JP2017025540A - Elevator type parking device and control method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator type parking device and a control method of the same capable of shortening entering/exiting time of a vehicle and enhancing smoothness without reducing the number of vehicles to be stored.SOLUTION: An elevator type parking device has a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails 18 capable of guiding and storing an empty pallet 12A, when some of storage shelves 16 does not store a vehicle 1. In the case where there is no empty pallet 12A on the auxiliary shelf rails, the vehicle 1 is stored in the storage shelf 16 which has the auxiliary shelf rail 18. Also, when the vehicle 1 enters, an actual pallet 12B on which the entered vehicle 1 is placed is stored in the empty storage shelf 16 which has not stored the pallet, and then, the empty pallet 12A is taken in from the auxiliary shelf rail 18 and conveyed to an entrance/exit 4. Furthermore, when the vehicle 1 exits, the empty pallet 12A of the entrance/exit 4 is stored in the auxiliary shelf rail 18, and then, the actual pallet 12B on which the vehicle 1 is placed is taken in from the storage shelf 16, and conveyed to the entrance/exit 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator parking apparatus for storing a vehicle on a pallet and a control method thereof.

  For example, Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose an elevator parking apparatus that can shorten the time for entering and leaving a vehicle using a pallet.

  In the “elevator type multi-story parking device” of Patent Document 1, a hoistway is provided above the vehicle entrance and exits, and a plurality of parking shelves that accommodates vehicles delivered together with the pallet from a lift that elevates the hoistway are provided on the hoistway side. In the vertical direction. Further, empty pallet storage shelves are provided on the side of the vehicle entrance corresponding to the number of parking shelves.

  In the “Vehicle entry / exit method of elevator type parking apparatus” in Patent Document 2, the elevator platform is moved up and down along a plurality of normal car parking shelves and high roof car parking shelves arranged in multiple upper and lower stages. Then, transfer the vehicle with the pallet and move in and out. In addition, empty pallets are pulled out one by one from the two types of parking shelves, and one empty pallet is placed on the lifting platform, while the other empty pallet is stored in the pallet storage unit to prepare for vehicle entry / exit. Then, at the time of warehousing, the warehousing vehicle that has entered the empty pallet at the warehousing / unloading part is moved up and down by a lifting platform to the side of the parking rack for ordinary passenger cars or the parking rack for high roof cars without pallets. Subsequently, after the warehousing vehicle is paid out and stored in the parking shelf together with the pallet, an empty pallet is pulled out from the parking shelf of the same type as the parking shelf storing the warehousing vehicle to stand in the loading / unloading unit.

  Patent Document 3 “Elevator parking apparatus and control method thereof” includes a plurality of storage shelves provided in a vertical direction for storing a vehicle-mounted pallet, and the storage shelves have a divided high-rise group and low-rise group. . The high-rise group and low-rise group storage shelves have storage shelves of different heights for parking vehicles of different heights that are separated by a predetermined vehicle height, and the low-rise group storage shelves have at least one that does not arrange pallets. Each has an empty shelf. While carrying the empty pallet mounted on the loading section, the vehicle placed on the empty pallet of the carrier is stored in a low-level group empty shelf having a height corresponding to the vehicle height.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-1477 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-317702 JP 2011-1710 A

In the above-described devices of Patent Documents 1 to 3, in an elevator type parking device using a pallet, a pallet on which a vehicle is not placed (hereinafter referred to as an “empty pallet”) is accommodated in order to shorten the loading / unloading time of the vehicle. There is a dedicated empty pallet storage shelf.
However, as a result, there were the following problems.

  In Patent Document 1, it is necessary to provide empty pallet storage shelves corresponding to the number of parking shelves on the side of the vehicle entrance. As a result, an extra empty pallet storage shelf corresponding to the number of accommodation is required, and the number of vehicles accommodated is reduced accordingly.

  In Patent Document 2, a lifting platform on which one empty pallet is placed is necessary, and the number of units accommodated is reduced accordingly. In this document, ordinary passenger cars and high roof cars can be accommodated, but the loading / unloading time of each car cannot be shortened.

  In Patent Document 3, at least one empty shelf without a pallet is required for a storage shelf of a low-rise group, and the number of accommodation is reduced accordingly. Further, in this document, it is necessary to replace a low-rise group vehicle and a high-rise group vehicle during standby.

  The present invention has been developed to solve the above-described problems. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator parking apparatus and a control method therefor that can shorten the entry / exit time of a vehicle and improve smoothness without reducing the number of vehicles accommodated.

According to the present invention, an elevator parking system comprising: a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted; a cage that raises and lowers the pallets along a hoistway; and a plurality of storage shelves that are adjacent to the hoistway and each store a vehicle. A device,
A plurality of auxiliary shelf rails that are provided in a part of the storage shelf and can guide and store an empty pallet on which the vehicle is not placed when the vehicle is not stored,
There is provided an elevator parking device comprising: a control device for storing the vehicle in the storage shelf having the auxiliary shelf rail when there is no empty pallet on a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails.

The vehicle is two or more types of vehicles having different vehicle heights,
The storage shelves are two or more vehicle type storage shelves provided for each vehicle type,
The pallet is a common pallet corresponding to each vehicle type,
The auxiliary shelf rail is a common auxiliary shelf rail corresponding to each vehicle type.

The control device has a high smoothness mode for shortening the loading and unloading time using the auxiliary shelf rail, in the high smoothness mode,
At the time of warehousing, after storing the pallet on which the vehicle has been stored in a storage shelf, the empty pallet is transported from the auxiliary shelf rail to the loading / unloading port, or
When the vehicle is unloaded, after the empty pallet at the loading / unloading port is stored in the auxiliary shelf rail, the pallet on which the vehicle to be loaded is loaded is transported from the storage shelf to the loading / unloading port.

  The control device has a continuous warehousing preparation mode in which a plurality of empty pallets corresponding to the number of continuous warehousing are prepared on the auxiliary shelf rail before continuous warehousing of the vehicle.

  The control device has a continuous delivery preparation mode in which a plurality of empty pallets on the auxiliary shelf rail corresponding to the number of continuous delivery are transferred to the empty storage shelf before the vehicle is continuously delivered.

Further, according to the present invention, an elevator system comprising a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted, a cage that raises and lowers the pallet along a hoistway, and a plurality of storage shelves that are adjacent to the hoistway and each store a vehicle. A control method for a parking device,
(A) preparing a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails that are provided in a part of the storage shelf and can guide and store an empty pallet on which the vehicle is not mounted when the vehicle is not stored;
(B) When there is no empty pallet on a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails, the vehicle is stored in the storage shelf having the auxiliary shelf rails, and a control method for an elevator parking apparatus is provided.

  At the time of warehousing, after storing the pallet on which the vehicle has been stored in a storage shelf, an empty pallet is taken in from the auxiliary shelf rail and conveyed to the entrance / exit.

  When the vehicle is unloaded, after the empty pallet at the loading / unloading port is stored in the auxiliary shelf rail, the pallet on which the vehicle to be loaded is loaded is transported from the storage shelf to the loading / unloading port.

  According to the present invention, when a part of the storage shelf has a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails that can guide and store the empty pallet when the vehicle is not stored, there is no empty pallet on the auxiliary shelf rail. The vehicle can be stored in a storage shelf having auxiliary shelf rails.

  In addition, when a vehicle is received, the empty pallet transfer time can be shortened by transferring the empty pallet from the auxiliary shelf rail to the loading / unloading port after storing the pallet on which the vehicle has been stored in the storage shelf.

  In addition, after storing the empty pallet at the loading / unloading port on the auxiliary shelf rail when the vehicle is unloaded, the pallet with the vehicle to be unloaded is transported from the storage shelf to the loading / unloading port, thereby shortening the time required to transfer the empty pallet it can.

  Therefore, the entry / exit time of the vehicle can be shortened and the smoothness can be improved without reducing the number of vehicles accommodated.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator parking apparatus according to the present invention. It is a whole flowchart which shows the control method of the elevator type parking apparatus by this invention. It is explanatory drawing of normal mode. It is explanatory drawing of high smoothness mode.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the common part in each figure, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an elevator parking apparatus 10 according to the present invention.
In this figure, the elevator parking apparatus 10 of the present invention includes a pallet 12, a cage 14, and a storage shelf 16.

In this example, the vehicle 1 is two types of vehicles having different vehicle heights (a normal vehicle 1A and a high roof vehicle 1B). The normal vehicle 1A is, for example, an ordinary passenger car having a vehicle height of 1550 mm or less, and the high roof vehicle 1B is, for example, a passenger car having a vehicle height of 2050 mm or less.
The vehicle 1 is not limited to this example, and may be three types of vehicles including a middle roof vehicle having a vehicle height of 1800 mm or less, or may be two or more types of vehicles other than that.
Hereinafter, in this example, unless otherwise specified, the vehicle 1 means both the ordinary vehicle 1A and the high roof vehicle 1B.

The pallet 12 places the vehicle 1 thereon and moves up and down along the hoistway 3 by the cage 14.
The pallet 12 is a common pallet corresponding to each vehicle type (ordinary vehicle 1A and high roof vehicle 1B). Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the pallet 12 means a common pallet.
Hereinafter, the pallet 12 on which the vehicle 1 is not placed is referred to as “empty pallet 12A”, and the pallet 12 on which the vehicle 1 is placed is referred to as “real pallet 12B”. Unless otherwise distinguished, the pallet 12 means an empty pallet 12A or an actual pallet 12B.

  The cage 14 raises and lowers the vertical hoistway 3 by placing the vehicle 1 on the pallet 12. The cage 14 is suspended from above and moved up and down by a cage lifting device 15 (for example, a cage lifting device).

A plurality of storage shelves 16 are arranged adjacent to the hoistway 3 and spaced in the vertical direction.
In this example, the storage shelves 16 are provided on both sides of the hoistway 3 in the width direction of the vehicle 1, but may be only on one side. Hereinafter, the “width direction” means the width direction of the vehicle 1 unless otherwise specified.

In this example, the storage shelves 16 are two types of vehicle type storage shelves 16A and 16B provided for each vehicle type. The vehicle type storage shelves may be three or more types.
Hereinafter, in this example, unless otherwise distinguished, the storage shelf 16 means both the vehicle type storage shelves 16A and 16B.

  A traversing device (not shown) is installed on the cage, and traverses the pallet 12 horizontally between the cage 14 and the storage shelf 16. Hereinafter, “transverse” refers to horizontally moving the pallet 12 in the width direction.

  Further, a turning device (not shown) is installed in the lowermost pit 5 of the hoistway 3, and both the traversing device and the pallet 12 are placed thereon, and both are turned horizontally. In addition, you may install a turning apparatus on a cage.

The elevator parking apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a lower entry system in which the entrance / exit 4 is provided at the lowest end of the hoistway 3. In this example, the vehicle 1 directly enters the pallet 12 at the entrance / exit 4 and exits from the pallet 12 to the outside.
In addition, this invention is not limited to the elevator parking apparatus 10 of a lower boarding system, An intermediate boarding system or an upper boarding system may be sufficient.

In FIG. 1, the pallet 12 has a pair (four in total) of wheels 13a at both ends in the longitudinal direction in this example. The storage shelf 16 has a pair of shelf rails 17 that support the wheels 13a, and supports and accommodates the pallet 12 thereon. The pair of shelf rails 17 are parallel to each other with a space therebetween.
Further, a part of the wheel 13a (for example, one located at one end in the longitudinal direction) is a hooked wheel having both hooks, which prevents the wheel from being removed from the shelf rail 17, and is supported by the wheel 13a along the shelf rail 17. The traversing of the pallet 12 is guided.

In FIG. 1, the pallet 12 has an engaging groove 13 b extending in the longitudinal direction of the pallet 12 at the end in the width direction. The engagement groove 13b is a U-shaped member that is open at the bottom.
With the engagement dog (not shown) on the cage engaged with the engagement groove 13b of the pallet 12, the wheel 13a of the pallet 12 is guided by the shelf rail 17 by horizontally driving the engagement dog. The pallet 12 can be moved horizontally between the storage shelves 16 adjacent to the hoistway 3.

  In FIG. 1, the elevator parking device 10 of the present invention further includes a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails 18 and a control device 20.

The plurality of auxiliary shelf rails 18 are provided in a part of the storage shelf 16 and configured to guide and store the empty pallet 12A on which the vehicle 1 is not placed when the vehicle 1 is not stored.
The auxiliary shelf rail 18 supports the wheel 13a of the pallet 12 similarly to the shelf rail 17 described above. Similarly to the shelf rail 17, the empty pallet 12 </ b> A is horizontally traversed between the auxiliary shelf rail 18 by the cage 14.

The auxiliary shelf rail 18 is different from the shelf rail 17 in that only the empty pallet 12A is guided and stored thereon. Therefore, the auxiliary shelf rail 18 is lighter than the shelf rail 17.
Moreover, since only the empty pallet 12A is stored, the vertical interval of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 can be shortened (for example, an interval of 400 to 500 mm).
As a result, when the storage shelf 16 is a vehicle type storage shelf 16A for the ordinary vehicle 1A, for example, three or four stages of auxiliary shelf rails 18 can be provided at an upper portion of the shelf rail 17 with a space therebetween. Similarly, when the storage shelf 16 is a vehicle type storage shelf 16B for the high roof vehicle 1B, for example, four or five steps of auxiliary shelf rails 18 can be provided at an upper portion of the shelf rail 17 with a space therebetween.

  The auxiliary shelf rail 18 described above is a common auxiliary shelf rail corresponding to each vehicle type. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the auxiliary shelf rail 18 means a common auxiliary shelf rail.

  In the example of FIG. 1, four auxiliary shelf rails 18 are provided above the lowermost shelf rails 17 of the left and right vehicle type storage shelves 16B (for the high roof vehicle 1B). A three-stage auxiliary rack rail 18 is also provided on the upper part of the lowermost rack rail 17 of the right and left two vehicle type storage shelves 16A (for the normal vehicle 1A).

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the auxiliary shelf rail 18 is preferably provided also on a plurality of storage shelves 16 other than the lowest level.
The installation position of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 is preferably the storage shelf 16 close to the loading / unloading port 4, and more preferably the closest storage shelf 16 (the lowest level in this example). In addition, this invention is not limited to this, You may provide the auxiliary shelf rail 18 in any storage shelf 16. FIG.

The auxiliary shelf rail 18 needs to be installed in at least one of the storage shelves 16, and is preferably installed in all the storage shelves 16.
Moreover, you may increase / decrease the auxiliary shelf rail 18 suitably according to the accommodation number of the elevator type parking apparatuses 10. FIG.

The control device 20 is a control device that controls the operation of the elevator parking device 10 and stores the vehicle 1 in the storage shelf 16 having the auxiliary shelf rails 18 when there is no empty pallet 12A on the plurality of auxiliary shelf rails. It has a function.
The control device 20 may be the same as the control device that controls normal driving of the elevator parking device 10 or may be provided separately.

  The elevator parking apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 has 26 vehicle type storage shelves 16A (for ordinary vehicles 1A) and 6 vehicle type storage shelves 16B (for high roof vehicles 1B). Therefore, the number of accommodation is 26 for the ordinary car 1A and 6 for the high roof car 1B, for a total of 32 cars.

FIG. 2 is an overall flowchart showing a control method of the elevator parking apparatus 10 according to the present invention.
As shown in this figure, the control device 20 has a normal mode M1, a high smoothness mode M2, and a preparation mode. The preparation mode has a continuous warehousing preparation mode M3 and a continuous warehousing preparation mode M4.
These modes may be selected by the operator or automatically selected according to the driving situation of the elevator parking apparatus 10.
Hereinafter, the control method in each mode will be described.

(Normal mode M1)
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the normal mode M1. In this figure, (A) is an overall configuration diagram similar to FIG. 1, and (B) is an explanatory diagram of entering and leaving.
The normal mode M <b> 1 is an operation mode in which all the storage shelves 16 are handled in the same manner as in the case without the auxiliary shelf rails 18 without using the auxiliary shelf rails 18 described above.

  Hereinafter, in the standby state, it is assumed that the empty pallet 12A is placed on the cage at the entrance / exit 4 (point A in the figure).

In the normal mode M1, when the door of the loading / unloading port 4 is opened and a new vehicle 1 is loaded into the loading / unloading port 4, the pallet 12 (actual pallet 12B) on which the loaded vehicle 1 is loaded is transferred to the pallet 12 by the cage 14. Raise to an empty storage shelf 16 (for example, point B in the figure) which is not accommodated (going operation). Next, the pallet 12 is paid out and stored in the storage shelf 16 (payout operation).
Next, the cage 14 ascends or descends to another storage shelf 16 (for example, point C in the figure) (search operation), takes the empty pallet 12A therefrom (take-in operation), and conveys it to the entrance / exit 4 (return operation). ). This return operation returns to the standby state and the warehousing operation is completed.

When the above-described normal mode M1 is stored, a search operation for raising or lowering the cage 14 to another storage shelf 16 (for example, point C in the drawing) is necessary to take in the empty pallet 12A. The ascending / descending destination in this search operation changes randomly depending on the position of the storage shelf 16 where the empty pallet 12A is located. Therefore, the time from the search operation to the return operation (time from B → C → A) changes randomly, and as a result, the waiting time at the time of warehousing changes randomly.
In particular, when the number of elevator-type parking apparatuses 10 is large and the number of elevators is increased, the waiting time at the time of warehousing may be prolonged.

  On the other hand, at the time of delivery in the normal mode M1, the empty pallet 12A at the entrance / exit 4 is raised by the cage 14 to an empty storage shelf 16 (for example, point B in the figure) that does not contain the pallet 12 (search operation) The pallet 12 is paid out and stored in the storage shelf 16 (payout operation). Next, the cage 14 moves up or down (going operation) to a storage shelf 16 (for example, point D in the figure) that houses the pallet 12 on which the vehicle 1 to be delivered is placed, and takes the pallet 12 from the storage shelf 16 (take-in operation). . Next, the cage 14 conveys the pallet 12 to the entrance / exit 4 (return operation). By this return operation, the stand-by state is restored and the exit operation is completed.

Therefore, at the time of delivery in the normal mode M1, the time (B → D → A) from the search operation of the empty storage shelf 16 to the payout operation changes randomly, and as a result, the waiting time at the time of delivery is random. Change.
In particular, when the number of elevator parking devices 10 is large and the number of elevators is high, the waiting time at the time of delivery may be prolonged.

  As described above, in the elevator type parking apparatus 10 using the pallet 12, when the new vehicle 1 enters the warehouse in the standby state where the empty pallet 12 </ b> A is at the entrance / exit 4, the actual pallet 12 </ b> B on which the vehicle 1 is placed After the storage, a new empty pallet 12 </ b> A needs to be taken from another storage shelf 16 and transported to the loading / unloading port 4. Further, in the standby state, when a new vehicle 1 leaves, the empty pallet 12A at the loading / unloading port 4 needs to be paid out to another storage shelf 16 first.

  Therefore, in the above-described normal mode M1, the position of another storage shelf 16 that takes in or pays out the empty pallet 12A at the time of loading / unloading changes randomly, so that the waiting time changes randomly.

(High smoothness mode M2)
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the high smoothness mode M2. In this figure, (A) is an overall configuration diagram similar to FIG. 1, and (B) is an explanatory diagram of entering and leaving.
The high smoothness mode M2 is an operation mode in which the auxiliary shelf rail 18 described above is used and the storage time is shortened.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the high smoothness mode M2, it is preferable that the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that accommodates the empty pallet 12A and the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that does not accommodate the empty pallet 12A are mixed. This ratio is preferably 1: 1, but may be other ratios.

In the high smoothness mode M2, when the door of the loading / unloading port 4 opens and a new vehicle 1 enters the loading / unloading port 4, the pallet 12 (actual pallet 12B) on which the loaded vehicle 1 is placed is palletized by the cage 14. 12 is raised to an empty storage shelf 16 (for example, point B in the figure) that does not accommodate 12 (going action). Next, the actual pallet 12B is paid out and stored in the storage shelf 16 (payout operation).
Next, the cage 14 is raised or lowered (searching operation) to the auxiliary shelf rail 18 (for example, point E in the figure) containing the empty pallet 12A, and the empty pallet 12A is taken in (take-in operation) from there to the entrance / exit 4 Transport (return operation). This return operation returns to the standby state and the warehousing operation is completed.

The operation in the high smoothness mode M2 at the time of warehousing is the same as that in the normal mode M1 described above.
That is, the above-described searching operation is necessary for taking in the empty pallet 12A even when the high smoothness mode M2 is received.

However, unlike the normal mode M1, the position (for example, point E) of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that accommodates the empty pallet 12A is known and set to a position close to the loading / unloading port 4. Therefore, the time (B → E → A) from the search operation to the return operation described above can be shortened, and the return operation (E → A) time can be made almost constant. As a result, the waiting time at the time of warehousing can be shortened to a substantially constant short time.
In particular, when the number of elevator-type parking devices 10 is large and the number of floors is high, by setting the position of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 close to the entrance / exit 4, the waiting time at the time of entry is greatly reduced. Can be

On the other hand, at the time of delivery in the high smoothness mode M2, the empty pallet 12A at the entrance / exit 4 is raised by the cage 14 to the auxiliary shelf rail 18 (for example, point F) that does not accommodate the empty pallet 12A (search operation). Next, the pallet 12 is paid out and stored on the auxiliary shelf rail 18 (payout operation).
Next, the cage 14 moves up or down (going operation) to a storage shelf 16 (for example, point D in the figure) that houses the pallet 12 on which the vehicle 1 to be delivered is placed, and takes the pallet 12 from the storage shelf 16 (take-in operation). ). Next, the cage 14 conveys the pallet 12 to the entrance / exit 4 (return operation). By this return operation, the stand-by state is restored and the exit operation is completed.

The operation in the high smoothness mode M2 at the time of delivery is the same as that in the normal mode M1 described above.
However, unlike the normal mode M1, the position of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that does not accommodate the empty pallet 12A (for example, point F) is known and close to the loading / unloading port 4 when leaving in the high smoothness mode M2. Is set to Therefore, the time (A → F → D) from the search operation to the payout operation described above can be shortened, and the time of the search operation (F → D) can be made almost constant. As a result, the waiting time at the time of delivery can be shortened to a substantially constant short time.
In particular, when the number of elevator-type parking devices 10 is large and the number of floors is high, by setting the position of the auxiliary rack rail 18 close to the entrance / exit 4, the waiting time at the time of delivery is greatly reduced. Can be

  In other words, in the above-described high smoothness mode M2, since the position of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that takes in or pays out the empty pallet 12A at the time of loading / unloading is set at a position close to the loading / unloading port 4, the waiting time is substantially reduced. It can be shortened to a certain short time.

Even in the high smoothness mode M2, warehousing and warehousing are usually performed randomly. Therefore, if the warehousing continues, there may be no auxiliary shelf rail 18 containing the empty pallet 12A. Further, if the warehousing continues, there may be no auxiliary shelf rail 18 that does not accommodate the empty pallet 12A.
In these cases, it is preferable to automatically switch the high smoothness mode M2 to the normal mode M1 described above. Moreover, it is good to return to high smoothness mode M2 automatically by the delivery after continuous warehousing, and the warehousing after continuous warehousing.
With this configuration, the normal mode M1 may be temporarily entered and the loading / unloading time may be extended, but the operation ratio of the high smoothness mode M2 can be maintained high, and the loading / unloading time can be shortened as a whole.

In FIG. 2, the preparation mode (continuous warehousing preparation mode M3 and continuous warehousing preparation mode M4) is preferably selected when continuous warehousing or continuous warehousing is predicted in advance.
For example, in a condominium or office, the number of continuous warehousing or continuous warehousing at the time of working or leaving the office can be normally predicted. Preferably, the preparation mode is selected and executed in accordance with the predicted number.
In addition, the operation in the preparation mode needs to be performed prior to expected continuous warehousing or continuous warehousing. For this reason, the operation in the preparation mode is preferably performed in a time zone where the operating rate of the elevator parking device 10 is low (nighttime, working hours, etc.).

In the continuous warehousing preparation mode M3, before the continuous warehousing of the vehicle 1, the control device 20 prepares a plurality of empty pallets 12A corresponding to the number of continuous warehousing on the auxiliary shelf rail.
By executing this mode, empty pallets 12A corresponding to the number of continuous receipts are prepared on the auxiliary shelf rail. Therefore, even when warehousing corresponding to the number of continuous warehousing continues, it is possible to prevent the auxiliary shelf rail 18 containing the empty pallet 12A from being lost, and to avoid switching to the normal mode M1 described above. it can.

In the continuous delivery preparation mode M4, the control device 20 transfers the empty pallets 12A on the plurality of auxiliary shelf rails corresponding to the number of continuous delivery to the empty storage shelf 16 before the continuous delivery of the vehicle 1.
By executing this mode, the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that does not accommodate the empty pallet 12A corresponding to continuous delivery is prepared. Therefore, even when the number of outgoings corresponding to the number of outgoings continues, it is possible to prevent the auxiliary shelf rails 18 that do not contain the empty pallet 12A from being lost, and the switching to the normal mode M1 described above can be avoided. be able to.

  Moreover, even when continuous warehousing or continuous warehousing is expected, the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that accommodates the empty pallet 12A and the auxiliary shelf rail 18 that does not accommodate the empty pallet 12A are each set to an expected number or more. Is preferred. With this setting, it is possible to avoid switching to the normal mode M1 while maintaining the high smoothness mode M2 without switching to the continuous warehousing preparation mode M3 or the continuous warehousing preparation mode M4.

  In addition, even when the vehicle 1 is two or more types of vehicles having different vehicle heights, the number of accommodation is limited for each vehicle type, but the respective control methods are the same.

Further, unlike the above-described example, when a different pallet corresponding to each vehicle type is used without using a common pallet, the pallet (for example, for the normal vehicle 1A) at the loading / unloading port 4 is replaced with another pallet (for example, a high roof vehicle). 1B) needs to be replaced.
This replacement operation is an operation of paying out and storing a different pallet on the auxiliary shelf rail 18 and taking in another pallet from the auxiliary shelf rail 18. As described above, since the position of the auxiliary shelf rail 18 is known and can be set to a position close to the loading / unloading port 4, the time for the replacement operation is also significantly larger in the high smoothness mode M2 than in the normal mode M1. Can be shortened.
The operations other than this replacement are the same as the operations in the high smoothness mode M2 described above.

  According to the above-described present invention, when a part of the storage shelf 16 has the plurality of auxiliary shelf rails 18 capable of guiding and storing the empty pallet 12A when the vehicle 1 is not stored, When there is no empty pallet 12A, the vehicle 1 can be stored in the storage shelf 16 having the auxiliary shelf rails 18.

  In addition, when the vehicle 1 is stored, the actual pallet 12B on which the stored vehicle 1 is placed is stored in an empty storage shelf 16 that does not accommodate the pallet 12, and then the empty pallet 12A is taken in from the auxiliary shelf rail 18 and stored. By transporting to the mouth 4, the transport time of the empty pallet 12A can be shortened.

  Further, after the empty pallet 12A of the loading / unloading port 4 is stored in the auxiliary shelf rail 18 when the vehicle 1 is unloaded, the pallet 12 on which the vehicle 1 to be unloaded is loaded from the storage shelf 16 and conveyed to the loading / unloading port 4. Thus, the transport time of the empty pallet 12A can be shortened.

  Therefore, the entry / exit time of the vehicle 1 can be shortened and the smoothness can be improved without reducing the number of vehicles 1 accommodated.

  Moreover, when the vehicle 1 is two or more types of vehicles having different vehicle heights, the number of accommodation is limited for each vehicle type, but each control method is the same. Therefore, a plurality of types of vehicles 1 having different vehicle heights can be accommodated, the time for entering and leaving the vehicle 1 can be shortened, and smoothness can be improved.

  Furthermore, even when different pallets corresponding to each vehicle type are used without using the common pallet, the replacement time for replacing the pallet (for example, for the standard vehicle 1A) at the entrance / exit 4 with another pallet (for example for the high roof vehicle 1B) is provided. In the case of the high smoothness mode M2, it can be significantly shortened compared to the normal mode M1.

  Even when continuous warehousing or continuous warehousing is predicted in advance, switching to the normal mode M1 can be avoided by the continuous warehousing preparation mode M3 and the continuous warehousing preparation mode M4. Therefore, in response to continuous warehousing or continuous warehousing, the warehousing time of the vehicle 1 can be shortened and smoothness can be enhanced.

The present invention is particularly useful when the number of users is small, such as in the initial stage of installation, despite the fact that the elevator parking apparatus 10 provided in an apartment or office is high-rise and has a large number of units.
That is, when there are few users and there are many unused storage shelves 16, the auxiliary shelf rails 18 that accommodate empty pallets 12A and the auxiliary shelf rails 18 that do not accommodate empty pallets 12A are more than expected. Set to.
In this case, as described above, the high smoothness mode M2 can be continued in most cases even when the loading / unloading is random, or even if the continuous loading / unloading continues. The shipping time can be shortened and smoothness can be improved.
Even when the number of users increases, the entry / exit time of the vehicle 1 can be shortened and the smoothness can be improved without reducing the number of vehicles 1 accommodated.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

M1 normal mode, M2 high smoothness mode, M3 continuous warehousing preparation mode,
M4 continuous shipping preparation mode, 1 vehicle, 1A normal vehicle, 1B high roof vehicle,
3 hoistway, 4 entrance / exit, 10 elevator parking device,
12 pallets (common pallet), 12A empty pallet, 12B actual pallet,
13a wheel, 13b engagement groove, 14 cage, 15 cage lifting device,
16 storage shelves, 16A, 16B vehicle type storage shelves, 17 shelf rails,
18 auxiliary shelf rails (common auxiliary shelf rails), 20 controller

Claims (8)

An elevator-type parking apparatus comprising a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted, a cage for raising and lowering the pallet along a hoistway, and a plurality of storage shelves that are adjacent to the hoistway and each store a vehicle,
A plurality of auxiliary shelf rails that are provided in a part of the storage shelf and can guide and store an empty pallet on which the vehicle is not placed when the vehicle is not stored,
And a control device that stores the vehicle in the storage shelf having the auxiliary shelf rail when there is no empty pallet on the plurality of auxiliary shelf rails. The vehicle is two or more types of vehicles having different vehicle heights,
The storage shelves are two or more vehicle type storage shelves provided for each vehicle type,
The pallet is a common pallet corresponding to each vehicle type,
The elevator parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary shelf rail is a common auxiliary shelf rail corresponding to each vehicle type. The control device has a high smoothness mode for shortening the loading and unloading time using the auxiliary shelf rail, in the high smoothness mode,
At the time of warehousing, after storing the pallet on which the vehicle has been stored in a storage shelf, the empty pallet is transported from the auxiliary shelf rail to the loading / unloading port, or
The pallet on which the vehicle to be delivered is loaded from the storage shelf to the entry / exit port after the empty pallet at the entry / exit entrance is stored in the auxiliary shelf rail when the vehicle is delivered. The elevator type parking apparatus as described.   The elevator according to claim 1, wherein the control device has a continuous warehousing preparation mode for preparing a plurality of empty pallets corresponding to the number of continuous warehousing on the auxiliary shelf rail before continuous warehousing of the vehicle. Parking system.   The control device has a continuous delivery preparation mode in which a plurality of empty pallets on the auxiliary shelf rail corresponding to the number of continuous delivery are transferred to the empty storage shelf before continuous delivery of vehicles. The elevator type parking apparatus according to 1. A control method for an elevator-type parking apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pallets on which a vehicle is mounted; a cage that raises and lowers the pallet along a hoistway; and a plurality of storage shelves that are adjacent to the hoistway and each store a vehicle. And
(A) preparing a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails that are provided in a part of the storage shelf and can guide and store an empty pallet on which the vehicle is not mounted when the vehicle is not stored;
(B) A control method for an elevator type parking apparatus, wherein the vehicle is stored in the storage shelf having the auxiliary shelf rail when there is no empty pallet on a plurality of auxiliary shelf rails.   The elevator according to claim 6, wherein, when a vehicle is received, an empty pallet is taken from the auxiliary shelf rail and conveyed to a loading / unloading port after storing the pallet on which the vehicle has been stored in a storage shelf. Control method for a parking system.   The pallet on which a vehicle to be unloaded is transported from a storage shelf to the loading / unloading port after an empty pallet at the loading / unloading port is stored in the auxiliary shelf rail when the vehicle is unloaded. Control method for elevator type parking apparatus.

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