JPH11227576A - Car washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car washing machine capable of brushing even a tall vehicle such as a van sufficiently and smoothly without a top brush device being caught in the upper part of a windshield part. SOLUTION: Both top brush devices 10 and 11 comprise arms 17 and 34 swingable around pivots 16 and 33 and brush main bodies 18 and 35 installed on the arms 17 and 34, respectively. The second pivot 33 of the second top brush device 11 is set at a position higher than the first pivot 16. For an ordinary passenger A, because a vehicle height is lower than the height of the first pivot 16, the ordinary passenger car A is brushed using the first top brush device 10. For a station wagon B, becomes a vehicle height is higher than the height of the first pivot 16, the first top brush device 10 is moved backward, and the station wagon B is brushed using the second top brush device 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car washer for washing a car and a car washer body while moving at least one of the vehicle and the car washer body relative to the other.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of car washer, for example, a type in which a vehicle is washed by a plurality of brushes in a car wash machine main body installed on a floor while the vehicle is being conveyed by a conveying device. . As shown in FIG. 8,
Inside the main body 81 of the car washer, a top brush device 84 for brushing the upper surface of the vehicle 83 conveyed by the conveyance device 82 is provided.

The top brush device 84 includes a pair of left and right arms 86 that can swing vertically about a fulcrum 85.
And a brush body 87 provided between the free ends of the arms 86 and rotatable about a horizontal axis.

According to this, as shown in FIG. 8, when brushing the upper surface of the ordinary passenger car A, both arms 86 swing up and down so that the brush main body 87 is moved to the height of the hood portion 88 of the ordinary passenger car A. Position. Then, by rotating the brush main body 87, the bonnet part 88 is brushed. Thereafter, the brush main body 87 brushes the front window part 89 while being pushed up by the front window part 89.
I was brushing 0.

When the brush body 87 is pushed up from the front window portion 89 to the ceiling portion 90 in this manner, the fulcrum 85 of the arms 86 is moved to the normal vehicle A in order to prevent the brush body 87 from being caught on the front window portion 89. It is set higher than the vehicle height.

[0006]

Recently, however, one-box wagons B and four-wheel drive vehicles, which are higher in height than the ordinary passenger car A, have become popular. As shown in FIG. 9, when washing a wagon car B or the like having a height higher than that of the ordinary passenger car A, the height of the wagon car B is higher than the fulcrum 85 of the arms 86, and as a result, As shown by a solid line in FIG. 9, the position of the brush body 87 is higher than the fulcrum 85 above the front window portion 91 of the wagon B, and the brush body 87 is hooked on the upper portion of the front window 91 of the wagon B. As a result, the top brush device 84 cannot brush the upper surface of the wagon B sufficiently and smoothly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a car washer capable of sufficiently and smoothly brushing the upper surface of a vehicle, such as a wagon vehicle, having a high vehicle height without the top brush device being caught on a front window portion. With the goal.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a car washer according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises: A car washing machine for washing a car, wherein a first top brush device and a second top brush device are provided in the car washing machine main body, and the top brush devices are respectively arranged in a vertical direction about a fulcrum. A swingable arm,
A brush body provided at the free end of the arm and rotatable about a horizontal axis, wherein the fulcrum of the second top brush device is set at a higher position than the fulcrum of the first top brush device. Is what it is.

According to this, when brushing the upper surface of the ordinary passenger car, the arm of the first top brush device swings up and down to position the brush main body at the height of the hood of the ordinary passenger car, and By rotating the brush body of the top brush device, the bonnet portion is brushed, and then the brush body of the first top brush device brushes the front window portion while being pushed up by the front window portion, and further, the ceiling portion. Brushing. At this time, since the fulcrum of the arm of the first top brush device is higher than that of the ordinary passenger car, the brush body of the first top brush device does not get caught on the upper part of the front window portion of the ordinary passenger car, and With the top brush device, ordinary cars can be brushed sufficiently and smoothly.

At this time, since the arm of the second top brush device swings upward to retract the brush body of the second top brush device above the vehicle, the brush body of the second top brush device is moved. However, it does not disturb the ordinary passenger car.

When brushing the upper surface of a wagon or the like having a height higher than the fulcrum of the arm of the first top brush device, the arm of the second top brush device swings downward to move the brush body. Down to a certain height, and
By rotating the brush body of the second top brush device, the front of the wagon is brushed, and then
The brush body of the second top brush device brushes the front window while being pushed up by the front window, and further brushes the ceiling. At this time, since the fulcrum of the arm of the second top brush device is higher than the wagon wheel, the brush body of the second top brush device does not get caught on the upper part of the front window portion of the wagon wheel, and the second The wagon car can be sufficiently and smoothly brushed by the top brush device.

At this time, since the arm of the first top brush device swings upward to retract the brush body of the first top brush device above the vehicle, the brush body of the first top brush device is moved. But it does not get in the way of the wagon.

The car washer according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a first cleaning pattern for brushing the upper surface of the vehicle with the brush body of the first top brush device and retracting the brush body of the second top brush device above the vehicle. An operation unit that retreats the brush main body of the first top brush device above the vehicle and switches between a second cleaning pattern in which the brush main body of the second top brush device brushes the upper surface of the vehicle by an external operation. It is provided.

According to this, the user operates the operation unit to switch to the first washing pattern when washing an ordinary passenger car, and operates the operation unit when washing a wagon or the like to wash the ordinary passenger car. Switch to pattern. This makes it possible to easily switch between the first cleaning pattern and the second cleaning pattern in accordance with the vehicle types having different vehicle heights.
Brushing with a washing pattern of
Brushing with a cleaning pattern of

The car washer according to the third aspect of the present invention is provided with a vehicle height detecting device, and brushes the upper surface of the vehicle with a brush body of the first top brush device based on a detection value detected by the vehicle height detecting device. A first cleaning pattern for retracting the brush body of the second top brush device above the vehicle, and a brush body of the second top brush device for retracting the brush body of the first top brush device above the vehicle. And a control device for switching between a second cleaning pattern for brushing the upper surface of the vehicle.

According to this, for a normal passenger car, the detection value detected by the vehicle height detection device becomes lower than the predetermined value, so that the control device switches to the first cleaning pattern. Also,
For a wagon or the like, since the detection value detected by the vehicle height detection device is higher than a predetermined value, the control device switches to the second cleaning pattern. As described above, since the switching between the first cleaning pattern and the second cleaning pattern can be automatically performed by the control device based on the detection value of the vehicle height detection device, the operation burden on the user at the time of car washing is reduced. Is done.

[0017]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,
On the floor 1, a stationary car wash machine body 2 having a gate shape, and a pair of right and left transport devices 4 for carrying the vehicle 3 to be washed into the car wash machine body 2 from the front and unloading the car wash machine body 2 from the rear. is set up. A roller conveyor, a slat conveyor, a belt conveyor, or the like is used for the transport device 4.

A pair of left and right first and second rocker brush devices 7 and 8 for brushing the lower portion of the side surface of the vehicle 3 and the wheels 6 are provided inside the body 2 of the car washer. A pair of left and right side brush devices 9 for brushing the front and rear surfaces, first and second top and bottom brush devices 10 and 11 capable of lifting and lowering the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, and a lifting device for drying the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. A free top nozzle device 12 and a side nozzle device 13 for drying the side surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned are provided. The first and second rocker brush devices 7,
The side brush device 8 and the side brush device 9 move toward and away from each other in the left-right direction, and can change the left-right space according to the width of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first top brush device 10 is provided on the car washer body 2 and has a first fulcrum 1.
A pair of left and right first arms 17 that can swing up and down around the center 6, and a first brush body 18 that is provided between one ends of the first arms 17 and that is rotatable about a horizontal axis.
A first rotation driving device 31 for rotating the first brush main body 18, a first swinging device 19 for swinging the first arms 17, and the other end of the first arms 17. And a first weight 20 for balance.

The first oscillating device 19 is configured to supply and discharge oil from one oil tank 21 and the other oil tank 22 to the first cylinder device 23. When the first brush main body 18 is raised, the solenoid 24a of the one changeover switch 24 and the solenoid 25a of the other changeover switch 25 are both turned off, and air is supplied from the compressor 26 to the one oil tank 21 via the silencer 27. And one of the oil tanks 21
The oil in the inside is extruded under pressure to supply the oil to the first cylinder device 23.

When the first brush body 18 is held (locked), the solenoid 24a is turned on. In this state, a check valve 30 is provided to suck in the outside air and reduce the movement of the first cylinder device 23 when a force for pushing the first brush main body 18 upward is exerted.

Further, when lowering the first brush body 18, the solenoid 24a is turned off and the solenoid 25a is turned on, and the check valve 32 and the silencer 28 are turned off.
Then, the air in the one oil tank 21 is discharged from the exhaust nozzle 29 through the first cylinder device 23, and the oil is returned from the first cylinder device 23 into the one oil tank 21. In this state, the first arms 17 are lowered by the weight of the first brush main body 18 in a free state without being fixed. Therefore, when the solenoid 24a is turned off and the solenoid 25a is turned on, when an external force that pushes up the first brush main body 18 acts on the first brush main body 18, the first arms 17 swing upward in response to the external force. Will move.

The second top brush device 11 is constructed in the same manner as the first top brush device 10, that is, a pair of left and right second brushes that can swing about the second fulcrum 33. An arm 34, a second brush body 35,
The second rotation driving device 46, the second swinging device 36, and the second weight 37 for balance are configured. The second fulcrum 33 is set at a higher position than the first fulcrum 16. Further, the second arm 34 is attached to the car washer body 2.
Is provided with a horizontal position detecting device 47 for detecting the horizontal position. The horizontal position detecting device 47 includes, for example, a proximity sensor, a photoelectric switch, and the like.

The second oscillating device 36 is constructed in the same manner as the first oscillating device 19, that is, one oil tank 38, the other oil tank 39, and the second
Cylinder device 40, one changeover switch 41 provided with solenoid 41a, the other changeover switch 42 provided with solenoid 42a, silencer 44, check valve 48
And a check valve 45.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at the front end of the car washer body 2, a vehicle height detecting device 51 for detecting the height of the vehicle 3 to be washed from the front end to the rear end is provided with both top brush devices. It is provided in front of 10,11. As the vehicle height detection device 51, a sonic sensor that detects the vehicle height by applying ultrasonic waves to the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is used.

An operation box 52 is erected in front of and on the right side of the transport device 4. The operation box 52 includes a car wash course setting switch 53 for selecting the contents of a car wash from a plurality of car wash courses, Vehicle type setting switches 54 and 55 (an example of an operation unit) for setting the vehicle type (normal passenger car, wagon vehicle, four-wheel drive vehicle, etc.) of the vehicle 3 are provided.

When one of the vehicle type setting switches 54 is turned on, the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is brushed by the first brush body 18 of the first top brush device 10 and the second top brush device A first cleaning pattern is executed in which the eleventh second brush body 35 is retracted above the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. When the other vehicle type setting switch 55 is turned on, the first brush body 18 is retracted above the vehicle 3 to be cleaned, and the second brush body 35 brushes the upper surface of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned. The second cleaning pattern is executed.

As shown in FIG. 4, a control device 57 provided in the car wash body 2 is based on detection signals from the detection devices 47 and 51 and input signals from the setting switches 53, 54 and 55. Then, the changeover switches 24, 25, 41, 42 of the top brush devices 10, 11 and the rotary drive devices 31, 46, the compressor 26, and the operating devices 58, 59 for operating the rocker brush devices 7, 8 respectively.
An operating device 60 for operating the side brush device 9;
An operating device 61 for operating the top nozzle device 12, an operating device 62 for operating the side nozzle device 13, and a driving device 63 for driving the transport device 4 are controlled.

When one of the vehicle type setting switches 54 is turned on, the control device 57 switches the switches 24, 25, 41, 42 of the top brush devices 10, 11 respectively.
And the rotation drive devices 31 and 46 and the compressor 26 are controlled to execute the first cleaning pattern. When the other vehicle type setting switch 55 is turned on, the second cleaning pattern is executed.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below.
As shown in FIG. 1, while the user is in the vehicle 3 to be washed,
Is pressed to select a target car wash course, and when the type of the vehicle 3 to be washed is the ordinary passenger car A, one vehicle type setting switch 54 is turned on. Accordingly, input signals from the car wash course setting switch 53 and one of the vehicle type setting switches 54 are input to the control device 57, and the target car wash course and the first wash pattern are set.

Thereafter, the user moves the vehicle 3 to be washed forward to get on the two transporting devices 4 and pulls the parking brake to fix the wheels 6. At this time, each wheel 6 is supported on both transport devices 4.

Then, the two transporting devices 4 are driven to transport the vehicle 3 to be washed backward along the transport route 64.
The vehicle height is detected by the vehicle height detection device 51. afterwards,
The first cleaning pattern is executed on the upper surface of the ordinary passenger car A.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the first rotation driving device 31 of the first top brush device 10 is driven by the control signal of the control device 57 to rotate the first brush main body 18 about the horizontal axis. At the same time, the solenoid 24a of one switch 24 is turned off, and the other switch 2
The five solenoids 25a are switched on, the first brush body 18 descends, and the bonnet 66 of the ordinary car A is brushed by the first brush body 18, as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, the first brush body 18 brushes the front window portion 67 while being pushed up by the front window portion 67.
Brushing the ceiling 68 as shown by the imaginary line of
While lowering, the rear window portion 69 and the trunk portion 70 are brushed. At this time, since the first fulcrum 16 of the first arm 17 is higher than the ceiling 68 of the ordinary passenger car A, the first brush main body 18 is at a lower position than the first fulcrum 16 and, therefore, the first brush main body 18 Does not get caught on the upper portion of the front window portion 67, and the first top brush device 10 can brush the ordinary passenger car A sufficiently and smoothly.

At this time, the second rotary driving device 4 of the second top brush device 11 is controlled by the control signal of the control device 57.
6 is stopped, the second brush body 35 remains stopped without rotating, and the second top brush device 1 is further stopped.
The solenoid 41a of one of the changeover switches 41 and the solenoid 42a of the other changeover switch 42 are both turned off, and the second brush body 35 rises to the upper limit position as shown by the solid line in FIG. Retreat above passenger car A. Thus, the second brush body 35 does not interfere with the ordinary passenger car A.

When the first and second rocker brush devices 7 and 8 are operated, the lower portion of the side surface of the ordinary passenger car A and the wheels 6 are brushed. The side surface and the front and rear surfaces are brushed, and the top nozzle device 12 is operated to move up and down based on the vehicle height value detected by the vehicle height detection device 51, whereby the upper surface of the ordinary passenger car A is dried, and the side nozzle device 13 is By operating, normal passenger car A
The sides are dried. Thereafter, as shown by a virtual line in FIG.

As shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 1, when the type of the vehicle to be cleaned 3 is a one-box wagon B or a four-wheel drive vehicle, the other vehicle type setting switch 55 of the operation box 52 is used. Turn on. Thereby, the second cleaning pattern is set.

Then, the vehicle 3 to be washed is transported rearward along the transport path 64 by the transport device 4, and first, the vehicle height is detected by the vehicle height detecting device 51. Then, the second cleaning pattern is executed on the upper surface of the wagon B.

That is, according to the control signal of the control device 57, as shown in FIG. 3, the first rotary drive device 31 of the first top brush device 10 is stopped, and the first brush main body 18 does not rotate. It remains stopped, and the solenoid 24a of one changeover switch 24 and the solenoid 25a of the other changeover switch 25 of the first top brush device 10 are both turned off, and as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 brush body 18 rises to the upper limit position,
Retreat above wagon B. Thus, the first brush body 18 does not interfere with the wagon B.

Further, the second rotation driving device 4 of the second top brush device 11 is controlled by the control signal of the control device 57.
6 is driven to rotate the second brush body 35 about the horizontal axis, and the solenoid 4
1a is off, the solenoid 42 of the other changeover switch 42
a is switched on, the second brush main body 35 descends, and the front surface 71 of the wagon B is brushed by the second brush main body 35 as shown by a virtual line (a) in FIG.

Thereafter, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 6, the second brush body 35 brushes the front window portion 72 while being pushed up by the front window portion 72, and furthermore, is shown by a virtual line (b) in FIG. As described above, the ceiling 73 is brushed. At this time, since the second fulcrum 33 of the second arm 34 is higher than the ceiling 73 of the wagon B, the second brush body 35 is at a lower position than the second fulcrum 33, and therefore, the second brush body 35 Is not caught on the upper portion of the front window portion 72, and the wagon wheel B can be sufficiently and smoothly brushed by the second top brush device 11. The four-wheel drive vehicle is also cleaned in the second cleaning pattern, similarly to the wagon B. In addition, the length of the second arm 34 is short,
Even if the second brush body 35 does not reach the lower part of the front surface 71 of the wagon B, the lower part of the front surface 71 of the wagon B is sufficiently brushed by the two side brush devices 9. No uncleaned portion remains on the front surface 71.

As shown in FIG. 7, if the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is a special wagon C having a ceiling 73 higher than the second fulcrum 33 of the second arm 34, the second brush body While brushing the front window portion 72 at 35, the second arm 34 swings upward from the downwardly inclined posture to the horizontal posture, and the horizontal position detection device 47.
Detects the horizontal position of the second arm 34. This allows
The detection signal from the horizontal position detection device 47 is input to the control device 57, and based on the detection signal, as shown in FIG. 3, both the solenoids 41a and 42a of both the changeover switches 41 and 42 of the second top brush device 11 are turned on. Both are switched off, and the second brush body 35 rises to the upper limit position and retreats above the wagon C as shown by the phantom line in FIG. As a result, the second brush body 35 does not get caught on the upper portion of the front window 72 of the wagon C.

In the above embodiment, FIG.
Although the first washing pattern shown in FIG. 6 and the second washing pattern shown in FIG. 6 are set manually by the vehicle type setting switches 54 and 55, the car washer according to another embodiment described below has The vehicle type setting switch 54 as described above,
55 is unnecessary, and the first cleaning pattern and the second cleaning pattern can be automatically set.

That is, when the vehicle height value of the ceiling of the vehicle 3 to be cleaned detected by the vehicle height detecting device 51 is lower than the height of the first fulcrum 16 of the first top brush device 10,
The first cleaning pattern is automatically executed by the controller 57, and when the vehicle height is equal to or higher than the height of the first fulcrum 16, the second cleaning pattern is automatically executed by the controller 57. You.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The upper surface of the to-be-cleaned vehicle 3 in which 8 is lower than the first fulcrum 16, that is, the upper surface of the ordinary passenger car A is automatically brushed with the first cleaning pattern, and as shown in FIG. The upper surface of the to-be-cleaned vehicle 3, that is, the wagon B (or the four-wheel drive vehicle) is automatically brushed in the second cleaning pattern. Therefore, there is no need to manually operate the vehicle type setting switches 54 and 55 as in the above-described embodiment, and the operation of the user can be saved accordingly.

In each of the above embodiments, when the vehicle 3 to be cleaned is the ordinary passenger car A, the upper surface thereof is brushed only by the first brush body 18 of the first top brush device 10, and
The second brush body 35 of the top brush device 11 is retracted above the ordinary passenger car A, but the first brush body 18
Then, only the ceiling 68 of the ordinary passenger car A may be brushed again by the second brush body 35 after the brushing.

In each of the above embodiments, the car washer of the type in which the car to be washed 3 is washed by the stationary car wash machine main body 2 while being conveyed by the conveyor 4 is used. However, a car wash machine of a type in which the car wash machine main body 2 travels and moves with respect to the vehicle to be washed 3 to wash the car may be used. Alternatively, a car washing machine of a type in which both the vehicle to be washed 3 and the car washing machine main body 2 are moved to wash the car may be used.

[0048]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when brushing the upper surface of an ordinary passenger car, the first top brush device is used, but the fulcrum of the arm of the first top brush device is higher than that of the ordinary passenger car. , The brush body of the first top brush device is located lower than the fulcrum,
Therefore, the brush body of the first top brush device does not get caught on the upper part of the front window portion of the ordinary passenger car, and the first top brush device can brush the ordinary passenger car sufficiently and smoothly.

At this time, since the arm of the second top brush device swings upward to retract the brush body of the second top brush device above the vehicle, the brush body of the second top brush device is moved. However, it does not disturb the ordinary passenger car.

When brushing the upper surface of a wagon or the like having a vehicle height higher than the fulcrum of the arm of the first top brush device, the second top brush device is used.
Since the fulcrum of the arm of the second top brush device is higher than the wagon wheel, the brush body of the second top brush device is lower than the fulcrum, and therefore, the brush body of the second top brush device is The wagon car can be brushed sufficiently and smoothly with the second top brush device without being caught on the upper portion of the front window portion of the car.

At this time, since the arm of the first top brush device swings upward to retract the brush body of the first top brush device above the vehicle, the brush body of the first top brush device is moved. But it does not get in the way of the wagon.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the user operates the operation unit to switch to the first washing pattern when washing an ordinary car, and operates the operation unit when washing a wagon or the like. Switch to the second cleaning pattern. This makes it possible to easily switch between the first cleaning pattern and the second cleaning pattern in accordance with the vehicle types having different vehicle heights. The ordinary passenger car is brushed with the first cleaning pattern, and the wagon car or the like is driven with the second cleaning pattern. Brushing with a cleaning pattern of

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the switching between the first cleaning pattern and the second cleaning pattern can be automatically performed by the control device based on the detection value of the vehicle height detection device. The burden of operation of the user is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an internal configuration of a car washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the internal structure of the car washer viewed from a plane.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of first and second top brush devices of the car washer.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the car washer.

FIG. 5 is a side view for explaining a first washing pattern of the car washer.

FIG. 6 is a side view for explaining a second washing pattern of the car washer.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the operation of the second top brush device for a special wagon having a vehicle height higher than the fulcrum of the second top brush device in the second cleaning pattern.

FIG. 8 is a side view when a normal car is washed with a conventional car washer.

FIG. 9 is a side view when a wagon car is washed by a conventional car washer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Car wash machine body 3 Vehicle to be washed 10 First top brush device 11 Second top brush device 16 First fulcrum 17 First arm 18 First brush body 33 Second fulcrum 34 Second arm 35 Second brush body 51 Car High detection device 54, 55 Vehicle type setting switch (operation unit) 57 Control device A Normal passenger car B Wagon car

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A car washer for washing a car in the car washer body while moving at least one of the vehicle and the car washer body relative to the other, wherein a first top brush is provided in the car washer body. And a second top brush device. The two top brush devices are respectively provided with an arm swingable up and down around a fulcrum, and an arm provided at the free end of the arm and having a horizontal axis. Wherein the fulcrum of the second top brush device is higher than the fulcrum of the first top brush device. 2. A first cleaning pattern for brushing an upper surface of a vehicle with a brush body of a first top brush device and retracting a brush body of a second top brush device above a vehicle, and a first top brush device. And a second cleaning pattern in which the brush body of the second top brush device is brushed on the upper surface of the vehicle by an external operation. The car washer according to claim 1, wherein 3. A vehicle height detecting device is provided, and based on a detection value detected by the vehicle height detecting device, the upper surface of the vehicle is brushed by a brush body of the first top brush device, and a second top brush device is provided. A first cleaning pattern for retracting the brush main body above the vehicle, and a first cleaning pattern for retracting the brush main body of the first top brush device above the vehicle and brushing the upper surface of the vehicle with the brush main body of the second top brush device. 2. The car washer according to claim 1, further comprising a control device for switching between the two washing patterns.