CN203867244U - Vertical lifting parking device for two lifting trolley devices - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a vertical lifting parking device for two lifting trolley devices. The vertical lifting parking device comprises two lifting trolley mechanisms, two trolley lifting drive mechanisms and a specially-arranged exchange layer. The two lifting trolley mechanisms are universal mechanisms, a car carrier plate exchange mode is adopted in the two lifting trolley mechanisms, and the two lifting trolley mechanisms arranged on the upper portion and the lower portion of a device lifting channel respectively. The trolley lifting drive mechanisms are lifting trolley vertical lifting drive universal mechanisms. The exchange layer is located on the junction of the upper portion and the lower portion of the device lifting channel, and is the same as other parking layers of the device, provided with a car carrier plate horizontal-moving drive part but not provided with a car carrier plate. The two lifting trolley mechanisms exchange the car carrier plates with the exchange layer on the flat layer of the exchange layer, the car carrier plate placed on the exchange layer is only used for transition, after a complete car parking and fetching motion is finished, the car carrier plate of the exchange layer will be moved, and the exchange layer restores to the state without the car carrier plate. The vertical lifting parking device is especially suitable for high-rise buildings.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to mechanical parking equipment field, is specifically related to a kind of novel vertical lifting parking equipment that two cover lifting trolley devices are set.
Background technology
Along with the increase of automobile pollution, the problem of parking space deficiency becomes clear day by day, and mechanical parking equipment is used widely.In each type parking equipment type, vertically displaceable parking apparatus is subject to market favor greatly day by day because automaticity is high, hold car amount.At present the vertically displaceable parking apparatus in use only arranges a set of lifting trolley device at vertical lift passage, if supporting employing is simple in structure, cost is low, repair and maintenance vehicle-containing exchanged form easily, when the high-rise vehicle of storage/access efficiency by relatively low; If adopt the relatively high direct exchanged form of vehicle (as broach switch type, manipulator clamp-wheel type etc.) of efficiency, there is complex structure, the deficiency that with high content of technology, repair and maintenance requirement is high.If can design a kind of simple, reliable, efficiency is high, adopt the vertical lifting parking equipment of vehicle-containing exchanged form, further applying of vertical lifting parking equipment will be significant.
Utility model content
The utility model discloses a kind of vertical lifting parking equipment of two cover lifting trolley devices, object is to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, make full use of the advantage of vehicle-containing exchanged form, make up the low deficiency of its vehicle-containing Transport Vehicle relative efficiency on the middle and senior level dexterously, simple in structure, technology maturation, repair and maintenance are convenient.Of the present utility model promoting the use of, will produce good Social benefit and economic benefit.
For achieving the above object, the technical scheme of the vertical lifting parking equipment of a kind of two cover lifting trolley devices of the utility model is: described vertical lifting parking equipment adopts known technology manufacture; Described two cover lifting trolley devices to be set to the utility model proprietary; Described two cover lifting trolley devices comprise Liang Tao lifting trolley mechanism, two cover chassis lift drive mechanisms and the special exchange layer arranging; Liang Tao lifting trolley mechanism adopts known technology manufacture, adopts vehicle-containing exchanged form, is provided with the traversing driver part of vehicle-containing, is general lifting trolley mechanism, is separately positioned on the upper and lower of equipment hoist trunk; Two overlap chassis lift drive mechanisms adopts known technology manufactures, is the current mechanism of the vertical lift driving of lifting trolley, and two cover chassis lift drive mechanisms respectively Dui Liangtao lifting trolley mechanism carry out lifting driving; The special exchange layer arranging is positioned at the position, boundary of the upper and lower of equipment hoist trunk, and exchange layer adopts a known technology manufacture, and structure is identical with other parking tiers of equipment, be provided with the traversing driver part of vehicle-containing but vehicle-containing is not set; Above-mentioned Liang Tao lifting trolley mechanism after exchange layer flat bed, can carry out vehicle-containing exchange with exchange layer respectively; The level position of exchange layer is the falling-threshold position that is arranged on the top lifting trolley mechanism on equipment hoist trunk top; The level position of exchange layer is the rising extreme position that is arranged on the bottom lifting trolley mechanism of equipment hoist trunk bottom; Be placed on the vehicle-containing of exchange layer only as transition, after a complete Transport Vehicle release, the vehicle-containing of exchange layer will be removed, be returned to the state that there is no vehicle-containing; The normal conditions that are arranged on the bottom of equipment hoist trunk according to the car layer of coming in and going out are described: the car layer of coming in and going out is positioned at the below of exchange layer; Whole parking stalls of exchange layer following parking tier and the vehicle-containing accessing operation of coming in and going out between car layer are responsible by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, vehicle-containing shifts without passing through exchange layer; Whole parking stalls of the above parking tier of exchange layer and the vehicle-containing accessing operation of coming in and going out between car layer are realized by exchanging a layer transfer of carrying out vehicle-containing by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on the top lifting trolley mechanism on equipment hoist trunk top and is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom; That is: the vehicle-containing that is positioned at the above parking tier of exchange layer is if desired transferred to discrepancy car layer, need first by the top lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top, this vehicle-containing to be transferred to exchange layer temporary, then by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, vehicle-containing is transferred to the car layer of coming in and going out from exchange layer; The vehicle-containing that is positioned at the car layer of coming in and going out is if desired transferred to the parking stall of the above parking tier of exchange layer, need first by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, vehicle-containing to be transferred to exchange layer from the car layer of coming in and going out temporary, then by the top lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top, vehicle-containing is transferred to the corresponding parking stall that is positioned at the above parking tier of exchange layer from exchange layer.
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Fig. 1 is the vertically displaceable parking apparatus using at present, the elevational schematic view that a set of lifting trolley device is set.In figure: the 1-row that stop; 2-hoist trunk; The 3-row that stop; 4-chassis lift drive mechanism; 5-vehicle-containing; 6-vehicle; 7-chassis traction cable wire; 8-discrepancy car layer; 9-lifting trolley mechanism; F1～F21 represents respectively the 1st layer to the 21st layer.
Fig. 2 is the elevational schematic view of one of them embodiment of the vertical lifting parking equipment of a kind of two cover lifting trolley devices of the utility model.In figure: the 1-row that stop; 2-hoist trunk; The 3-row that stop; 5-vehicle-containing; 6-vehicle; 8-discrepancy car layer; 10-bottom chassis lift drive mechanism; 11-bottom chassis traction cable wire; 12-bottom lifting trolley mechanism; 13-top chassis lift drive mechanism; 14-top chassis traction cable wire; 15-top lifting trolley mechanism; 16-exchanges layer; F1～F21 represents respectively the 1st layer to the 21st layer.
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Vertically displaceable parking apparatus automaticity is high, appearance car amount is large; But if the number of plies is many, supporting employing is simple in structure, cost is low, the repair and maintenance vehicle-containing exchanged form relatively low deficiency of efficiency when existing high-rise vehicle access easily.
Take Fig. 1 as example, for adopting vehicle-containing exchanged form, the general vertically displaceable parking apparatus of a set of lifting trolley device is only set; Visible in figure, the centre one of equipment is classified hoist trunk 2 as, and both sides are respectively parking row 1 and parking row 3; 1 layer, diagram F1 generation table the, F21 represents the 21st layer; The chassis lift drive mechanism 4 of diagram lifting trolley device drives cable wire carrying means for overhead motor, and the traction motor of chassis lift drive mechanism 4 drives rope roll to drive wherein two of demonstrations at least four chassis traction cable wire 7(figure by deceleration device), traction is currently located at the lifting trolley mechanism 9 of discrepancy car layer 8; On the parking space of each row that stop, be provided with vehicle-containing 5; Vehicle-containing 5 can vehicle 6.Diagram discrepancy car layer 8 is arranged on the 1st layer.
The average rising or falling speed of supposing lifting trolley mechanism 9 is 0.5m/s, and the floor height average out to 2.2m of equipment, the time of amounting to lifting one deck are about 4.4s; The average speed of the traversing exchange of vehicle-containing 5 is 0.18 m/s, and the about 2.2m of width of vehicle-containing 5, the time of amounting to traversing vehicle-containing 5 are about 12s.If the vehicle-containing 5 that the present situation that the action of previous Transport Vehicle forms is the 20th layer is positioned at the car layer 8 of coming in and going out; Then and then current action is need to take out the vehicle-containing 5 of the 21st layer to the car layer 8 of coming in and going out.: must first wait until be positioned at lifting trolley mechanism 9 the vehicle-containing 5 of the 20th layer after the car layer 8 of coming in and going out completes Transport Vehicle, lifting trolley mechanism 9 rises to 20 layers, flat bed, vehicle-containing 5 transferred go back to the parking stall of the 20th layer; Rise to again 21 layers, flat bed, vehicle-containing 5 is moved into lifting trolley mechanisms 9, then drop to the car layer 8 of coming in and going out.Do not consider non-cutting time, from the vehicle-containing 5 of the 20th layer at the car layer 8 of coming in and going out, complete Transport Vehicle, operator leaves the car layer 8 of coming in and going out and starts at, to the vehicle-containing 5 of the 21st layer, delivers to the car layer 8 of coming in and going out, required time is: lifting trolley mechanism 9 rises to traversing time+lifting trolley mechanism 9 of time+vehicle-containing 5 of the 20th layer from the 20th layer of traversing time+lifting trolley mechanism 9 of time+vehicle-containing 5 that rises to the 21st layer from the 21st layer of time=(4.4s * 20)+12s+(4.4s * 1 that drops to the car layer 8 of coming in and going out from the car layer 8 of coming in and going out)+12s+(4.4s * 21)=208.8s.
With embodiment analysis of the present utility model described in Fig. 2.Vertically displaceable parking apparatus of the present utility model is for adopting vehicle-containing exchanged form, two cover lifting trolley devices being set.Visible in figure, the centre one of equipment is classified hoist trunk 2 as, and both sides are parking row 1 and parking row 3; 1 layer, diagram F1 generation table the, F21 represents the 21st layer; The chassis driving mechanism of diagram two cover lifting trolley devices is overhead motor and drives cable wire carrying means; Wherein, the traction motor of bottom chassis lift drive mechanism 10 is driven at least four bottom chassis traction cable wire 11(figure of rope roll traction and to be shown wherein two by deceleration device), traction is currently located at the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 of the car layer 8 of coming in and going out; The traction motor of top chassis lift drive mechanism 13 is driven at least four top chassis traction cable wire 14(figure of rope roll traction and to be shown wherein two by deceleration device), traction is currently located at the top lifting trolley mechanism 15 of the 19th layer; On the parking space of each row that stop, be provided with vehicle-containing 5; Vehicle-containing 5 can vehicle 6; Illustrating the 8th layer vehicle-containing 5 is not set, is the distinctive exchange layer 16 of the utility model.
Identical with the assumed condition of Fig. 1: the average rising or falling speed of supposing bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 and top lifting trolley mechanism 15 is 0.5m/s, the floor height average out to 2.2m of equipment, the time of amounting to lifting one deck are about 4.4s; The average speed of the traversing exchange of vehicle-containing 5 is 0.18 m/s, and the about 2.2m of width of vehicle-containing 5, the time of amounting to traversing vehicle-containing 5 are about 12s.If the vehicle-containing 5 that the present situation that the action of previous Transport Vehicle forms is the 20th layer is positioned at the car layer 8 of coming in and going out; Then and then current action is need to take out the vehicle-containing 5 of the 21st layer to the car layer 8 of coming in and going out.: when receiving the instruction of 21 layers of vehicle-containing, 5 needs handovers, first equipment will make the top lifting trolley mechanism 15 that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top run to immediately 21 layers, flat bed; Suppose for safety, when the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 that must leave the car layer 8 of coming in and going out operator, be arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, is positioned at the car layer 8 of coming in and going out can move, just allow the top lifting trolley mechanism 15 that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top to transfer vehicle-containings 5 operations, the top lifting trolley mechanism 15 that this routine first element is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top will move with the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom simultaneously.Wherein, the action that is arranged on the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 of equipment hoist trunk bottom is to rise to from the car layer 8 of coming in and going out exchange layer 16, the flat bed that is arranged on the 8th layer, then vehicle-containing 5 is moved into exchange layer 16, drops to and leave exchange layer 16, make and dodge action again, the required time is: (4.4s * 8)+12s+(4.4s * 1)=51.6s; And the action that is arranged on the top lifting trolley mechanism 15 on equipment hoist trunk top is from the vehicle-containing 5 of 21 layers is traversing to top lifting trolley mechanism 15, then drop to exchange layer 16, the flat bed that is arranged on the 8th layer, vehicle-containing 5 is moved into exchange layer 16, rises to and leave exchange layer 16, make and dodge action again, and the required time is: 12s+(4.4s * (21-8))+12s+(4.4s * 1)=85.6s; Second step, the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom rises to exchange layer 16, flat bed, then vehicle-containing 5 is moved into bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12, drops to the car layer 8 of coming in and going out again, the required time is: (4.4s * 1)+12s+(4.4s * 8)=51.6s.The time of the first step of the above-mentioned Liang Tao of existence mechanism synchronous operation, the deadline of the first step was 85.6s by wherein taking the longest calculating; Required total time is 85.6s+51.6s=147.2s; Than original 208.8s, save 71.6s, approximately save 34%, saved for approximately 1/3rd times.
It is relevant whether the height and positions that exchange layer 16 arranges and the total floor height of equipment and equipment are provided with Automobile turntable etc.; If equipment is provided with Automobile turntable, also will add the running time of Automobile turntable running time that is arranged on the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 of hoist trunk bottom, this time, 16, exchange layer should be oppositely arranged lower, allows to be arranged on the responsible number of plies of the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 of hoist trunk bottom relatively less; Otherwise exchange layer 16 can suitably arrange higher.In a word, make a concrete analysis of.
Suppose that Fig. 1 apparatus shown is provided with Automobile turntable, be 20s the running time of Automobile turntable, and precedent Fig. 1 adds that the total run time after Automobile turntable will be 208.8+20=228.8s.Suppose that Fig. 2 apparatus shown is provided with Automobile turntable, be 20s the running time of Automobile turntable, and the first step of precedent Fig. 2 will be running time: the running time that need to add Automobile turntable running time of bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12, be 51.6+20=71.6s; Remain 85.6s the running time of top lifting trolley mechanism 15; And there is no change the running time of the bottom lifting trolley mechanism 12 of second step, remain 51.6s.The maximum duration that is the first step of synchronous operation is still 85.6s.Therefore, precedent Fig. 2 adds that the total run time after Automobile turntable is still 85.6s+51.6s=147.2s; The 228.8s of comparison diagram 1 saves 91.6s, approximately save 40%, save time more obvious.
Owing to being arranged on that 15, the top lifting trolley mechanism on equipment hoist trunk top needs to consider the traversing of vehicle-containings 5 and without considering the input of vehicle 6 or rolling away from, therefore, can be by shown in Fig. 2, distance between two top chassis traction cable wires 14 can obviously be narrower than two distances between bottom chassis traction cable wire 11, to reduce mutual interference.
Two cover lifting trolley devices of the present utility model also can adopt respectively different type of drive.Such as, top chassis lift drive mechanism 15 adopts motor+cable wire draw mode of overhead, and bottom chassis lift drive mechanism 12 can adopt motor+cable wire draw mode of side or adopt motor+cable wire draw mode that the end puts or adopt hydraulic-driven artificial lifting way, etc.In addition, if top chassis lift drive mechanism 15 arranges bottom, buffer difficulty is larger, can consider, on top lifting trolley mechanism 15, dynamic falling proof device is installed.
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1. a vertical lifting parking equipment for two cover lifting trolley devices, is characterized in that: described vertical lifting parking equipment adopts known technology manufacture; Described two cover lifting trolley devices to be set to the utility model proprietary; Described two cover lifting trolley devices comprise Liang Tao lifting trolley mechanism, two cover chassis lift drive mechanisms and the special exchange layer arranging; Liang Tao lifting trolley mechanism adopts known technology manufacture, adopts vehicle-containing exchanged form, is provided with the traversing driver part of vehicle-containing, is general lifting trolley mechanism, is separately positioned on the upper and lower of equipment hoist trunk; Two overlap chassis lift drive mechanisms adopts known technology manufactures, is the current mechanism of the vertical lift driving of lifting trolley, and two cover chassis lift drive mechanisms respectively Dui Liangtao lifting trolley mechanism carry out lifting driving; The special exchange layer arranging is positioned at the position, boundary of the upper and lower of equipment hoist trunk, and exchange layer adopts a known technology manufacture, and structure is identical with other parking tiers of equipment, be provided with the traversing driver part of vehicle-containing but vehicle-containing is not set; Above-mentioned Liang Tao lifting trolley mechanism after exchange layer flat bed, can carry out vehicle-containing exchange with exchange layer respectively; The level position of exchange layer is the falling-threshold position that is arranged on the top lifting trolley mechanism on equipment hoist trunk top; The level position of exchange layer is the rising extreme position that is arranged on the bottom lifting trolley mechanism of equipment hoist trunk bottom; Be placed on the vehicle-containing of exchange layer only as transition, after a complete Transport Vehicle release, the vehicle-containing of exchange layer will be removed, be returned to the state that there is no vehicle-containing; The normal conditions that are arranged on the bottom of equipment hoist trunk according to the car layer of coming in and going out are described: the car layer of coming in and going out is positioned at the below of exchange layer; Whole parking stalls of exchange layer following parking tier and the vehicle-containing accessing operation of coming in and going out between car layer are responsible by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, vehicle-containing shifts without passing through exchange layer; Whole parking stalls of the above parking tier of exchange layer and the vehicle-containing accessing operation of coming in and going out between car layer are realized by exchanging a layer transfer of carrying out vehicle-containing by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on the top lifting trolley mechanism on equipment hoist trunk top and is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom; That is: the vehicle-containing that is positioned at the above parking tier of exchange layer is if desired transferred to discrepancy car layer, need first by the top lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top, this vehicle-containing to be transferred to exchange layer temporary, then by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, vehicle-containing is transferred to the car layer of coming in and going out from exchange layer; The vehicle-containing that is positioned at the car layer of coming in and going out is if desired transferred to the parking stall of the above parking tier of exchange layer, need first by the bottom lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk bottom, vehicle-containing to be transferred to exchange layer from the car layer of coming in and going out temporary, then by the top lifting trolley mechanism that is arranged on equipment hoist trunk top, vehicle-containing is transferred to the corresponding parking stall that is positioned at the above parking tier of exchange layer from exchange layer.
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