JP6541950B2 - Car wash equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a car wash apparatus for washing a vehicle stopped at a predetermined stop position, and more particularly to a car wash apparatus provided with a lower washing apparatus for washing the lower surface of a vehicle body.

  Patent document 1 is known as an apparatus which wash | cleans the vehicle body lower surface of a motor vehicle. This apparatus is configured to provide a flush water injection pipe in an approach path for loading a car into a car wash space of a portal car wash machine, and to perform downward cleaning while the car is loaded. In this apparatus, the flush water injection pipe is disposed in a direction orthogonal to the approach direction of the vehicle, and flush water sprayed from the flush water injection pipe is applied to the lower surface of the vehicle body while traveling the vehicle at low speed. Therefore, the position of the washing water injection pipe is visually recognized when the vehicle is installed, and there is a problem that the cleaning passes through insufficiently.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, the lower nozzle is extended along the approach direction of the vehicle on the floor where the vehicle is to be driven in, and high pressure water is directed toward the tire of the vehicle traveling on the crosspiece attached to the upper surface of the floor. There has been proposed a cleaning device which sprays to clean. In this device, when the entrance of the vehicle is detected by the photoelectric sensor provided at the entrance, the pump is operated to eject water from the lower nozzle. Had a problem of getting wet.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-92141 JP-A-2000-6773

  Therefore, the present invention ensures that the cleaning water from the lower cleaning device is ejected without waste to the lower surface of the vehicle body to minimize the scattering to the periphery, and the labor and cost due to the separate placement of the vehicle detector that becomes the trigger of the injection. It is an issue to reduce.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a car wash comprising an upper cleaning device for cleaning a vehicle body surface other than the lower surface of a car stopped at a predetermined stopping position, and a lower cleaning device for cleaning mainly the lower surface of the car. The upper cleaning device is a device provided so as to be movable in the vehicle length direction of the vehicle, and a car wash processing device for cleaning the body surface of the vehicle as it moves, and a vehicle length detecting means for detecting the length of the vehicle. a stop detection means for detecting that the vehicle is in the stop position, the lower cleaning device is provided on the floor of the stop position of the vehicle detected by the stop detection unit of the upper cleaning device, it ejects the cleaning water injection A washing unit having a plurality of fountain tubes each having a nozzle divided into vehicle lengths for each vehicle type, wherein the fountain tubes of the washing unit are a first fountain tube corresponding to a vehicle length of a first vehicle type; Second car longer than first car type Car length comprising at least a second fountain tube corresponding number of injection nozzles having the second fountain tube is less than the number of injection nozzles having the first fountain tube, stop of the upper cleaning device If the length of the vehicle detected by the vehicle length detection means of the upper cleaning device is up to the vehicle length of the first vehicle type with respect to the vehicle stopped at the stop position detected by the detection means, only from the first fountain pipe It is characterized in that it comprises control means for injecting washing water and injecting washing water from the first fountain pipe and the second fountain pipe if the length of the vehicle is up to the length of the second vehicle type. . The injection nozzle located on the rear end side of the car in the first fountain pipe and the second fountain pipe of the cleaning unit inclines the injection port inward of the car with respect to the vertically upward and directs it to the front of the car The injection pattern was adjusted so that the injection pattern on the lower side of the vehicle was straighter than the side of the vehicle than the side of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle width direction.

  According to the present invention, washing water from the lower washing device can be reliably ejected to the lower surface of the vehicle body without waste, and scattering to the periphery can be minimized, and it takes time and effort by separate placement of the vehicle detector serving as a trigger for injection. And costs can be reduced.

It is a top view showing a car wash device of the present invention. It is a side view showing a car wash device of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the lower washing | cleaning apparatus of this invention. It is a piping diagram which shows the water supply system in the lower washing | cleaning apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram showing a control system of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows washing | cleaning operation | movement of the vehicle type in the lower washing | cleaning apparatus of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a car wash device, and FIG. 2 is a side view. In addition, in order to simplify the following description, the positional relationship of each place is defined by the layout in the figure.
This car wash apparatus includes a gate type car wash machine 1 which reciprocates along two traveling rails 2R and 2L laid on the floor surface of the car washing space A, and a floor surface of the car washing space A which falls inside the traveling rails 2R and 2L. The lower cleaning device 4 is provided in the groove portions 3R and 3L recessed in parallel with the traveling rails 2R and 2L.

  Guide rails 5R and 5L for guiding the vehicle to a stop position are laid on the floor surface between the traveling rails 2R and 2L and the groove portions 3R and 3L in the car wash space A, and the entry side of the guide rails 5R and 5L In the front end portion, guide pipes 6R and 6L expanded in a V-shape are provided, and on the rear end portion, tire mounting plates 7R and 7L, which serve as an indication for stopping the vehicle, are provided.

  The portal type car wash machine 1 drives the arched frame 8 by the traveling motor 9 capable of forward and reverse rotation, and the traveling switch 11 contacts the dogs 10a and 10b provided near the front end and the rear end of the traveling rail 2R. Run back and forth between the forward limit and the reverse limit given by. The frame 8 is provided with a car wash processing device, and includes a washing process for brushing while spraying water, detergent, wax and the like on the vehicle body surface as the frame 8 travels, and a drying process for removing water droplets by spraying high pressure air on the vehicle body surface. I do. Further, in the frame 8, a traveling position detection device for detecting the traveling position of the frame 8 and a vehicle body detection device for detecting the upper surface position of the vehicle are provided to recognize the vehicle to be washed and to operate the car wash processing device. .

  The car wash processing apparatus comprises a cleaning brush, a drying nozzle, and a liquid discharge pipe. The cleaning brush moves up and down along the upper surface of the vehicle body to brush the upper surface, and a pair of left and right side brushes 13R that move in and out (open and close) on the vehicle body in the width direction to brush the front and rear surfaces and sides of the vehicle.・ Consists of 13L. The drying nozzle comprises a top nozzle 14 which moves up and down along the upper surface of the vehicle body and blows high pressure air on the upper surface, and a pair of left and right side nozzles 15R and 15L which blows high pressure air on the side surface of the vehicle body. The liquid distribution pipe is formed in the same arch shape as the frame 6, and the shampoo distribution pipe 16 which selectively distributes water and shampoo, the wax distribution pipe 17 which selectively distributes water, wax and water repellent, water Consists of a water sparging pipe 18 for sparging.

  The traveling position detection device includes a traveling encoder 19 linked to the output shaft of the traveling motor 9 and pulse-outputted each time the frame 8 travels a unit distance, and detects the traveling position of the frame 8 by counting the pulse signal. . The vehicle body detection device is a car-shaped unit 20 including a light emitting portion provided on the front side of the frame 8 and having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged vertically and a light receiving portion having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged vertically. And transmit and receive an optical signal (infrared light) between the two to detect the upper surface position of the vehicle body.

  From the front of the frame 8, each of these equipments is arranged in the order of the car-shaped unit 20, shampoo dispersion pipe 16, top brush 12, wax dispersion pipe 17, side brush 13, water dispersion pipe 18, top nozzle 14 and side nozzle 15. ing. In addition, the frame 8 is provided with a photoelectric switch 21 on the front surface to detect that the vehicle has stopped at the stop position, and a photoelectric switch 22 to detect that the vehicle has left the vehicle behind the side nozzle 15 An area sensor 23 is provided to detect an object at the back of the vehicle. The photoelectric switches 21 and 22 form an optical axis with the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion facing each other in the vehicle width direction, and detect the presence or absence of the vehicle body by light transmission / light shielding of the optical axis. 21 is attached in a state of being protruded forward by a mounting arm from the front surface of the frame 8, and the car-shaped unit 20 transmits light, and a state where the photoelectric switch 21 shields light is output as a stopping position of the vehicle. The area sensor 23 detects the reflected wave of the irradiated infrared light to detect the presence or absence of an object, and when the frame 8 moves backward, outputs the presence of a car, a person or the like that is leaving in the traveling direction.

  The lower cleaning device 4 includes the first fountain pipes 24Ra and 24La, the second fountain pipes 24Rb and 24Lb, and the third fountain pipes 24Rc and 24Lc provided along the inside of the grooves 3R and 3L, and stops at the stopping position. The washing water is sprayed to the lower surface of the car. Each fountain tube is provided according to the vehicle length of the car, and the first fountain tube 24Ra · 24La is arranged according to the vehicle length (less than 3.5 m) of the light vehicle class, and the vehicle length of the small ordinary vehicle class (4.5 m) The second fountain pipe 24Rb · 24Lb is disposed in accordance with the following equation), and the third fountain pipe 24Rc · 24Lc is disposed in accordance with the vehicle length (less than 5.0 m) of the large ordinary vehicle class.

  Each fountain pipe 24 is provided with a plurality of injection nozzles 25 on the pipeline, and in the embodiment shown in the drawing, nine first fountain pipes 24Ra and 24La, second fountain pipes 24Rb and 24Lb, and third fountain pipe 24Rc. -Two 24 left and 26 total left and right are attached to 24Lc. Each of the injection nozzles 25 adopts a fan-shaped nozzle which diffuses in a fan-like shape from the injection port and gives a linear injection pattern to the cleaning surface.

  As shown in FIG. 3, among the plurality of injection nozzles 25, the injection nozzle 25-1 located on the front end side of the first fountain pipe 24Ra / 24La at the front end side of the vehicle has its injection port inward at a predetermined angle with respect to vertically upward. The vehicle is inclined and attached to the rear of the vehicle, and the injection pattern in a straight line when injected to the lower surface of the vehicle is adjusted so that the center of the vehicle is closer to the rear of the vehicle than the side of the vehicle It is done. In addition, the injection nozzle 25-9 located on the rear end side of the first fountain pipe 24Ra · 24La, the injection nozzle 25-11 located behind the second fountain pipe 24Rb · 24Lb, and the third fountain pipe 24Rc · The injection nozzle 25-13 located on the rear side of the 24Lc has its injection port inclined inward at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical upward direction, and is directed toward the front of the vehicle and attached, and is straight when injected onto the lower surface of the vehicle The injection pattern is adjusted so that the center of the vehicle with respect to the widthwise direction of the vehicle is in front of the vehicle than the side of the vehicle.

  The other injection nozzles 25 are attached with their injection ports inclined at a predetermined angle to the front of the vehicle with respect to the vertical upward direction and directed to the side of the vehicle, and a linear injection pattern when injected onto the lower surface of the vehicle The front side of the vehicle is adjusted to the side of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle length direction.

  A cover 26 covering each fountain tube is attached to the upper surface of the grooves 3R and 3L, and a fountain port 27 is opened at a position facing the injection nozzle 25 in the cover 26. Further, the groove portions 3R and 3L are connected at their front end portions by the communication groove 28, and the branch pipe 29 to the left and right fountain pipes and the high pressure hose 30 connected to the branch pipe 29 are accommodated in the communication groove 28. There is. The communication groove 28 extends from the bottom surface of the traveling rail 2L to the outside of the car wash space A, the cover 31 is attached to the floor surface portion of the car wash space A, and the high pressure hose 30 is taken out from the portion outside the car wash space A Connected to The branch pipe 29 and the high pressure hose 30 are provided for each of the first fountain pipe 24Ra, 24La, the second fountain pipe 24Rb, 24Lb, and the third fountain pipe 24Rc, 24Lc, and the water supply system is independent. It is formed.

FIG. 4 is a piping diagram showing a water supply system of the lower cleaning device 4.
Water supply to the first fountain pipes 24Ra and 24La of the lower cleaning device 4 is performed by the high pressure pump 32a provided in the water storage tank 31 through the high pressure hose 30a connected to the branch piping 29a. Similarly, water supply to the second fountain pipes 24Rb and 24Lb is performed by the high pressure pump 32b through the high pressure hose 30b connected to the branch pipe 29b, and water supply to the third fountain pipes 24Rc and 24Lc is performed by the high pressure pump 32c. , And the high pressure hose 30c connected to the branch pipe 29c. The branch pipes 29 are stacked in the depth direction of the communication groove 28 as shown in FIG.

Describe the other equipment of the car wash system.
Reference numeral 33 denotes a car wash acceptance device, which is installed in front of the entrance of the car wash space, and uses a reception operation panel provided on the front side to select and enter the car wash fee and the car wash content. A gate device 34 is installed at the entrance of the car wash space to prohibit / permit entry of a car into the car wash space. A guidance indicator 35 is installed at the rear of the exit of the car wash space, guides the entrance of the car at the car wash reception, displays the progress of the car wash operation etc during car wash, and guides the car's leaving at the end of the car wash. .

  With such a configuration, car washing starts from the stand-by position of the rear end of the traveling rail 2 which the frame 8 is given by the dog 10a, and with one reciprocation of the frame 8, the washing process is performed by the washing brush. Along with this, it is possible to perform 1.5 reciprocation car wash in which the drying process is performed by the drying nozzle. After the end of the car wash, the car wash is finished at the end position of the front end of the rail 2 given by the dog 10b, and the car waits for the car to leave. The car receiving the car wash enters along the guide rails 5R and 5L from the guide pipes 6R and 6L, and stops at the stopping position given by the car-shaped unit 20 and the photoelectric switch 21 while using the tire mounting plates 7R and 7L as a guide. Receive a car wash, and when the car wash is finished, go forward from the car wash space exit. That is, it is possible to use a so-called drive-through type car wash in which a car wash user receives the car wash while passing through the car and passes through. In addition, along with 2.5 reciprocations and 3.5 reciprocations of the frame 2 as a car wash course, it is also possible to make a high value-added car wash operation to perform processing such as coating processing and water scale processing.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the car wash apparatus.
36 is a car wash control board built in the gate type car wash machine 1 and 37 is a reception control board built in the car wash reception device 33, both of which are equipped with a microcomputer, and both boards are connected by a cable 38 for serial transmission. It is done. The car wash control board 36 is connected to the traveling switch 11, the traveling encoder 19, the car-shaped unit 20, the photoelectric switch 21 and 22 and the area sensor 23, and the traveling motor 9, the top brush 12, and the side via the car washing drive 39 Each element is connected based on the car wash request signal transmitted from the reception control board 37 through the cable 38, which connects the brushes 13R, 13L, top nozzle 14, side nozzle 15R, 15L, high pressure pumps 32a to 32c. Control the operation of In the car wash control board 36, the upper surface position of the vehicle body is detected from the car-shaped unit 20 in synchronization with the pulse output from the traveling encoder 19 to create upper surface contour data of the vehicle. The feature points of the vehicle such as the roof position and the accessories are extracted and used to control each brush and blower nozzle of the portal carwashing machine 1 and to control each pump of the lower cleaning device 4.

  Reception control board 37 is connected to reception operation panel 40, gate device 34, and guidance indicator 35, and enables reception of car wash fee and menu selection from reception operation panel 40 to car wash control board 36 based on the received contents. Output a car wash request signal. The reception operation panel 40 has a charge reception unit 41 for receiving a car wash charge by cash or a prepaid card, a menu key 42 for selecting a car wash menu such as a car type and a car wash course, a topping key 43 for specifying a car wash topping, and a car The projection key 44 for specifying the projection, the decision key 45 for determining the specified car wash menu, the cancel key 46 for canceling the specified car wash menu, the operation guide on the reception operation panel 40, the entrance guide to the car wash space, etc. And a voice guide unit 47 which performs voice communication.

  The guidance indicator 35 is provided behind the exit of the car wash space so that the car entering from the entrance of the car wash space can be visually recognized and does not get in the way when leaving after the car wash. During the car wash, the indicator may be positioned on the exit path of the car so that it can be easily viewed from the driver's seat of the car being washed, and when exiting the car, the indicator may be pivoted away from the exit path. Thereby, it can be implemented effectively regardless of the layout of the car wash.

Hereinafter, the operation of the car wash apparatus of the present invention configured as described above will be described.
First, in the reception control board 37, when the entry of a car is detected by any means, the voice guide unit 47 outputs a predetermined announcement to enter the car wash reception state. When the user specifies the car wash menu, the topping, and the protrusion on the reception operation panel 40 and the charge settlement is correctly performed, the car wash acceptance is completed, and a car wash request signal is output to the car wash control board 36.

  In the car wash control board 36, when the car wash request signal is input from the reception control board 37, it is determined whether the received car wash includes the cleaning of the lower part of the vehicle under the topping. Here, when the lower part cleaning of the vehicle body is not set, the gate device 34 is opened to permit the entrance to the car wash space A, and the guidance display 35 displays a guidance for promoting the forward movement. In accordance with the guidance of the guidance indicator 35, the automobile is allowed to enter along the guide rails 5R and 5L, and when the tire mounting plates 7R and 7L are stopped as a guide, the photoelectric switch 21 turns from light transmission to light shielding and gate device 34 is closed to prohibit the following vehicle from entering the car wash space A, and the guidance display 35 displays a guidance prompting a stop.

  When it is confirmed that the car stays at the stop position for a predetermined time, the guidance display 35 displays a guidance of car wash start, and the car wash is executed along the selected car wash menu. When the photoelectric switch 21 turns to light transmission before the predetermined time elapses, the guidance display 35 displays a guidance prompting forward movement, and when the car-shaped unit 20 detects the vehicle body, the guidance display 35 reverses. Display a prompt.

  When the car wash starts, the traveling position detection device and the car shape detection device create the traveling position of the frame 8 and the top surface contour data of the car in the first forward process along with the forward movement of the frame 8, and controls each brush to Do brushing. Thereafter, the brushing cleaning is performed again in the first return step accompanying the backward movement of the frame 8, and the nozzles are controlled in the second forward step accompanying the re-advancement of the frame 8 to dry the vehicle body. In this way, the car 8 is driven to the end of the car wash at the front end of the rail given by the frame 8 by the dog 10 b and the car wash is finished.

  When the car wash is finished, the guidance for indicating exit is displayed on the guidance display 35, and when the photoelectric switch 22 turns from light shielding to light transmission, the frame 8 is retracted after a predetermined time elapses and returned to the start position. If the area sensor 23 is in the detection state during the backward movement of the frame 8, it is determined that there is an obstacle such as a car that is moving away, and the traveling of the frame 8 is stopped. When the area sensor 23 is not detected, the backward movement of the frame 8 is resumed, and when the frame 8 returns to the start position of the rear end of the rail, the traveling of the frame 8 is stopped and the next car wash is awaited.

Now, the case where the lower portion of the vehicle body is set to the topping will be described below with reference to the operation explanatory view of FIG.
Underbody cleaning is performed in a first reverse process associated with the reverse movement of the frame 8 based on the top surface contour data of the vehicle created in the first forward process. When the first recovery step is started, brushing cleaning is performed in the portal carwash machine 1, and in the lower cleaning device 4, jet cleaning is performed in which the high-pressure pump is operated to eject cleaning water to the lower surface of the vehicle body. At this time, the length (that is, the vehicle length) from the front end to the rear end of the vehicle body is extracted from the top surface contour data of the automobile created in the first forward step, and the high pressure pumps 32a to 32c to be driven are selected based on the vehicle length. To work.

  That is, if the extracted vehicle length is less than 3.5 m of the light vehicle class, only the high-pressure pump 32a is driven to inject washing water from the injection nozzle 25 of the first fountain pipe 24Ra · 24La onto the lower surface of the vehicle body (FIG. 6a) . If the extracted vehicle length is less than 4.5m in the small ordinary car class, the high pressure pump 32a and the high pressure pump 32b are driven to lower the vehicle underside from the injection nozzles 25 of the first fountain pipes 24Ra and 24La and the second fountain pipes 24Rb and 24Lb. The washing water is sprayed to the (Fig. 6b). If the extracted vehicle length is 4.5 m or more, all the high pressure pumps 32a to 32c are driven, and the injection nozzles 25 of the first fountain pipe 24Ra, 24La, the second fountain pipe 24Rb, 24Lb, the third fountain pipe 24Rc, 24Lc. The washing water is jetted from the bottom of the vehicle body (FIG. 6c).

  As described above, by limiting the fountain tube 24 of the lower cleaning device 4 according to the length of the vehicle, it is possible to prevent splashing to the outside and simultaneously achieve water saving. The injection from each injection nozzle 25 acts on the lower surface of the bottom of the side of the vehicle body, particularly around the tire house around the lower surface of the vehicle body, and exerts cleaning power, and washing water is sprayed over a wide area The visual appeal effect is also large.

  Among the injection nozzles 25, the injection nozzle 25-1 located on the front end side of the first fountain pipe 24Ra · 24La has a linear injection pattern such that the center side of the automobile in the vehicle width direction is closer to the automobile than the side surface of the automobile The injection to the lower surface of the front end of the vehicle does not scatter outside regardless of the type of vehicle. In addition, the injection nozzle 25-9 located on the rear end side of the first fountain pipe 24Ra · 24La, the injection nozzle 25-11 located behind the second fountain pipe 24Rb · 24Lb, and the third fountain pipe 24Rc · The injection nozzle 25-13 located on the rear side of the 24Lc has a linear injection pattern so that the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction is adjusted to be in front of the vehicle than the side of the vehicle. Irrespective of the length, the injection to the rear end lower surface of the car does not scatter outside.

  Although the present invention is configured as described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. As for the gate type car wash machine, a car wash machine of a type not having a brush device and washing a vehicle body with a high pressure spray etc. may be used, or a car wash machine of a type where a serviceman does a car wash instead of a drive through method may be used.

  With regard to the lower cleaning device, the number and direction of injection nozzles are not limited to the above embodiment, and can be set appropriately. The injection nozzles can be swung by an oscillating mechanism using an air cylinder and a link rod. It is also possible to form. Further, the number of divided fountain pipes is not particularly limited, and may be extended in the vehicle width direction instead of the vehicle length direction. Furthermore, it is also possible to provide the same operation as a conventional lower cleaning device, such as fountaining from a fountain tube at the entrance of a car.

  In addition to the fan-shaped nozzle, the injection nozzle is an empty conical nozzle that spreads in a conical shape from the injection port to give a circular injection pattern to the cleaning surface, or a conical distribution from the injection port and a circular injection pattern on the cleaning surface It is possible to employ a full cone nozzle that gives The fountain pipe is buried in the groove of the floor, but may be laid on the floor.

Reference Signs List 1 portal car washer 3R / 3L groove 4 lower part washing device 20 car type unit 24Ra-24La 1st fountain tube 24Rb-24Lb second fountain tube 24Rc-24Lc third fountain tube 25 injection nozzle 32a high pressure pump 32b high pressure pump 32c high pressure pump

Claims (2)

A car wash apparatus comprising: an upper cleaning device for cleaning a vehicle body surface other than the lower surface of a vehicle stopped at a predetermined stop position; and a lower cleaning device for mainly cleaning the lower surface of the vehicle.
The upper cleaning device is movably disposed in the vehicle length direction of the automobile, the car wash apparatus for cleaning the body surface of an automobile with the movement, the vehicle length detection means for detecting the length of the car, car said stop a stop detection means for detecting that you are in position,
The lower cleaning device is provided on the floor surface of the stopping position of the vehicle detected by the stopping detection means of the upper cleaning device, and has a plurality of fountain pipes having injection nozzles for injecting cleaning water to the length of the vehicle for each vehicle type. The washing unit is provided separately, and the fountain tube of the washing unit is compatible with the first fountain tube corresponding to the vehicle length of the first vehicle type and the vehicle length of the second vehicle type longer than the first vehicle type The second fountain tube has at least a second fountain tube, and the number of injection nozzles of the second fountain tube is smaller than the number of injection nozzles of the first fountain tube,
If the length of the vehicle detected by the vehicle length detecting means of the upper cleaning device is up to the vehicle length of the first vehicle type for the vehicle stopped at the stopping position detected by the stopping detection means of the upper cleaning device A control means for injecting washing water only from the first fountain pipe and injecting washing water from the first fountain pipe and the second fountain pipe if the vehicle length is up to the length of the second vehicle type A car wash device characterized by having. The injection nozzle located on the rear end side of the car in the first fountain pipe and the second fountain pipe of the cleaning unit inclines its injection port vertically upward to the inside of the car and points it in front of the car And the linear injection pattern when injected to the lower surface of the vehicle is adjusted so that the center of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle width direction is in front of the vehicle than the side of the vehicle. The car wash apparatus according to Item 1.

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