JPH07257329A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily grasp the accurate stop position at the time of riding a vehicle to be washed to the starting end of a carrying device by providing a stationary car washing machine main body and a carrying device for carrying a vehicle to be washed, and providing a shut-off body, which can be freely moved forward and backward in the carrying route, and a driving device in the front end of the car washing machine main body. CONSTITUTION:At the time of riding a vehicle 3 to be washed onto the front conveyor 18a, a driver looks at a shut-off body 25, which is projected in the carrying route 17, in the forward posture, and when the front wheels 6a abut on a car stop 22, the driver securely stops the car not to go over a ride-in point 21. Thereafter, a washed vehicle 44 is carried out from the rear conveyor 20a to the floor surface 2, and the car stop 22 is retreated downward from the carrying surface, and the operating air is supplied to an air cylinder device, and the shut-off body 25 is retreated backward in one side from the carrying route 17. Thereafter, the front conveyor 18a and the intermediate conveyor 19a are driven, and furthermore, the rear conveyor 20a is continuously driven to carry a vehicle 3 to be washed into the car washing machine main body, and the car 3 to be washed is washed, coated with wax, and dried.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car washing machine for washing a vehicle to be washed while the vehicle is being conveyed by a conveying device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a car washing machine of this type, for example,
There is one shown in 13. That is, on the floor surface 81, a stationary car wash main body 82 having a gate-like shape in a front view, and a roller that carries in the vehicle 84 to be cleaned from the front into the car wash main body 82 and also from the car wash machine main body 82 to the rear. A conveyor 83 is provided. Inside the car wash main body 82, various brushes for cleaning the vehicle 84 to be cleaned are provided. The roller conveyor 83 extends from the front to the rear of the car wash machine body 82.
In front of the car wash machine main body 82 and at the start end of the roller conveyor 83, a boarding portion 85 for the vehicle to be cleaned 84 is formed.

According to this, the driver inside the vehicle to be cleaned 84 runs the vehicle to be cleaned 84 and moves from the floor surface 81 to the roller conveyor 83.
The vehicle to be cleaned 84 is stopped at the entry portion 85. Then, after the brushes and the like in the car wash main body 82 are rotationally driven to complete the car wash preparation, the roller conveyor 83 is driven and the vehicle to be cleaned 84 is transported and washed in the car wash machine main body 82.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional type, when the vehicle to be cleaned 84 is loaded from the floor surface 81 to the starting end of the roller conveyor 83 and stopped at the loading portion 85,
There is a problem that it is difficult for the driver to grasp the exact stop position, and the vehicle to be washed 84 is mistakenly stopped beyond the stop position as shown by a virtual line A in FIG.

The present invention solves the above problems and provides a car wash machine in which a driver can easily grasp an accurate stop position when a vehicle to be cleaned is stopped by getting on the starting end of the transfer device from the floor surface. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

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 drive device for moving the car wash machine back and forth from the inside of the car wash machine main body is provided at the front end of the car wash machine main body with a retractable barrier for the transfer path of the carrier. Is provided.

The vehicle washing machine according to the second aspect of the present invention is provided with a vehicle detector for detecting a vehicle to be washed stopped at a stop position in front of the barrier, and based on the detection by the vehicle detector, driving inside the vehicle to be washed is performed. The barrier is provided with a display device for displaying an instruction to a person.

In the car washer according to the third aspect of the present invention, the barrier body is rotatably attached to the body of the car washer around one end, and the drive unit pivots the barrier body in the projecting direction with respect to the transport path. It is composed of a biasing member for biasing and a retracting device for retracting and turning the blocking member to one side from the transport direction of the vehicle to be cleaned against the biasing force.

In the car wash machine according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a stationary car wash machine body and a pair of side-by-side vehicles for carrying a vehicle to be cleaned into the car wash machine body from the front and unloading the car wash machine body from the front side to the floor surface are arranged. A transfer device is provided, and a blocking member that can be erected and laid upside down with respect to the transfer path of the transfer device and a drive device that erects the blocking member upright and laid down in the front part of the car wash machine and between the two transfer devices. The horizontal direction of the barrier is provided in the same direction as the transport direction of the vehicle to be cleaned.

In the car washing machine according to the fifth aspect of the present invention,
A display unit for displaying an instruction to the driver in the vehicle to be cleaned is provided.

[0011]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the invention, the driver drives the vehicle to be washed into the starting end portion of the carrier device. At this time, since the barrier is protruding with respect to the transport path, the driver visually checks the barrier in a forward posture and stops the vehicle to be cleaned.
Since this barrier serves as a mark of the stop position, the driver can easily grasp the exact stop position, and the driver does not inadvertently stop the vehicle to be washed beyond the stop position. , Can be stopped at a predetermined stop position.

According to the configuration of the second aspect of the invention, when the vehicle to be washed is not accurately stopped at the stop position, the vehicle to be washed is not detected by the vehicle detector, and an instruction for this is given to the driver by the display device. Displayed, the driver can stop the vehicle to be washed back to the correct stop position. And
When the vehicle to be washed reaches the stop position, the vehicle detector detects the vehicle to be washed, and an instruction to this is displayed to the driver, and the driver recognizes that the vehicle to be washed has reached the stop position. Then, the vehicle to be cleaned is stopped.

As described above, the display on the display device allows the driver to quickly recognize whether or not the vehicle to be washed has reached the stop position. Therefore, the vehicle to be washed can be accurately and easily stopped at the stop position. Can be made.

According to the structure of the third aspect of the invention, the vehicle to be cleaned is put into the starting end portion of the transfer device and stopped at the stop position. After that, the retracting device of the drive device operates, the blocking body retracts and turns to one side from the conveying direction against the urging force of the urging device, the conveying device is driven, and the vehicle to be cleaned is conveyed in the conveying direction. Cars are washed along the inside of the car washer body while being transported along. During the car washing, the retracting device is deactivated, and the blocking body is rotated in the projecting direction by the urging force of the urging tool to project into the transport path.

In the unlikely event that the vehicle to be cleaned comes into contact with the blocking body protruding into the transport path, the blocking body is pushed rearward by the force of the contact. Due to the pushing force at the time of contact, the blocking body is retracted and rotated to one side from the conveying direction against the biasing force of the biasing tool, so that the blocking body and the vehicle to be cleaned can be prevented from being damaged.

According to the structure of the fourth aspect of the invention, the driver rides the vehicle to be washed on the starting ends of the pair of conveying devices. At this time, since the blocking body is standing upright with respect to the transport path, the driver visually checks the blocking body in a forward posture and stops the vehicle to be cleaned. Since this barrier serves as a mark of the stop position, the driver can easily grasp the exact stop position, and the driver does not inadvertently stop the vehicle to be washed beyond the stop position. , Can be stopped at a predetermined stop position.

Thereafter, the barrier is laid sideways with respect to the transport path, and both transport devices are driven to transport the vehicle to be washed, whereby the vehicle to be washed is washed while being transported in the main body of the car wash machine. Since the barrier body and its drive device are thus provided between the carrier devices instead of the car wash main body side, a special mounting space is not required for the car wash machine main body, and the car wash machine main body can be miniaturized. Further, since the barrier body is laid down between the transport devices and the vehicle to be washed passes above the laid-down barrier body, the barrier body does not interfere with the car wash.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the driver can quickly and surely know that the vehicle to be cleaned must be stopped by looking at the instruction on the display portion of the standing up blocker. This ensures safety when the vehicle to be cleaned is put in.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a stationary car wash main body formed in a front view gate shape, and the car wash machine main body 1 is installed on a floor surface 2. Inside the car wash machine body 1, a top brush 4 for cleaning the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned,
A pair of left and right side brushes 5 for cleaning both side surfaces and front and rear surfaces, and lower side surfaces and front and rear wheels 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
A pair of left and right rocker brushes 8 for cleaning the side surfaces of the wax, a top brush 9 and a rocker brush 10 for applying wax.
And a top nozzle 11 and a side nozzle 12 for drying. Also, on the upper front end of the car wash machine body 1,
A vehicle height detection device 13 (such as a sonic sensor) that detects the vehicle height of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is provided.

A pair of left and right roller conveyors 16a, 16b which penetrate the inside of the car wash machine body 1 to carry the vehicle 3 to be washed into the car wash machine body 1 from the front and carry it out from the car wash machine body 1 to the rear ( An example of the transfer device) is arranged in parallel on the floor surface 2. Of these, one roller conveyor 16a supports and conveys the front and rear wheels 6a, 7a on one side of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, and the other roller conveyor 16b the front and rear wheels 6b, 6b on the other side of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. 7b is supported and conveyed.
The width of the carrying surface of one roller conveyor 16a is narrow, and the width of the carrying surface of the other roller conveyor 16b is wide so as to accommodate various vehicle widths.

These roller conveyors 16a and 16b are respectively a pair of left and right front conveyors 18a and 18b into which the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is loaded, and a pair of left and right intermediate conveyors 19a and 19b in the direction of the transport path 17, respectively. The vehicle to be cleaned 3 is divided into a pair of left and right rear conveyors 20a, 20b to be carried out. On the front conveyors 18a, 18b, a boarding portion 21 for the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is formed. Further, at the rear of one front conveyor 18a, there is provided a car stop 22 which can move in and out of the conveying surface of the conveyor 18a and can come into contact with and separate from one front wheel 6a of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. This car stop
Immediately before 22 is a vehicle detector 23 for detecting the vehicle 3 to be cleaned.
(Photoelectric switch, limit switch, etc.) are provided.

At the front end of the car wash machine body 1, a transfer path 17 is provided.
A blocking body 25 that can freely move in and out is provided. That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the blocking body 25 has a rectangular flat plate shape in a front view, and one end of the blocking body 25 is attached to the support shaft 26. The support shaft 26 is attached to a frame 29 of the car wash machine body 1 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis 28 via a pair of upper and lower pillow type units 27.

The barrier 25 is provided with a display device 30 for displaying an instruction to the driver in the vehicle to be cleaned 3 based on the detection by the vehicle detector 23. This display device 30
Two upper and lower display plates 31, 32 mounted on the front surface of the blocking body 25
And a light 33, which lights up on one side of these display plates 31, 32,
It is composed of 34 and. The message "Please move forward a little" is displayed on the upper display panel 31, and the message "Please stop here" is displayed on the lower display panel 32.
Is displayed.

The frame 29 is provided with an air cylinder device 36 which is an example of a drive device for moving the blocking body 25 in and out. The tip of the piston rod 37 of the air cylinder device 36 is connected to the lower portion of the support shaft 26 via a joint 38. As shown in FIG. 6, the main body 39 of the air cylinder device 36 has a built-in compression coil spring 40 (an example of a biasing member) that biases the piston rod 37 in the extension direction. As a result, the blocking body 25 is urged by the urging force of the compression coil spring 40 to rotate about the vertical axis 28 in the protruding direction with respect to the transport path 17. An air pipe 42 communicating with a working chamber 41 on the piston rod 37 side is connected to a main body 39 of the air cylinder device 36. The main body 39, the piston rod 37, and the piston 43 that constitute the air cylinder device 36 are an example of the retracting device 45, and by shortening the piston rod 37 against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 40, the blocking member 25 Is retracted and rotated from the transport direction to one side.

The operation of the above structure will be described below.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the driver loads the vehicle 3 to be cleaned on both front conveyors 18a and 18b. At this time, the blocking body
Since 25 is projected with respect to the transport path 17, the driver visually checks the blocking body 25 and stops the vehicle 3 to be cleaned while keeping the forward posture. In this way, since the blocking body 25 serves as a mark of the stop position, the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is put in the loading section by the driver's carelessness.
It is possible to reliably stop the riding section 21 without stopping too far beyond 21. At this time, car stop
Although 22 projects upward from the transport surface of the front conveyor 18a, when the stop position of the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is too far from the car wash machine body 1, the upper light 33 shown in FIG. The message “Please move forward a little” on the display plate 31 is instructed.

When the driver who sees this message further advances the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, one front wheel 6a of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned comes into contact with the car stop 22 and the vehicle detector 23 detects the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. To do. By this detection, the upper light 33 shown in FIG. 4 is turned off, the lower light 34 is turned on, and the message "Please stop here" on the lower display plate 32 is instructed. Then, the driver who sees this message stops the vehicle 3 to be washed,
The vehicle to be cleaned 3 can be stopped accurately and easily at a predetermined stop position of the entry portion 21.

Thereafter, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 2, the vehicle 44 to be washed which has been previously conveyed and washed is discharged from the rear conveyors 20a and 20b to the floor surface 2, and the car stop 22 is moved to the front conveyor. Retreat below the conveying surface of 18a, and as shown in FIG.
As shown in, the working air (compressed air) is supplied to the working chamber 41 of the air cylinder device 36, and the piston rod 37 is shortened against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 40. As a result, the support shaft 26 rotates to one side, and the blocking member 25 is retracted rearward and one side from the transport path 17 as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. After that, the front conveyors 18a, 18b and the intermediate conveyors
19a, 19b are driven, and further rear conveyors 20a, 20b
After being driven, the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is conveyed into the car wash main body 1, washed with the various brushes 4, 5, 8 and wax-coated with the brushes 9, 10 and dried with the nozzles 11, 12. , Are conveyed to the floor surface 2 from the ends of the rear conveyors 20a and 20b.

By switching the air pipe 42 to the atmosphere after a certain period of time, as shown in FIG. 6, the restraint of the piston rod 37 is released, and the working air (compression air) is compressed from the working chamber 41 of the air cylinder device 36. (Air) is exhausted, the piston 43 is pushed by the urging force of the compression coil spring 40, and the piston rod 37 extends. Therefore, the support shaft 26
Rotates to the other side, and as shown by the solid line in FIG.
Project above the transport path 17.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the vehicle 3 to be cleaned passes over the car stop 22 and comes into contact with the blocking body 25 projecting above the transport path 17, the blocking body 25 is in contact with the blocking body 25. It is pushed backward by the force of. Due to the force at the time of contact, as shown by the phantom line B in FIG. 5, the blocking body 25 pivots one side rearward via the support shaft 26 and retracts from the transport path 17, so that the blocking body 25 and The vehicle to be cleaned 3 can be prevented from being damaged.

In the above embodiment, the air cylinder device 36 is provided as an example of the driving device, but it may be a hydraulic cylinder device or a motor. Further, in the above embodiment, the compression coil spring 40 built in the air cylinder device 36 is
Although the blocking body 25 is urged to rotate in the projecting direction by the above, a leaf spring may be provided between the frame 29 of the car wash machine body 1 and the blocking body 25.

In the above embodiment, the barrier 25 is attached to one side of the entrance of the car wash machine body 1, but it may be provided on the other side or both sides. Further, the blocking body 25 may be provided on the ceiling portion of the entrance of the car wash machine body 1 so as to be rotatable about the axis in the left-right direction. In this case, since the blocking body 25 is always biased in the protruding direction with respect to the transport path 17 by its own weight, the biasing tool such as the compression coil spring 40 may be unnecessary. Further, by providing the blocking body 25 at the front end of the car wash machine body 1 as described above, the distance from the start ends of the front conveyors 18a, 18b to the front end of the car wash machine body 1 can be shortened.

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 9, 51 is an electric motor for driving both front conveyors 18a, 18b, 52 is an electric motor for driving both intermediate conveyors 19a, 19b, and 53 is both rear conveyors 20a, 20b. It is an electric motor.
A pulse encoder 54 that generates a pulse according to the rotation of the electric motor 52 is connected to the electric motor 52 of the intermediate conveyors 19a and 19b, and the pulse output from the pulse encoder 54 is counted by a counter 55. Since the counter 55 operates at the time when the vehicle height detection device 13 detects the front end of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, the controller 56 controls the counter 56 of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned on the intermediate conveyors 19a and 19b based on the count value of the counter 55. The position is specified.

Between the front and intermediate conveyors 19a and 19b in the main body 1 of the car wash machine, there is provided a blocking member 57 which can stand upright and fall sideways with respect to the transfer path 17. That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the blocking body 57 includes a support rod 57a having a lower end attached to the support shaft 58 and a flat plate in a front view attached to the upper end of the support rod 57a. And part 57b. On the front surface of the flat plate portion 57b, there is formed a display portion 59 for displaying instructions to the driver in the vehicle 3 to be cleaned.
In 59, a message "Please stop. No entry" is written. The support shaft 58 is provided with a pair of left and right pillow-shaped units 62 provided on the floor surface 2 so that the horizontal shaft center 63
It is rotatably supported around.

On the floor surface 2 is provided an air cylinder device 65 which is an example of a drive device for vertically raising and blocking the blocking body 57. The tip of the piston rod 66 of the air cylinder device 65 is connected to one end of the support shaft 58 via a joint 67. The structure of the air cylinder device 65 is the same as the structure of the air cylinder device 36 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) described in the first embodiment, and a compression coil spring is built in the main body 65a. Further, 74 is an air pipe communicating with the working chamber on the piston rod 66 side.

A limit switch 68 for detecting the lower limit position of the blocking body 57 is provided on the floor surface 2, and the limit switch 68 is provided at the base end of the support rod 57a when the blocking body 57 is laid down sideways. Detection bracket that presses the 68 sensing protrusions 69
70 is installed. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9,
An operation panel 71 is provided on the front surface of the car wash machine body 1,
The operation panel 71 is provided with a start button 72 for starting a car wash.

The operation of the above structure will be described below.
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 8 and the phantom line in FIG. 9, the driver rides the vehicle 3 to be cleaned on both front conveyors 18a, 18b. At this time, as shown by the solid line, since the blocking member 57 stands up and protrudes with respect to the transport path 17, the driver visually checks the blocking member 57 in the forward posture and is displayed on the display unit 59. Stop the vehicle 3 to be washed by reading the message "Please stop. Thus, the barrier
Since 57 serves as a mark of the stop position, the vehicle to be cleaned 3 can be reliably stopped in the riding section 21 without being stopped by the driver's carelessness because it goes beyond the riding section 21. At this time, the driver can quickly and surely understand that the vehicle to be cleaned 3 has to be stopped by looking at the message on the display 59 of the barrier 57. As a result, safety when the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is put in is ensured.

After that, as shown in step-1 of the flow chart in FIG. 12, the worker pushes the start button 72 on the operation panel 71.
By pressing, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 11, the piston rod 66 is shortened and the support shaft 58 is rotated.
Overturns (step-2). And the blocking body that fell over
It is determined whether 57 has reached the lower limit position (step-3).
That is, when the detection bracket 70 pushes the sensing protrusion 69 of the limit switch 68 downward and the limit switch 68 is turned on, it is determined that the breaker 57 has reached the lower limit position, and the shortening of the piston rod 66 is stopped. To do.

After that, the front conveyors 18a, 18b, the intermediate conveyors 19a, 19b and the rear conveyors 20a, 20b are driven, respectively, and various brushes 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 are driven.
And various nozzles 11 and 12 operate (step-
4).

When the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is transported and the front end of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is detected by the vehicle height detecting device 13 in step-5, the counter 55 starts counting the number of pulses of the pulse encoder 54 (step -6). After that, the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is continuously conveyed, and it is determined whether the vehicle height detection device 13 has detected the rear end of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned (step-
7) If detected, it is further determined whether the count value of the counter 55 has become equal to or more than the predetermined value C (step-
8). The predetermined value C corresponds to a position where the vehicle 3 to be cleaned passes above the shield 57 and is conveyed backward by a certain distance. Therefore, when the count value becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined value C, the rear end portion of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned which is being conveyed is already in the sideways posture interception, as shown by the virtual line A in FIG. Passing backward above the body 57, the two intermediate conveyors 19a, 19a
It reaches the rear end of b.

Thereafter, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 11, the piston rod 66 extends to the maximum, the support shaft 58 rotates in the reverse direction, and the blocking member 57 stands up (step-9).
In this way, since the blocking member 57 is provided not on the side of the vehicle to be cleaned 3 but between the front and intermediate conveyors 19a and 19b in the car wash main body 1, the car wash main body 1 does not require a special mounting space, and the car wash is not required. The machine body 1 can be downsized. Further, the distance from the starting ends of the front conveyors 18a and 18b to the front end of the car wash machine body 1 can be shortened. Further, the blocking member 57 is provided on both intermediate conveyors 19
Since the vehicle to be cleaned 3 passes over the blocking body 57 that has fallen sideways between a and 19b, the blocking body 57 does not interfere with the car wash.

If the vehicle to be cleaned 3 comes into contact with the upright blocking body 57 from the front, the blocking body 57 is pushed backward by the force of the contact. Due to the force at the time of contact, the blocking member 57
Since it rotates rearward via the support shaft 58 and falls toward the transport direction 73 side, the impact at the time of contact is absorbed, and thus the breaker 57 and the vehicle 3 to be cleaned can be prevented from being damaged.

In the other embodiments described above, the message is written on the display section 59 as shown in FIG. 10. However, the display section 59 is provided with an electric display plate to display the message in a lighted state, or a signal lamp is provided. Alternatively, the message may be notified by voice at the same time.

In the other embodiments described above, the air cylinder device 65 is provided as an example of the drive device, but this may be a hydraulic cylinder device or a motor. Further, in the other embodiments described above, the lower limit position of the breaker 57 is detected using the limit switch 68 as shown in FIG. 11, but not limited to the limit switch 68, a detection device such as a photoelectric switch or a proximity switch. May be used.

Further, the car stop 22 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 of the first embodiment is provided at the rear of the front conveyor 18a of one of the other embodiments, and the vehicle detector 23 is provided in front of the car stop 22. May be provided.

[0045]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the driver drives the vehicle to be washed into the starting end portion of the transfer device, the blocking member projects toward the transfer path, so that the driver is Stop the vehicle to be washed by visually observing the barrier while keeping the forward posture. Since this blocking body serves as a mark of the stop position, the driver can easily grasp the exact stop position, and the vehicle to be washed is prevented from stopping beyond the stop position due to the driver's carelessness. Can be stopped at the stop position.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle to be washed is not accurately stopped at the stop position, the vehicle to be washed is not detected by the vehicle detector, and an instruction for this is displayed to the driver by the display device. Then, the driver can stop the vehicle to be washed again at the correct stop position. When the vehicle to be washed reaches the stop position, the vehicle detector detects the vehicle to be washed, the display device displays the instruction to the driver, and the driver indicates that the vehicle to be washed has reached the stop position. Is recognized and the vehicle to be cleaned is stopped.

As described above, the display on the display device enables the driver to quickly recognize whether or not the vehicle to be washed has reached the stop position. Therefore, the vehicle to be washed can be accurately and easily stopped at the stop position. Can be made.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle to be cleaned comes into contact with the blocking body protruding in the transport path, the blocking body is pushed rearward by the force at the time of contact. Due to the pushing force at the time of contact, the blocking body is retracted and rotated to one side from the conveying direction against the biasing force of the biasing tool, so that the blocking body and the vehicle to be cleaned can be prevented from being damaged.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the blocker stands upright with respect to the conveyance path, the driver can easily grasp the exact stop position, and the driver can carelessly drive the vehicle to be washed. It is possible to stop at a predetermined stop position without stopping too far beyond the stop position.

After that, the barrier is laid sideways with respect to the transport path, and both transport devices are driven to transport the vehicle to be washed, so that the vehicle to be washed is washed while being transported in the main body of the car wash machine. Since the barrier body and its drive device are thus provided between the carrier devices instead of the car wash main body side, a special mounting space is not required for the car wash machine main body, and the car wash machine main body can be miniaturized. Further, since the barrier body is laid down between the transport devices and the vehicle to be washed passes above the laid-down barrier body, the barrier body does not interfere with the car wash.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the driver can quickly and surely understand that the vehicle to be cleaned must be stopped by looking at the instruction on the display of the standing up barrier. This ensures safety when the vehicle to be cleaned is put in.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a car washing machine as seen from the front according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an internal configuration of the car wash machine.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an internal configuration of the car wash machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a barrier of the car wash machine.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a barrier body of the car washing machine.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the internal structure of the drive unit for the barrier in the car wash machine.

FIG. 7 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the drive unit for the barrier in the car wash machine.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing an internal configuration of a car wash machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an internal configuration of the car wash machine.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a barrier body of the car wash machine.

FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway side view of a barrier body in the car wash machine.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the barrier body in the car wash machine.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a conventional car wash machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Car wash main body 2 Floor surface 3 Vehicles to be cleaned 16a, 16b Roller conveyor (conveying device) 17 Conveying route 23 Vehicle detector 25 Blocking body 30 Display device 36 Air cylinder device (driving device) 40 Compression coil spring (biasing tool) 45 Retractor 57 Breaker 59 Display 65 Air cylinder device (drive) 73 Transfer direction

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A stationary car washer body is provided on a floor surface, and a carrier device for loading a vehicle to be washed into the car wash body from the front and unloading it from the car wash body to the rear is provided. A car washing machine, characterized in that a blocking member that can be moved in and out of the transport path of the transportation device is provided in the section, and a drive device that moves the blocking member in and out is provided. 2. A display for providing a vehicle detector for detecting a vehicle to be washed stopped at a stop position in front of the barrier, and displaying an instruction to a driver in the vehicle to be washed based on the detection by the vehicle detector. The car washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the device is provided on the barrier. 3. The blocking body is rotatably attached to the car wash main body about one side end, and the drive unit biases the blocking body in a projecting direction with respect to the transport path. 2. The car wash machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a retracting device that retracts and turns the blocking body to one side from the transport direction of the vehicle to be washed against the biasing force. 4. A car wash comprising a stationary car wash main body and a pair of parallel transfer devices for loading a vehicle to be washed into the car wash main body from the front and unloading the car wash back from the car wash main body. A blocking member that can be erected and laid upright with respect to the transfer path of the above-mentioned transportation device and a drive device that erects this blocking member upright and laid down are provided between the two transportation devices in the front part of the machine body. A car washing machine characterized in that the direction is the same as the carrying direction of the vehicle to be cleaned. 5. The car wash machine according to claim 4, wherein the barrier body is provided with a display unit for displaying an instruction to a driver in the vehicle to be cleaned.