JP3271733B2 - Refueling device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refueling device installed in a refueling station for supplying fuel to automobiles and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a refueling device of a fixed type above the ground, a refueling hose is led out from a main body case. There is disclosed a technique for preventing the fuel tank from being damaged due to contact with the ground on the way, and facilitating storage of a refueling hose after refueling. For example, JP-A-4-12819
Japanese Patent Publication No. 8 discloses a lubricating device in which a column is erected on the side of a main body case, a portion of the lubricating hose is hung above the column, and the weight of the lubricating hose is supported at this portion. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 52-26008 discloses a fueling device having a supporting device that winds and resilients a fueling hose upward with an elastic support.
There is disclosed a fueling device in which a rising portion of a fueling hose from a main body case is covered with an elastic tube, and the fueling hose is erected by an urging force of the elastic material. Further, when a plurality of oil supply hoses for supplying a plurality of oil types are provided in parallel, the adjacent oil supply hoses come into contact with each other, and when the oil supply hoses are returned to the original state, they may collide with the side wall due to the restoring force of the elastic support. Japanese Patent Application No. 6-228997 discloses a hose guide provided to prevent damage to an oil supply hose and side walls.

[0003]

However, when the oil supply hose is lifted up by the retractor as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-128198, if the retracting force of the retractor is small, the fuel supply hose ends and the rising portion is closed when the oil supply hose is stored. However, there is a problem that the hose is hooked on the side surface of the hose guide, is not stored in the guide, and the hose is bent and the appearance is poor. In addition, when the pulling force is large, a large tension is applied to the hose, and a force is required for the operation of refueling, and there is a disadvantage that the hose is damaged.

On the other hand, when an elastic member is provided along the hose as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 52-30910, when the oil supply ends and the hose returns, the elastic member recoils strongly against the rear surface of the hose guide, and the case is hit. There is a problem that it is damaged, and it is difficult and expensive to manufacture.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating apparatus which can solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and can easily handle a lubricating hose.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a lubricating apparatus comprising: a main body case accommodating a lubricating pump and a flow meter and provided with a lubricating amount indicator; and an end portion of the main body case. An upright support, a top case having one end attached to the upper end of the support and the other end extending above the main body case, and a hose provided between the main body case and the top case. One end of a hose connector is connected to a guide and a discharge pipe provided on an outlet side of the flow meter at a lower portion of the hose guide by a hose connector, and is suspended in an inverted U shape in the hose guide, and a refueling nozzle is provided at a tip thereof. In a refueling device provided with a hose and a nozzle hook provided on the main body case for hooking a refueling nozzle at a tip of the refueling hose, a plurality of guide holes are provided at a rising portion in a hose guide of the refueling hose. And a retractor is housed in the top case, a wire pulled out of the retractor is inserted into a wire insertion hole formed in the guide ring, and the tip of the wire is fixed near the hose connector. It is assumed that.

The guide ring has two semicircular arc-shaped clamps, one end of which is openably and closably connected, and the other end of which is fixed to an oil supply hose by abutting the other end thereof, thereby facilitating attachment. Is preferred. It is preferable that the wire insertion hole of the guide ring is disposed inside the hose guide in that the oil supply hose is stored in the back of the hose guide.
It is preferable that the wire insertion hole of the uppermost guide ring and the wire are fixed in that the lifting force of the retractor can be reduced and the oil supply hose can be pulled out with a small force.

[0008]

According to the lubricating apparatus of the present invention, a hose guide is provided between the top case provided at the upper end portion of the column standing upright at the end of the main body case and the main body case, and the lubricating hose is connected to the outlet side of the flow meter. A hose connector is connected to the discharge pipe provided at the lower part of the hose guide by a hose connector, and a plurality of guide rings are provided on the outer periphery of the hose at the rising portion of the refueling hose, and a wire drawn from a retractor provided in the top case is used as a guide ring. When the oil supply hose is pulled at the time of refueling, the wire is pulled out from the retractor by inserting the distal end of the wire into the wire insertion hole formed in the above and extending to the upper portion of the main body case and fixing the upper end of the main body case. When refueling is completed and the refueling nozzle is returned, the wire is drawn into the retractor and the refueling hose is lifted, and at the same time, the rising portion is guided by the guide ring and the wire to return to the upright state. As a result, the hose does not protrude from the hose guide, and even when a plurality of refueling hoses are installed, it can be guided in and out of the hose guide, making it easy to handle the refueling hose and keeping the refueling hose in its original condition. Can be returned to.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a fueling device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the fueling device of FIG.
FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of an oil supply device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an oil supply hose portion provided with a guide ring according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In these figures, a refueling device 10 of the present embodiment is a fixed-type refueling device for supplying high-octane gasoline, regular gasoline, light oil, and the like, for example. An oil supply system for oil supply is disposed, and a column 31 is vertically provided on one end side of the main body case 11, and an oil supply hose 19 is suspended above the column 31 in an inverted U-shape. A top case 41 accommodating the retractor 42 is attached, and a hose guide 51 for guiding the oil supply hose 19 is provided between an upper portion of the main body case 11 and the top case 41.

The main body case 11 is formed in a box shape elongated in the horizontal direction, and has a suction pipe 12 communicating with an underground tank as a total of six oil supply systems, two oil supply systems for supplying respective oil types. … Are started and these suction pipes 1
, A flow meter 14,..., Solenoid valves 15,... Are connected to discharge pipes 16,. ing. The upper ends of the discharge pipes 16,... Are led out to the upper part of the main body case 11, and the refueling hoses 19 are provided with refueling nozzles 18,. , ... are connected to one end. These fueling hoses 19,... Are raised upward from the hose connectors 17,..., And a plurality of guide rings 61,. Are pulled out from a retractor 42 provided on the top case 41, guided by a wire 43 fixed to the upper part of the main body case 11 near the hose connector 17, and lifted in an inverted U-shape. Are guided to the upper part again just before contacting the ground, and the refueling nozzles 18,... Are hung on the nozzle hooks 20,.

Both surfaces of the main body case 11 are formed of mirror plates 25 made of polished stainless steel or the like so as to improve the advertising effect. On the upper part suspended above the ground in the middle of these refueling nozzles 18,.
Are provided with safety pipe joints 21,... Which are cut when an unexpected pulling force is applied to them. An indicator case 22 is disposed on the upper portion of the main body case 11 on the opposite side of the support column 31. A refueling amount indicator 23 for displaying the amount of refueling on both surfaces of the indicator case 22 is provided. An oil type display section 24 for displaying is provided.

The column 31 is a column having a rectangular cross section, and is vertically set up along one end of the main body case 11. The top case 41 is formed in an elongated box having a rectangular cross section, one end of which is fixed to the upper end of the column 31, and the other end of which extends horizontally in the upper part of the main body case 11. . Then, each of the refueling hoses 19 in the top case 41,.
Are stored in the positions corresponding to. Each of the retractors 42,... Has a retractable mechanism in which the wires 43,. And these wires 43,.
.. Are drawn downward through wire guides 44,... Provided at the bottom of the top case 41, and their ends are fixed to mounting portions 45 provided at the top of the main body case 11 near the corresponding hose connectors 17. The retractors 42,... Have a sufficient pulling force of the wires 43,... For lifting the respective refueling hoses 19,. It is set so that it can be pulled out.

The top case 41 has a portion (both sides) corresponding to the oil supply hoses 19,.
An in-use indicator lamp 46 is provided, and an illumination device 47 for illuminating a refueling area on both sides of the main body case 11 is provided below a horizontally extending lower portion thereof. These in-use indicator lamps 46,... Have different colors depending on the type of oil, and all of them blink when not in use, and light up when any of the refueling nozzles 18,. It has become.

The hose guide 51 includes a retractor 4
The main body case is a portion for guiding the oil supply hoses 19,..., Which are suspended upward in an inverted U-shape by the wires 43,, respectively, corresponding to the portions where the oil supply hoses 19,. A vertical side plate 52 is provided between the upper part of the upper case 11 and the lower part of the top case 41, and a punching metal partitioning a space surrounded by the upper part of the main body case 11, the lower part of the top case 41, the side surface of the support 31, and the side surface of the side plate 52 on both sides. A partition plate 53 made of a material such as the above is provided. The fuel supply hoses 19,... Suspended along both sides of the partition plate 53 are vertically partitioned, and two inclined plates 54 are widened as the distance from the partition plate 53 increases. , ... are provided. That is, the refueling hoses 19,..., Which are suspended in an inverted U-shape, are partitioned on both sides by partition plates 53, and adjacent lateral directions are partitioned by two inclined plates 54, respectively. It is easy to pull out from the space surrounded by 54.

The refueling hose 19 has a rising portion 1
As a means for holding the 9a in a vertical state in the hose guide 51, a constant interval (about 30 cm) is provided around the hose.
A plurality of, for example, about 4 to 7 guide rings 61,... This guide ring 61
One end of two semicircular arc-shaped clamps 61a and 61b is connected to be openable and closable by a pin 61c, and the other end is abutted and tightened with a screw 61e to refuel the hose 19.
Is fixed to the outer diameter of the hose rising portion 19a.
Is formed through the wire insertion hole 61d. The guide ring 61 is provided with clamp portions 61a, 6a at the outer diameter of the hose rising portion 19a of the oil supply hose 19 at the time of assembly or the like.
It is attached by sandwiching 1b and tightening it with a screw 61d. Then, the wire 43 pulled out from the retractor 42 is inserted into the wire insertion holes 61d,... Of the plurality of guide rings 61,.
Mounting part 4 provided on the upper part of main body case 11 near 7
5 is fixed. At this time, in order to make the refueling hose 19 fit well in the back of the hose guide 51,
The hose clamp 61 is attached with the wire insertion hole 61d side facing the inside of the hose guide 51.

In the refueling device 10 having the above-described structure, when refueling a vehicle stopped on one of the refueling areas of the main body case 11, the refueling nozzle 18 of the corresponding oil type on the refueling area side is set to the nozzle hook 20. From the oil supply nozzle 18 and pulling the oil supply nozzle 18 side,
The wire 43 is pulled through the guide ring 61 provided on the wire a, and the wire 4 is pulled against the urging force of the retractor 42.
3 is pulled out, and the two inclined plates 54 of the hose guide 51 are pulled out.
The fueling hose 19 is drawn out of the space surrounded by the circle, and the fueling nozzle 18 can be freely moved to the fueling port of the automobile. When refueling is performed in this state, the oil pumped from the underground tank is supplied to the suction pipe 12, the refueling pump 13, and the flow meter 1
4. Discharged from the refueling nozzle 18 to the tank of the vehicle via the solenoid valve 15, the discharge pipe 16 and the refueling hose 19, the refueling amount is displayed on the refueling amount indicator 23 of the display case 22. In addition, during refueling, the in-use indicator lamp 46 corresponding to the oil type is turned on and the oil type indicator 24 is displayed, so that it is possible to know that the desired oil type is being refueled.

When refueling is completed and the refueling nozzle 18 is returned to the original nozzle hook 20, the urging force of the retractor 42 increases the urging force so that the wire 43 is straightened between the mounting portion 45 and the wire guide 44. In addition, the urging force causes the refueling hose 19 to return to the original upright position via the guide rings 61,... And return smoothly to the space surrounded by the two inclined plates 54 of the hose guide 51.

Therefore, in the refueling device 10 of the present invention,
The rising portion 19a of the refueling hose 19 is provided with a guide ring 61.
When the oil supply hose 19 is stored, the rising portion 19a is not caught by the side surface of the hose guide 51 and is not stored in the guide. In addition, a force for restoring the oil supply hose 19 to the original state via the wire 41 inserted in the wire insertion hole 61d provided in the guide ring 61 is applied, and the lifting force of the retractor 42 is not directly applied to the oil supply hose 19. Therefore, the oil supply hose 19 is not damaged. Furthermore, even when a plurality of refueling hoses 19,... Are provided, they are separated by the hose guides 51, so that the adjacent refueling hoses 19,. Since the two inclined plates 54 become wider as the distance from the plate 53 increases, the oil supply hose 19 can be pulled out in a slightly diagonal direction, and it is easy to return to the original position from the diagonal state, and handling becomes easy.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an oil supply hose according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The parts corresponding to those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG.
A plurality of guide rings 61,... Are provided at regular intervals in the same manner as in the previous embodiment, and the wire 43 is inserted into the wire insertion hole 6 at the uppermost guide ring 61U.
1d.

In this embodiment, the force (a) for pulling the oil supply hose does not disperse in two directions (b and c) as in the first embodiment schematically shown in FIG. 6, but is schematically shown in FIG. As shown, most of the pulling force (a) is used for pulling the wire out of the retractor (b). As a result, even if the retracting force of the retractor is increased to completely store the refueling hose in the hose guide, the hose can be pulled out relatively lightly.

In this embodiment, the guide ring 6 is used.
Although an example in which 1 is divided into two has been described, an annular member may be attached before the oil supply hose 19 is attached, or may be integrally formed with the oil supply hose 19. Further, in the present embodiment, three types of oils have been described, but the type of oil can be arbitrarily selected, and is not limited to the types or the number of oils in the example. Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it goes without saying that various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0024]

As described above, according to the lubricating apparatus of the present invention, the hose guide is provided between the top case provided at the upper end of the support column erected at the end of the main body case and the main body case. The refueling hose was connected to the discharge pipe provided on the outlet side of the flow meter by a hose connector at the lower part of the hose guide, and a plurality of guide rings were provided on the outer periphery of the hose at the rising portion of the refueling hose, and provided in the top case. The wire pulled out from the retractor is inserted into the wire insertion hole formed in the guide ring, the tip of the wire extends to the upper part of the main body case and is fixed to the upper part of the main body case, so that the rising part is held upright by the wire and the guide ring When the refueling hose is stored, the lubricating hose is smoothly stored without being caught on the side of the hose guide. But being guided by the hose guide and be out, the handling of the oil supply hose is facilitated, and the fuel supply hose can be smoothly returned to its original state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an oil supply device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the oil supply device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the fueling device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an oil supply hose portion provided with a guide ring according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a refueling hose part according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram when the oil supply hose of the first embodiment of the present invention is pulled.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram when the oil supply hose of the second embodiment of the present invention is pulled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Lubricating device 11 Main body case 12 Suction pipe 13 Lubrication pump 14 Flowmeter 15 Solenoid valve 16 Discharge pipe 17 Hose connector 18 Lubrication nozzle 19 Lubrication hose 20 Nozzle hook 21 Safety fitting 22 Display case 23 Lubrication amount display 24 Oil type display Part 25 Mirror surface plate 31 Support column 41 Top case 42 Retractor 43 Wire 44 Wire guide 45 Attaching part 46 Display lamp in use 47 Lighting device 51 Hose guide 52 Side plate 53 Partition plate 54 Inclined plate 61 Guide ring 61a, 61b Clamp part 61c Pin 61d Wire Insertion hole 61e Screw

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body case which houses a refueling pump and a flow meter and is provided with a refueling amount indicator, a column which stands upright at an end of the main body case, and one end is attached to an upper end of the column. A top case having the other end side extended above the main body case, a hose guide provided between the main body case and the top case, and a hose guide provided on a discharge pipe provided on an outlet side of the flow meter. One end is connected by a hose connector at the lower part of the hose, and is hung in an inverted U-shape in the hose guide, and a fueling hose provided with a fueling nozzle at the tip and a fueling nozzle at the tip of the fueling hose provided at the main body case are hung. In a refueling device having a nozzle hook, a plurality of guide rings are provided at a rising portion in a hose guide of the refueling hose, and a retractor is housed in the top case, A lubricating device, wherein a wire drawn from a tractor is inserted into a wire insertion hole formed in the guide ring, and a tip end of the wire is fixed near the hose connector. 2. The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein the guide ring is fixed to an oil supply hose by connecting one end of the two semicircular arc-shaped clamps so as to be openable and closable, and bringing the other end into contact. . 3. The oil supply device according to claim 1, wherein the wire insertion hole of the guide ring is disposed inside the hose guide. 4. The refueling device according to claim 1, wherein the wire insertion hole of the uppermost guide ring and the wire are fixed.