JP2012202024A - Object conveyance mechanism and vehicle parking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object conveyance mechanism and a vehicle parking device characterized in a structure of conveying an object or a vehicle.SOLUTION: Instead of a conventionally object conveyance mechanism, the object conveyance mechanism comprises: a pallet including a main structure, a longitudinal feed guide member provided on a lower side of the main structure, extended along a virtual pallet longitudinal direction line, and provided with a notched part, and a lateral feed guide member extended along a virtual pallet lateral direction line and provided with a notched part; a pallet guide mechanism including a rotary roller moving mechanism capable of changing the postures of four rotary rollers respectively holding a longitudinal member respectively between a longitudinal feed posture which is the posture of respectively holding the longitudinal feed guide member at two parts and a lateral feed posture which is a posture of respectively holding the lateral feed guide member at two parts; a pallet longitudinal/lateral feed mechanism; and a pallet support mechanism.

Description

  The present invention relates to an object transport mechanism and a vehicle parking device. In particular, the present invention relates to an object transport mechanism and a vehicle parking device that are characterized by a structure for transporting an object or a vehicle.

Sometimes you want to transport an object.
For example, I want to transport an object in a logistics system.
For example, a vehicle transport mechanism is used to move a target vehicle in a vehicle parking apparatus to a parking space.
In some cases, it is desirable to selectively move objects in directions perpendicular to each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, I want to move the vehicle in the horizontal direction after moving it in the vertical direction. I also want to move the vehicle in the vertical direction after moving it in the horizontal direction. Here, the horizontal direction and the vertical direction are directions orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane.

For example, a vehicle transport mechanism is used in a vehicle parking apparatus.
The vehicle transport mechanism moves the pallet on which the vehicle is mounted along a series of a plurality of parking spaces arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, positions the vehicle in a predetermined parking space, and places the vehicle in the parking space. Parked.
Further, the vehicle transport mechanism moves the pallet on which the vehicle is mounted along a series of a plurality of parking spaces arranged in a grid pattern along the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and positions the vehicle in a predetermined parking space. The vehicle is parked in the parking space.

Various structures have been proposed and operated as such a vehicle transport mechanism.
A structure that smoothly turns the moving direction of the vehicle when moving the vehicle in the vertical direction after moving the vehicle in the vertical direction and when moving the vehicle in the vertical direction after moving the vehicle in the horizontal direction is desired. It had been.

  The present invention has been devised in view of the above-described problems, and provides an object transport mechanism and a vehicle parking device that are characterized by a structure for transporting an object or a vehicle.

  In order to achieve the above object, an object transport mechanism capable of selectively moving an object according to the present invention along a virtual vertical direction line and a virtual horizontal direction line, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane, A pallet main structure that is a structure on which an object can be mounted and a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line that are virtual lines intersecting each other when viewed from above the pallet main structure are virtually A longitudinal member having a longitudinal member provided below the main structure and extending along the vertical line of the virtual pallet and having a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the horizontal line of the virtual pallet. A lateral feed guide having a longitudinal member provided with a feed guide member and a cutout portion extending along the virtual pallet horizontal line and intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line by a predetermined dimension E1 A pallet having a member, four rotating rollers capable of rotating around a vertical axis and sandwiching the longitudinal member therebetween, and the longitudinal member having the posture of the four rotating rollers in the longitudinal feed guide member in the longitudinal direction. A vertical feed posture, which is a posture sandwiched between two locations separated by a separation distance F2, and a lateral posture, which is a posture in which the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member is sandwiched between two locations separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction. A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between the feed postures, a pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line, A pallet support mechanism that movably supports the pallet selectively along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, and the virtual pallet Longitudinal line parallel to the imaginary longitudinal line, the virtual pallet transverse line parallel to the imaginary transverse line and the things.

With the configuration of the present invention, the pallet main structure of the pallet is a structure on which an object can be mounted. A virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A notch in which a vertical feed guide member of the pallet is provided at a lower side of the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet vertical line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. It has a longitudinal member provided with a part. A notch in which a lateral feed guide member of the pallet is provided below the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line. A longitudinal member is provided with a portion. The four rotating rollers of the pallet guide mechanism can rotate around the vertical axis, and the longitudinal member can be sandwiched between them. A vertical feed posture in which the rotary roller moving mechanism of the pallet guide mechanism holds the longitudinal members of the vertical feed guide member at two positions separated by a separation distance F2 in the longitudinal direction. And the transverse feed posture, which is a posture in which the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member is sandwiched between the longitudinal members at two locations separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction. A pallet vertical feed mechanism selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line. The virtual pallet vertical line that the pallet support mechanism supports the pallet movably along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line is parallel to the virtual vertical line. The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line.
As a result, the pallet can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the postures of the four rotating rollers.

  Below, the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating roller moving mechanism is configured so that the position of the four rotating rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feeding guide member, and the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral direction. The position is changed between the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the feed guide member.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the rotary roller moving mechanism has the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed guide member that are positions where the rotary feed guide member comes into contact with the longitudinal member at the positions of the four rotary rollers. The position is changed between the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member.
As a result, the postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed.

In the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating roller moving mechanism supports each of four rotating rollers each capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member at two locations separated in the longitudinal direction, and each of the rotating rollers moving mechanism supports a vertical axis. It has a swing mechanism that can swing around.
According to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the swinging mechanism of the rotating roller moving mechanism supports the four rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member between the longitudinal members at two locations apart in the longitudinal direction. Can swing around.
As a result, it is possible to easily change the postures of the four rotating rollers by swinging the four rotating rollers by the swing mechanism.

The object transport mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that when the rotating roller moving mechanism sandwiches the longitudinal member at two locations separated in the longitudinal direction by the four rotating rollers, the one of the longitudinal members is separated from the longitudinal member. Two rotating rollers that can contact each of the surface and the other surface are rotatably supported around the vertical axis passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical line and the virtual horizontal line. Each has a pair of swing mechanisms that can swing.
According to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the pair of swinging mechanisms of the rotating roller moving mechanism is configured so that the rotating roller mechanism has a longitudinal direction when the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member at two positions separated in the longitudinal direction. The two rotary rollers that can contact one side and the other side of the longitudinal member apart from each other are rotatably supported to each of the intersections of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line. Each can swing around a vertical axis that penetrates the vicinity.
as a result,
The posture of the four rotating rollers can be smoothly changed by swinging the swing mechanism in a pair.

In the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the intersection of one virtual pallet lateral line and one virtual pallet lateral line is located at the approximate center of the pallet main structure as viewed from above.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the intersection of one virtual pallet lateral line and one virtual pallet lateral line is positioned substantially at the center of the pallet main structure as viewed from above.
As a result, the pallet can be fed vertically or horizontally with a simple structure.

  In order to achieve the above object, an object transport mechanism capable of selectively moving an object according to the present invention along a virtual vertical direction line and a virtual horizontal direction line, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane, A pallet main structure that is a structure on which an object can be mounted and a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line that are virtual lines intersecting each other when viewed from above the pallet main structure are virtually A longitudinal member having a longitudinal member provided below the main structure and extending along the vertical line of the virtual pallet and having a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the horizontal line of the virtual pallet. A lateral feed guide having a longitudinal member provided with a feed guide member and a cutout portion extending along the virtual pallet horizontal line and intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line by a predetermined dimension E1 A pallet having a member, four rotating rollers capable of rotating around a vertical axis and sandwiching the longitudinal member therebetween, and postures of the four rotating rollers between the longitudinal members of the longitudinal feed guide member A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a vertical feed posture and a horizontal feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member, and the pallet A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism that selectively feeds along a virtual vertical direction line or a virtual horizontal direction line, and the pallet can be selectively moved along one of the virtual vertical direction line or the virtual horizontal direction line. A virtual pallet vertical line parallel to the virtual vertical line, and the virtual pallet horizontal line parallel to the virtual horizontal line. .

With the configuration of the present invention, the pallet main structure of the pallet is a structure on which an object can be mounted. A virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A notch in which a vertical feed guide member of the pallet is provided at a lower side of the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet vertical line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. It has a longitudinal member provided with a part. A notch in which a lateral feed guide member of the pallet is provided below the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line. A longitudinal member is provided with a portion. The four rotating rollers of the pallet guide mechanism can rotate around the vertical axis, and the longitudinal member can be sandwiched between them. The rotary roller moving mechanism of the pallet guide mechanism holds the four rotary rollers in the vertical feed posture in which the vertical feed guide member holds the longitudinal member and the horizontal feed guide member holds the longitudinal member. It is possible to change each between the lateral feed postures. A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line. The pallet support mechanism movably supports the pallet selectively along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line. The virtual pallet vertical line is parallel to the virtual vertical line. The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line.
As a result, the pallet can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the postures of two of the four rotary rollers.

  Below, the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotation roller moving mechanism is in a position where the position of the two rotation rollers of the four rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member. The position is changed between a certain longitudinal feed position and the transverse feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the vertical feed position is a position where the rotary roller moving mechanism is in contact with the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member at the position of the two rotary rollers of the four rotary rollers. And the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member.
As a result, the postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed.

The object transport mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a swinging mechanism in which the rotating roller moving mechanism supports two rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis. have.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the swing mechanism of the rotating roller moving mechanism can support the two rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member, and can swing about the vertical axis.
As a result, the two rotating rollers can be swung by the swinging mechanism, and the postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed.

  In order to achieve the above object, an object transport mechanism capable of selectively moving an object according to the present invention along a virtual vertical direction line and a virtual horizontal direction line which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane. The pallet main structure, which is a structure on which an object can be mounted, and the virtual pallet horizontal line and the virtual pallet vertical line, which are virtual lines intersecting each other when viewed from above the pallet main structure, are hypothesized. A longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the pallet main structure and provided with a notch that is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location extending along the virtual pallet vertical line and intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. A longitudinal feed guide member having a longitudinal member provided with a notch portion that extends along the virtual pallet lateral line and that intersects the virtual pallet longitudinal line and that is notched by a predetermined dimension E1. A pallet having a guide member, three rotating rollers that can rotate around a vertical axis and sandwich the longitudinal member therebetween, and three longitudinal rollers having the posture of the rotating roller sandwiched by the longitudinal feed guide member A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a vertical feed posture that is a posture and a horizontal feed posture that is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member; A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends a virtual vertical direction line or a virtual horizontal direction line, and the palette can be selectively moved along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line. A virtual pallet vertical line parallel to the virtual vertical line, and the virtual pallet horizontal line parallel to the virtual horizontal line. It is.

With the configuration of the present invention, the pallet main structure of the pallet is a structure on which an object can be mounted. A virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A notch in which a vertical feed guide member of the pallet is provided at a lower side of the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet vertical line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. It has a longitudinal member provided with a part. A notch in which a lateral feed guide member of the pallet is provided below the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line. A longitudinal member is provided with a portion. The three rotating rollers of the pallet guide mechanism can rotate around the vertical axis, and the longitudinal member can be sandwiched between them. The rotary roller moving mechanism of the pallet guide mechanism has a vertical feed posture in which the posture of the three rotary rollers sandwiches the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member and a posture of sandwiching the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member It is possible to change each between the lateral feed postures. A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line. A pallet support mechanism movably supports the pallet selectively along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line. The virtual pallet vertical line is parallel to the virtual vertical line. The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line.
As a result, the pallet can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical line and the virtual horizontal line by changing the postures of the three rotating rollers.

  Below, the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotation roller moving mechanism is in a position where the position of the rotation roller of one of the three rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member. The position is changed between a certain longitudinal feed position and the transverse feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the rotation roller moving mechanism is a position where the position of the rotation roller of one of the three rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member. And the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member.
As a result, the postures of the three rotating rollers can be easily changed.

The object transport mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention has a swing mechanism in which the rotating roller moving mechanism supports one rotating roller that can sandwich the longitudinal member and can swing around a vertical axis.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the swing mechanism of the rotary roller moving mechanism can support one rotary roller that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swing about a vertical axis.
As a result, it is possible to easily change the postures of the three rotating rollers by swinging one rotating roller by the swinging mechanism.

  In order to achieve the above object, a parking apparatus for moving a plurality of vehicles according to the present invention in a horizontal plane and parking them in a plurality of parking spaces, wherein the plurality of vehicles are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in the horizontal plane. A vehicle transport mechanism that can be selectively moved along one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, and a control mechanism that controls the vehicle transport mechanism. The pallet main structure which is a structure on which a vehicle can be mounted and the virtual pallet horizontal line and the virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the structure and provided with a notch portion notched by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location extending along the virtual pallet vertical line and intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line A longitudinal feed guide member having a longitudinal feed member provided with a notch portion that extends along the virtual pallet lateral line and intersects the virtual pallet longitudinal line and is notched by a predetermined dimension E1; A pallet having a vertical axis, four rotating rollers capable of rotating around a vertical axis and sandwiching the longitudinal member therebetween, and the longitudinal members of the longitudinal feed guide member spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. A vertical feed posture which is a posture sandwiched between two places separated by a distance F2, and a lateral feed posture which is a posture where the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member is sandwiched between two places separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction. A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between each of the pallet and the pallet selectively along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism, and a pallet support mechanism that movably supports the pallet selectively along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, The direction line is parallel to the virtual vertical direction line, the virtual pallet horizontal direction line is parallel to the virtual horizontal direction line, and the control mechanism includes a plurality of pallets each mounting a plurality of vehicles. And moving along each of the virtual horizontal direction lines and placing in a plurality of parking spaces located along the virtual vertical direction lines and the virtual horizontal direction lines, and parking the vehicle in the parking space. It was.

With the configuration of the present invention described above, the vehicle transport mechanism selectively moves a plurality of vehicles along at least one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, which are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane. Can be made. A control mechanism controls the vehicle transport mechanism. The vehicle transport mechanism includes a pallet, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism, and a pallet support mechanism. The pallet main structure of the pallet is a structure on which an object can be mounted. A virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A notch in which a vertical feed guide member of the pallet is provided at a lower side of the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet vertical line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. It has a longitudinal member provided with a part. A notch in which a lateral feed guide member of the pallet is provided below the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line. A longitudinal member is provided with a portion. The four rotating rollers of the pallet guide mechanism can rotate around the vertical axis, and the longitudinal member can be sandwiched between them. A vertical feed posture in which the rotary roller moving mechanism of the pallet guide mechanism holds the longitudinal members of the vertical feed guide member at two positions separated by a separation distance F2 in the longitudinal direction. And the transverse feed posture, which is a posture in which the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member is sandwiched between the longitudinal members at two locations separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction. A pallet vertical feed mechanism selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line. The virtual pallet vertical line that the pallet support mechanism supports the pallet movably along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line is parallel to the virtual vertical line. The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line. The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction The vehicle is parked in the parking space in a plurality of parking spaces located along the line.
As a result, the pallet is selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the postures of the four rotating rollers, and the vehicle is arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. Can be parked in a parking space.

  Below, the parking apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed guide are the positions where the rotary roller moving mechanism is in contact with the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member at the positions of the four rotary rollers. The position is changed between the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the member.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the rotary roller moving mechanism has the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed guide member that are positions where the rotary feed guide member comes into contact with the longitudinal member at the positions of the four rotary rollers. The position is changed between the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member.
As a result, the postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.

In the parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating roller moving mechanism supports four rotating rollers, each of which can sandwich the longitudinal member at two locations apart in the longitudinal direction, and rotates around the vertical axis. A swing mechanism that can swing freely is included.
According to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the swinging mechanism of the rotating roller moving mechanism supports the four rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member between the longitudinal members at two locations apart in the longitudinal direction. Can swing around.
As a result, the four rotating rollers are swung by the swinging mechanism to easily change the postures of the four rotating rollers, and the vehicle is parked along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. You can park in the space.

In the parking device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating roller moving mechanism is separated in the longitudinal direction when the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member at two locations separated from each other. The two rotating rollers that can contact with each other are rotatably supported by each of the rollers, and each of the rotating rollers swings around a vertical axis that passes through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical line and the virtual horizontal line. It includes a pair of swing mechanisms that can be made.
According to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the pair of swinging mechanisms of the rotating roller moving mechanism is separated in the longitudinal direction when the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member at two positions apart from each other. Two rotating rollers that can contact each of the surface and the other surface are rotatably supported around the vertical axis passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical line and the virtual horizontal line. Each can swing.
As a result, the pair of the swinging mechanisms are swung to smoothly change the postures of the four rotating rollers, and the vehicle is parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. I can do it.

In the parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the intersection of one virtual pallet lateral line and one virtual pallet lateral line is located at the approximate center of the pallet main structure as viewed from above.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the intersection of one virtual pallet lateral line and one virtual pallet lateral line is positioned substantially at the center of the pallet main structure as viewed from above.
As a result, the pallet can be vertically or horizontally fed with a simple structure, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.

  In order to achieve the above object, a parking apparatus for moving a plurality of vehicles according to the present invention in a horizontal plane and parking them in a plurality of parking spaces, wherein the plurality of vehicles are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in the horizontal plane. A vehicle transport mechanism that can be selectively moved along one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, and a control mechanism that controls the vehicle transport mechanism. The pallet main structure which is a structure on which a vehicle can be mounted and the virtual pallet horizontal line and the virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the structure and provided with a notch portion notched by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location extending along the virtual pallet vertical line and intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line A longitudinal feed guide member having a longitudinal feed member provided with a notch portion that extends along the virtual pallet lateral line and intersects the virtual pallet longitudinal line and is notched by a predetermined dimension E1; A rotating pallet having a vertical axis, four rotating rollers that can rotate around a vertical axis and sandwich the longitudinal member therebetween, and the postures of the four rotating rollers are sandwiched between the longitudinal members of the longitudinal feed guide member. A pallet guide mechanism having a rotary roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a vertical feed posture and a horizontal feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the horizontal feed guide member; A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism that selectively feeds a directional line or a virtual horizontal direction line, and one direction of the virtual vertical direction line or the virtual horizontal line A pallet support mechanism that selectively and freely moves along the virtual pallet vertical line parallel to the virtual vertical line, the virtual pallet horizontal line parallel to the virtual horizontal line, The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction It is assumed that the vehicle is parked in a parking space by being placed in a plurality of parking spaces located along the line.

With the configuration of the present invention described above, the vehicle transport mechanism selectively moves a plurality of vehicles along at least one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, which are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane. Can be made. A control mechanism controls the vehicle transport mechanism. The vehicle transport mechanism includes a pallet, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism, and a pallet support mechanism. The pallet main structure of the pallet is a structure on which an object can be mounted. A virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A notch in which a vertical feed guide member of the pallet is provided at a lower side of the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet vertical line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. It has a longitudinal member provided with a part. A notch in which a lateral feed guide member of the pallet is provided below the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line. A longitudinal member is provided with a portion. The four rotating rollers of the pallet guide mechanism can rotate around the vertical axis, and the longitudinal member can be sandwiched between them. The rotary roller moving mechanism of the pallet guide mechanism holds the four rotary rollers in the vertical feed posture in which the vertical feed guide member holds the longitudinal member and the horizontal feed guide member holds the longitudinal member. It is possible to change each between the lateral feed postures. A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line. The pallet support mechanism movably supports the pallet selectively along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line. The virtual pallet vertical line is parallel to the virtual vertical line. The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line. The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction It is assumed that the vehicle is parked in a parking space by being placed in a plurality of parking spaces located along the line.
As a result, the pallet is selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the postures of the four rotating rollers, and the vehicle is arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. Can be parked in a parking space.

  Below, the parking apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotation roller moving mechanism is a position where the position of the two rotation rollers of the four rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member. The position is changed between the longitudinal feed position and the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the vertical feed position is a position where the rotary roller moving mechanism is in contact with the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member at the position of the two rotary rollers of the four rotary rollers. And the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member.
As a result, the postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.

In the parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating roller moving mechanism has a swinging mechanism that supports two rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis. .
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the swing mechanism of the rotating roller moving mechanism can support the two rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member, and can swing about the vertical axis.
As a result, the two rotating rollers are swung by the swinging mechanism to easily change the postures of the four rotating rollers, and the vehicle is parked along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. You can park in the space.

  In order to achieve the above object, a parking apparatus for moving a plurality of vehicles according to the present invention in a horizontal plane and parking them in a plurality of parking spaces, wherein the plurality of vehicles are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in the horizontal plane. A vehicle transport mechanism that can be selectively moved along one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, and a control mechanism that controls the vehicle transport mechanism. The pallet main structure which is a structure on which a vehicle can be mounted and the virtual pallet horizontal line and the virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the structure and provided with a notch portion notched by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location extending along the virtual pallet vertical line and intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line A longitudinal feed guide member having a longitudinal feed member provided with a notch portion that extends along the virtual pallet lateral line and intersects the virtual pallet longitudinal line and is notched by a predetermined dimension E1; A pallet having a vertical axis, at least three rotating rollers capable of rotating around a vertical axis and sandwiching the longitudinal member therebetween, and the posture of the three rotating rollers in a posture of sandwiching the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a vertical feed posture and a horizontal feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the horizontal feed guide member; A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism that selectively feeds along a vertical direction line or a virtual horizontal direction line, and the palette among the virtual vertical direction line or the virtual horizontal direction line A pallet support mechanism that selectively moves along one direction line, the virtual pallet vertical line parallel to the virtual vertical line, and the virtual pallet horizontal line is the virtual horizontal line. And the control mechanism moves the plurality of pallets each mounting a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, and the virtual vertical direction line. The vehicle is parked in the parking space by being placed in a plurality of parking spaces located along the virtual lateral line.

With the configuration of the present invention described above, the vehicle transport mechanism selectively moves a plurality of vehicles along at least one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, which are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane. Can be made. A control mechanism controls the vehicle transport mechanism. The vehicle transport mechanism includes a pallet, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism, and a pallet support mechanism. The pallet main structure of the pallet is a structure on which an object can be mounted. A virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above are virtualized. A notch in which a vertical feed guide member of the pallet is provided at a lower side of the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet vertical line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a position intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line. It has a longitudinal member provided with a part. A notch in which a lateral feed guide member of the pallet is provided below the pallet main structure and extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line. A longitudinal member is provided with a portion. The three rotating rollers of the pallet guide mechanism can rotate around the vertical axis, and the longitudinal member can be sandwiched between them. The rotary roller moving mechanism of the pallet guide mechanism has a vertical feed posture in which the posture of the three rotary rollers sandwiches the longitudinal member of the vertical feed guide member and a posture of sandwiching the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member It is possible to change each between the lateral feed postures. A pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism selectively feeds the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line. A pallet support mechanism movably supports the pallet selectively along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line. The virtual pallet vertical line is parallel to the virtual vertical line. The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line. The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction The vehicle is parked in the parking space in a plurality of parking spaces located along the line.
As a result, the pallet is selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the postures of the three rotating rollers, and the vehicle is arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. Can be parked in a parking space.

  Below, the parking apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the parking device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotation roller moving mechanism is a position where the position of the rotation roller of one of the three rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member. The position is changed between the longitudinal feed position and the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the rotation roller moving mechanism is a position where the position of the rotation roller of one of the three rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member. And the lateral feed position which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member.
As a result, the postures of the three rotating rollers can be easily changed, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.

In the parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating roller moving mechanism includes a swinging mechanism that supports one rotating roller that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis.
With the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the swing mechanism of the rotary roller moving mechanism can support one rotary roller that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swing about a vertical axis.
As a result, one rotating roller is swung by a swinging mechanism, the postures of the three rotating rollers are easily changed, and the vehicle is placed in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. You can park.

As described above, the object transport device according to the present invention has the following effects due to its configuration.
A guide member having the longitudinal member provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet is provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the postures of the four rotating rollers capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member are longitudinal. The longitudinal member is changed between a longitudinal feeding posture in which the longitudinal member is sandwiched at two points apart in the longitudinal direction and a lateral feeding posture in which the longitudinal member in the transverse direction is sandwiched at two locations apart in the longitudinal direction, and the pallet is changed in the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction Since the feeding is performed, the pallet can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the postures of the four rotating rollers.
Further, since the positions of the four rotating rollers are changed between the vertical feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member, the postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed.
In addition, since the four rotating rollers are supported by each of the four rotating rollers and are swung around the vertical axis, the four rotating rollers are swung by a swinging mechanism so that the postures of the four rotating rollers are changed. It can be changed easily.
In addition, a pair of swinging mechanisms that can swing around a vertical line passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the horizontal line and the vertical line are separated in the longitudinal direction on one side and the other side of the longitudinal member. The two rotating rollers that can be in contact with each other are supported rotatably on each other, and the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member. The postures of the two rotating rollers can be changed smoothly.
In addition, since one virtual pallet horizontal line and one virtual pallet horizontal line are provided on the pallet, the pallet can be fed vertically or horizontally with a simple structure.
A guide member having a longitudinal member provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet is provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the posture of the four rotating rollers capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member is defined as the longitudinal direction Since the pallet is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction by changing between the vertical feed posture that sandwiches the member and the lateral feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member in the horizontal direction, two of the four rotary rollers By changing the posture of the pallet, the pallet can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line.
In addition, since the position of two of the four rotating rollers is changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member, the posture of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed. Can be made.
Also, since the two of the four rotating rollers are supported on each of the rotating rollers and are swung around the vertical axis, the two rotating rollers are swung by a swinging mechanism, The postures of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed.
A guide member having a longitudinal member provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet is provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the posture of the three rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member is defined as the longitudinal direction The pallet is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction by changing between the vertical feed posture that sandwiches the member and the lateral feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member in the horizontal direction, so the pallet can be changed by changing the posture of the three rotating rollers. Can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line.
In addition, since the position of one of the three rotating rollers is changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member, the postures of the three rotating rollers can be easily changed. Can be made.
In addition, since one of the three rotating rollers is supported on each of the rotating rollers and is swung around the vertical axis, one rotating roller is swung by a swinging mechanism, The posture of the rotating roller can be easily changed.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide an object conveying apparatus that can smoothly convey the object.

As described above, the parking apparatus according to the present invention has the following effects due to its configuration.
A guide member having the longitudinal member provided with a notch at a location intersecting the lower side of the pallet on which the vehicle is mounted is provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and four rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member. The posture is changed between a longitudinal feed posture in which a longitudinal member is sandwiched between two longitudinally separated positions and a lateral feed posture in which a longitudinal member is sandwiched between two longitudinally separated locations, and the pallet is longitudinally moved. Or, because it is sent in the horizontal direction, the pallet is moved selectively along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line by changing the posture of the four rotating rollers, and the vehicle is moved in the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction. It is possible to park in a parking space arranged along the direction.
In addition, since the positions of the four rotating rollers are changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member, the posture of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed to make the vehicle in the virtual longitudinal direction. And parking in a parking space arranged along the virtual lateral direction.
In addition, since the four rotating rollers are supported by each of the four rotating rollers and are swung around the vertical axis, the four rotating rollers are swung by a swinging mechanism so that the postures of the four rotating rollers are changed. By simply changing the vehicle, the vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
A pair of oscillating mechanisms capable of oscillating around a vertical line passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the lateral line and the longitudinal line are separated in the longitudinal direction on each of the one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member. The two rotating rollers that can be in contact with each other are rotatably supported, and the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member. The posture of the rotating roller can be smoothly changed, and the vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
Further, since one virtual pallet horizontal line and one virtual pallet horizontal line are provided on the pallet, the pallet is fed vertically and horizontally with a simple structure, and the vehicle is moved in the virtual vertical direction and virtual horizontal direction. It is possible to park in a parking space arranged along the direction.
A guide member having a longitudinal member provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet is provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the posture of the four rotating rollers capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member is defined as the longitudinal direction Since the pallet is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction by changing between the vertical feed posture that sandwiches the member and the lateral feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member in the horizontal direction, the pallet can be changed by changing the posture of the four rotating rollers. Can be selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
In addition, since the position of two of the four rotating rollers is changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member, the posture of the four rotating rollers can be easily changed. Thus, the vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
Also, since the two of the four rotating rollers are supported on each of the rotating rollers and are swung around the vertical axis, the two rotating rollers are swung by a swinging mechanism, By simply changing the postures of the four rotating rollers, the vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
A guide member having a longitudinal member provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet is provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the posture of the three rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member is defined as the longitudinal direction The pallet is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction by changing between the vertical feed posture that sandwiches the member and the lateral feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member in the horizontal direction, so the pallet can be changed by changing the posture of the three rotating rollers. Can be moved selectively along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
In addition, since the position of one of the three rotating rollers is changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member, the postures of the three rotating rollers can be easily changed. The vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
In addition, since one of the three rotating rollers is supported on each of the rotating rollers and is swung around the vertical axis, one rotating roller is swung by a swinging mechanism, The posture of the rotating roller can be easily changed, and the vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction and the virtual horizontal direction.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide a parking apparatus that smoothly conveys the vehicle and parks the vehicle.

It is a top view of the pallet which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the top view 1 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is the top view 2 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is the fragmentary figure 1 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is the fragmentary figure 2 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is the fragmentary figure 3 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a plane conceptual diagram of the subject transportation device concerning a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the top view 1 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is the top view 2 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a fragmentary figure of the target object conveyance mechanism concerning a second embodiment of the present invention. It is the top view 1 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is the top view 2 of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is a partial view of the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is a plane conceptual diagram of the parking apparatus concerning a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a plane conceptual diagram of the parking apparatus concerning 2nd embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Initially, the target object conveyance mechanism concerning 1st embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pallet according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a first plan view of the object carrying mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a second plan view of the object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a first partial view of the object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a partial view 2 of the object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a partial view 3 of the object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a conceptual plan view of the figurine transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
For convenience of explanation, a case where the object transport mechanism of the present application is applied to a parking device that parks a vehicle in a parking space unless otherwise specified will be described as an example.

The target object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a mechanism for transporting a target object.
The object conveyance mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention selectively moves an object along a virtual vertical line Dy and a virtual horizontal line Dx, which are virtual lines that intersect each other in a horizontal plane. Can do.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and a plurality of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along a plurality of virtual vertical direction lines Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along a plurality of virtual vertical direction lines Dy and a plurality of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of explanation, a case in which movement is performed selectively along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx will be described as an example.
The object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a pallet 100, a pallet guide mechanism 200, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown), and a pallet support mechanism 300.

The pallet 100 is a structure that moves with an object mounted thereon.
The pallet 100 includes a pallet main structure 110, a transverse feed guide member 120x, and a longitudinal feed guide member 120y.
For example, the pallet 100 includes a pallet main structure 110, a lateral feed guide member 120x, a longitudinal feed guide member 120y, a lateral feed wheel 130x, and a longitudinal feed wheel 130y.

The pallet main structure 110 is a structure on which an object can be mounted.
For example, the pallet main structure 110 has a substantially rectangular outline when viewed from above.
The pallet main structure 110 includes a pallet upper plate structure 111 and a pallet well structure 112.
The pallet upper plate structure 111 is a plate structure that forms a surface on which an object is mounted.
For example, the pallet upper plate structure 111 is a plate structure that forms a surface on which a vehicle is mounted.
For example, when viewed from above, the pallet upper plate structure 111 is a plate structure having a rectangular outline.
The pallet well structure 112 is a well-like structure provided on the lower surface of the pallet upper plate structure 111.
A pallet upper plate structure 111 is fixed on the pallet well structure 112.

A virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and a virtual pallet vertical line Wy, which are virtual lines intersecting each other, are virtualized when the pallet main structure 110 is viewed from above.
When viewing the pallet main structure 110 from above, one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and one virtual pallet vertical line Wy which are virtual lines intersecting each other may be virtualized.
When viewing the pallet main structure 110 from above, one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and a plurality of virtual pallet vertical lines Wy, which are virtual lines intersecting each other, may be virtualized.
When viewing the pallet main structure 110 from above, a plurality of virtual pallet horizontal lines Wx and one virtual pallet vertical line Wy which are virtual lines intersecting each other may be virtualized.
A plurality of virtual pallet horizontal lines Wx and a plurality of virtual pallet vertical lines Wy, which are virtual lines intersecting each other, may be virtualized when the pallet main structure 110 is viewed from above.
For example, the virtual palette horizontal direction line Wx is a line parallel to the long side of the rectangular outline.
For example, the virtual palette vertical direction line Wy is a line parallel to the short side of the rectangular outline.
The intersection of one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and one virtual pallet vertical line Wy may be positioned at the approximate center of the pallet main structure 110 when viewed from above.
In the following, for convenience of explanation, unless otherwise specified, one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and one virtual pallet vertical line Wy are virtualized, and one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and one virtual pallet vertical line The case where the intersection with Wy is located at the approximate center of the pallet main structure 110 when viewed from above will be described as an example.

The vertical feed guide member 120y is provided below the pallet main structure 110, extends along the virtual pallet vertical line Wy, and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet horizontal line Wx. It has a longitudinal member 121 provided with a notch.
For example, the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is provided on the lower side of the pallet main structure 110, extends along the virtual pallet longitudinal line Wy, and is arranged in series with a predetermined dimension E2 therebetween. The member 121 is configured.
For example, the longitudinal member 121 is a long member having a quadrangular outline in cross section.
The longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y has an overall length that matches the width dimension along the virtual pallet longitudinal line Wy of the pallet main structure 110, and is provided with a notch with a predetermined dimension E2 at the center.
For example, the entire length of the two longitudinal members 121 arranged in series with a predetermined dimension E2 therebetween is substantially equal to the width dimension of the pallet main structure 110 along the virtual pallet longitudinal line Wy.

The transverse feed guide member 120x is provided on the lower side of the pallet main structure 110, extends along the virtual pallet horizontal line Wx, and is cut out by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line Wy. It has a longitudinal member 121 provided with a notch.
For example, the lateral feed guide member 120x is provided on the lower side of the pallet main structure 110, extends along the virtual pallet lateral line Wx, and is arranged in series with a predetermined dimension E1 therebetween. The member 121 is configured.
For example, the longitudinal member 121 is a long member having a quadrangular outline in cross section.
The longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x has an overall length that matches the width dimension along the pallet virtual lateral line Wx of the pallet main structure 110, and is provided with a notch portion having a predetermined dimension E1 at the center. .
For example, the entire length of the two longitudinal members 121 arranged in series with a predetermined dimension E1 therebetween is substantially equal to the width dimension along the pallet virtual lateral line Wx of the pallet main structure 110.

The pallet guide mechanism 200 includes four rotating rollers 210 and a rotating roller moving mechanism 220.
The virtual palette vertical line Wy is parallel to the virtual vertical line Dy, and the virtual palette horizontal line Wx is parallel to the virtual horizontal line Dx.

The four rotating rollers 210 are mechanical elements that can rotate around a vertical axis and can sandwich the longitudinal member 121 therebetween.
For example, the rotating roller 210 can contact the circumferential surface with the side surface of the longitudinal member 121.

The rotary roller moving mechanism 220 can change the postures of the four rotary rollers 210 between a vertical feed posture and a horizontal feed posture.
The vertical feed posture is a posture in which the four rotary rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y at two locations separated by a separation distance F2 in the longitudinal direction.
The lateral feed posture is a posture in which the four rotary rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x at two locations separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture.
FIG. 3 shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the vertical feeding posture.
The separation distance F1 is larger than the predetermined dimension E1 of the notch.
The separation distance F2 is larger than the predetermined dimension E2 of the notch.

The rotary roller moving mechanism 220 changes the positions of the four rotary rollers between the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed position.
The longitudinal feed position is a position where the rotary roller 210 contacts the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y.
The lateral feed position is a position where the rotary roller 210 contacts the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x.

  The rotating roller moving mechanism 220 has four swing rollers each capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 at two points apart in the longitudinal direction, and has a swing mechanism that can swing around the vertical axis. Also good.

  When the four rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121 at two locations that are separated in the longitudinal direction, the rotating roller moving mechanism 220 contacts the one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member 121 apart in the longitudinal direction. A pair of swings capable of swinging each about a vertical axis passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical line Dy and the virtual horizontal line Dx. It may be configured by a mechanism.

When the four rotary rollers 210 are in the vertical feed posture and the pallet 100 is vertically fed, the four rotary rollers 210 pass through the notch, and the lateral feed guide member 120x mechanically interferes with the four rotary rollers 210. It is possible to move vertically without doing.
When the posture of the four rotating rollers 210 is the lateral feeding posture and the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the four rotating rollers 210 pass through the notch, and the longitudinal feeding guide member 120y mechanically interferes with the four rotating rollers 210. You can move in the horizontal direction without doing.
When the postures of the four rotary rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture, the predetermined dimension E2 of the notch portion of the vertical feed guide member 120y has a pair of rotary rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x. Is larger than the overall width dimension G1 in the vertical direction.
When the postures of the four rotary rollers 210 are the vertical feed posture, the pair of rotary rollers 210 with the predetermined dimension E1 of the notch portion of the lateral feed guide member 120x sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the vertical feed guide member 120y. It is larger than the overall width dimension G2 in the horizontal direction.
The overall width dimension is the sum of the diameters of the two rotating rollers and the width dimension of the longitudinal member.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) is a mechanism that selectively feeds the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism feeds the pallet 100 along the virtual vertical direction line Dy when the posture of the four rotary rollers 210 is the vertical feed posture, and the posture of the four rotary rollers 210 is the horizontal feed posture. Sometimes the pallet 100 is sent along the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) may be a mechanism that rotationally drives at least one of the four rotary rollers 210 around a vertical axis.
For example, the pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) is a mechanism that presses at least one rotary roller of the four rotary rollers 210 against the side surface of the longitudinal member to rotate around the vertical axis.
When the rotating roller 210 is driven to rotate, the frictional force generated between the side surface of the rotating roller and the side surface of the longitudinal member moves the pallet 100 along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) may hook the pallet main structure 110 with a claw-like structure and selectively push the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
For example, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) hooks the pallet main structure 110 with a claw-like structure and moves the pallet 100 to the virtual vertical direction when the posture of the four rotating rollers 210 is the vertical feed posture. Pushing along the line Dy, the pallet 100 is pushed along the virtual horizontal direction line Dx when the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are in the lateral feed posture.

The pallet support mechanism 300 is a mechanism that supports the pallet 100 movably along one of the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
For example, the pallet support mechanism 300 rolls the longitudinal feed rail surface 302 and the lateral feed wheel 130x that support the longitudinal feed wheel 130y of the pallet 100 so as to roll freely along the virtual longitudinal direction line Dy along the virtual lateral direction line Dx. A lateral feed rail surface 301 that is movably supported is formed.
For example, the pallet support mechanism 300 includes wheels that are fixed to the foundation and roll on the lower surface of the pallet 100.

  Hereinafter, the three types of the rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the first type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a first type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220.

The first type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220 has a pair of swing mechanisms 221.
One swinging mechanism 221 can contact with one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member 121 apart in the longitudinal direction when the four rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member at two locations away from each other. Two rotating rollers 210 are rotatably supported by each, and can be swung around a vertical axis passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical line Dy and the virtual horizontal line Dx.
The other one swinging mechanism 221 is such that when the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member at two locations apart from each other, they are separated from each other in the longitudinal direction and come into contact with the other surface and the one surface of the longitudinal member 121. Two rotatable rollers 210 that can be rotated are supported on each of them, and can be swung around a vertical axis that passes through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical line Dy and the virtual horizontal line Dx.
The pair of swinging mechanisms 221 swings around a vertical axis that passes through the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx, and moves the positions of the four rotating rollers 210 to the lateral feed position. And the vertical feed position.

FIG. 4A shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture.
The two rotating rollers 210 supported by the pair of swing mechanisms and the other two rotating rollers 210 respectively supported by the pair of swing mechanisms 221 are notched portions of the lateral feed guide member 120. The longitudinal member 121 of the laterally-feeding guide member 120x is sandwiched between the two portions separated by each other.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is laterally fed.
When the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the notch portion of the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y moves laterally without contacting the two rotating rollers 210.

FIG. 4B shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the vertical feeding posture.
The two rotating rollers 210 supported by the pair of swinging mechanisms and the other two rotating rollers 210 supported by the pair of swinging mechanisms 221 are notched portions of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y. The longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is sandwiched between the two portions separated by each other.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is fed vertically.
When the pallet 100 is vertically fed, the notch portion of the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member 120x moves vertically without contacting the two rotating rollers 210.

Next, the second type rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described.
FIG. 5 shows a second type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220.

The second type rotating roller moving mechanism 220 has four feeding mechanisms 222.
The feed mechanism 222 has a linear guide that moves the rotating roller 210.
When the four rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121, the four feeding mechanisms 222 support the four rotating rollers 210 so as to rotate freely so as to contact the surface of the longitudinal member.
The four feed mechanisms 222 reciprocate the four rotary rollers 210 between a longitudinal feed position in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed position in contact with the surface of the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member 120x. I can do it.

FIG. 5A shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture.
The two rotating rollers 210 supported by the two feeding mechanisms 222 and the two rotating rollers 210 supported by the other two feeding mechanisms 222 sandwich the notch portion of the lateral feed guide member 120, respectively. The longitudinal member 121 of the transverse feed guide member 120x is sandwiched between the two separated places.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is laterally fed.
When the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the notch portion of the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y moves laterally without contacting the two rotating rollers 210.

FIG. 5B shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the vertical feeding posture.
The two rotating rollers 210 supported by the two feeding mechanisms 222 and the other two rotating rollers 210 supported by the other two feeding mechanisms 222 respectively serve as notches in the longitudinal feeding guide member 120y. The longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is sandwiched between two portions that are separated from each other.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is fed vertically.
When the pallet 100 is vertically fed, the notch portion of the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member 120x moves vertically without contacting the two rotating rollers 210.

Next, the third type rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described.
FIG. 6 shows a third type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220.

The third type rotating roller moving mechanism 220 has four swing mechanisms 223.
When the four rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121, the four swinging mechanisms 223 support the four rotating rollers 210 so as to rotate freely so as to contact the surface of the longitudinal member.
The four swinging mechanisms 223 move the four rotating rollers 210 respectively between a vertical feed position in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed position in contact with the surface of the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member 120x. Can be made.
The four oscillating mechanisms 223 can oscillate around the vertical lines positioned in the four spaces divided by the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual vertical direction line Dx.

FIG. 6A shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture.
The two rotating rollers 210 supported by the two swing mechanisms 223 and the two rotating rollers 210 supported by the other two swing mechanisms 223 respectively serve as notches in the lateral feed guide member 120. The longitudinal member 121 of the laterally-feeding guide member 120x is sandwiched between two portions that are separated from each other.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is laterally fed.
When the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the notch portion of the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y moves laterally without contacting the two rotating rollers 210.

FIG. 6B shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the vertical feeding posture.
The two rotation rollers 210 supported by the two swing mechanisms 223 and the other two rotation rollers 210 respectively supported by the other two swing mechanisms 223 are notched in the longitudinal feed guide member 120y. The longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is sandwiched between the two portions separated by the portion.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is fed vertically.
When the pallet 100 is longitudinally fed, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the lateral feed guide member 120x moves vertically without contacting the two rotary rollers 210.

Next, an object conveying apparatus using a plurality of object conveying mechanisms will be described.
FIG. 7 is a conceptual plan view of the object carrying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
A plurality of object conveying devices are arranged in a grid pattern.
A pair of rotating rollers 210 fixed so as to be able to rotate is disposed between the object conveying devices arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy.
A pair of rotating rollers 210 fixed so as to be able to rotate is disposed between each of the object conveying mechanisms arranged along the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
FIG. 7 shows a state where nine object transport mechanisms are arranged along three virtual vertical lines Dy and three virtual horizontal lines Dx.
There is an object conveyance mechanism in which at least one pallet 100 does not exist.
FIG. 7 shows a state where there is an object transport mechanism in which two pallets 100 do not exist.
Since the object conveying mechanism sequentially feeds the pallet 100 horizontally or vertically, the object conveying mechanism without the pallet moves in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction, and the pallet 100 moves in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction. .
By arbitrarily repeating the horizontal feed or the vertical feed of the pallet 100, the pallet 100 can be moved to a desired position.

Next, the object conveyance mechanism concerning 2nd embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.
FIG. 8 is a first plan view of the object transport mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a second plan view of the object transport mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a partial view of the object transport mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
For convenience of explanation, a case where the object transport mechanism of the present application is applied to a parking device that parks a vehicle in a parking space unless otherwise specified will be described as an example.

The object transport mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a mechanism for transporting an object.
The object transport mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention selectively moves the object along a virtual vertical line Dy and a virtual horizontal line Dx, which are virtual lines that intersect each other in a horizontal plane. Can do.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and a plurality of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along a plurality of virtual vertical direction lines Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along a plurality of virtual vertical direction lines Dy and a plurality of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of explanation, a case in which movement is performed selectively along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx will be described as an example.
The object transport mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a pallet 100, a pallet guide mechanism 200, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown), and a pallet support mechanism 300.

The pallet 100 is a structure that moves with an object mounted thereon.
Since the structure of the pallet 100 is the same as that of the object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

The pallet guide mechanism 200 includes four rotating rollers 210 and a rotating roller moving mechanism 220.
The virtual palette vertical line Wy is parallel to the virtual vertical line Dy, and the virtual palette horizontal line Wx is parallel to the virtual horizontal line Dx.

The four rotating rollers 210 are mechanical elements that can rotate around a vertical axis and can sandwich the longitudinal member 121 therebetween.
For example, the rotating roller 210 can contact the circumferential surface with the side surface of the longitudinal member 121.

The rotary roller moving mechanism 220 can change the postures of the four rotary rollers 210 between a vertical feed posture and a horizontal feed posture.
The vertical feed posture is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member 121 of the vertical feed guide member 120y.
The lateral feed posture is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture.
FIG. 9 shows a state in which the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the vertical feeding posture.
The separation distance F1 is larger than the predetermined dimension E1 of the notch.

The rotation roller moving mechanism 220 changes the position of two rotation rollers 210 of the four rotation rollers between the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed position.
The longitudinal feed position is a position where the two rotating rollers 210 are in contact with the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y.
The lateral feed position is a position where the two rotary rollers 210 are in contact with the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x.

  The rotating roller moving mechanism 220 supports two rotating rollers among the four rotating rollers capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 at two locations apart in the longitudinal direction, and swings around a vertical axis. A swing mechanism that can be used may be provided.

The other two rotation rollers 210 of the four rotation rollers 210 are fixed so as to be able to rotate at a position of the transverse feed position or the longitudinal feed position.
In the following, a case where the other two rotating rollers 210 among the four rotating rollers 210 are fixed to the lateral feed position so as to be able to rotate is described as an example.
FIGS. 8 and 9 show how the other two rotating rollers 210 out of the four rotating rollers 210 are fixed to the lateral feed position so as to be able to rotate.
8 and 9, the pallet 100 is fixed to the lateral feed position so as to be able to rotate and is blocked by the two rotating rollers 210, and therefore cannot move upward in the drawing.

When the four rotary rollers 210 are in the vertical feed posture and the pallet 100 is fed vertically, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the lateral feed guide member 120x does not mechanically interfere with the two rotary rollers 210. Can move to.
When the four rotary rollers 210 are in the lateral feed posture and the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the vertical feed guide member 120y causes mechanical interference with the four rotary rollers 210. You can move without
When in the lateral feed posture, the predetermined dimension E2 of the notch portion of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is the overall width dimension G1 in the longitudinal direction of the pair of rotating rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the transverse feed guide member 120x. Greater than.
When in the longitudinal feed posture, the predetermined dimension E1 of the notch portion of the lateral feed guide member 120x is the overall width dimension G2 in the lateral direction of the pair of rotating rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y. Greater than.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) is a mechanism that selectively feeds the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism feeds the pallet 100 along the virtual vertical direction line Dy when the posture of the four rotary rollers 210 is the vertical feed posture, and when the posture of the four rotary rollers 210 is the horizontal feed posture. The pallet 100 is sent along the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) may be a mechanism that rotationally drives at least one of the four rotary rollers 210 around a vertical axis.
For example, the pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) is a mechanism that presses at least one rotary roller of the four rotary rollers 210 against the side surface of the longitudinal member to rotate around the vertical axis.
When the rotation roller 210 is driven to rotate, the frictional force generated between the side surface of the rotation roller and the side surface of the longitudinal member moves the pallet 100 along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) may hook the pallet main structure 110 with a claw-like structure and selectively push the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
For example, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) hooks the pallet main structure 110 with a claw-like structure and moves the pallet 100 to the virtual vertical direction when the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are the vertical feed posture. Pushing along the line Dy pushes the pallet 100 along the virtual horizontal direction line Dx when the postures of the four rotating rollers 210 are in the lateral feed posture.

The pallet support mechanism 300 is a mechanism that supports the pallet 100 movably along one of the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
For example, the pallet support mechanism 300 rolls the longitudinal feed rail surface 302 and the lateral feed wheel 130x that support the longitudinal feed wheel 130y of the pallet 100 so as to roll freely along the virtual longitudinal direction line Dy along the virtual lateral direction line Dx. A lateral feed rail surface 301 that is movably supported is formed.
For example, the pallet support mechanism 300 includes wheels that are fixed to the foundation and roll on the lower surface of the pallet 100.

  Hereinafter, one type of the rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Next, one type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described.
FIG. 10 shows one type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220.

One type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220 has two swing mechanisms 223.
When the four rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121, the two swinging mechanisms 223 can support the two rotating rollers 210 so as to rotate freely so as to contact the surface of the longitudinal member.
The two oscillating mechanisms 223 reciprocate the two rotating rollers 210 between a longitudinal feed position contacting the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed position contacting the surface of the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member 120x. Can be made.
The two swing mechanisms 223 can swing around vertical lines located in two of the four spaces divided by the virtual vertical line Dy and the virtual vertical line Dx.

  The other two rotation rollers 210 of the four rotation rollers 210 are fixed to the lateral feed position so as to be rotatable.

FIG. 10A shows a state in which the posture is a lateral feed posture.
In the lateral feed posture, one rotary roller 210 supported by one swing mechanism 223 and one rotary roller 210 supported by another swing mechanism 223 are notched portions of the lateral feed guide member 120. Are in contact with the longitudinal member 121 of the laterally-feeding guide member 120x at two locations separated by a gap.
The two rotating rollers 210 supported by the two swing mechanisms are separated from the other two rotating rollers 210 that are rotatably fixed to the lateral feed position with the notch portion of the lateral feed guide member 120 interposed therebetween. The longitudinal member 121 of the transverse feed guide member 120x is sandwiched between the two portions.
For example, when at least one of the four rotating rollers 210 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is laterally fed.
When the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the vertical feed guide member 120y moves laterally without contacting the two rotary rollers 210.

FIG. 10B shows a state in which the posture is a vertical feed posture.
In the vertical feed posture, the two rotary rollers 210 supported by the two swinging mechanisms 223 are vertically fed at one of the two locations separated by the notch portion of the vertical feed guide member 120y. It contacts the longitudinal member 121 of the guide member 120y.
The two rotary rollers 210 supported by the two swinging mechanisms 223 respectively have the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y at one of two locations separated by the notch portion of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y. The member 121 is sandwiched.
For example, when at least one of the two rotating rollers 210 supported by the swing mechanism 223 is rotationally driven, the pallet 100 is vertically fed.
When the pallet 100 is longitudinally fed, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the lateral feed guide member 120x moves vertically without contacting the two rotary rollers 210.

Next, the object conveyance mechanism concerning 3rd embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.
FIG. 11 is a first plan view of the object transport mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a second plan view of the object transport mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a partial view of the object transport mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
For convenience of explanation, a case where the object transport mechanism of the present application is applied to a parking device that parks a vehicle in a parking space unless otherwise specified will be described as an example.

The target object transport mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention is a mechanism for transporting a target object.
The object transport mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention selectively moves the object along a virtual vertical line Dy and a virtual horizontal line Dx, which are virtual lines that intersect each other in a horizontal plane. Can do.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and a plurality of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along a plurality of virtual vertical direction lines Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
For example, the object transport mechanism can selectively move the object along a plurality of virtual vertical direction lines Dy and a plurality of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane.
Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of explanation, a case in which movement is performed selectively along one virtual vertical direction line Dy and one virtual horizontal direction line Dx will be described as an example.
The object transport mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes a pallet 100, a pallet guide mechanism 200, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown), and a pallet support mechanism 300.

The pallet 100 is a structure that moves with an object mounted thereon.
Since the structure of the pallet 100 is the same as that of the object transport mechanism according to the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

The pallet guide mechanism 200 includes at least three rotating rollers 210 and a rotating roller moving mechanism 220.
The virtual palette vertical line Wy is parallel to the virtual vertical line Dy, and the virtual palette horizontal line Wx is parallel to the virtual horizontal line Dx.

At least three rotating rollers 210 are mechanical elements that can rotate around a vertical axis and can sandwich the longitudinal member 121 therebetween.
For example, the rotating roller 210 can contact the circumferential surface with the side surface of the longitudinal member 121.

The rotary roller moving mechanism 220 can change the postures of at least three rotary rollers 210 between a vertical feed posture and a horizontal feed posture.
The vertical feed posture is a posture in which the two rotary rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121 of the vertical feed guide member 120y.
The lateral feed posture is a posture in which the two rotary rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x.

FIG. 11 shows a state in which the posture of at least three rotating rollers 210 is a lateral feed posture.
FIG. 12 shows a state in which the posture of at least three rotating rollers 210 is a vertical feeding posture.

The rotation roller moving mechanism 220 changes the position of one rotation roller 210 of at least three rotation rollers between a vertical feed position and a horizontal feed position.
The longitudinal feed position is a position where the rotary roller 210 contacts the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y.
The lateral feed position is a position where the rotary roller 210 contacts the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x.

  The rotating roller moving mechanism 220 may have a swinging mechanism that supports one rotating roller that can contact the longitudinal member 121 and that can swing around a vertical axis.

The other two rotation rollers 210 of the at least three rotation rollers 210 are fixed so as to be able to rotate at a position of the transverse feed position or the longitudinal feed position.
In the following, an example will be described in which the other two of the at least three rotating rollers 210 are fixed to the lateral feed position so as to be capable of rotating.
11 and 12, the other one of the three rotating rollers 210 is fixed to the lateral feed position so as to be rotatable, and the other one of the three rotating rollers 210 is rotated. The state of being fixed to the vertical feed position so as to be rotatable is shown.
In FIGS. 11 and 12, the pallet 100 is blocked by one rotating roller 210 that is rotatably fixed to the lateral feed position and one rotary roller 210 that is rotatably fixed to the vertical feeding position. It cannot move to the upper side and the left side in the figure.
11 and 12, the rotating roller 210 drawn by a broken line is a rotating roller 210 other than at least three rotating rollers. This rotating roller can be omitted if the posture of the pallet during vertical feeding or horizontal feeding can be maintained by other means.

When the posture of at least three rotary rollers 210 is the vertical feed posture and the pallet 100 feeds vertically, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the lateral feed guide member 120x does not mechanically interfere with the rotary roller 210. I can move.
When the posture of at least three rotary rollers 210 is a lateral feed posture and the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the rotary roller 210 passes through the notch, and the vertical feed guide member 120y does not mechanically interfere with the rotary roller 210. Can move to.
When in the lateral feed posture, the predetermined dimension E2 of the notch portion of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is the overall width dimension G1 in the longitudinal direction of the pair of rotating rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the transverse feed guide member 120x. Greater than.
When in the longitudinal feed posture, the predetermined dimension E1 of the notch portion of the lateral feed guide member 120x is the overall width dimension G2 in the lateral direction of the pair of rotating rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y. Greater than.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) is a mechanism that selectively feeds the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism feeds the pallet 100 along the virtual vertical direction line Dy when the posture of at least three rotary rollers 210 is the vertical feed posture, and the posture of at least three rotary rollers 210 is the horizontal feed posture. At some point, the pallet 100 is fed along the virtual horizontal line Dx.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) may be a mechanism that rotationally drives at least one of the four rotary rollers 210 around a vertical axis.
For example, the pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) is a mechanism that presses at least one rotary roller of the four rotary rollers 210 against the side surface of the longitudinal member to rotate around the vertical axis.
For example, when the rotation roller 210 is driven to rotate, the frictional force generated between the side surface of the rotation roller and the side surface of the longitudinal member moves the pallet 100 along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

The pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) may hook the pallet main structure 110 with a claw-like structure and selectively push the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
For example, a pallet vertical / horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) hooks the pallet main structure 110 with a claw-like structure and moves the pallet 100 to the virtual vertical direction when the three rotary rollers 210 are in the vertical feed posture. Pushing along the line Dy pushes the pallet 100 along the virtual lateral line Dx when the posture of the three rotating rollers 210 is the lateral feed posture.

The pallet support mechanism 300 is a mechanism that selectively supports the pallet 100 along one direction line of the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx so as to be movable.
For example, the pallet support mechanism 300 rolls the longitudinal feed rail surface and the lateral feed wheel 130x that support the longitudinal feed wheel 130y of the pallet 100 so as to roll freely along the virtual longitudinal direction line Dy along the virtual lateral direction line Dx. And a transverse rail surface which is freely supported.

  Hereinafter, one type of the rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Next, one type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220 will be described.
FIG. 13 shows one type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220.

One type of rotating roller moving mechanism 220 has one swing mechanism 223.
When one at least three rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121, the one swinging mechanism 223 supports the one rotating roller 210 so as to rotate freely so as to contact the surface of the longitudinal member.
One swinging mechanism 223 moves one rotation roller 210 between a longitudinal feed position that contacts the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed position that contacts the surface of the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member 120x. Can be made.
One swinging mechanism 223 can swing around a vertical line located in one of the four spaces divided by the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual vertical direction line Dx.

Of the at least three rotating rollers 210, the other two rotating rollers 210 are fixed to the transverse feed position and the longitudinal feed position, respectively, so as to be rotatable.
In FIG. 13, a rotating roller 210 drawn with a broken line is a rotating roller 210 other than at least three rotating rollers 210.

FIG. 13A shows a state in which the postures of the three rotating rollers 210 are the lateral feed posture.
One rotating roller 210 supported by one swinging mechanism 223 has a longitudinal member 121 of the transverse feed guide member 120x at one of two places separated by a notch portion of the transverse feed guide member 120. To touch.
One rotating roller 210 supported by one swinging mechanism and another rotating roller 210 that is rotatably fixed to the lateral feed position are separated from each other with the notch portion of the lateral feed guide member 120 interposed therebetween. The longitudinal member 121 of the transverse feed guide member 120 is sandwiched at one of the two locations.
For example, when at least one of the two rotating rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 is driven to rotate, the pallet 100 is laterally fed.
When the pallet 100 is laterally fed, the notch portion of the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y moves laterally without contacting the two rotating rollers 210.

FIG. 13B shows a state in which the postures of the three rotating rollers are the vertical feed posture.
In the vertical feed posture, one rotary roller 210 supported by one swinging mechanism 213 has a vertical feed guide member at one of two locations separated by a notch portion of the vertical feed guide member 120y. It contacts the longitudinal member 121 of 120y.
One rotating roller 210 supported by one swinging mechanism and another rotating roller 210 that is rotatably fixed to the longitudinal feeding position are separated from each other with the notch portion of the longitudinal feeding guide member 120 interposed therebetween. The longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120x is sandwiched at one of the two locations.
For example, when at least one of the two rotating rollers 210 sandwiching the longitudinal member is rotationally driven, the pallet 100 is vertically fed.
When the pallet 100 is vertically fed, the notch of the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member 120x is moved vertically so as not to contact the two rotating rollers 210.

Next, the parking apparatus concerning 1st embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on a figure.
FIG. 14 is a conceptual plan view of the parking apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The parking apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this application applies the target object conveyance mechanism concerning embodiment of this invention to a horizontal circulation type parking apparatus.
The horizontal circulation type parking device is a parking device that arranges pallets mounted on a vehicle in a rectangular shape on a horizontal plane and circulates the pallets in a plurality of parking spaces by alternately repeating horizontal movement and vertical movement.

The parking device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a device that moves a plurality of vehicles in a horizontal plane and parks them in a plurality of parking spaces.
The parking device according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a vehicle transport mechanism and a control device.
Since the main structure of the vehicle transport mechanism is the same as that of the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, different points will be described.
The parking apparatus can arrange a plurality of rows of parking spaces arranged along a virtual horizontal direction line in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction and move in the vertical direction to the end portion in the horizontal direction.

In a space in which a plurality of parking spaces are arranged along the virtual vertical line Dy, the object transport mechanism moves the pallet along the virtual vertical line Dy.
In a space where a plurality of parking spaces line up the pallet along the virtual horizontal line Dx, the object transport mechanism moves the pallet along the virtual horizontal line Dx.

The control mechanism moves a plurality of pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along a virtual vertical direction line and a pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, The vehicle is parked in a plurality of parking spaces located along the parking space.
As a result, a plurality of pallets are circulated in a space where a plurality of parking spaces are arranged.

Next, the parking apparatus concerning 2nd embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on a figure.
FIG. 15 is a conceptual plan view of a parking apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The parking apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this application applies the target object conveyance mechanism concerning embodiment of this invention to a plane circulation type parking apparatus.
A plane circulation parking device is a parking device that arranges pallets mounted on a vehicle in a grid pattern on a horizontal surface, and individually moves the pallet to a plurality of parking spaces by repeating horizontal movement and vertical movement individually. .

The parking device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a device that moves a plurality of vehicles in a horizontal plane and parks them in a plurality of parking spaces.
The parking apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a vehicle transport mechanism and a control device.
Since the main structure of the vehicle transport mechanism is the same as that of the object transport mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, different points will be described.
The parking apparatus can arrange a plurality of rows of parking spaces arranged along a virtual horizontal direction line in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction and move in the vertical direction to the end portion in the horizontal direction.

  The object transport mechanism selectively moves the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

The control mechanism moves a plurality of pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along a virtual vertical direction line and a pair of virtual horizontal direction lines, The vehicle is parked in a plurality of parking spaces located along the parking space.
As a result, a plurality of pallets can be moved in a plurality of parking spaces arranged in a grid pattern.

Moreover, the target object conveyance mechanism which concerns on embodiment of this invention has the following effects by the structure.
A longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed guide member 120 each having a longitudinal member provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet 100 are provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, respectively, and the longitudinal member is sandwiched between them. The four rotating rollers 210 that can perform the vertical feed posture in which the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y is sandwiched at two locations separated in the longitudinal direction and the longitudinal member 212 of the lateral feed guide member 120x that are separated in the longitudinal direction. Since the pallet 100 is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction by changing between the horizontal feed postures sandwiched by the pallet 100, the pallet 100 is changed to the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction by changing the postures of the four rotating rollers 210. It can be moved along the direction line Dx selectively.
Further, since the positions of the four rotary rollers 210 are changed between the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed position in contact with the longitudinal member 121, the postures of the four rotary rollers 210 can be easily changed.
In addition, since the four rotating rollers 210 are supported on each of the four rotating rollers 210 and are swung around the vertical axis, the four rotating rollers 210 are swung by the swinging mechanisms 221 and 223, so that the four rotating rollers 210 are swung. Can be changed easily.
In addition, a pair of swinging mechanisms 221 that can swing around a vertical line passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the horizontal direction line and the vertical direction line are separated in the longitudinal direction, and one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member Since the two rotating rollers 210 that can contact each other are rotatably supported by each of the four rotating rollers so as to sandwich the longitudinal member, the pair of swinging mechanisms 221 are swung to four rotations. The posture of the roller 210 can be changed smoothly.
In addition, since one pallet horizontal line Wx and one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx are provided on the pallet 100, the pallet 100 can be vertically or horizontally fed with a simple structure.

Moreover, the target object conveyance mechanism concerning 2nd embodiment of this invention has the following effects by the structure.
A transverse feed guide member 120x and a longitudinal feed guide member 120y having a longitudinal member 121 provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet 100 are provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the longitudinal member 121 is sandwiched therebetween. The position of the four rotating rollers 210 capable of rotating the pallet 100 is changed between a vertical feed posture sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed posture sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x. Therefore, the pallet 100 is selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx by changing the postures of the two rotation rollers 210 of the four rotation rollers 210. Can be moved.
In addition, since the position of two of the four rotating rollers 210 is changed between the vertical feeding position contacting the longitudinal member 121 and the horizontal feeding position, the posture of the four rotating rollers 121 is simplified. Can be changed.
In addition, since two of the four rotating rollers 210 are supported on each other and are swung around the vertical axis, the two rotating rollers 210 are swung by the swinging mechanism 223. The postures of the four rotating rollers 210 can be easily changed.

Moreover, the target object conveyance mechanism concerning 3rd embodiment of this invention has the following effects by the structure.
A longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed guide member 120x having a longitudinal member 121 provided with a notch at a location intersecting the lower side of the pallet 100 are provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the longitudinal member 121 is sandwiched between them. The posture of the three rotatable rollers 210 can be changed between a vertical feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member 120x, and the pallet 100 is moved in the vertical or horizontal direction. Since it is sent in the direction, the pallet 100 is selectively moved along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx by changing the posture of one of the two rotation rollers 210. I can do it.
Further, since the position of one of the three rotating rollers 210 is changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member 121, the posture of the three rotating rollers 210 can be simplified. Can be changed.
Further, since one of the three rotating rollers 210 is supported on each of the rotating rollers 210 and is swung around the vertical axis, one rotating roller is swung by the swinging mechanism 223, and the three rotating rollers 210 are swung. The posture of the rotating roller can be easily changed.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide an object conveying apparatus that can smoothly convey the object.

Moreover, the parking apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention has the following effects by the structure.
A longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed guide member 120 having a longitudinal member provided with a notch at a location intersecting the lower side of the pallet 100 on which the vehicle is mounted are provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the longitudinal member 121 is provided. The four rotary rollers 210 can be sandwiched between the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal guide member 120y and the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral guide member 120x in the longitudinal direction. Since the pallet 100 is fed in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction by changing between the horizontal feeding postures sandwiched between the two places, the pallet 100 is changed to the virtual vertical direction line Dy by changing the postures of the four rotating rollers 210. And move along the virtual horizontal line Dx selectively, and park the vehicle in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical line Dy and the virtual horizontal line Dx. It can be.
In addition, since the positions of the four rotary rollers 210 are changed between the vertical feed position and the horizontal feed position in contact with the longitudinal member, the posture of the four rotary rollers 210 can be easily changed to make the vehicle virtually It is possible to park in the parking space arranged along the direction and the virtual lateral direction.
In addition, since the four rotating rollers 210 are supported on each of the four rotating rollers 210 and are swung around the vertical axis, the four rotating rollers 210 are swung by the swinging mechanisms 221 and 223, so that the four rotating rollers 210 are swung. The vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
A pair of oscillating mechanisms 221 that can oscillate around a vertical line passing through the vicinity of the intersection of the transverse line and the longitudinal line are separated in the longitudinal direction on each of the one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member. The two rotating rollers 210 that can come into contact with each other are supported rotatably on each other, and the four rotating rollers 210 sandwich the longitudinal member 121. Therefore, the pair of swinging mechanisms 221 swings and rotates four times. The posture of the roller 210 can be changed smoothly, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
In addition, since the pallet 100 is provided with one virtual pallet horizontal line Wx and one virtual pallet vertical line Wy, the pallet 100 is vertically fed or horizontally fed with a simple structure to make the vehicle a virtual vertical line. The vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along Dy and the virtual horizontal line Dx.

Moreover, the parking apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention has the following effects by the structure.
A longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed guide member 120x having a longitudinal member 121 provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet 100 are provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the longitudinal member 121 is sandwiched between them. The position of the four rotating rollers 210 capable of rotating the pallet 100 is changed between a vertical feed posture sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed posture sandwiching the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x. Since the direction of rotation or the horizontal direction is set, the pallet 100 is selectively along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx by changing the posture of two of the four rotation rollers 210. The vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
In addition, since the position of two of the four rotary rollers 210 is changed between the vertical feed position that contacts the longitudinal member 121 and the horizontal feed position, the posture of the four rotary rollers 210 is simplified. The vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
In addition, since two of the four rotating rollers 210 are supported on each other and are swung around the vertical axis, the two rotating rollers 210 are swung by the swinging mechanism 223. By simply changing the postures of the four rotation rollers 210, the vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

Moreover, the parking apparatus which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention has the following effects by the structure.
A longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed guide member 120x having a longitudinal member 121 provided with a notch at a position intersecting the lower side of the pallet 100 are provided in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and the longitudinal member 121 is sandwiched between them. The postures of the three rotating rollers 210 that can be moved are changed between a vertical feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member 121 of the longitudinal feed guide member 120y and a lateral feed posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member 121 of the lateral feed guide member 120x, and the pallet is moved in the vertical direction. Or, since it is sent in the horizontal direction, the pallet is selectively moved along the virtual vertical line Dy and the virtual horizontal line Dx by changing the posture of one of the three rotary rollers 210. The vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
In addition, since the position of one of the three rotating rollers 210 is changed between the longitudinal feeding position and the lateral feeding position in contact with the longitudinal member 121, the posture of the three rotating rollers 210 is simplified. The vehicle can be parked in a parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.
Further, since one of the three rotating rollers 210 is supported on each of the rotating rollers 210 and is swung around the vertical axis, one rotating roller 210 is swung by the swinging mechanism 233 to The postures of the two rotation rollers 210 can be easily changed, and the vehicle can be parked in the parking space arranged along the virtual vertical direction line Dy and the virtual horizontal direction line Dx.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

Dx Virtual horizontal direction line Dy Virtual vertical direction line E1 Predetermined dimension E2 Predetermined dimension F1 Separation distance F2 Separation distance G1 Overall width dimension G2 Overall width dimension Wx Virtual pallet lateral line Wy Virtual pallet longitudinal line 100 Pallet 110 Pallet main structure Body 111 Pallet upper plate structure 112 Pallet well structure 120x Horizontal feed guide member 120y Vertical feed guide member 121 Longitudinal member 130x Horizontal feed wheel 130y Vertical feed wheel 200 Pallet guide mechanism 210 Rotating roller 220 Rotating roller moving mechanism 221 Oscillating mechanism 222 Feeding mechanism 223 Swing mechanism 300 Pallet support mechanism 301 Horizontal feed rail surface 302 Horizontal feed rail surface

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Claims (22)

An object transport mechanism capable of selectively moving an object along a virtual vertical direction line and a virtual horizontal direction line that are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane,
A pallet main structure which is a structure on which an object can be mounted and a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when viewed from above the pallet main structure are virtualized. Longitudinal feed having a longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the structure and extending along the vertical line of the virtual pallet and having a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location intersecting the horizontal line of the virtual pallet A pallet having a guide member and a transverse feed guide member having a longitudinal member that extends along the horizontal line of the virtual pallet and intersects the virtual pallet vertical line and is provided with a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E1. When,
The four rotary rollers that can rotate around the vertical axis and sandwich the longitudinal member between them, and the longitudinal members of the longitudinal feed guide member that are separated from each other by the separation distance F2 in the longitudinal direction. Between a vertical feed posture that is a posture sandwiched between two locations and a lateral feed posture that is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member at two locations separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction. A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed to
A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line;
A pallet support mechanism for selectively supporting the pallet along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line; and
With
The virtual pallet longitudinal line is parallel to the virtual longitudinal line;
The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line;
The object conveyance mechanism characterized by the above-mentioned. The rotation roller moving mechanism is a position where the position of the four rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member, and the position of contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member. Changing between the lateral feed positions,
The object conveyance mechanism according to claim 1, wherein The rotating roller moving mechanism has a swinging mechanism capable of supporting each of four rotating rollers capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member at two points apart in the longitudinal direction and swinging around a vertical axis.
The object conveyance mechanism according to claim 2, wherein When the rotating roller moving mechanism sandwiches the four rotating rollers at two positions apart from the longitudinal member, the rotating roller moving mechanism can be separated from each other in the longitudinal direction so as to come into contact with one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member. A pair of oscillating mechanisms capable of oscillating around a vertical axis penetrating the vicinity of the intersection of the imaginary vertical line and the imaginary horizontal line, respectively supporting the rotating rollers rotatably;
The object transport mechanism according to claim 3. The intersection of one virtual pallet vertical line and one virtual pallet horizontal line is located at the approximate center of the pallet main structure when viewed from above.
The object conveyance mechanism according to claim 4, wherein An object transport mechanism capable of selectively moving an object along a virtual vertical direction line and a virtual horizontal direction line that are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane,
A pallet main structure which is a structure on which an object can be mounted and a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when viewed from above the pallet main structure are virtualized. Longitudinal feed having a longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the structure and extending along the vertical line of the virtual pallet and having a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location intersecting the horizontal line of the virtual pallet A pallet having a guide member and a transverse feed guide member having a longitudinal member that extends along the horizontal line of the virtual pallet and intersects the virtual pallet vertical line and is provided with a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E1. When,
The vertical feed posture and the horizontal feed guide member have the postures of the four rotary rollers that can rotate around the vertical axis and can sandwich the longitudinal member between the longitudinal feed guide member and the longitudinal feed guide member. A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a lateral feed posture that is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member;
A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line;
A pallet support mechanism for selectively supporting the pallet along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line; and
With
The virtual pallet longitudinal line is parallel to the virtual longitudinal line;
The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line;
The object conveyance mechanism characterized by the above-mentioned. The rotary roller moving mechanism has the longitudinal feed position and the lateral feed guide member which are positions where the longitudinal feed guide member has the position of the two rotary rollers of the four rotary rollers in contact with the longitudinal member. Changing between the lateral feed position, which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member,
The object transport mechanism according to claim 6. The rotating roller moving mechanism has a swinging mechanism that supports two rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis.
The object transport mechanism according to claim 7. An object transport mechanism capable of selectively moving an object along a virtual vertical direction line and a virtual horizontal direction line that are virtual lines intersecting each other in a horizontal plane,
A pallet main structure which is a structure on which an object can be mounted and a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line which are virtual lines intersecting each other when viewed from above the pallet main structure are virtualized. Longitudinal feed having a longitudinal member provided on the lower side of the structure and extending along the vertical line of the virtual pallet and having a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location intersecting the horizontal line of the virtual pallet A pallet having a guide member and a transverse feed guide member having a longitudinal member that extends along the horizontal line of the virtual pallet and intersects the virtual pallet vertical line and is provided with a notch cut out by a predetermined dimension E1. When,
At least three rotating rollers capable of rotating around a vertical axis and sandwiching the longitudinal member between them, and a posture of the three rotating rollers, and a longitudinal feeding posture that is a posture of sandwiching the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feeding guide member; A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a transverse feed posture that is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member;
A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line;
A pallet support mechanism for selectively supporting the pallet along one of the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line; and
With
The virtual pallet longitudinal line is parallel to the virtual longitudinal line;
The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line;
The object conveyance mechanism characterized by the above-mentioned. The rotary roller moving mechanism has the longitudinal feed position and the lateral feed guide member which are positions where the longitudinal feed guide member has a position of the rotary roller of one of the three rotary rollers. Changing between the lateral feed position, which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member,
The object transport mechanism according to claim 9. The rotating roller moving mechanism has a swinging mechanism that supports one rotating roller that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis.
The object conveyance mechanism according to claim 10. A parking device that moves a plurality of vehicles in a horizontal plane and parks them in a plurality of parking spaces,
A vehicle transport mechanism capable of selectively moving a plurality of vehicles along at least one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines which are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane;
A control mechanism for controlling the vehicle transport mechanism;
With
The vehicle transport mechanism includes a pallet main structure that is a structure on which a vehicle can be mounted, a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line that are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above. A length provided with a notch that is hypothesized and provided below the pallet main structure and that extends along the virtual pallet longitudinal line and that is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location that intersects the virtual pallet lateral line. A longitudinal feed guide member having a member and a longitudinal feed guide having a longitudinal member provided along a virtual pallet horizontal line and provided with a notch portion notched by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line A pallet with members,
The four rotary rollers that can rotate around the vertical axis and sandwich the longitudinal member between them, and the longitudinal members of the longitudinal feed guide member that are separated from each other by the separation distance F2 in the longitudinal direction. Between a vertical feed posture that is a posture sandwiched between two locations and a lateral feed posture that is a posture of sandwiching the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member at two locations separated by a separation distance F1 in the longitudinal direction. A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed to
A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line;
A pallet support mechanism that movably supports the pallet selectively along one direction line of the virtual vertical direction line or the virtual horizontal direction line,
The virtual pallet longitudinal line is parallel to the virtual longitudinal line;
The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line;
The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction Parking the vehicle in the parking space by placing it in multiple parking spaces located along the line,
A parking device characterized by that. The rotation roller moving mechanism is a position where the position of the four rotation rollers is in contact with the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member, and the position of contact with the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member. Changing between the lateral feed positions,
The parking apparatus according to claim 12, wherein The rotating roller moving mechanism includes a swinging mechanism that supports four rotating rollers capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member at two locations apart in the longitudinal direction and swings around a vertical axis.
The parking apparatus according to claim 13. When the rotating roller moving mechanism sandwiches the four rotating rollers at two positions apart from the longitudinal member, the rotating roller moving mechanism can be separated from each other in the longitudinal direction so as to come into contact with one surface and the other surface of the longitudinal member. A pair of oscillating mechanisms capable of oscillating around a vertical axis penetrating the vicinity of the intersection of the virtual pallet longitudinal line and the virtual pallet lateral line, respectively supporting the rotating rollers rotatably;
The parking apparatus according to claim 14. The intersection of one virtual pallet vertical line and one virtual pallet horizontal line is located at the approximate center of the pallet main structure as viewed from above.
The parking apparatus according to claim 15. A parking device that moves a plurality of vehicles in a horizontal plane and parks them in a plurality of parking spaces,
A vehicle transport mechanism capable of selectively moving a plurality of vehicles along at least one virtual vertical direction line and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines which are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane;
A control mechanism for controlling the vehicle transport mechanism;
With
The vehicle transport mechanism includes a pallet main structure that is a structure on which a vehicle can be mounted, a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line that are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above. A length provided with a notch that is hypothesized and provided below the pallet main structure and that extends along the virtual pallet longitudinal line and that is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location that intersects the virtual pallet lateral line. A longitudinal feed guide member having a member and a longitudinal feed guide having a longitudinal member provided along a virtual pallet horizontal line and provided with a notch portion notched by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line A pallet with members,
Four rotating rollers that can rotate around a vertical axis and sandwich the longitudinal member between the two rotating rollers and the posture of the two rotating rollers among the four rotating rollers sandwich the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feed guide member A pallet guide mechanism having a rotary roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a vertical feed posture that is a posture and a horizontal feed posture that is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the lateral feed guide member;
A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends the pallet along a virtual vertical line or a virtual horizontal line;
A pallet support mechanism that movably supports the pallet selectively along one direction line of the virtual vertical direction line or the virtual horizontal direction line,
The virtual pallet longitudinal line is parallel to the virtual longitudinal line;
The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line;
The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction Parking the vehicle in the parking space by placing it in multiple parking spaces located along the line,
A parking device characterized by that. The rotary roller moving mechanism has the longitudinal feed position and the lateral feed guide member which are positions where the longitudinal feed guide member has the position of the two rotary rollers of the four rotary rollers in contact with the longitudinal member. Changing between the lateral feed position, which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member,
The parking apparatus according to claim 17. The rotating roller moving mechanism has a swinging mechanism that supports two rotating rollers that can sandwich the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis.
The parking apparatus according to claim 18. A parking device that moves a plurality of vehicles in a horizontal plane and parks them in a plurality of parking spaces,
A vehicle transport mechanism capable of selectively moving a plurality of vehicles along at least one virtual vertical direction line Dy and at least one pair of virtual horizontal direction lines Dx, which are virtual lines orthogonal to each other in a horizontal plane;
A control mechanism for controlling the vehicle transport mechanism;
With
The vehicle transport mechanism includes a pallet main structure that is a structure on which a vehicle can be mounted, a virtual pallet horizontal line and a virtual pallet vertical line that are virtual lines intersecting each other when the pallet main structure is viewed from above. A length provided with a notch that is hypothesized and provided below the pallet main structure and that extends along the virtual pallet longitudinal line and that is cut out by a predetermined dimension E2 at a location that intersects the virtual pallet lateral line. A longitudinal feed guide member having a member and a longitudinal feed guide having a longitudinal member provided along a virtual pallet horizontal line and provided with a notch portion notched by a predetermined dimension E1 at a location intersecting the virtual pallet vertical line A pallet having members;
At least three rotating rollers that can rotate around a vertical axis and can sandwich the longitudinal member between them, and the posture of the three rotating rollers are longitudinal feeding postures that are postures that sandwich the longitudinal member of the longitudinal feeding guide member; A pallet guide mechanism having a rotating roller moving mechanism that can be changed between a transverse feed posture that is a posture that sandwiches the longitudinal member of the transverse feed guide member;
A pallet vertical and horizontal feed mechanism that selectively sends the pallet along the virtual vertical direction line Dy or the virtual horizontal direction line Dx;
A pallet support mechanism that movably supports the pallet selectively along one direction line of the virtual vertical direction line or the virtual horizontal direction line,
The virtual pallet longitudinal line is parallel to the virtual longitudinal line;
The virtual pallet lateral line is parallel to the virtual lateral line;
The control mechanism moves a plurality of the pallets each carrying a plurality of vehicles along the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction line, respectively, so that the virtual vertical direction line and the virtual horizontal direction Parking the vehicle in the parking space by placing it in multiple parking spaces located along the line,
A parking device characterized by that. The rotary roller moving mechanism has the longitudinal feed position and the lateral feed guide member which are positions where the longitudinal feed guide member has a position of the rotary roller of one of the three rotary rollers. Changing between the lateral feed position, which is a position in contact with the longitudinal member,
The parking apparatus according to claim 20, wherein The rotating roller moving mechanism includes a swinging mechanism that supports one rotating roller capable of sandwiching the longitudinal member and swings around a vertical axis.
The parking apparatus according to claim 21, wherein:

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