JPH0539005A - System cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modified) [Purpose] In a cleaner for cleaning the inside of a car provided in a coin car wash, the trouble of moving the car to the place where the cleaner is installed is eliminated and the rotatability in the car wash is improved. , Car wash can be done smoothly. A main body including a suction fan device, a motor for driving the fan device, and a dust collecting portion for collecting dust sucked by the fan device, and a fan device extending from the main body via a dust collecting portion A cleaner configured of a suction pipe 3 having a plurality of communicating suction ports 6 and a pipe line disconnecting means 8 for disconnecting a pipe line from the suction pipe 3 to the suction port 6. Correspondingly, there is provided a charge acceptance means 12 for accepting the usage charge of the suction port 6, and a predetermined number of coins can be used at the same time. When the predetermined number is reached, a display means 13 for displaying the cancellation of the coin acceptance and a charge acceptance by the charge acceptance means A rotation speed varying means for varying the rotation speed of the motor according to the situation is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning the interior of an automobile, and more particularly to a cleaner provided with a plurality of suction pipe lines for sucking dust and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, so-called unmanned coin car washing facilities have become widespread in which a vehicle cleaning facility is systematically managed and a user self-services cleaning, wiping, car cleaning, matte cleaning and the like. As shown in FIG. 8, such a car wash area includes a car wash area A provided with a spray car wash machine 101, and a work area B provided with an in-vehicle cleaning cleaner 102 and a matte washer 103 to finish the car body after the car wash. It is configured. Here, the work area B is often partitioned by a white line or the like for each parking space of one vehicle, and the user generally parks along this partition.

As a work procedure here, the vehicle body is washed in the car wash area A, the vehicle is moved to the work area B to wipe up the wet vehicle body, and then the interior of the vehicle and the mat are cleaned as desired.

However, the above-mentioned cleaners 102 are not completely installed in all parking spaces, but only a few of them are installed in a predetermined place to provide an in-vehicle cleaning space C. Therefore, when cleaning the inside of the vehicle, the vehicle has to be moved to the inside cleaning space C, which may be troublesome for the user and may not be used.
In addition, at this time, if the inside of the car wash area is particularly crowded, there is a drawback that the space C has to wait until it becomes empty, which causes a problem that work cannot be smoothly performed.

In order to solve this problem, for example, it is conceivable to simply provide a plurality of cleaners 102. However, since the cleaner device is relatively expensive, a number corresponding to the entire vehicle interior cleaning space C is installed. That is a considerable financial burden. In addition, there are many problems such as profitability, noise problems in the surroundings, installation space, etc., and the administrator is not satisfied.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a system cleaner which eliminates the trouble of moving the vehicle to the place where the cleaner for cleaning the interior of the vehicle is removed and can perform a smooth car wash work, and solves various problems. This is an issue.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention addresses such a problem, and a suction fan device, a motor for driving the fan device, and a dust collector for collecting dust sucked by the fan device. And a suction pipe having a plurality of suction ports extending from the main body and communicating with the fan device via a dust collecting section, and a pipe for disconnecting a pipe line from the suction pipe to the suction port. In the cleaner that constitutes the road disconnecting means, a coin mech that corresponds to each of the suction ports and receives the usage fee of the suction port is provided, and a predetermined number of coins can be used at the same time. There is provided a system cleaner including display means for displaying cancellation and rotation speed varying means for varying the rotation speed of the motor according to the usage state of the coin mech.

[0008]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes a cleaner body, which has a suction function inside and extends a suction duct 2 which communicates with the suction function to the outside. The internal structure of the main body 1 will be described later in detail. Hollow pipes 3a and 3b are integrally formed through a flange to form a suction pipe 3, and the suction duct 2 is connected to one end of the suction pipe 3. Each of the columns 4 is a column, which is erected upward along a parking space defined by a white line and the like, and the suction pipe 3 is fixed to the upper end to form an arch-shaped frame. Reference numeral 5 denotes a branch pipe integrally formed with the suction pipe 3, to which a suction hose 7 having a suction nozzle 6 is attached. Therefore, a suction pipe line from the suction function inside the main body 1 to the suction nozzle 6 is formed, and the vacuum given by the suction function reaches the suction nozzle 6 at the tip and sucks dust or the like from the suction nozzle 6 for cleaning. is there.

Reference numeral 8 is a pipe line disconnection valve for disconnecting the vacuum to the suction nozzle 6, and is provided at the connecting portion 9 between the connecting pipe 5 and the suction hose 7. Reference numeral 10 denotes a compressed air introduction pipe which extends from the inside of the main body 1 and is attached along the suction pipe 3 and the branch pipe 5 and introduced into the pipe cutoff valve 8. still,
Reference numeral 11 is a holder for locking and holding the nozzle 6 when the nozzle 6 is not in use, 12 is a coin mech as a charge acceptance means attached to the support column 4, 13 is an operation display section which is also display means attached to the support column 4, and 14 is a switch. It is an operation unit.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the internal structure of the main body 1. Reference numeral 15 is a dust collecting section, which is a dust collecting chamber 1 equipped with a filter 16.
7 and a dust collecting container 18 which is detachably attached below the dust collecting chamber 17, and collects the dust sucked from the suction nozzle 6. The hose 19 extending from the primary side of the dust collection chamber 17 communicates with the suction duct 2 and communicates with the suction nozzle 6. In addition, the hose 20 extending from the secondary side is a motor 21.
Is communicated with a fan device 22 driven by. 23
Is a compressor for introducing high-pressure air into the pipe line disconnection valve 8 through the compressed air introduction pipe line 10 described above. Reference numeral 24 is a pressure sensor, which is mounted in the dust collecting chamber 17 so as to sandwich the filter 16 and
It is detected that the suction force has decreased due to clogging of item 6 and the like.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the details of the conduit cutoff valve 8. The valve 8 has an open end 25 connected to the branch pipe 5 of the suction pipe 3 and an open end 26 connected to the suction hose 7.
have. A protrusion 28 is formed along the inner circumference in the conduit near the opening end 25, and is made of a rubber-like material that is in close contact with the protrusion 28 and cuts the conduit extending from the opening end 25 to the opening end 26. A sealing body 29 is provided. The sealing body 29 is constantly biased by a spring 30 so as to come into contact with the projection 28, and is bonded to a spring seat 31 of the spring 30. As a result, the sealing body 29 is completely brought into close contact with the protrusion 28 by the suction force generated by the fan device 22 and the urging force of the spring 30 to disconnect the pipe line. The spring seat 31 is connected to the lot 33 of the air cylinder 32, and is linked to the expansion and contraction of the air cylinder 32. The air cylinder 32
Is connected to the compressed air introducing pipe 10 via a solenoid valve 34, and when the solenoid valve 34 is opened, high pressure air is introduced into the cylinder 32 and contracts. Further, the spring seat 31 and the sealing body 29 adhered to it in association with the lot 33 are pulled against the suction force of the fan device 21 and the biasing force of the spring 30 to bring the opening end 25 and the opening end 26 into communication with each other. It is a thing. Therefore, by energizing the solenoid valve 34, the conduit cutoff valve 8 is opened, and the suction nozzle 6 becomes usable.

Next, the control system of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 35 denotes a control unit equipped with a CPU, a ROM containing a program, and a RAM for storing control contents. The operation display unit 13 displays the operation state based on input signals from the coin mech 12, the switch operation unit 14, and the pressure sensor 24. In addition, the opening / closing control of the solenoid valve 34 and the drive control of the motor 21 are performed. The drive of the motor 21 is controlled via a rotation speed varying means 36 such as an inverter. The rotation speed varying means 36 stores data for changing the rotation speed of the motor 21 depending on the coin acceptance status of the coin mech 12. Here, it is data for converting the frequency of the power supply supplied to the motor 21, and is data such as 20 Hz when one suction nozzle is used and 40 Hz when two suction nozzles are used.

The operation display unit 13 is provided with a time-lapse display lamp 37, an operation lamp 38, a pause lamp 39, a coin receiving lamp 40, a reception stop lamp 41, and an abnormality lamp 42. The time display lamp 37 is the coin mech 12.
The available time of the suction nozzle 6 is lit and displayed according to the amount of money received in step 1, and is turned off one by one at every elapse of a certain time during use to constantly display the available time. The operation lamp 38 lights up and displays that the fan device 22 is in operation. The pause lamp 39 is lit when the use is paused within the available time, and the elapsed time is not counted while the lamp 39 is lit. When it is desired to suspend the work within the usable time, it can be executed by pressing the temporary stop button 43 of the switch operation unit 14. The resting state of the work is released by pressing the temporary stop button 43 again, but even if the button 43 is not pushed, the work is automatically released after a predetermined time elapses and the work state is restored. The coin accepting lamp 40 is
Lights when coins are being accepted at the coin mech 12. The acceptance canceling lamp 41 lights up when the coin acceptance in the coin mech 12 corresponding to the remaining suction nozzles 6 is canceled when the allowable range of the number of units that can be used at the same time is reached. The abnormal lamp 42 is lit and displayed when the pressure sensor 24 detects that the predetermined suction force cannot be obtained due to clogging of the filter 16 or the like.
While 2 is lit, the acceptance of coins is stopped. still,
In addition to the pause button 43, the switch operating unit 14 is provided with a start switch 44.
After inserting a coin into it, press it to start the work.

FIG. 6 shows a RAM provided in the control unit 35.
It is a memory map inside. This RAM has storage areas A1 to An corresponding to the number n of suction nozzles 6.
Each of the storage areas A1 to An has an area for each address for each type of functional means. Here A11, A2
1 ... An1 is a flag area, which stores the active and inactive states of each suction nozzle 6 as logic "1" and "0". A1
2, A22 ... An2 are areas for storing the state of the step No., and store the No. of the step being processed by the suction nozzle 6. A13, A23 ... An3 are timer counter areas, which are subtraction counters for subtracting the set usable time of the device.

A0 is an area for totaling and calculating the number of times the device is used and the amount of money paid in a specified period such as daily total, monthly total, and annual total, and stores the number of times each coin mech 12 is used.
1, an address A02 for storing the deposit amount, an address A03 for storing the number of times the entire device is used, and an address A04 for storing the deposit amount are provided.

The operation of the present invention having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

When the power is turned on, the receiving lamp 40 lights up (1), and the coin insertion waiting state is set (3). At this time, the control pointer for sequentially confirming the flag areas A11, A21 ... An1 operates (2), and the following program is executed for the storage area in which the flag is in the active state "1". Further, when returning to here after the execution of each processing, the control pointer always operates to check the flag area in a cycle. That is, for example, if A11 is confirmed or returned after processing, then A12 is confirmed and processed.

When the coin insertion is confirmed, the number is added to the number counter to check the number (4). This number n ₁ is compared with the number N of suction nozzles 6 that can be used at the same time (5). If N is not reached, the flag in the flag area in which the coin has been inserted is set to the active state, that is, the logic “1” (6). The receiving lamp 40 is turned off (7). When N = n ₁ , another coin mech 12 turns on the acceptance stop lamp 41 to display the cancellation of coin acceptance (8), and similarly to the above, the flag in the flag area is set to the active state and the accepting lamp 40 is turned on. Turn off the light.

Next, the step No. area is confirmed (9),
Move to that step No. Steps S0 to S2 are provided for each control operation. The contents of control in S0 to S2 will be described below.

In S0, first, the start switch 42
Confirm whether is pressed (S0a). When there is no pressing, the process returns to (2) above, and when it is pressed, the motor acceleration control drive is started (S0b). The motor is driven based on the data of the rotation speed varying means 36.

When the motor drive is started, the operation lamp 38 is turned on (S0c). This completes the control in step No. 0, adds "1" to the step No. area (S0d), step N
Set o. to 1 and return to (2) above.

In S1, here, the conduit cutoff valve 8
The opening control of the solenoid valve 34 for opening the valve is performed (S
1a). As a result, the suction nozzle 6 becomes ready for work.

The workable time T corresponding to the coin insertion is set in the timer counters A13 to An3 (S1b), and the number of elapsed time display lamps 37 corresponding to the set value are turned on (S1c) to start the work. .. In addition, the amount of money that has been deposited is added to A02 and A04 (S1d). When step No.1 is completed, add "1" to the step No. area.
(S1e) Step No. 2 is set and the process returns to (2).

In S2, the timer counters A13 to An3 are subtracted and counted every time a unit time elapses, and the elapse of the workable time T is confirmed (S2a). Along with this, the elapsed time display lamp 37 is sequentially turned off. When T = 0 is not reached, the operation returns to the above (2), and when T = 0, the operation of the next item is started.

When the working time has elapsed, the rotation speed varying means 3
Drive the motor through deceleration control via 6 or stop (S2
b). Further, the solenoid valve 34 is closed (S2c), and the operation lamp 38
Is turned off (S2d), and the flag is set to the inoperative state, that is, the logic "0" (S2e).

At the end, reset the step No. area
(S2f) The number of times of use is stored and added to A01 and A03 (S2f)
g) Return to (2) above. In this way, processing is performed in parallel for each control operation.

Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, the fan device 20 and the dust collecting portion 15 are centrally provided in the main body 1, and the plurality of suction nozzles 6 can be collectively managed, so that cleaning and maintenance work can be performed collectively. Can be done at. Moreover, the noise problem to the surroundings can be solved only by changing the layout of the main body 1. In addition, the control unit 3 provided in the main body 1
In 5, the number of times of use and the charge of the cleaner accepted by each coin mech 12 can be totaled and displayed, and the actual performance of the device can be easily grasped. Further, a plurality of suction nozzles 6 can be used at the same time, which facilitates the work and improves the rotatability in the car wash.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various embodiments can be considered. For example, in the above embodiment, the coin mech is used as the charge receiving means, but it is also possible to use the coin mech as a member card or enter the personal identification number and collate it with the member registration data. In the case of depositing with a membership card, a reader / writer for reading and writing membership data is attached to the membership card, and the points given when the membership card is contracted are subtracted each time the device is used. Also, in the case of collating data, a keyboard for inputting a personal identification number is provided in addition to the memory device, and the member registration data stored in the memory device and the data input by the keyboard can be collated and used. It is registered in units of a predetermined period. In this way, cashless charge acceptance means is also conceivable.

In this embodiment, the rotation speed varying means such as an inverter is provided. However, a fan device is provided corresponding to the number of nozzles, and the fan device corresponding to the suction nozzle for which the charge is accepted is driven. You can Further, although the suction pipe line from the fan device to the suction nozzle is erected upright through the support column in the embodiment, it may be laid on the ground or buried in the ground.

[0028]

The present invention is configured as described above and comprises a suction fan device, a motor for driving the fan device, and a dust collecting portion for collecting dust sucked by the fan device. Body, a suction pipe extending from the main body and having a plurality of suction ports communicating with the fan device through the dust collecting section, and a pipeline disconnection for disconnecting the pipeline from the suction pipe to the suction port In the cleaner constituting the means, a coin mech that corresponds to each of the suction ports and receives the usage fee of the suction port is provided, and a predetermined number of coins can be used at the same time. Since it is a system cleaner including a display means for controlling the rotation speed and a rotation speed changing means for changing the rotation speed of the motor in accordance with the usage state of the coin mech, in any work space, when cleaning the interior of the vehicle is desired.掃作 industry becomes possible, care is no longer that to move the vehicle. Therefore, there is no case where the user is troublesome and does not use the cleaner, and the work can be smoothly performed even when the car wash area is crowded.

Further, even when maintenance is required, only one main unit needs to be carried out and the administrator's hand is not bothered. Moreover, despite having multiple suction nozzles, uniform suction force can be obtained from any nozzle regardless of the nozzle usage state, so the nozzles are unified and users are dissatisfied. Nor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an internal configuration of a main body 1.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing details of the pipe line disconnection valve 8.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a memory map diagram of a RAM provided in the control unit 35.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a conventional coin car wash place.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body 3a, 3b Suction pipe 6 Suction nozzle (suction port) 8 Pipe line disconnection valve which is pipe line disconnection means 12 Coinmec 13 which is charge acceptance means 13 Operation display section which is display means 15 Dust collection section 21 Motor 22 Fan device 36 Rotation speed variable means (inverter)

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kotoshi Nakazawa 1825 Amamiya, Sarahaku City, Nagano Prefecture MK Seiko Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Toshio Okada 1825, Amamiya, Kohei City, Nagano Prefecture MK Seiko Co., Ltd. In Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Toshiaki Shiraishi 1825 Amamiya, Sarahaku-shi, Nagano MK Seiko Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a suction fan device, a motor for driving the fan device, and a dust collecting part for collecting dust sucked by the fan device, and a dust collecting part extending from the main body. The suction port includes a suction pipe having a plurality of suction ports communicating with the fan device via the suction device, and a line disconnecting means for disconnecting a pipe line from the suction pipe to the suction port. And a display means for displaying a cancellation of coin reception when a predetermined number of coins are reached, and a charge reception means for accepting the charge of the suction port. A system cleaner provided with a rotation speed changing means for changing the rotation speed of the motor according to a reception situation.