JP2681483B2 - Rooftop multilevel parking device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rooftop multi-level parking device that can be effectively used by installing it on the roof of a building.

2. Description of the Related Art An accommodation rack formed by stacking vehicle accommodation spaces for accommodating vehicles one by one in a multi-tiered manner, and a transportation device that is incorporated into the accommodation rack and transports, stores, and carries out vehicles to and from any vehicle accommodation space are configured. The multi-story parking system is effective in improving land use efficiency and is widely accepted.

Such a multi-level parking device is constructed by constructing a storage rack as an all-ground independent building on a vacant lot and incorporating an elevator-type transfer device inside, but storing a part or all of the storage rack in an underground space. It is also possible to construct a semi-underground type or a full underground type (Japanese Patent Application No. 62-24168).
0). In the case of the semi-underground type or the all-underground type, the home position for loading and unloading the vehicle from the outside and unloading the vehicle on the transport device must be formed on the middle floor or the top floor of the storage rack. Therefore, it is preferable that, in addition to the telescopic fork device for loading and unloading the vehicle into and from the vehicle housing space, the transport device at this time is also equipped with a turn device for turning the vehicle.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to such a conventional technique, there is a problem that the construction is not always easy when it is attached to an existing building, even if it is good to newly construct it on a vacant lot. It was In other words, when there is no extra space on the premises, it is necessary to form an underground space on the basement floor of the building and house a storage rack, etc. in the underground space. Because it is difficult to do.

Therefore, in view of the problem of the conventional art, an object of the present invention is to easily attach to an existing building by providing a storage rack on the roof of the building even if there is no extra space on the site. It is to provide a rooftop multi-level parking device capable of

Means for Solving the Problems The structure of the present invention for achieving such an object is a storage rack installed on a rooftop of a building to form a plurality of storage spaces for automobiles in multiple stages, and a storage rack incorporated into the storage rack, and any automobile A transport device for loading and unloading a car into and from the accommodation space,
A lifter device for vertically transporting an automobile is provided between the home position on the surface of the earth and the delivery position on the roof, and the lifter device connects the upper end of a vertical guide frame standing parallel to the outer wall of the building and the storage rack. The gist of the present invention is to dispose a drive motor for driving the elevating frame in the connecting portion to be connected.

The carrier device and the lifter device can deliver a pallet for loading an automobile through a turn device arranged at the delivery position.

The transport device may have a turn device mounted on the carriage.

Operation According to the configuration of the invention, the vehicle loaded on the lifter device at the home position on the surface of the earth can be lifted and transported to the delivery position on the roof by the lifter device, and then transferred to the delivery device at the delivery position. However, it can be transported to an arbitrary vehicle accommodation space by the transportation device and stored there. When unloading a vehicle, the vehicle in the vehicle accommodation space is carried out by the transport device, transported to the delivery position, then transferred to the lifter device, lowered to the home position on the surface of the earth, and externally. Start the car towards. In addition,
The vertical guide frame of the lifter device is connected to the rooftop storage rack via the connecting portion at the upper end, so that it is possible to easily realize the required strength and reduce dangerous shaking and the like. Also,
The connecting portion can be effectively used as an installation space for a drive motor for driving the lifting frame.

When the turn device is installed at the delivery position, the turn device can change the direction of the vehicle during loading or unloading.Therefore, the vehicle can be returned to its home position in a normal forward position. it can. The same applies when the turn device is mounted on the carriage of the transport device.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

The rooftop multi-level parking device includes a storage rack 10 and a transfer device 20.
And a turn device 30 and a lifter device 40 (FIG. 1).

The accommodation rack 10 is installed on the roof of the building B.
A space 12 for installing the transfer device 20 is formed in the center of the accommodation rack 10, and vehicle accommodation spaces 11, 11 for accommodating the vehicles C one by one are provided on both sides of the space 12.
… Are stacked in multiple stages. A pallet P for loading a car C is provided in each car housing space 11 via a pallet receiver 11a. Car C
Are loaded on the putty P, stored in the vehicle housing space 11, and transported to the home position HP on the ground surface.

The transport device 20 is an elevator-type elevator transport device that includes guide masts 21, 21 ... And a carriage 22 that moves up and down along the guide masts 21, 21 ... (FIGS. 1 and 2).
That is, the carriage 22 is driven by an elevating mechanism (not shown), the vehicle C is loaded through the pallet P, and the vehicle C can be carried in and out of any vehicle accommodation space 11. The transport device 20 may be of a stacker crane type that moves and travels in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. However, in the accommodation rack 10 at this time, the vehicle accommodation spaces 11, 11, ... Are formed in a plurality of rows in the same direction.

A pair of telescopic fork devices 23, 23 are mounted on the carriage 22. The telescopic fork devices 23, 23 are telescopic mechanisms that can be telescopically extended in either the left or right direction of the carriage 22, and if the vehicle C is loaded on the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 via the pallet P, the transport device 20 can be used. Is a combination of the expansion / contraction operation of the expansion / contraction fork devices 23, 23 and the elevating / lowering operation of the carriage 22 to provide an arbitrary vehicle accommodation space.
Car C can be loaded into and out of 11 as well. The lower limit position of the carriage 22 is the delivery position TP on the roof of the building B.

A turn device 30 is installed at the delivery position TP so as to face the carriage 22. The turn device 30 is
Device main body 31 having a turning mechanism (not shown) and the device main body
It is equipped with a swivel plate 32 installed on top of 31 and a base 33
It is installed on the rooftop via. On the upper surface of the swivel plate 32,
Cushion members 32a, 32a, ... Are attached to the four corners, and the turn device 30 turns the vehicle C through the pallet P through the swivel plate 32.
Can be stably held on. The turn device 30
Can turn the car C along with the pallet P by turning the turning plate 32 (180 °).
(Two-dot chain line in the figure).

The lifter device 40 includes a vertical guide frame 41 and a lifting frame 42. The vertical guide frame 41 is erected parallel to the outer wall of the building B, and the pedestal 41 is provided on the front surface of the vertical guide frame 41.
Left and right integrated guide masts 41b, 41b are provided via a, 41a ... (FIGS. 2 and 3). Further, the upper end of the vertical guide frame 41 is connected to the lower part of the accommodation rack 10 via a connection 41g. Chain sprockets 41c, 41c are axially attached to the tops of the guide masts 41b, 41b.The shafts 41d of the chain sprockets 41c, 41c are drive motors with reduction gears that install a connecting portion 41g via a drive chain 41e. 41f
It is connected to.

The elevating frame 42 projects like a shelf on the front surface of the vertical guide frame 41, and guides the guide roller 42 against the guide masts 41b and 41b.
It is mounted so that it can be raised and lowered via a, 42a. The lifting frame 42 is suspended via chains 42b and 42b. The middle parts of the chains 42b, 42b are wound around the chain sprockets 41c, 41c.
A counterweight 42c is connected to the free end of the. However, in FIG. 3, the chain sprocket 41
Only one of each of c, 41c and chains 42b, 42b is shown.

A pair of telescopic fork devices are provided on the upper surface of the lifting frame 42.
43, 43 are installed. Telescopic fork devices 43, 43
The telescopic mechanism is the same as the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 on the carriage 22, and the turn device 30 can be telescopically extended toward the front of the elevating frame 42. The telescopic fork devices 43, 43 are arranged so as to oppose the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 of the transport device 20, and the top and bottom of the telescopic fork devices 43, 43 are mounted on the automobile via the pallet P. C can be loaded. Therefore,
The lifter device 40 can vertically convey the automobile C between the home position HP on the ground surface and the delivery position TP on the roof by driving the drive motor 41f to drive the elevating frame 42 up and down.

The operation of the rooftop multi-level parking device having such a configuration is as follows.

First, the lifter device 40 loads the puttet P on the telescopic fork devices 43, 43 of the elevating frame 42 and waits at the home position HP. Further, the transport device 20 makes the carriage 22 stand by at the delivery position TP in an empty state. As the pallet P on the lifter device 40, the pallet P provided in the arbitrary vehicle accommodation space 11 of the accommodation rack 10 is used.

Car C, who has entered the home position HP from outside,
By stopping on the pallet P on the lifter device 40,
It can be loaded on the lifter device 40 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 1). Then, the passenger dismounts from the car C and exits from the home position HP.

Next, the drive motor 41f of the lifter device 40 is operated to raise the elevating frame 42 to the delivery position TP, and the vehicle C
Is raised to the delivery position TP. Therefore, by extending the telescopic fork devices 43, 43 toward the turn device 30 and slightly lowering the elevating frame 42, the automobile C can be transferred onto the turn device 30 together with the pallet P. The telescopic fork devices 43, 43 are immediately shortened to the original state.

Then, the turn device 30 is driven to turn the car C by 180 ° (solid line in FIG. 1). Thereafter, the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 of the transfer device 20 are extended toward the turn device 30 side, and the carriage 22 is slightly raised, so that the automobile C moves from the turn device to the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 together with the pallet P. Since the vehicle C can be mounted, the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 are subsequently shortened and the automobile C is loaded on the carriage 22.

Next, the carriage 22 is a space for accommodating any vehicle.
The vehicle C is transported to the position 11 and is stored in the vehicle accommodation space 11 together with the pallet P. However, the vehicle housing space 11 at this time is
It is assumed that the pallet P that is being used above is filled with an empty vehicle housing space 11 in which the pallet P is used.

The storing operation of the vehicle C in the vehicle housing space 11 is performed by the telescopic operation of the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 and the carriage 22.
Depending on the combination with the lifting operation of. That is, when the telescopic fork devices 23, 23 are extended toward the vehicle housing space 11, the vehicle C can be inserted into the vehicle housing space 11. Therefore, if the carriage 22 is lowered as it is,
The pallet P can be supported by the pallet receiver 11a, and the car C can be stored in the car housing space 11 together with the pallet P. Therefore, the retractable fork devices 23, 23 may be shortened to complete the storing operation.

When carrying out the automatic difference C stored in the vehicle housing space 11, the reverse procedure described above may be performed except for the direction change by the turn device 30. That is, the extendable fork devices 23, 23 and the carriage 22 also carry out the car C together with the pallet P from the car housing space 11 onto the carriage 22, and then carry it down to the delivery position TP. Subsequently, the telescopic fork device 23, 23 temporarily transfers the automobile C onto the turn device 30, and then the telescopic fork device 43, 43 is used to lift and lower the lifter frame of the lifter device 40 waiting at the delivery position TP. Car C is transferred to 42. Next, if the elevating frame 42 is lowered to the home position HP, the automobile C is returned to the home position HP in a normal forward state and can be started to the outside as it is. The procedure for transporting an empty pallet P to the home position HP in order to load the vehicle C is similar to the procedure for unloading the vehicle C.

In the above description, the direction change of the automobile C by the turn device 30 may be performed during the carry-out process of the automobile C instead of during the carry-in process.

Other Embodiments While the pedestal 35 is arranged at the delivery position TP (fourth
The turning device 30 can be mounted on the carriage 22. The turn device 30 includes telescopic fork devices 23, 23,
The pallet P and the car C, which are loaded on the upper surface of the car C, can be turned in a lump to change the direction of the car C. For example, the turn position is set to the car accommodation spaces 11, 11 on the top floor of the accommodation rack 10. It can be used (two-dot chain line in the figure). That is, when loading or unloading the vehicle C, the carriage 22 may be temporarily moved to the direction changing position to change the direction of the vehicle C.

At the delivery position TP, the transport device 20 and the lifter device 40
May directly deliver the vehicle C without using the pedestal 35 (FIG. 5). At this time, the telescopic fork devices 43, 43 of the lifter device 40 and the telescopic fork device 2 of the transfer device 20 are used.
By making the mounting positions of 3, 23 different from each other, and extending and inserting the pallet P below the pallet P supported by one, the pallet P and the automobile C mounted on the pallet P can be directly inserted between them. You can deliver it. Since it is not necessary to once transfer the pallet P and the automobile C to the pedestal 35, it is possible to shorten the time required for delivery.

Further, in the accommodation rack 10, by arranging two or more sets of the transfer devices 20, 20 in parallel and forming the vehicle accommodation spaces 11, 11 on both sides of both, a larger-scale system can be constructed ( The same figure). However, at this time, each transport device
Between the intermediate vehicle accommodation spaces 11 and 11 corresponding to 20, the connection carrier 13 for horizontally transferring the car C is provided, and the car C is delivered between the carriers 20, 20 via the connection carrier 13. .

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, the accommodation rack is installed on the roof of the building, and the carrier device and the lifter device are provided, so that the carrier device and the lifter device pass through the delivery position on the roof. , Cars on the ground can be carried into any car accommodation space of the accommodation rack and can be carried out to the ground from there, making it easy to install parking facilities of a predetermined size for existing buildings that do not have enough land area. It has an excellent effect that it can be attached. Also, the lifter device is
By connecting the upper end of the vertical guide frame standing parallel to the outer wall of the building to the roof storage rack, the required strength can be easily achieved, and the drive motor for driving the lifting frame is placed in the connecting part. By arranging it, the entire structure can be compactly formed and can be organized well.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 3 show an embodiment, FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line X--X of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. It is a figure. 4 and 5 are views corresponding to FIG. 1 showing different embodiments. C …… Automobile P …… Pallet B …… Building HP …… Home position TP …… Transfer position 10 …… Accommodation rack 11 …… Car storage space 20 …… Transfer device 30 …… Turning device 40 …… Lifter device 41 ...... Vertical guide frame 41f ...... Drive motor 41g ...... Coupling 42 ...... Elevating frame

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage rack installed on a rooftop of a building to form a plurality of vehicle storage spaces in multiple stages, a transportation device for incorporating the vehicle into and out of the storage rack, and a ground surface. A lifter device for vertically transporting an automobile between a home position and a rooftop delivery position, the lifter device including an upper end of a vertical guide frame standing upright in parallel with an outer wall of a building and the storage rack. A three-dimensional rooftop parking apparatus, characterized in that a drive motor for driving an elevating frame is arranged at a connecting portion for connecting the above. 2. The rooftop multi-level parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer device and the lifter device deliver a pallet for loading an automobile through a turn device provided at a delivery position. . 3. The rooftop multi-level parking device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer device has a turn device mounted on a carriage.