CN110562361B

CN110562361B - Bicycle parking device

Info

Publication number: CN110562361B
Application number: CN201910827171.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭少贤
Original assignee: Hangzhou Os Parking Facilities Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Os Parking Facilities Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-03
Filing date: 2019-09-03
Publication date: 2024-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-03
Also published as: WO2021043033A1; CN110562361A

Abstract

The invention provides a bicycle parking device, which carries out the operation of carrying out a bicycle for automatically storing a frame in an inverted state and carries in the bicycle for storing and managing the frame at the same height position, and the operations are simple and safe and are not easy to cause misoperation. The Bicycle (BCL) is carried out from the frame (12) at a lower position to be in an empty state, the frame (12) is automatically stored in an inverted state, and the Bicycle (BCL) is carried into the frame (12) at the lower position to be in an empty state, and the frame (12) is stored and managed at an upper position. In the inverted storage type bicycle parking device (100), the carrying-out operation and the carrying-in operation of the Bicycle (BCL) are carried out at the lower position, so that the operation load is reduced, and misoperation is not easy to occur.

Description

Bicycle parking device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a bicycle parking device.

Background

In a bicycle parking device having a vertically up-down frame, a bicycle is carried into the frame at a lower position of a pillar, and the frame in a loaded state is stored and managed at an upper position. As a storage system for a frame that is unloaded by taking out a bicycle, a type that is slidingly stored (i.e., horizontally stored) in an upper position in a horizontal state and a type that is rotated about a base end portion to be stored in a jumped state (i.e., inverted storage) are known. Patent document 1 discloses a jump-up storage type in which the protruding amount of the frame at the time of storage can be reduced and space saving can be achieved as compared with a slide storage type in which the latter is stored.

However, in patent document 1, the height position of a rack (frame) differs between the carry-in and carry-out of a bicycle. That is, by pressing down the stand to the bicycle parking posture position lower than the parking stand-by posture position and carrying out the bicycle only after the rotational lock releasing operation of the stand (that is, the operation of releasing the rotational lock of the stand by switching the switching mechanism to the non-engagement position by the movement of moving from the upper bicycle parking posture position to the lower bicycle parking posture position) is performed, the stand in the empty (i.e., empty state) can be automatically stored in the kick-up posture position. On the other hand, after the parking posture position is passed from the kick-up posture position, the bicycle is carried in only when the rotation lock operation of the empty stand (i.e., the operation of returning from the lower bicycle parking posture position to the upper bicycle parking posture position, the operation of switching the switching mechanism to the engagement position to lock the rotation of the stand) is performed at the parking standby posture position. In this way, when the bicycle is carried out in the lower parking posture position and the bicycle is carried in the upper parking standby posture position, the operation is complicated and the work load is increased, and the erroneous operation is likely to occur, as compared with the case where the bicycle is carried in and out in a predetermined height position. In particular, when the automatic storage of the position of the stand in the raised posture is performed in response to the bicycle carrying-in operation, or when the stand is allowed to move upward in response to the bicycle carrying-out operation, there is a possibility that a problem may occur in the safety of the operation.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent No. 5303535

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The invention provides a bicycle parking device which can carry out the operation of taking out a bicycle for automatically storing a frame in an inverted state and carry in the bicycle for storing and managing the frame at the same height position, and which is simple and safe and is not easy to cause misoperation.

Means for solving the problems and effects of the invention

In order to solve the above problems, a bicycle parking device according to the present invention includes:

a base body (e.g., a carriage) which is vertically supported by a column in a tubular shape along an up-down direction and is configured to be capable of being lifted and lowered between a lower position and an upper position of the column by application of a traction force;

a frame that is supported rotatably about a rotation axis in a width direction at a base end portion thereof with respect to a lower portion of the base body, extends in a cantilever manner in a longitudinal direction (for example, in a groove shape), has an access for carrying in and out a bicycle formed at a terminal end, is rotatable from a horizontal state to an inverted state along the support column with respect to the base body located at the lower position by a moment about the rotation axis when the bicycle is not mounted in an unloaded state, and is liftable together with the base body between the lower position and an upper position in an loaded state of the bicycle;

a side guard (e.g., a support) that is disposed on both sides in the width direction of the frame so as to prevent or suppress yaw motion, which is lateral swing vibration (i.e., lateral deflection) of the bicycle that is carried in and out of the horizontal frame at the lower position, and that is supported at one end portion thereof so as to be swingable about a swing axis in the width direction with respect to the upper portion of the base body, and that is supported between the base body and the frame by forming at the other end portion thereof a slider (specifically, a slide pin or a slide block) slidably engaged with and supported by a guide portion (specifically, a long hole or a guide rail) integrally formed in (near) a terminal portion of the frame along the length direction;

a lower stopper mechanism that performs a locking operation so that the base body cannot be lifted up or down by the traction force with respect to the stay in the unloaded state, and performs a locking release so that the base body can be lifted up or down in the loaded state, when the base body is positioned at the lower position;

a rotation stopper mechanism that prohibits sliding movement of the slider with respect to the guide portion when the base is in the lower position and the carriage is in the horizontal state, and that performs a locking operation so that upward rotation of the carriage and the side shield due to the moment is not possible with respect to the base, and that permits sliding movement, and that releases the locking so as to be rotatable upward; and

a movement stopping mechanism which is arranged at the lower layer position or the upper layer position and is switched to a locking operation mode which enables the frame to be locked on the support column and can not move and a locking release mode which enables the frame to be released from the locking and can move,

when the base is in the lower position and the horizontal frame is in the empty state as the bicycle is carried out, the lower stopper mechanism performs a locking operation so that the base cannot be lifted up and down with respect to the pillar, and the rotation stopper mechanism allows a sliding movement of the slider with respect to the guide portion, and the movement stopper mechanism can release the locking operation so that the frame is moved in conjunction with (for example, simultaneously with) the movement of the frame with respect to the pillar, and thereby, based on the moment, the frame and the side shield are rotated upward with respect to the base and stored in an inverted state along the pillar.

In this way, the frame in which the bicycle is carried out from the frame at the lower position and in the empty state is automatically stored in the inverted state, and the frame in which the bicycle is carried into the frame at the lower position and in the loaded state is stored and managed at the upper position. Therefore, in the inverted storage type bicycle parking device, the carrying-out operation and the carrying-in operation of the bicycle are performed at the lower position, so that the work load is reduced, and the erroneous operation is not easily generated.

Then, with the carrying-out operation of the bicycle at the lower position, the lifting locking operation of the base body with respect to the column is performed by the lower stopper mechanism, and the unlocking operation of the slider with respect to the guide portion by the rotation stopper mechanism is performed in conjunction with the unlocking operation of the carriage with respect to the column by the movement stopper mechanism. That is, in the case of a bicycle carrying-out operation of the carriage from the lower position, the base body can be fixed to the support column, and the relative movement of (the guide portion of) the carriage and (the slider of) the side guard and the locking of the carriage with respect to the support column can be released, so that the automatic storage operation of the carriage in the inverted state can be performed easily and safely, and the occurrence of erroneous operation is prevented.

When the carriage is returned from the inverted state to the horizontal state, the locking operation of the slider with respect to the guide portion by the rotation stopper mechanism and the locking operation of the carriage with respect to the column by the movement stopper mechanism can be performed in a mutually interlocking manner. Therefore, even when the lifting lock of the base body with respect to the pillar is released by the lower stopper mechanism in response to the loading operation of the bicycle to the frame at the lower position, the frame is locked to the pillar by the locking operation of the movement stopper mechanism, and thus the risk of the frame in the loaded state being accidentally lifted can be avoided. In this way, by providing the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism so as to perform the lock release or lock operation in conjunction with each other, the safety in the carry-in and carry-out operation of the bicycle can be improved in the frame at the lower position.

However, the application (mechanism) of the traction force to the base body functions (acts) so that the base body is always lifted upward by the traction force corresponding to the total load of the base body, the frame, the side guards, and the frame-mounted bicycle. The application (mechanism) of the moment to the base end portion of the frame functions to always turn the frame into an inverted state by the moment corresponding to the total load of the frame and the side frames, and to store the frame.

The "side guard" is a so-called diagonal brace that is installed so as to be inclined at both sides in the width direction of the frame, and is also called a support (space) in general, in order to prevent the mounted bicycle from falling down.

In addition, in the lower layer position, when the base body, the frame, and the side guard are seen in the width direction and form a triangle having a rigid structure, and in the case of the rotary slide crank mechanism that is configured to crank the frame and the side guard via the slider in the empty state, the frame and the side guard that are moved out of the bicycle to be in the empty state are not bent or loosened until they are stored in the inverted state, and the rigid structure can be held as the rotary drive link and the rotary driven link that are configured to the rotary slide crank mechanism. Therefore, the bicycle parking device can be provided with a strong frame storage structure with excellent strength and durability, and can safely and reliably store and manage various bicycles from light weight to heavy weight.

The "triangle shape of the rigid body structure" is a solid triangle shape having rigidity on each side, and is formed by the "base body, the frame, and the side guard, which are constituent elements of the rotating slider crank mechanism", and no bending portion or slack portion is generated when the frame and the side guard are stored in an inverted state. In the rotary slide crank mechanism, the long hole may be used to form the "guide", the slide pin may be used to form the "slider", or the guide rail may be used to form the "guide", and the slide block may be used to form the "slider". In the above-described "rotary slide crank mechanism", the carriage as the rotary drive link operates only in a range from the horizontal state to the rotation angle (1/4 rotation) of about 90 ° in the inverted state along the column, and thus may also be referred to as "1/4 rotary slide crank mechanism".

Only when the above-mentioned base body is positioned at the lower layer and the vehicle frame is in the horizontal state and the lower layer stop mechanism performs the locking action, the rotation stop mechanism and the movement stop mechanism are unlocked.

In this way, since the base member, which is the locking operation of the lower stopper mechanism, is fixed to the pillar, it is necessary to store the frame and the side cover in the inverted state, and thus safety is ensured, and erroneous operation is less likely to occur.

Specifically, when the bicycle is carried out from the frame in the loaded state and is in the unloaded state, the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism are unlocked after the lower stopper mechanism performs the locking operation.

In this way, by giving priority to the locking operation of the lower stopper mechanism, the lifting locking operation of the base body with respect to the stay is performed before the unlocking of the slider with respect to the guide portion (rotation stopper mechanism) and the unlocking of the locking of the carriage with respect to the stay (movement stopper mechanism). Thus, the frame and the side guard are rotated upward with respect to the base fixed to the pillar, and are stored in an inverted state in a stable rail.

More specifically, the frame is provided with a first detecting means for detecting a bicycle in an intermediate state of being carried out in order to lock the lower stopper mechanism, and a second detecting means for detecting a bicycle in an end state of being carried out in order to unlock the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism at the same time.

By providing such first and second detection means, the operation timing of the lower stopper mechanism is prioritized, and the operation timings of the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism are synchronized easily.

As an example, when the following carry-out wheel (for example, front wheel) retreats from the wheel support (first detection means), the carry-out intermediate state (i.e., the no-load moving state) is detected, the lower stopper mechanism performs the locking operation, and then, when the following carry-out wheel (for example, front wheel) carries out (passes through) the operating member (second detection means) of the doorway, the carry-out end state (i.e., the full no-load state) is detected, and the locking of the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism is released.

When the frame and the side guard are stored in an inverted state, the lower stopper mechanism maintains a locking operation, and the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism maintain unlocking.

Since the lower stopper mechanism, the rotation stopper mechanism, and the movement stopper mechanism maintain the state at the start of storage until the frame and the side guards are stored in the inverted state, malfunction is prevented before the completion of storage in the inverted state, and malfunction can be prevented even when the frame is restored to the horizontal state (carry-in standby state).

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an entire part of a bicycle taken out of a horizontal frame at a lower position as an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an overall front view showing the main part of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram showing the rear surface side of fig. 1 partially enlarged.

Fig. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing fig. 1 partially enlarged.

Fig. 5 is a front view showing the whole of the bicycle from the horizontal frame to the inverted state after completing the removal of the bicycle, following fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram showing fig. 5 partially enlarged.

Fig. 7 is a front view showing the whole of the frame in the middle of storage and the end of storage when the frame reaches an inverted state, following fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is an explanatory view of the operation shown partially enlarged at a stage in the middle of the storage in fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a rear side of the storage completion stage of fig. 7 partially enlarged.

Fig. 10 is a front view showing the whole of the bicycle in the empty state, i.e., in the loading standby state, after the frame is returned from the inverted state to the horizontal state at the lower position, following fig. 7.

Fig. 11 is a front view showing the whole of the bicycle in a loading end state, i.e., an actual loading state, in the lower-layer horizontal state of the frame, following fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is an operation explanatory view showing the rear surface side of fig. 11 partially enlarged.

Fig. 13 is a front view showing the whole of the bicycle stored in the upper layer, after the frame in the loaded state is lifted up, following fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is an operation explanatory view showing the rear surface side of fig. 13 partially enlarged.

Fig. 15 is an operation explanatory diagram showing fig. 13 partially enlarged.

Fig. 16 is a front view showing the whole of the bicycle immediately before the unloading of the bicycle in the lower position, following fig. 13, with the frame in the loaded state lowered.

Symbol description

1. Support post

10. Crank mechanism with rotary slide block

11. Trolley (basal body)

12. Frame of bicycle

120. Rotating shaft (rotating axis)

121. Long hole (guiding part)

13. Support (side guard board)

13L left support (side guard board)

13R right support (side guard board)

130. Swinging shaft (swinging axis)

131. Sliding pin (sliding block)

132. Tyre guard board

133. Vertical force-applying spring

20. Trolley lifting mechanism (traction giving mechanism)

21. Air spring for lifting

30. Frame rotating mechanism (moment applying mechanism)

31. Pneumatic spring for rotation

40. Trolley locking mechanism (lower layer stop mechanism)

41. Locking arm

42. Support shaft

44. Wheel support (first detecting unit)

50. Sliding block locking mechanism (rotation stop mechanism)

51. Rotary locking plate

52. Rotating shaft

53. Operating pin

60. Frame locking mechanism (Mobile stop mechanism)

61. Frame stopper

64. Action parts (operation unit; second detection unit)

100. Bicycle parking device

BCL bicycle

FW front wheel (preceding carry-in wheel; subsequent carry-out wheel)

RW rear wheel (subsequent carrying in wheel; preceding carrying out wheel)

C120 Rotation axis

C130 Swing axle center

C131 Slider center

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to examples shown in the drawings.

The inverted storage type bicycle parking device 100 shown in fig. 1 includes a rotating slider crank mechanism 10 as a basic structure for realizing the function of inverted storage, that is, storing a frame 12 (see fig. 7) in an empty state in which a bicycle BCL is not mounted in an inverted state, a carriage lifting mechanism 20 (traction force imparting mechanism) and a frame rotating mechanism 30 (moment imparting mechanism) as means for driving the respective parts, a carriage locking mechanism 40 (lower stopper mechanism) as means for restricting the operation of the respective parts, a slider locking mechanism 50 (rotation stopper mechanism) and a frame locking mechanism 60 (movement stopper mechanism).

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the rotary slider crank mechanism 10 includes a carriage 11 (base body) functioning as a fixed link, a frame 12 functioning as a rotary drive link, and a support 13 (side guard) functioning as a rotary driven link, and is formed in a triangle having a rigid structure when viewed from the front (i.e., when viewed from the width direction of the frame 12).

The carriage 11 has a constant height along the column 1 erected in a cylindrical shape in the vertical direction, and is provided with traction force by a carriage lifting mechanism 20, and is arranged to be lifted and lowered between a lower position and an upper position of the column 1 by a roller 111 (see later for details). The bogie 11 is locked to the strut 1 at a lower position by a bogie locking mechanism 40 (described in detail later), and functions as a fixed link in the rotary slider crank mechanism 10.

The front end portion (base end portion) of the frame 12 is supported rotatably about a rotation shaft 120 (rotation axis) in the width direction with respect to the lower portion of the carriage 11, extends in a cantilever shape in the longitudinal direction, and has an access opening 123 for carrying in and out the bicycle BCL at a terminal end (rear end). The front end portion is given a moment centering on the rotation shaft 120 by the frame rotation mechanism 30 in the unloaded state, and is disposed so as to be rotatable from a horizontal state to an inverted state along the column 1 with respect to the carriage 11 positioned at the lower position (described later in detail), and functions as a rotation driving link in the rotating slider crank mechanism 10. The frame 12 can be locked to the pillar 1 by a frame locking mechanism 60 (described later).

The pair of supports 13 are disposed on both sides in the width direction of the frame 12, and one end (upper end in fig. 1 to 4) of each of the left support 13L and the right support 13R (see fig. 3 and 4) is supported so as to be swingable about a swing shaft 130 (swing axis) in the width direction with respect to the upper portion of the carriage 11. On the other hand, the other end portions (lower end portions in fig. 1 to 4) of the left and right supports 13L, 13R are formed with long holes 121 (guide portions) integrally formed in the longitudinal direction of a plate-like member 122 fixed along the middle portion of the frame 12 and near the rear end portion (terminal end portion), and slide pins 131 (sliders) slidably engaged and supported in an unloaded state at the lower stage position function as rotary follower links in the rotary slider crank mechanism 10. The support 13 is a pair of left and right diagonal braces that are installed between the carriage 11 and the frame 12 in an inclined crossing manner, and prevents or suppresses yaw movement, which is yaw vibration (i.e., left and right deflection) of the bicycle BCL that is carried out of and into the frame 12 in a horizontal state at a lower position, or prevents the drop of the mounted bicycle BCL. Further, the slide lock mechanism 50 can lock the slide pin 131 for sliding movement with respect to the long hole 121 (see later for details).

That is, at the lower position of the pillar 1, the bogie 11, the frame 12 and the support 13 have a rigid structure of a substantially right triangle in which the bogie 11 and the frame 12 intersect at a substantially right angle and the support 13 forms a hypotenuse when viewed from the front. Strictly speaking, a straight line connecting the rotation axis C120 and the swing axis C130 and a straight line connecting the rotation axis C120 and the slider center C131 are formed as an approximately right triangle crossing at approximately right angles. In this way, the rotary slider crank mechanism 10 is constituted in which the carriage 12 and the support 13 perform a crank motion via the slide pin 131. Therefore, in the unloaded state, the slide pin 131 slides in the long hole 121 in the longitudinal direction, and the frame 12 and the support 13 are rotated upward with respect to the carriage 11 and stored in the inverted state along the column 1. In this inverted state, the frame 12 is stored while overlapping the carriage 11 and the support 13 in a front view.

By using such a rotary slide crank mechanism 10, it is possible to achieve compactness in the inverted storage structure of the bicycle parking device 100. The trolley 11, the frame 12, and the support 13 are formed into a rigid triangle with each side, and no bending portion or slack portion is generated when the frame 12 and the support 13 are stored in an inverted state.

In the rotary slide crank mechanism 10 of the present embodiment, the carriage 12 as the rotary drive link operates only in a range from the horizontal state to the rotation angle (1/4 rotation) of about 90 ° in the inverted state along the column 1 (see fig. 7), and thus may also be referred to as a "1/4 rotary slide crank mechanism".

In addition, an example of a structure (for example, a star-shaped rotary engine) constituted by a "rotary slider crank mechanism" is generally exemplified, and in contrast to the name of the mechanism, the slide pin 131 of the support member 13 is generally referred to as a rotary drive link (driving member), but in this embodiment, the (long hole 121 of the) frame 12 is referred to as a rotary drive link in consideration of the strength of the constituent members.

A tire guard 132 for holding a front wheel FW (preceding carry-in wheel) of the frame-mounted bicycle BCL is provided upright from the support 13 and is free to rise and fall between the swing shaft 130 and the wheel support 44 (described later) in the vicinity of the high-position side end portion of the support 13 constituting the sloping side (i.e., near the pillar 1) when viewed from the front. The tire guard 132 is formed in an inverted U-shape protruding upward from one support (e.g., the left support 13L) and bypassing the tire of the front wheel FW to the other support (e.g., the right support 13R), and is held from above and on the inner side across both sides of the front wheel FW when the bicycle BCL is carried into the horizontal frame 12 in the lower layer position (see fig. 11). In this way, when the bicycle BCL is carried into the frame 12, the tire guard 132 functions as a tire holder that holds the tires of the front wheels FW inside.

The standing biasing spring 133 is provided between the support 13 and the tire guard 132, and keeps the tire guard 132 in a standing posture standing upright with respect to the support 13. In the process of turning the frame 12 and the support 13 in the empty state upward to reach the inverted state, the upper end portion of the tire guard 132 contacts the pillar 1, gradually changes its posture along the pillar 1 against the urging force of the upright urging spring 133, and is housed while overlapping the frame 12 in front view (see fig. 7). In this way, when the vehicle frame 12 in the empty state is stored in the inverted state, the tire guard 132 functions as a storage guide that comes into contact with the pillar 1 and is gradually folded and stored.

Returning to fig. 1, a base end portion of a lifting gas spring 21 constituting a main portion of the carriage lifting mechanism 20 is attached to an upper end portion in the column 1, and a movable sheave 22 is attached to a terminal end portion (lower end portion) of a piston rod 21R protruding downward. A fixed sheave 23 is also attached to the upper end portion of the strut 1. One end of the connecting wire 24 is fixed to a predetermined position in the column 1, and after being wound in the order of the movable pulley 22 and the fixed pulley 23, the other end is fixed to the upper end surface of the carriage 11. When the piston rod 21R is retracted (contracted), the frame 12 is positioned at a lower position together with the carriage 11, and is put into a loaded state by the loading of the bicycle BCL (see fig. 11). By the projection (extension) of the piston rod 21R, the frame 12 is raised to the upper level together with the carriage 11 to store the bicycle BCL (see fig. 13).

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the frame turning mechanism 30 is mainly constituted by a turning gas spring 31, the base end portion of which is attached to the upper end portion of the carriage 11, while the front end portion of the piston rod 31R is attached to the front end portion of the frame 12. The pushing force of the piston rod 31R generates a moment in which the end mounting position of the piston rod 31R is separated from the horizontal direction of the rotation axis C120 by a distance equal to the length of the arm. When the piston rod 31R is retracted (contracted), the vehicle frame 12 is maintained in a horizontal state (see fig. 5). On the other hand, when the piston rod 31R protrudes (extends), the frame 12 and the support 13 are rotated upward with respect to the carriage 11 and stored in an inverted state along the column 1 (see fig. 7).

However, the lifting gas spring 21 of the carriage lifting mechanism 20 functions to always pull the carriage 11 upward by a traction force corresponding to the total load of the carriage 11, the frame 12, the support 13, and the frame-mounted bicycle BCL. The gas spring 31 for rotation of the frame rotation mechanism 30 functions to always hold the front end portion of the frame 12 in an inverted state by a moment corresponding to the total load of the frame 12 and the support 13.

The carriage lock mechanism 40 shown in fig. 1 and 2 functions in the following manner when the carriage 11 is positioned at the lower position: in the unloaded state, the locking operation is performed so that the carriage 11 cannot be lifted up or down by the traction force of the lifting gas spring 21 with respect to the column 1 (see fig. 3), and in the loaded state, the locking is released so that the carriage can be lifted up or down (see fig. 12).

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the lock arm 41 is swingably attached to a support shaft 42 arranged in the width direction of the carriage 11, and a lower end portion of the lock arm 41 is bent forward in an L-shape to form a locking claw 412. The locking claw 412 is engageable with an arm engaging portion 2 formed at a lower position of the stay 1, and an arm urging spring 43 is disposed between the carriage 11 and an upper end portion of the lock arm 41, and the locking claw 412 is always urged in a direction (forward side) of engagement with the arm engaging portion 2. Further, a protrusion 411 is formed to protrude downward at the rear of the locking claw 412.

A wheel support 44 for receiving a front wheel FW (preceding carry-in wheel) of the carry-in bicycle BCL is disposed at a front end portion of the frame 12 so as to be capable of swinging back and forth. The wheel support 44 is connected to an extension rod 45 extending in the front-rear direction, and the extension rod 45 is always biased forward by a rod biasing spring 46 disposed between the wheel support 44 and the frame 12. The front end portion of the extension lever 45 is bent in an L-shape in the width direction to form a hooking portion 451, and the hooking portion 451 surrounds and is positioned in front of the protrusion 411 formed at the lower end portion of the lock arm 41.

As shown in fig. 3, when the vehicle frame 12 is in an unloaded state, that is, when the front wheel FW is not mounted on the wheel support 44, the wheel support 44 is tilted backward by the biasing force of the lever biasing spring 46, and the extension lever 45 advances, so that the hooking portion 451 is located forward of the protrusion 411. The lower end of the lock arm 41 is biased forward by an arm biasing spring 43, and the locking claw 412 engages with the arm engaging portion 2 to be locked. That is, the carriage lock mechanism 40 performs a locking operation so that the carriage 11 cannot be lifted and lowered relative to the column 1.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 12, when the frame 12 is in the loaded state, that is, when the front wheel FW is mounted on the wheel support 44, the wheel support 44 tilts forward against the urging force of the lever urging spring 46, and the extension lever 45 is retracted, so that the hooking portion 451 engages with the projection 411 and pulls rearward. The engagement claw 412 of the lock arm 41 rotates rearward against the total biasing force of the arm biasing spring 43 and the lever biasing spring 46, and releases the engagement with the arm engagement portion 2. That is, the carriage lock mechanism 40 is unlocked so that the carriage 11 can be lifted and lowered relative to the column 1.

As shown in fig. 9, when the frame 12 is stored in the inverted state, that is, when the frame 12 rotates about the swing shaft 130, the hooking portion 451 gradually moves away from the protrusion 411. The lower end of the lock arm 41 is biased forward by an arm biasing spring 43, and the locking claw 412 engages with the arm engaging portion 2 to be locked. That is, the carriage lock mechanism 40 performs a locking operation so that the carriage 11 cannot be lifted and lowered relative to the column 1.

Returning to fig. 1 and 2, when the carriage 11 is in the lower position and the frame 12 is in the horizontal state, the slide lock mechanism 50 performs the locking operation by prohibiting the sliding movement of the slide pin 131 with respect to the long hole 121 so that the upward rotation of the frame 12 and the support 13 by the moment of the rotation gas spring 31 with respect to the carriage 11 is not possible (see fig. 4). On the other hand, the slide lock mechanism 50 releases the lock by allowing the sliding movement of the slide pin 131 so that the frame 12 and the support 13 can be rotated upward (see fig. 6).

The frame locking mechanism 60 is switched between a locking operation mode (see fig. 4 and 15) in which the frame 12 is locked to the stay 1 so as not to be movable, and a locking release mode (see fig. 6) in which the locking is released so as to be movable. The switching between the locking operation mode and the unlocking operation mode in the frame locking mechanism 60 is performed based on the operation of the operating member 64 which is disposed at the entrance 123 of the frame 12 and also serves as the detection means and the manual operation means in the unloaded state, and is simultaneously performed in conjunction with the locking operation and unlocking operation of the slider locking mechanism 50 (see fig. 4 and 6).

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, a lower engaging portion 4 that increases in the amount of projection toward the rear side as it goes downward is formed at the lower position of the pillar 1, and a frame stopper 61 that is constantly biased toward the pillar side (front side) by a stopper biasing spring 62 is provided below the frame 12. The frame stopper 61 is connected to an operating member 64 provided at the doorway 123 via a connecting rod 63 extending in the longitudinal direction along the frame 12, and serves as both a detection mechanism for an empty state and an artificial operating mechanism.

The support plate 124 is fixed to the frame 12, and one end of the rotation lock plate 51 is provided rotatably about the rotation shaft 52 disposed in the width direction of the support plate 124. A locking claw 511 including a cutout opening downward is formed at the other end portion of the rotation locking plate 51, and the cutout of the locking claw 511 can be fitted with the slide pin 131 from above. An inclined long hole 513 is formed in a direction intersecting the long axis arrangement direction (i.e., the horizontal direction) of the long hole 121 in the middle of the rotation shaft 52 and the locking claw 511, and an operation pin 53 protruding from the coupling lever 63 in the width direction is inserted into the inclined long hole 513. A slope portion 512 inclined in a direction different from the inclined long hole 513 is formed at a terminal end portion of the rotation lock plate 51 which is terminated by the lock pawl 511.

As shown in fig. 4, when the carriage 11 is in the lower position and the frame 12 is in the horizontal state, the operating member 64 does not operate and the connecting rod 63 is not pulled, the frame stopper 61 is biased toward the front side by the stopper biasing spring 62, and is locked in a state of climbing up the lower engaging portion 4. That is, the frame locking mechanism 60 performs a locking operation so as to lock the frame 12 to the pillar 1 so as not to be movable. Further, since the operation pin 53 is located on the front end portion side of the inclined long hole 513 and does not rotate the rotation lock plate 51, the notch of the lock pawl 511 is engaged with the slide pin 131 to lock and slide, and the frame 12 and the stay 13 are locked so as not to rotate upward. That is, the slide lock mechanism 50 prohibits the sliding movement of the slide pin 131, and performs the locking operation so as not to be able to be stored upside down.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 6, when the carriage 11 is in the lower position and the frame 12 is in the horizontal state, the operating member 64 operates to pull the connecting rod 63, and the frame stopper 61 moves rearward against the stopper urging spring 62, the engagement with the lower engaging portion 4 is released. That is, the frame locking mechanism 60 is unlocked so as to be able to move by releasing the locking of the frame 12 to the pillar 1. The operation pin 53 moves rearward of the inclined long hole 513, and rotates the rotation lock plate 51 upward, thereby releasing the engagement between the notch of the lock pawl 511 and the slide pin 131, allowing sliding movement, and releasing the lock so that the upward rotation of the frame 12 and the stay 13 is possible. That is, the slide lock mechanism 50 allows the sliding movement of the slide pin 131 to unlock the lock so as to be capable of being stored upside down.

When the frame 12 is stored in the inverted state, that is, when the frame 12 rotates about the swing shaft 130, the frame stopper 61 gradually moves away from the lower engaging portion 4. That is, the frame locking mechanism 60 is unlocked so as to be able to move by releasing the locking of the frame 12 to the pillar 1. As shown in fig. 8, the slide pin 131 can slide in the long hole 121 independently of the rotation lock plate 51. That is, the slide lock mechanism 50 allows the sliding movement of the slide pin 131 to unlock the lock so as to be capable of being stored upside down.

When the vehicle frame 12 is returned from the inverted state to the horizontal state, the vehicle frame stopper 61 is also locked to the lower engaging portion 4 by moving in the direction opposite to the direction of accommodation toward the inverted state, and the notch of the locking claw 511 is engaged with the slide pin 131 to lock the sliding movement. At this time, when the slide pin 131 slides into the long hole 121 in the direction opposite to the arrow in fig. 8, the slide pin 131 is slid into the inclined surface portion 512 of the lock pawl 511, and the rotation lock plate 51 is rotated upward about the rotation shaft 52, so that the notch of the lock pawl 511 is engaged with the slide pin 131 to lock the slide movement.

In this way, when the carriage 11 is positioned at the lower position and the carriage 12 in the horizontal state is in the empty state as the bicycle BCL is carried out (see fig. 5), the carriage lock mechanism 40 performs a locking operation so that the carriage 11 cannot be lifted up and down relative to the column 1 (see fig. 3), the slide lock mechanism 50 allows the slide pin 131 to slide relative to the long hole 121, the carriage lock mechanism 60 can release the locking of the carriage 12 relative to the column 1 to move, and the carriage 12 and the support 13 are rotated upward relative to the carriage 11 by the moment of the rotation gas spring 31 and stored in the inverted state along the column 1 (see fig. 7).

When the vehicle frame 12 is returned from the inverted state to the horizontal state by the manual operation of the operating member 64, the locking operation of the slide pin 131 with respect to the long hole 121 by the slide lock mechanism 50 and the locking operation of the vehicle frame 12 with respect to the pillar 1 by the frame lock mechanism 60 are performed in linkage with each other (see fig. 10).

As described above, the frame 12 and the support 13, which are carried out and in the unloaded state, do not bend or relax until they are stored in the inverted state, and the rigid structure can be held as the rotation driving link and the rotation driven link that constitute the rotation slider crank mechanism 10. Therefore, the bicycle parking device 100 can be provided with a strong frame storage structure having excellent strength and durability, and can safely and reliably store and manage various bicycles ranging from light weight to heavy weight.

The frame 12 in which the bicycle BCL is carried out of the frame 12 in the empty state at the lower position is automatically stored in the inverted state, and the frame 12 in which the bicycle BCL is carried into the frame 12 in the loaded state at the lower position is stored and managed at the upper position. Therefore, in the inverted storage type bicycle parking device 100, both the carry-out operation and the carry-in operation of the bicycle BCL are performed at the lower level, and thus the work load is reduced, and erroneous operation is less likely to occur.

Next, the operation of the bicycle parking device 100 described above will be schematically described in order of operation.

< lower layer position, midway of bicycle being carried out from the horizontal frame > (FIGS. 1, 3 and 4)

As shown in fig. 1, the front wheel FW is located rearward of the wheel supporting portion 44 and forward of the operating member 64, and the bicycle BCL is in the middle of being carried out. The wheel carrier 44 (first detection means) detects an empty state, which is the end of the carrying out, and the locking claw 412 is engaged with the arm engaging portion 2, whereby the carriage 11 is locked by the stay 1 (fig. 3). Since the front wheel FW does not contact the operating member 64 (second detection means) and is not detected as the end of the movement (no-load state), the frame stopper 61 is caught by the lower engagement portion 4, and the frame 12 is locked to the pillar 1. Further, the notch of the locking claw 511 is fitted to the slide pin 131 to lock the sliding movement, and thus prevents the inverted storage of the frame 12 (fig. 4).

< end of removal of bicycle from frame > (FIGS. 5, 3 and 6)

Fig. 5 shows a state in which the front wheel FW is completed being carried out and brought into contact with the operating member 64. Since the wheel support 44 (first detection mechanism) has detected the empty load state, the bogie 11 continues to be locked by the strut 1 (fig. 3). The front wheel FW operates the operating member 64 (second detection means), so that the frame stopper 61 is disengaged from the lower engagement portion 4, and the engagement between the frame 12 and the pillar 1 is released. Further, since the notch of the locking claw 511 is released from the engagement with the slide pin 131 and the sliding movement is allowed, the inverted storage of the frame 12 is enabled (fig. 6).

< automatic inverted storage of frame > (FIGS. 7, 9 and 8)

As shown in fig. 7, the lower-layer, horizontal frame 12 is stored in an inverted state. When the carriage 12 is stored in the inverted state, the engagement between the locking claw 412 of the lock arm 41 and the arm engaging portion 2 is maintained. The trolley 11 is locked by the column 1 (fig. 9). The carriage stopper 61 is separated from the lower engaging portion 4 as the carriage 12 rotates, and therefore the carriage 11 is not engaged with the carriage 1, and the slide pin 131 can slide in the long hole 121 (fig. 8). The tire guard 132 is also accommodated along the pillar 1.

< recovery from the inverted state to the horizontal state of the vehicle frame > (FIGS. 10, 9 and 8)

As shown in fig. 10, when the handle 129 is gripped and the inverted vehicle frame 12 is returned to the horizontal state, the vehicle frame stopper 61 is engaged with the lower engaging portion 4, and the notch of the locking claw 511 is engaged with the slide pin 131 to lock and slide (fig. 9). The slide pin 131 rotates the inclined surface portion 512 (the rotation lock plate 51) upward, and the notch of the lock pawl 511 is engaged with the slide pin 131 to lock the slide movement (fig. 8). The tire guard 132 also returns to the raised state.

< carry-in end of bicycle > (FIGS. 11, 12 and 4)

Fig. 11 shows a state in which the loading of the bicycle BCL into the lower-layer position and the horizontal state of the frame 12 is completed. By placing the front wheel FW on the wheel support 44, the engagement between the locking claw 412 of the lock arm 41 and the arm engagement portion 2 is released, and the bogie 11 can be lifted up and down relative to the strut 1 (fig. 12). The frame stopper 61 is caught by the lower engaging portion 4, and the frame 12 is locked to the stay 1. Further, the notch of the locking claw 511 is fitted to the slide pin 131 to lock the sliding movement, and thus prevents the inverted storage of the frame 12 (fig. 4).

< upper layer storage of bicycle > (FIGS. 13, 14, 15)

Fig. 13 shows a state in which the frame 12 loaded with the bicycle BCL is stored in an upper position. By placing the front wheel FW on the wheel support 44, the engagement between the locking claw 412 of the lock arm 41 and the arm engagement portion 2 is released, and the bogie 11 can be lifted up and down relative to the strut 1 (fig. 14). The frame stopper 61 is caught by the upper engaging portion 3, and the frame 12 is locked to the stay 1. Further, the notch of the locking claw 511 is fitted to the slide pin 131 to lock the sliding movement, and thus prevents the inverted storage of the frame 12 (fig. 15).

< lower layer of bicycle before moving out > (FIGS. 16, 12 and 4)

Fig. 16 shows a state immediately before the bicycle BCL is carried out from the lower-layer-position, horizontal-state frame 12. By placing the front wheel FW on the wheel support 44, the engagement between the locking claw 412 of the lock arm 41 and the arm engagement portion 2 is released, and the bogie 11 can be lifted up and down relative to the strut 1 (fig. 12). The frame stopper 61 is caught by the lower engaging portion 4, and the frame 12 is locked to the stay 1. Further, the notch of the locking claw 511 is fitted to the slide pin 131 to lock the sliding movement, and thus prevents the inverted storage of the frame 12 (fig. 4).

The present invention can be applied to a two-layer bicycle parking device, but a known structure can be adopted for a lower bicycle parking portion, and therefore, the description thereof will be omitted.

Claims

1. A bicycle parking device is characterized in that,

the bicycle parking device is provided with:

a base body which is disposed along a column vertically provided in a tubular shape and is configured to be capable of being lifted and lowered between a lower position and an upper position of the column by application of a traction force;

a frame which is rotatably supported by a base end portion of the frame relative to a lower portion of the base body about a rotation axis in a width direction, extends in a cantilever manner in a longitudinal direction, has an access for carrying in and out a bicycle formed at a terminal end, is rotatable from a horizontal state to an inverted state along the support column relative to the base body positioned at the lower position by a moment about the rotation axis when the bicycle is not mounted in an unloaded state, and is liftable together with the base body between the lower position and an upper position when the bicycle is mounted in an loaded state;

a side guard disposed on both sides in a width direction of the frame so as to prevent or suppress yaw movement, which is a lateral swing vibration of a bicycle carried in and out to the frame in the horizontal state, at the lower position, and having one end supported so as to be swingable about a swing axis in the width direction with respect to an upper portion of the base body, and the other end formed with a slider slidably engaged with and supported by a guide integrally formed in a middle portion of the frame in the longitudinal direction, whereby the side guard is installed between the base body and the frame;

a rotation stopper mechanism that prohibits sliding movement of the slider with respect to the guide portion when the base is in the lower position and the frame is in the horizontal state, and that performs locking operation so that upward rotation of the frame and the side shield due to the moment is not possible with respect to the base, and that permits sliding movement so that upward rotation is possible; and

when the base is in the lower position and the horizontal frame is in the empty state as the bicycle is carried out, the lower stopper mechanism performs a locking operation so that the base cannot be lifted up and down with respect to the column, and the rotation stopper mechanism allows a sliding movement of the slider with respect to the guide portion, and the movement stopper mechanism can move the frame with respect to the column by interlocking with each other to release the locking, so that the frame and the side guard are rotated upward with respect to the base based on the moment and stored in an inverted state along the column.

2. The bicycle park according to claim 1, wherein the rotation stop mechanism and the movement stop mechanism are unlocked only when the base is in the lower position and the frame is in the horizontal state and the lower stop mechanism is in a locking action.

3. The bicycle parking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rotation stopping mechanism and the movement stopping mechanism are unlocked after the lower stopping mechanism performs a locking operation when the bicycle is carried out from the frame in the loaded state to the unloaded state.

4. A bicycle parking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the frame is provided with a first detecting means for detecting a bicycle in an intermediate state for locking the lower stopper mechanism, and a second detecting means for detecting a bicycle in an end-of-moving state for simultaneously unlocking the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism.

5. The bicycle parking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower-layer stopper mechanism maintains a locking action when the frame and the side guard are stored in the inverted state, and the rotation stopper mechanism and the movement stopper mechanism maintain a release of the locking action.