JPH06255458A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a damage of running rails, as well as to carry out the retreat of a car easily, in a drive through type car washing machine. CONSTITUTION:Since a car washing machine main body 6 running reciprocating between a starting position 6B and a turn-around position 6C stops at an intermediate waiting position 6A, a car washed at a car washing position V2 can retreat easily without passing through the inside of the car washing machine main body 6. And, even though the car is going to turn when it retreats, its wheels are guided by guide pipes 18 provided at the inner sides of running rails 9, and thereby, there is no fear of damage of the running rails 9 resulting from running over the end A of the running rail 9 by the wheels.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention cleans a vehicle that has entered from a vehicle entrance and stopped at a vehicle cleaning position by a car washer body that reciprocates on a pair of traveling rails laid on the installation surface, and after cleaning. The present invention relates to a car wash machine that allows a vehicle to exit from a vehicle exit provided on the opposite side of the vehicle entrance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As the drive-through type car wash machine,
Those described in JP-A-48-5267 are known.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional car wash machine, since the stop position where the car wash machine body stops at the end of the car wash is set near the vehicle exit, when the car exits the car wash machine body, Since it is necessary to pass through the inside from the front side to the other side, there was a problem that driving was difficult and time consuming.

Therefore, it may be considered to stop the car washer main body at a position closer to the vehicle entrance side than the vehicle exit to facilitate the exit from the vehicle exit. However, in the above-described manner, the exiting vehicle can turn without being disturbed by the car wash main body, so that the vehicle may step on the traveling rail of the car wash main body and damage it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a drive-through type car wash machine, it is easy to leave the vehicle from the vehicle wash position, and the traveling rail of the car wash machine body may be damaged. Aims to provide no car wash machine.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reciprocally travels a vehicle that has entered from a vehicle entrance and stopped at a vehicle cleaning position on a pair of traveling rails laid on an installation surface. In a car washer that is washed by the car washer main body and exits the vehicle after cleaning from the vehicle exit provided on the side opposite to the vehicle entrance, the car wash main body is located closer to the vehicle entrance than the start position provided near the vehicle exit. And a guide means provided inside the pair of traveling rails for guiding the wheels of the vehicle.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of a car wash machine, FIG. 2 is an overall side view of the car wash machine, and FIG. 3 is a line 3-3 of FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the operation panel, FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation, and FIG.
Is a block diagram of a control system.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a top brush 1 for cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle, a pair of left and right side brushes 2, 2 for cleaning the side surfaces of the vehicle, and a top nozzle 4 for drying the upper surface of the vehicle. The gate-type car washer main body 6 provided with a pair of left and right side nozzles 5 and 5 for drying the side surface of the vehicle and a cleaning means including a cleaning water injection device and a wax water injection device (not shown) is a drive wheel. 7, 7 and idle wheels 8, 8 reciprocate on traveling rails 9, 9.

The drive wheels 7 and 7 are drive motors 1, respectively.
It is connected to 0 and 10 and is driven to make the car wash machine body 6 travel back and forth. The output shaft of one drive motor 10 is provided with a rotary encoder 11 that outputs a number of pulses corresponding to the number of rotations of the drive motor 10.

A cam 1 is provided near one end of one traveling rail 9.
2 is provided, and the position detection switch 13 provided on the car wash machine body 6 contacts the cam 12 to detect that the car wash machine body 6 is at the start position 6B indicated by the chain line. The cam 2 is provided near the other end of the traveling rail 9.
9 is provided, and when the position detection switch 13 comes into contact with the cam 29, it is detected that the car wash machine body 6 is at the folding position 6C shown by the chain line.

Inside the running rails 9, 9, guide pipes 18, 18 for guiding the outside of the wheels to position the vehicle in the left-right direction and a stop position of the right front wheel for positioning the vehicle in the front-rear direction are regulated. A stopper 19 is provided. The vehicle has the guide pipes 18, 18 and the stopper 19
When the vehicle is positioned and stopped at the vehicle cleaning position V2 for cleaning, the stepping switch 20 provided inside the stopper 19 is operated.

A circuit breaker 1 is provided in front of the vehicle entrance I of the car wash machine.
5 and a reception device 16 are provided, and a guide display 17 is provided on the side opposite the vehicle exit O of the car wash machine.

The reception device 16 includes an operation panel 2 which will be described later.
1, an operation input control device 22 (see FIG. 6) including a storage unit N1 and a storage presence / absence detection unit N2, and an operation panel 21.
The speaker 23 is provided for guiding the operating method, precautions, and stopping and advancing the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 21 includes a card reader 30 for determining whether the card is valid or invalid, a normal car wash key 31 and a wax car wash key 32 for operating and inputting a car wash course, a spoiler, a carrier, and a door mirror. YES key 33A, 34A, 35A to perform the avoidance operation of
And NO keys 33B and 34 that do not perform the avoidance operation
B, 35B, a clear key 36 to be pressed when canceling the input of the keys 31 to 35B, and the keys 31
Start key 3 to be pressed when there is no mistake in the input of ~ 35B
7 are provided. Each of the keys 31 to 37 has a lamp built therein and is adapted to light up when pressed.

When the YES key 33A is pressed, the operation to avoid the spoiler is performed during the car wash, and the YE
When the S key 34A is pressed, the operation of avoiding the carrier is performed during the car wash, and when the YES key 35A is pressed, the operation of avoiding the door mirror during the car wash is automatically performed.

The breaker 15 is a rod 26 that moves between an upper limit position and a lower limit position by means of a gate-shaped arch 24 and a lifting motor 25.
The arch 24 is provided with a light projector 27A and a light receiver 27B as a vehicle arrival detecting means 27 for detecting the arrival of the vehicle at the vehicle standby position V1.

As shown in FIG. 6, the controller 14 provided in the car wash machine body 6 includes a car wash machine control means D1, a storage means D2, a memory presence / absence detection means D3, a standby position detection means D4, and An operation detecting means D5 is provided.

The standby position detecting means D4 is provided every time the rotary encoder 11 outputs one pulse from when the car wash machine body 6 starts moving forward from the start position 6B and the start position detecting switch 13 is separated from the cam 12. , +1 when the car wash machine body 6 is going forward, and-when it is going backward
Then, the traveling position of the car wash machine body 6 is calculated, and it is detected from the traveling position that the car wash machine body 6 has reached the standby position 6A shown in FIG.

The car wash machine control means D1 causes the car wash machine body 6 to perform the following car wash course operations. Ordinary car wash course From the start position 6B to the turn-back position 6C, the wash water is sprayed onto the vehicle and the vehicle is brushed with the top brush 1 and the side brushes 2 and 2 to perform the forward wash, and from the subsequent turn-back position 6C to the start position 6B. The backward drying is performed by injecting air into the vehicle by the top nozzle 4 and the side nozzles 5 and 5, and the subsequent backward drying is performed from the start position 6B to the standby position 6A. Wax car wash course From the start position 6B to the turn-back position 6C, wash water is sprayed onto the vehicle, and after brushing the vehicle with the top brush 1 and the side brushes 2 and 2, wax water is sprayed onto the vehicle. From the subsequent folding position 6C to the start position 6B, the top nozzle 4 and the side nozzles 5 and 5 perform backward drying by injecting air into the vehicle, and at the time of the subsequent re-travel, re-travel from the start position 6B to the standby position 6A. Dry.

Reference numeral 28 indicates that the vehicle is at the vehicle washing position V2.
A speaker that guides cautions when the vehicle is stopped or guides forward and exit when the car wash ends, reference numeral 38 is a safety switch that detects contact when the vehicle is stopped at the rear and stops the backward movement, Reference numeral 39 is a wall provided adjacent to the car washing machine.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and the block diagram of FIG.

The car wash main body 6 is stopped at the standby position 6A, the vehicle is not in the vehicle wash position V2, the vehicle detection means 27 does not detect the vehicle, and the storage means N1,
It is assumed that D2 has no memory and the rod 26 of the breaker 15 is in the lower limit position shown in FIG.

By the operation signal of the car wash machine control means D1, the detection signal of the stepping switch 20, the detection signal of the standby position detection means D4, and the detection signal of the memory presence / absence detection means D3,
When the operation detecting means D5 detects that the car wash machine is on standby at the standby position 6A (step S1), the control device 14 outputs a standby signal to the operation input control device 22 (step S2). The operation input control device 22 is the control device 1
When the standby signal from 4 is detected (step S3) and it is detected that there is no storage in the storage means N1 (step S3).
4) The operation input wait state is entered (step S5).

When the vehicle detection means 27 detects that the vehicle has entered the vehicle standby position V1 shown in FIG. 1 while waiting for the operation input, the input control device 22 enables the card to be accepted. The card is read by the driver while the driver is in the card reader 30
When the card is valid, the lamps of the normal car wash key 31 and the wax car wash key 32 for selecting the car wash course blink. Normal car wash key 31 and wax car wash key 32
Press one of the keys to turn on that lamp and turn off the other lamps, and press the YES key 33 for the next spoiler.
The lamps of the A and NO keys 33B blink. When one of the YES key 33A and the NO key 33B of the spoiler is pressed, that lamp lights up and the other lamps go out. Similarly, YES key 34A, 35A or NO key 34B corresponding to the carrier and door mirror,
When all inputs are completed by sequentially pressing 35B, the lamps of the clear key 36 and the start key 37 blink.

Next, when the start key 37 is pressed, the lamp of the start key 37 is turned on, the lamp of the clear key 36 is turned off, and the card is ejected. When the card reader 30 detects that the driver has removed the card (step S
5), the car wash condition signal by each operation input of the car wash course, the spoiler, the carrier, and the door mirror is output from the operation input control device 22 to the control device 14 (step S).
6). The control device 14 stores the car wash conditions in the storage means D2, and when the storage presence detection means D3 detects this, the operation detection means D5 stops the output of the waiting signal that has been output until then, and at the same time, the car wash machine body. 6 is returned from the standby position 6A to the start position 6B, and the rod 26 of the breaker 15 is moved to the upper limit (step S7).

In step S6, the operation input control device 2
When 2 finishes outputting the car wash condition signal, the operation input control device 22 turns off the lamps of the keys 31 to 37, and
The card reader 30 is made ready to be received by the detection of the coming vehicle detection means 27, and the operation input of the following vehicle is awaited. In this state, if there is an operation input of the following vehicle in the same manner as the operation input of the preceding vehicle in step S5 (step S8), the car wash condition by this operation input of the following vehicle is stored in the storage means N1 (step S9). .

The stepping switch 20 detects that the car washer body 6 has reached the start position 6B and stopped, and the preceding vehicle at the vehicle standby position V1 entered from the vehicle entrance I and stopped at the vehicle cleaning position V2. However, if the state is several seconds (about 3
If it continues for a second), it is determined that the vehicle has definitely stopped at the vehicle washing position V2 (step S10), and the car wash machine control means D1
Starts the car wash under the car wash conditions stored in the storage means D2 and sets the rod 26 to the lower limit (step S1).
1). At this time, if there is no operation input for the following vehicle in step 8 (step S12), the operation input is waited, and when the operation input is performed, the car wash condition is stored in the storage means N1 (steps S13, S14).

When the car wash main body 6 goes back to reach the standby position 6A, the car wash main body 6 stops at that position and the car wash ends. When the car wash ends, the driver advances the vehicle and exits from the vehicle exit O by the guidance of the speaker 28 and the guide display 17. When the depression switch 20 detects this and several seconds (about 3 to 5 seconds) elapse, the operation detecting means D5 determines that the preceding vehicle has exited (step S1), erases the memory of the memory means D2, and stands by. A signal is output (step S2). When the standby signal is input to the operation input control device 22, the memory presence / absence detecting means N2 detects whether or not the memory means N1 stores the car wash condition of the following vehicle (step S
4) If there is, the car wash condition is output to the control device 14 and the memory of the storage unit N1 is erased, and the vehicle arrival detection unit 2
The card reader 30 can be accepted by detecting 7 (step S15). Hereinafter, the above step S7 → step S8 → step S9 → step S10 → step S11
Starts washing the following vehicle.

As described above, the preceding vehicle is in the vehicle washing position V.
When the car wash is started in step 2 without waiting for the car wash to end, the following vehicle can immediately enter the vehicle standby position V1 and input the car wash conditions. Therefore, it becomes possible to simultaneously perform the washing of the preceding vehicle and the input of the washing condition of the following vehicle in parallel, and a great reduction in time can be achieved when washing a plurality of vehicles in succession.

Further, since the standby position 6A at which the car wash machine body 6 stops at the end of the car wash is set closer to the folding position 6C than the start position 6B, the car wash machine body 6 at the standby position 6A is A sufficient space is secured between the vehicle exit O. Therefore, the driver can easily exit without being obstructed by the fence 39 and without passing through the inside of the car wash machine body 6 from the near side to the far side.

Further, since the car wash main body 6 is stopped at the start position 6B at the end of the car wash in the ordinary car wash machine, if the car wash main body 6 is stopped at the standby position 6A at the end of the car wash as in the present invention. , There is a possibility that the driver may not recognize that the car wash is finished and that the driver may be delayed in leaving. However, as described above, when the car wash ends, the speaker 28 and the guide display 17 inform the driver of the end of the car wash,
It is possible to promptly leave the vehicle.

Further, when the input of the car wash condition is completed, the rod 26 of the circuit breaker 15 moves to the upper limit, so that the vehicle standby position V1
It is possible to avoid the loss of time by urging the driver of the vehicle located at to enter the car wash machine. Moreover, the vehicle is at the vehicle entrance I
When entering the vehicle washing position V ₂ from car washes body 6 already waiting because it go-around to the start position 6B from the position 6A, the vehicle wash machine body 6 easily without being obstructed by the vehicle washing position V ₂ Can enter.

Further, in FIG. 1, when the vehicle exits while making a right turn, the tire may step on the tip of the right running rail 9 (see reference numeral A) and damage it.
By providing 8 and 18, it is possible to prevent the traveling rail 9 from being damaged. Therefore, for example, when the heating fluid is circulated inside the traveling rails 9, 9 to prevent freezing, the leakage of the heating fluid due to the damage of the traveling rails 9, 9 can be prevented. The tip positions of the guide pipes 18, 18 may be determined in consideration of the turning radius of the vehicle, which may damage the traveling rails 9, 9 due to the large weight of the vehicle body.

Further, in FIG. 1, when the vehicle turns right and exits, the vehicle can exit in a small space.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various design changes can be made.

For example, in the embodiment, the standby position 6A of the car washer body 6 is set between the start position 6B and the folding back position 6C, but the standby position 6A is set to the folding back position 6C.
May match. Further, instead of guiding the outside of the wheel with the guide pipes 18, 18, the inside of the wheel may be guided.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the vehicle is washed, the car washing machine main body is stopped at the standby position closer to the vehicle entrance side than the start position provided near the vehicle exit. Makes it easier to exit because there is no need to go through the inside of the car wash machine from the front side to the other side. Moreover, by guiding the exiting vehicle by the guide means, there is no risk that the wheels of the vehicle will step on the traveling rail and damage it.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Fig. 1] Overall plan view of car wash machine

[Fig. 2] Side view of the entire car wash machine

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an operation panel.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart explaining the operation.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control system

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Car Wash Machine Main Body 6A Standby Position 6B Start Position 9 Running Rail 18 Guide Pipe (Guide Means) D1 Car Wash Machine Control Means (Control Means) I Vehicle Entrance O Vehicle Exit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle washing machine body (6) that reciprocates on a pair of traveling rails (9) laid on an installation surface to wash a vehicle that has entered from a vehicle entrance (I) and stopped at a vehicle washing position, In a car wash machine for leaving a vehicle after washing from a vehicle exit (O) provided on the side opposite to the vehicle entrance (I), a car wash machine body (6) is provided at a start position (6B) provided near the vehicle exit (O). ), A control means (D1) for stopping the washing at a standby position (6A) closer to the vehicle entrance (I) side, and a wheel of the vehicle provided inside the pair of traveling rails (9). A car washing machine comprising: a guide means (18) for guiding.