JPH09123880A - Gas station - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance safety by using a canopy at a gas station as part of means for guiding a vehicle. SOLUTION: A vehicular travel area is formed on the site 1 of a gas station for the travel of a vehicle and the roof 9 of a canopy 7 is curved like a cocoon or a comma-shaped bead, so as to cover the vehicular travel area, thereby being formed to have a large breadth part 9A at an entrance 3, and a small breadth part 9B at an exit 4. According to this construction, a vehicle is guided naturally from the entrance 3 to the exit 4 along the roof 9, and the canopy 7 is formed to serve as a part of a vehicular guidance means, thereby ensuring the safe guide of the vehicle.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gas station suitable for use in, for example, a self-service gas station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, gas stations in Japan are obliged to have a so-called full service, in which operators of gas stations operate refueling nozzles to refuel fuel tanks of vehicles by various laws and regulations in order to ensure safety. ing. For this reason, the operator guides the vehicle to be refueled (hereinafter referred to as the vehicle) from the inlet of the gas station to the weighing machine, and then the worker refuels the fuel compatible with the vehicle using the weighing machine, After the completion, the vehicle is guided to leave the weighing machine on the open road.

[0003]

On the other hand, along with the recent trend of deregulation, the driver of the vehicle also operates the fueling nozzle of the weighing machine to refuel his fuel tank at the gas station. A so-called self-service gas station is under consideration.

In this case, at the full service gas station, the operator guides the vehicle within the site of the gas station, the actual fueling work using a weighing machine, and the giving and receiving of cash and cash including a credit card are performed by the worker. The safety is sufficiently ensured.

However, in the case of the self-service gas station, the driver of the vehicle can reach the weighing machine within the site of the gas station, how to operate the weighing machine, and how to refuel. There are many unsolved problems in the management of gas stations, such as how to exit to a general road and how to transfer money.

[0006] Among these, regarding the guidance of the vehicle, one in which a guideway is formed by means of paint or the like in the area where the vehicle runs on the site of the gas station, and bricks or the like are buried on the surface of the site It is considered that the guideway is formed by the above, and further the guideway is formed by embedding a fluorescent light emitting device, a lamp, etc. on the site surface.

However, in any of the forms, it cannot be said that sufficient measures are taken in safely guiding the vehicle through the site of the gas station.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. In the present invention, attention is paid to the fact that a canopy is arranged above the site of a gas station, and this canopy is used as a means for guiding a vehicle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gas station that can improve safety even when applied to a self-service gas station.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a gas station according to the invention of claim 1 provides an entrance and an exit of a vehicle at a predetermined position of a site and directs the entrance from the exit. Has a vehicle traveling area in which a vehicle that should receive refueling travels, and a meter for refueling a fuel tank of the vehicle is provided in the middle of the vehicle traveling area, and a vehicle traveling area from the entrance to the exit is provided in the site. A canopy is arranged on the vehicle traveling area so as to guide the vehicle along the line, and the canopy is configured to have a wide entrance side and a narrow exit side.

With the above structure, the vehicle reaching the entrance of the site can reach the weighing machine by traveling along the lead wire in the vehicle traveling area along the roof shape of the canopy,
After refueling with the weighing machine, the exit can be reached by traveling along the lead wire in the vehicle traveling area along the roof shape of the canopy. In this case, the entrance of the canopy is formed wider than the exit, so the vehicle traveling on the general road can flow to the weighing machine so that it can be sucked from the entrance of the gas station, and the exit is compared to the entrance. Since it is formed to be narrow, it prevents the vehicle from going backward from the outlet to the weighing machine side.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the canopy is inclined so as to gradually lower from the inlet to the outlet. As a result, the entrance of the canopy is wider and taller than the exit, so that a vehicle traveling on a general road can be guided more smoothly from the entrance to the weighing machine, and vice versa. It is difficult for the weighing machine to move backward.

In the invention of claim 3, an island is provided on the entrance side of the site, and an office is provided on an extension connecting the island and the entrance. When used as a self-service refueling station, the office also serves as a monitoring station that monitors the state of refueling by the driver of the vehicle. If there is an office, the situation of the refueling vehicle can always be visually checked from the office.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, a service unit is provided on the island side on the inlet side, and the oil supply nozzle of the weighing machine is arranged on the outlet side, which is the front side in the approach direction. As a result, even if the service unit is configured as a prepaid system or a postpaid system to form a self-service filling station, the service unit pays cash, inserts a card, etc., and then grasps the fueling nozzle of the weighing machine. It is possible to monitor the status of refueling from within the office without any obstacle to the service unit. At this time, the measuring machine is a suspending type measuring machine in which the refueling nozzle is suspended from the canopy, so that the visibility from the office is improved.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a case where an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a self-service gas station will be described as an example and will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5 show a first embodiment according to the present invention, which is applied to a prepaid self-service gas station.

In the figure, 1 is the site of a gas station, and in the case of the present embodiment, this site 1 is surrounded on three sides by fire walls 2, 2 and 2, and one side is open toward the road. On the opening side of the site 1, the left side of FIG. 2 faces the road and the entrance 3 of the vehicle and the right side the exit 4 of the vehicle. The entrance 3 is set to about 1/2 of the opening, and the exit 4 is set to about 1/5 of the opening. Between the entrance 3 and the exit 4, the entrance and exit of the vehicle is prohibited. A barrier 5 is formed, and an advertising tower (not shown) or the like is provided on the barrier 5.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a vehicle traveling area realized on the site 1 for the vehicle to be refueled to travel. As shown in FIG. 5, the vehicle traveling area 6 has an inlet 3 on one side and an outlet 4 on the other side. Has become. Then, in the middle of the vehicle traveling area 6, refueling areas 6A and 6A for refueling the vehicle are provided.
A, ... (Three, for example) are provided. Here, the vehicle traveling area 6 is positioned as an assembly of conducting wires when the vehicle travels in the site 1. In the case of the present embodiment, the vehicle traveling area 6 is from the entrance 3 to the exit 4
It is formed in a cocoon shape or a jewel shape toward, and has a wide inlet 3 side and a narrow outlet 4 side.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a canopy provided on the site 1, and in the case of this embodiment, the canopy 7 has four columns 8, 8, ...
And a roof 9 that covers the site 1 above the columns 8.

Here, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 is shaped so as to reliably guide the vehicle along the vehicle traveling area 6 from the entrance 3 to the exit 4. That is, the roof 9 has a wide portion 9A on the inlet 3 side and a narrow portion 9B on the outlet 4 side so as to be curved in a cocoon shape or a jewel shape so as to cover above the vehicle traveling area 6. In other words, the area on the site 1 projected by the roof 9 of the canopy 7 corresponds to the vehicle traveling area 6. by this,
Vehicles heading from the entrance 3 to the exit 4 follow the roof 9 along the exit 4
It is designed to be naturally guided toward.

The roof 9 of the canopy 7 has a height H1 on the inlet 3 side and a height H2 lower than H1 on the outlet 4 side. The roof 9 extends from the inlet 3 to the outlet 4. It is formed in a continuous gradient so that it becomes gradually lower toward the bottom. As a result, the refueling target vehicle can easily enter from the entrance 3 side,
It is difficult to enter from the exit 4 side.

On the other hand, 10 is an office provided at the corner of the site 1 as seen from the exit 4 of the site 1.
Has the function of both the office of the gas station and the monitoring room of the refueling work at the self-service gas station. Office 10
Is arranged on an extension line connecting the inlet 3 and an island 13 which will be described later, so that the self-service refueling operation on the island 13 can be easily monitored.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a working chamber provided at a deep corner when viewed from the entrance 3 side, and the working chamber 11 can perform work associated with vehicle maintenance such as oil change and tire change. You can do it. In addition, 12 is a car washing machine, and the car washing machine 12 is located between the office 10 and the working room 11 and is provided along the fire barrier 2.

.. are islands provided on the site 1 near the entrance 3 side.
Three 3 are arranged at regular intervals across the traveling direction of the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 4, the island 13 is formed in a substantially oval shape so as to be slightly higher than the site 1 surface. Then, the island 13 is arranged so that the axis line of the elliptical island 13 is aligned with the line connecting the inlet 3 and the office 10, and the longitudinal side surface of the island 13 faces the refueling area 6A. It is arranged.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a post-shaped service unit that is located on the entrance 3 side of the island 13 and stands upright on the island 13. The service unit 14 faces the refueling area 6A and is required for prepaid service. There are various elements. That is, on both left and right sides of the service unit 14, a display 14A for displaying information necessary for self-service and a cash payment port 14 for receiving and accepting cash.
B, card insertion slot 14C for inserting a prepaid card,
A display unit 14D that displays the amount of refueling and the amount of refueling, a refueling permission indicator 14E that displays refueling permission when the preparation for self-service refueling is completed, a refueling end indicator 14F that displays the end of refueling, etc. , One side not shown).

On the front surface of the service unit 14 (the surface facing the inlet 3), there are provided an empty weighing machine display section 14G for displaying currently available weighing machines, an oil type display section 14H for displaying the types of oil that can be supplied, and the like. Emergency lamp 14J on the ceiling
Is installed.

Further, a nozzle holding portion 15 is attached to the rear surface of the service unit 14 (a surface facing the outlet 4) by cantilever support, and the nozzle holding portion 15 is directed forward in the traveling direction of the vehicle to the island 13. Extending above. The nozzle holder 15 is provided with three nozzle hooks 15A on each of the left and right sides.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a suspending type weighing machine provided by being suspended from the roof 9 of the canopy 7, and the suspending type weighing machine 16 includes a nozzle elevating part 16A provided on the lower surface of the roof 9 and the nozzle elevating / lowering part. The hose 16B is provided with three left and right hoses suspended from the portion 16A so as to be lifted up and down, and three left and right refueling nozzles 16C are provided at the tip of each hose 16B. In addition, in FIG. 4, the left and right three refueling nozzles 16 are provided.
Of C, the state where three refueling nozzles 16C located on the right side in the vehicle traveling direction are hooked on the nozzle hook 15A of the nozzle holding portion 15 is shown.

Numerals 17 and 17 are soft pads for collision prevention provided at the front position of the island 13.

The present embodiment is constructed in this way, and its operation will be described next.

First, when a vehicle running on a general road performs self-service refueling, the driver runs a desired refueling area 6A along the vehicle running area 6 from the entrance 3 of the site 1.
And stops on the refueling area 6A. At this time, the driver operates the empty weighing machine display unit 1 of the service unit 14.
4G and the oil type display portion 14H are visually checked, and the operator proceeds while searching for a refueling area 6A in which he can refuel.

After stopping at the desired refueling area 6A, the driver inserts the required amount of cash into the cash payment slot 14B of the service unit 14 or inserts a prepaid card into the card insertion slot 14C. Then, the required amount or amount of refueling is set by the display 14A or the numeric keypad (not shown), and this operation completes the preparation state,
When it becomes possible to refuel, the refueling permission indicator 14E lights up.

Next, in order to perform self-fueling using the fueling nozzle 16C of the weighing machine 16, the driver grips the fueling nozzle 16C of the desired oil type from the nozzle hook 15A of the nozzle holding portion 15 and inserts it in the fuel tank for fueling. To start. Then, when the predetermined amount of oil supply or the amount of oil supply has been reached, the oil supply is finished and the oil supply nozzle 16C is applied to the nozzle hook 15A. If this operation is correct, the refueling end indicator 14F lights up, and all refueling work has been accommodated. On the other hand, if the refueling operation is incorrect, the correct operation procedure is displayed on the display 14A and the operation procedure is uttered from a voice generator (not shown) to inform the driver of the correct operation procedure.

When the refueling work is completed in this way, the driver travels in the vehicle traveling area 6 from the stopped refueling area 6A toward the exit 4, and exits from the exit 4 to the general road.

However, according to this embodiment, the vehicle running area 6 of the gas station is formed in a cocoon shape or a jewel shape from the entrance 3 to the exit 4, and the vehicle running area 6 is located above the vehicle running area 6. A roof 9 of a canopy 7 along 6 is arranged in a cocoon shape or a jewel shape. Therefore, a vehicle entering from the entrance 3 toward the island 13 is naturally guided along the canopy 7, and a vehicle exiting from the island 13 toward the exit 4 is naturally guided along the canopy 7 as well. . Therefore, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 constitutes a part of the vehicle guiding means, and the vehicle can be guided safely.

The roof 9 of the canopy 7 becomes a wide portion 9A on the entrance 3 side of the site 1 in accordance with the entrance 3 and the exit 4
The roof 9 is a narrow portion 9B on the side. As a result, the vehicle traveling on the general road can enter toward the weighing machine 16 on the island 13 so as to be sucked from the inlet 3 of the gas station. Further, the vehicle that has finished refueling can proceed from the island 13 toward the exit, but the exit 4 side of the roof 9 is the narrow portion 9B, so the exit 4
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from moving backward from the refueling area 6A toward the weighing machine 16 side.

Further, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 has a height H1 on the inlet 3 side and a height H2 on the outlet 4 side is a height H1 on the inlet 3 side.
The H9 is lower than that of the roof, and the roof 9 is formed with a slope gradually decreasing from the entrance 3 side to the exit 4 side. Accordingly, the vehicle entering from the entrance 3 side can be guided toward the exit 4 side while being guided along the height of the roof 9. Moreover, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 has a wide portion 9 on the entrance 3 side.
Since the height is A, the height H1 on the inlet 3 side is increased, so that the intake machine 13 can be sucked toward the weighing machine 16 on the island 13.

Further, since the office 10 is provided on the extension line connecting the island 13 and the entrance 3 of the site 1, it is possible to always visually confirm the vehicle status during the refueling operation from within the office 10. Therefore, the driver operating the weighing machine 16 can be monitored from within the office 10, and for example, when the weighing machine 16 is erroneously operated or an unfamiliar driver is informed, a correct operating method can be provided.

Further, a post-shaped service unit 14 is provided on the island 13 on the side of the inlet 3 direction, and a nozzle holding portion 15 is provided on the side of the outlet 4 on the side of the island 13 in the approach direction. An oil supply nozzle 16C of the suspension weighing machine 16 is detachably held on the nozzle hook 15A of the holding portion 15. Therefore, even if the service unit 14 is in the form of a post, the service unit 14 does not become an obstacle, and the driver can refuel the fuel nozzle 16
It is possible to monitor the situation where the user is gripping C and performing refueling from inside the office 10.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment according to the present invention, which is applied to a post-pay type self-service gas station. The same components as those in the first embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Further, the service unit 14 described in the first embodiment uses a post pay card,
Applicable to post-pay self-service gas stations.

In the figure, reference numerals 21 and 21 denote card issuing machines provided at the entrance 3 of the site 1, and the card issuing machine 21 is operated when a vehicle to be refueled enters the entrance 3 and receives it as a post-pay card. Is.

Reference numeral 22 is a toll collection point provided at the exit 4 of the site 1, and the toll collection station 22 is to settle the toll on the vehicle for which refueling is completed by the above-mentioned postpay card. For this reason, a POS terminal (not shown) is provided at the toll clearing station 22, and the driver pays the required toll by inserting a postpay card and paying the required cash to the cash payment port.

23 and 23 are exits 4 from the toll clearing station 22
The left and right gates located on the side of the gate 2
No. 3 is open only when the toll clearing place 22 correctly pays the toll, and it is possible to exit to the general road.

Although the present embodiment is constructed in this way, when the vehicle running on the general road performs self-service refueling, the driver can use the card issuing machine 21 installed at the entrance 3.
After receiving the post pay card from, proceed toward the island 13 and stop. Then, the driver inserts a post pay card into the card insertion slot 14C of the service unit 14 and performs self-service refueling in the same procedure as in the first embodiment.

After refueling, the driver travels from the island 13 to the exit 4 in the vehicle traveling area 6, stops at the exit 4, and uses the post pay card to pay the required charge at the charge clearing station 22. I do. If this toll settlement is done correctly, the gate 23 will open and you can exit to the general road.

However, even in the post-pay type self-service filling station as in this embodiment, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 is formed along the vehicle running area 6 and the entrance 3 side is the wide portion 9A. At the same time, the outlet 4 side is formed as the narrow portion 9B, and the height H1 of the wide portion 9A is made higher than the height H2 of the narrow portion 9B, thereby applying to the prepaid gas station according to the first embodiment. The same action and effect as in the case can be obtained. Particularly, in a post-pay type gas station, since the toll clearing station 22 and the gate 23 are provided on the exit 4 side, the vehicle moves backward from the exit 4 in the above-described canopy 7 configuration. It is suitable for preventing this.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 is curved and formed in a cocoon shape or a bead shape, but the present invention is not limited to such a shape. A canopy 31 as shown in FIG. 7 as a first modification may be used. That is, the canopy 31 has four pillars 32, 32, ...
And a roof 33 having a polygonal shape formed so as to cover the roof 3. The roof 3 has a wide portion 33A on the entrance 3 side and a narrow portion 33B on the exit 4 side. It has a polygonal shape that covers.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the island 1
In the example shown in FIG. 3, three are arranged on the inlet 3 side at regular intervals, but the present invention is not limited to such a shape, and the arrangement shown in the second modification in FIG. Good. That is, two islands 41, 41 are arranged on the entrance 3 side, and two islands 42, 42 are arranged along the arc-shaped conducting wire in the middle of the vehicle traveling area 6 on the front side of each island 41 in the traveling direction. May be arranged. With this configuration, self-service refueling can be performed simultaneously at two points in the front and rear directions of the vehicle traveling area.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 is formed with a slope so that it gradually decreases from the entrance 3 to the exit 4, but the roof 9 is flat with the same height. It may be a face.

Further, string-shaped members may be hung on both sides of the roof 9 of the canopy 7 so that the canopy 7 can be easily guided along the vehicle running area 6, or along the both sides of the roof 9. A light or the like may be provided. With such a configuration, the roof 9 of the canopy 7 is more effective as a means for smoothly guiding the vehicle.

[0050]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention of claim 1, a vehicle traveling area in which a vehicle to be refueled travels from the entrance to the exit is provided on the premises, and the premises is provided in the premises. A canopy is arranged on the vehicle traveling area so as to guide the vehicle along the vehicle traveling area from the entrance to the exit, and the canopy is configured such that the entrance side is wide and the exit side is narrow. The arrived vehicle can reach the weighing machine by traveling along the lead wire in the vehicle running area along the roof shape of the canopy, and when refueling is completed by the weighing machine, the vehicle can follow the roof shape of the canopy. If the vehicle travels along the conducting wire in the traveling area, the vehicle can reach the exit and guide the vehicle safely. Further, since the entrance of the canopy is formed wider than the exit, the vehicle traveling on the general road can travel toward the weighing machine so as to be sucked from the entrance of the gas station,
In addition, since the exit is formed narrower than the entrance, it is possible to prevent the vehicle running on the general road from going backward from the exit toward the weighing machine side, and to guide the canopy to the vehicle. It can be effectively used as one means.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the canopy is inclined so that it gradually lowers from the entrance to the exit, the entrance of the canopy is formed wider and higher than the exit, Vehicles traveling on the road can be smoothly guided from the entrance to the weighing machine, and conversely, it becomes difficult for the vehicle to travel backward from the exit to the weighing machine, and vehicles on the premises can be safely guided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an island is provided on the entrance side of the site, and an office is provided on an extension connecting the island and the entrance. It also plays the role of a monitoring station that monitors the state where the driver is refueling, and if there is an office on the extension of the entrance and the island, the status of the refueling vehicle can always be visually confirmed from the inside of the office. The safety of refueling work can be ensured by monitoring the refueling operation of the operator.

In the invention of claim 4, the service unit is provided on the inlet side on the island, and the fueling nozzle of the weighing machine is disposed on the outlet side which is the front side in the approach direction. Even if the service unit is prepaid or postpaid in order to be configured, the situation in which the service unit pays cash, inserts a card, and then refuels by holding the refueling nozzle of the weighing machine Can monitor the service unit without obstruction, improve the visibility from the office to the weighing machine, monitor the refueling operation of the driver, and ensure the safety of refueling work, especially self-service It is suitable for application to gas stations.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gas station according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the gas station according to the first embodiment with the roof of the canopy as an alternate long and short dash line.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a gas station according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a service unit and a nozzle holding unit on an island.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which a vehicle traveling area is shaded and a canopy is removed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a gas station according to a second embodiment of the present invention, showing a roof of a canopy as an alternate long and short dash line.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a gas station according to a first modified example of the present invention with a canopy roof as a dashed-dotted line.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a gas station according to a second modified example of the present invention with the roof of the canopy as a dashed line.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Site 3 Entrance 4 Exit 6 Vehicle running area 7,31 Canopy 8,32 Support post 9,33 Roof 9A, 33A Wide part 9B, 33B Narrow part 10 Office 13, 41, 42 Island 14 Service unit 15 Nozzle holding part 16 Suspended weighing machine

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Akitaka Takeuchi 1-280 Higashi Koikekubo, Kokubunji City, Tokyo Inside the Hitachi Design Laboratory (72) Inventor Shingo Hirose 1-280 Higashi Koikeku, Kokubunji, Tokyo Hitachi Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Amemori Hiroyuki Amamori 1-6-3 Fujimi Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture Tokiko Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshiki Nimura 3-9-1 Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Tokiko Yuki Co., Ltd. Within

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An entrance and an exit of a vehicle are provided at predetermined positions on a site, and a vehicle travel area in which a vehicle to be refueled travels from the entrance to the exit is provided, and the vehicle travel area is provided in the middle of the vehicle travel area. Is provided with a weighing machine for refueling the fuel tank of the vehicle, and a canopy is arranged on the vehicle running area to guide the vehicle along the vehicle running area from the entrance to the exit in the site, and the canopy is located at the entrance. A gas station with a wide side and a narrow outlet side. 2. The gas station according to claim 1, wherein the canopy is inclined so as to be gradually lowered from the inlet toward the outlet. 3. An island is provided on the entrance side of the site,
The gas station according to claim 1, wherein an office is provided on an extension connecting the island and the entrance. 4. The gas filling station according to claim 3, wherein a service unit is provided on the inlet side of the island, and a fueling nozzle of the weighing machine is arranged on the outlet side which is forward in the approach direction.