JP2867265B2 - Refueling machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a refueling machine installed in a refueling station for refueling automobiles and the like with fuel such as gasoline.

[Conventional technology]

Among these refueling machines, the fixed type above the ground is, for example, a vertical box-shaped refueling machine case is erected on an island installed on the ground, and in this case, an oil supply pipe communicating with an underground oil storage tank is set up, An oil supply pump connected to an oil supply motor and a flow meter connected to a flow rate pulse transmitter are arranged in the middle of the oil supply pipe, and the end of the oil supply pipe is led out of the case.

A refueling hose having a refueling nozzle at the tip thereof is connected to the end of the refueling pipe, and a nozzle hook having a nozzle switch which is turned on and off in conjunction with the hooking of the refueling nozzle is provided on the side surface or the front surface of the case.

By the way, the position where this nozzle hook is provided is easy to operate if it is at a height of about 1 m from the ground in performing the removal operation at the time of refueling, and to provide the nozzle hook at this 1 m height position The height of the refueling machine case needs to be higher than this, resulting in an overall height of 1 m or more.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The refueling machine case having such a height is almost equal to the height of the line of sight when a worker at the gas station stands on the site in the gas station, so that the visibility is easily obstructed.

In addition, since a plurality of refueling machines are usually installed side by side in a refueling station, it is difficult to see in each direction, which in turn handles fuel such as gasoline, which is a highly flammable hazardous substance, and many vehicles enter and exit. There is a risk that the safety at the gas station will be impaired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a refueling machine which solves the disadvantages of the conventional example, improves the operability of the refueling nozzle opening / closing operation, improves visibility in a refueling station, and sufficiently secures safety. It is in.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention opens an upper end of an oil supply pipe communicating with an underground tank on an upper surface of a main body case having a height of about 1 m, and implants a short column at the position of the opening. Is formed in a T-shape with a horizontal arm protruding from the upper part toward the front-rear direction of the main body case, and is connected to the oil supply pipe therein and communicates from the base end to the front ends of the front and rear arms, respectively. And a wiring path for the signal lines of the nozzle switch and the counter at hand, and a refueling hose having a refueling nozzle at the tip connected to a connection port at the tip of the arm, which is the open end of the flow path, via a swivel joint. The gist of the invention is that a nozzle hook is attached to a side portion of the support column in the front-rear direction in parallel with the arm portion.

[Action]

According to the present invention, a refueling hose is attached to a horizontal arm projecting forward and backward from a T-shaped column implanted on the upper surface of the main body case, and a nozzle hook is attached to a side portion of the column in the front-rear direction parallel to the arm. So that the height of the nozzle hook is set to, for example, 1 m above the ground so that operability is not impaired,
As a result, the height of the main body case becomes 1 m or less. Therefore, when the main body case of the refueling machine is installed in the refueling station, the refueling machine case does not become a high protrusion of 1 m or more, so that the visibility is good.

Furthermore, since the column is short, the operation of removing the fueling nozzle from the nozzle hook provided here is an operation of placing or picking up the nozzle hook from above, and hanging the fueling nozzle in a horizontal state. It is easy to handle because it can be removed.

In addition, since the wiring path of the signal line is also provided at the same time in the column in which the flow path is formed, the arrangement processing can be easily performed and the appearance can be improved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a refueling machine according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of the main part of the same. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a flat and elongated eyelide having thick portions 1a for protection formed at both ends. A gate body 4 composed of a canopy 2 and four poles 3 supporting the canopy 2 is installed, and an oil feed unit 5 and a metering unit 6 are arranged on the left and right sides of the gate body 4, for example, on the left side. , The service unit 7 is arranged on the right side.

The oil supply unit 5 is composed of an oil supply pump 8 provided in the middle of an oil supply pipe 10 communicating with an underground oil storage tank, and an oil supply motor 9 connected to the oil supply pump 8. 10 is constituted by a flow meter 31 connected to the flow pulse transmitter 11 which is disposed in the middle of the apparatus.
The main body case 12 was disposed in a 1 m box-shaped main body case 12, and was installed on the left side of the gate body 4.

Then, the upper ends of the oil supply pipes 10, 10 are opened on the upper surface of the main body case 12, and the columns 14 are planted there.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the strut 14 has a T-shape with horizontal arms 14a, 14a protruding in the front-rear direction, and is connected to the oil supply pipe 10 and is connected to the arms 14a, 14a from the base end. And a wiring path 18 for signal lines 16 and 17 of a nozzle switch and a hand counter, which will be described later.

The tip of the arm 14a, which is the open end of the flow path 15, is used as a connection port 19 of a swivel joint 20, and a refueling hose 22 having a refueling nozzle 21 at the tip is passed through a swivel joint 20 connected to the connection port 19. Connected to 15.

The refueling nozzle 21 is provided with a handy counter 23 including a display, a preset button for refueling amount, a numeric keypad for data input, and the like.

Also, the arms 14a, 1
A nozzle hook 24 is horizontally provided in the front-rear direction in parallel with 4a, and the nozzle hook 24 is provided with a nozzle switch 25 that is turned on and off in conjunction with the removal of the oil supply nozzle 21.

The signal line 17 connected to the hand counter 23 is
In the arm 14a, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the arm 14a is led out from the lower surface to the outside of the arm 14a at a position slightly closer to the tip of the arm 14a,
It is made to attach to the oil supply hose 22.

As described above, the column 14 provided with the nozzle hook 24 is erected on the upper surface of the main body case 12 in which the measuring unit 6 is stored, and the oil supply hose 22 is attached thereto.

The service unit 7 installed on the right side of the gate body 4 is housed in a main body case 13 having the same shape as the main body case 12 housing the oil supply unit 5 and the metering unit 6. An outdoor refueling data input / output device 29 connected to a refueling data input / output device (POS) installed in an office or the like was installed on the main body case 13 by incorporating a towel storage shelf 27, a trash can 28, and the like. This outdoor refueling data input / output device 29 includes a printer, a card reader,
An input keyboard and the like are provided.

On the main body case 13, there is further provided an indicator 30 for displaying the amount of refueling using the refueling nozzle 21.

 Next, usage and operation will be described.

If there is a refueling customer and the car stops along the eye ride 1, when refueling, in the case of a card customer, the card reader of the outdoor refueling data input / output device 29 reads the card received from the customer.

Then, in order to perform refueling, if the refueling nozzle 21 is removed from the nozzle holder 24 attached to the support 14 on the main body case 12, the nozzle switch 25 is turned on in conjunction with this, and this ON signal is transmitted via the signal line 16 The control device (not shown) is entered, and the refueling motor 9 is turned on by the operation of the control device.

In this case, the operation of removing the refueling nozzle 21 from the nozzle hook 24 can be performed easily by pulling it out from the main body case 12 having a height of about 1 m. It can also be placed, which prevents the cap from being lost or lost.

Then, when the fuel nozzle 21 is inserted into the fuel port of the automobile and the nozzle valve is opened, the fuel pump 8 is moved from the fuel tank underground.
The oil pumped into the oil supply pipe 10 by the
The fuel gas passes through 15, passes through a refueling hose 22 attached to the tip of the arm 14a, reaches a refueling nozzle 21 at the tip, and is discharged into the gasoline tank from here.

The refueling amount is measured by the flow meter 31 and the flow pulse transmitter
The pulse signal is output from 11 to the control device, and the output from the control device is displayed on the refueling amount display 30 installed on the main body case 13.

In addition, when refueling is performed by presetting a refueling amount or the like by a hand counter 23 provided on the refueling nozzle 21, a preset signal is transmitted to the control device via a signal line 17.

To clean the ashtray inside the car during the waiting time for refueling, use the ashtray cleaner 26 built into the main body case 13,
A towel is taken out from the towel storage shelf 27, and a service is performed by wiping a window glass of a car or the like.

During these refueling work and service work, the case main bodies 12, 13 are formed at a height of about 1 m, so that the main body cases 12, 13 do not exist at the height of the worker's eyes, and The visibility of the entire gas station is unobstructed by the visibility of 12,13,13, making it easy to understand the movements of other vehicles and people, making it easier to work.

Further, since the center of the island 1 is formed in the gate body 4, the state on the opposite side of the island can be clearly understood through this portion.

When the refueling is completed, the refueling nozzle 21 is pulled out of the refueling port and returned to the nozzle hook 24. Also at this time, the nozzle hook 24 is about
Since it is provided on the main case 12 with a height of 1 m, the refueling nozzle 21
The returning operation of can be performed easily by pushing the nozzle horizontally into the nozzle holder 24.

When the refueling nozzle 21 returns to the nozzle hook 24, the nozzle switch 25 is turned off in conjunction with this, and the refueling motor 9 is stopped by this off signal.

At the time of refueling, the cap removed from the filler port of the car,
Since the oil supply nozzle 21 is placed on the main body case 12 near the nozzle holder 24, when the fuel supply nozzle 21 is returned to the nozzle holder 24, this cap is always noticed, preventing loss of the cap or forgetting to close the cap.

In the above embodiment, the column 14 is made of casting, and the channel 15
Although the hollow portion itself in the support 14 is formed integrally with the support 14 as the flow path 15, the present invention is not limited to this. Although not illustrated in the second embodiment, the hollow portion in the support 14 is omitted. May be separately provided with an oil supply pipe.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the lubricator of the present invention has a height of 1 m
A short column is planted on the upper surface of the main body case, and a nozzle hook is provided on the side thereof in the front-rear direction of the main body case. It is easy to handle because it can be placed and picked up from above, and the refueling nozzle can be hung and removed in a horizontal state, it is easy to handle and remove the refueling nozzle, and the overall height of the main body case is low The main body case can improve the visibility of the gas station without obstructing the field of view, so that the movement of other cars and people in the gas station can be easily understood, and the safety of the gas station can be improved. Is also useful.

Further, since the wiring path of the signal line is provided at the same time in the column in which the flow path is formed, the arrangement processing is easy and the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a refueling machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same main part, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of an arm portion, which is a main part of the same, and FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view of a column portion of the same. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Island, 1a ... Thick part 2 ... Canopy, 3 ... Paul 4 ... Gate body, 5 ... Oil supply unit 6 ... Metering unit, 7 ... Service unit 8 ... Oil supply pump, 9 ... Oil supply motor 10 ... Oil supply pipe, 11 … Flow pulse transmitter 12,13… Main body case, 14… Post 14a… Arm, 14b… Protrusion 15… Flow path, 16,17… Signal line 18… Wiring path, 19… Connection port 20… Swivel joint, 21 ... refueling nozzle 22 ... refueling hose, 23 ... hand counter 24 ... nozzle hook, 25 ... nozzle switch 26 ... ashtray cleaner, 27 ... towel storage shelf 28 ... garbage can, 29 ... outdoor refueling data input / output device 30 ... refueling amount display Vessel, 31 ... flow meter

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An upper end of an oil supply pipe communicating with an underground tank is opened on an upper surface of a main body case having a height of about 1 m, and a short column is planted at the position of the opening, and the column is a horizontal arm portion. Are formed in a T-shape protruding from the upper part toward the front-rear direction of the main body case, and are internally connected to the oil supply pipe and communicate from the base end to the front ends of the front and rear arms, respectively, and a nozzle switch. And a wiring path for the signal line of the hand counter, and a refueling hose having a refueling nozzle at the tip via a swivel joint to a connection port at the tip of the arm, which is an open end of the flow path, and a side of the support column. A refueling machine characterized in that a nozzle hook is attached to the portion in the front-rear direction in parallel with the arm portion.