JPH07215177A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To instruct advance and stand-by to a vehicle to be washed in front of an operation box without depending on a worker in charge by installing a signal to instruct advance and stand-by to a driver in the vehicle to be washed on an operation device and providing a lamp to indicate advance and stand-by on this signal. CONSTITUTION:A car mounted mounted limit switch does not detect a vehicle 3 to be washed in the case when the vehicle 3 to be washed does not exist on both front part conveyors 36a, 36b, accordingly, a lamp on an upper stage is turned, a message saying 'Please advance' is instructed, and the message 'Please advance' is generated aurally from a speaker. Consequently, a driver of the vehicle 3 to be washed in front of an operation device visually obserbs and hears the message of a signal 27 and makes the vehicle 3 to be washed to the front of an operation box 20. Thereafter, the driver operates a setting button from a driver's seat of the vehicle 3 to be washed, sets a washing condition, makes the vehicle 3 to be washed travel and makes it enter the front part conveyors 36a, 36b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car wash machine for cleaning a vehicle to be cleaned while it is being carried by a carrying device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, car wash machines of this type are shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, for example. That is, on the floor surface 71,
A stationary car wash main body 72 and a roller conveyor 74 for loading the vehicle to be washed 73 into the car wash main body 72 from the front and unloading the car wash main body 72 from the rear to the rear are provided. A plurality of rotating brushes 75 for cleaning are provided in the car wash machine body 72. In front of the roller conveyor 74, an operation box 77 for setting a car wash condition such as a car wash course from the outside by operating a setting button 76 is installed via a support leg 78.

According to this, as shown in FIG. 9, the driver stops the vehicle to be washed 73 in front of the operation box 77 and operates the setting button 76 to select a desired car wash course. After that, the vehicle 73 to be cleaned is made to travel, rides on the starting end of the roller conveyor 74, and is stopped. And the roller conveyor 74
Is driven, the vehicle 73 to be cleaned is transported and washed in the main body 72 of the car wash machine. After the vehicle is washed, the vehicle 73 to be washed is carried out from the end portion of the roller conveyor 74 to the floor surface 71.

Further, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 10, when the preceding vehicle to be cleaned 79 has already been loaded into the starting end of the roller conveyor 74, the following vehicle to be cleaned 73 stands by in front of the operation box 77, After the preceding vehicle to be washed 79 was washed, the following vehicle to be washed 73 was advanced to the front of the operation box 77 to select the car washing course.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional type, the preceding vehicle 79 to be cleaned has the roller conveyor 74.
Despite the fact that the driver of the succeeding vehicle to be washed 73 enters the front of the operating box 77 as shown by the phantom line in FIG. I made a mistake, such as operating the. For this reason, a staff member was placed in front of the operation box 77, and this staff member instructed the driver of the vehicle to be washed 73 to enter and wait, but the staff member would cause a cost increase. There was a problem.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a car washing machine capable of instructing a vehicle to be washed in front of the operation box to enter and wait without depending on a staff member. It is a thing.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the car wash machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is such that a stationary car wash main body and a vehicle to be cleaned are carried into the car wash main body from the front on the floor surface. A carrier device for carrying out the car washing machine from the inside to the rear is provided, and in front of the carrier device, an operation device having an operation box for setting the car wash condition by an external input is provided. A signal device for instructing a driver inside the vehicle to enter and wait is installed, and a lamp for indicating the approach and standby is provided to this signal device.

In the car wash machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the operating device is provided with a speaker for notifying the entry and the standby by voice. In the car wash machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, an entrance route of the vehicle to be cleaned is formed in front of the transport device, an operation device is provided on one side of the entrance route, and the operation surface of the operation box is on one side of the vehicle entrance direction. To face the approach route and the signal device is projected to the front side in the vehicle approach direction with respect to the operation surface.

[0009]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the invention, when the lamp is lit and the entry is displayed, the driver of the vehicle to be washed in front of the operation box can see the traffic light to bring the vehicle to be washed to the front of the operation box. To enter. After that, the driver operates the operation box to set the car wash conditions, runs the vehicle to be washed, and gets into the starting end portion of the transport device. After that, the transport device is driven, and the vehicle to be cleaned is washed while being transported in the main body of the car wash machine.

Further, when the lamp is lit and the standby is displayed, the driver of the vehicle to be cleaned in front of the operation box looks at the traffic light and stops the vehicle to be cleaned, and waits until the lamp shows the entry. To do. In this way, since the driver can instruct the driver to enter and wait, the staff is not required and the cost can be reduced. Further, since the signal device is attached to the operating device, wiring work for the signal device is facilitated.

According to the structure of the second aspect of the present invention, the speaker notifies the driver of the approach and the waiting by voice, so that the driver receives the instruction of the signal device not only by the eyes but also by the ear, so that the instruction of the signal device can be more surely made. You can tell the driver.

According to the structure of the third aspect of the invention, since the signal device is projected to the front side in the vehicle approach direction with respect to the operation surface, the driver can reach the front of the operation surface of the operation box. The vehicle to be cleaned can enter or stand by by observing the support of the traffic light. Further, when the driver operates the operation surface of the operation box, the signal device does not interfere with the operation.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a floor-mounted car wash machine main body 2 is formed in a front view gate shape on a floor 1.
And a pair of left and right roller conveyors 4a, 4 which penetrate the inside of the car wash main body 2 to carry the vehicle 3 to be washed into the car wash main body 2 from the front and to carry it out from the car wash main body 2 to the rear.
b (an example of a carrier device).

Inside the car wash main body 2, a top brush 6, a side brush 7, and a rocker brush 8 for cleaning the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, a top brush 9 and a rocker brush 10 for wax application, and a drying brush. The top nozzle
11 and a side nozzle 12 are provided. A sonic sensor 13 that detects the height of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is provided on the front surface of the car wash machine body 2.

The one roller conveyor 4a supports and conveys the front wheel and the rear wheel on one side of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, and the other roller conveyor 4b and the front wheel and the rear wheel on the other side of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. It supports and conveys the wheels. The width of one roller conveyor 4a is narrow, and the width of the other roller conveyor 4b is wide so as to accommodate various vehicle widths. In addition, these roller conveyors 4a, 4
b is a front conveyor 36a, 36b and an intermediate conveyor 37a,
37b and the rear conveyors 38a and 38b are divided into three parts.
As shown in FIG. 5, the one front conveyor 36a includes
An in-vehicle limit switch 14 for detecting entry of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is provided.

An entrance path 17 for the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is formed in front of the roller conveyors 4a and 4b.
An operating device 18 is installed on one side (right side) of the. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the operating device 18 is composed of a square-pillar-shaped support leg 19 fixed to the floor surface 1 and an operation box 20 provided on the upper end of the support leg 19. There is. The operation surface 21 of the operation box 20 has an approach path 17 from one side of the vehicle approach direction.
The operation surface 21 is provided with a setting button 22 and a coin insertion hole 2 for setting car wash conditions such as a car wash course.
3, member card slot 24 and so on are provided.

In the operation device 18, a signal device 27 for instructing the driver in the vehicle 3 to be instructed to enter and wait is projected via the arm 28 to the front side of the operation surface 21 in the vehicle approach direction. It is installed in the state. One end of the arm 28 is connected to the support leg 19 via a bolt and a nut (not shown), and the other end of the arm 28 is bent upward to provide the signal device.
27 is attached to the other end of the arm 28 via a bolt and a nut (not shown). A message "please enter" is displayed on the upper front of the traffic light 27, and a message "please wait" is displayed on the lower front of the traffic light 27. In addition, a pair of upper and lower lamps 29, 30 are provided inside the signal device 27.
Make sure that the signal 27
A pair of upper and lower windows 31, 32 are formed on the front surface of the. Further, the support leg 19 has a built-in speaker 33 for giving a voice message of the message “please enter” and the message “please wait”.

As shown in FIG. 2, the car wash main body 2 is provided with a control device 34 for controlling each of the brushes 6 to 10, the nozzles 11 and 12, and the roller conveyors 4a and 4b. The operation box 20, the lamps 29 and 30, and the speaker 33 are connected to the control device 34, respectively.

The operation of the above structure will be described below.
When the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is not present on both front conveyors 36a and 36b, the vehicle-mounted limit switch 14 does not detect the vehicle to be cleaned 3 and the upper lamp 29 is lit and a message "Please enter" is displayed. Along with the instruction, a message “please enter” is audibly issued from the speaker 33. As a result, as shown in FIG.
The driver of the to-be-cleaned vehicle 3 in front of 18 visually recognizes the message of the traffic light 27 and hears the message from the ear, and causes the to-be-cleaned vehicle 3 to enter the front of the operation box 20. After that, the driver operates the setting button 22 from the driver's seat of the vehicle to be cleaned 3 to set the car wash conditions, to drive the vehicle to be cleaned 3 and get on the front conveyors 36a and 36b. Then the front conveyor 36
a, 36b, intermediate conveyors 37a, 37b, and rear conveyor 38
a and 38b are respectively driven, and the vehicle 3 to be washed is washed inside the car wash machine body 2 while being transported.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the preceding vehicle to be cleaned 35 has already entered the front conveyors 36a and 36b, the vehicle-mounted limit switch 14 detects the preceding vehicle to be cleaned 35, and the lower stage The lamp 30 lights up and the message "please wait" is instructed, and the message "please wait" is output from the speaker 33 by voice. As a result, the driver of the succeeding vehicle 3 to be cleaned sees the message from the signal device 27 in front of the operating device 18 and hears it from the ear, and makes the vehicle 3 to be cleaned standing by in front of the operating device 18.

When the preceding vehicle to be cleaned 35 is conveyed from the front conveyors 36a, 36b to the intermediate conveyors 37a, 37b, the vehicle-mounted limit switch 14 becomes undetected, and the lower lamp 30 is turned off. The upper lamp 29 lights up and the message “please enter” is instructed.
In addition, the message “Please enter” is output by voice from the speaker 33. As a result, the driver of the following vehicle 3 to be cleaned advances the vehicle 3 to be cleaned to the front of the operation box 20, operates the setting button 22 to set the car wash condition, and then drives the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. Let the front conveyor 36
Get on a, 36b.

As described above, since the driver can instruct the driver to enter and wait, the staff is not required and the cost can be reduced. Also, use the traffic light 27
By projecting the vehicle 3 toward the front side in the vehicle approaching direction, the driver surely looks at the support of the traffic light 27 before entering the front of the operation surface 21, and enters or waits for the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. Can be made. Further, when the driver operates the operation surface 21, the signal device 27 does not interfere with the operation.

Further, since the signal device 27 is attached to the operating device 18, the wiring work of the signal device 27 becomes easy. Furthermore, by instructing the approaching and waiting by voice from the speaker 33, the driver receives the instruction of the traffic light 27 not only visually but also from the ear, so that the instruction of the traffic light 27 can be more reliably transmitted to the driver. .

In the above embodiment, the pair of left and right roller conveyors 4a and 4b are provided as an example of the conveying device, but one roller conveyor wider than the vehicle width of the vehicle to be cleaned 3 may be used. Alternatively, a belt conveyor or a chain conveyor may be used.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The traffic light 27 is directly attached to the front side surface of the operation box 20. The signal device 27 is a bolt or nut.
It is mounted at 50 or hooked.

According to the second embodiment, with respect to the mounting of the signal device 27, since the accessories such as the arm 28 shown in the first embodiment are unnecessary, the mounting of the signal device 27 is simple and It will be simple.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on. A gate-shaped frame 60 is installed in front of the car washing machine body 2, and both roller conveyors 4a and 4b are inserted between a pair of left and right vertical columns 61a and 61b of the frame 60. In addition, a sonic sensor 63 for detecting the vehicle height of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is provided on the top rod 62 of the frame 60. Further, one of the vertical columns 61a has a conveyance path 64
A blocking plate 65 that can freely move in and out is provided. The blocking plate 65 is attached to the vertical column 61a so as to be rotatable around the base end portion thereof, and is rotationally driven by a cylinder device (not shown).

According to this, the driver is
When the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is put into the a, 36b, the blocking plate 65 projecting on the transport path 64 is visually observed from the front, so that the vehicle 3 to be cleaned can be reliably stopped by the front conveyors 36a, 36b. Thereafter, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 7, the blocking plate 65 rotates backward and retracts from the transport path 64, and the front conveyor
36a, 36b and intermediate conveyors 37a, 37b and rear conveyors
The vehicles to be cleaned 3 are conveyed into the car wash machine body 2 by driving 38a and 38b respectively.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the lamp is lit and the entry is displayed, the driver of the vehicle to be washed in front of the operation box visually confirms the traffic light to drive the vehicle to be washed. Enter the front of the control box. After that, the driver operates the operation box to set the car wash conditions, runs the vehicle to be washed, and gets into the starting end portion of the transport device. After that, the transport device is driven, and the vehicle to be cleaned is washed while being transported in the main body of the car wash machine.

When the lamp is lit and the standby is displayed, the driver of the vehicle to be cleaned in front of the operation box visually checks the traffic light to stop the vehicle to be cleaned and waits until the lamp indicates the entry. To do. In this way, since the driver can instruct the driver to enter and wait, the staff is not required and the cost can be reduced. Further, since the signal device is attached to the operating device, wiring work for the signal device is facilitated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by informing the driver of the approach and standby by voice from the speaker, the driver receives the instruction of the traffic light not only visually but also from the ear, so that the operation of the traffic light can be more reliably driven. Can be told to others.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by making the traffic light project toward the front side in the vehicle approach direction with respect to the operation surface,
Before the driver reaches the front of the operation surface of the operation box, the driver can surely visually check the support of the signal device and allow the vehicle to be cleaned to enter or stand by. Further, when the driver operates the operation surface of the operation box, the signal device does not interfere with the operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a configuration of a car wash machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view showing the configuration of the car wash machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an operating device of the car wash machine.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an operating device of the car washing machine.

FIG. 5 is a side view for explaining the operation of the signal device of the car wash machine.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an operating device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a car washing machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view on arrow AA in FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the configuration of a conventional car wash machine.

FIG. 10 is a front view of an operation box of the car wash machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Floor surface 2 Car wash machine body 3 Vehicle to be washed 4a, 4b Roller conveyor (conveyor) 18 Operating device 20 Operation box 27 Signal 29, 30 Lamp 33 Speaker 35 Vehicle to be washed

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A floor-mounted car wash machine main body, and a transfer device for loading a vehicle to be cleaned into the car wash machine main body from the front and unloading the car wash machine rearward from the front of the car wash machine. In this case, an operating device equipped with an operating box for setting the car wash condition by external input is provided, and a signal device for instructing the driver in the vehicle to be washed to enter and wait is attached to this operating device. A car washing machine characterized in that a lamp for indicating entry and waiting is provided on the container. 2. The car washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the operating device is provided with a speaker that gives a voice notification of entry and standby. 3. An approach path for the vehicle to be cleaned is formed in front of the transfer device, and an operating device is provided on one side of the approach path, and the operation surface of the operation box is located on one side of the approach direction of the vehicle. 2. The car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the traffic light is made to face the front surface of the vehicle, and the traffic light is projected to the front side in the vehicle approach direction from the operation surface.