JPH07311880A - Card device for car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a card device for car washing machine promoting the use of car washing machine. CONSTITUTION:A prepaid card reader/writer 26 is provided with an oil supply point addition switch 32 selecting a card point addition and a key switch 33 inputting gasoline purchase amount on its external surface. The reader/writer 26 is provided with a control means adding the points according to gasoline purchase amount to a prepaid card when the oil supply point addition switch 32 is operated and gasoline purchase amount is inputted by the key switch 33. Thus, because the points of the prepaid card are added according to the gasoline purchase amount, a car washing machine can be used by this added points, the use of the car washing machine can be promoted, and the number of times of the use of the car washing machine can be increased. By linking the sales of gasoline and the use of the car washing machine in an SS, the service to user can be improved and the advertising effect of car washing service can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card device used in a car wash machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a car washing machine is provided with a prepaid card reader connected to a car washing machine controller as a car washing fee paying device.

This prepaid card reader takes in a prepaid card, reads the score (frequency), and outputs the prepaid card according to the number of car wash charges collected by the selected car wash course output from the controller of the car wash machine. It is configured to deduct points from the card and send back the prepaid card.

[0004]

Conventionally, a car wash machine is often installed at a service station (hereinafter referred to as SS), and in SS, the sales fee of gasoline and the usage fee of the car wash machine are the main income. There is. However, since there is no link between the sale of gasoline and the use of car wash machines, there was a problem that car wash machines were not used as much as gasoline sold.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card device for a car washing machine which promotes the use of the car washing machine.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, a car-washing machine card device of the first invention is a car-washing machine card which deducts a considerable amount of points from the card in accordance with the charge depending on the operation content of the car-washing machine. The apparatus is characterized by being provided with a control means for adding the points of the card according to the purchase amount of the article.

A car washing machine card device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the car washing machine card device according to the first aspect of the present invention, which is provided with a selection switch for adding card points and a key switch for inputting a purchase amount of an article on the outer surface. The operating means is additionally provided, and the control means, when the addition selection switch is operated and the key switch is operated, adds the score of the card according to the operation content of the key switch. is there.

Further, the card device for a car wash machine of the third invention is
In the car washing machine card device of the first invention, the control means adds the points of the prebate card in accordance with the amount of gasoline purchased.

[0009]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the invention, the points of the card are added in accordance with the purchase amount of the article, and the car wash can be used by the added points, and the use of the car wash is promoted.

According to the structure of the second aspect of the invention, when the addition selection switch is operated and the key switch is operated, the points of the card are added in accordance with the operation contents of the key switch. The machine can be used and the use of car wash machines is promoted.

Further, according to the structure of the third aspect of the invention, the points of the card are added according to the amount of gasoline purchased, and the added points enable the use of the car wash machine, which facilitates the use of the car wash machine. Further, at the service station, the sale of gasoline and the use of the car wash machine are linked, and the number of times the car wash machine is used increases.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a car wash equipped with the card device for a car wash according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, on the floor 1, a stationary car wash main body 2 formed in a gate shape, and a pair of left and right roller conveyors (vehicle transfer device) 3 that penetrates the car wash main body 2 from the front to reach the rear And are installed. An operation panel 4 (details of which will be described later) equipped with the car washing machine card device of the present invention is provided on the front surface of the car washing machine body 2.

Inside the car wash machine body 2, as a cleaning means for the vehicle 5 to be cleaned, a pair of left and right cleaning side / rocker brushes 11 for cleaning lower side surfaces of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned and side surfaces of the front and rear wheels 6 are provided. A cleaning top brush 12 that cleans the upper surface of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned, a pair of left and right side brushes 13 that cleans the front surface, rear surface, and both side surfaces of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned, and an arch (not shown) that sprays cleaning water or detergent. And a top brush 14 for wax that applies wax to the upper surface of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned as wax applying means for the vehicle 5 to be cleaned.
And a pair of left and right wax side / rocker brushes 15 for applying wax to both side surfaces of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned and the side surface of the wheel 6, and an arch (not shown) for injecting a wax base agent, a liquid wax or a fluorine coating agent. Further, as a drying means for the vehicle to be cleaned 5, a top nozzle 16 for drying the upper surface of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned and an air curtain provided between the top nozzle 16 and the rocker brush 15 for wax are provided. A sub-top nozzle 17 that can be raised and lowered,
A pair of left and right side nozzles 18 and the like provided behind the top nozzle 16 for drying both side surfaces of the vehicle 5 to be cleaned are provided.

A front slope 19 is provided on the starting end side of both roller conveyors 3 for smoothly loading the vehicle 5 to be cleaned.
Is installed, and a rear slope 20 for smoothly discharging the vehicle 5 to be cleaned is installed on the terminal side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the operation panel 4 has a car wash course selection switch 21 and a special equipment for each vehicle type 5 to be washed as a switch for inputting automatic car wash data in the lower left half thereof. Vehicle type / equipment input switch 22, setting completion lamp 23, car wash course and vehicle type / equipment setting confirmation switch 24, car wash course and vehicle type / equipment setting correction switch 25 are provided, and the upper left half and In the right half, as a device for paying the car wash fee and a display device for confirming the amount, a prepaid card reader / writer 26, a coin insertion machine 27, a digital display device 28 for displaying the number of prepaid cards or the coin insertion amount.
Is provided. The above switch is composed of a panel switch, and a corresponding lamp is attached to the switch.

Each device of the operation panel 4 is connected to a control device 30 installed in the car wash machine body 2, and the control device 46 controls the brushes 11 to 11 in response to an operation signal from the operation panel 4. 15, nozzles 16-18, roller conveyor 3
Is driven, and the operation of the entire car wash machine body 2 is controlled.

In the prepaid card reader / writer 26,
As shown in FIG. 1, a prepaid card insertion slot 31, a refueling point switch 32, and a numeric keypad switch 33 are provided on the surface. As shown in FIG. 3, the prepaid card insertion slot 31 is inserted inside. Card driving means 34 for detecting and fetching the prepaid card, and feeding out the prepaid card, and data reading means 35 for reading the data (points) of the prepaid card.
A data writing means 36 for writing data (points) to the prepaid card, a refueling point switch 32, a ten-key switch 33, a card driving means 34, a data reading means 35,
Further, it is connected to the data writing means 36 and further connected to the controller 30 of the car wash machine, and is composed of the card driving means 34, the data reading means 35, and the control means 37 for driving and controlling the data writing means 36.

The operation of the control means 37 of the prepaid card reader / writer 26, which is an essential part of the present invention, will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when a card take-in signal is input from the card driving means 34 (step-1), a read command signal is output to the data reading means 35 (step-2). Then, when the score r of the card read by the data reading means 35 is input (step-3), the score r of this card is output to the control device 30 (step-4).

The control device 30 outputs the input score r to the digital display 28 for display, and the switch 21
When the car wash course is selected by, the car wash fee is set according to the selected car wash course, and the score s collected from the prepaid card is output to the control means 37 of the prepaid card reader / writer 26.

When the car wash fee is set in the control means 37 of the prepaid card reader / writer 26 for each car wash course, the control device 30 outputs the set car wash course selection signal to the control means 37. At this time, the control means 37 searches for the score s to be collected according to the inputted car wash course selection signal.

Next, it is confirmed whether the refueling point switch 32 is operated (step-5). If not confirmed, it is confirmed whether the point s to be collected (or the car wash course selection signal) is inputted from the control device 30. (Step-6).

When the input of the point s to be collected (or the car wash course selection signal) is confirmed (when the car wash course selection signal is input, the point s to be collected is searched according to the input car wash course selection signal). The points to be collected are subtracted from the points r of the card (step-7), and a write command signal of the points (rs) after the subtraction is output to the data writing means 66 (step-8). When a writing end signal is input from the data writing means 36 (step-9), the score after subtraction is output to the control device 46 (step-10), and a card sending command signal is output to the card driving means 64 (step). -11), end. The control device 30 outputs the score (r-s) after the subtraction to the digital display 28 for a predetermined time to display it.

In step-5, when the operation signal of the refueling addition switch 32 is input, the ten key switch 33
When the operation of the ten-key switch 33 is input, that is, when the operation signal of the set key is input after the operation of the number keys (step -12), the list of the number keys is set to the gasoline refueling amount M (liter). Assumed (step -13), the number u of points to be added is calculated by the equation (1), and the decimal point and below are rounded down (step -14).

U = M / 10 (1) Next, this score u is added to the score r of the card (step-
15), the point after the addition to the data writing means 36 (r +
The write command signal of u) is output (step-16).
Then, when a write end signal is input from the data writing means 36 (step -17), the added score is controlled by the control device.
The data is output to step 30 (step-18), the process returns to step-11, and a card sending-out command signal is output to the card driving means 64, and the process ends. The controller 30 outputs the added score (r + u) to the digital display 28 for a predetermined time to display it.

By the above operation, the prepaid card reader / writer 26 collects the fee for the car wash course, and the refueling point switch 32 and the ten-key switch are operated.
In accordance with the operation of 33, the score u based on the input gasoline refueling amount is calculated and added to the score r of the card.

The operation of the service person at SS at the time of refueling will be described. First, when the user refuels the vehicle 5 with, for example, 25 liters of gasoline and hands the prepaid card to the service person, the service person inserts this prepaid card into the prepaid card reader / writer 26.
Then, press the refueling point switch 32 and then "2".
5 Operate the ten-key switch 33 in the order of "set".
Then, in the prepaid card reader / writer 26,
2 points "is added to the prepaid card reader / writer.
I will send it back from 26, so I will take it and return it to the user.

Thus, according to the amount of gasoline purchased,
By adding the points of the prepaid card, it is possible to use the car washing machine by the added points, it is possible to promote the use of the car washing machine, and it is possible to increase the number of times the car washing machine is used. Further, in the SS, the sale of gasoline and the use of the car wash machine are linked, so that the service to the user can be improved and the advertising effect of the car wash service can be improved.

In the above embodiment, gasoline is linked, but it is not limited to gasoline, and it is also possible to link with articles sold at SS, such as tires and lubricating oil. The usage can be promoted and the service to the user can be improved.

Further, in the above embodiment, the prepaid card is used, but other cards such as an IC card can be used. Further, although the continuous car wash machine is described as an example of the car wash machine, the invention can also be applied to a car wash machine in which the car wash machine body is moved forward and backward of the vehicle to be washed to wash the vehicle.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by adding the points of the card in accordance with the purchase amount of the article, the car washing machine can be used by the added points,
It can promote the use of car wash machines and improve the service to users. Moreover, the advertising effect of the car wash service can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the addition selection switch is operated and the key switch is operated, the points of the prebate card are added according to the operation contents of the key switch. Depending on the minutes, the car wash can be used, the use of the car wash can be promoted, and the service to the user can be improved. Moreover, the advertising effect of the car wash service can be improved.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the points of the prebate card are added according to the purchase amount of gasoline, so that the car washing machine can be used by the added points, and the use of the car washing machine can be promoted. It can be promoted and service to users can be improved. Further, at the service station, the sale of gasoline and the use of the car wash machine are linked, and the number of times the car wash machine is used can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an operation panel of a car washing machine including a car washing machine card device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a car washing machine including the card device for a car washing machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the card device for the car wash machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a control unit of the car washing machine card device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Floor surface 2 Car wash machine main body. 3 Roller Conveyor (Vehicle Transfer Device) 4 Operation Panel 5 Vehicle to be Washed 26 Prepaid Card Reader / Writer 28 Digital Display 30 Control Device (Control Means) 32 Refueling Point Switch 33 Numeric Key Switch 34 Control Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A car-washing machine card device that deducts points corresponding to the amount of money from a card in accordance with a charge depending on the contents of operation of the car-washing machine, wherein the control means adds the points of the card in accordance with the purchase amount of an article. A card device for a car wash, comprising: 2. The card device for a car wash machine according to claim 1, further comprising an operation unit equipped with a selection switch for adding the card points and a key switch for inputting the purchase amount of the article on the outer surface, and the control means is When the addition selection switch is operated and the key switch is operated, the points of the card are added according to the operation contents of the key switch. 3. The card device for a car wash machine according to claim 1, wherein the control means adds the points of the card according to the purchase amount of gasoline.