotation motor (not shown), and can move in the front-rear direction by the guidance of the guide portion 31 by driving the rotation motor.

  Rails 32 are formed on the moving body 30 so as to extend in the left-right direction. A pair of left and right side brushes 5 are suspended from the rail 32. A rotary motor (not shown) for movement is provided on the upper part of each side brush 5, and each side brush 5 can be moved in the left-right direction by the guide of the rail 32 by driving the rotary motor. Thereby, the side brush 5 can wash | clean the front-back surface and both sides | surfaces of the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA.

  In the car wash machine WA configured as described above, the vehicle to be cleaned CA stops at a predetermined stop position in front of the remote panel 170, and the user sets desired car wash conditions from the vehicle to be cleaned CA. And the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA rides on the conveyance apparatus 40 from the entrance side of the water purifier 150.

  When it is detected that the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA (see FIG. 4) has ridden on the transport device 40, the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is transported by the transport device 40 in the transport direction D (see FIG. 1) at a constant speed. Further, the subsequent vehicle to be cleaned CB (see FIG. 5) is transported by the transport device 40 continuously to the vehicle to be cleaned CA. When the vehicle to be cleaned CA enters the water purifier 150, the water purifier 150 sprays city water, detergent and wax from the respective nozzles to the vehicle to be cleaned CA according to the car wash setting.

  When the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is conveyed into the upper surface cleaning device 160, cleaning with the top brush 161 is started. Then, the top brush 161 relatively moves along the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, and cleans the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  4 to 8 are top views showing the state of the car to be cleaned of the vehicle CA to be cleaned by the side brush 5. The vehicle to be cleaned CA is transported forward from the inlet 15 to the outlet 16 of the side surface cleaning device 1 by the transport device 40 at a constant speed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the vehicle to be cleaned CA is transported to a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the side surface cleaning device 1, the moving body 30 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the guide portion 31. At this time, the side brushes 5 are arranged close to each other, and cleaning of the front surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned is started from this state. The position in the front-rear direction of the side brush 5 at this time (substantially central portion of the guide portion 31) is referred to as a cleaning start position.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the moving body 30 moves in the transport direction D at the same speed as the vehicle to be cleaned CA. At this time, the side brushes 5 move in the left and right directions away from each other, thereby cleaning the entire front surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, when the moving body 30 moves to the end of the guide portion 31 on the outlet 16 side, the side brush 5 is arranged separately in the left-right direction to a washable position on the side surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. Has been. And the moving body 30 moves to the direction opposite to the conveyance direction D, and the side brush 5 starts washing | cleaning of the side surface of the to-be-washed vehicle CA. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the moving body 30 moves to the end portion on the inlet 15 side of the guide portion 31, and the entire side surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned can be cleaned by the side brush 5.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the moving body 30 moves again in the transport direction D at the same speed as the vehicle to be cleaned CA. At this time, the side brush 5 cleans the rear surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned while moving in a direction approaching each other. Then, when the side brush 5 returns to the cleaning start position, the cleaning of the rear surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned ends.

  Then, the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is conveyed to the drying apparatus 100, air is sent out from the top blowing nozzle 102 and the side blowing nozzle 103, and the to-be-washed vehicle CA is dried.

  The to-be-cleaned vehicle CB transported by the transport device 40 subsequent to the to-be-cleaned vehicle CA is similarly cleaned by the top brush 161 and the side brush 5 and dried by the drying device 100. At this time, when the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned CA is cleaned, the side brush 5 is disposed at the cleaning start position. Therefore, the interval between the vehicle to be cleaned CA and the vehicle to be cleaned CB is shortened and the side brush 5 is immediately used. Washing can begin.

  Note that when the front surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned is cleaned, the side brush 5 may be moved away in the left-right direction with the moving body 30 and the conveying device 40 stopped. Further, when cleaning the side surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned, the side brush 5 may be moved toward the inlet 15 with the transport device 40 stopped. However, if the front surface and side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned CA are cleaned while driving the transfer device 40, the time for washing the vehicle to be cleaned CA can be further shortened.

  According to the present embodiment, the side brush 5 is arranged at a predetermined cleaning start position in the front-rear direction when the cleaning of the vehicle CA to be cleaned by the side brush 5 is started, and the side brush 5 moves in the left-right direction as the cleaning of the vehicle CA to be cleaned starts. While cleaning the front surface of the vehicle to be cleaned, the side brush 5 moves to the position closer to the inlet 15 side than the cleaning start position while cleaning the side surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned. The rear surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned is cleaned while being conveyed forward and the side brush 5 moves toward the outlet, and the side brush 5 is disposed at the cleaning start position when the cleaning of the rear surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned is completed. Thereby, when washing | cleaning the to-be-washed vehicles CA and CB continuously, the waiting time of a car wash can be shortened.

  Further, when the front surface of the vehicle to be cleaned CA is cleaned, the side brush 5 is moved toward the outlet 16 while the vehicle to be cleaned CA is conveyed forward, so that the time for washing the vehicle to be cleaned CA can be further shortened. it can.

  Further, since the vehicle to be cleaned CA is transported forward when the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned CA is cleaned, the time for washing the vehicle to be cleaned CA can be further shortened.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 9 is a side view showing the car wash machine main body 1 of the car wash machine WA of the second embodiment. For convenience of explanation, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. The present embodiment is different in that the water purification device 150, the upper surface cleaning device 160, and the drying device 101 of the first embodiment are integrated with the side surface cleaning device 1, and the other parts are the same as in the first embodiment. is there. Thereby, car wash machine WA can be reduced in size.

  In the car wash machine WA configured as described above, the vehicle to be cleaned CA stops at a predetermined stop position in front of the remote panel 170, and the user sets desired car wash conditions from the vehicle to be cleaned CA. Then, the vehicle to be cleaned CA rides on the transfer device 40 from the side of the inlet 15 of the side surface cleaning device 1.

  Thereafter, city water and cleaning liquid are sprayed from each nozzle, and cleaning of the upper surface of the vehicle CA to be cleaned by the top brush 161 is started. Then, the front, side, and rear surfaces of the vehicle CA to be cleaned are cleaned by the side brush 5 while the moving body 30 moves in the front-rear direction. Thereafter, air is sent out from the top blowing nozzle 102 and the side blowing nozzle 103 to dry the vehicle CA to be cleaned.

  According to the present embodiment, since the water purification device 150, the upper surface cleaning device 160, and the drying device 101 of the first embodiment are integrated with the side surface cleaning device 1, the car wash machine WA can be reduced in size.

  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.

1 Side cleaning device (car wash machine body)
2 rails 3 stand unit 4 ceiling unit 5 side brush 11 water purification nozzle 12 water purification nozzle 15 inlet 16 outlet 30 moving body 31 guide unit 32 rail 40 transport device 100 drying device 101 blower 102 top blower nozzle 103 side blower nozzle 150 water purification device 151 distribution Piping section 152 Water purification nozzle 153 Detergent nozzle 154 Wax nozzle 155 Detection sensor 156 Detection sensor 157 Tank storage section 160 Top surface cleaning device 161 Top brush WA Car wash machine CA Washed vehicle D Transport direction

Claims (3)

In the car wash machine for cleaning the vehicle to be cleaned by transporting the vehicle to be cleaned forward from the entrance to the exit of the main body of the car washer by the transport device,
The car wash machine body includes a pair of side brushes that move in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction,
When the vehicle to be cleaned is started to be cleaned by the side brush, the side brush is arranged at a predetermined cleaning start position in the front-rear direction, and when the vehicle to be cleaned starts cleaning, the side brush moves in the left-right direction while moving the front of the vehicle to be cleaned. Wash and
Subsequently, while the side brush is cleaning the side surface of the vehicle to be cleaned, the side brush moves until it is positioned closer to the entrance side than the cleaning start position,
Subsequently, the vehicle to be cleaned is transported forward and the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned while the side brush moves toward the exit,
The car wash machine, wherein the side brush is disposed at the cleaning start position when the rear surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is finished.   2. The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein when the front surface of the vehicle to be cleaned is cleaned, the side brush is moved toward the exit while the vehicle to be cleaned is conveyed forward.   The car wash machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the car to be cleaned is transported forward when cleaning the side surface of the car to be cleaned.

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