JPH08878A - Coin type washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sufficiently deal with the intention of a user to utilize the washing machine by arbitrarily selecting the process of washing, rinsing or dehydrating independently for the user and controlling the operation of each process by inserting coins corresponding to each process. CONSTITUTION:Concerning the coin type washing machine to be operated by inserting coins, a motor 11 drives a washing and dehydrating vessel and a stirring fan arranged inside this washing and dehydrating vessel so as to be freely rotated, and the respective processes of washing, rinsing and dehydrating can be set by an input setting means 15. When the insertion of coins is detected by a coin insertion detecting means 3 and the operation is started, a control means 16 controls the electrification for the respective processes of washing, rinsing and dehydrating arbitrarily set by the input setting means 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin-type washing machine which performs a series of steps such as washing, rinsing and dehydrating by inserting coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of coin-type washing machine has been constructed as shown in FIG. The configuration will be described below.

As shown in the figure, an operation panel 2 is arranged on the upper part of the outer box 1, and a coin insertion detecting means 3 is provided on the front surface of the operation panel 2 and a control for controlling each process of washing, rinsing and dehydrating. A device 4 is provided. The control device 4 is provided with a display device 5 for displaying the amount of coins inserted or the remaining time. Inside the outer box 1, an outer tub 8 rotatably enclosing a washing / dehydrating tub 7 in which a stirring blade 6 is rotatably disposed at an approximately central inner bottom is suspended from an upper part of the outer box 1 by a vibration isolator 9. ing. The stirring blade 6 and the washing / dehydrating tub 7 are selectively switched by the speed reduction mechanism 10, and the rotational force of the motor 11 is transmitted. The drain valve 12 drains the washing water in the outer tub 8, and the water supply valve 1
3 supplies tap water. The motor 11, the drain valve 12, and the water supply valve 13 are controlled by the control device 4.

The operation of the above structure will be described with reference to FIG. 5. When a coin is inserted in step 31,
In step 32, it is determined by the coin detecting means 3 whether or not the specified charge has been inserted. When the specified charge has been inserted, the control device 4 opens the water supply valve 13 in step 33 and shifts to the water supply process. Then, in step 34, it is judged by the water level detection means (not shown) arranged inside the operation panel 2 whether or not the water level has reached the specified water level. After the start, the process was shifted to the predetermined process such as rinsing and dehydration.

[0005]

In such a conventional coin-type washing machine, regardless of the user's intention of use, after a prescribed charge is put in, only a certain washing process is driven.
Even if the user does not need the subsequent rinsing and dehydration steps only by washing, the user does not finish the operation and runs to the end, which is contrary to the user's intention and causes dissatisfaction and discomfort. Also,
The same thing happened when using after rinsing.
Therefore, loss of time or damage to clothes due to washing for a long time has been a cause.

[0006] In addition, even if the laundry is extremely dirty, if you want to carefully rinse it, or if you want to perform more thorough dehydration, regardless of the user's intention to use it, after a fixed fee is put in, a certain washing process is performed. Because you just drive
The users could not be fully satisfied because they could not deal with the extension of washing time, the number of rinses, and the extension of dehydration time.

The present invention solves the above problems by allowing the user to arbitrarily and independently select the steps of washing, rinsing or dehydrating, and inserting coins in accordance with each step to perform each step. The first is to make it possible to respond sufficiently to the user's intention to use the washing machine by controlling the operation.
The purpose is.

[0008] Further, the coin insertion amount is identified and displayed according to each arbitrarily set process to prevent excessive insertion or shortage of coin insertion and improve the usability by making the coin insertion amount visible at a glance. Is the second purpose.

In addition, the coin insertion amount is displayed in accordance with the arbitrarily set strokes, and the identification display is sequentially reduced according to the coin insertion amount, thereby eliminating the excessive insertion of coins, lack of coins, and the like. The third purpose is to improve

A fourth object is to allow coins to be inserted during the operation of each process in which each process is arbitrarily set so that the time or the number of times of each process can be extended.

[0011]

In order to achieve the first object, the present invention provides a washing / dehydrating tub and a motor for driving a stirring blade rotatably disposed in the washing / dehydrating tub.
Washing, rinsing, an input setting means for setting each process of dehydration, a control means for controlling each process of washing, rinsing, dehydration, and a coin insertion detecting means for detecting insertion of coins and controlling operation start, A first problem solving means is that the control means controls the energization of each process of washing, rinsing, and dehydration, which is arbitrarily set by the input setting means, by inserting a coin.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, in addition to the first problem solving means, a display means is provided, and the control means is a coin according to each stroke arbitrarily set by the input setting means. A second problem solving means is that the input amount is identified and displayed by the display means.

Further, in order to achieve the third object, in addition to the first problem solving means, a display means is provided, and the control means is a coin corresponding to each stroke arbitrarily set by the input setting means. The input amount is identified by the display means,
A third problem solving means is that the reduction display is sequentially displayed according to the coin insertion amount from the coin insertion detection means.

Further, in order to achieve the fourth object, in addition to the first problem solving means, the control means, during the operation of each of the washing, rinsing, and dehydrating strokes set by the input setting means, The fourth problem solving means is to accept the coin insertion from the coin insertion detecting means and to extend or repeatedly operate each of the processes depending on the coin insertion amount.

[0015]

According to the first means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides:
Each step of washing, rinsing and dehydration can be arbitrarily selected and independently set by the input setting means, coins can be inserted according to each step and operation control of each step can be performed, and user's washing It can respond to the intention to use the machine.

Further, by the second problem solving means, it is possible to identify and display the coin insertion amount corresponding to each process arbitrarily set by the input setting means, and it is possible to prevent an excessive insertion or shortage of coin insertion. At the same time, the amount of coins inserted for each stroke that has been set arbitrarily can be known at a glance, improving usability.

Further, by the third problem solving means, the coin insertion amount corresponding to each process arbitrarily set by the input setting means is displayed in an identifying manner, and the identification display is sequentially reduced according to the coin insertion amount. It is possible to improve the usability by eliminating excessive coin insertion and lack of coins.

Further, according to the fourth problem solving means, after the operation is started by arbitrarily setting each stroke by the input setting means, the coin insertion can be accepted during the operation, and when the laundry is extremely dirty, If you want to improve the rinsing even further, or if you want to further increase the squeeze, you can easily extend and add the stroke, and you can fully respond to the user's intention to use the washing machine.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same components as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in the figure, the controller 14 controls the washing,
The output of the input setting means 15 capable of selecting and setting each process of rinsing and dehydration is input to the control means 16, and the control means 16
Based on the setting of the input setting means 15, the motor 11, the drain valve 12, and the water supply valve 13 via the power switching means 17.
Is controlled to control each process of washing, rinsing and dehydrating. The storage means 18 stores data necessary for the stroke control by the control means 16.

The display means 19 comprises a display device 5 and travel display lamps 19a, 19b and 19c. The coin insertion detecting means 3 detects insertion of a coin, inputs the output thereof into the control means 16, and controls the operation start. The water level detection means 20 detects the water supply level in the washing / dehydrating tub 7 and inputs the output to the control means 16. In addition, 21 is a motor 1
Reference numeral 1 is a phase advancing capacitor, and 22 is a power switch.

The control means 16 is composed of a microcomputer, and the laundry is arbitrarily set by the input setting means 15,
Each rinsing and dehydration process is energized by inserting a coin, and the coin insertion amount corresponding to each process arbitrarily set by the input setting unit 15 is displayed on the display unit 19 and the coin insertion detection unit is displayed. The coins from the coin insertion detecting means 3 are accepted during the operation of each of the washing, rinsing, and dehydration processes set by the input setting means 15, and the coins are received in accordance with the coin insertion amount from 3 Depending on the amount of money spent, each operation is extended or repeated.

The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3. In step 41, the steps of washing, rinsing and dehydrating are arbitrarily set by the input keys 15a, 15b and 15c of the input setting means 15, and step 42 is performed. Each time the input keys 15a, 15b, 15c of the input setting means 15 are set by, the process display lamps 19a, 19b, 19c are turned on, each process is displayed in an identifying manner, and in step 43 the display device 5
The coin insertion amount corresponding to each process arbitrarily set in is displayed.

Next, at step 44, the coin insertion amount displayed on the display device 5 is inserted from the coin insertion detection means 3. In this case, the display of the coin insertion amount displayed on the display device 5 is sequentially reduced according to the amount inserted from the coin insertion detection means 3, and when the coin insertion amount is correctly inserted. The display of the display device 5 is set to 0 yen, and thereafter, a predetermined time period during which the vehicle is driven in each arbitrarily set stroke is displayed.

Next, in step 45, the coin insertion amount displayed on the display device 5 is accurately inserted, and after the coin insertion amount is displayed at 0 yen, the start switch 15d of the input setting means 15 is selected in step 46. Press, Step 4
Each stroke optionally set before the operation in 7 is started,
If additional coins have not been inserted in step 48, the operation is terminated after a predetermined period of operation set in step 49. When additional coins are inserted in step 48, the process proceeds to step 50, and if a predetermined amount of money has been added,
The operation time is extended in step 51, and the operation is finished after the extended time operation.

Steps 45 to 51 are operations when the normal steps of washing, rinsing and dehydration are set by the input setting means 15, and when only washing is set, steps 52 to 58 are performed. And again
When rinsing and dehydration are set, the operations from step 59 to step 65 are performed, and when only dehydration is set, the operations from step 66 to step 72 are performed.

Needless to say, each process, time, etc. set in this embodiment can be arbitrarily set in consideration of the user's request.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to set the washing / dehydrating tub, the motor for driving the stirring blade rotatably arranged in the washing / dehydrating tub, and the steps of washing, rinsing, and dewatering. An input setting means, a control means for controlling each process of washing, rinsing and dehydration, and a coin insertion detecting means for detecting the insertion of a coin and controlling the start of the operation are provided, and the control means is arbitrarily set by the input setting means. Since the set washing, rinsing, and dehydration processes are energized by inserting coins, after setting the washing, rinsing, and dehydrating processes arbitrarily by the input setting means, coins are inserted to energize each process. By controlling it, each stroke can be selected independently and the operation of each stroke can be controlled simply by inserting coins according to each stroke, which is sufficient for the user's intention to use the washing machine. Na It can respond, it is possible to obtain a coin-operated washing machine that can be satisfactory in use value size.

Further, since the control means is provided with the display means and the coin insertion amount corresponding to each stroke arbitrarily set by the input setting means is displayed on the display means, the stroke can be displayed by the input setting means. Can be set arbitrarily, and the coin insertion amount can be identified and displayed according to each set stroke, and there will be no excessive coin insertion, shortage, etc., and the coin insertion amount for each stroke set arbitrarily You can understand at a glance and improve usability.

Further, the display means is provided, and the control means identifies and displays the coin insertion amount corresponding to each process arbitrarily set by the input setting means by the display means, and displays the coin insertion amount from the coin insertion detection means. According to each step, the amount of coins inserted can be discriminated and displayed, and the identification display can be sequentially reduced according to the amount of coin inserted. By doing so, it is possible to improve the usability by eliminating excessive coin insertion and shortage.

Further, the control means accepts coin insertion from the coin insertion detection means during the operation of each of the washing, rinsing and dehydration steps set by the input setting means, and according to the coin insertion amount, each of the above steps is accepted. If the laundry is heavily soiled by accepting the coin insertion during the operation of each stroke after starting the operation by setting each stroke arbitrarily by the input setting means since the operation was extended or repeated , It is very effective when you want to improve the rinsing and the squeeze further, and it is possible to respond to the user's intention to use the washing machine. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a coin-type washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view of the coin-type washing machine.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the coin-type washing machine.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of a conventional coin-type washing machine.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the coin-type washing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 coin insertion detecting means 6 stirring blade 7 washing and dehydrating tub 11 motor 15 input setting means 16 control means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A washing / dehydrating tub and a motor for driving a stirring blade rotatably arranged in the washing / dehydrating tub, an input setting means for setting each process of washing, rinsing and dehydrating, and washing and rinsing. , A control means for controlling each process of dehydration, and a coin insertion detection means for detecting the insertion of coins and controlling the start of operation, the control means comprising washing, rinsing and dehydration arbitrarily set by the input setting means. A coin-type washing machine in which each step of energizing is controlled by inserting a coin. 2. The coin-type laundry according to claim 1, further comprising display means, wherein the control means identifies and displays on the display means the coin insertion amount corresponding to each stroke arbitrarily set by the input setting means. Machine. 3. A display means is provided, and the control means discriminates and displays on the display means the coin insertion amount corresponding to each stroke arbitrarily set by the input setting means, and the coin insertion amount from the coin insertion detection means is displayed. The coin-type washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the reduction display is sequentially performed according to the reduction. 4. The control means receives coin insertion from the coin insertion detection means during the operation of each of the washing, rinsing, and dehydration steps set by the input setting means, and according to the coin insertion amount, each of the steps is performed. The coin-type washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the coin-type washing machine is extended or repeatedly operated.