JPH05270594A - Filling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase reliability of filling work, by making it possible to pay oil fee when the oiling nozzle is returned to the original position after oiling to a car and the cap placed on a cap base is set at the oiling opening and also opening a gate for the exit after payment. CONSTITUTION:A filling device 1 is constituted of an oiling mechanism 2, a cashing management device 3, a cap base 12, etc., equipped in a rack 7 as a unit. A gate 8 is provided at the exit side of cars. When oiling, a governing way is designated by a cashing management device 3 and next, an input button specifying the oil kind is pushed for the condition to make it possible to oil. Next, the cap of fuel tank is removed and placed on the cap base 12 and the oiling nozzle unfixed from a nozzle hook is manipulated to start oiling. When a specified volume of oil has charged, the oiling nozzle is returned to the nozzle hook. When what the cover has been put on the fuel tank is judged from the output of the cap sensor on the cap base 12 and further, the fee is paid, the gate 8 is opened to drive the car out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an oil supply device suitable for self-fueling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Work at a gas station is roughly divided into refueling work of fuel oil for automobiles and clearing work of refueling price. The former is largely automated, and the latter is prepaid card system and bill discrimination. It is possible to drastically reduce the work that requires manual labor by introducing the device. By the way, if unmanned operations from refueling work to clearing work are carried out as much as possible in this way, some people may forget to pay the fee or forget to return the refueling nozzle to the original position and perform accounting or fuel oil handling. The above problem may occur. In order to solve such problems, the gate device prevents exit from the refueling area during refueling, and when the refueling fee is cleared and the refueling nozzle is stored, the gate device is opened to allow the vehicle to exit. A refueling device adapted to do so has been proposed (Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-3558). According to this device, it is possible to prevent payment of fees and forgetting to set the refueling nozzle, which is a great advantage for the gas station, but forgets to set the lid of the car fuel tank that the user removed at the time of refueling to his car. I have a fear of leaking fuel oil when driving.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel refueling device in which the problems associated with self-refueling are prevented as much as possible. Is to provide.

[0004]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, a cap mounting base for accommodating a gate means arranged in an exit passage of a fueled vehicle and a lid of a fuel tank of the fueled vehicle. A lid detection means for detecting the presence / absence of the lid, a nozzle hook for hooking a refueling nozzle, a nozzle switch for detecting the presence / absence of the refueling nozzle, and a nozzle switch for returning the refueling nozzle to a normal position. When the nozzle set signal shown and the lid non-existing signal are output from the lid detection means, the refueling fee can be settled, and a control means for opening the gate means by a signal notifying that the refueling fee settlement is completed. I was prepared.

[0005]

[Operation] After refueling, the customer sets the refueling nozzle to the original position, the lid of the fuel tank is recovered from the cap mounting table, and the gate means of the exit path is released only when the charge has been settled. Allow exit from refueling area. This can prevent forgetting a predetermined procedure or operation.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will now be described based on the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a fueling station equipped with the fueling device of the present invention. In the figure, reference numerals 1, 1 ... Represent a fueling device characterized by the present invention, which faces a road. Are arranged in a refueling zone provided in parallel with a path connecting the entrance and the exit of the vehicle provided by the refueling mechanism 2,
Accounting management device 3, display device 4, alarm device 5, cap stand 1
2 is integrally housed in the rack 7. 8,
A gate device 8 is provided on the exit side of the vehicle in each refueling zone and is configured to be opened and closed by a signal from a control device described later. The gate device 8 is provided with a vehicle sensor 11 that detects passage of a vehicle.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the oil supply device as seen from above. The reference numeral 1 in the drawing is the above-described oil supply device, and the rack 7 has an upper part that is easily noticeable by human eyes and is free from dust and dirt. A cap mounting table 1 is formed by forming a recess in a place that is not exposed to rainwater.
2 is provided, and the mounting table 12 is provided with a cap sensor 13 (see FIG. 1) that detects that the lid is mounted. Each fueling zone has a plurality of types of fuel oils, in this embodiment, three types of fueling mechanisms 14, 1 for regular gasoline, high octane gasoline, and light oil.
5, 16 are arranged.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the refueling mechanism and the accounting management apparatus. Each refueling mechanism 14, 15, 16 is shown in FIG.
Is a nozzle 20 and a nozzle switch 2 for detecting that the nozzle 20 is reliably returned to the nozzle hook 21 and set.
2, a pump motor 23, an oil supply pump 24, a flow meter 25 for measuring the discharge flow rate from the nozzle 20, a flow rate pulse transmitter 26 for converting the result of the flow meter into a pulse signal,
It is composed of a valve 27 connected to the discharge port of the flow meter 25, an oil supply amount indicator 4, and a weighing machine control means 39 for controlling and controlling the oil supply operation.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an accounting management device, which inputs a number for specifying a refueling mechanism to be operated, a remittance method selection button 30 for instructing whether to select postpay or prepay as a refueling payment method. Machine number input button 3
1. Provided on the confirmation button 32 and the keyboard 51 for instructing confirmation of the conditions set with these refueling,
Further, a money discriminating means 33 for judging the amount of money inserted when prepay is selected, a change discharging means 34 for discharging change, a printer 35 for issuing a bill or a receipt, data relating to accounting management. The accounting management device control means 38 for supervising the operation of each means and the display device 50 for displaying is stored in a casing. Each of these devices is installed in the office 9 via a transmission line.
Connected to 10.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the control system of the fuel supply system according to the present invention.
Has a settlement method selection button 30 for instructing whether the refueling fee settlement method is to be paid in advance or postpaid, a machine number input button 31 of the refueling mechanism, and a button 32 for confirming the set conditions. A signal from a keyboard 51, a currency discriminating means 33 for detecting the amount of inserted money, and a display device 50 for displaying an amount and a message, a printer 35 for issuing a bill and a receipt, When cash advance payment is selected and when fishing occurs, a change payment means 34 for releasing change and a notification device 5 for issuing a message are configured to output a signal.

The weighing machine control means 39 includes a nozzle switch 22, a cap sensor 13, and a flow rate pulse transmitter 26.
Signal is input, and the drive signal is output to the alarm device 5, the valve 27 and the pump motor 23 for notifying the message and the alarm so that only one nozzle can be used at the same time. It is configured. A signal from the vehicle sensor 11 is input to the gate control means 41,
Further, it is configured to output a signal to the gate driving means 40 which operates based on a signal from the POS 10 or the accounting management device 3.

The POS control means 48 is provided with each weighing machine control means 39, accounting management device control means 38, via a transmission line.
A signal is input to a gate control means 41, a signal is input from a keyboard 46 for inputting data, and a signal is sent to a memory 47 for storing sales data such as a refueling amount and a charge and a printer 45 for printing a form based on the sales data. It is configured to output.

Next, the operation of the apparatus thus constructed will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. A customer who has entered to refuel the vehicle advances the vehicle to a refueling device 1, 1 ..., Where there is no vehicle, stops the car by using the closed gate 8 as a reference for the stop position, and first by the accounting management device 3. Keyboard 51 to specify the payment method
The payment method selection button 30 is pressed and either prepay or postpay is selected and pressed. Prepaid payment is selected (step 5 in FIG. 5), and a predetermined amount of money is set to the bill discriminating means 3
When the money is thrown in 3 (step c in FIG. 5), the amount of money inserted is displayed on the display unit 50 (step d in FIG. 5).

Next, the machine number data is input by the machine number input button 31 in order to specify the refueling mechanism, that is, the oil type (see FIG. 5).
When the customer confirms that all the setting conditions are correct and presses the confirmation button 32 (step F in FIG. 5), the data on the prepaid amount is selected and the weighing machine control means of the refueling mechanism is selected. It is transferred to 39 (step in FIG. 5), and at the same time, a depository is issued by the printer 35 proving that this amount has been prepaid.

Open the lid of the vehicle fuel tank to refuel,
When this is placed on the cap mounting table 12 provided in the oil supply device, and then the nozzle 20 is removed from the nozzle hook 21,
The nozzle switch 22 is turned on (step in FIG. 6).
A), whether data is input from the accounting management device 3,
It is determined whether or not (step 6 in FIG. 6). In this case, the data has been entered, so the process begins when it is possible to refuel. If data is not input from the accounting management device 3 at this stage, the annunciator 5 gives a notification to operate the accounting management device before (step 6 in FIG. 6).

When the data is input, it is judged whether or not the lid is placed on the cap placing table 12 before refueling (step C in FIG. 6). If the lid is not placed in the predetermined position, the lid is placed. Is placed on the cap mounting table 12 (step D in FIG. 6). When it is confirmed that the lid is placed at a predetermined position, the payment method is judged (step E in FIG. 6). When prepaid is selected, the display 4 is reset to zero, the pump motor 23 is operated, and the valve 27 is opened (step S6 in FIG. 6).

When the refueling lever is pulled to start refueling, the flow rate pulses from the flow rate pulse transmitter 26 are integrated and the current amount of refueling is displayed on the display 4. During refueling, the refueling fee is constantly compared with the charged amount, and when the refueling is stopped and the nozzle switch 22 is turned off when the amount is less than the charged amount (step 6 in FIG. 6),
The valve 27 is closed and the pump motor 23 is stopped to stop the fuel oil supply to the nozzle 20 (step 6 in FIG. 6).

Then, a message prompting the user to remember to take the change and to remove the lid of the cap mounting table 12 and set it in the fuel tank is issued (step S in FIG. 6). As long as the lid is set on the fuel tank based on this notification, running with the fuel tank open can be surely prevented. When the lid of the cap mounting table 12 is removed, the refueling data is collected into the accounting management device control means 3
8 (step o).

On the other hand, when the amount of refueling reaches the amount prepaid during refueling (step 6 in FIG. 6), the valve 2
7 is closed and the pump motor 23 is stopped to stop the fuel oil supply to the nozzle 20 (step W in FIG. 6). Then, the nozzle is returned to a predetermined position, and a notification is given to remember to take the lid of the cap mounting table 12 and set it in the fuel tank (step F in FIG. 6). The nozzle is returned to the predetermined position (Fig. 6, step yo), and the cap mounting table 12
When the lid is removed (step 6 in FIG. 6) and it is confirmed that the cleanup after the end of refueling is surely executed, the refueling data is transmitted to the accounting management device control means 38 (step).

When refueling is completed and refueling data is input from the metering control means 39 (step 5 in FIG. 5), the accounting management device control means 38 issues a slip by the printer 35 (step 5 in FIG. 5). In this case, since there is change, the change releasing means 34 releases the change (FIG. 5).
Stepwa, Ka). Then, the refueling data is transmitted to the POS control means 48 and the gate opening / closing signal is transmitted to the gate control means 41 (step 5 in FIG. 5).

On the other hand, when postpaid is selected (step B in FIG. 5), the weighing machine number is entered without charging the money discriminating means 33 (step S in FIG. 5).
H) Then, when it is confirmed that the set items are correct, the confirmation button 32 is pressed (step N). As a result, the data indicating that the payment is postpaid is transmitted to the selected refueling mechanism field weighing machine control means 39. As a result, through the steps (a) to (c) shown in FIG. 6 similar to the above, it is determined that the payment method this time is due to postpay (step e in FIG. 6), and the nozzle 20 is removed. Then, when the nozzle switch 21 is turned on, the display 4 is reset to zero, the pump motor 23 is activated, and the valve 2
7 is opened (step 7 in FIG. 7).

In this way, when the nozzle switch 22 is turned off after the predetermined amount of oil has been supplied (step 7 in FIG. 7).
T), the valve 27 is closed and the pump motor 23 is stopped (step 7 in FIG. 7). Then, the lid of the cap mounting table 12 is taken out and set in the fuel tank, and when the operation is completed, a message is issued to tell the office to settle the charges (step 7 in FIG. 7). When the lid of the cap mounting table 12 is removed (Fig. 7 step), the refueling data of the refueling device is set to POS.
(Step).

On the other hand, the POS control means 48, when refueling is completed and data is input (step B in FIG. 9), if the payment method is prepay (step B in FIG. 9).
(B) Data from the accounting management device control means 38 is stored in the memory 47 as sales data (step in FIG. 9).
C).

When postpaid payment is selected as the payment method, the data sent from the weighing machine control means 39 is stored as sales data in the memory 47 (step 9 in FIG. 9).
D) When the customer calculates the sales price based on this data (step E in FIG. 9), the printer 45 issues a voucher and outputs a gate opening signal to the gate control means 41 (step F in FIG. 9).

When refueling is completed by any of the methods and the settlement is completed, a signal is input to the gate control means 41 from the accounting management control means 38 in the case of prepaid payment and from the POS control means 48 in the case of postpaid payment. (FIG. 8 step b) The gate 8 is opened (FIG. 8 step b).
When the vehicle exits the refueling area and it is confirmed by the signal from the vehicle sensor 11 that there is no vehicle in the refueling area (step C in FIG. 8), the gate 8 is closed (FIG. 8).
Stepni).

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Gate means arranged on the exit path of the vehicle to be refueled, a cap mounting base for accommodating the lid of the fuel tank of the vehicle to be refueled, lid detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the lid, a nozzle hook for hanging the refueling nozzle, and a refueling nozzle When the nozzle switch that detects the presence or absence of the fuel supply, the nozzle set signal that indicates that the refueling nozzle has returned to the normal position from the nozzle switch, and the lid non-existence signal is output from the lid detection unit, the refueling fee can be settled. Since the control means for opening the gate means by the signal notifying that the refueling fee has been settled is provided, it is necessary to set the refueling nozzle, the fuel tank lid, and the procedure required after the refueling, such as the settling of the fee. It is possible to reliably prevent forgetting the operation, and since the place where the lid removed from the fuel tank is placed is constant, prevent forgetting to put it and prevent contamination of the lid and clothes. Door can be.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an oil supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a gas station equipped with the oil supply apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view showing an embodiment of the oil supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an oil supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the accounting management device control means in the same device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation in a prepay mode among the operations of the weighing mechanism control means in the same apparatus.

FIG. 7: Among the operations of the weighing machine control means in the same apparatus,
It is a flow chart which shows operation at the time of post pay.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of a gate control means in the same apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the POS control means in the same apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Refueling device 2 Refueling mechanism 3 Accounting management device 8 Gate 10 POS 11 Vehicle sensor 12 Cap mounting table

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gate means arranged on an exit path of a vehicle to be refueled, a cap mounting table for accommodating a lid of a fuel tank of the vehicle to be refueled, a lid detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the lid, and a refueling nozzle. A nozzle hook, a nozzle switch for detecting the presence or absence of the refueling nozzle, a nozzle set signal indicating that the refueling nozzle has been returned to the normal position from the nozzle switch, and a lid nonexistence signal from the lid detection means are output. And a control means for opening the gate means in response to a signal notifying that the refueling fee has been settled.