JP3361500B2 - Mechanical parking device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanical parking device provided with a shift device which is arranged between two spaced apart positions and which enables a vehicle to be transferred between these two positions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a mechanical multi-story parking system in which a vehicle that a driver gets off on a predetermined floor is automatically carried into a parking room on a parking floor, and the vehicle in the parking room is automatically carried out to a predetermined floor. . In this mechanical multi-level parking device, for example, a berth in which a vehicle is loaded or unloaded, or a loading / unloading vehicle, a traveling vehicle that is self-propelled by being placed on a parking floor, and a plurality of driving vehicles are arranged in parallel beside the traveling path of the traveling vehicle. A parking room, a lift that moves up and down the area beside the berth and the area beside the running path of the parking floor, and each of these lifts are installed corresponding to each of the front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle. A transverse conveyor that transfers the vehicle in the width direction and transfers the vehicle is provided, and when the vehicle is automatically loaded, the vehicle at the berth is moved from the berth to the lift, from the lift to the traveling carriage, and from the traveling carriage to the parking room. ,
On the other hand, when the vehicle is automatically carried out, the vehicle in the parking room is configured to be sequentially transferred from the parking room to the traveling carriage, the traveling carriage to the lift, and the lift to the berth. .

In such a mechanical three-dimensional parking apparatus, for example, when connecting two positions (hereinafter referred to as vehicle mounting areas) such as traveling carriages which are separated from each other in plan view,
A shift device is used. This shift device is provided between the above-mentioned vehicle placement areas provided with the above-mentioned transverse conveyor, and the vehicle is placed in the vehicle placement area by cooperation of both transverse conveyors of the vehicle placement area and the transverse conveyor of the shift device. It is possible to shift between. The shift here means to transfer the vehicle between the vehicle mounting areas via a shift device. By adopting such a shift device, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in arranging the parking device.

[0004]

However, in the above shift device, although it contributes to the improvement of the degree of freedom of arrangement, it has no further function and does not function as a parking room.
This is a so-called wasted space, and improvement of added value is desired.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanical parking apparatus having a shift device with improved added value.

[0006]

A mechanical parking apparatus according to the present invention is capable of mounting a vehicle, and is provided between a vehicle mounting area that is separated from each other in plan view and a vehicle mounting area that is separated from each other in plan view. Is installed in the vehicle mounting area and the shift device respectively corresponding to the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle, and these wheels are transferred in the width direction of the vehicle to move the vehicle to the vehicle. In a mechanical parking device that includes a transverse conveyor that can be transferred between the mounting area and the shift device, and connects the vehicle mounting areas to each other via the shift device, the shift device has a rectangular shape in plan view. A turntable which is a vehicle direction changing means for turning the vehicle to change the direction of the vehicle, and the turntable and each of the vehicle placement areas which are adjacent to each other. Equipped with The turntable or the intermediate area is configured to be movable up and down, and the intermediate table is configured such that the turntable is raised or the intermediate area is lowered. When the turntable turns, the turntable is installed so as not to interfere with the members of each vehicle placement area, and when the turntable turns and is located at each position where the vehicle is transferred, the turntable and each intermediate area are placed. The feature is that and are lined up next to each other.

According to the mechanical parking apparatus thus constructed, when the vehicle is shifted between the vehicle placement areas via the shift device, the vehicle is driven by the turntable which is the vehicle direction changing means of the shift apparatus. , Its orientation is 0 ° to 360 °
Can be changed within the range. Therefore, the shift device is provided with another function in addition to shifting the vehicle.
Further, when the turntable has a circular shape in a plan view, it is necessary to configure the end portion of the transverse conveyor into an R shape, but since it has a rectangular shape in a plan view,
It is not necessary to configure the end portion into an R shape, which facilitates manufacturing. The intermediate area is installed so that the turntable does not interfere with the members of each vehicle mounting area when the turntable is raised or the intermediate area is lowered and the turntable turns. Since the turntable and the respective intermediate areas are arranged adjacent to each other at the respective positions where the turntable and the vehicle mounting area are located, the turntable and the vehicle mounting area can be arranged close to each other while the turning of the turntable is performed without any support.

[0008]

As the vehicle mounting area, specifically,
For example, there may be mentioned traveling carriages that travel on traveling paths that are parallel and separated from each other in a plan view, and the traveling carriages have a vehicle orientation of 180 due to a turntable of a shift device.
° You will be contacted after being changed.

Further, as the vehicle mounting area, specifically, for example, each traveling carriage that travels on a traveling path that has an arbitrary angle in plan view and is separated, and these traveling carriages are The turntable of the shift device changes the direction of the vehicle to an arbitrary angle and communicates.

Further, as the vehicle mounting area, specifically, for example, a traveling carriage that travels on a traveling road and a lift that can be stopped and moved up and down on a predetermined floor where the traveling road is set. As the positional relationship between the traveling carriage and the lift, specifically, for example, there is a relationship such that they are separated in parallel in a plan view or separated at an arbitrary angle. , When the vehicles are separated in parallel in a plan view, the direction of the vehicle is changed by 180 ° by the turntable of the shift device to communicate with each other, and when the vehicles are separated with an arbitrary angle in a plan view. The direction of the vehicle is changed to an arbitrary angle by the turntable of the shift device for communication.

[0012]

[0013]

[0014]

[0015]

Here, the traverse conveyor installed on the turntable corresponding to each of the front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle,
When the front wheel conveyor is narrow and the rear wheel conveyor is wide as in the conventional case, when accepting the next vehicle, it is necessary to rotate the turntable so that the traverse conveyor is aligned with the direction of the vehicle. However, if the transverse conveyors of the turntable have the same width, it is not necessary to align the transverse conveyors with the direction of the vehicle. In addition, if the widths of the transverse conveyors of the turntable are configured in the same manner as described above, the width of the rear wheel conveyor is wider than in the conventional case to absorb the variation in the position of the rear wheels on the basis of the front wheels. The load on the traverse conveyor is reduced and parts of both traverse conveyors are shared.

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

[0020]

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a storage berth and a storage berth of a mechanical multi-story parking apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a storage berth from a shift device adopted in the mechanical multi-story parking apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view showing composition of a side field.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mechanical three-dimensional parking apparatus (mechanical parking apparatus) 51 is provided with a storage berth 52 and a storage berth 62 on a predetermined floor F. The receiving berth 52 is an area where the vehicle V is driven by the driver to automatically carry the vehicle V into the parking device 51, and the driver and fellow passengers exit the vehicle, while the discharging berth 62 is automatically carried out. This is an area in which a driver or fellow passenger gets on the vehicle V and gets out of the parking device 51 by driving the vehicle V.

These incoming berth 52 and outgoing berth 6
2 is, in the present embodiment, on the layout of the parking device 51,
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle entrance 59 of the incoming berth 52 and the vehicle exit 69 of the outgoing berth 62 are arranged in the same direction while being installed adjacent to each other.

Therefore, in order for the vehicle V to enter the berth 52 to move forward and to leave the berth 62 to move out forward, the direction of the vehicle V is reversed in the parking device 51 (the direction is 18).
It is necessary to change 0 °). This will be described later in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the receiving berth 5
A storage booth 54 is installed in an area adjacent to the second storage berth 62 on the opposite side, and a vehicle entrance 54a is provided in a portion of the storage booth 54 facing the storage berth 52. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a delivery booth 64 is installed in a region adjacent to the delivery berth 62 on the opposite side of the delivery berth 52, and the delivery berth 6 of the delivery booth 64 is installed.
A vehicle unloading port 64a is provided in a portion facing 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, below the floor F,
A single or a plurality of parking floors P are set, and a large number of parking rooms 56 accommodating the vehicles V are juxtaposed in the parking floor P in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1; hereinafter, this direction is referred to as front-rear direction). There is. Note that, in FIG. 2, only the configuration of the storage berth side area A is shown in order to avoid complication of the drawing, and a shift device 30 to be described later is interposed between the storage berth side area A and the storage berth side area A. The configuration of the shipping berth side area B is omitted. The configuration of the delivery berth side area B is almost the same as the configuration of the storage berth side area A. Therefore, the parking floor P is in the storage berth side area A.
In addition, a plurality of parking rooms 56 arranged in the front-rear direction are provided, and a plurality of parking rooms 56 arranged in the front-rear direction are provided in the shipping berth side area B.

Next to the parking room 56 in which the storage berth side area A and the exit berth side area B are juxtaposed, the traveling path 5 extending along the parking room 56 (extending in the front-rear direction).
3 are set, and a traveling vehicle (vehicle mounting area) 57 that runs on the traveling path 53 is disposed on the traveling path 53 (see FIGS. 2 to 5).

Further, as shown in FIG.
The hoistway E1 connects the area on the side of the traveling berth 53 of the storage berth side area A to the hoistway E1.
A carry-in lift 58 for moving up and down 1 is provided. In addition, the exit booth 64 and the traveling path 53 in the exit berth side area B
The side areas are connected by a hoistway E2, and a carry-out lift 68 that moves up and down the hoistway E2 is disposed in the hoistway E2 (see FIG. 1).

These berths 52, 62, lifts 58,
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, traverse conveyors 60f and 60r are provided in the 68, the traveling carriage 57, and the parking chambers 56, respectively. The transverse conveyors 60f and 60r are conveyors such as belt conveyors, and are installed corresponding to the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle V, respectively. Then, by driving these traverse conveyors 60f and 60r, respectively, the wheels of the vehicle V are transferred in the width direction of the vehicle V, and the vehicle V is transferred to the other adjacent traverse conveyors 60f and 60r.

Therefore, the receiving berth 52 and the carrying-in lift 58
Between the carry-in lift 58 and the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A, between the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A and the parking room 56 in the storage berth side area A, and between the delivery berth side area B. Traveling carriage 57 and parking room 56 in the berth side area B
The vehicle V can be transferred between the traveling carriage 57 and the unloading lift 68 in the shipping berth side area B, and between the unloading lift 68 and the shipping berth 62. These transverse conveyors 60f and 60r are, in this embodiment,
It has the same width.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, between the traveling road 53 of the receiving berth side area A and the traveling road 53 of the leaving berth side area B, the traveling carriage 5 of the traveling roads 53, 53 is provided.
A shift device 30 that connects the storage berth side area A and the output berth side area B by connecting the seven and 57 to each other is provided.

The shift device 30 includes a turntable device 11 as a vehicle direction changing means. The turntable device 11 includes the transverse conveyors 60f, 6
Pallet part that can rotate with 0r (turntable)
6, a turning drive unit 14 including a drive source (not shown) for turning the pallet portion 12 is provided as shown in FIG.

The pallet section 12 is provided to facilitate manufacture.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, forming a rectangle in plan view,
Further, in this embodiment, in order to reduce the distance between the traveling roads 53, 53, the short side thereof is parallel to the direction bridging the traveling roads 53, 53 (vertical direction in FIGS. 3 to 5). It has a rectangular shape.

Further, the traverse conveyor 60 of the pallet section 12
The f and 60r are installed so as to extend in a direction bridging the traveling paths 53 and 53.

As the turning drive unit 14, a turning drive unit having a structure for rotating the pallet portion 12 every 180 ° is adopted. As shown in FIG. 6, the pallet portion 12 and the turning drive unit 14 are arranged in a pit PT formed by digging down the ground surface.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the turntable device 11 includes two pairs of lifting devices 70 that support the turning drive unit 14 from below (two lifting devices 70 in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface form a pair). Are provided in the pit PT (one pair in the left-right direction in the drawing). The pallet unit 12 and the swivel drive unit 14 are moved up and down by these lifting devices 70, and when the pallet unit 12 and the swivel drive unit 14 are located at the raised position, the pallet unit 12 and the swivel drive unit 1 are moved.
It is rotated 180 ° by 4.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the shift device 30 is provided with an intermediate region 31 between the pallet portion 12 and the traveling path 53, and in the intermediate region 31, the transverse conveyor 60f. , 60r are provided. The transverse conveyors 60f and 60r in the intermediate area 31 are also the traveling paths 53,
It is installed so as to extend in the direction of bridging 53. By installing this intermediate region 31, the pallet portion 12 is prevented from being unnecessarily extended to the traveling path 53 side when the pallet portion 12 is rotated.

The transverse conveyor 60f in the intermediate area 31,
60r and the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the traveling carriage 57 are such that when the traveling carriage 57 stops beside the shift device 30,
Intermediate areas 3 adjacent to each other and continuously arranged at the same level
When the pallet unit 12 is in the normal position where the pallet unit 12 is in the lowered position (the position when the pallet unit 12 is not rotated), the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of No. 1 and the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the pallet unit 12 are adjacent to each other. It is configured to line up continuously at the same level.

That is, between the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A and one intermediate area 31, and one intermediate area 31.
And the pallet unit 12, between the pallet unit 12 and the other intermediate region 31, and between the other intermediate region 31 and the traveling carriage 57 in the shipping berth side region B, it is possible to transfer the vehicle V. ing.

Lifting device 70 of the turntable device 11
As shown in FIG. 7, includes a table member 71 on which the turning drive unit 14 is fixedly mounted, and a base member 72 arranged in the pit PT as an installation location.
The table member 71 and the base member 72 are formed of, for example, steel material, and the table member 71 can be moved up and down with respect to the base member 72 by a lift mechanism 73.

Further, the table member 71 and the base member 72
And are connected by a pantograph mechanism 85. The pantograph mechanism 85 functions as a guide unit that vertically guides the table member 71 that moves up and down with respect to the base member 72. In addition, as such a guiding means, a guiding means including a vertically extending guide rail and a guide roller may be used.

As shown in FIG. 8, the lift mechanism 73 has a driven member 74 fixed to the lower surface of the table member 71 and wheels 75a rolling on the upper surface of the base member 72, and moves forward and backward in FIG. A possible mobile carriage 75. The driven member 74 makes a predetermined angle with the horizontal plane, and faces the upper surface of the base member 72 with the first inclined portion 76a (height h;
7), and as shown in FIG. 8, it has a first front horizontal portion 76f and a first rear horizontal portion 76b formed on both sides (left and right sides in FIG. 8) of the first inclined portion 76a.

The first slanted portion 76a, the first front horizontal portion 76f and the first rear horizontal portion 76b are respectively provided in FIGS.
As shown in 0, a rack 78 having a predetermined pitch is arranged. The first front horizontal portion 76f and the first inclined portion 76a
And a transition portion between the first inclined portion 76a and the first rear horizontal portion 7
The transition portion with 6b is preferably configured so that the rack 78 smoothly continues.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, the moving carriage 75 basically corresponds to the driven member 74 moved point-symmetrically, faces the first inclined portion 76a in parallel, and has the same height. It has a second inclined portion 77a having a height h.

A second front horizontal portion 77f and a second rear horizontal portion 77b are formed on both sides (left and right sides in FIG. 8) of the second inclined portion 77a. These second inclined portions 7
7a, second front horizontal portion 77f and second rear horizontal portion 77b
As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, a rack 79 having the same pitch as the rack 78 is arranged in the rack. The transition between the second front horizontal portion 77f and the second inclined portion 77a and the transition between the second inclined portion 77a and the second rear horizontal portion 77b are also configured such that the rack 79 is smoothly continuous. Is preferred.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, on the rear surface of the movable carriage 75, a piston of a fluid pressure cylinder 80 which is fixed to the rear end portion of the base member 72 (right end portion in FIG. 8) and expands and contracts in the horizontal direction. The rods are connected. The fluid pressure cylinder 80 is for moving the movable carriage 75 forward and backward on the upper surface of the base member 72. The driving means for moving the moving carriage 75 forward and backward is not limited to the fluid pressure cylinder 80, and for example, the moving carriage 75 may be used.
Alternatively, an electric motor or the like may be mounted to drive the wheels 75a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the lift mechanism 73 is in contact with the first inclined portion 76a of the driven member 74 and the second inclined portion 77a of the movable carriage 75, and at the same time, the first inclined portion 76a.
And a driving force transmission member 81 that is rollable with respect to the second inclined portion 77a.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the driving force transmitting member 81 has a rack 78 disposed at the first inclined portion 76a and a rack 79 disposed at the second inclined portion 77a at the center thereof. Has a pinion gear portion 82 that meshes with both. Rollers 83 that roll on guide portions 74a formed on the driven member 74 and guide portions 75b formed on the moving carriage 75 are disposed on both sides of the pinion gear portion 82. Therefore, the pallet portion 12 and the swing drive unit 1
The weight of 4 or the like is supported by the roller 83, and by increasing the rigidity of this roller 83, the rack 7
The damage of 8, 79 and the pinion gear portion 82 is prevented.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lifting device 70 is provided with two pairs of lift mechanisms 73 (two lift mechanisms 73 in the left-right direction in the figure form a pair, and one lift mechanism 73 is in the front-back direction in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing). The moving carriages 75 of the lift mechanism 73 move forward and backward in directions opposite to each other (approaching each other or moving away from each other). That is, the driven members 74 of each lift mechanism 73 are fixed to both ends of the table member 71 so as to be opposite to each other. In addition, the movable carriage 75 has a second inclined portion 77.
The a is arranged so as to face the first inclined portion 76 a of the driven member 74.

As described above, by constructing the movable carriages 75 of the two pairs of lift mechanisms 73 so as to be able to move forward and backward in mutually opposite directions, it is possible to make the central portion of the table member 71 concave. The turning drive unit 14 is arranged in the recess 71a.

In the lifting device 70 having such a structure, the first inclined portion 76a of the driven member 74 and the second inclined portion 77a of the movable carriage 75 face each other via the driving force transmission member 81, and the driving force The transmission member 81 is the first member of the driven member 74.
The first inclined portion 76a and the second inclined portion 7 are in contact with the inclined portion 76a and the second inclined portion 77a of the moving carriage 75.
It is freely rotatable with respect to 7a.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, by moving each movable carriage 75 forward (left side in FIG. 11), the driving force transmission member 81 in contact with the second inclined portion 77a of the movable carriage 75 is It rolls in one direction (rightward in FIG. 11) with respect to the second inclined portion 77a. Here, since the second inclined portion 77a is parallel to the first inclined portion 76a, when the driving force transmission member 81 rolls in one direction with respect to the second inclined portion 77a, it comes into contact with the driving force transmission member 81. The driven member 74 including the first inclined portion 76a is relatively moved in the one direction with respect to the moving carriage 75 including the second inclined portion 77a.

At this time, the pinion gear portion 82 of the driving force transmission member 81 has racks 78 disposed on the first inclined portion 76a of the driven member 74 and the second inclined portion 77a of the moving carriage 75.
It is in mesh with 79. Therefore, by moving the moving carriage 75 forward, the driven member 7 is moved through the driving force transmission member 81.
4 reliably moves relative to the moving carriage 75. Also,
The table member 71 that rises with respect to the base member 72 is
It is guided in the vertical direction by a pantograph mechanism 85 as a guide means. Therefore, by moving the moving carriage 75 forward in the horizontal direction, the driven member 74 surely moves up in the vertical direction.

As a result, the rotary drive unit 14 on the table member 71, together with the pallet portion 12, is moved to the base member 7.
2 vertically rises with respect to the pit PT in which the 2 is arranged. Then, the driven member 74 is moved forward until the driving force transmission member 81 is positioned between the first front horizontal portion 76f of the driven member 74 and the second rear horizontal portion 77b of the movable carriage, whereby the driven member 74 is moved. The fixed table member 71 can be lifted from the base member 72 by a lift equivalent to the sum of the height (h) of the first inclined portion and the height (h) of the second inclined portion.

By raising the pallet portion 12 by this height 2h, as shown in FIG. 4, the pallet portion 12 can be rotated above the intermediate region 31 and the traveling carriage 57.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
By moving backward, the driving force transmission member 81 in contact with the second inclined portion 77a of the moving carriage 75 rolls in the direction opposite to the one direction with respect to the second inclined portion 77a. here,
Since the second inclined portion 77a is parallel to the first inclined portion 76a, when the driving force transmitting member 81 rolls in the other direction with respect to the second inclined portion 77a, the first inclined portion 77a is in contact with the driving force transmitting member 81. The driven member 74 including the slanted portion 76 a includes the second slanted portion 7
It moves relative to the moving carriage 75 including 7a in the other direction. As a result, the driving force transmission member 81 is moved to the driven member 7
By moving the carriage 75 backward until it is located between the first rear horizontal portion 76b of No. 4 and the second front horizontal portion 77f of the carriage, the raised table member 71 is lowered with respect to the base member 72. Can be restored to its original state.

As described above, according to the elevating device 70, the table member 71 can be surely moved up and down with respect to the base member 72 by moving the movable carriages 75 forward and backward.

Next, the operation of the mechanical three-dimensional parking apparatus 51 having the shift device 30 having such a configuration will be described. First, by opening and closing the storage gate G1 of the storage berth 52, the vehicle V enters the storage berth 52 by the driving of the driver, and the driver places the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle V on the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r, respectively. The vehicle V is stopped so as to be placed. When the driver or passenger gets off the vehicle and exits to the exit section (not shown), the vehicle V operates in cooperation with the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the carry-in lift 58 waiting at the storage berth 52 and the storage booth 54. It is transferred to the carry-in lift 58.

The carry-in lift 58 descends and stops at the relevant parking floor P, and the vehicle V has both the carry-in lift 58 and the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A stopped beside the carry-in lift 58. It is transferred to the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A by the cooperation of the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r. When the vehicle V in the storage berth side area A is self-propelled and the vehicle V is carried into the parking room 56 in the storage berth side area A, the corresponding parking room 56 in the storage berth side area A is loaded.
The vehicle V stops aside, and the vehicle V drives the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A and both transverse conveyors 60f of the corresponding parking room 56.
By the cooperation of 60r, it is transferred to the corresponding parking room 56 in the storage berth side area A, and the carry-in to the parking room 56 in the storage berth side area A is completed.

Here, when the vehicle V is carried out from the parking room 56 in the storage berth side area A via the storage berth side area B, or in the output berth side area B via the storage berth side area A. The shift device 30 is used for loading into the parking room 56.

The vehicle V is placed in the parking room 5 in the storage berth side area A.
When carrying out from 6 via the exit berth side area B, the traveling carriage 57 in the entrance berth side area A is self-propelled and stops beside the corresponding parking room 56 in the entrance berth side area A, and the vehicle V is , The parking garage 56 in the storage berth side area A and the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the traveling carriage 57 cooperate to transfer to the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A, and the traveling carriage in the storage berth side area A 57 self-propels and stops beside the shift device 30.

When the vehicle V is loaded into the parking room 56 in the exit berth side area B via the entry berth side area A, the entry berth side on which the vehicle V transferred from the carry-in lift 58 is mounted. The traveling carriage 57 in the area A travels by itself and stops beside the shift device 30.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the shift device 30 is in the normal position described above, and the vehicle V has all of the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A, one intermediate area 31 and the pallet portion 12. By the cooperation of the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r, the traveling carriage 57 in the storage berth side area A is transferred to one intermediate area 31, and the one intermediate area 31 is transferred to the pallet section 12.

When the vehicle V is transferred to the pallet portion 12, the lift device 70 constituting the turntable device 11 raises the pallet portion 12 on which the turning drive unit 14 and the vehicle V are mounted.

When the pallet portion 12 is lifted to a predetermined rising position (when it is lifted by a height of 2h), the pallet portion 12 is rotated 180 ° clockwise in the drawing as shown in FIG. 4 by the turning drive unit 14. Then, the direction of the vehicle V is reversed.

At this time, the pallet portion 12 has the intermediate area 31
And above the traveling carriage 57 without any interference. The pallet portion 12 is rotated by 180 ° and then lowered to the initial normal position by the lifting device 70 (2
descend by the height of h).

The inverted vehicle V is mounted on the pallet unit 1
2, by the cooperation of all the traverse conveyors 60f, 60r of the traveling carriage 57 in the exit berth side area B stopped beside the other intermediate area 31 and the shift device 30, as shown in FIG. To the other intermediate area 31, the traveling carriage 5 from the other intermediate area 31 to the exit berth side area B
Reprinted to 7.

When the traveling vehicle 57 in the exit berth side area B is self-propelled and the vehicle V is carried into the parking room 56 in the exit berth side area B, the side of the corresponding parking room 56 in the exit berth side area B is set. The vehicle V stops at the traveling trolley 57 in the area B on the exit berth side and the two transverse conveyors 6 in the corresponding parking room 56.
Due to the cooperation of 0f and 60r, it is transferred to the corresponding parking room 56 in the shipping berth side area B, and the loading into the parking room 56 in the shipping berth side area B is completed.

When the vehicle V is carried out via the exit berth side area B, the traveling carriage 57 in the exit berth side area B on which the vehicle V transferred from the other intermediate area 31 is mounted is self-contained. The vehicle V runs and stops on the side of the waiting unloading lift 68, and the vehicle V is transferred to the unloading lift 68 by the cooperation of the traveling carriage 57 in the exit berth side area B and the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the unloading lift 68. This unloading lift 68
Rises and stops at the delivery booth 64, and the vehicle V moves to both the horizontal conveyors 60f of the carry-out lift 68 and the delivery berth 62,
It is transferred to the delivery berth 62 by the cooperation of 60r. The direction of the vehicle V transferred to the exit berth 62 is opposite to the direction at the time of loading.

When a driver or a passenger gets on the vehicle V and the exit gate G2 shown in FIG. 1 opens or closes,
By the driver's driving, the vehicle V exits forward from the vehicle exit 69 of the exit berth 62 that faces the same direction as the vehicle entrance 59 of the entrance berth 52, and gets out of the parking apparatus 51.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the vehicle V is shifted between the traveling carriages 57, 57 via the shift device 30, the direction is 180 by the turntable device 11 of the shift device 30. ° It can be changed. That is, since the shift device 30 has another function of reversing the vehicle V in addition to shifting the vehicle V, the added value of the shift device 30 is improved.

When the pallet portion 12 has a circular shape in plan view, the transverse conveyors 60f, 60
Although it is necessary to configure the end portion of r to have an R shape, since it has a rectangular shape in a plan view, it is not necessary to configure the end portion to have an R shape, manufacturing is facilitated, and manufacturing cost is reduced. Has been planned.

Further, when the pallet unit 12 rises and turns, the intermediate regions 31 are respectively installed so that the pallet unit 12 does not interfere with the adjacent members such as the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the traveling carriages 57. When the pallet portion 12 is located at each position where the pallet portion 12 turns to transfer the vehicle V, the pallet portion 12 and the intermediate regions 31 and 31 are arranged adjacent to each other, so that the pallet portion 12 can be turned without any support. The part 12 and the traveling path 53 can be arranged close to each other, and the parking area 51 can be made compact.

Further, the traverse conveyor 60 of the pallet section 12
If the front wheel conveyor is narrow and the rear wheel conveyor is a wide transverse conveyor as in the prior art, f and 60r need to be aligned with the respective transverse conveyors with respect to the direction of the vehicle V.
When accepting the next vehicle V, 180
Although it may be necessary to rotate the horizontal conveyors 60f, 60 of the pallet unit 12 in the present embodiment, it may be necessary to rotate.
Since the widths of r are the same, it is not necessary to rotate the pallet portion 12 when receiving the next vehicle V, and the shift time as a whole can be shortened.

Further, in this embodiment, since the widths of the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r are the same,
Vehicle V based on a narrow front wheel conveyor as in the past
When the warehousing work is simplified and the labor of the driver is reduced compared to the case of stopping the car, and the width of the rear wheel conveyor is wide to absorb the variation in the position of the rear wheels based on the front wheels as in the conventional case. In comparison with the above, the load on the traverse conveyor is reduced and the cost is reduced.
Cost reduction can be achieved by sharing 0f and 60r parts. In addition, the vehicle V can be parked with the direction of the vehicle upside down, which makes it possible to diversify the design and usage. It is said that.

In the present embodiment, the pallet portion 12 is raised and swung, but the intermediate region 3
1, 31 is configured to be able to move up and down, and the intermediate regions 31, 31
By lowering, the pallet portion 12 may be turned without being raised.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a shift device of a mechanical multilevel parking system and its vicinity according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the mechanical three-dimensional parking apparatus 51 of this embodiment, the traveling roads 63 of the traveling carriage 57 are arranged at right angles, and the traveling roads 63 are separated at an angle of 90 °.
Shift device 3 for connecting 63 traveling carriages 57, 57 to each other
Equipped with 2.

The shift device 32 is installed between the ends of the traveling paths 63, 63 arranged at a right angle, and the shift device 32 also includes a turntable device 15 as a vehicle direction changing means. There is. This turntable device 15
The turning drive unit 17 is a turning drive unit configured to rotate the pallet portion 16 every 90 °.

Further, the pallet portion 16 has a square shape in a plan view, and is accommodated in a square pit when rotated and rotated downward every 90 °.
When the pallet portion 16 has a rectangular shape in a plan view, the pit shape is a cross shape.

Further, the shift device 32 is provided between the traveling paths 63, 63 arranged at a right angle and the pallet portion 16,
The intermediate areas 33, 33 bridging the pallet portion 16 and the traveling carriage 57 are provided. The other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

According to the mechanical three-dimensional parking apparatus 51 having the shift device 32 having such a configuration, the vehicle V is, for example,
When shifting from one traveling carriage 57 (on the left side in the figure) to the other traveling carriage 57 via the shift device 32, the pallet unit 16 is configured such that the trolley conveyors 60f and 60r of the pallet unit 16 are one side as shown in FIG. Of the traveling carriage 57 and the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r in the one intermediate area 33 are on standby.

When one traveling carriage 57 is stopped beside the shift device 32, the vehicle V is driven by one traveling carriage 57, one intermediate area 33 and all the traverse conveyors 6 of the pallet section 16.
Due to the cooperation of 0f and 60r, one traveling carriage 57 is transferred to one intermediate area 33 and one intermediate area 33 is transferred to the pallet portion 16.

When the vehicle V is transferred to the pallet portion 16, the turning drive unit 1 is moved by the lifting device 70 described above.
7 and the pallet portion 16 on which the vehicle V is mounted rises,
The turning drive unit 17 causes the pallet portion 16 to rotate clockwise by 90 ° in the drawing, and the direction of the vehicle V can be changed by 90 °.

The vehicle V whose direction is changed by 90 ° includes the pallet portion 16, the other intermediate area 33 and the shift device 32.
By the cooperation of all the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r of the other traveling carriage 57 stopped aside, the pallet portion 16 is moved to the other intermediate area 33, and the other intermediate area 33 is moved to the other traveling carriage 57. Listed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the shift device 32 provided with the turntable device 15 is used to
The traveling carriages 57, 57 on the traveling paths 63, 63 separated by an angle of 0 ° can be connected to each other, and the added value of the shift device 32 is improved.

Further, since the traveling carriages 57, 57 of the traveling paths 63, 63 having an angle of 90 ° and separated from each other can communicate with each other, the parking device 51 is arranged (for example, the traveling path 63). The degree of freedom of arrangement, etc.) is also increased.

In addition, the traverse conveyor 60 of the pallet section 16
If the front wheel conveyor is narrow and the rear wheel conveyor is a wide transverse conveyor as in the prior art, f and 60r need to be aligned with the respective transverse conveyors with respect to the direction of the vehicle V.
When the next vehicle V is received, if the pallet portion 16 is rotated only in the same direction, the pallet portion 16 is moved to 270
Although it may be necessary to rotate the horizontal conveyors 60f, 60 of the pallet unit 16 in the present embodiment.
Since the widths of r are the same, the pallet portion 16 may be rotated by 90 ° when the next vehicle V is received, and the shift time as a whole can be shortened.

Further, since the pallet portion 16 has a square shape in plan view, the transverse conveyors 60f, 60
It is not necessary to form the end portion of r into an R shape, which facilitates the manufacturing and reduces the manufacturing cost.

Further, when the pallet unit 16 rises and turns, the intermediate regions 33 are respectively installed so that the pallet unit 16 does not interfere with the adjacent members such as the transverse conveyors 60f and 60f of the traveling carriages 57. When the pallet portion 16 is located at each position where the pallet portion 16 turns to transfer the vehicle V, the pallet portion 16 and the respective intermediate regions 33, 33 are arranged adjacent to each other, so that the pallet portion 16 can be turned without any support. The portion 16 and the traveling path 63 can be arranged close to each other, and the parking area 51 can be made compact.

By rotating the pallet portion 16 counterclockwise by 90 ° in the drawing, it is possible to shift the vehicle V in the opposite direction.

Further, as described in the first embodiment,
The intermediate regions 33, 33 may be configured to be movable up and down, and by lowering the intermediate regions 33, 33, the pallet portion 16 may be swung without being raised.

Further, by using the shift device 32 provided with the turntable device 15, an arbitrary angle (acute angle,
It is also possible to connect traveling carriages on traveling roads having an obtuse angle) and separated from each other.

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Although the present invention has been specifically described based on its embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the shift devices 30 and 32 are used for communication. Although the vehicle mounting area is defined as the traveling carriage 57, the vehicle mounting area is not limited to the traveling carriage 57, and the traveling carriage 57 and the lifts 58, 6 are not limited to the traveling carriage 57.
It may be 8. Then, when the traveling carriage 57 and the lifts 58 and 68 are separated from each other in parallel in a plan view, the turntable device 11 of the shift device 30 changes the direction of the vehicle by 180 ° and communicates with each other. When they are separated by an arbitrary angle in plan view,
The turntable device 15 of the shift device 32 changes the direction of the vehicle to an arbitrary angle and communicates.

As the vehicle mounting area, these traveling carriages 57, 57, the traveling carriage 57 and the lifts 58, 6 are mounted.
Other than 8, for example, a parking room 56 and the like can be cited.

The configuration of the turntable devices 11 and 15 is not limited to that of the above embodiment,
The point is that the pallet parts 12 and 16 can be turned,
Further, the configuration of the elevating device 70 is not limited to that of the above embodiment, and the point is that the pallet portions 12 and 16 can be moved up and down.

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Further, in the second embodiment, the traveling paths 63, 63 are arranged so as to form an L shape, and the shift device 32 is installed between the ends of the traveling paths 63, 63. However, the disposition form of the traveling path and the installation position of the shift device are not limited to this. For example, the traveling paths are arranged so as to form a T shape, and the traveling paths are It is also possible to install the shift device adjacent to one side of the orthogonal portion of.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the application to the mechanical parking apparatus in which the incoming berth 52 and the outgoing berth 62 are separated is described as being particularly preferable.
The invention is also applicable to a mechanical parking device including an incoming / outgoing berth in which the incoming berth and the outgoing berth are the same.

In the above embodiment, it is more preferable that the transverse conveyors 60f and 60r have the same width. However, in the transverse conveyor, the conveyor corresponding to the front wheels has a narrow width and the conveyor corresponding to the rear wheels has a narrow width. It may be wide.

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According to the mechanical parking apparatus of the present invention, when the vehicle is shifted between the vehicle mounting areas through the shift device, the direction of the vehicle is changed by the turntable which is the vehicle direction changing means of the shift device. In other words, since the shift device is configured to have another function in addition to shifting the vehicle, it is possible to improve the added value of the shift device. Further, since the turntable has a rectangular shape in a plan view, it is not necessary to configure the end portion of the transverse conveyor to have an R shape, and the manufacturing can be facilitated. In addition, when the turntable is raised or the intermediate region is lowered and the turntable turns, the intermediate region is installed so that the turntable does not interfere with the members of the vehicle mounting regions, and the turntable turns to turn the vehicle. Since the turntable and the respective intermediate areas are arranged adjacent to each other when they are located at the respective positions to be transferred, the turntable and the vehicle mounting area are arranged in proximity while the turning of the turntable is performed without any support. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an incoming berth and an outgoing berth of a mechanical multi-level parking device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a storage berth side region with respect to a shift device adopted in the mechanical multi-level parking device of FIG.

3 is a plan view showing a shift device adopted in the mechanical multi-level parking device of FIG. 1 and the vicinity thereof, in which a vehicle is transferred from one traveling carriage to one intermediate region of the shift device. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the shift device showing the operation following FIG. 3, and is a plan view showing a state when the vehicle is rotated by the turntable device of the shift device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the shift device showing the operation following FIG. 4, and is a plan view showing a state in which the vehicle is transferred from the pallet portion of the shift device to the other intermediate region.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the turntable device in FIGS. 3 to 5 cut along the vehicle transfer direction.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the lifting device in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the lifting device of FIG. 7 in a partially enlarged manner.

9 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a lowered state of the lifting device of FIG.

10 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a lifted state of the lifting device of FIG.

11 is a side view showing a partially enlarged state of the lifting device of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a shift device of a mechanical multi-level parking device according to a second embodiment of the present invention and the vicinity thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 15 ... Turntable device (vehicle direction changing means), 12, 16 ... Pallet part (turntable), 1
4, 17 ... Turning drive unit, 30, 32 ... Shift device, 31, 33 ... Intermediate region, 51 ... Mechanical multi-level parking device (mechanical parking device), 53 ... Parallel running paths, 5
Reference numeral 7 ... Traveling vehicle (vehicle mounting area), 58, 68 ... Lift (vehicle mounting area), 60f, 60r ... Traverse conveyor (conveyor), 63 ... Traveling path separated at an arbitrary angle,
70 ... Lifting device, P ... Parking floor (predetermined floor), V
…vehicle.

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vehicle mounting area on which a vehicle can be placed and which is separated from each other in plan view, a shift device which is arranged between vehicle mounting areas which are separated from each other in plan view, and the vehicle mounting area. Each of the storage area and the shift device is installed corresponding to each of the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle, and these wheels are transferred in the width direction of the vehicle to move the vehicle into the vehicle mounting area and the shift device. In a mechanical parking apparatus comprising: a traversing conveyor that can be transferred between the vehicle mounting areas, and the vehicle mounting areas are connected to each other via the shift device, wherein the shift device has a rectangular shape in a plan view. A turntable, which is a vehicle direction changing means for turning the vehicle to change the direction of the vehicle, is provided with a traverse conveyor, and the turntable and the vehicle placement area are arranged side by side adjacent to each other. Equipment And an intermediate region that respectively connects the turntable and each vehicle mounting region, and either one of the turntable or the intermediate region is configured to be capable of moving up and down, and the intermediate region is the turntable. When the turntable turns by raising or lowering the intermediate region,
When the turntable is installed so as not to interfere with the members of the vehicle mounting areas and is located at each position where the turntable turns and transfers the vehicle, the turntable and the intermediate areas are adjacent to each other. A mechanical parking device characterized by being lined up. 2. The vehicle mounting area is each traveling carriage that travels on traveling paths that are separated in parallel in a plan view, and the shift device connects the traveling carriages to each other. The mechanical parking apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The vehicle mounting area is each traveling carriage that travels a traveling path that has an arbitrary angle in plan view and is separated, and the shift device connects the traveling carriages to each other. The mechanical parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical parking apparatus is provided. 4. The vehicle mounting area includes a traveling carriage that travels on a traveling road and a lift that can stop and ascend and descend on a predetermined floor where the traveling road is set. 2. The mechanical parking according to claim 1, wherein the shift devices are parallel to each other or are separated from each other at an arbitrary angle in a plan view, and the shift device connects the traveling carriage and the lift. apparatus. 5. The traverse conveyor installed in the turntable corresponding to each of the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle is configured to have the same width. Mechanical parking device.