JPH0687409A - Portal type car washer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A gate-shaped car wash machine that is formed in a gate shape and runs across automobiles, and mixes the wash water from a water source with a water supply pipe line that branches water to a plurality of liquid agent spray nozzles. In a portal car wash machine equipped with a container, a liquid agent such as a detergent or wax stored in a liquid agent tank is diluted through the mixer and sprayed from a liquid agent spraying nozzle to wash an automobile body or wax.
Prevents clogging of the water supply line due to solidification and accumulation of liquid components,
(EN) Provided is a gate-type car wash machine that enables stable and effective car wash work over a long period of time and does not require costly repairs such as parts replacement. [Structure] First provided on the upstream side of the mixer in the water supply line
Second solenoid valve and a liquid agent line for supplying a liquid agent
The solenoid valve is opened to spray liquid diluent water, and at the end of spraying, the second solenoid valve is closed and the cleaning water is sprayed for a predetermined time, and then the first solenoid valve is closed. Residual liquid components were suppressed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portal car wash machine which is formed in a portal shape and which sprays a liquid agent while running across an automobile to clean and wax the automobile body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventionally known car washing machine, a plurality of liquid agent spray nozzles, a branch water supply pipe for branching wash water sent from a water source to each spray nozzle, a detergent
It is equipped with a liquid agent tank for storing a liquid agent such as wax, and a liquid agent conduit for communicating with a mixer provided in the water supply conduit and supplying the liquid agent stored in the liquid agent tank. I was waxing. At the time of spraying the liquid agent, the washing water and the liquid agent were simultaneously sent to the spray nozzle, and this delivery was stopped at the same time to end the liquid agent spray. By the way, in such a conventional apparatus, there is a problem that liquid agent components remain in the water supply pipe line downstream from the mixer, and these components are solidified and accumulated due to long-term use to cause clogging. Such clogging is likely to occur in a portion where the flow path is narrowed, such as a mixer or a nozzle, and once clogging occurs, recovery by simple cleaning is difficult, and periodical component replacement is unavoidable.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the object of the present invention is to minimize the residue of the liquid chemical component in the water supply line to prevent clogging due to solidification and accumulation, and to provide a stable and long-term effect. The point is whether a gate-type car wash machine that can perform high car wash work and that does not require expensive repairs such as parts replacement will be obtained.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a plurality of liquid agent spray nozzles and wash water sent from a water source are branched into a car wash main body which is formed in a gate shape and runs across an automobile. A vehicle equipped with a branch water supply pipe line for sending to a vehicle, a liquid agent tank for storing a liquid agent such as detergent and wax, and a liquid agent line for communicating with a mixer provided in the water supply pipe line and supplying the liquid agent stored in the liquid agent tank. In a gate-type car wash machine for spraying a liquid agent on a car body for cleaning, waxing, etc., a first solenoid valve provided upstream of the mixer in the water supply line for starting / stopping water discharge from a spray nozzle. A second solenoid valve provided in the liquid agent conduit for switching the liquid sprayed from the spray nozzle to either washing water or liquid diluent water, and the first and second solenoid valves are opened to open the liquid diluent water. After spraying, at the end of spraying Are those configured to close the first solenoid valve after the washing water sprayed in a predetermined closed second solenoid valve time, tried to solve the above problems.

[0005]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front external view of an embodiment according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a car-washing machine main body formed in a gate shape, which is configured to reciprocate on rails 2 and 2'to wash a car stopped between the rails 2 and 2 '.

Reference numeral 3.3 'denotes a pair of side brushes arranged on both sides of the main body. The side brushes are suspended so as to travel on brush rails horizontally provided in the main body in a direction orthogonal to the rails 2.2'. It moves and opens and closes according to the side shape of the car body to be cleaned. Reference numeral 4 denotes a top brush which is supported by brush arms 5 and 5'which swing in the front-rear direction of the main body 1, and which moves vertically through the brush arms 5 and 5'according to the shape of the top surface of the automobile. Reference numerals 6 and 6'denotes a pair of rocker brushes provided on both lower sides of the main body, which are supported by an arm that rotates in a substantially horizontal direction to open and close, and mainly wash the tire and the lower half of the side surface of the automobile.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a blower nozzle provided on the front top and both sides, and a blower (not shown) provided on the main body 1.
In order to spray the air on the vehicle body to scatter water drops on the vehicle body to dry it, especially the top nozzle moves up and down according to the shape of the vehicle body top surface through a known link arm. Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation panel provided on the front surface of the main body for mainly operating the car wash machine.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are side and perspective explanatory views showing the structure of the conduit of the embodiment. In the figure, 9 to 14 are all water discharge nozzles, of which 10 to 14 are made of a pipe material having a plurality of nozzle openings in the middle thereof.

The nozzles 9 and 10 are for spraying washing water located on the front surface of the main body, and 9 mainly discharges water to the top surface of the vehicle body and 10 to the side surface of the vehicle body. The nozzles 11 and 13 are mainly for spraying detergent dilution water, and in particular, the nozzle 13 sprays a foaming detergent by introducing compressed air to cause foaming and spraying a foaming detergent with improved adhesion to the vehicle body. The nozzle 12 is for wax, and sprays wax dilution water. 14 is a nozzle for spraying washing water on the rear side of the main body.

As shown in FIG. 2, 9 to 13 of the water discharge nozzles are arranged so that at least a part of the sprayed liquid falls on the brushes 3, 3 ', 4, 6, 6'. There is. That is, the spray liquid from the nozzles 9 and 10 is applied to the rocker brushes 6 and 6'and the top brush 4 at the time of rocking, and the spray liquid from the nozzle 11 is applied to the top brush 4 and the nozzle 12.
The spray liquid from 13 is placed so as to fall on the side brushes 3 and 3 ', respectively.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the connection of piping equipment such as the liquid agent spraying nozzle, and the respective pipelines will be described below based on this drawing. A pump 15 supplies pressurized water to the main body 1 via a water supply pipe 16. Reference numeral 17 is a branch pipe connected to the water supply pipe 16, which is connected to the spray nozzles 9 to 14 to branch the water supply from the pump 15, and the branch water supply pipes 18 to 22 extending from the branch pipe 17 to each nozzle are electromagnetically connected. Valves 23 to 27 (first electromagnetic valves) are respectively provided to start / stop water discharge from each nozzle.

28 to 30 are liquid agent tanks provided in the main body 1, 29 is a wax solution and 28 and 30 are a detergent solution. Of these, a tank 30 stores a highly foaming detergent. To be 31 to 33 are the tanks 28
˜30 through liquid agent pipes 34 to 36, respectively, and the liquid agent pipes 34 to 34 in the water flow of the branch water supply pipes 19 to 21.
The end of the flow path from 36 is opened, and the liquid agent in the tank is sucked by the flowing water pressure to prepare liquid agent diluting water for spraying.

Reference numerals 37 to 39 are electromagnetic valves (second electromagnetic valves) provided in the middle of the liquid agent pipes 34 to 36. The liquid sprayed from the nozzles 11 to 13 by cutting off the supply of each liquid agent is used as washing water or liquid agent. While switching to any of the dilution water, it prevents the washing water from flowing down from the mixers 31 to 33 to the tanks 28 to 30 and diluting the liquid agent. Similarly, 40 to 42 are flow rate control valves provided in the middle of the liquid agent pipes 34 to 36, and the supply amount of each liquid agent can be adjusted by the adjusting knobs respectively provided.

Reference numeral 43 is an air tank for storing compressed air, which supplies compressed air to an air cylinder which mainly opens and closes and ascends and descends brushes and blower nozzles. Here, the water supply pipe 21 leading to the detergent nozzle 13 and a solenoid valve. High-pressure air is mixed with the detergent dilution water obtained in the mixer 33 to cause foaming.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of each part of this embodiment.
The case where the most general wax-car wash is performed, in which <washing><waxing><drying> is performed while the main body 1 reciprocates two times. In the figure, I indicates a step associated with the first forward movement of the main body 1, II indicates a step associated with the first backward movement, III represents a step associated with the second outward journey, and IV represents a step associated with the second backward journey. .

In the first outward process I, first, the solenoid valve 2
4.27 is opened to discharge the wash water from the nozzles 9-11.14, and after a certain period of time, that is, after the water pressure in each water supply line is stabilized, the solenoid valve 37 is opened and the detergent liquid is sucked from the tank 28. The detergent diluted water is sprayed from the nozzle 11. At a certain time before the end of this process I, the solenoid valve 37 is closed to stop the supply of the detergent, and the water supply pipe 19 for preventing the clogging of the nozzles / pipes.
The detergent in the nozzle 11 is washed away. On the other hand, as for the operation of the brush, first, the side brushes 3 and 3 ′ are rotated and closed, and the front surface of the vehicle body is washed while opening. After the side brushes have been opened and the front surface has been washed, each brush 3 ・ 3 '
・ 4, 6 and 6'rotate to open and close or move up and down along the shape of the vehicle body to wash the side and top surfaces of the vehicle body.

In the first return process II, the solenoid valve 26 is opened to discharge the washing water from the nozzle 13, and after a certain time, the solenoid valve 39 is released.
-44 is opened, the detergent liquid is sucked from the tank 30 to obtain detergent water, and compressed air is introduced to foam the detergent water to spray it. Solenoid valve 3 within a certain time before the end of this process II
9.44 is closed and only water is sprayed again to clean the inside of the pipeline. On the other hand, as for the operation of the brush, as in the step I, first, the side brushes 3 and 3'clean the rear surface of the vehicle body, and then the side brushes 3 and 3'and the top brush 4 are further driven to clean the side surface and the upper surface of the vehicle body. .

Then, before entering the next step III, a predetermined time t
Only the traveling of the main body 1 is stopped, the solenoid valves 23 to 26 are opened, water is sprayed from the nozzles 9 to 13, and the brushes 3 and 3 '
・ Rotate 4.6.6 'to perform brush rinse work to wash away the detergent adhering to the brush in steps I and II. At this time, effective rinsing can be performed by moving the brush up and down or opening and closing it to a position where it is easy to hit water, as required.

In the second outward process III, the solenoid valves 23 to 25
-Opening 27 and 38, the wash water is discharged from the nozzles 9 to 11 and 14, and the wax in the tank 29 is sucked from the nozzle 12 to spray the wax water. At a certain time before the end of this step III, the solenoid valve 38 is closed and only the water is sprayed from the nozzle 12 to wash out the wax content in the pipeline. On the other hand, the operation of the brush is the same as in step II.
After brushing the front of the vehicle with, side brush 3 ・
3'and the top brush 4 are both driven to brush the side and top surfaces of the vehicle body.

In the second returning step IV, the blower is driven to blow out the air from the blower nozzle 7 and the water droplets adhering to the vehicle body surface are scattered to dry the vehicle body.

As described above, in the first outward process I, dirt such as mud that is relatively easy to remove is removed, and in the first backward process II, stubborn dirt such as water stains and oil stains left in the process I is removed. In the second wash step III, the detergent on the vehicle body surface is washed out and wax is applied, and in the second backward step IV, the blower nozzle is used to dry the vehicle body. In addition,
Between steps II and III, a brush rinsing step of washing away the detergent component attached to the brush in steps I and II is executed to improve the quality of waxing and cleaning.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, when the liquid agent spraying nozzles 11 to 13 spray the liquid agent diluting water, first the first solenoid valves 24 to 26 are opened to discharge water so that the water pressure in the water supply line is stabilized. After that, the second solenoid valves 37 to 39 are opened to make the dilution concentration uniform and rationalize the use of the liquid agent. Further, when stopping the liquid agent spraying, first, the second electromagnetic valves 37 to 39 are closed to clean the inside of the water supply pipe line with the wash water, and then the first electromagnetic valves 24 to 26 are closed, so that the liquid agent component is closed. Prevents clogging caused by the residue of.

[0023]

The present invention is configured as described above, and at the end of liquid agent spraying, flush water is flown for a certain period of time to wash away the liquid agent component remaining in the water supply pipe line, thereby reliably preventing clogging of the water supply pipe line. Therefore, it is possible to perform stable and highly effective car washing work for a long period of time, and it is possible to eliminate costly repairs such as parts replacement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front external view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating the configuration of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration and arrangement of essential parts of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing piping of a pipeline according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Car Wash Machine Main Body 9-14 Liquid Agent Spraying Nozzle 15 Pump 18-22 Branch Water Supply Pipe 24-26 First Electromagnetic Valve 31-33 Mixer 34-36 Liquid Agent Pipeline 37-39 Second Electromagnetic Valve

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shoichi Takeda 1287-2 Awamiya Miyazawa, Sarahisa-shi, Nagano Maruyama Industry Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Kazuyuki Kurasaki 1287 2287 Awasamiya Nishi, Kosaka-shi, Nagano Prefecture Maruyama Industrial Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Kazuo Shiromoto 1287-2 Awamiya Miyazawa, Saranomiya-shi, Nagano Maruyama Industry Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Hideto Koshio Nagano Prefecture 1287 Awamiya Miyanishi Maruyama Industrial Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Koichi Murayama 1287-2, Awamiya Miyako, Saranomiya-shi, Nagano Maruyama Industry Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Kazuharu Aoyagi 1287, 1287 Awamiya Shrine, Saranomiya-shi, Nagano Maruyama Industry Co., Ltd. Product Development Laboratory Inc.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A car-washing machine main body which is formed in a gate shape and travels across an automobile, and a plurality of liquid agent spray nozzles, and a branch water supply pipe line for branching wash water sent from a water source to each spray nozzle. It is equipped with a liquid agent tank for storing liquid agents such as detergents and waxes, and a liquid agent conduit for communicating with the mixer provided in the water supply conduit and supplying the liquid agent stored in the liquid agent tank. In a portal car wash machine for cleaning, waxing, etc., a first solenoid valve provided upstream of a mixer in the water supply line for starting / stopping water discharge from a spray nozzle, and provided in the liquid agent line A second solenoid valve for switching the liquid sprayed from the spray nozzle to either wash water or liquid dilution water, opening the first and second solenoid valves to spray the liquid dilution water, and at the end of spraying When the second solenoid valve is closed Portal car wash, characterized in that closing the first solenoid valve after the washing water spraying.