JP2512063Y2 - Vertical circulation parking system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a vertical circulation parking device.

[Conventional technology]

An example of a conventional vertical circulation parking device is shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a lower portion in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the conventional vertical circulation type parking apparatus is provided with a pair of front and rear drive sprockets 2 driven by a power unit (not shown) on the upper part of the building 1, 1, a pair of front and rear driven sprockets 3 are provided at the lower part of 1, and chains 4 are respectively hung on the front and rear drive sprockets 2 and driven sprockets 3, and a parking pallet is mounted on supporting arms 5 provided at equal intervals on the chain 4. A cage 8 composed of 6 and a suspension frame 7 is suspended, and each cage 8 is operated by the operation of the power unit.
Was being circulated vertically. Then, the lowest position of the circulation path of the parking pallet 6 is set as a loading / unloading position, and a loading / unloading port 9 of the vehicle is provided at a position corresponding to the loading / unloading position. When the operation panel 11 provided in the vicinity of 10 is operated to call the predetermined cage 8, the cage 8, that is, the parking pallet 6 thereof, arrives at the loading / unloading position and the opening / closing door 10 is opened to open the parking pallet 6 Vehicles could be loaded and unloaded at the top.

In consideration of the elongation of the chain 4 and the like, the circulation operation of the parking pallet 6 will not be hindered, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the parking pallet 6 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position
Pit 12 on the floor of Building 1 so that there is a specified gap between
Had been formed (it is possible to lower the entire floor of Building 1 by one step). The floor height of the loading / unloading port 9 is set to be substantially the same as the height of the parking pallet 6 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position so that the loading / unloading of the vehicle is not hindered.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, no special boarding / alighting step that should be used as a passage for a person to get in / out of the vehicle on the parking pallet 6 that has arrived at the above-mentioned entry / exit position at the time of entry / exit is carried out. pit
It was extremely inconvenient because I had to get over the step via 12. That is, at the time of leaving the vehicle, it is necessary to descend from the entry / exit port 9 to the pit 12 which is one step lower, and to get into the vehicle on the parking pallet 6 which is one step higher than the pit 12, and at the time of warehousing, the parking pallet 6 on the opposite route is reversed. I had to get off the vehicle above, which was extremely inconvenient.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and a person can safely and easily get in and out of a vehicle on a parking pallet that has arrived at an entry / exit position at the time of entry / exit, without requiring a special operation. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive vertical circulation parking device that allows a person to easily get on and off regardless of whether the vehicle is a right-hand drive vehicle or a left-hand drive vehicle.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a vertical circulation type parking apparatus in which the lowest position of the circulation path of a parking pallet is a loading / unloading position, and the parking pallet on both sides of the parking pallet that has arrived at the loading / unloading position is provided with a further step. It is provided on each of the low-rise floor surfaces and can move horizontally on and off the parking pallet so that the parking pallets can be moved toward and away from the parking pallets, and the top surface is substantially level with the entrance / exit entrance floor surface. 1 boarding / alighting step and 2nd boarding / alighting step, and 1st boarding / alighting step and 2nd
The interlocking mechanism for simultaneously approaching and leaving the loading / unloading steps of the vehicle, the drive device for driving the interlocking mechanism, and the first loading / unloading step when a person gets on / off the vehicle on the parking pallet that has arrived at the loading / unloading position when loading / unloading. And controlling the drive device such that the second loading / unloading step is automatically approached and the first loading / unloading step and the second loading / unloading step are automatically separated when the parking pallet is circulated. A first endless chain and a second endless chain, each of which is provided along the movement path of each of the boarding / alighting steps and is connected to each of the boarding / alighting steps. A chain, and a first gear and a second gear that mesh with each other and drive-connect the respective endless chains. It is obtained by the Ete made configuration.

[Action]

According to the present invention, the interlocking mechanism, the driving device, and the control device automatically perform the first loading / unloading step and the second loading / unloading step when a person gets in or out of a vehicle on the parking pallet that has arrived at the loading / unloading position. First, the first boarding / alighting step and the second boarding / alighting step are automatically separated when the parking pallet is circulated. Specifically, when the drive device operates, the first and second endless chains simultaneously rotate in opposite directions via the first and second gears meshing with each other. Since these endless chains are respectively connected to the first and second step-on / off steps, the first and second step-on / off steps are simultaneously horizontally moved in the approaching and separating directions as the endless chains are rotated. To be

Therefore, when a person gets in and out of the vehicle on the parking pallet that has arrived at the entry / exit position at the time of entry / exit, he / she gets on / off the vehicle through the first entry / exit step or the second entry / exit step and the floor path of the entry / exit gate. Therefore, it is possible to avoid getting over a step as in the conventional case, and it is easy to get on and off, and when the parking pallet is circulated, the first getting on and off step and the second getting on and off step are evacuated from the circulation path. Therefore, the circulation operation of the parking pallet will not be hindered.

Moreover, since the operations of the first boarding / alighting step and the second boarding / alighting step are automatically performed as described above, no special operation is required, which is convenient.

Further, since both the first boarding / alighting step and the second boarding / alighting step are provided, it is possible to easily get on and off regardless of whether the vehicle stored on the parking pallet is a right-hand drive vehicle or a left-hand drive vehicle. it can.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the interlocking mechanism for simultaneously approaching and separating the first getting on / off step and the second getting on / off step is provided, only one driving device is required,
It can be provided at low cost.

〔Example〕

 The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a lower portion of a vertical circulation parking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and corresponds to FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1 and corresponds to FIG. 6 described above. Further, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a part of the vertical circulation type parking device.

Although not shown in detail in the drawings, this vertical circulation type parking device has substantially the same structure as the conventional device shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 described above. That is, a pair of front and rear drive sprockets driven by a power unit are provided in the upper part of the building 21, a pair of front and rear driven sprockets are provided in the lower part of the building 21, and the front and rear drive sprockets and driven sprockets are respectively chained. And the cages 24 each consisting of the parking pallet 22 and the suspension frame 23 are hung from the supporting arms provided at equal intervals on the chain, and each cage 24 is vertically moved by the operation of the power unit. It is designed to be circulated. Then, the lowest position of the circulation path of the parking pallet 22 is set as the loading / unloading position, and the loading / unloading port 25 of the vehicle is provided at the position corresponding to the loading / unloading position.
An opening / closing door 26 is provided on the vehicle, and when a predetermined cage 24 is called by operating an operation panel 27 provided near the opening / closing door 26, the cage 24, that is, the parking pallet 22 thereof arrives at the loading / unloading position. The opening / closing door 26 is opened so that a vehicle can be put in and out of the parking pallet 22. 1 and 2 show a state in which the parking pallet 22 has arrived at the loading / unloading position.

In addition, taking into consideration the chain elongation, etc., the parking pallet
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the entire floor surface 28 of the building 1 is arranged so that a predetermined space is provided between the parking pallet 22 and the parking pallet 22 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position so as not to hinder the circulation operation of 22. Is one step lower. Further, the height of the floor surface of the loading / unloading port 25 is set to be substantially the same as the height of the parking pallet 22 arriving at the loading / unloading position so that the loading / unloading of the vehicle is not hindered.

In the vertical circulation type parking apparatus according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, unlike the conventional apparatus shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the first boarding / alighting step 29 and the second boarding / alighting step are performed. 30, an interlocking mechanism 31, a drive device 32, and a control device 33 are provided.

The first boarding / alighting step 29 and the second boarding / alighting step 30
Each of the rollers is provided with a roller 50 at an appropriate position in the lower part thereof and is configured like a trolley, and the upper surface thereof is substantially flush with the floor surface of the loading / unloading port 25. Then, guide rails 34 for guiding the rollers 50 are provided on the floor surface of the building 21 on both sides of the parking pallet 22 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position, and each of the boarding / alighting steps 29, 30 is a guide rail. 34
It is possible to move horizontally on the floor surface 28 of the building 21 so that it can approach and separate from the parking pallet 22 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position.

Further, the interlocking mechanism 31 causes the first boarding / unloading step 29
And the second step 30 for getting on and off at the same time, the second step 30 is made to approach and separate at the same time. That is, the first sprocket 35 is the first
Of the second sprocket 36 is rotatably mounted on the floor surface 28 of the building 21 by a bracket (not shown) at a position closer to the moving step of the boarding / alighting step 29.
Is also rotatably arranged at a remote position in the moving direction of
An endless first chain 37 is wound around these.
Similarly, the third sprocket 38 is rotatably arranged at a position closer to the second boarding / alighting step 30 in the moving direction, and the fourth sprocket 39 is mounted on the second boarding / alighting step 30.
Is rotatably disposed at a position on the remote side in the moving direction, and an endless second chain 40 is wound around these. Further, the appropriate position of the upper side portion of the first chain 37 is the first
It is fixed to the structure 29a of the boarding / alighting step 29, and the proper position of the upper part of the second chain 40 is set to the second boarding / alighting step.
It is fixed to 30 structures 30a. Incidentally, each of the boarding / alighting steps 29, 30 is hollow in the chain passing portion thereof so as not to interfere with the chains 37, 40. Furthermore, the first gear 41 interlocking with the first sprocket 35 is also provided.
And a second gear 42 that interlocks with the third sprocket 38 meshes with each other. The first gear 41 is coaxially provided so as to rotate integrally with the first sprocket 41, and the same applies to the second gear 42. Therefore, in the case of the embodiment shown in the drawings, since the first gear 41 and the second gear 42 are meshed with each other, the first gear 41 and the second gear 42 are respectively provided along the movement paths of the respective boarding / alighting steps 29, 30. 1st chain 37 and 2nd chain
40 and 40 cooperate with each other in directions opposite to each other, so that the first getting on / off step 29 and the second getting on / off step 30 are simultaneously approached and separated from each other.

The drive device 32 drives the interlocking mechanism 31, and in the case of the embodiment shown in the drawings, a forward / reverse rotatable motor with a brake is used as the drive device 32. Arranged on the floor surface 28 of the building 21,
The second sprocket 36 is provided on the output shaft of the motor, and the motor, which is the drive device 32, drives the second sprocket 36. However, it goes without saying that the first sprocket 35, the third sprocket 38, or the fourth sprocket 39 may be driven instead of the second sprocket 36. Further, the driving device 32 is not limited to the motor.

Further, the control device 33 automatically causes the first loading / unloading step 29 and the second loading / unloading step 30 to approach each other when a person gets on or off the parking pallet 22 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position at the time of loading / unloading. When the parking pallet 22 is circulated, the first step of getting on and off
The drive device 32 is controlled so as to automatically separate 29 and the second step 30 for getting on and off.

The control device 33 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 33 includes a cage (not shown).
From the circulation drive control device of 24 or the operation panel 27, an approach command signal indicating that each of the boarding / alighting steps 29, 30 is in an approaching state and a separation command signal indicating that each of the boarding / alighting steps 29, 30 is in a separated state are input. Has been done. As these signals, it is possible to use a signal or the like that is also used in the conventional vertical circulation type parking device, and for example, a signal for opening the opening / closing door 26 as an approach command signal (a predetermined signal called by the operation panel 27). Signal issued when the parking pallet 22 arrives at the entry / exit position can be used, and a signal for closing the opening / closing door 26 as a separation command signal (when another parking pallet 22 is called by the operation panel 27). In each parking pallet 22
Can be used before the signal is circulated).
Further, the control device 33 informs the control device 33 of an approach position detection signal from the approach position detector 43 which detects the approach position in the first getting on / off step 29 or the second getting on / off step 30, and the first getting on / off step 29 or The separation position detection signals from the separation position detector 44 for detecting the separation position in the step 2 of getting on and off 30 are input. Further, from the control device 33 to the drive device
The drive signal is output to the 32-barrel motor. Then, the control device 33, when the approach command signal is input, sends a drive signal to the motor that is the drive device 32 to rotate the motor in the direction in which each of the boarding / alighting steps 29 and 30 approaches until the approach position detection signal is obtained. When the output and the separation command signal are input, the drive device 32 outputs the drive signal for rotating the motor in the direction in which each of the stepping steps 29 and 30 separates until the separation position detection signal is obtained. It is configured. The specific configuration is realized by a sequence control circuit such as a relay circuit, but since this is clear from the above description, the description thereof will be omitted.

According to the vertical circulation type parking device configured as described above, the interlocking mechanism 3
1. When a person gets in and out of the vehicle of the parking pallet 22 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position by the driving device 32 and the control device 33, the first loading / unloading step as shown by the solid line in FIGS. 1 and 2 29 and the second step 30 of getting on and off will automatically approach the parking pallet, and
When the parking pallet 22 is circulated, it is possible that
As shown by the imaginary line in the figure, the first boarding / alighting step 29 and the second step
The boarding / alighting step 30 of will be automatically separated.

Therefore, when a person gets in or out of a vehicle on the parking pallet 22 that has arrived at the loading / unloading position when loading / unloading,
It is possible to get on and off the vehicle through the boarding / alighting step 29 or the second boarding / alighting step 30 and the floor path of the entrance / exit gate 25,
You don't have to climb over a step like in the past and it is easy to get on and off, and when the parking pallet 22 circulates,
The first boarding / alighting step 29 and the second boarding / alighting step 30 are evacuated from the circuit, and the parking pallet 22
It does not interfere with the circulation operation of.

Further, since the operations of the first boarding / alighting step 29 and the second boarding / alighting step 30 are automatically performed as described above, no special operation is required, which is convenient.

Further, since both the first getting on and off step 29 and the second getting on and off step 30 are provided, it is easy to get on and off regardless of whether the vehicle parked on the parking pallet 22 is a right-hand drive vehicle or a left-hand drive vehicle. can do.

Furthermore, since the interlocking mechanism 31 for simultaneously approaching and separating the first boarding / alighting step 29 and the second boarding / alighting step 30 is provided, a single motor or the like as the driving device 32 is sufficient and can be provided at low cost.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, a person can easily get in and out of a vehicle on a parking pallet that has arrived at a loading / unloading position without requiring a special operation, and the vehicle is a right-hand drive vehicle or a left-hand drive vehicle. A person can safely and easily get in and out of any of the cars, and further, the cost is low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a lower portion of a vertical circulation type parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a part of a vertical circulation parking device according to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional device, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a lower portion in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a view on arrow VI-VI in FIG. 22 …… Parking pallet, 29 …… First boarding / alighting step, 30…
… Second boarding / alighting step, 31 …… Interlocking mechanism, 32 …… Drive unit, 33 …… Control unit.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vertical circulation type parking apparatus having a lowermost position of a circulation path of a parking pallet as a loading / unloading position, and a floor surface configured to be one step lower than the parking pallet on both sides of the parking pallet arriving at the loading / unloading position. A first boarding step and a first boarding step and a second board which are respectively provided on the above and can move horizontally on the floor so that the parking pallet can approach and separate from the parking pallet, and the top surface is substantially at the same height as the entrance / exit floor. No. 2 boarding / alighting step, an interlocking mechanism for simultaneously approaching and separating the first boarding / alighting step and the second boarding / alighting step, a drive device for driving the interlocking mechanism, and a parking pallet that has arrived at the loading / unloading position during loading / unloading. When a person gets in and out of an upper vehicle, the first and second steps are automatically made to approach each other, and when the parking pallet is circulated, the first and second steps are automatically approached. And a control device for controlling the drive device so as to automatically separate the boarding / alighting step and the second boarding / alighting step. Further, the interlocking mechanism is arranged so as to follow the movement path of each boarding / alighting step. A first endless chain and a second endless chain, which are respectively provided in the vehicle and are connected to each of the boarding / alighting steps, and a first gear and a second gear that mesh with each other and drive-connect the endless chains. A vertical circulation type parking device comprising: