JP2018059302A - Parking device of intermediate driving-in vertical circulation type and remodeling method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking device of intermediate driving-in vertical circulation type which comprises both high cages for high-roof cars and low cages for low-roof cars.SOLUTION: A parking device of intermediate driving-in vertical circulation type 10 comprises an endless chain 7, and high and low cages 9A, 9B which are respectively connected to the endless chain 7 at plural positions, and attachments 11 which connect each of the cages 9A, 9B and the endless chain 7. Each of the cages 9A, 9B has guide rollers 13. A first rail 15a is provided to extend so that it contacts the guide roller 13 of the cage 9A when the high cage 9A passes the upper turning part in an endless cage track. And a second rail 16a is provided to extend so that it contacts the guide roller 13 of the cage 9B when the low cage 9B passes the upper turning part in the endless cage track.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an intermediate-loading type vertical circulation parking device in which both a vehicle with a high vehicle height (high roof vehicle) and a vehicle with a low vehicle height (low roof vehicle) can be stored, and a method for remodeling the vertical circulation parking device.

  The vertical circulation parking apparatus includes an upper sprocket, a lower sprocket, an endless chain, a cage, a guide roller, and a rail. The upper sprocket and the lower sprocket are spaced apart in the vertical direction. Endless chains are hung around these sprockets. A plurality of cages are connected to the endless chain at intervals through attachments (connection mechanisms). When the upper sprocket is rotationally driven, each cage moves on an endless track along the endless chain via the endless chain.

  In order to suppress the swing of the cage during this movement, a guide roller and a rail are provided. The guide roller is rotatably attached to each cage. The rail extends along the endless track of the cage. With this configuration, the guide roller of each cage rolls while contacting the rail when the cage moves on the endless track, thereby suppressing the swing of the cage.

  In the vertical circulation parking apparatus, a boarding road is provided adjacent to the endless track of the cage. With one of the cages stopped at the height of the boarding lane, the car can enter the boarding surface of the cage from the lane, and the car can enter the lane.

  For example, Patent Document 1 listed below discloses an intermediate riding type vertical circulation parking device in which the above-described boarding lane is set higher than the cage boarding surface stopped at the lowermost part of the endless track of the cage.

JP 2009-002062 A

  In an intermediate-riding type vertical circulation parking apparatus, there are cases where it is desired to provide high and low cages having different vertical dimensions. The high-size cage is larger in vertical dimension than the low-size cage. Therefore, an automobile with a high vehicle height (a high roof car such as a minivan) can enter the high-size cage, but a high-roof car cannot enter the low-size cage. A car with a low vehicle height (low roof car) can be placed in the small cage.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an intermediate ride type vertical circulation parking device having both a high size cage for high roof vehicles and a low size cage for low roof vehicles, and to such an intermediate ride type vertical circulation parking device. It is to provide a remodeling method.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an upper sprocket and a lower sprocket that are vertically spaced apart from each other;
An endless chain wound around the upper and lower sprockets;
A plurality of cages connected to a plurality of locations in the endless chain and loaded with automobiles;
An attachment provided for each of the cages and connecting the cage and the endless chain;
The plurality of cages include high and low cages having different vertical dimensions.
When at least one of the upper sprocket and the lower sprocket is rotationally driven, the plurality of cages are driven through the endless chain to move on an endless track,
An intermediate ride type in which a boarding road adjacent to the endless track is provided at an intermediate height between the lowermost and uppermost parts of the endless track, and an automobile can enter the cage from the boarding road A vertical circulation parking device,
A rotatable guide roller attached to each cage;
A first rail extending so as to contact the guide roller of the cage when the high-sized cage passes through an upper folded portion of the endless track;
And a second rail extending so as to come into contact with the guide roller of the cage when the low-sized cage passes through the upper folded portion of the endless track. Provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention, a method for remodeling a vertical circulation parking device,
Before and after modification, the vertical circulation parking device
An upper sprocket and a lower sprocket arranged vertically apart;
An endless chain wound around the upper and lower sprockets;
A plurality of cages connected to a plurality of locations in the endless chain and loaded with automobiles;
An attachment that is provided for each of the cages and connects the cage and the endless chain;
A rotatable guide roller attached to each cage;
A guide rail extending so as to contact the guide roller of the cage when the cage passes through an upper folded portion of the endless track of the cage;
Before remodeling, each of the plurality of cages is a small cage,
Before and after remodeling, at least one of the upper sprocket and the lower sprocket is rotationally driven, so that the plurality of cages are driven through the endless chain to move on the endless track. ,
Before and after the remodeling, at least after the remodeling, a boarding road adjacent to the endless track is provided at an intermediate height between the lowermost part and the uppermost part of the endless track. The car can be boarded in,
In the remodeling method,
(A) The plurality of cages before remodeling into a plurality of cages including high and low cages having different vertical dimensions,
(B) A method for remodeling a vertical circulation parking apparatus is provided, in which the guide rail for the guide roller of the high-sized cage is provided separately from the guide rail for the guide roller of the small-sized cage. The

  According to the present invention, when the vertical circulation parking apparatus is provided with a high-size and low-size cage having different vertical dimensions, the vehicle enters an intermediate height between the lowermost portion and the uppermost portion of the endless track of the cage. There is a roadway. Therefore, by adjusting the stop positions of the high-size and low-size cages, the height of any boarding surface of the high-size and low-size cages can be made the height of the boarding roadway. Therefore, each of the high roof vehicle and the low roof vehicle can get into the high-size and low-size cages that are stopped according to the boarding road from the boarding road.

  Further, according to the present invention, a guide rail (first rail) for a high-sized cage and a low-sized cage are used as rails that come into contact with the guide roller of the cage when the cage passes through the upper folded portion of the endless track. The guide rail (second rail) is provided separately. Therefore, when the high-sized cage passes through the upper folded portion of the endless track, the first rail can contact the guide roller of the cage to suppress the cage swing, and the upper folded portion of the endless track can be reduced. When the small cage passes, the second rail can come into contact with the guide roller of the cage to suppress the swing of the cage.

1 illustrates an intermediate ride type vertical circulation parking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an II-II arrow line view of FIG. (A) is a 3A-3A arrow view of FIG. 1, (B) is a 3B-3B arrow view of FIG. It is the figure which abbreviate | omitted illustration of the upper sprocket, the lower sprocket, and the endless chain in FIG. The relationship between the guide roller track and the rail is shown.

  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.

(Configuration of intermediate-loading type vertical circulation parking system)
FIG. 1 shows an intermediate ride type vertical circulation parking apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The intermediate riding type vertical circulation parking apparatus 10 includes an upper sprocket 3 and a lower sprocket 5, an endless chain 7, a plurality of cages 9A and 9B, an attachment 11, a guide roller 13, and guide rails 15a to 15c and 16a to 16a. 16c.

  2 is a view taken in the direction of arrows II-II in FIG. In FIG. 2, the left cage 9A shows the entire cage 9A one level lower than the cage 9A at the height of the arrow II-II in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper sprocket 3 and the lower sprocket 5, the endless chain 7, the attachments 11, the guide rollers 13, and the guide rails 15a to 15c and 16a to 16c are used as a set of cage driving mechanisms. In addition, two sets of cage driving mechanisms 20A and 20B are provided on both sides of the cages 9A and 9B in the vertical direction. Hereinafter, the configuration of one of the two sets of cage drive mechanisms 20A and 20B (the cage drive mechanism 20A on the lower side in FIG. 2) will be described, but the other cage drive mechanism 20B also has the configuration described below.

  The upper sprocket 3 and the lower sprocket 5 are spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, and are respectively supported by structures (not shown) so as to be rotatable around rotation axes C1 and C2 that are parallel to each other. Hereinafter, the vertical direction means a direction parallel to the rotation axis C1, and the left-right direction means a horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction.

  The endless chain 7 is wound around the upper sprocket 3 and the lower sprocket 5. The endless chain 7 is driven by rotating at least one of the upper sprocket 3 and the lower sprocket 5. In FIG. 1, the endless chain 7 has a structure in which a large number of links 7a are connected via pins 7b.

  3A is a view taken along the arrow 3A-3A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is a view taken along the arrow 3B-3B in FIG.

  The cages 9A and 9B are loaded with loaded vehicles. A space S surrounded by a broken line in FIGS. 1 to 3 indicates a space for loading a car in the cages 9A and 9B. The plurality of cages 9A and 9B are connected to the endless chain 7 at intervals. When at least one of the upper sprocket 3 and the lower sprocket 5 is rotationally driven, the plurality of cages 9A and 9B are driven via the endless chain 7 and move on an endless track (hereinafter referred to as a cage endless track).

  The plurality of cages 9A and 9B include a plurality of cages 9A having a high size and a plurality of cages 9B having a low size. The cage 9A has a larger dimension in the vertical direction than the cage 9B. An automobile with a high vehicle height (a high roof car such as a minivan) can enter into the high-size cage 9A from a boarding road 12 described later, but a high-roof car from the boarding road 12 into the low-size cage 9B. Can't board. A low-roof vehicle can enter the small cage 9B.

  The attachment 11 is provided for each cage 9A, 9B. The cages 9A and 9B are connected to the endless chain 7 via the attachment 11. In the example of FIG. 1, the attachment 11 includes a link portion 11a that constitutes the link 7a, and a connecting portion 11b that is integrally coupled to the link portion 11a. The connecting portion 11b extends from the link portion 11a to the outside of the endless chain 7. This “outside” means the outside of the region surrounded by the endless chain 7 and in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

  The attachment 11 is connected to the cages 9A and 9B so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis C3 parallel to the rotation axis C1 with respect to the cages 9A and 9B. In FIG. 1, the end portion of the connecting portion 11b opposite to the link portion 11a is connected to the cages 9A and 9B. In the example of FIG. 1, in each cage 9A, 9B, the connection position between the cage 9A, 9B and the attachment 11 (connection portion 11b) is shifted in the left-right direction from the center in the left-right direction of the cage 9A, 9B. The present invention is not limited to this. This connection position may be an upper end portion of the cages 9A and 9B. The attachment 11 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and may be any one that connects the endless chain 7 and the cages 9A and 9B. However, the attachment 11 is configured to be rotatable around an axis parallel to the rotation axis C1 with respect to the cages 9A and 9B.

  4 is a view in which the upper sprocket 3, the lower sprocket 5, and the endless chain 7 are not shown in FIG.

  The guide roller 13 is provided for each of the cages 9A and 9B. That is, the guide roller 13 is attached to the cages 9A and 9B, and is rotatable about a rotation axis C4 (see FIG. 2) parallel to the rotation axis C1 with respect to the cages 9A and 9B. In the example of FIG. 1, in each cage 9A, 9B, the guide roller 13 is positioned below the cages 9A, 9B.

The guide rails 15a to 15c and 16a to 16c include a first rail 15a and a second rail 16a.
The first rail 15a is in contact with the guide roller 13 of the cage 9A when the high-sized cage 9A passes through the upper folded portion of the endless track of the cage (that is, when the cage 9A rotates around the upper sprocket 3). Guide the 13 moves.
The second rail 16a is in contact with the guide roller 13 of the cage 9B when the high-sized cage 9B passes through the upper folded portion of the endless track of the cage (that is, when the cage 9B rotates around the upper sprocket 3). Guide the 13 moves.

  FIG. 5A shows a track X through which the guide roller 13 on the right side of the cage 9A passes when the cage 9A having a high size passes through the upper folded portion of the cage endless track. FIG. 5B shows a track Y through which the guide roller 13 on the right side of the cage 9B passes when the small cage 9B passes through the upper folded portion of the cage endless track.

  The trajectory X and the trajectory Y are different from each other. This is because the position of the guide roller 13 differs between the high-size cage 9A and the low-size cage 9B as follows. That is, in each cage 9A, 9B, the relative position (for example, three-dimensional relative position) of the guide roller 13 with respect to the connection position (that is, the rotation axis C3) between the cage 9A, 9B and the attachment 11 is set as a roller position. The roller position of the small cage 9A is different from the roller position of the low cage 9B.

  The guide roller 13 of the high-sized cage 9A has at least a part of the track X (for example, from the position on the track X when the cage 9A starts to rotate around the upper sprocket 3 before the cage 9A reaches the highest point). The first rail 15a is contacted over a range up to a position on the track X). Similarly, the guide roller 13 of the small cage 9B has at least a part of the track Y (for example, the cage 9B reaches its highest point from the position on the track Y when the cage 9B starts to rotate around the upper sprocket 3). A range up to a position on the track Y before reaching).

  In the example of FIGS. 2 and 3A, a space 14 into which the second rail 16a enters is provided in each cage 9A. The space 14 is opened downward and to the right so that the cage 9A does not interfere with the second rail 16a when the guide roller 13 of each cage 9A passes the track X (see FIG. 5A).

  As in the example of FIGS. 1 and 4, the guide rails 15a to 15c are further provided with side rails 15b and 15c for the high-size cage 9A and side rails 16b and 16c for the low-size cage 9B. included. As shown in FIG. 2, the side rails 15 b and 15 c are arranged at positions shifted in the vertical direction from the side rails 16 b and 16 c, respectively.

  Each of the side rail 15b and the side rail 15c contacts the guide roller 13 of the cage 9A and guides the movement of the guide roller 13 when the cage 9A moves linearly in the vertical direction. The side rail 15b is disposed at a position closer to the rotation axis C1 of the upper sprocket 3 in the left-right direction than the side rail 15c. The side rail 15c extends to a position above the upper end of the side rail 15b, and extends to a position below the lower end of the side rail 15b. The side rail 15b and the side rail 15c may extend linearly in the vertical direction. In the example of FIG. 4, the side rail 15 b and the side rail 15 c extend in a curved shape so as to contact the guide roller 13 when the cage 9 </ b> A rotates around the lower sprocket 5 only at the lower end portion.

  Similarly, each of the side rail 16b and the side rail 16c contacts the guide roller 13 of the cage 9B and guides the movement of the guide roller 13 when the cage 9B moves linearly in the vertical direction. The side rail 16b is disposed at a position closer to the rotation axis C1 of the upper sprocket 3 in the left-right direction than the side rail 16c. The side rail 16c extends to a position above the upper end of the side rail 16b, and extends to a position below the lower end of the side rail 16b. The side rail 16b and the side rail 16c may extend in a straight line in the vertical direction. In the example of FIG. 4, the side rail 16 b and the side rail 16 c extend in a curved shape so as to contact the guide roller 13 when the cage 9 </ b> B rotates around the lower sprocket 5 only at the lower end portion.

  The first rail 15a, the second rail 16a, and the side rails 15b, 15c, 16b, and 16c are attached to a structure (not shown).

  A boarding height H (height indicated by a thick broken line in FIG. 1) is set at an intermediate height (for example, between the upper sprocket 3 and the lower sprocket 5) between the lowermost portion and the uppermost portion of the cage endless track. . The boarding height H is a height at which the boarding road 12 shown in FIG. In other words, at the boarding height H, the boarding road 12 adjacent to the cage endless track in the horizontal direction (that is, the vertical direction) is provided. With the cages 9A and 9B stopped so that the boarding surfaces 17 of the cages 9A and 9B are at the same height as the boarding road 12, the car can enter the boarding surface 17 from the boarding road 12 in the vertical direction. The automobile can enter the boarding road 12 from the boarding surface 17 in the vertical direction. Note that a gap through which the attachment 11 can pass may pass through the roadway 12 in the vertical direction.

  According to the present embodiment, as described above, the boarding road 12 is located at an intermediate height, so that the high and low cages can be adjusted by adjusting the stop positions of the high and low cages 9A and 9B. The height of any boarding surface 17 of 9A and 9B can be made the height of boarding road 12.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the length of the attachment 11 (the connecting portion 11b in FIG. 1) connected to the high and low cages 9A and 9B can be made the same as follows. For each attachment 11, the distance between the connection position of the attachment 11 and the cages 9A and 9B (that is, the rotation axis C3) and the connection position of the attachment 11 and the endless chain 7 is the connection length L (see FIG. 1). And The connection length L is a length in a direction parallel to the vertical plane. The connection length L of the attachment 11 connected to the high-size cage 9A is the same as the connection length L of the attachment 11 connected to the low-size cage 9B. Therefore, for example, the attachment 11 connected to the high-size and low-size cages 9A and 9B can be made the same.

(Modification method of vertical circulation parking system)
Next, a modification method of the vertical circulation parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The intermediate boarding type vertical circulation parking apparatus 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 may be a modified parking apparatus (however, the intermediate boarding type vertical circulation parking apparatus 10 described above is a newly manufactured parking apparatus. May be). In this case, the vertical circulation parking apparatus before remodeling includes the upper sprocket 3, the lower sprocket 5, the endless chain 7, the plurality of small cages 9B, the attachments 11, the guide rollers 13, and the guides having the above-described configuration and functions. Rails 16a to 16c (second rail 16a and side rails 16b and 16c) are provided. However, in the vertical circulation parking device before modification, the link 7a of the endless chain 7 may be different in length from the link 7a of the endless chain 7 after modification, and the distance between the attachments 11 is different from the distance after modification. The total number of cages 9B may be different from the total number of cages 9B and 9B after remodeling.

  Further, in the present embodiment, before and after the remodeling, a boarding lane 12 adjacent to the cage endless track is provided at an intermediate height between the lowermost portion and the uppermost portion of the cage endless track. The car can enter the cages 9A and 9B from 12. Before the remodeling, the boarding lane 12 may be positioned at the height of the boarding surface 17 of the cage 9B stopped at the lowermost part of the cage endless track. In this case, in the modification of the vertical circulation parking apparatus, the height of the boarding lane 12 is changed to the above intermediate height.

The remodeling method of the vertical circulation parking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps S1 and S2.
In step S1, the plurality of low-sized cages 9A before remodeling are changed to a plurality of cages 9A and 9B composed of high-sized and low-sized cages having different vertical dimensions. Here, the plurality of cages 9A and 9B after the change may include a part of the plurality of cages 9B before the remodeling as they are, or the cage 9B before the remodeling may not be included. Here, when the changed cages 9A and 9B include a part of the cages 9B before modification, the position of the guide roller 13 in the cage 9B after the change (that is, the roller position described above). ) May be the same before and after the modification. Note that the plurality of small cages 9B before remodeling may have the same vertical dimension.

  In step S2, a guide rail (first rail) 15a for the guide roller 13 of the high cage 9A is provided separately from the guide rail (second rail) 16a for the guide roller 13 of the low cage 9B.

  In step S3, side rails 15b and 15c are provided for the high-size cage 9A separately from the side rails 16b and 16c for the low-size cage 9B.

  The second rail 16a and the side rails 16b and 16c before modification may be used as they are even after modification. Further, the upper sprocket 3, the lower sprocket 5, and the attachment 11 may have the same configuration and dimensions before and after modification. Moreover, the dimension of the guide roller 13 of each cage 9A, 9B may be the same before and after modification.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

  For example, the first rail 15a and the second rail 16a come into contact with the guide rollers 13 of the cages 9A and 9B when the cages 9A and 9B pass through the upper folded portions of the cage endless tracks, respectively. Any form may be used as long as it guides the movement of the guide roller 13. Moreover, another rail may be provided instead of the side rails 15b, 15c, 16b, and 16c. Moreover, the number of the guide rollers 13 provided in one cage 9A, 9B is not limited to the case of FIGS.

3 Upper sprocket, 5 Lower sprocket, 7 Endless chain, 7a Link, 7b Pin, 9A, 9B Cage, 10 Intermediate riding type vertical circulation parking device, 11 Attachment, 11a Link part, 11b Connecting part, 12 Boarding road, 13 Guide roller, 15a First rail (guide rail), 15b, 15c Side rail (guide rail), 16a Second rail (guide rail), 16b, 16c Side rail (guide rail), 17 Loading surface, 20A Cage drive Mechanism, 20B Cage drive mechanism

Claims (3)

An upper sprocket and a lower sprocket arranged vertically apart;
An endless chain wound around the upper and lower sprockets;
A plurality of cages connected to a plurality of locations in the endless chain and loaded with automobiles;
An attachment provided for each of the cages and connecting the cage and the endless chain;
The plurality of cages include high and low cages having different vertical dimensions.
When at least one of the upper sprocket and the lower sprocket is rotationally driven, the plurality of cages are driven through the endless chain to move on an endless track,
An intermediate ride type in which a boarding road adjacent to the endless track is provided at an intermediate height between the lowermost and uppermost parts of the endless track, and an automobile can enter the cage from the boarding road A vertical circulation parking device,
A rotatable guide roller attached to each cage;
A first rail extending so as to contact the guide roller of the cage when the high-sized cage passes through an upper folded portion of the endless track;
And a second rail extending so as to come into contact with the guide roller of the cage when the low-sized cage passes through the upper folded portion of the endless track. For each attachment, the connection position between the attachment and the cage, and the connection position between the attachment and the endless chain, the distance in the direction parallel to the vertical plane being the connection length,
The intermediate-riding type vertical circulation parking device according to claim 1, wherein a connection length of the attachment connected to the high-size cage is the same as a connection length of the attachment connected to the low-size cage. A method of remodeling a vertical circulation parking device,
Before and after modification, the vertical circulation parking device
An upper sprocket and a lower sprocket arranged vertically apart;
An endless chain wound around the upper and lower sprockets;
A plurality of cages connected to a plurality of locations in the endless chain and loaded with automobiles;
An attachment that is provided for each of the cages and connects the cage and the endless chain;
A rotatable guide roller attached to each cage;
A guide rail extending so as to contact the guide roller of the cage when the cage passes through an upper folded portion of the endless track of the cage;
Before remodeling, each of the plurality of cages is a small cage,
Before and after remodeling, at least one of the upper sprocket and the lower sprocket is rotationally driven, so that the plurality of cages are driven through the endless chain to move on the endless track. ,
Before and after the remodeling, at least after the remodeling, a boarding road adjacent to the endless track is provided at an intermediate height between the lowermost part and the uppermost part of the endless track. The car can be boarded in,
In the remodeling method,
(A) The plurality of cages before remodeling into a plurality of cages including high and low cages having different vertical dimensions,
(B) A method for remodeling a vertical circulation parking apparatus, wherein the guide rail for the guide roller of the high-sized cage is provided separately from the guide rail for the guide roller of the small-sized cage.

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