JP2012056341A - Bicycle parking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bicycle parking device that prevents a lock device from being damaged when a rear wheel side of a bicycle is lifted in a parked state.SOLUTION: A lock hole 26 with a hole center direction 26a directed to be horizontal toward a left/right direction of a bicycle body is arranged at a member 20 to be locked. A horizontal cylindrical lock pin 34 inserted through the lock hole 26 of the member 20 to be locked is arranged in the lock device 30 engaging with the member 20 to be locked, so that even when the rear wheel side of the bicycle is lifted in a parked state, the member 20 to be locked that moves along with the above motion only rotates around the horizontal cylindrical lock pin 34 of the lock device 30, thereby preventing the horizontal cylindrical lock pin 34 from being damaged.

Description

  The present invention relates to a bicycle parking apparatus installed in a bicycle parking lot, and relates to a bicycle parking apparatus including a lock device for fixing a bicycle.

As a conventional bicycle parking apparatus provided with a bicycle locking device, for example, there is one disclosed in Utility Model Registration No. 3156629 (Patent Document 1). This bicycle parking device includes a U-shaped arm that supports the front wheel of a bicycle from the left and right, and has a structure generally found in a rack type bicycle parking device.
The feature of this bicycle parking apparatus is that a locking device is provided on the U-shaped arm, while a locked member incorporating an electronic circuit is provided on either the left or right front fork of the bicycle. Accordingly, even if the bicycle is not a dedicated bicycle, the bicycle parking device can be used simply by attaching the locked member to the front fork. For example, there is an advantage that the bicycle can be applied to various types of personally owned bicycles. .
In addition, it is also possible for an external control device to electronically manage and control the bicycle parking state by electronic information transmitted and received from an electronic circuit incorporated in the locked member.

Next, the conventional bicycle parking apparatus shown in FIG. 8A is a so-called rail-type bicycle parking apparatus in which the bicycle 10 is fixed to a bicycle parking frame 101 in which a rail-like horizontal beam 103 is horizontally mounted on a pole 102.
A feature of this bicycle parking apparatus is that a plurality of locking devices 130 are provided on the cross beam 103 at appropriate intervals, and a configuration in which the locked member 120 is mounted on the handle 11 of the bicycle 10 is adopted. Thereby, even if it is not a dedicated bicycle, the bicycle parking apparatus can be used only by mounting the locked member 120, so that it can be applied to various types of personally owned bicycles.
The control device 104 installed outside can also manage and control the bicycle parking state electronically by the sensor in the lock device 130 and the user's SF card (stored fare card). It has become.

  Accordingly, neither of the above-described conventional bicycle parking devices depend on the type of bicycle, and the member to be locked is attached to a part of the vehicle body and engaged with the locking device, so that theft can be prevented. In addition to providing a bicycle parking state that is prevented, electronically managing and controlling the bicycle parking state enables automatic calculation of rental fees when used for rental bicycles.

  However, in the former bicycle parking apparatus disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3156629, the locked member is mounted on the front fork of the bicycle. Bicycles had to be operated while paying attention to the front forks that existed from the side to the bottom, making it difficult to park bicycles. In particular, when the member to be locked is present on the front fork opposite to the standing position of the bicycle parking worker, poor visibility is promoted, and the bicycle parking work is more difficult.

  In order to deal with this problem, the latter rail-type bicycle parking apparatus shown in FIG. 8 (A) attaches the member to be locked to the handle 11 having high visibility. Since the bicycle parking worker can operate the bicycle while facing the front without lowering the line of sight, there is an advantage that the bicycle parking work can be easily performed. Further, the presence of the locked member 120 in the center portion of the handle 11 has a great advantage that the visibility is not deteriorated due to the standing position of the bicycle parking worker.

However, the lock device 130 of the conventional rail-type bicycle parking device has a lock pin 131 inserted vertically through a vertical lock hole 121 provided in the locked member 120 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4C, when the rear wheel side of the bicycle in the parked state is lifted by mischief or the like, the locked member 120 interlocked with this vertically swings. There is a possibility that the lock pin 131 engaged with the locked member 120 may be damaged due to an unexpected external force.
As described above, even in the case of the rail-type bicycle parking apparatus as shown in the figure, when the rear wheel side of the bicycle 10 is lifted by an act of mischief or the like, the lock pin 131 is damaged, and the lock apparatus 130 is There was a serious problem that the bicycle 10 could not be operated normally and the bicycle 10 could not be unlocked.

Utility Model Registration No. 3156629

As described above, in the conventional bicycle parking device, due to its configuration, the bicycle parking work may be troublesome due to poor visibility, or misbehavior in the bicycle parking state, etc. If the rear wheel side is lifted, the lock device may be damaged.
For this reason, it is eager to develop a new bicycle parking device that can easily perform the bicycle parking work and that does not damage the lock device even if the rear wheel side of the bicycle is lifted by an act such as mischief in the bicycle parking state. It was.

  The present invention has been developed in order to effectively solve the above-described problems of the conventional bicycle parking device while utilizing the advantages of the conventional rail bicycle parking device described above. In the bicycle parking apparatus, the bicycle parking apparatus is provided with a locked member that is mounted on a handle portion of a bicycle and a locking device that engages with the locked member. The member is provided with a lock hole oriented so that the hole center direction is horizontal toward the left-right direction of the bicycle body, while the locking device has a horizontal cylindrical shape inserted through the lock hole of the locked member. The structure which provided the lock pin of was adopted.

  In the bicycle parking device according to claim 2, on the premise of the bicycle parking device according to claim 1, the locked member is provided with electronic information storage means capable of storing electronic information, while the lock device includes: A configuration in which reader / writer means capable of reading and writing electronic information is provided for the electronic information storage means.

Thus, in the bicycle parking apparatus according to claim 1, the lock member is provided with a lock hole oriented so that the hole center direction is horizontal toward the left-right direction of the bicycle body, while the lock apparatus However, by adopting a configuration in which a horizontal cylindrical lock pin inserted into the lock hole of the locked member is provided, it does not cause troublesome parking work due to poor visibility. Even if the rear wheel side of the bicycle is lifted due to an act of mischief, etc., the locked member interlocking with this only rotates about the lock pin of the lock device, so there is a possibility that unexpected external force is applied to the lock pin. As a result, the lock pin can be prevented from being damaged.
Accordingly, it is possible to effectively prevent damage to the lock device in the parking state while taking advantage of the conventional rail-type bicycle parking device.

  Further, in the bicycle parking device according to claim 2, on the premise of the bicycle parking device according to claim 1, the locked member is provided with electronic information storage means capable of storing electronic information, while the lock device includes By adopting a configuration in which reader / writer means capable of reading and writing electronic information is provided for the electronic information storage means, entry / exit information stored in the electronic information storage means, etc., simply by inserting a locked member into the lock device, etc. In addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, the reader / writer means automatically reads / writes the electronic information of the bicycle, electronically manages and controls the bicycle parking state, and automatically calculates the rental fee. It will be possible.

1A is an overall view of a bicycle parking device of Embodiment 1. FIG. (B) is the elements on larger scale of the bicycle parking apparatus of Example 1. FIG. (A) is a perspective view of the member to be locked of Example 1. FIG. (B) is an exploded view of the member to be locked of Example 1. FIG. (C) is a reference figure which shows the state which mounted | wore the bicycle to which the to-be-locked member of Example 1 was mounted | worn. (A) is a front view of the locking device of Example 1. FIG. (B) (C) is explanatory drawing which shows the internal structure of the locking device of Example 1. FIG. (A) (B) (C) is explanatory drawing which shows the process in which the to-be-locked member of Example 1 is engaged with a locking device. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which rock | fluctuated the lock member of Example 1 in the locked state. It is an operation | movement flowchart when the bicycle parking apparatus of Example 1 is utilized for a rental bicycle. It is a conceptual diagram when operating the bicycle parking apparatus of Example 1 in a network. (A) (B) (C) is explanatory drawing which shows the conventional rail-type bicycle parking apparatus.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the bicycle parking apparatus according to the present embodiment is a so-called rail that parks a bicycle 10 in a locked state on a bicycle parking frame 1 in which a rail-like horizontal beam 3 is mounted on a pole 2. This is a type of bicycle parking device.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2B, a lock member 30 is attached to the center portion of the handle 11 of the bicycle 10 and exposed to one side surface of the cross beam 3 of the parking frame 1. The bicycle 10 is parked in a state where the bicycle 10 is locked to the bicycle parking frame 1. Reference numeral 4 in FIG. 4A is a control device connected to the lock device 30, and automatically adjusts the rental fee by managing and controlling the parking state of the bicycle 10. It is.

First, the locked member 20 will be described in detail. The locked member 20 is engaged with a base unit 21 for mounting on the handle portion 11 of the bicycle 10 and a locking device 30 as shown in FIG. It is comprised from the lock part 22 and the neck part 23 which connects these.
As shown in FIG. 5B, the base portion 21 has a structure that can be separated into a front portion 21a in which the neck portion 23 is continuously provided and a pair of left and right rear portions 21b, and these front portion 21a and rear portion 21b. A cylindrical holding space 24 for holding the handle 11 of the bicycle can be defined by drilling a semicylindrical recess on both the relative surfaces.

Next, the lock portion 22 has a T-shaped cross section composed of a horizontal portion 22 a and a vertical portion 22 b, and extends in the horizontal direction from the upper end of the neck portion 23.
The horizontal portion 22a has a flat plate shape that is long in the front-rear direction (Y direction) of the bicycle body, and an RFID tag 25 capable of reading and writing electronic information is built in the upper portion thereof. Incidentally, as the electronic information stored in the RFID tag 25, bicycle entry / exit times, vehicle-specific information, user information, and the like are conceivable, but these differ depending on the use mode of the bicycle parking apparatus.
The vertical portion 22 b is suspended from the center of the lower surface of the horizontal portion 22 a, and the rear end side extends to the neck portion 23. A lock hole 26 through which a lock pin 34 of the lock device 30 described later is inserted is formed in the front end side of the vertical portion 22b. The lock member 20 is attached to the bicycle in the lock hole 26. In this state, the hole center direction 26a is perforated so as to be horizontally oriented in the left-right direction (X direction) of the bicycle body. Further, the hole shape is intentionally formed into a flat cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. 5B so that the base portion 21 side of the locked member 20 can swing up and down with a margin while the lock pin 34 is inserted. It is what.

  In order to actually attach the locked member 20 to the bicycle handle, the center portion of the bicycle handle 11 is sandwiched between the front portion 21a and the rear portion 21b of the base portion 21, and then the screw hole of the rear portion 21b. When the screw 27 is screwed and the front portion 21a and the rear portion 21b are firmly tightened, the member 20 to be locked is firmly attached to the center portion of the handle 11 of the bicycle 10 as shown in FIG. It will be.

Next, the locking device 30 provided in the bicycle parking frame 1 will be described in detail.
The locking device 30 is built in the cross beam 3 of the bicycle parking frame 1 and exposes the front side shown in FIG. An insertion port 31 for inserting 20 is opened. In the figure, reference numeral 39 denotes a display lamp that displays the usage state of the locking device 30.

  The internal structure of the locking device 30 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C, the insertion path 32 continuous from the insertion port 31 and the limit switch 33 provided on the back wall of the insertion path 32 are shown. A lock pin 34 that engages with the member 20 to be locked, a solenoid 36 that is connected to the lock pin 34 via a link mechanism 35, and an RFID tag 25 that is built into the member 20 to be locked. A reader / writer device 37 capable of reading and writing information is provided.

  First, in order to enable the insertion of the lock portion 22 of the member 20 to be locked, the insertion port 31 is formed into a T shape in its opening shape, and the inner wall shape of the insertion path 32 continuing to this is advanced to the back. By forming the taper shape so as to gradually become narrower, the insertion of the lock portion 22 of the locked member 20 can be smoothly promoted.

  The limit switch 33 constitutes a non-contact type switch in cooperation with the photo interrupter sensor 38, and the lock portion 22 of the member 20 to be locked is inserted into the insertion path 32, and the limit switch 33 is moved at the tip thereof. When pressed, the photo interrupter sensor 38 interlocked therewith operates to transmit a signal to the external control device 4 that the locked member 20 has been inserted to a predetermined position.

The lock pin 34 is a horizontal cylindrical rod-like body that can move horizontally in the left-right direction (X direction) of the bicycle body, and is inserted into the lock hole 26 of the locked member 20 inserted into the insertion port 31. Thus, the locked member 20 is locked to the locking device 30.
In actual operation, when the solenoid 36 is horizontally moved in the direction of sending out the shaft center 36a by the control signal from the control device 4, the lock pin 34 is also sent out horizontally in the same direction by the link mechanism 35 linked thereto. It will be inserted through the lock hole 26 of the member 20 to be locked.
Contrary to the above, when the solenoid 36 moves horizontally in the direction of pulling back the shaft center 36a, the lock pin 34 is also pulled back horizontally in the direction opposite to the above and is removed from the lock hole 26. The locked state of the locked member 20 is released.
By such an operation of the lock pin 34, the locked member 20 is locked to the lock device 30 or unlocked. The movement direction of the lock pin 34 is oriented so as to be horizontal in the left-right direction (X direction) of the bicycle body, similarly to the center direction of the lock hole 26 of the member 20 to be locked. is there.

  Finally, the reader / writer device 37 is a device that reads and writes electronic information stored in the RFID tag 25 of the locked member 20. As described above, there are various contents of the electronic information depending on how the bicycle parking apparatus is used. For example, in the case of a rental bicycle, the bicycle entry / exit time and the personal information of the user may be used. Such electronic information is used for various processes such as being sent to the control device 4 for the purpose of payment of rental fees.

Next, the bicycle parking work for locking the bicycle to the bicycle parking apparatus will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4 (A), the bicycle 10 is searched so that the lock device 30 that is free of the bicycle parking frame 1 can be searched and the locked member 20 attached to the handle 11 of the bicycle 10 can be engaged therewith. Positioning.
Next, the bicycle 10 is further pushed in the direction of the locking device 30, and the locking portion 22 of the locked device 20 is moved along the insertion path 32 from the insertion port 31 of the locking device 30 as shown in FIG. 30 Insert into the inside. At this time, since the locked member 20 is attached to the handle 11 of the bicycle 10, the parking worker can perform the parking work while facing the front, and the locked member can be locked depending on the standing position of the worker. Since there is no visibility defect that makes the member 20 difficult to see, the bicycle parking work can be easily performed.

  When the tip of the lock portion 22 presses the limit switch 33, as shown in FIG. 5C, the photo interrupter sensor 38 is actuated, and external control is performed with a signal that the lock portion 22 has been inserted to the proper position. Transmit to device 4. When the control device 4 recognizes that the bicycle that is parked is a bicycle to be locked, this time, the control device 4 transmits a control signal to the solenoid 36 to actuate the axial center 36a of the solenoid 36. As a result, the lock pin 34 interlocked therewith is also moved in the same direction and inserted into the lock hole 26 of the member 20 to be locked. As a result, the bicycle 10 is parked in a state of being fixed to the bicycle parking frame 1 by the engagement of the locked member 20 and the locking device 30.

Next, characteristics of the bicycle parking apparatus in a state where the bicycle 10 is parked will be described. This feature is the most important effect of the present invention.
By the bicycle parking work described above, the bicycle 10 is parked in a state where the locked member 20 attached to the handle 11 is locked to the lock device 30 of the bicycle parking frame 1. In this parking state, for example, when the rear wheel side of the bicycle 10 is lifted by an act of mischief or the like, the locked member 20 locked to the locking device 30 as shown in FIG. The part 21 side swings up and down. And the front end side of the lock part 22 interlock | cooperating to this will also rotate, with the lock pin 34 inserted.

However, the lock hole 26 of the member to be locked 20 is oriented so that the center of the hole is horizontal toward the left-right direction of the body of the bicycle 10, and the lock pin 34 of the lock device 30 is also the same. As shown in the figure, when the rear wheel side of the bicycle 10 is lifted, the front end side of the lock portion 22 interlocked with the lock pin 34 rotates around the lock pin 34 as a result of being formed into a horizontal cylindrical shape that is inserted in the direction. Since it only moves, no unexpected external force is applied to the lock pin, and there is no possibility of damaging the lock pin 34.
As a result, the locking device can be effectively prevented from being damaged by lifting the rear wheel side of the bicycle, which has been a problem with the conventional rail-type parking device shown in FIG.

Next, an example of an operation process when the bicycle parking apparatus of the first embodiment is used for a rental bicycle will be introduced.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation process as an example. To explain along this, first, a person who wants to use a bicycle selects a desired bicycle from the operation panel of the control device 4 and confirms whether or not the bicycle can be rented out. If lending is possible, user information and the like are input using an SF card (stored fair card) or the like. The user information and the like are recorded on the RFID tag 25 built in the locked member 20 together with the bicycle departure time and the like.
When the lending procedure is completed, the lock device 30 is unlocked and the bicycle can be taken out.

When the bicycle is used and the bicycle is stored in the bicycle parking device, the locked member 20 attached to the bicycle is inserted toward the vacant lock device 30. If the reader / writer device 37 reads the electronic information of the RFID tag 25 and determines that the bicycle can be returned by the control device 4 based on the signal, the lock pin 34 of the lock device 30 is activated to lock the bicycle.
After that, the rental fee is automatically calculated by the control device 4, and when the checkout process ends normally, the return of the bicycle is completed.
The above is an example of the operation process when used for rental bicycles.

Finally, an example of a form in which the bicycle parking apparatus of the first embodiment is operated using a network will be introduced.
FIG. 7 shows an operation mode as an example, and is a conceptual diagram in which the bicycle parking apparatus of the first embodiment is installed in a plurality of bicycle parking lots, and this is operated and managed via a network.
The bicycle parking lots A, B, and C are connected to each other via a wide area network such as the Internet, and are also connected to a management center, and are centrally managed by a host computer of the management center.
According to this, for example, a bicycle rented from the bicycle parking lot A can be returned to the bicycle parking lot B or C, and the control device B or C to which the bicycle is returned returns the electronic information of the RFID tag 25 and the host computer of the management center, Rental fees can be automatically calculated by accessing the database.
In addition, the use of such a network makes it possible to aggregate and analyze the actual use of bicycles, which can be useful for bicycle parking lot operation plans, such as how many bicycles can be deployed at which bicycle parking lots for efficient operation. Become.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the member to be locked is provided with the lock hole oriented so that the hole center direction is horizontal toward the left-right direction of the bicycle body, while the lock device includes: By adopting a configuration in which a horizontal cylindrical lock pin inserted into the lock hole of the locked member is adopted, even if the bicycle is lifted on the rear wheel side by an act such as mischief in the parking state, the locked member is Since it only rotates around the lock pin of the lock device, it is possible to effectively prevent breakage of the lock pin, which has been a problem in the conventional bicycle parking device.
Further, the locked member is provided with electronic information storage means capable of storing electronic information, while the lock device is provided with a reader / writer means capable of reading and writing electronic information with respect to the electronic information storage means. Thus, the electronic information such as the entry / exit time can be automatically read and written in the electronic information storage means simply by inserting the member to be locked into the locking device, so that the rental fee and the like can be automatically calculated.
Therefore, a bicycle parking device has been developed that can more effectively prevent damage to the lock device in the parking state than the conventional bicycle parking device and that can be operated efficiently.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bicycle frame 2 Pole 3 Cross beam 4 Control apparatus 10 Bicycle 11 Handle 20 Locked member 21 Base part 21a Front part of base part 21b Rear part of base part 22 Lock part 22a Horizontal part of lock part 22b Vertical part of lock part 23 Neck part 25 RFID tag (electronic information storage means)
26 Lock Hole 26a Center Direction of Lock Hole 30 Lock Device 31 Insertion Port 33 Limit Switch 34 Lock Pin 36 Solenoid 37 Reader / Writer Device 38 Photointerrupter Sensor 101 Conventional Parking Device 120 Conventional Locked Member 130 Conventional Lock Device 130 X Bicycle body direction Y Bicycle body direction

Claims (2)

A bicycle parking device provided on a bicycle parking frame with a locked member attached to a handle of a bicycle and a locking device that engages with the locked member,
The lock member is provided with a lock hole oriented so that the hole center direction is horizontal toward the left-right direction of the bicycle body, while the lock device is inserted into the lock hole of the lock member. A bicycle parking device characterized in that a horizontal cylindrical lock pin is provided.   The locked member is provided with electronic information storage means capable of storing electronic information, and the locking device is provided with reader / writer means capable of reading and writing electronic information with respect to the electronic information storage means. The bicycle parking device according to claim 1.

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