JP2702892B2 - Motorcycle parking equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a motorcycle parking device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a motorcycle parking device that can safely park a motorcycle such as a scooter or a motorbike.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since a motorcycle has a large body weight, it is troublesome to align the motorcycle in a parking lot with a limited area. If the motorcycle falls over, it not only damages the vehicle body but also causes personal injury. May lead to Therefore, a conventional motorcycle parking device includes a front wheel capturing member that is movable and rotatable on the floor and has an opening at the bottom, and a width adjustment plate that is fixed and movable on the floor behind the front wheel capturing member. Japanese Patent Application Publication No. Sho 62-21506 discloses a device comprising a wheel catching member and a transition plate disposed between the front wheel catching member and the rear wheel catching member.
According to this parking device, the front wheel is pushed over the crossover plate so as to be captured in the opening, and the rear wheel rides on the rear wheel capturing member. Then, after turning the steering wheel to the left and rotating the front wheel capturing member, the width of the rear wheel capturing member is adjusted.

[0003]

However, the operator of the motorcycle enters the narrow space between the adjacent parking devices while holding the steering wheel while supporting the vehicle body, and pushes the vehicle body in an unreasonable posture. Until the rear wheel is put on the rear wheel capturing member, the vehicle body is not stabilized. In addition, the operation of turning the steering wheel must be performed after pushing the motorcycle forward, and the operation of adjusting the width of the rear wheel capturing member during parking must be performed, which is very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a parking device for a motorcycle that can be parked safely with a simple operation.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A motorcycle parking device according to the present invention comprises a movable platform, and a pair of parallel left and right rails for guiding and moving a front wheel of the motorcycle mounted in front of the movable platform. The lower end is swingably supported near the rail on the floor , and the upper end is mounted on the seat of the motorcycle.
Ri Do from the seat support tube which supports the seat support member which is substantially horizontal deposition rotatably, said sheet support barrel, the inner cylinder
And an outer cylinder that is externally extended and retractable and rotatable with respect to the inner cylinder.
Tona is characterized in Rukoto.

[0006]

According to the parking device for a motorcycle of the present invention, after the front wheels are placed in front of the movable base, the seat support member is attached to a seat near the center of gravity of the vehicle body to support the vehicle body. Thereby, since the vehicle body is stabilized, the movement and parking of the vehicle body can be performed safely.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a motorcycle parking device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a motorcycle parking apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a seat support cylinder in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is use of the parking apparatus in FIG. Explanatory drawing showing an example, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the motorcycle parking device of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the seat support cylinder in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a seat support cylinder in FIG. It is a side view which shows the example of use of.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the motorcycle parking device comprises a pair of parallel left and right wheels for guiding and moving a mobile platform 1 and a front wheel Ta of the motorcycle mounted in front of the mobile platform. Rail 2 (2a, 2b) and the lower end of the rail 2
b is swingably supported near the outside of b.
The upper end 3 is composed of a seat support cylinder 5 that rotatably supports a seat support member 4 attached on a seat S of a motorcycle.

The moving table 1 is formed in a mountain shape having inclined surfaces 1a and 1b in front and rear of the moving table 1. On the inclined surface 1a in front of the movable table 1, the front wheel Ta is stopped from moving forward and the handle H is mounted. In order to make it easier to cut to the left, a stopper 8 including a restriction plate 6 inclined to the left and a U-shaped restriction steel wire 7 is provided. Rollers 9 are rotatably attached to four corners of the lower surface of the movable base 1. The moving table 1 is
Rollers 9 fitted in the right and left rails 2a and 2b guide the track 10 so that they can move forward and backward. In the present embodiment, a lip grooved steel having a C-shaped cross section is used as the left and right rails 2a and 2b, but other materials can be used as long as grooves for rollers are secured. is there.

The seat support cylinder 5 is composed of an inner cylinder 11 and an outer cylinder 12 inserted outside the inner cylinder 11, and is fitted in a lower part of the inner cylinder 11 and an upper part of the outer cylinder 12, respectively. A coil spring 14 of a tension spring is wound around the support pins 13a and 13b. When the front wheel Ta is placed on the movable base 1 and the seat S is held, and the movable base 1 is rapidly moved, the coil spring 14 detects a swing time difference generated between the seat support cylinder 5 and the movable base 1. It is for relaxation. Further, since the sheet S moves horizontally in the front-rear direction, since the sheet support cylinder 5 moves in an arc, the displacement of the movement occurring between the sheet support cylinder 5 and the sheet S follows the vertical movement of the sheet support cylinder 5. This is to ensure that it is resolved. Therefore, the outer cylinder 12 can be expanded and contracted and rotated by the coil spring 14. In the present embodiment, the outer cylinder is configured to be able to expand and contract and rotate by a coil spring.
It can be made to expand, contract, and rotate freely. In addition, inner cylinder 1
The lower end 15 of one is fitted into a support pin 17 in a concave support part 16 provided outside the right rail 2b. Thereby, the seat support tube 5 can swing forward and backward of the rail 2 until the lower end portion 15 of the inner tube 11 comes into contact with the front edge 16a and the rear edge 16b of the support portion 16. The swingable range is at least the moving table 1
From the position where the front wheel of the motorcycle is fixed and the seat S is held by the frame 4 to the position where the motorcycle is pushed forward and stopped.

The seat support member 4 is a saddle-shaped frame formed by forming a pipe or a wire into a loop shape, and is provided at one end of the outer support 12 with a T-shaped angle 18 at the upper end 3 of the outer cylinder 12. It is attached to an externally inserted support cylinder 19. The mounting of the angle 18 and the support cylinder 19 is performed by attaching the base 18 a of the angle 18 inserted into two flanges 19 a formed at the lower part of the support cylinder 19 to the support pin 20.
To be able to rotate. In addition, the support cylinder 19
Is supported by fitting a support pin 22 having an upper end portion 3 penetrated into a long hole 21 formed on both sides thereof. An operation handle 23 attached to the seat support member 4
Is lifted, the side edge 18b of the base 18a
, So that the sheet support member 4 is substantially horizontal.

The parking device for a motorcycle according to the present invention is provided with a lock means for restricting the movement of the movable platform 1.

[0014] The locking means is provided on the rear inclined surface 1b.
And an engaging member 32 for engaging with the lock hole 31. The engaging member 32 is attached to the left rail 2a by a hinge 33. When the end portion 34 of the engagement member 32 is stepped on with a foot, the engagement piece 35 having a semicircular end rises from the lock hole 31 and the lock is released. As a result, the movable base 1 can move forward along the rail 2. Conversely, when the movable base 1 is moved from the front position to the rear position, the engagement piece 35 is pushed up along the rear inclined surface 1b, and is locked into the lock hole 31 by its own weight.
At the lower part of the end portion 34, a regulating protrusion member 36 for regulating the amount of foot depression when stepping on the engaging member 32 is provided.

Next, an example of use of the parking device for a motorcycle according to the present invention will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the driver turns off the engine, pushes the motorcycle (body), and pushes the front wheel T.
a is made to ride on the inclined surface 1b behind the movable platform 1. After further pushing up to the front inclined surface 1a, the steering wheel H is gently turned to the left along the restriction plate 6 of the stopper 8, and the front wheel Ta
Is securely mounted on the inclined surface 1a.

[0017] Then, as shown in FIG. 2, gripping the operation handle 23 of the seat support member 4, lift the U ₁ direction. After that, rotating in the H ₁ direction, and then lowered lifting the U ₂ direction, it is deposited on the sheet S (A position in Fig. 3). At this time, U ₂ direction of lifting down operation, so carried out by the spring action of the coil spring 14 of the self-weight of the sheet supporting member 4 and the sheet supporting cylinder 5, can be easily performed. When the sheet support member 4 is attached to the sheet S, the lock is released by stepping on the end 34 of the engagement member 32 in the lock means.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3, while the front wheel Ta is placed on the carriage 1, the body is moved from the A position to the B position and the C position along the rail 2 by the rotation of the roller 9 and the rear wheel Tb. Move to complete parking. During the movement, the vertical movement L of the sheet support member 4 due to the swing of the sheet support cylinder 5 is absorbed by the expansion and contraction of the coil spring 14, so that the pressing of the sheet S does not shift. As a result, the seat S is reliably supported by the seat support member 4, so that the vehicle body can be safely moved and parked without flapping or overturning. When the movable table 1 reaches near the tip of the rail 2, a stopper pin 40 attached to the tip of the rail 2b is used.
The roller 9 comes into contact with the roller 9 (see FIG. 1) and stops. At the same time, the sheet support member 4 stops while holding the sheet S.

In the above embodiment, the seat support tube is provided near the outside of the rail, but may be provided on a movable table.

Next, another embodiment of the parking device of the present invention will be described.

The parking device according to the present embodiment is different from the parking device according to the above-described embodiment in the moving platform, locking means, and seat support cylinder.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the moving table 51 includes a floor plate 52 and a rocking plate 53 provided on the floor plate 52. The oscillating plate 53 is placed so that its front plate 53a and rear plate 53b are parallel and inclined to the floor plate 52, respectively, and is inserted through side plates 54a, 54b erected on both sides of the floor plate 52. Supported by a rotating shaft 55.

The locking means comprises a notch 56 formed on the inner surface of the left rail 2a and an engaging member 57 for engaging with the notch 56. The engaging member 57 is provided on the side plate 54a. And is fixed to the lower surface of the front plate 53a. When the front wheel passes over the rear plate 53b and is mounted on the front plate 53a, the locking means is activated.
As a swings, the engaging member 57 separates from the notch 56 to release the lock of the moving table 51. Front plate 53a
Since the weight balance between the rear plate 53b and the front plate 53a is smaller than the rear plate 53b, the weight is always locked unless the front wheel is placed on the front plate 53a. Reference numerals 58 and 59 denote falling-off prevention members for preventing the unlocked movable table 51 from coming off the rail 2 in front and rear.

The seat support cylinder 65 includes an inner cylinder 61 and the inner cylinder 6.
1 and an outer cylinder 62 extrapolated to
As shown in FIG. 5, a guide rod 62a attached to the outer cylinder 62 is guided by guide grooves 61a and 61b extending in the axial direction and the circumferential direction of the inner cylinder 61, so that the outer cylinder 62 can expand and contract and rotate. It has been like that. In this embodiment,
The upper end 63 of the outer cylinder 62 is attached with a seat support member 64 of a frame formed in a substantially zigzag shape. However, a saddle-shaped frame shown in FIG. 1 may be attached. The lower bent portion 66 of the inner cylinder 61 is rotatably inserted into a concave support portion 67 provided on the movable table 51. The seat support cylinder 65 is provided with a stopping pin 68 fixed to the outer periphery of the bent portion 66.
The rail 2 can swing forward and backward until it comes into contact with the front edge 67 a and the rear edge 67 b of the rail 7. This swingable range is at least a position where the front wheels of the vehicle body are placed on the movable base 51, and then the vehicle body is pushed forward to stop, and then the seat support member 64 is placed on the seat. Since the positions of the front wheel and the seat are different depending on the type of the vehicle body, a plurality of the circumferential guide grooves 61b are formed, and a cutout portion 67c is formed in the rear edge 67b to increase the swing range. Or you may.

Next, an example of use of the sheet support cylinder will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the front wheels of the vehicle body are placed on the front plate 53a, and the rocking plate 53 is rocked to release the movement lock of the moving table 51.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the operator grips the operation handle 69 of the seat support member 64 and moves in the direction of the arrow D until the guide rod 62a of the outer cylinder 62 comes into contact with the upper end surface of the guide groove 61a of the inner cylinder 61. The sheet support member 64 is pulled up. Then, the sheet support member 64 is rotated 90 ° in the direction of the arrow E along the guide rod 62a along the guide groove 61b in the circumferential direction, and the sheet S
To be adhered to.

Next, with the front wheel on the movable base 51, the vehicle body is moved forward by the roller 9 in front of the movable base 51 by the left rail 2a.
To the position where it comes into contact with the falling-off prevention member 59 to park the vehicle body.

[0029]

As described above, according to the motorcycle parking device of the present invention, the vehicle is moved and parked while pressing on the seat near the center of gravity of the vehicle body, so that the vehicle body is less likely to flutter or fall. As a result, it is possible to safely move and park. Further, since the sheet supporting member attached to the seat is attached to the retractable and rotatable sheet supporting cylinder, the operation range of the sheet supporting member can be narrowed. Therefore, it is possible to increase the number of parked vehicles in a limited-area parking lot.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a motorcycle parking device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a sheet support cylinder in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage example of the parking device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the parking device for a motorcycle according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the seat support cylinder in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an example of use of the sheet support cylinder in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 51 Moving table 1a Front slope 1b Rear slope 2 Rail 3 Upper end 4, 64 Seat support member (frame) 5, 65 Seat support tube S Seat

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A movable platform, a pair of parallel left and right rails for guiding and moving a front wheel of a motorcycle mounted in front of the movable platform, and lower ends of the rails swingably supported near rails on the floor. together are, Ri Do from the seat support cylinder rotatably supports a seat support member which is substantially horizontally deposited on the motorcycle seat at its upper end, the seat support tube is,
An inner cylinder and an outer tube that is extended and retracted and rotatably inserted into the inner cylinder.
Parking device for a motorcycle, wherein Rukoto such from the cylinder. 2. The parking device according to claim 1, wherein the movable platform is formed in a mountain shape having inclined surfaces in front and rear thereof. 3. The parking device according to claim 1, wherein the seat support cylinder is provided near the outside of the rail. 4. The parking device according to claim 3 , wherein the seat support cylinder has a coil spring wound around a support pin fitted into a lower part of the cylinder and an upper part of the outer cylinder, respectively. Wherein said rear of claims engaging member for engaging a locking hole formed on the inclined plane is attached to the rails 1, 2, 3 or 4 parking system according. 6. The parking device according to claim 1, wherein the movable base comprises a floor plate and a swing plate provided on the floor plate. 7. The seat support cylinder is provided on a floor plate, a guide groove extending in an axial direction and a circumferential direction is formed in an inner cylinder of the seat support cylinder, and the outer cylinder has a guide groove extending in the outer cylinder. The parking device according to claim 6, further comprising a guide rod inserted into the guide groove. 8. A parking device secured to comprising Claim 6 or 7, wherein the engaging members for engaging in the notch formed in the rail to the swing plate.