EP0898033B1 - Ensemble de transport et de stockage, notamment pour véhicules automobiles - Google Patents

Ensemble de transport et de stockage, notamment pour véhicules automobiles Download PDF

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EP0898033B1
EP0898033B1 EP98115588A EP98115588A EP0898033B1 EP 0898033 B1 EP0898033 B1 EP 0898033B1 EP 98115588 A EP98115588 A EP 98115588A EP 98115588 A EP98115588 A EP 98115588A EP 0898033 B1 EP0898033 B1 EP 0898033B1
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/08Garages for many vehicles
    • E04H6/12Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles
    • E04H6/18Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
    • E04H6/28Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport
    • E04H6/282Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport turntables, rotary elevators or the like on which the cars are not permanently parked
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/08Garages for many vehicles
    • E04H6/12Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles
    • E04H6/18Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
    • E04H6/22Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport, i.e. cars being permanently parked on palettes
    • E04H6/225Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport, i.e. cars being permanently parked on palettes without transverse movement of the parking palette after leaving the transfer means

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  • the invention relates to a transport and storage device with a Lifting platform for loads, especially motor vehicles, in over and storage spaces arranged next to each other can be stored or removed, the lifting platform being approximately horizontally movable and possibly Load carrier pivotable about a vertical axis, the transfers the load from the lifting platform to the desired parking space or retrieved from there.
  • the motor vehicle to be parked parked by the user at a transfer point, by one mechanical facility and taken over in the parking garage in a certain Parking space stored.
  • the vehicle is picked up from the parking space and at the transfer point or at a another storage location made available to the user again.
  • Systems are used in which the vehicles are on Pallets are parked by horizontally movable load carriers recorded and fed to a lifting platform. The lifting platform then drives to the desired parking space, the load carrier if necessary, is pivoted so that the horizontally extending Load carrier in the right parking space. After lowering the vehicle the load carrier moves back together with its pallet and the lifting platform is available for new uses.
  • the preamble of claim 1 starts from DE-A 36 13 079, which Lift device with a telescopic table concerns.
  • This laterally Teleskoptlsches especially when taking on large loads deflections caused by elasticity and thus to an undesirable inclination and lowering the extended load carrier.
  • these eccentric shafts in turn increase the Investment costs.
  • EP-461 341 relates to a lifting platform for Motor vehicles. They are driven by vertically moving piston rods that at its upper end wear a pulley for a traction device, one of which End is mounted stationary, while the other end of the traction device Lifting movement of the lift causes. This is done in a manner known per se doubles the stroke movement.
  • DE-S 297 04 877 is a position measuring system for Cylinder / piston assemblies are known, with one on the piston rod rolling friction wheel works, the rotation of a transmitter recorded and used as a measure of the path or position of the piston rod becomes.
  • the invention has for its object a transport and Storage device of the type described above improve that they are significantly lower than manufacturing costs known systems.
  • the aim is to meet all security requirements remain fully protected.
  • lifting drive Lifting platform is carried out by several lifting elements that are controlled so that the platform on the side where the load carrier extends is raised and / or is lowered on the opposite side.
  • the solution according to the invention allows, by Compensation for tipping the load carrier in a horizontal position hold and thus get by with a minimum parking space height.
  • the compensating tilting movement is generated directly on the lifting platform because you can only has to act on the control of the lifting movement and none special tilt mechanism on the load carrier is required. Rather, just need to control the already existing lifting elements in such a way that the platform on the side where the load carrier extends, is raised and / or lowered on the opposite side. In terms of control technology, this can be carried out easily and inexpensively.
  • the tilting movement can take place immediately at the start of the extension movement carried by the load carrier; but instead it can be carried out gradually during the extension movement, such that the increasing overturning moment by a correspondingly increasing Counter movement of the lifting elements is absorbed.
  • the load carrier moves in the unloaded state Condition into the pallet.
  • the tilting movement is useful only created when the load carrier with the pallet in Intervention.
  • the lifting platform is directly or by means of on its sides Move indirectly attacking cylinder-piston units vertically.
  • This measuring system is then also extreme economical if the platform does not perform a tilting movement, Of course, it can also be used to control this tilting movement be used.
  • the cylinder-piston units each on a pulley on one Attack 180 ° deflection of a traction device that at one end mounted in a fixed position, connected to the lifting platform at its other end is.
  • the described guidance of the traction means has the advantage that the cylinder-piston unit only cover half the stroke has like the platform. This enables the cylinder-piston units significantly shorter and cheaper to run, with the the doubling of the force associated with in hydraulic systems anyway usual pressures hardly matters.
  • the cylinder-piston units are useful as pulling cylinders arranged at the lower end of the transport device so that their Deflection roller in a vertical 180 ° deflection of the Intervening means. This gives a very compact structure, because the 180 ° deflection of the traction means in the upper extension of the cylinder-piston unit runs.
  • the lifting platform is sufficient to be equipped with resilient stop rollers that are too vertical extending rails are arranged. Since these rails are not used exact guidance, but only inadmissible as a stop opposite large transverse movements are required, they do not need machined Guideways, but it can be unprocessed standard profiles be used. This results in a special cost advantage, that the support pillars of the transport device, which are necessary anyway, can use about I-profiles for the stop function.
  • the vehicles are parallel to the four outer sides of the building and in the center there remains a square space in which the Lifting platform is movable.
  • FIG 1 it is essential that the entire transport and storage facility essentially of four vertical columns 1 to 4 in the form of I-profiles will be carried. These four pillars are at the four corners of the square interior arranged by the lifting platform 5 vertically is movable.
  • This lifting platform 5 contains a turntable 6 and there is a load carrier 7 which can be moved horizontally and depending on the rotational position of the turntable 6 in one of the shown Parking spaces can be moved to a vehicle 8 together with its range 9 store or remove or remove an empty pallet and thus pick up a new vehicle to be parked.
  • Figure 4 shows the load carrier 7 somewhat more clearly. You can see in the center a ring gear 7a, via which it in the turntable, not shown 6 can be pivoted to the desired angular position.
  • the desired swivel positions which are each offset by 90 ° defined in addition to automatic control by locking elements his.
  • a base frame 7b of the load carrier is firmly connected to the ring gear 7a and this underframe supports 7c above guide rails, which allow a telescopic extension of the actual carrier 7d.
  • the carrier 7d consists of two parallel to each other Ironing that can be moved under a pallet 9, like this is shown in Figure 4.
  • the pallet 9 consists of two rails, with troughs or projections are provided for the correct positioning of the vehicle.
  • FIG. 5 The lifting drive of the platform 5 and thus also the load carrier 7 shows FIG. 5.
  • One of the four support columns 1 in the form of an I-beam can be seen there, being in the space between the two legs this Carrier essentially housed the entire linear actuator. He consists of a vertical, hydraulic, mounted on the lower end of the support column Cylinder-piston unit 10, the one at the outlet of its piston rod 11 Has transducer 12, its structure and function in DE 297 04 877 is described in detail.
  • a deflection roller 13 is mounted, which in a U-shaped deflection of a traction means 14 in the form of a Rope or preferably a chain hangs.
  • a traction means 14 in the form of a Rope or preferably a chain hangs.
  • One leg of this U-shaped deflection is fixed at its end 14a on the support column 1 set while the other leg up to one stationary roller 15 runs, is deflected there by 180 ° and then runs down, where its end 14b is height adjustable on an eck the lifting platform 5 is mounted.
  • the stroke is Platform twice the stroke of the piston rod 11.
  • the pallet can also be provided with rollers on the outside be used, for example, with different vehicle weights in any case to prevent the pallet from rubbing on the parking space.
  • the lifting platform 5 is in Area of at least some of the support columns 1 - 4 with a fall protection Mistake.
  • Figures 6-8 show the structure and function of this fall protection.
  • the support column does not need the one described above I-shaped cross section, but can also be a have a different profile that is better adapted to fall protection. In particular, this can also be an extra part, such as a rectangular profile act that either rigidly connected to the support column 1 or is supported in a stationary manner separately in another way, in order to ensure that one Forces falling on the platform reliably absorb forces can.
  • the fall protection system consists of a lever 16, which at 16a by one Horizontal axis is pivotally mounted on the platform and on his free end, preferably over another horizontal Swivel bearing 16b carries a bracket 17.
  • This bracket 17 is cantilevered approximately horizontally and includes the two braking surfaces 18 and 19 Support column 1 on two opposite sides of the same. The distance between the braking surfaces 18 and 19 is chosen so that the bracket 17 on the support column 1 - up and down without the braking surfaces rest on the support column when the clamp 17 is in the normal state 6 is located.
  • This normal state arises due to the dead weight of the bracket 17, because it strives to to pivot the drawn lower position.
  • This position can by corresponding rollers 20 and 21, which are mounted on the bracket 17 and roll on opposite sides of the support column, be defined.
  • the platform 5 can also have a spring element 22 in the blocking direction act on the clamp 17.
  • this is Spring element 22 mounted on the pivot lever 16 and in its bias dimensioned so that there is overweight on the left the bracket 17 almost compensated. Now platform 5 begins a lowering movement with impermissibly high acceleration, so the bracket 17 almost weightless and the spring 22, the bracket 17 in the Press the blocking position.
  • the pivoting of the clamp 17 in the blocking position also by means of a friction element between bracket 17 and support column 1 are triggered when the platform crashes for this ensures that the free end of the bracket 17 remains due to the frictional force and is thus pivoted into the closed position.
  • the clamp 17 is arranged above two Pivot bearings 16a and 16b articulated on the platform 5; there the pivot bearing 16a only has the task of assembly - inaccuracies and tolerances regarding the horizontal position of the Compensate platform 5 relative to support column 1. This balance could of course also be done in other ways.

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  1. Dispositif de transport et de stockage comprenant une plate-forme de levage (5) pouvant être déplacée verticalement par au moins un organe de levage (10) pour des charges, notamment des véhicules automobiles, qui sont stocké(e)s et déstocké(e)s dans des emplacements disposés les uns au-dessus des autres et les uns à côté des autres, sachant que la plate-forme de levage (5) présente un porte-charge (7) par exemple mobile horizontalement et pouvant éventuellement pivoter autour d'un axe vertical, qui transfère la charge (8) de la plate-forme de levage (5) à l'emplacement souhaité ou la ramène de l'emplacement qu'elle occupe sur la plate-forme, sachant en outre que la plate-forme de levage (5) effectue un mouvement basculant compensatoire lors du déploiement latéral du porte-charge (7), lequel mouvement est opposé au moment de basculement résultant du déploiement du porte-charge (7) caractérisé en ce que l'entraínement de la plate-forme de levage (5) est assuré par plusieurs organes de levage (10) qui sont commandés de telle sorte que la plate-forme de levage (5) est levé du côté où le porte-charge (7) se déploie et/ou abaissé du côté opposé.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement basculant s'opère progressivement au cours du déplacement du porte-charge (7).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement basculant peut être réduit une fois que la charge a été transférée sur l'emplacement.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, lors du déstockage d'un véhicule, le mouvement basculant ne se produit que lorsque le porte-charge (7) est déployé.
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, sachant que la plate-forme de levage (5) peut être déplacée verticalement au moyen d'unités piston/cylindre (10) agissant directement ou indirectement sur ses côtés, caractérisé en ce que les unités piston/cylindre (10) sont équipées de systèmes de mesure du déplacement (12) se présentant sous la forme de galets de friction roulant sur la tige de piston (11), qui servent de transmetteurs de valeurs de mesure pour commander le déplacement, de préférence également le mouvement basculant de la plate-forme de levage (5).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les systèmes de mesure du déplacement (12) servent également à synchroniser les unités piston/cylindre (10).
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les unités piston/cylindre (10) agissent chacune par le biais dune poulie de renvoi (13) sur une déviation à 180° d'un moyen de traction (14) qui est monté fixement par l'une de ses extrémités (14a) et relié par son autre extrémité (14b) à la plate-forme de levage (5).
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les unités piston/cylindre (10) sont disposées en tant que vérins de traction à l'extrémité inférieure du dispositif de transport.
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les unités piston/cylindre (10) agissent sur les angles de la plate-forme de levage (5) qui est approximativement carrée vue du dessus.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les deux unités piston/cylindre (10) qui se trouvent sur le côté où le porte-charge (7) se déploie lèvent la plate-forme (5) plus haut que les deux autres unités piston/cylindre.
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la plate-forme de levage (5) est guidée du fait qu'elle est suspendue à des moyens de traction (14) reliés aux unités piston/cylindre (10), et en ce qu'elle ne présente que des galets de butée faisant ressort, qui coïncident avec des rails s'étendant verticalement.
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que les rails sont formés sur des montants (1-4) du dispositif de transport qui sont placés au niveau des angles de la plate-forme de levage (5).
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que la plate-forme de levage (5) suspendue par son pourtour présente au moins un étrier (17) monté de façon pivotante qui est doté d'au moins deux surfaces de freinage (18, 19) disposées de façon espacée et en biais l'une par rapport à l'autre, entre lesquelles passe verticalement un montant (1) fixe, et en ce que l'étrier (17) pivote automatiquement en position autobloquante contre le montant (1) lorsque l'accélération vers le bas de la plate-forme de levage (5) devient trop rapide.
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que l'étrier (17) peut pivoter autour d'un axe de pivotement approximativement horizontal, et en ce que son pivotement en position de blocage intervient du fait de sa force d'inertie, d'une part, et du retour élastique de la plate-forme (5) et/ou de la force élastique (22) venant s'exercer sur ledit étrier (17), d'autre part.
  15. Dispositif selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que la flexion de la plate-forme (5) est calculée de telle façon qu'elle se courbe sous son propre poids d'environ 5 millimètres, de préférence d'au moins 10 millimètres environ.
  16. Dispositif selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce qu'une masse importante est au moins prévue sur la surface de freinage (18) qui est la plus éloignée de l'axe de pivotement (16b) de l'étrier (17).
  17. Dispositif selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce qu'une surface de freinage (19) agit telle un coin contre le montant (1).
  18. Dispositif selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que, lorsqu'il n'est pas en position de freinage, l'étrier (17) roule sur le montant (1) à l'aide d'au moins un galet de guidage, notamment de deux galets de guidage (20, 21) se faisant face obliquement.
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