EP2378036A1

EP2378036A1 - Pakring plate frame for no dodge type parking device

Info

Publication number: EP2378036A1
Application number: EP09837307A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Feng Liang
Original assignee: Liang Botao
Current assignee: Ningbo Wenbai Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-01-12
Filing date: 2009-08-05
Publication date: 2011-10-19
Also published as: CN201343886Y; EP2378036A4; HK1133366A2; CN101878342B; CN101878342A; JP2012515273A; US20110286821A1; WO2010078749A1

Abstract

A parking deck structure for a non-dodging three-dimensional (3D) parking garage is disclosed. The parking deck structure comprises a parking deck (18), a parking deck column (22), and a front roller (27), a rear roller (28) and side rollers (29) for supporting upward and downward movement of the parking deck (18) along a rotary column (17). The front roller (27) is mounted on the parking deck column (22), and the rear roller (28) is mounted on a rear elevating support (26). At both a left side and a right side of the parking deck column (22) is connected a wing plate (24, 25) respectively, and the side rollers (29) are mounted on the wing plates (24, 25) respectively. A side of each of the L-shaped wing plates (24, 25) that is away from the rotary column (17) is connected with the rear elevating support (26). With this arrangement, the parking deck structure of the present disclosure is simple in structure, has high bending resistance and a high capability to support the rollers, and is low in cost. Further, an end surface connecting plate (23) extending outwards is disposed at a lower end of the parking deck column (22), and the parking deck column (22) is joined to the parking deck (18) by means of the end surface connecting plate (23). Accordingly, the parking deck structure is easy to assemble and transport.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure generally relates to a non-dodging three-dimensional (3D) parking garage, and more particularly, to a parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage and a supporting and assembling structure of a column thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Because of the non-dodging movement and structure, a non-dodging three-dimensional (3D) parking garage can increase the number of parking spaces and make it convenient for vehicle drivers to park their vehicles. For example, a non-dodging 3D parking garage has been disclosed in China Patent No. CN1284915C published on November 15, 2006 and entitled "Non-dodging upper-layer parking deck capable of moving, rotating and lifting".
As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking deck is as follows: a left side and a right side elevating roller 29 are mounted on a left and a right elevating support 32 that are independent from each other; and the left and the right elevating supports 32 are installed to a left side and a right side of a parking deck column 22 by means of bolts respectively. Because the parking deck is suspended at a single side and the bending load is borne by the parking deck column alone, the parking deck column is required to have high bending resistance and a high capability to support the rollers; this makes the structure relatively complex and costly. Furthermore, most of the conventional parking deck columns are welded to the parking deck, which is inconvenient for transportation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a parking deck structure that is simple in structure, has high bending resistance and a high capability to support rollers, and is low in cost.
To achieve this objective, the present disclosure provides a parking deck structure for a non-dodging three-dimensional (3D) parking garage, which comprises a parking deck, a parking deck column connected with the parking deck, and a front roller, a rear roller and side rollers for supporting upward and downward movement of the parking deck along a rotary column, wherein the front roller is mounted on the parking deck column, and the rear roller is mounted on a rear elevating support, and wherein: at both a left side and a right side of the parking deck column is connected a wing plate respectively, the wing plate extends from a side surface of the parking deck column towards the rotary column and, from a side surface of the rotary column, is bent outwards into an L-shaped wing plate, at a side of each of the L-shaped wing plates that is near the rotary column is mounted one of the side rollers respectively, and the other side of each of the L-shaped wing plates that is away from the rotary column is connected with the rear elevating support.
The L-shaped wing plates are distributed along a height direction of the whole parking deck column and are welded or bolted to the parking deck column.
To further solve the problem associated with transportation, an end surface connecting plate extending outwards is disposed at a lower end of the parking deck column, and the parking deck column is joined to the parking deck by means of the end surface connecting plate.
A longitudinal beam is joined to an end of the parking deck that is near the parking deck column, a longitudinal beam supporting foot is joined at a side of the longitudinal beam that is away from the parking deck, the longitudinal beam supporting foot comprises a supporting surface and a reinforcing rib located beneath the supporting surface, and the supporting surface of the longitudinal beam supporting foot is attached to a lower side of the end surface connection plate; and the end surface connection plate is joined together with the longitudinal beam and the supporting surface of the longitudinal beam supporting foot to allow for connection of the end surface connection plate with the parking deck.
The end surface connection plate is joined to the longitudinal beam and the supporting surface of the longitudinal beam supporting foot by means of bolts.
A lower end of each of the L-shaped wing plates is pressed against an upper side of the end surface connection plate.
The parking deck, the longitudinal beam and the longitudinal beam supporting foot are welded together.
A reinforcing rib is connected between the end surface connecting plate and the parking deck column.
The parking deck column and the end surface connecting plate are welded together.
The rear elevating support is joined to the L-shaped wing plates by means of bolts.
The present disclosure has the following benefits: because the left and the right L-shaped wing plates are joined to the left side and the right side of the parking deck column, the left side and the right side rollers can be mounted on the L-shaped wing plates respectively, and the rear elevating support can also be connected to the L-shaped wing plates; furthermore, because an elevating chain 30 has an end connected to the parking deck column and the other end connected to a sprocket (not shown) that is fixed to the rotary column, the load acting on the parking deck can be transferred to the rotary column via the elevating chain as well as the front roller, the rear roller and the side rollers. Therefore, the left and the right L-shaped wing plates have the functions of supporting the side rollers and enhancing the bending resistance of the parking deck column. In a further technical solution, the longitudinal beam supporting feet fixed to the longitudinal beam of the parking deck can transfer the bending load from the parking deck to the L-shaped wing plates and reduce the force acting on the bolts 21. Accordingly, the present disclosure is not only simple in structure and low in cost, but can also improve the capability to support the rollers and the bending resistance of the parking deck column.
In a further technical solution of the present disclosure, the longitudinal beam formed integrally with the parking deck and the longitudinal beam supporting feet fixed to the longitudinal beam are assembled onto the end surface connecting plate located at a lower end of the parking deck column by means of bolts, so the parking deck column can be detachably assembled with the parking deck to make it convenient to transport.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout various views, and all the views are schematic.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a conventional non-dodging 3D parking deck structure.
FIG. 2 is a schematic elevation view of a parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage according to the present disclosure.
FIG. 3 is a schematic left-side view of the parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage according to the present disclosure.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line B-B in FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a portion A shown in FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure is more particularly described in the following examples that are intended as illustrative only since numerous modifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Various embodiments of the invention are now described in detail. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
For ease of description, terms indicating orientations such as "front", "rear", "left" and "right" are used in the following description. Here, these terms are defined with reference to the orientation shown in FIG. 3, with a direction pointing outwards perpendicularly from the paper plane being defined as the "front".
FIGS. 2 to 5 are schematic views of a parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage according to the present disclosure. A reinforcing longitudinal beam 19 is welded to a parking deck 18, and a longitudinal foot 20 is welded to a rear side of the longitudinal beam that is away from the parking deck. The longitudinal beam supporting foot comprises a supporting surface 201 and a reinforcing rib 202 located beneath the supporting surface 201, with an upper side of the supporting surface being flush with an upper surface of the longitudinal beam. At a lower end of the parking deck column 22 is welded an end surface connecting plate 23 extending outwards, and a reinforcing rib 231 is disposed between the end surface connecting plate 23 and the parking deck column 22. An upper side of the supporting surface 201 of the longitudinal beam is attached to a lower side of the end surface connecting plate 23, and the end surface connecting plate 23 is joined together with the longitudinal beam 19 and the supporting surface 201 of the longitudinal beam supporting foot by means of bolts 21. In this way, the parking deck and the parking deck column can be detachably connected together, which makes them easy to assemble and transport.
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, a wing plate is welded along a left side and a right side of the parking deck column 22 respectively, and preferably, the wing plates are distributed along a height direction of the whole parking deck column 22. Each of the wing plates extends from a side surface of the parking deck column 22 towards a rotary column 17 and, from the side surface of the rotary column, is bent outwards to form an L-shaped wing plate (i.e., the right wing plate 24 and the left wing plate 25). At a side of each of the L-shaped wing plates that is near the rotary column, a side roller 29 is mounted by means of a side roller supporting frame 291 connected to the L-shaped wing plate; and the other side of each of the L-shaped wing plates that is away from the rotary column is joined together with a lateral side of the rear elevating support 26 by means of bolts.
As can be seen in FIG. 2, a lower end of each of the left and the right wing plates 24, 25 is pressed against an upper side of the end surface connecting plate 23 of the parking deck column and the longitudinal beam supporting foot is pressed against a lower side of the end surface connecting plate 23 to form a secure structure.
Referring to FIG. 5 again, around the rotary column, the front roller 27 is mounted on the parking deck column at the front side of the rotary column, the rear roller 28 is mounted on the rear elevating support 26 at the rear side of the rotary column, and the side rollers 29 are mounted on the L- shaped wing plates 24, 25 at the left side and the right side of the rotary column respectively. Referring back to FIG. 2, an elevating chain 30 has one end thereof connected to the parking deck column and the other end thereof connected to a sprocket (not shown) fixed to the rotary column. As a result, the load acting on the parking deck can be transferred to the rotary column via the elevating chain as well as the front roller, the rear roller and the side rollers. Thus, the L-shaped wing plates fixed at the left side and the right side of the parking deck column 22 respectively not only serve to support the side rollers, but can also enhance the bending resistance of the parking deck column 22; furthermore, the L-shaped wing plates are simple in structure.
Alternatively, the L-shaped wing plates may also be joined with the parking deck column by means of bolts, and the end surface connecting plate may also be joined to the longitudinal beam and the supporting surface of the longitudinal beam supporting foot through welding.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.

Claims

A parking deck structure for a non-dodging three-dimensional (3D) parking garage, comprising a parking deck (18), a parking deck column (22) connected with the parking deck (18), and a front roller (27), a rear roller (28) and side rollers (29) for supporting upward and downward movement of the parking deck (18) along a rotary column (17), wherein the front roller (27) is mounted on the parking deck column (22), and the rear roller (28) is mounted on a rear elevating support (26), and wherein at both a left side and a right side of the parking deck column is connected a wing plate respectively, the wing plate extends from a side surface of the parking deck column (22) towards the rotary column (17) and, from a side surface of the rotary column (17), is bent outwards into an L-shaped wing plate (24, 25), at a side of each of the L-shaped wing plates that is near the rotary column (17) is mounted one of the side rollers (29) respectively, and the other side of each of the L-shaped wing plates that is away from the rotary column (17) is connected with the rear elevating support (26).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 1, wherein the L-shaped wing plates (24, 25) are distributed along a height direction of the whole parking deck column (22) and are welded or bolted to the parking deck column (22).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 1, wherein an end surface connecting plate (23) extending outwards is disposed at a lower end of the parking deck column (22), and the parking deck column (22) is joined to the parking deck (18) by means of the end surface connecting plate (23).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 3, wherein a longitudinal beam (19) is joined to an end of the parking deck (18) that is near the parking deck column (22), a longitudinal beam supporting foot (20) is joined at a side of the longitudinal beam (19) that is away from the parking deck (18), the longitudinal beam supporting foot (20) comprises a supporting surface (201) and a reinforcing rib (202) located beneath the supporting surface (201), and the supporting surface (201) of the longitudinal beam supporting foot (20) is attached to a lower side of the end surface connection plate (23); and wherein the end surface connection plate (23) is joined together with the longitudinal beam (19) and the supporting surface (201) of the longitudinal beam supporting foot (20) to allow for connection of the end surface connection plate (23) with the parking deck (18).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 4, wherein the end surface connection plate (23) is joined to the longitudinal beam (19) and the supporting surface (201) of the longitudinal beam supporting foot (20) by means of bolts (21).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 3 or claim 4, wherein a lower end of each of the L-shaped wing plates (24, 25) is pressed against an upper side of the end surface connection plate (23).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 4, wherein the parking deck (18), the longitudinal beam (19) and the longitudinal beam supporting foot (20) are welded together.
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 3, wherein a reinforcing rib (231) is connected between the end surface connecting plate (23) and the parking deck column (22).
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 3, wherein the parking deck column (22) and the end surface connecting plate (23) are welded together.
The parking deck structure for a non-dodging 3D parking garage of claim 6, wherein the rear elevating support (26) is joined to the L-shaped wing plates (24, 25) by means of bolts.