ES1078512U

ES1078512U - Car wash station. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Info

Publication number: ES1078512U
Application number: ES201201007U
Authority: ES
Inventors: Juan Luis IBÁÑEZ GARCÍA
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-11-08
Filing date: 2012-11-08
Publication date: 2013-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 2022-11-08
Also published as: ES1078512Y

Abstract

Car wash station, of the type of those that incorporate one or more corridors in battery, corridor destined to the location of the vehicle during its washing and endowed with a water pistol, which ends a long hose and which is controlled by a programmer-purse that establishes the time during which said pistol is operative, characterized in that in said corridor a second pistol is established, also associated with a long hose connected to a source of pressurized air for drying the vehicle. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

OBJETO DE LA INVENCiÓN OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

La presente invención se refiere a una estación para el lavado de automóviles, del tipo de las que es el propio usuario o conductor del vehículo el que lleva a cabo la limpieza del mismo. The present invention relates to a car wash station, of the type of which it is the user or driver of the vehicle himself who performs the cleaning thereof.

El objeto de la invención es dotar a dicha estación de medios que permitan al usuario conseguir unos resultados óptimos en cuanto a la limpieza de su automóvil se refiere. The object of the invention is to provide said station with means that allow the user to achieve optimum results as far as the cleaning of his car is concerned.

La invención se sitúa pues en el ámbito de las estaciones de servicio para automóviles. The invention thus falls within the scope of service stations for automobiles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Como es sabido, en las gasolineras o estaciones de servicio se ubican habitualmente estaciones de lavado para automóviles. Existen básicamente dos tipos de estaciones de lavado, uno en el que el proceso de lavado se lleva a cabo de forma automática y en el que cada automóvil recorre un túnel a lo largo del cual se lleva a cabo el proceso, con las diferentes fases de lavado, enjabonado, nuevo lavado, aclarado y secado, de manera que sin que el usuario del automóvil tenga que bajarse del mismo, dicho automóvil recorre el túnel saliendo del mismo perfectamente limpio y seco. El otro tipo de estación de lavado, con unos costos de instalación y unos costos para el usuario considerablemente mas bajos, consiste en establecer un número determinado de pasillos en los que pueden alojarse simultáneamente respectivos automóviles, contando cada pasillo con una manguera de suministro de agua rematada en la correspondiente pistola y asistida por una electroválvula que, en función de las ordenes recibidas del programador, permite el suministro de una determinada cantidad de agua en un tiempo también predeterminado, programador controlado a su vez por un monedero, de manera que el usuario del automóvil introduce éste en el pasillo, dejándolo en el punto de lavado previsto, y activa el programador mediante introducción de las correspondientes monedas, siendo él mismo quien, con la colaboración de la pistola de lavado, de una esponja y cualquier accesorio que crea conveniente, realiza las operaciones de lavado del automóvil. As is known, car wash stations are usually located at gas stations or service stations. There are basically two types of washing stations, one in which the washing process is carried out automatically and in which each car goes through a tunnel along which the process is carried out, with the different phases of washing, lathering, rewashing, rinsing and drying, so that without the car user having to get out of it, said car runs through the tunnel leaving it perfectly clean and dry. The other type of washing station, with considerably lower installation costs and user costs, consists in establishing a certain number of aisles in which respective cars can be housed simultaneously, each aisle having a water supply hose finished off in the corresponding gun and assisted by an electrovalve that, depending on the orders received from the programmer, allows the supply of a certain amount of water in a predetermined time, programmer controlled in turn by a purse, so that the user of the car introduces it into the aisle, leaving it at the planned washing point, and activates the programmer by introducing the corresponding coins, being himself who, with the collaboration of the washing gun, of a sponge and any accessory he deems appropriate , performs car wash operations.

Para que el lavado resulte plenamente efectivo, tras el aclarado debe realizarse una maniobra de secado, para lo que generalmente el conductor extrae el vehículo de la estación de lavado, busca una zona diáfana de la estación de servicio, y procede al secado con la colaboración de una bayeta o similar. In order for the washing to be fully effective, after the rinse a drying maneuver must be performed, for which the driver usually removes the vehicle from the washing station, looks for an open area of the service station, and proceeds to drying with the collaboration of a cloth or similar.

Esta operación de secado es la que resulta mas laboriosa y además es la que resulta determinante en cuanto al aspecto final del automóvil se refiere, siendo muy frecuente que tras el definitivo secado del vehículo por acción medioambiental, queden marcas en la carrocería en pequeñas zonas de la misma que no han sido afectadas por la bayeta o en zonas de dicha carrocería en las que la bayeta estaba mas o menos húmeda que en otras. This drying operation is the most laborious and it is also the one that is decisive in terms of the final appearance of the car, being very frequent that after the final drying of the vehicle by environmental action, marks remain on the body in small areas of the same that have not been affected by the cloth or in areas of said body where the cloth was more or less humid than in others.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

La estación de lavado de automóviles que la invención propone, perteneciendo al segundo tipo de las anteriormente citadas, es decir a aquellas en las que el proceso de lavado se lleva a cabo por el propio usuario del automóvil, resuelve de forma plenamente satisfactoria la problemática anteriormente expuesta, permitiendo obtener unos óptimos resultados, con un esfuerzo mínimo para el usuario. The car wash station that the invention proposes, belonging to the second type of the aforementioned, that is to say those in which the washing process is carried out by the car user himself, solves the problem previously fully satisfactory. exposed, allowing optimal results, with minimal effort for the user.

Para ello dicha estación de lavado parte igualmente de al menos un pasillo para la ubicación del correspondiente automóvil, preferentemente de varios pasillos en batería, provisto de la citada pistola de agua con sus accesorios para control de consumo de la misma, pero además y de acuerdo con la invención, incorpora una turbina de aire capaz de alimentar, a través de la correspondiente manguera, a una segunda pistola con la que el usuario puede llevar a cabo la operación terminal del lavado del automóvil, es decir la operación de secado, de una forma cómoda y eficiente. For this purpose, said washing station also starts from at least one aisle for the location of the corresponding car, preferably of several battery aisles, provided with the aforementioned water gun with its accessories for consumption control thereof, but also and in accordance with the invention, it incorporates an air turbine capable of feeding, through the corresponding hose, a second gun with which the user can carry out the terminal operation of the car wash, that is to say the drying operation, of a Comfortable and efficient way.

La citada turbina se situará preferentemente sobre el techo de cada pasillo y su funcionamiento puede estar controlado por el mismo programador que el agua, actuando al final del ciclo, pero igualmente dicha turbina puede ser independiente del programador de lavado, actuando en el momento oportuno mediante la introducción de monedas en un segundo monedero, lo que da al usuario dos opciones distintas, una de lavado-secado y otra exclusivamente de lavado, obviamente mas económica. Said turbine will preferably be located on the roof of each aisle and its operation can be controlled by the same programmer as the water, acting at the end of the cycle, but also said turbine can be independent of the washing programmer, acting in a timely manner by the introduction of coins in a second purse, which gives the user two different options, one for washing-drying and another exclusively for washing, obviously cheaper.

Cuando la estación de lavado cuente con un número elevado de pasillos, las diferentes turbinas pueden ser sustituidas por un compresor único, para toda la estación, que suministre aire a todos y cada uno de los pasillos cuando se produce la correspondiente demanda. When the washing station has a high number of aisles, the different turbines can be replaced by a single compressor, for the entire station, which supplies air to each and every one of the aisles when the corresponding demand occurs.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Para complementar la descripción que seguidamente se va a realizar y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un único dibujo en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado esquemáticamente y en alzado frontal una estación de lavado de automóviles en la que participan tres pasillos. To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a single drawing is attached as an integral part of said description. where, in an illustrative and non-limiting manner, a car wash station in which three aisles participate is schematically represented and in front elevation.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

A la vista de la figura reseñada y tomando en consideración, por ejemplo, el pasillo (1) que adopta la disposición extrema externa, puede observarse como en el seno de dicho pasillo, donde está destinado a ubicarse el automóvil durante el proceso de lavado, se sitúa una pistola de agua (2) con su correspondiente soporte mural, alimentada mediante una manguera (3) de longitud apropiada, que se eleva hasta las proximidades del techo (4) de la estación, donde es sustentada por un soporte giratorio (5), montado sobre la zona central del citado techo (4), de manera que la pistola de agua (2) resulta fácilmente desplazable con una trayectoria circunferencial para facilitar el acceso a todas las zonas del vehículo. También de forma convencional el pasillo (1) incorpora un programador (6) con su correspondiente monedero que, controlando una electroválvula, permite regular los tiempos durante los que la pistola de agua (2) resulta operativa, a expensas del tiempo total programado y en función de la cantidad de monedas introducidas. In view of the above-mentioned figure and taking into account, for example, the aisle (1) that adopts the external extreme arrangement, can be observed as in the said aisle, where the car is intended to be located during the washing process, a water gun (2) with its corresponding wall support is placed, fed by a hose (3) of appropriate length, which rises to the vicinity of the roof (4) of the station, where it is supported by a rotating support (5 ), mounted on the central area of said roof (4), so that the water gun (2) is easily movable with a circumferential path to facilitate access to all areas of the vehicle. Also conventionally, the aisle (1) incorporates a programmer (6) with its corresponding coin purse that, by controlling a solenoid valve, allows to regulate the times during which the water gun (2) is operative, at the expense of the total programmed time and in depending on the amount of coins entered.

Pues bien, de acuerdo ya con la invención, la estación de lavado incorpora además en el citado pasillo (1) una segunda pistola (7) asistida también por el correspondiente soporte mural, pistola (7) que a través de una manguera (8), también de longitud apropiada, está conectada a una turbina (9) montada, por ejemplo, sobre el techo (4) de la estación, todo ello de forma que la citada turbina (9) suministra a la pistola (7) el aire necesario para llevar a cabo el secado de vehículos tras el lavado propiamente dicho del mismo. Well, according to the invention, the washing station also incorporates in the said passage (1) a second gun (7) also assisted by the corresponding wall support, gun (7) that through a hose (8) , also of appropriate length, is connected to a turbine (9) mounted, for example, on the roof (4) of the station, all in such a way that said turbine (9) supplies the necessary air to the gun (7) to carry out the drying of vehicles after the washing itself.

Esta manguera de aire (8) estará suspendida del techo (4) de la estación de lavado mediante un soporte giratorio (10) similar al soporte (5) de la manguera de agua, y con la misma finalidad de facilitar ahora el desplazamiento perimetral de la pistola de aire (7) con respecto al vehículo. This air hose (8) will be suspended from the roof (4) of the washing station by means of a rotating support (10) similar to the support (5) of the water hose, and with the same purpose of facilitating the perimeter displacement of the air gun (7) with respect to the vehicle.

En la figura reseñada se ha representado también un pasillo especial (11), no operativo desde el punto de vista de lavado de los automóviles, sino materializado en una zona de máquinas con su correspondiente puerta (12) y rejillas de ventilación (13, 13'), de manera que en este habitáculo se situarán todos aquellos mecanismos necesarios para el correcto funcionamiento de las pistolas de agua (2) y de aire (7), yen su caso el compresor general que puede sustituir a las turbinas (9) e impulsar directamente el aire hacia todas las pistolas (7). The above figure also shows a special aisle (11), not operational from the point of view of car washing, but materialized in a machine zone with its corresponding door (12) and vents (13, 13 '), so that in this cabin all those mechanisms necessary for the correct operation of the water (2) and air (7) guns will be located, and in this case the general compressor that can replace the turbines (9) and Directly propel the air towards all the guns (7).

Claims

1.-Car wash station, of the type that incorporates one or more battery aisles, aisle for the location of the vehicle during its washing and equipped with a water gun, which ends a long hose and is controlled by a coin programmer that establishes the time during which said gun is operative, characterized in that in said aisle a second gun is established, also associated with a long hose connected to a source of pressurized air for drying the vehicle.

2. Car wash station according to claim 1, characterized in that the source of pressurized air consists of a turbine, preferably located on the roof of each of the aisles of the station, whose air outlet is connected to the corresponding end of the hose topped by its other end in the air gun.

3. Car wash station, according to claim 1, characterized in that when it incorporates a considerable number of battery aisles, the respective hoses finished off in the air guns are connected to a common compressor.

4. Car wash station, according to previous claims, characterized in that the control of the air supply time is carried out through the same programmer-purse that controls the water supply.

5.-Car wash station, according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the control of the air supply time is carried out through a different programmer than the one that controls the water supply.

6. Car wash station, according to previous claims, characterized in that the hose for supplying air to the corresponding gun is suspended from the ceiling of the aisle with the collaboration of a rotating support.

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