CN215495430U - Roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device - Google Patents

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CN215495430U
CN215495430U CN202121028885.8U CN202121028885U CN215495430U CN 215495430 U CN215495430 U CN 215495430U CN 202121028885 U CN202121028885 U CN 202121028885U CN 215495430 U CN215495430 U CN 215495430U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of the traffic parking and specifically relates to a quick location guiding device of urban road roadside parking is related to, it is including setting up two backstop blocks at the parking stall inboard, the backstop is the inclined plane towards parking stall entry one side, the inside backstop length direction that is provided with of a backstop, the dwang rotates with backstop both sides wall and is connected, the opening has been seted up on the inclined plane in the backstop orientation parking stall, the dwang is provided with the rotor plate towards opening one side, rotor plate and dwang fixed connection, the dwang is close to stop line one end and is connected with reverse drive mechanism, the last vertical indicator lever that is provided with of reverse drive mechanism, reverse drive mechanism drive indicator lever becomes the horizontality towards parking stall entry one side by vertical state. The method has the effect that the driver can quickly position the parking square spot in the daytime.

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Roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device
Technical Field
The application relates to the field of traffic parking, in particular to a roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device.
Background
At present, with the popularization of vehicles, the problem of road parking becomes an important urban problem, the situations of full roadside parking and blind vacancy appear, a driver can only slowly move forward on a busy road while searching for the blind vacancy, the time of the driver is consumed, and traffic problems are easily caused.
The traditional Chinese utility model patent with publication number CN205080756U discloses a rapid positioning and guiding device for roadside parking on an urban road, which is arranged on a parking line and comprises a controller, a solar photovoltaic panel, an LED projection lamp, a retro-reflection type infrared sensor and a storage battery, wherein the solar photovoltaic panel is used for charging the storage battery, and the storage battery is used for supplying power to the LED projection lamp and the retro-reflection type infrared sensor; under the control of the controller, the infrared travel path of the retro-reflection type infrared sensor is blocked after the vehicle enters the parking space to form retro-reflection, and when the vehicle exits, the infrared travel path is recovered to trigger and light the LED projection lamp on the parking space stop line. The driver can accurately judge the square point of the empty parking space through the lamplight information condition from a distance, so that the driving at a road section is normal at a constant speed.
With respect to the related art among the above, the inventors consider that the following drawbacks exist: the device is suitable for night, if the brightness of the light is not obvious in daytime, especially in sunny days, the driver cannot judge the location of the empty parking space through the light information.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to enable a driver to quickly position a parking square spot in the daytime, the roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device is provided.
The application provides a roadside parking quick positioning guiding device adopts following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a roadside parking quick positioning guiding device, is including setting up two backstop blocks at the parking stall inboard, the backstop is the inclined plane towards parking stall entry one side, inside backstop length direction of following of a backstop block is provided with the dwang, the dwang rotates with backstop both sides wall to be connected, the backstop has seted up the opening on the inclined plane in the parking stall, the dwang is provided with the rotor plate towards opening one side, rotor plate and dwang fixed connection, the dwang is close to parking line one end and is connected with reverse drive mechanism, the last vertical indicator lever that is provided with of reverse drive mechanism, reverse drive mechanism drive indicator lever becomes the horizontality towards parking stall entry one side by vertical state.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, a backstop inside rotation that sets up in the parking stall connects a dwang, and the backstop sets up the opening on the inclined plane of parking stall entry towards the dwang, and the dwang is towards the fixed rotor plate that sets up in open-ended one side, and the dwang is towards the vertical instruction pole that sets up in stop line one side, is connected through back drive mechanism between instruction pole and the dwang. When parking stall is in idle state, the driver just can see the instruction pole of vertical setting from a distance, concludes that this parking stall does not have the vehicle and parks. When the driver drives the car into the parking stall, the wheel presses to the rotor plate, the rotor plate is kept away from dwang one end atress backstop top and is close to, because rotor plate and dwang fixed connection, the dwang begins to rotate to clockwise, and make the reverse anticlockwise rotation of instruction pole with dwang fixed connection's reverse drive mechanism, make the instruction pole become the horizontality parallel with ground from vertical state, thereby make the driver in a distance can not see the instruction pole, change the parking stall with this suggestion and have the vehicle and park. The automatic parking point positioning device has the advantages that the indication rod can automatically provide guidance for a driver without manual operation, and the purpose of quickly positioning the parking point by the driver is achieved.
Optionally, the backdrive mechanism includes first gear and second gear, the dwang is towards the fixed connecting rod that is provided with of backdrive mechanism one end, the connecting rod other end and first gear fixed connection, first gear and second gear set up and intermeshing side by side, the second gear is by entering one side towards the parking stall, and the vertical indicator pole that is connected with in second gear edge, the diameter of second gear is less than the diameter of first gear.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, first gear and second gear set up and intermeshing side by side, first gear passes through connecting rod and dwang fixed connection, lean on the vertical instruction pole that sets up in second gear edge towards parking stall entry one side, when the dwang rotates, the connecting rod rotates along with the dwang, first gear rotates along with the connecting rod, because first gear and second gear intermeshing, when first gear clockwise rotates, the second gear rotates according to the anticlockwise, and the diameter of second gear is less than the diameter of first gear, first gear rotates slightly little range, just enable the great range of second gear rotation, thereby realize the instruction pole that erects and fall to parking stall entry one side.
Optionally, a fixing assembly is arranged on one side, close to the stop line, of the rear stop block, the fixing assembly comprises a base and a supporting seat, the base is fixedly connected with the ground, the supporting seat is arranged on the base and is fixedly connected with the base, and the first gear and the second gear are arranged on the supporting seat and are rotatably connected with the supporting seat.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the base is fixed to be set up subaerial for fixed bolster, set up first gear and second gear on the supporting seat side by side, realized the fixed of first gear and second gear, and be in same horizontal plane with the dwang on, make things convenient for the rotation of first gear and second gear.
Optionally, the base is a counterweight.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, set the base to the balancing weight, set up the supporting seat on the balancing weight, make the focus that sets up all mechanisms above the balancing weight all fall on the balancing weight, can prevent effectively that supporting seat and indicator lever from being knocked down or being blown down by the strong wind.
Optionally, gear covers are arranged on the first gear and the second gear, and the gear covers are fixedly connected with the supporting seat.
By adopting the technical scheme, the gear covers are sleeved on the first gear and the second gear, so that other particles such as dust and the like can be effectively prevented from entering the gears and blocking the rotation of the gears; in addition, the phenomenon that the gear is wetted by rainwater to rust the gear can be effectively reduced.
Optionally, one end, away from the rotating rod, of the rotating plate is provided with a return spring, one end of the return spring is fixedly connected with the rotating plate, and the other end of the return spring is fixedly connected with the rear stop block.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, set up reset spring between rotor plate and backstop, when the driver drives the vehicle away, the wheel leaves the rotor plate, the rotor plate is under reset spring's effect, return to original position again, and the dwang is equally under the drive of rotor plate, reverse anticlockwise rotation, the connecting rod is along with the dwang also antiport, first gear is simultaneously along with the reverse anticlockwise rotation of connecting rod, and the second gear with it meshing begins clockwise rotation, thereby rotate the pilot lever that the level was fallen again to erecting the state, so that other drivers judge whether the vacancy of this parking stall is through the pilot lever once more.
Optionally, a lapping block is arranged on one side, close to the inlet of the parking space, and an arc-shaped groove for lapping the indicating rod is formed in the upper surface of the lapping block.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, be close to parking stall entry one side in the parking stall and set up the overlap joint piece, when the instruction pole of erectting when falling to parking stall entry one side, instruction pole top overlap joint is on the arc wall, makes the one end that the instruction pole kept away from the second gear be unlikely to unsettled drooping, has not only alleviateed the power that instruction pole and second gear bore, and has reduced the cracked risk of instruction pole because both ends atress is uneven.
Optionally, the length of the indicating rod is not more than the length of the parking space and is higher than the height of the vehicle roof.
By adopting the technical scheme, the height of the indicating rod is higher than that of the roof, so that the problem that the indicating rod is shielded by a lot of vehicles parked on the roadside and a driver cannot see the indicating rod is solved; and the length of the indication rod is not more than the length of the parking space, so that the length of the indication rod is only in the parking space, and the indication rod is not exposed out of the parking space to influence the running of other vehicles.
Optionally, a fluorescent indicator lamp is arranged on the indicator rod.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when night, the light that fluorescence pilot lamp sent can guide the driver to find this vacant parking stall, and for general pilot lamp light, the power consumption of fluorescence pilot lamp is few, has effectively saved the electricity.
In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:
1. the rotating rod is arranged in the rear stop block arranged in the parking space, the inclined plane of the rear stop block facing the entrance of the parking space is provided with the opening, the opening is transversely provided with the rotating plate, the rotating plate is fixedly connected with the side face of the rotating rod, one end of the rotating rod is fixedly connected with the reverse driving mechanism arranged towards one side of the parking line, the reverse driving mechanism is vertically provided with the indicating rod, and the reverse driving mechanism drives the indicating rod to be changed into a horizontal state from a vertical state;
2. the first gear and the second gear are arranged in parallel and are meshed with each other, the diameter of the second gear is smaller than that of the first gear, the first gear is fixedly connected with the rotating rod through the connecting rod, the indicating rod is vertically arranged at the top of the edge of the second gear, so that when the rotating rod drives the first gear to rotate clockwise for a certain distance, the second gear rotates 90 degrees anticlockwise, and the function that the vertical indicating rod falls to one side of the entrance of the parking space is realized;
3. through the fixed reset spring that sets up between rotor plate and backstop, realized when the wheel leaves the rotor plate, the rotor plate returns to original position again under reset spring's effect, has realized that the dwang drives the reverse anticlockwise rotation of first gear to the initial point, and the clockwise rotation of second gear to the initial point, has reached the pilot lever that will level and fall and has rotated to the purpose of erectting the state again.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device.
Fig. 2 is a partial schematic view of a roadside parking quick positioning guidance apparatus.
Description of reference numerals: 1. a rear stop block; 11. an opening; 2. rotating the rod; 3. a rotating plate; 4. a reverse drive mechanism; 41. a first gear; 42. a second gear; 5. an indication lever; 51. a fluorescent indicator light; 6. a connecting rod; 7. a fixing assembly; 71. a base; 711. a fixing hole; 712. a fixing member; 72. a supporting seat; 721. a support hole; 722. a fixed shaft; 8. a gear cover; 81. an arc-shaped hole; 9. a return spring; 10. a lapping block; 101. an arc-shaped groove.
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The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-2.
The embodiment of the application discloses roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device. Referring to fig. 1, a roadside parking quick positioning guiding device, including setting up two backstop 1 at the parking stall inboard, the parking stall comprises closed warning line all around, and the side cross-section of backstop 1 is narrow trapezoidal face down for the width, is the inclined plane towards parking stall entry one side promptly and deviates from the entry one side. One of them backstop 1 is inside to be provided with dwang 2, and the axial of dwang 2 is unanimous with the length direction of backstop 1, and the axle center of dwang 2 and the both sides wall fixed connection of backstop 1, dwang 2 rotates along the axle center along self. Backstop 1 has seted up opening 11 on the inclined plane in the parking stall, and dwang 2 is provided with rotor plate 3 towards opening 11 one side along dwang 2 axial, and rotor plate 3 and dwang 2 welding or integrated into one piece, and 2 one ends of dwang are kept away from to rotor plate 3 have towards the radian of backstop 1 crooked to prevent that rotor plate 3 from pricking the wheel.
Dwang 2 is close to the stop line one end and is provided with reverse drive mechanism 4, and reverse drive mechanism 4 is located the stop line, dwang 2 and reverse drive mechanism 4 fixed connection, and reverse drive mechanism 4 is provided with instruction pole 5 towards parking stall entry one end, instructs 5 vertical settings of pole, and under reverse drive mechanism 4's effect, instructs 5 pole by vertical state change into the horizontality, and instructs 5 top towards parking stall entry one side.
Be provided with overlap joint piece 10 near parking stall entry one side in the parking stall, overlap joint piece 10 and reverse actuating mechanism 4 are on same water flat line, and overlap joint piece 10 is fixed in subaerially through mounting 712 such as bolts, and arc 101 has been seted up along overlap joint piece 10 and reverse actuating mechanism 4's water flat line to overlap joint piece 10 upper surface, and the opening 11 diameter of arc 101 is greater than the diameter of indicator pole 5.
In order to facilitate a driver to see the indicating rod 5 among a plurality of parked vehicles from a distance, when the indicating rod 5 is erected, the height of the indicating rod 5 is higher than that of the roof, and when the indicating rod 5 is in a horizontal state, the length of the indicating rod 5 is smaller than or equal to that of a parking space, so that the indicating rod 5 cannot extend out of the parking space, and the passing of other vehicles is blocked.
In order to facilitate parking at night, the indicating rod 5 is provided with a fluorescent indicating lamp 51, and a driver can quickly find the indicating rod 5 through the fluorescent indicating lamp 51 so as to park quickly.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the reverse drive mechanism 4 includes a first gear 41 and a second gear 42. The first gear 41 and the second gear 42 are arranged in parallel along a parking line on the side of a parking space and are meshed with each other, and the diameter of the second gear 42 is smaller than that of the first gear 41, so that the rotation amplitude of the second gear 42 is larger than that of the first gear 41. A connecting rod 6 is arranged between the reverse driving mechanism 4 and the rotating rod 2, one end of the connecting rod 6 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the rotating rod 2, and the other end of the connecting rod 6 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the first gear 41; second gear 42 sets up towards parking stall entry one side, and second gear 42 edge has instruction pole 5 towards the welding of parking line one side, and instruction pole 5 is "L" type, and under the effect of not having the external force, instruction pole 5 one end is towards the top of second gear 42, and the other end is towards the sky. The stockholder connection in the above may be a weld.
The rear block 1 is provided with a fixing assembly 7 at a side close to a parking line of a side of a parking space, and the fixing assembly 7 is used for supporting a first gear 41 and a second gear 42. The fixing component 7 comprises a base 71 and a supporting seat 72, a fixing hole 711 is formed in the base 71, a fixing part 712 is arranged in the fixing hole 711, and the base 71 is fixed on the ground through the fixing part 712; in order to prevent the second support rod above the base 71 from falling down and pull the base 71 up from the ground, the base 71 is provided with a counterweight.
The supporting seat 72 is vertically disposed on the upper surface of the base 71 and welded to the base 71, a supporting hole 721 is disposed on the supporting seat 72, one end of the connecting rod 6 facing the supporting seat 72 passes through the supporting hole 721 to be rotatably connected to the supporting seat 72, the first gear 41 is sleeved on the connecting rod 6 and welded to the connecting rod 6, a fixing shaft 722 is vertically welded to one side of the supporting seat 72 close to the entrance of the parking space, and the second gear 42 is sleeved on the fixing shaft 722 and rotatably connected to the fixing shaft 722.
The bending part that the rotor plate 3 kept away from one end of the dwang 2 is provided with a reset spring 9 towards the backstop 1, one end of the reset spring 9 is welded with the dwang 2, and the other end is welded with the upper edge of the opening 11 of the backstop 1.
Referring to fig. 1, gear covers 8 are disposed on the first gear 41 and the second gear 42, the gear covers 8 are attached to the side walls of the supporting seat 72 and welded to the supporting seat 72, and arc-shaped holes 81 are formed in one surface of the gear cover 8 facing the indicating rod 5 along the rotation path of the indicating rod 5.
The implementation principle of the roadside parking quick positioning and guiding device in the embodiment of the application is as follows: when the parking space is empty, the indicating rod 5 is positioned at the topmost part of the second gear 42 and is in a vertical state, a driver can see the vertical indicating rod 5 from a distance, and the driver can judge that the parking space is empty according to the vertical indicating rod 5 and can park.
When the rotor plate 3 was crossed to the wheel pressure, rotor plate 3 was kept away from dwang 2 one end and is close to backstop 1 to make rotor plate 3 be close to dwang 2 one end and drive dwang 2 and rotate around dwang 2 axle center clockwise, because connecting rod 6 and dwang 2 fixed connection, connecting rod 6 also rotates the same angle to clockwise, simultaneously, drive the same angle with the clockwise rotation of connecting rod 6 fixed connection's first gear 41, at this moment, with the anticlockwise rotation of first gear 41 meshed second gear 42 90. Therefore, the indication rod 5 vertically connected to the edge of the second gear 42 is also rotated by 90 degrees towards the ground by taking the second gear 42 as an origin, so that the indication rod 5 is horizontally placed, and other drivers cannot see the indication rod 5 from a distance, so that the drivers know that the vehicle is parked in the parking space and continue to search for other parking spaces.
When the vehicle that parking stall was parked is driven away, the wheel leaves rotor plate 3, under reset spring 9's effect, rotor plate 3 is kept away from 2 one end of dwang and is returned along former direction, and home position is got back to 2 dwang, makes the reverse anticlockwise corresponding angle of rotation of first gear 41, and second gear 42 begins reverse clockwise rotation 90 to get back to vertical state again with the instruction pole 5 that the level was placed, continue this parking stall vacancy of next driver suggestion.
The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

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1. The utility model provides a roadside parking quick positioning guiding device, is including setting up two backstop blocks (1) at the parking stall inboard, backstop block (1) is the inclined plane towards parking stall entry one side, its characterized in that: a backstop (1) is inside to be provided with dwang (2) along backstop (1) length direction, dwang (2) are rotated with backstop (1) both sides wall and are connected, opening (11) have been seted up on backstop (1) towards the inclined plane in the parking stall, dwang (2) are provided with rotor plate (3) towards opening (11) one side, rotor plate (3) and dwang (2) fixed connection, dwang (2) are close to stop line one end and are connected with reverse drive mechanism (4), the vertical instruction pole (5) that are provided with on reverse drive mechanism (4), reverse drive mechanism (4) drive instruction pole (5) become the horizontality towards parking stall entry one side by vertical state.
2. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: reverse drive mechanism (4) include first gear (41) and second gear (42), the diameter of second gear (42) is less than the diameter of first gear (41), dwang (2) are towards the fixed connecting rod (6) that is provided with of reverse drive mechanism (4) one end, connecting rod (6) other end and first gear (41) fixed connection, first gear (41) and second gear (42) set up side by side and intermeshing, second gear (42) are towards parking stall entry one side, and second gear (42) edge vertical connection has indicator pole (5).
3. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the rear stop block (1) is provided with a fixing assembly (7) on one side close to the stop line, the fixing assembly (7) comprises a base (71) and a supporting seat (72), the base (71) is fixedly connected with the ground, the supporting seat (72) is arranged on the base (71) and fixedly connected with the base (71), and the first gear (41) and the second gear (42) are arranged on the supporting seat (72) and rotatably connected with the supporting seat (72).
4. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the base (71) is a balancing weight.
5. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 3, wherein: be provided with gear cover (8) on first gear (41) and second gear (42), gear cover (8) and supporting seat (72) fixed connection.
6. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: dwang (2) one end is kept away from in rotor plate (3) is provided with reset spring (9), reset spring (9) one end and rotor plate (3) fixed connection, the other end and backstop (1) fixed connection.
7. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a lapping block (10) is arranged on one side, close to the inlet of the parking space, and an arc-shaped groove (101) for lapping the indicating rod (5) is formed in the upper surface of the lapping block (10).
8. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the length of the indicating rod (5) is not more than that of the parking space and is higher than the height of the car roof.
9. The roadside parking quick positioning guide device as claimed in claim 8, wherein: and a fluorescent indicator lamp (51) is arranged on the indicator rod (5).
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