JP3488751B2 - Car wash method and equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention comprises a car wash processing device.
The main body of the gate-shaped car washes is reciprocated across the car,
Car wash method and equipment by car wash machine for washing and drying cars
Regarding the storage, especially the car exits from the entry side of the car wash space
The present invention relates to a drive-through type car wash device that passes through to the side .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of car wash device, a car wash reception device, which is separate from the car wash machine, is provided in front of the car wash space.
A pass-through type car wash device is known in which a car wash is accepted by this reception device, the car is put into a car wash space to wash the car, and the car exits in a direction opposite to the reception device.

Generally, a car wash device of this type is equipped with a car wash reception device 10 separate from the car wash device 1 behind the car wash space having a car wash machine 1 at the front end, as shown in FIG. After receiving the car wash with the device 10, the car A
Into the car-washing space, the car-washing machine 1 starts car-washing from the front end of the car-washing space, travels back and forth across the car A to wash, and finishes car-washing at the front-end of the car-washing space, then the car A passes through the car-washing machine 1. And exits in the opposite direction to the car wash reception device 10.

[0004]

By the way, when a car washes are finished with this type of car washer and the car is to be exited, the car exits through the gate-shaped car washer 1. Therefore, the exit direction is one direction forward. 11A, for example, as shown in FIG. 11A, when the car wash device is installed in a place where the front surface is the wall surface W, it is necessary to secure a space for turning the vehicle in the left-right direction. When installing a car wash device, it is necessary to secure a space for leaving the car in addition to the space for installing the car wash device.

After the car has been washed, the car A passes through the car wash machine 1 and exits from the car wash space. Therefore, water drops and the like adhering to the ceiling of the car wash machine 1, the car wash processing device, etc. There is also a problem of falling and reducing the effect of car wash.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11 (b), after the car wash is completed, the car wash machine 1 is moved to the rear of the car A, or the car wash 1 is completed so that the car wash is completed on the rear side of the car A. It is conceivable to set a car wash process and absorb the exit space of the car A into the car wash space to reduce the overall space. In this case, the operation of moving the car wash machine 1 to the rear of the car A is required. In addition, it becomes necessary to move the car wash machine 1 to the front end of the car wash space for starting the car wash in preparation for the next car wash after leaving the car A.
A fixed unit 3 for supplying water, compressed air, power, etc. to the car wash machine 1, a hose connecting the fixed unit 3 and the car wash machine 1,
It cannot be said that the problems such as the cable 4 and the retractable arm 5 obstructing the vehicle and the exiting direction of the vehicle are limited can be solved sufficiently.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a car-washing machine main body formed in a gate shape.
Equipped with car wash treatment equipment such as brush, water spray nozzle, blower,
Across car back and forth travel, cleaning of automobile bodies, a car wash for performing processing such as drying, starts car wash from the rear of the automobile, motor vehicle entrance end of the car wash space to end the wash behind the car In preparation for the car advance to the car wash space
A car wash reception device is provided at the entrance, and after receiving the car wash at the car wash reception device, the car enters the car wash space through the car wash machine at the entry side end of the car wash space,
After washing with a car washing machine, the car was washed out from the exit side of the car washing space.

[0008]

As a result, in the pass-through type car wash device, the space for exiting the car can be absorbed in the car wash space, the space required for installing the car wash device can be reduced, and the exit direction of the car can be set wide. When installing the device, it becomes easy to secure an installation space.

[0009] Also, since it passes through the car wash machine before entering the car wash space before the car wash and exits without passing through the car wash machine after the car wash, water drops etc. adhering to the ceiling of the car wash machine or the car wash processing device are washed. It does not drop the effect of car wash after it falls into the car.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a top view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a car wash machine provided in a car wash space, and a car wash processing device such as a brush, a sprinkling nozzle, and a blower is provided in a gate-shaped frame so that a car A is straddled over rails 2 and 2. It is a well-known gate-type car wash machine that automatically reciprocates the vehicle body of the automobile A by traveling back and forth. The car wash space here is
At least the space within which the car wash machine 1 can be moved by the rails 2 and 2. Car wash 1 is usually rails 2 and 2
Stop at the rear end of the travel range given by and start the car wash from this position. The rails 2 and 2 are set to a height that can be easily overcome by an automobile.

Reference numeral 3 is a fixed unit provided separately from the car wash machine 1, in which a pump, a water supply unit consisting of a water tank, an air pressure unit consisting of a compressor and a pressure tank, and a power distribution unit connected to a power source are connected. Each of them has a car wash 1 and is connected to the car wash machine 1 through a hose held by a retractable stand 5 and a cable 4 for water supply, pressure supply, and power supply.

Numeral 6 indicates rails 2 and 2 of the automobile A without being biased
This is an approach guide that guides the tire so that it can enter the intermediate position, and is set to have an appropriate step so that the driver can feel the contact with the tire and that the tire can easily get over. Numeral 7 is a tire stopper for stopping the entering vehicle at a predetermined position, which has a built-in air cylinder and the like and normally functions as a tire stopper by protruding from the ground, and when the vehicle A exits, it falls down and operates so that the vehicle A can leave. . 8 is a stop position sensor provided adjacent to the tire stop 7, which detects when a plate material protruding to the ground due to spring pressure is stepped on by the tire and falls down by a limit switch or the like. It detects that it has stopped.

Numeral 9 is a stop / exit guide light provided on the side of the tire stopper 7, which lights up indications such as "Please stop" and "Please leave" to indicate that the car entering the car wash space has been designated. Guidance to stop at the stop position and encourage exit after washing.

The reference numeral 10 denotes a car wash reception device installed at the entrance of the car in front of the car wash space. The car control panel 11 is provided on the front face of the car wash room. It is configured so that the car wash contents can be selected and input. Reference numeral 12 is a gate installed between the car wash reception device 10 and the car wash space, which is of a type that rotates and raises and lowers a known pole in a parking lot or the like, and prohibits or permits entry of the car into the car wash space. Reference numeral 13 is an entrance guide light attached to the gate 12, which lights an arrow or a display such as "please enter" to prompt the entrance of the vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a car washing machine which constitutes the car washing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the car washing machine which constitutes the car washing apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, 14 is a car-washing machine main body formed in a gate shape so as to straddle the body of an automobile. Wheels 16 and 16 are driven to rotate by electric motors 15 and 15 capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions, along rails 2 and 2. Travel back and forth.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a rotary encoder for detecting the traveling position of the car wash machine. The rotary encoder 17 is connected to the output shaft of the electric motor 15 and outputs a pulse signal for each unit angle rotation while detecting the rotational direction of the electric motor 15 to wash the main body 14 of the car wash machine. Gives the running position of.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a car wash machine position sensor for detecting the position of the car wash machine.
The dog 19, which is a protrusion fixed to the laying surface, is detected and switched to provide the position of the car wash machine body 14.
The dog 19 gives the running start position of the car wash machine body 14.

Reference numeral 20 is an ultrasonic sensor for measuring the presence or absence of a vehicle and the vehicle height, 21 is a top brush that moves up and down along the upper surface of the vehicle body, 22 is a pair of left and right side brushes that open and close along the side surfaces of the vehicle body, and 23 and 24 are sprinklers. Nozzles, 25 are upper surface drying nozzles, and 26 are side surface drying nozzles, which constitute a car wash processing apparatus that performs processing such as cleaning and drying of the vehicle body as the car wash machine body 14 reciprocates.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the control system of the embodiment. Reference numeral 27 denotes a microcomputer for controlling the car wash machine 1, which includes a CPU 28 that performs arithmetic processing, a memory 29 that stores programs and various data, and an input / output interface 30. The input / output interface 30 includes a stop position sensor 8 and a rotary encoder 17. , Car washing machine position sensor 18, ultrasonic sensor 20 for measuring vehicle height,
Tire stopper 7, stop, exit guide light 9, electric motors 15, 1
5, top brush 21, side brush 22, sprinkling nozzles 23 and 24, upper surface drying nozzle 25, side surface drying nozzle 26
Are connected.

Reference numeral 31 is a microcomputer for controlling the car wash reception device 10, which comprises a CPU 32 for performing arithmetic processing, a memory 33 for storing programs and various data, and an input / output interface 34. The input / output interface 34 has an operation panel 11, The gate 12 and the approach guide light 13 are connected.

Microcomputer 27 of the car wash machine 1
And the microcomputer 31 of the car wash reception device 10
Is a cable 3 for serial transmission such as RS485.
Connected with 5. The microcomputer 27 of the car wash machine 1 executes the car wash based on the car wash request signal transmitted from the microcomputer 31 of the car wash reception device 10 via the cable 35. The microcomputer 31 of the car wash acceptance device 10 accepts the input of the car wash fee and the selection input of the car wash contents on the operation panel 11, and based on this, outputs a car wash request signal to the microcomputer 27 of the car wash machine 1, and also the car wash machine. The gate 12 and the approach guide light 13 are controlled by detecting an end signal or the like from the microcomputer 27 of 1.

Car wash machine 1 which constitutes the car wash apparatus of this embodiment
Unlike a normal car wash machine in which the car wash is started from the front of the car, the car wash is started from the rear of the car, and therefore the control of the car wash processing device is performed in consideration of the fact that the front and rear directions of the car are reversed.

For example, in order to avoid the risk that the side brush for cleaning the side surface of the car will be caught by the door mirror protruding from the side surface of the car and damage the car, when a car with a door mirror is designated at the time of car wash reception, as shown in FIG. ), When the car wash 1 advances from the car wash start position behind the car A and the ultrasonic sensor 20 detects a change from the roof R of the car A to the hood B, the microcomputer of the car wash 1 It is determined that 27 is the windshield portion, and it is determined that the door mirror Dm is substantially at that position, and the escape position So and the return position Sc of the side brush 22 shown in FIG. 8B are set. When the car wash machine 1 continues to run and the side brush 22 reaches the position So, the car wash machine 1 opens the side brush 22 and runs further to Sc.
When the position is reached, the side brush 22 is closed. In this way, the side brush 22 follows the locus shown in FIG. 8B and avoids the door mirror Dm.

Also, in order to avoid the risk of the top brush for cleaning the upper surface of the car being caught on the rear spoiler protruding from the rear surface of the car and damaging the car, when the rear spoiler car is designated at the time of car wash reception, 9
As shown in (a), the car wash 1 keeps the top brush 21 raised and closes the side brushes 22 to move forward from the car wash start position behind the car A. When the rear face of the car A is detected, the car wash 1 The microcomputer 27 determines that it is at the rear end position of the vehicle, and determines that the rear spoiler Rs is located at that position, and sets the lowering position Td of the top brush 21 shown in FIG. 9B. When the car wash machine 1 continues to run and the top brush 21 reaches the position Td, the car wash machine lowers the top brush 21. In this way, the top brush 21 follows the locus shown in FIG. 9B to avoid the rear spoiler Rs.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the car wash apparatus of the embodiment and the communication procedure between the car wash machine 1 and the car wash reception apparatus 10 associated therewith. If there is a car wash reception at the car wash reception device 10 and the car wash machine 1 is not recognized as being washed, a car wash request signal is output from the car wash reception device 10 to the car wash machine 1, the gate 12 is opened, and the approach light 13 is turned on. Encourage entry. The car wash request signal is added with information such as the type of car selected and set at the time of receiving the car wash, the car wash course, the presence / absence of protrusions and the like. When the car wash machine 1 receives the car wash request signal, it returns the reception confirmation signal ACK, while executing the car wash in the procedure shown in FIG.

When receiving the reception confirmation signal ACK after the car wash request signal is transmitted, the car wash acceptance device 10 clears the car wash acceptance data up to that point and can accept the reservation for the next car wash. If there is a reservation input here, further car wash reception is temporarily stopped and a car wash end signal from the car wash machine 1 is waited for. If there is a car wash end signal, a car wash request signal is output for the next car wash for which reservation has been accepted, and the next car wash is executed in the same manner as above.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the car wash operation of the car wash machine 1 executed as described above. The state where the car wash machine 1 is at the rear end of the rails 2 and 2 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the tire stopper 7 projects to stop the entering vehicle at a predetermined position in a state where the car wash is not executed. It is in.

If there is a car wash request signal from the car wash reception device 10, the car wash contents such as car type, car wash course, presence of protrusions, etc. are read from the signal (1), and the contents are checked (2), If collated and confirmed, the reception signal ACK is returned (3). In step (2), the same car wash request signal is repeatedly received and collated, and a check is performed by continuous transmission collation. If a signal that cannot be collated or identified is found, an unreceived signal NAK is transmitted to retransmit the signal. Ask (4). After transmitting the reception confirmation signal ACK, waiting for the car to enter, and confirming with the stop position sensor 8 that the car has entered through the car wash machine 1 at the rear end of the car wash space to the predetermined position given by the tire stopper 7 (5 ),Stop,
The exit guide light 9 is displayed to stop and the car is stopped (6), and then the car wash is executed based on the contents read in step (1) (7).

When the car wash is executed in this way and the car wash machine 1 returns to the rear end position and the car wash is finished, the tire stopper 7 is tilted down to allow the car to move forward, and then the stop guide light 9 is displayed. Encourage the car to leave (8). When the stop position sensor 8 detects that the car has moved from the stop position and this state continues for a certain period of time required for the car to leave the car wash area, it is determined that the car has exited (9), and the car wash machine 1 A car wash end signal is output to the car wash reception device 10 (10).

Although the car exits in step (8), the car wash machine 1 finishes the car wash at the rear end position of the car wash space behind the car. Therefore, the car A has the following procedure as shown in FIG. 11 (c). You can exit in the front and left and right directions. When the vehicle A exits in the left-right direction, it can change direction in the car-washing space, get over the entry guide 6 and the rail 2, and exit.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims. For example, the rail that runs the car wash machine is not laid on the floor surface, but the rail is buried in a groove dug in the floor surface to eliminate the protrusion from the floor surface.
It may be possible to make it easier for the vehicle to leave the rail and exit the vehicle.

[0032]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, according to the present invention, the car washing machine is provided at the end of the car wash space on the vehicle entrance side so that the car wash starts from the rear of the car and ends the car wash at the rear of the car. A car wash reception device was installed at the entrance of the car, and after receiving the car wash at the car wash reception device, the car was passed through the car wash machine at the end of the entry side of the car wash space to enter the car wash space and washed by the car wash machine. After that, I decided to leave from the exit side of the car wash space, so the space required for leaving the car can be absorbed in the car wash space,
For example, even if you install a car wash device in a place where the front is a wall surface, you need only take a relatively small space for exiting the car, and the exit direction of the car is not limited. It becomes easy to secure.

Further, since the car wash machine is provided at the end of the car entry side of the car wash space so that the car wash is started from the rear of the car and the car wash is finished at the rear of the car, the car wash machine can be exited after the car wash. The time and effort required to move the vehicle together or to prepare for the next car wash can be saved, running costs can be reduced, and car wash time and car wash waiting time can be shortened. Furthermore, after the car was washed, the car was allowed to exit from the car wash space without passing through the car wash machine, so that water droplets etc. adhering to the ceiling of the car wash machine or the car wash processing equipment fell on the car after washing, Does not reduce the effect of. In addition, since a unit for supplying water, supplying pressure and supplying power to the car wash processing device provided in the car wash machine body is provided on the entry side into the car wash space, it does not become an obstacle when leaving the car, and it does not affect the exit side. You can also leave the car in the direction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory top view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view for explaining the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view for explaining a car washing machine that constitutes the car washing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front explanatory view of a car washing machine that constitutes the car washing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation and a communication procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the car wash operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view of a car washing machine which constitutes the car washing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory view of a car wash machine that constitutes the car wash apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a top view of a conventional example of the car wash device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a top view for explaining the effect of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car wash machine 3 fixed unit 4 hoses and cables 10 Car wash reception device 12 gates 27 Microcomputer for controlling car wash machine 31 Microcomputer that controls the car wash reception device

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A car-washing machine main body formed in a gate shape is provided with a car-washing processing device such as a brush, a sprinkling nozzle, and a blower, and travels back and forth across a car to clean and dry the car body. the car wash, starts car wash from the rear of the car, on an automobile enters end of car washing space so as to exit the car wash behind the automobile, and includes a car wash reception apparatus in an automobile entrance to car washing space, car wash After receiving the car wash at the reception device, pass through the car wash machine at the end of the car wash space to enter the car into the car wash space, wash it with the car wash machine, and then exit from the exit side of the car wash space. A characteristic car wash method. 2. A car-washing machine main body formed in a gate shape is provided with a car-washing processing device such as a brush, a water spray nozzle, and a blower, and travels back and forth across a car to carry out processes such as cleaning and drying of the car body. A car wash machine is provided at the end of the car wash space on the entry side of the car, control is performed so that car wash starts from the rear of the car and finishes at the back of the car, and a car wash reception device is installed at the entrance to the car wash space. A car wash device that receives a car wash at a car wash reception device, passes through a car wash machine and enters a car wash space, and after the car wash machine cleans the car, the car exits from the exit side of the car wash space. 3. The car wash device according to claim 2,
Water supply / pressure supply to the car wash processing device provided in the car wash machine body
And a power supply unit on the entry side to the car wash space
The car wash machine body with the unit connected via a hose cable
A car wash device characterized by being connected to.