JP3316703B2 - Automatic laundry handling machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic laundry handling machine mainly used for unmanned laundry handling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is difficult to automatically arrive at a laundry shop during regular business hours of a laundry shop, such as a dual-working household or a salaried worker living alone, for unattended laundry transfer. It has been conventionally used for the convenience of people and for solving problems such as labor shortage at laundry shops.

[0003] These automatic laundry dispensers are, for example, of a type in which laundry is put in a bag and put in a common large box (Japanese Utility Model No. 61-204296), or
Similar to a so-called coin locker, one box is occupied by one user from reception to return, and there are a type in which a key or card dedicated to the box is used for opening and closing the door.

[0004] However, in the former box-sharing type intermediary machine, there is a problem that only reception can be performed, and return must be performed manually or by some other means as before. For those who cannot come to the store during business hours, the inconvenience will not be resolved unless they are returned by the agent. Also, the latter coin-locker type agent has a problem that even when the laundry is taken out by the attendant and the box is vacant, other people cannot use this box. , A big disadvantage for both cleaning and cleaning shops. As described above, the conventional agency has various unsolved problems, and a satisfactory one has not yet been obtained.

In view of the above, there has been invented an automatic laundry machine that can be accepted and returned, and each box can be used more effectively without being occupied by a specific person. Was done. This solves the above-mentioned problem, but the user of the automatic laundry dispenser confirms the completion time of the laundry, which is a standard for picking up the deposited laundry when depositing the laundry. It is necessary, and in the case of a conventional agency, as an example on the front of the agency, "things deposited by 6:00 will be completed at 14:00", "things deposited by 14:00 will be completed at 22:00" , "The items deposited by 22:00 will be completed at 6:00 the next day." However, it is extremely troublesome to search for a description corresponding to the current time from such a description on the display board and confirm the completed time. In addition, although the pick-up time by the attendant is determined in advance, in actual operation, it is often not performed on time due to various circumstances. Therefore, in the above example, when depositing around the pick-up time such as 6 o'clock, 14 o'clock, or 22:00, it is not known whether or not the pick-up has already been performed at that time, and therefore, the finished time may not be known. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and has been made in consideration of the above. When a laundry is deposited, a user can easily recognize the completion time of the laundry, and the convenience of the laundry is greatly improved. An agent is provided.

[0007] laundry automatic agency machine of the present invention, deposit, et al.
Display means for displaying the finished time of the laundry
Automatic laundry handling machine to achieve the above purpose
Input means for inputting a completion time,
Update means for updating the completion time,
The display means may include a plurality of characters input by the input means.
One of the completion times is displayed.
Completed time is sequentially updated by the updating means.
It was made to be done .

[0008]

The automatic laundry machine having the above-mentioned structure displays the completed time of the deposited laundry on the display means.

The updating means updates the completion time displayed on the display means and displays the updated time on the display means.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic laundry machine A according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.
In the automatic laundry agent A of the present embodiment, the completion time is determined according to the time zone in which the laundry is deposited. In the following examples, the laundry deposited between 22:00 of the previous day and 6:00 of the day is the completed time of 14:00 on the day, and the laundry deposited between 6:00 and 14:00 of the day is It is assumed that the completed time is 22:00 and that the laundry deposited between 14:00 and 22:00 of the day is completed at 6:00 of the next day.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an automatic laundry handling machine A.

Cabinet body a of automatic laundry handling machine A
Is partitioned into 24 laundry storage boxes 15. Each box 15 has a size that can store about five shirts that have been cleaned and packaged, and the front surface of each box 15 is open.

A large door 1 having 24 small doors 2 is provided in front of the cabinet body a.
Is opened, all the boxes 15 are opened and the large door 1
Is closed, the small door 2 is designed to be the door of each box 15. Each small door 2 has a handle 3, and beside each small door 2, a box number 4 from "1" to "24",
Empty box display lamps 5 serving as box display means are provided, and each has a lock means controlled by a control unit realized by including a microprocessor and the like which will be described later. In the present embodiment, the small door 2 also serves as a laundry loading / unloading unit for attendants.

The large door 1 has a bill insertion slot 6 in addition to the small door 2.
Coin slot 7, return lever 8, operation unit 9, amount display unit 1
0, a statement exit 11, a coin return slot 12, a staff operation key switch 13, and a keyhole 14 for a large door are provided.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing details of the operation unit 9.

The operation unit 9 includes a deposit button 21, a pick-up button 22, an overdue discharge button 23,
It has a numeric keypad 24, an end button 25, a correction button 26, and a guidance display section 27. The deposit button 21 is a button used when the user deposits the laundry and when the clerk returns the processed laundry. The pick-up button 22 is a button used when the clerk takes out the unprocessed laundry and when the user picks up the processed laundry. The deferred take-out button 23 is a button used when the attendant once takes out the processed laundry because the processed laundry is not taken up even after a certain period of time. In some cases, delinquency removal is not performed for operation. Numeric keypad 24
Is input means for inputting a customer identification symbol, a laundry identification symbol, and the like. The guide display unit 27 is a box display unit that displays a box number, a display unit that displays a laundry identification symbol, and a unit that displays various instructions to a user and a staff member.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic laundry agent A. The first control unit 30 includes an empty box display lamp 5 provided for each box 15, a motor 28 for opening and closing the small door 2, and a detection switch 29 for detecting the open / closed state of each small door 2. They are connected via a gate array. The first control unit 30 is implemented by a second control unit 33 including a microcomputer and the like.
Is controlled by The second control unit 33 stores data A (0), a plurality of completion times of the deposited laundry,
Memory units 37a and 37 for storing A (1) and A (2)
b, 37c, a variable indicating the number of completion times set, a memory unit 38 for storing a variable N used for updating the completion time displayed on the guidance display unit 27, and a display on the guidance display unit 27. Display data B for
(0), B (1), B (2), B (3), B (4)
9b, 39c, 39d, and 39e, and a clock unit 40 having a calendar function for measuring the date and time.

In this embodiment, the data (A (0),
A (1), A (2)) = (06, 14, 22).
In the following description, the current completion time 19
21:00 on October 31, 1992 as a new completion time 199
It is assumed that it is updated at 06 o'clock on November 01, 2
In this case, the data indicating the current completion time is (B
(0), B (1), B (2), B (3), B (4)) =
(19, 92, 10, 31, 22).

The second controller 33 also includes a numeric keypad 24.
And keyboard 31 including end button 25 and the like, large door 1
Keyboard 32 which is provided on the back surface of
The return lever 8, the amount display unit 10, the attendant operation key switch 13, and the guide display unit 27 which is driven by the display drive unit 35 are connected. The keyboard 32
Is provided with a function selection switch 36 that can be operated only by a clerk and used when various initial settings are performed on the automatic laundry handling machine A. The second control unit 33 is further connected with a deposit button 21, a pick-up button 22, and an overdue take-out button 23, and is connected with a printer 34 that prints out a deposit certificate when the laundry is deposited.

An automatic laundry machine A having the above configuration
Under the control of the control units 30 and 33, an example of an operation when a single type of laundry is transferred, for example, only for a shirt, will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Will be described. FIG. 8 shows an example of each process of setting, updating, and displaying the completion time.
10 to FIG. 10 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic laundry agent A when the user deposits laundry.

First, at step a1, the deposit button 21
When the deposit mode is selected by pressing, it is determined in step a2 whether or not there is an empty box 15. This determination is made by searching an area on the memory that manages the use state of the box 15. If there is no empty box 15, it is impossible to deposit the box, so that information is displayed on the guide display unit 27 and the operation is terminated. If there is, the process proceeds to step a3.

In step a3, an instruction for inputting a telephone number is displayed on the guidance display unit 27, and the telephone number is input by the user using the numeric keypad 24 in accordance with the instruction. This telephone number is input as a customer identification code, and does not need to be a predetermined number, but may be a password determined by the user on the spot.

Next, at step a4, an instruction for inputting the number of laundry items is displayed on the guide display unit 27. When the number of laundry items is input by the user using the numeric keypad 24 according to the instruction, these telephones are displayed. Store the number, number of sheets, laundry number, etc. in a specific area on the memory,
Proceed to step a5. Here, the laundry number is a number assigned by an identification symbol assigning means as a laundry identification symbol. In the present embodiment, the laundry number is a serial number assigned to each piece of laundry to be deposited, but is not limited thereto. Not something.

In step a5, the charge calculated based on the number of sheets input in step a4 and the unit price set in advance is displayed on the money amount display unit 10, and the process proceeds to step a6.

In step a6, the displayed amount or more of cash is paid out from the bill insertion slot 6 and / or the coin insertion slot 7.

When the fee is paid, in step a7,
The box number 4 of the vacant box 15 to be used is displayed on the guidance display unit 27, the vacant box display lamp 5 indicating the box 15 is turned on, the small door 2 of the box 15 is unlocked, and step a8 is performed. Proceed to.

In step a8, the small door 2 of the box 15 is opened by the user to put laundry, and the small door 2 is closed again. In step a9, the small door 2 is automatically locked. .

Then, in step a10, a deposit receipt in which the input telephone number, the number of deposits, the fee, etc. are entered is issued from the specification exit 11. If there is change, step a1
Payment is made at 1 and the deposit operation ends.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic laundry sorting machine A when the user picks up the processed laundry.

When the pick-up mode is selected by pressing the pick-up button 22 in step b1, an instruction for inputting a telephone number is displayed on the guidance display unit 27 in step b2. In accordance with this instruction, when the telephone number entered at the time of deposit is entered by the user using the numeric keypad 24, the process proceeds to step b3.

At step b3, it is determined whether or not the corresponding laundry is in the box 15. That is, an area in the memory in which data such as the laundry number, the telephone number, and the number of stored items is stored is searched, and the laundry to which the laundry number corresponding to the telephone number input in step b2 is added is returned. Is determined.

If it is determined that there is, an advance is made to step b4 to determine whether or not there is an additional charge. The additional fee is generated, for example, in the case where the collection of the processed laundry is delayed and a delinquent fee is collected, or in the case where the regular fee has not been paid due to the input of an incorrect number at the time of deposit. If there is an additional charge, the process proceeds to step a5, where the additional charge is displayed on the amount display unit 10, and
When the additional fee is paid as instructed in step 6, step b
Go to 7. If there is no additional charge, step b
Go to 7.

In step b7, the box number 4 of the box 15 containing the laundry corresponding to the telephone number input in step b2 is displayed on the guidance display section 27, and the empty box display lamp 5 indicating the box is turned on. Then, the lock of the small door 2 of the box is released.

In step b8, the small door 2 is opened by the user to take out the laundry, and when the small door 2 is closed, the small door 2 is automatically locked in step b9 and the take-off operation is performed. finish.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic laundry handling machine A when the attendant takes out the laundry.

At step c1, a staff operation key switch 1
3 is turned on, and in step c2, the pick-up button 22
Is pressed to select the attendant removal mode, the process proceeds to step c3, and it is determined whether or not there is laundry to be taken. If there is no such information, no pick-up is performed, so that information is displayed on the guide display unit 27 and the operation is terminated.

If it is determined that there is, the process proceeds to step c4, where the box number 4 of the box 15 containing the laundry to be picked up is displayed on the guidance display unit 27, and the empty box display lamp 5 indicating the box number is turned on. Then, the small door 2 of the box is unlocked. And step c
In step 5, the laundry display unit 27 displays the laundry number and the number of the laundry given to the laundry stored in the box 15.

At step c6, the attendant opens the small door 2 of the box 15 and takes out the laundry.
The attendant attaches the laundry number displayed on the guidance display unit 27 in step c5 to each of the taken out laundry by using a tag or the like.

In step c7, it is determined whether or not the take-off button 22 has been pressed. If so, the small door 2 of the box 15 is automatically locked in step c11, and the process returns to step c3 to return to another step c3. The operation of taking out laundry is started.

If the pick-up button 22 has not been pressed, it is determined in a step c8 whether or not the end button 25 has been pressed.
In step 9, the small door 2 is automatically locked, and in step c10, a receipt is issued from the specification exit 11, and the receipt operation is completed. If the end button 25 has not been pressed, the process returns to step c7.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic laundry handling machine A when the attendant returns the processed laundry.

At step d1, the staff operation key switch 1
3 is turned on, and in step d2, the deposit button 22
Is pressed to select the attendant return mode, an instruction for inputting the laundry number is displayed on the guidance display unit 27 in step d3. When the laundry number is input, in step d4, the box number 4 of the empty box 15 to be used is displayed on the guidance display unit 27, and the empty box display lamp 5 indicating the box is turned on.
Unlock the small door 2 of the box.

At step d5, when the door 2 of the box 15 is opened by the attendant to store the processed laundry and the small door 2 is closed, it is determined at step d6 whether the deposit button has been pressed. If pressed,
The small door 2 of the box 15 is automatically locked in step d10, and the flow returns to step d3 to start the operation of returning another laundry.

If the deposit button 22 has not been pressed, it is determined in a step d7 whether or not the end button 25 has been pressed.
Is automatically locked, a reversal note is issued from the specification exit 11 in step d9, and the reversal operation ends. If the end button 25 has not been pressed, the process returns to step d6.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart when the attendant sets the finished time.

First, the large door 1 is opened, and in step e1, the function selection switch 36 is depressed, and a predetermined code is inputted by means of the numeric keypad 24 to set a completion time setting mode. In step e2, "06, 14, 22" is sequentially input as data on the completion time. In step e3, the second control unit 33 fetches the data, whereby the data (A (0), A (1), A (2)) is stored in each of the memory units 37a, 37b, 37c. =
(6, 14, 22) are set, and N = 3 is set in the memory unit 38.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the completion time updating process.

In step f1, the staff operation key switch 13 is operated, and a predetermined key is operated by the numeric keypad 24.
For example, "1" is input. By this operation, the second
The control unit 33 sets the clock unit 4 in step f2.
0, memory units 37a, 37b, 37c and memory unit 38
With reference to the data of FIG.
c, 39d and 39e (B (0), B (1),
B (2), B (3), B (4)). Specifically, the data B (4) is stored in the memory units 37a, 37b, 37
c, and is updated based on the data in the memory unit 38.
The data (B (0), B (1), B (2), B (3)) are updated based on the data of the clock unit 40 and the updated data B (4). That is, the current time is compared with the data B (4), and the date is determined so that the current time does not exceed the completed time. Therefore, if the currently displayed completion time is "22:00 on October 31, 1992", the new data (B
(19, 92, 11, 01, 06) are stored as (0), B (1), B (2), B (3), B (4)).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the display operation of the automatic laundry agent A.

In step g1, the second controller 33
Refers to the clock section 40 and displays the current time on the guidance display section 2
If the completion time indicated in FIG. 7 has not been reached, in step g2, the memory units 39a, 39
b, 39c, 39d, and 39e (B (0), B (1), B (2), B (3), B
With reference to (4)), the completion time is displayed on the guide display unit 27 via the display drive unit 35. Thereafter, the processing moves to step g3.

In step g3, it is determined whether or not the deposit button 21 or the pick-up button 22 has been pressed, and whether or not the normal laundry transfer processing has occurred. If the normal processing has occurred, in step g4, Each processing shown in FIGS. 4 to 7 is executed. If the determination in step g3 is negative, the process returns to step g1. If the determination in step g1 is negative, the process proceeds to step g3 without going through step g2. This is because the completion time update process is not performed for some reason,
This is a case where the current time has passed the set completion time. In such a case, if an erroneous completion time is displayed on the guidance display unit 27, the user will be confused. Therefore, the completion time is not displayed.

As described above, the automatic laundry agent A displays the completion time of the laundry deposited in the box 15 on the guidance display section 27. Thus, when depositing the laundry, the user can easily recognize the completion time of the laundry only by checking the guidance display unit 27. In particular, if a deposit is made near the time of collection by the attendant, the conventional problem that the completion time cannot be determined because it cannot be determined whether or not the collection at that time has already been performed is solved.

Also, the attendant can update the completion time by a very simple operation.

[0055]

As described above, according to the automatic laundry agent according to the present invention, when a user deposits laundry, the user can easily recognize the completion time only by checking the display means. Can be. In particular, it is possible to solve the problem that the completed time is difficult to understand when making a deposit near the pick-up time of the attendant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an automatic washing machine A;

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an operation unit 9;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic laundry agent A;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of depositing by a user.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of collection by a user.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of pick-up by an attendant.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of return by an attendant.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a completion time setting process performed by a staff member.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a completion time update process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a display operation of a completion time.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A: Automatic laundry handling machine a: Cabinet body 1 Large door 2 Small door 3 Handle 4 Box number 5 Empty box display lamp 6 Bill insertion slot 7 Coin insertion Mouth 8 ... Return lever 9 ... Operation part 10 ... Amount display part 11 ... Details outlet 12 ... Coin return port 13 ... Staff operation key switch 14 ... Keyhole for large door 15 ... Box 21 ... ... Deposit button 22... Pickup button 23. ... First controller 31, 32 Keyboard 33 Second controller 34 Printer 35 Display driver 36 Function selection switches 37a, 37b, 37c Memory 38 Memory section 39a, 39b, 39c, 39d ...... memory section 39e ...... memory unit 40 ...... clock unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic laundry machine having display means for displaying the finished time of deposited laundry , input means for inputting the finished time, and updating means for updating the completed time. With
In addition, the display means displays the data input by the input means.
One of a number of completion times is displayed and this table
The completion time indicated is sequentially updated by the updating means.
An automatic laundry handling machine characterized by being updated.