JPH0585596A - Delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention relates to a shipping apparatus, and an object thereof is to simplify the setting operation of the loading data of the oil liquid loaded into the lorry vehicle. [Constitution] The shipping device 8 sets a card reader 15 for reading the vehicle number data stored in the vehicle number card at the shipping site, and loading data such as the type and quantity of the oil liquid loaded in each hatch of the lorry vehicle 7. The hatch loading data setting device 16 and the display device 17 are provided. When the driver inserts the vehicle number card into the card reader 15 at the shipping site, the order data is transferred from the shipping management device 5, and the hatch loading data setting device 16 sets the loading data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shipping device provided in an oil tank station, and more particularly to a shipping device configured to simplify setting operation of hatch loading data when loading an oil liquid into a hatch of a tank truck.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, at an oil tank station where oil liquids such as gasoline, light oil, and kerosene are loaded on a locomotive and shipped, when an order is received from a customer such as a gas station, the customer name in the host computer in the office Input order data such as order oil type (loading oil type), quantity (loading amount), delivery date, etc., and create a delivery plan for each lory vehicle based on this order data.

When the Lori vehicle arrives at the oil depot,
The driver causes a card reader provided in the office to read a car number card for identifying the locomotive. This card reader is connected to the above-mentioned host computer. By reading the car number card, the host computer outputs the delivery plan created in advance for the Lori vehicle corresponding to the car number card to the hatch setting device connected in the same manner as the card reader. As a result, the delivery plan of the Lori vehicle is displayed on the display of the hatch setting device.

The driver operates the operation unit of the hatch setting device with reference to this delivery plan to obtain the hatch loading data (the type and quantity of oil to be loaded in the lory vehicle in this delivery) related to the current delivery of the lory vehicle. Set and enter the delivery destination. Then, when this setting input is completed, the contents are transmitted from the hatch setting device to the host computer. The host computer stores the hatch loading data set by the hatch setting device, the delivery destination, etc. in the storage unit in association with the vehicle number card, that is, the Lori vehicle identification data in preparation for the actual loading work. Further, the printer issues a delivery table in which the hatch loading data and the delivery destination thereof are described to the driver.

After that, the driver who receives the delivery table drives the locomotive and goes to the shipping stage at the shipping site away from the office. Then, when the driver arrives at the shipping stage, the driver first causes the card reader provided at the shipping stage to read the vehicle number card again. As a result, the loading control device, which is provided on the shipping stage and which controls the actual loading of the oil and liquid, outputs the data of this vehicle number card, that is, the Lori vehicle identification data to the host computer, and based on the Lori vehicle identification data, the host computer The computer retrieves the hatch loading data corresponding to the relevant Lori vehicle identification data stored in the storage unit, and transfers the retrieved hatch loading data to the loading control device. As a result, the loading control device controls the actual loading of the oil type into the lorry vehicle based on the hatch loading data transferred from the host computer.

By the way, the tank of this lorry is normally divided into a plurality of hatches, and the capacity of each hatch is
For example, they are different, such as 4 kiloliters, 2 kiloliters, and 1 kiloliter. Therefore, the loading oil type and loading amount for the lorry vehicle are set for each hatch.

[0007]

However, in the shipping apparatus as described above, the vehicle number card is read by the card reader at the office of the oil tank, and the hatch loading data setting device is operated to access each hatch. After the shipping table is created by setting the loading data of the above, the hatch loading data created by the host computer is read again by the card reader at the shipping site away from the office and the loading data at the shipping site is created. It is transferred to the embedded controller.

Therefore, in the conventional shipping apparatus, since the hatch loading data is set in the office away from the shipping site, it is necessary to come to the office before going to the shipping site, and the car number card is set in the office. Since it has to be inserted into the card reader twice at the shipping site, the operation until loading the oil liquid is troublesome, and there is a problem that it takes time.

Further, during the actual loading operation of the oil and liquid, the loading control device has to refer to the host computer for the hatch loading data of the Lori vehicle as described above, so that the load on the host computer also increases. The load also limits the number of loading control devices managed by the host computer.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shipping apparatus capable of setting hatch loading data at a shipping site in view of the above problems.

[0010]

The present invention is directed to a host computer that creates a shipping schedule including the type of oil, quantity, and customer of each tank lorry vehicle based on an order from a customer, and a lorry vehicle determined for each tank lorry vehicle. A card reader that reads the card on which the identification data is recorded, and the shipping schedule corresponding to the Lori vehicle identification data read by the card reader are inquired to the host computer, and based on the shipping schedule provided by the host computer, the shipping A hatch loading data setter that sets hatch loading data that includes the loading oil type, loading quantity, and delivery destination for each hatch at the time of this delivery of a tank truck that corresponds to the vehicle identification data, and the hatch loading data A loading control device that controls loading of the oil liquid on the tank truck based on the hatch loading data set and output from the setting device, Hatch loading data setter is provided to the shipping site where stow hydraulic fluid to the tank lorry vehicle by integrating write controller.

[0011]

[Operation] When the tank truck arrives at the oil tank, the driver goes straight to the shipping site, inserts the vehicle number card into the card reader at the shipping site only, and reads the vehicle number data. With the loading data setter, you can set the oil type and quantity to be loaded in each hatch.
The setting operation is simplified and shipping work can be performed easily. Further, since the load on the host computer does not increase, the number of loading control devices managed by the host computer can be increased.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the shipping apparatus according to the present invention is shown in FIGS.
An example is shown.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram for explaining a delivery station which is a customer as a delivery destination and a shipping apparatus at an oil tank station which receives an order from the delivery station. 1, underground tanks 1A, 1B, and 1C are installed for each oil type such as gasoline, light oil, and kerosene at a gas station, and each underground tank 1A to 1C is not limited to the type of oil to be stored. The capacity is also different.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a terminal device provided in an office of a gas station, which is connected to, for example, a liquid level gauge (not shown) provided in each of the tanks 1A to 1C, and the amount of oil liquid in each of the tanks 1A to 1C. It manages. And this terminal device 2
Is equipped with an ordering device 2a for instructing the oil tank to replenish the oil liquid when the remaining amount of each of the tanks 1A to 1C decreases and becomes less than or equal to a predetermined amount.

The ordering device 2a is connected to an order receiving device 4 provided in an oil tank via a communication line 3 such as a telephone line, and the remaining amount of the oil liquid in the tanks 1A to 1C is set in advance. When the quantity becomes less than the fixed amount, the terminal device 2
By operating the input device of the above in a predetermined manner, ordering data including data such as order oil type, order quantity, delivery date, etc. with customer name (that is, delivery destination) identification code attached to the order receiving device provided at the oil tank office 4 is for data transmission.

On the other hand, the order receiving apparatus 4 provided on the office side of the oil depot receives the order data transmitted from each customer, and uses this as order data to the office side of the oil depot as well. The data is output to the shipping management device 5 so as to be stored in the order receiving file of the shipping management device 5 including the host computer provided.
7 is a tank truck (hereinafter referred to as a truck), and the tank 7'of the truck 7 has, for example, three hatches 7a, 7b, 7
A hatch card 7a ₁ in which each hatch identification information is stored in the loading port of each hatch 7a to 7c.
7b ₁ and 7c ₁ are provided.

On the other hand, the shipping management device 5 provided in the oil tank shown in FIG. 1 stores order data including the customer name identification code, oil type, quantity, delivery date, etc. supplied from the order receiving device 4 described above. While creating the order file based on this, the delivery plan by the Lori vehicle is created by referring to the order file. This delivery plan by Lorry vehicles is based on the delivery date and the Lorry vehicle identification data (eg,
Corresponding to each loli car number, etc., delivery destination, loading oil type,
It is created as a shipping schedule file that stores the loading quantities.

The shipping device 8 is configured to load oil liquid into the lorry vehicle 7 in response to a command from the loading control device 6 in connection with loading work.

When the lorry 7 arrives at the oil tank station, it directly goes to the shipping site, that is, the shipping stage (not shown).

On the shipping stage, a shipping device 8 is provided as shown in FIG. The shipping device 8 includes a pump 12, a metering valve 13, a flow meter 14 and the like in the middle of a liquid supply pipe 10 that communicates with a liquid storage tank 9 that stores oil liquid on the base end side for each type of oil loaded. A loading arm 11 is connected to the front end side of the liquid supply pipe 10 and is generally configured. On the other hand, the loading control device 6 measures the loading oil amount by the flow meter 14 based on the loading data transmitted from the shipping management device 5, and controls the driving of the pump 12 and the metering valve 13 during loading. Is supposed to do.

At the shipping stage, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a card reader 15 for reading the vehicle number card of the lorry vehicle 7, the type of oil to be loaded into each hatch 7a to 7c of the lorry vehicle 7, and loading. Hatch loading data setter 16 for setting quantity
And an explosion-proof display device 17 are provided. The hatch loading data setting device 16 is connected to the loading control device 6 and the shipping management device 5, and is also connected to the card reader 15 and the display device 17.

Further, the hatch loading data setting device 16 is provided with an input operation section 16a for performing an input operation and a CRT (screen display section) 16b for displaying the set data.

Here, the hatch loading data setting operation in the shipping apparatus 8 having the above configuration will be described. In addition,
FIG. 14 shows the processing executed by the hatch loading data setting unit 16 at this time.

When the lorry 7 arrives at the oil tank station, it crosses the shipping site at a right angle without going to the office as before. Then, the driver inserts a car number card (not shown) into the card reader 15 provided at the shipping site. As a result, the card reader 15 reads the Lori vehicle identification data recorded in advance on this vehicle number card, and transfers and outputs this to the hatch loading data setting device 16.

When the hatch loading data setting device 16 reads the Lori vehicle identification data transferred and output from the card reader 15 (step S1), the shipping schedule is sent to the shipping management device 5 provided on the office side. Transfer of delivery destination data, loading oil type data, loading quantity data corresponding to the read Lori vehicle identification data from the file, and Lori vehicle 7 registered in advance corresponding to the loaded Lori vehicle identification data Transfer of the hatch capacity of each hatch 7a to 7c, as described later, the loading oil type and loading quantity of each hatch 7a to 7c at the time of the previous delivery of the lory vehicle 7 corresponding to the read lory vehicle identification data. Send instructions to request the transfer of.

Then, based on this instruction, the shipping management device 5
When these items of data corresponding to the read Lori vehicle identification data are transmitted from the hatch loading data setter 16, the hatch loading data setter 16 stores these items in the work area of the storage unit.
In addition to storing the above data, the input operation unit 16a is used to display these data items on the CRT 16b as a'hatch setting operation screen 'of an appropriate format in preparation for the hatch loading data setting operation at this time of delivery ( Step S2).

That is, in the CRT 16b, for example, reserved loading scheduled loading data (customer name, oil type, quantity)
And the preload data (oil type and quantity) loaded in the respective hatches 7a to 7c of the Lori vehicle 7 corresponding to the read Lori vehicle identification data during the previous delivery, and the respective hatches 7a to 7c of the Lori vehicle 7. The hatch capacity for each is displayed.

As a result, while referring to the "hatch setting operation screen" displayed on the CRT 16b, the driver determines whether or not it is necessary to change the oil type and quantity loaded in each of the hatches 7a to 7c at the time of this delivery. Check (step S3).

Therefore, the driver looks at the "hatch setting operation screen" displayed on the CRT 16b, and the type and quantity of the oil loaded in each of the hatches 7a to 7c at the time of the previous delivery is the oil type loaded at the time of the current delivery. If the quantity matches, operate the data input key of the input operation unit 16a to operate each hatch 7a to 7c.
Enter the delivery destination of the oil liquid loaded for each, that is, the customer name,
Then, while operating the'setting 'key of the input operation unit 16a to set as the hatch loading data for this delivery (step S5), the type and quantity of oil loaded in each hatch 7a-7c at the time of the previous delivery are set. If the type and quantity of oil to be loaded at the time of delivery this time are different, "Data change" of the input operation unit 16a
The key is set to change the oil type and quantity (step S4), and the data input key of the input operation unit 16a is operated to change the oil type and quantity for the different hatch, and then the same. The data input key of the input operation unit 16a is operated to input the delivery destination of the oil liquid to be loaded at this time, that is, the customer name, for each of the hatches 7a to 7c, and the'setting 'key is operated to load this time hatch. It is set as data (step S5).

The type and quantity of oil to be loaded into each hatch 7a to 7c set in step S5 at this time of delivery, and the customer name as the delivery destination of the oil liquid to be loaded into each hatch 7a to 7c are as follows: Corresponding to the operation of the input operation unit 16a, it is displayed on the CRT 16b at any time.

Therefore, every time the processing described in step S5 is performed, the driver confirms the type and quantity of oil to be loaded into each of the hatches 7a to 7c at this time of delivery by looking at the display on the CRT 16b (step S6). ). Then, the driver can set the oil type, quantity, etc. to be loaded in each of the hatches 7a to 7c for the current delivery by displaying the CRT 16b.
If it is confirmed that the change is necessary, the process returns to step S3, while if it is confirmed that the input of the oil type, quantity, etc. to be loaded for the delivery is completed, the input operation unit 16
Operate the'setting 'key of a again.

Then, the operation of this'setting 'key is set O
As the confirmation instruction of K, the hatch allocation contents set and input in steps S3 to S6 (oil types and quantities to be loaded in each hatch 7a to 7c at the time of this delivery, and each hatch 7a to 7c)
The customer name as the delivery destination of the oil liquid to be loaded onto each hatch) is displayed on the display unit 17, and the hatch loading data including the type and quantity of oil loaded into each hatch 7a to 7c at the time of this delivery is the actual While being supplied as preset data to the loading control device 6 that controls the liquid supply, a delivery table that displays the correspondence of the delivery destinations of the oil liquids loaded in the respective hatches 7a to 7c from the printer (not shown). (Shipping slip) is printed out (steps S7 and S8).

It should be noted that the indicator 17 may be obtained based on a comparison between the oil types loaded in the hatches 7a to 7c at the time of the previous delivery and the oil types loaded in the hatches 7a to 7c at the time of the current delivery. Information on the hatches that require gas purging is also displayed.

Next, the driver looks at the indicator 17 in steps S7 and S8, and the hatch loading data and the hatches 7 are displayed.
It is again confirmed whether or not the delivery destinations a to 7c have an error (step S9). Here, when the driver finds an error in the display contents of the display unit 17, the driver operates the'correction 'key of the input operation unit 16a to first load the loading control device 6
Each hatch 7a ~ set as preset data in
7c outputs an instruction to clear the hatch loading data consisting of the type and quantity of oil to be loaded at the time of this delivery to the loading control device 6, and returns to the process of step S3 to re-input the hatch loading data. ..

In addition, in step S10 in addition to step S9, the driver indicates whether or not there is a hatch that requires a gas purge in advance at the time of actual oil liquid loading at the time of delivery at the shipping site. Check to see. And
When the driver confirms that there is no hatch that requires gas purging, the driver operates the'gas purging confirmation key 'on the input operation unit 16a to move to the shipping stage and move to the display 1
Based on the display content of 7, the actual loading operation of the oil liquid is performed on each hatch 7a to 7c of the lorry vehicle under the control of the loading control device 6 (step S11).

On the other hand, when the driver confirms that there is a hatch that requires gas purging, the driver moves the locomotive to a gas purging place provided at another place in the oil tank station, and gas purging is required. When the gas purging work of the hatch is executed (step S12) and the gas purging work of all the hatches requiring the gas purging is completed, the locomotive is thereafter moved to the shipping site, and the above-mentioned step S1 is performed.
The processing shifts to 1. It should be noted that the actual oil-liquid loading of the hatches 7a to 7c of the lorry vehicle under the control of the loading control device 6 described above will be described here.

After the driver performs an interlock releasing operation such as connecting the grounding device of the locomotive, the loading arm 11 of the predetermined oil type on the shipping stage is watched on the display 17 and the hatch of the corresponding locomotive is observed. (Eg 7a)
The hatch card 7a ₁ provided on the hatch 7a is read by a hatch card reader (not shown) provided on the loading arm 11. As a result, the loading control device 6 allows the driver to set the loading arm 1
When a start switch (not shown) provided in No. 1 is operated, the loading control device 6 is controlled by the type of oil supplied to the loading arm 11 and the hatch loading data setting device 16 described above.
It is confirmed whether or not the hatch loading data set as the preset data corresponds to the oil type corresponding to the hatch 7a.

If the two match, the quantity corresponding to the hatch 7a in the hatch loading data set by the hatch loading data setting unit 16 is set as the quantitative value, and the interlock releasing operation is performed. Under the condition that the above condition is satisfied, the pump is driven to open the metering valve 13, and the actual loading of oil species is started. After that, when the actual oil liquid loading progresses and the amount of oil measured by the flow meter 14 reaches the amount of oil corresponding to the quantitative value, the loading control device 6
Stops the metering valve 13 to stop the liquid supply from the loading arm 11 and stops the pump.

After the completion of the actual oil-liquid loading to all the hatches 7a to 7c to be loaded at the time of delivery this time as described above, the oil type actually loaded in each hatch 7a to 7c and the oil type thereof The quantity is transmitted from the loading control device 6 to the shipping management device 5 in correspondence with the lory vehicle identification data, and the shipping management device 5 uses the hatches to determine the hatches at the time of the previous delivery of the lory vehicle corresponding to the lory vehicle identification data. The loaded oil type data and loaded quantity data for each are updated and stored.

As described above, since the driver can set the hatch loading data by operating the hatch loading setting device 16 at the shipping site, it is easier to operate than the setting operation at the office away from the shipping site. Immediately after setting the loading data, the shipping work can be started. Therefore, the operation of inserting the car number card into the card reader is only required once, and the operation is simplified.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 5, a loading control device 6, a hatch loading data setting device 16, and a card reader 15 are provided at the shipping site. The loading control device 6 and the hatch loading data setting device 16 are connected to the shipping management device 5 as in the first embodiment.

Reference numeral 18 denotes an on-vehicle control device, which is installed, for example, in the driver's seat of the lorry vehicle 7. In addition, the in-vehicle control device 1
A printer 19 is connected to the printer 8, and the printer 19 prints a hatch allocation instruction based on hatch loading data as described later. This in-vehicle control device 18 uses the communication cable 2
It is connected to the hatch loading data setting device 16 via 0.
In this embodiment, a cable for connecting a grounding device is used as the communication cable 20.

Now, the hatch loading data setting operation in the above shipping apparatus will be described. The hatch loading data setting device 16 executes the process shown in FIG. 6 when the vehicle number data of the vehicle number card is input.

When the lorry 7 arrives at the oil tank, it goes straight to the shipping site without depending on the office. Then, the driver inserts a vehicle number card (not shown) into the card reader 15 at the shipping site and causes the Lori vehicle identification data stored in the vehicle number card to be read (step S21).

When the Lori vehicle identification data is read by the card reader 15 in step S21, the hatch loading data setting device 16 performs the same processing as in step S2 of the first embodiment, and as a result, the CRT 16b is reserved. Loaded data (customer name, oil liquid, quantity) scheduled to be shipped, and pre-load data loaded at the time of the previous delivery to each hatch 7a to 7c of the Lori vehicle 7 corresponding to the read Lori vehicle identification data. (Oil type, quantity) and each hatch 7a to 7 of the locomotive 7
The hatch capacity for each c is displayed.

Next, the driver operates the input operation unit 16a to set the hatch loading data including the type of oil, the quantity, and the delivery destination loaded into each hatch 7a to 7c at the time of delivery of the lorry vehicle 7 this time. Then, the hatch loading data setting device 16 performs the same step S23 as the steps S3 to S5 of the first embodiment.
The processing indicated by is performed.

Then, the driver confirms the contents set in the step S23 by the CRT 16b and operates the'setting 'key in a predetermined manner, so that the hatch loading data setting device 16 operates in the step S6 of the first embodiment. The processing of steps S24 and S25 corresponding to step 7 is performed.

After that, in this embodiment, the driver connects the ground loading device (not shown) to the lorry wheel 7 in preparation for the actual loading of the oil liquid, and the hatch loading data setting device 16 operates accordingly. Is confirmed via the loading control device 6 (step S26).

When the driver operates the "slip issuance" key of the input operation unit 16a, the hatch loading data setting device 1
6 is transferred and stored in the on-vehicle control device 18, the shipping management device 5, and the loading control device 6, and the hatch allocation contents are printed out from the printer 19 of the on-vehicle control device 18. (Step S28).

The driver looks at the slip printed out in step S29, inserts the oil type loading arm 11 corresponding to each of the hatches 7a to 7c, and performs a shipping start operation.

As a result, the loading control device 6 performs shipping control so that each oil type is shipped to each hatch by the set quantity based on the printed out data.

Since the loading data for each of the hatches 7a to 7c is stored in the vehicle-mounted control device 18, the loading data is used when the oil liquid is unloaded at the gas station of the delivery destination. It can also be used as oil mixing prevention data in the underground tank of the gas station.

[0054]

As described above, the shipping apparatus according to the present invention is
Since the loading data of the oil liquid to be loaded into the hatch of the Lori vehicle can be set at the shipping site, the Lori vehicle arriving at the oil tank can go straight to the shipping site without going to the office. Therefore, the driver can set the loading data at the shipping site and can carry out the shipping operation as it is, so there is no need to stop by the office as before, and the car number card can be used as a card reader for the office. There is no need to insert it into the product, and the loading setting operation can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of a shipping apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process executed by a loading control device.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the loading control device according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2a Ordering device 4 Order receiving device 5 Shipping management device 6 Loading control device 7 Lorry vehicle 7a to 7c Hatch 8 Shipping device 11 Loading arm 15 Card reader 16 Hatch loading data setting device 17 Display device 18 In-vehicle control device 19 Printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A host computer that creates a shipping schedule consisting of the type of oil, quantity, and customer of each tank lorry based on an order from a customer, and a card that stores the lorry vehicle identification data set for each tank lorry. A card reader to read, and a shipping schedule corresponding to the Lori vehicle identification data read by the card reader is inquired to the host computer, and based on the shipping schedule provided from the host computer,
A hatch loading data setter that sets hatch loading data that includes the loading oil type, loading quantity, and delivery destination for each hatch at the time of this delivery of the tank truck that corresponds to the relevant truck identification data, and the hatch loading And a loading control device for controlling the loading of the oil liquid on the tank truck based on the hatch loading data set and output from the loading data setting device, wherein the hatch loading data setting device controls the loading of the oil liquid by the loading control device. A shipping device, which is provided at a shipping site where a tank truck is loaded.