JP5268518B2 - Circulating parking apparatus having a charging function and parking management method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circulating parking apparatus which can perform recharging in a circulation passage while an electric motorcar is aboard a recharging pallet and stored. <P>SOLUTION: The circulating parking apparatus is provided with lateral passages 2, 3 (circulation passages) and descent/ascent paths 4, 5 for moving the pallet from the lateral passages 2, 3. The pallet has a recharging pallet 16 which is provided with a recharging relay function which recharges the onboard electric motorcar E, and the lateral passages 2, 3 have an electric power transmission passage 20 which is laid down along the storage part of the pallet 16 in the lateral passages 2, 3. The recharging pallet 16 is provided with a feeding wire 18 and a current collector 51. The feeding wire 18 recharges the onboard electric motorcar E, and the current collector 51, which is in contact with the electric power transmission passage 20, supplies power to the feeding wire 18. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a circulation parking apparatus having a charging function for an electric vehicle and a parking management method thereof.

  In business districts, shopping districts, etc., a circulation type parking device is installed that allows a plurality of pallets to circulate and park a plurality of vehicles. For example, in the case of a box-type circulation parking device, a plurality of horizontal traversing paths are provided in the vertical direction, a plurality of pallets are traversed along the traversing path, and the pallets are moved up and down in the hoistways at both ends. It has become.

  On the other hand, in recent years, electric vehicles ("Electric vehicles" in this specification and claims) require charging of "Electric vehicles", "Hybrid vehicles combining electric motors and internal combustion engines", etc. (Referred to as a vehicle) is becoming widespread, and a parking device that can charge the battery while it is parked is being developed.

For example, as a parking device capable of charging an electric vehicle, a charger and a collector having an outlet connected to the storage battery side of the vehicle, in which a power supply trolley wire is arranged endlessly along an endless chain for cage circulation of the circulating parking device There is a cage that is charged from the power supply trolley wire (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 2908945

However, in the case of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, since the electric vehicle is circulated in a state where the power supply trolley wire disposed endlessly along the circulation endless chain and the brush of the cage are always in contact with each other, When an electric vehicle is mounted, it is necessary to take measures to prevent arcing when connecting the plug to the outlet of the cage. Moreover, a pallet and a trolley between a traverse path that stores and circulates the pallet, such as a box-type circulation parking device, and a moving unit (a transfer unit, a turning unit, a loading / unloading unit, etc.) that moves the pallet. when applying the relative orientation of the lines rapidly circulating parking system it is necessary to change the arcing measures at the feed line connection when moving the pallet to the transverse channel from the mobile unit, i.e. contact break prevention measures This is necessary, and the configuration of Patent Document 1 cannot cope with this.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a circulating parking apparatus capable of charging an electric vehicle mounted and stored on a charging pallet on a traverse road during storage, and a parking management method thereof.

To achieve the above object, the circulation parking apparatus having a charging function of the present invention includes a transverse passage Ru is rampant in the horizontal direction and stores the pallet for mounting the electric vehicle, the pallet at both ends of the transverse passage A revolving parking device including a moving unit that moves a vehicle from a traverse road , wherein the pallet includes a charging pallet having a charging relay function for charging an electric vehicle mounted thereon, and a standard pallet not having the charging relay function with the door, said transverse passage is configured to have a transmission path laid along the storage portion of the pallet in the transverse passage, provided with a length that can be arranged in the odd number pallet, the charging pallet, mounted a feed line for charging the electric vehicle, the power transmission path in contact with and a collector unit power supplied to the fed-wire, the pallet, the standard pallet and said charging pallet Characterized in that it is arranged alternately. The "circulation type parking device" in the document of this specification and the claims moves the pallet with a large change in posture with respect to the transverse path such as a box type circulation type, a horizontal circulation type, a circular circulation type, etc. A recycle parking device. The “moving part” refers to a part that delivers pallets such as “transfer part”, “swivel part”, “entrance / exit part”, or performs a sudden change in the moving direction, etc. The storage part of the pallet excluding the “moving part”. Thus, for all of the electric vehicle that is stored in the charging pallet to circulate along the storage portion of the pallet in the transverse passage, it is possible to wait while automatically charged at its transverse path.

Further, since the arrangement and a standard pallet and charging pallet alternately traverse path, the pallets transverse path to move the charged pallets transverse path by one pitch movement can be charged.

Furthermore, since the transverse passage is provided with a length that can be arranged in the odd number pallet, is moved all the charging pallet if ask case 1 is the pitch movement charging pallet is out of the transverse path traversing path charge Can be easily done.

  Further, the power transmission path has an end power transmission path section obtained by dividing a length capable of arranging at least one current collecting means of the charging pallet by an insulating section, and each of the end power transmission path sections includes a switch. You may make it have. In this way, when the charging pallet moves to the end transmission path part, the power transmission to the end transmission path part is stopped by the switch so that the arc at the time of contact between the current collecting means of the charging pallet and the transmission path is stopped. Discharge can be reliably prevented.

On the other hand, a parking management method for a recycle parking apparatus having a charging function according to the present invention is a parking management method for a revolving parking apparatus having any one of the above charging functions, comprising: an electric vehicle mounted on the charging pallet; The connection with the power supply line is determined to be a charge request, and the charging pallet is moved to the traverse road and charged from the power transmission path when the warehousing operation of the electric vehicle is completed. As a result, the electric vehicle mounted on the charging pallet and connected to the power supply line is automatically charged when the warehousing operation is completed. Therefore, the electric vehicle can be charged during storage without requiring a troublesome operation for charging. it can.

Furthermore, in the parking management method of the circulating parking apparatus having the charging function, the connection between the electric vehicle mounted on the charging pallet and the power supply line is determined as a charging request, and the moving unit of the charging pallet You may make it stop the power transmission to the said edge part power transmission path part at the time of the movement between the said transverse roads. In this way, when the charging pallet moves to the end power transmission path, power transmission to the end power transmission path is stopped, so that arc discharge at the time of contact between the current collecting means of the charging pallet and the power transmission path is ensured. Can be prevented.

Moreover, if the charging pallet equipped with an electric vehicle with the charge request is located in addition to the transverse path may be charged by moving the said charging palette idle time of entry and leaving the transverse channel. If it does in this way, it can charge efficiently by moving the charging pallet carrying the electric vehicle which needs charging using the idle time of loading / unloading to a transverse road.

According to the present invention, in the circulation type parking apparatus configured to move the charging pallet on which the electric vehicle is mounted to the traverse road by the means as described above, the electric vehicle is stably used by using the time stored in the traverse path. It can be easily charged.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic front view of a box-type circulation parking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view taken along arrow II-II shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a portion III shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a front view taken along the line IV-IV shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the power supply relay stand shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view taken along the line VI-VI shown in FIG. 3 and shows details of the current collecting means. This 1st Embodiment has shown the example which circulates a pallet with the two-layer box-type circulation parking apparatus. Further, the vertical and horizontal directions in the document of this specification and claims are the vertical and horizontal directions in a state of facing the front of the parking device as shown in FIG. 1, and the depth direction (vertical and vertical directions) of the parking device shown in FIG. Direction) is the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the box-type circulating parking apparatus 1 of this embodiment includes upper and lower two-level traversing paths 2 and 3 (circulation paths) of an upper-level traversing path 2 and a lower-layer traversing path 3 in an underground parking portion. The circulation hoistway 4 (moving part) that also serves to carry in and out the pallet is provided at the right end, and the hoisting path 5 (moving part) for circulation is provided at the left end. The right hoistway 4 is provided with a pallet carry-in / circulation lift 9 that raises and lowers the elevating rail 8 with an elevating endless chain 7 driven by a lift elevating drive mechanism 6. The left hoistway 5 is provided with a circulation lift 13 that raises and lowers the elevating rail 12 with an endless chain 11 for circulation driven by a lift elevating drive mechanism 10.

  In the upper and lower two-way traversing paths 2 and 3, a general standard pallet 15 that does not have a charging relay function and a charging pallet 16 that has a charging relay function are alternately arranged. Further, the transverse paths 2 and 3 of this embodiment have such a length that an odd number (seven) of pallets 15 and 16 can be arranged, and the odd number of pallets 15 and 16 are arranged in one layer. In the figure, the pallets 15 and 16 are numbered, the odd positions are standard pallets 15 and the even positions are charging pallets 16. As described above, in this embodiment, an odd number of pallets 15 and 16 are arranged on the transverse paths 2 and 3, and one pallet 15 and 16 are arranged on the left and right lifts 9 and 13, respectively. The preferable example which has arrange | positioned 15 and the charging pallet 16 alternately is shown. The arrangement of the pallets 15 and 16 is not limited to such an arrangement. In this embodiment, an example in which a general standard pallet 15 that does not have a charge relay function and a charge pallet 16 that has a charge relay function are mixedly mounted is shown. Good.

  On the other hand, the charging pallet 16 is provided with a power supply relay stand 17 on the upper surface and a current collector 51 connected to the power supply relay stand 17 and the power supply line 18 on the lower surface. Details of the current collector 51 and the like will be described later.

  In the traversing paths 2 and 3, a power transmission path 20 (trolley line) is laid along the traversing paths 2 and 3 below the pallets 15 and 16. The power transmission path 20 is provided in the storage portion of the pallets 15 and 16 in the transverse paths 2 and 3, and in the case of the box-type circulation parking apparatus 1 of this embodiment, from one end of the transverse paths 2 and 3. It is provided continuously in the storage part up to the other end.

  Further, in this embodiment, end power transmission path portions 22 are provided at both ends of the power transmission path 20, and the end power transmission path portions 22 are divided by the insulating portions 21 so that at least one collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 can be arranged. ing. In this way, the power transmission path 20 is formed by the insulating part 21 and is divided into the left part, the middle part, and the right part of the end power transmission part 22 at both ends and the intermediate power transmission part 23, and the end power transmission part 22 is provided with an end switch 24, and the intermediate power transmission path 23 is provided with an intermediate switch 25. The power transmission paths 22, 23 can be opened and closed by the switches 24, 25, respectively. Yes.

  Further, a loading / unloading chamber 30 is provided at the upper end of the rightmost hoistway 4, and a loading / unloading floor opening 31 for placing the pallets 15 and 16 that raise the hoistway 4 is disposed in the loading / unloading chamber 30. Is provided. In this loading / unloading chamber 30, a loading / unloading port 32 having a loading / unloading port door 33 that moves up and down is provided, and a driving operation panel 35 is provided on the side of the loading / unloading port 32.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the power transmission path 20 is provided in two lines on one side in the longitudinal direction of the transverse path 3 (2). Both ends of the power transmission path 20 are curved toward the counter-collecting side so that the two collecting points 51 provided on the lower surface of the charging pallet 16 are in smooth contact. In addition, as described above, the switches 24 and 25 provided at the end power transmission path portion 22 at both ends formed by the insulating portion 21 and divided into the left part, the middle part, and the right part, and the intermediate power transmission path part 23. Are connected to an external AC power supply 26.

  Further, the charging pallet 16 and the standard pallet 15 are arranged such that the wheels 36 move on the traverse rail 37, and the adjacent pallets 15 and 16 are connected by a connector 38 that engages with a male-female structure. ing. All the pallets 15 and 16 connected to the adjacent pallets 15 and 16 on the traverse path 3 (2) by the connecting tool 38 are engaged groove members 41 provided on the lower surfaces of the pallets 15 and 16. The traversing path 3 (2) is traversed by the traversing drive mechanism 40 that is engaged with the traverse and integrally traverses.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the traversing drive mechanism 40 includes a revolving arm 43 having a roller 42 at its end that engages the engaged groove member 41 of the two pallets 15 and 16 connected by a connecting tool 38. , A transmission element 45 (gear mechanism or the like) for turning the turning arm 43 on the vertical shaft 44, a rotating shaft 46 for transmitting power to the transmission element 45, and a driver 47 for driving the rotating shaft 46. Yes. The driving machine 47 includes a speed reducer, a motor with a brake, and a traversing movement amount detecting means, and is driven so as to control the traversing movement amount of the pallets 15 and 16. According to this traverse drive mechanism 40, by rotating the turning arm 43 by 180 °, the pallet 15 of the engaged groove member 41 in which the roller 42 is turned and engaged along a turning locus indicated by a one-dot chain line, Since 16 is traversed by one pallet, all the pallets 15 and 16 connected by the connector 38 are traversed by one pallet.

  On the other hand, the front and rear two power transmission paths 20 provided along the transverse path 3 (2) are fixed to a bracket 50 of a vertical beam 49 provided between the columns 48 of the frame assembly of the parking apparatus body. . The power transmission path 20 is fixed to the bracket 50 so that the side where the current collector 51 provided at the lower part of the charging pallet 16 contacts is opened.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the current collector 51 has one end of an arm 53 pivotally supported by a vertical shaft 52 projecting downward from the lower surface of the charging pallet 16 at approximately equal intervals to the two power transmission paths 20. Is provided. The arm 53 is swingable in a horizontal plane around the vertical shaft 52, and the current collecting side is urged toward the power transmission path 20 by a tension spring 55 (FIG. 3). The tension spring 55 always presses the current collector 51 against a conductor 56 (described later) of the power transmission path 20, and maintains the contact state between the current collector 51 and the conductor 56 even if the charging pallet 16 is slightly moved back and forth while moving. I am doing so. Further, when the current collector 51 is detached from the power transmission path 20, the arm 53 is further swung to the power transmission path 20 side by the tension spring 55, but is swung by coming into contact with a stopper pin 64 provided on the charging pallet 16 side. It is regulated and held in a certain posture. In this embodiment, the current collector 51, the vertical shaft 52, and the arm 53 constitute a current collector 54. Further, by bringing the current collectors 51 into contact with the two power transmission paths 20, they can be reliably in contact with each other with a large contact area so that stable power supply can be performed. The current collecting means 54 may be of any other configuration as long as the current collecting 51 is brought into contact with the power transmission path 20 and can be energized, and is not limited to this embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the power supply relay stand 17 is erected on the side rising portion 19 of the charging pallet 16, and the outlet 57 provided on the power supply relay stand 17 is mounted on the charging pallet 16. The plug 59 of the charging cable 58 connected to the battery B of the electric vehicle E is provided at a height where it can be easily inserted. As described above, the outlet 57 and the current collector 51 provided on the lower surface of the charging pallet 16 are connected by the power supply line 18. In this example, the top plate of the power supply relay stand 17 protrudes above the outlet 57 to prevent dripping water. The cross-sectional shape of the power supply relay stand 17 may be a circular cross section, a polygonal cross section, or the like other than the rectangular cross section illustrated.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the power transmission path 20 (trolley wire) includes the conductor 56 that is fixed to a bracket 50 fixed to a vertical beam 49 by being covered with an insulating coating material 60. In this conductor 56, only the insulating coating material opening 61 on the side where the current collector 51 contacts is open to the outside.

  On the other hand, the current collector 51 is attached to a guide / cover 62 fixed to an end of an arm 53 pivotally supported by a vertical shaft 52, and is connected to the feeder 18 by a terminal 63. The current collector 51 is in contact with the conductor 56 at the insulating coating material opening 61 by the arm 53 biased toward the power transmission path by the tension spring 55 described above. Although the conductor 56 is provided in the power transmission path 20 of the part shown in FIG. 6, in the said insulation part 21, the part of this conductor 56 is also an insulating material.

  FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the control block of the driving operation panel 35 for operating the box-type circulating parking apparatus 1 includes a RAM, a CPU, etc., which integrally store “password number / entry pallet number / charging request presence / absence”. , A control device 70 that emits a signal for controlling each part, a lifting / lowering drive part for a carry-in / out lift, a lifting / lowering drive part for a circulation lift, a traverse drive part 71 for a traversing path, etc. The door opening / closing drive unit, the entry / exit drive unit 72 such as the turning drive unit of the turntable outside the entrance / exit, the traverse position detection means for the upper traverse road, the traverse position detection means for the lower traverse path, and the vehicle detection of the parking section The detection unit 73 provided with means and the operation control panel 35 are connected via an I / O device 74 (input / output device), and signals are transmitted and received between the respective units. In addition, the I / O device 74 transmits and receives control signals for performing switching control between the switches 24 and 25 of the power transmission path 20 in the upper traverse path 2 and the switches 24 and 25 of the power transmission path 20 in the lower traverse path 3. Is also done.

  The operation control panel 35 is provided with a guidance display section 76 for “entrance number” and “call number” at the top, and an “emergency stop” button 77 having an emergency stop display lamp. Below that, a pallet display section 78 is provided, a single circle lamp 79 is adopted for the standard pallet 15, and a double circle lamp 80 is adopted for the charging pallet 16. In the case of the standard pallet 15, it is turned on when the vehicle is mounted, and is turned off when the vehicle is not mounted. In the case of the charging pallet 16, the double circle is fully lit when the electric vehicle requiring charging is installed, the inner single circle is turned on when the electric vehicle or ordinary vehicle not requiring charging is mounted, and is turned off when not mounted. On the side of the pallet display section 78, a numeric keypad 81 used for inputting a pallet number for entering / exiting and a password is provided. Below that, there are buttons for “safety confirmation”, “empty call”, “password”, “start”, “end door closed”, “cancel”, and “turntable rotation / stop” buttons. 82 is provided, and the button section 82 is also provided with a “charge request” button 83. In addition, a switch unit 84 in which selection switches for “control power supply”, “operation mode”, and “operation management” are arranged is provided at the bottom.

According to such a driving operation panel 35, charging is automatically performed by storing the electric vehicle E as follows.
(1) The user who wants to charge is operated by operating the (contract) personal identification number, calling operation of the empty charging pallet 16, and the “charging request” button 83, the “start” button, etc. Perform the operation.
(2) The empty charging pallet 16 is called into the loading / unloading room 30 and landed, and the loading / unloading door 33 is opened.
(3) The user drives the electric vehicle E, gets on the charging pallet 16, stops at a predetermined position, and gets off. Then, the charging cable 58 provided in the electric vehicle E is pulled out, and the plug 59 of the charging cable 58 is connected to the outlet 57 provided on the power supply relay stand 17 of the charging pallet 16. This plug insertion operation becomes an intention display of a charge request by the user. If this operation is forgotten or if the connection is poor, the operation panel 35 will not charge even if a charge is requested.
(4) The user leaves and completes a series of warehousing operations by performing “safety confirmation” and “end door closing” button operations on the operation panel 35.
(5) The parking apparatus 1 carries in and stores the warehousing pallet 16 with the pallet carry-in / out and circulation lift 9 along the completion of the warehousing operation.
(6) In this embodiment, when the box-type circulation movement of the pallet group associated with the above-mentioned loading / unloading call or the like, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 described below, the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 is The opening / closing operation of the end switch 24 depending on whether the hoistways 4 and 5 enter the power transmission path 20 of the traversing paths 2 and 3 or whether the traverse paths 2 and 3 leave the hoisting paths 4 and 5. Is controlled.

  FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart of the switch at the end of each layer traversing road of the box-type circulating parking apparatus shown in FIG. FIGS. 9A to 9D are operation explanatory views when the charging pallet moves from the hoistway to the traverse road in the operation flowchart shown in FIG. 8, and the charging pallet 16 equipped with the electric vehicle requiring charging is moved up and down. The operation | movement at the time of moving from the lift 13 (9) of the path 5 (4) to the transverse paths 2 and 3 is shown. FIGS. 10A to 10D are operation explanatory diagrams when the charging pallet moves from the traversing road to the hoistway in the operation flowchart shown in FIG. 8, and the charging pallet 16 equipped with the electric vehicle requiring charging is shown. Shows the operation when moving from the traversing paths 2 and 3 to the lift 9 (13) of the hoistway 4 (5). In the following description, since the same movement method can be adopted between the right and left hoistways 4 and 5 and the traversing paths 2 and 3, the other code is indicated by parentheses, and the other codes are described above. It demonstrates using the code | symbol in. The transfer of the pallets 15 and 16 is referred to as “movement”.

  As shown in FIG. 8, first, it is determined whether or not the horizontal movement of the pallets 15 and 16 is started (S1), and when the horizontal movement is started as shown in FIG. It is determined whether the movement from 4, 5 to the traversing paths 2, 3 (S2). When the charging pallet 16 is moved from the hoistway 5 (4) to the traversing paths 2 and 3, a switch opening command is issued (S3), and an end switch as shown in FIG. 9 (b). 24 is opened, and power transmission to the end power transmission path 22 is stopped.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9 (c), it is detected whether or not the current collector 51 of the moving charging pallet 16 has entered the power transmission path 20 (S4). (S5), the end switch 24 is closed as shown in FIG. 9 (d), and the power transmission to the end transmission path section 22 is restored.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 8 (S2), when the charging pallet 16 is not moved from the hoistways 4 and 5 to the traversing paths 2 and 3, the charging pallet 16 is traversed from the traversing paths 2 and 3 to the hoisting paths 4 and 5. It is determined whether it is moving (S6). If it is not this movement, the process returns to (S1). As shown in FIG. 10 (a), when the charging pallet 16 is moved from the traversing paths 2 and 3 to the hoistway 4 (5), a switch opening command is issued (S7) and shown in FIG. 10 (b). Thus, the end switch 24 is opened, and the power transmission to the end transmission path section 22 is stopped.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 10 (c), it is detected whether or not the current collector 51 of the moving charging pallet 16 has been detached from the power transmission path 20 (S8). A command is issued (S5), the end switch 24 is closed as shown in FIG. 10 (d), and the power transmission to the end transmission path section 22 is restored.

  FIG. 11 is a charging pallet rearrangement flowchart of the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b) are operation explanatory diagrams corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, the electric vehicle is referred to as an E vehicle. In the case of the box-type circulation parking device 1 described above, when the charging pallet 16 equipped with the electric vehicle E requiring charging is placed on the lifts 9 and 13 in the standby state, it is not charged. Management of rearrangement is performed so that charging is possible.

  As shown in FIG. 11, it is determined whether or not there is a warehousing request (S 11). If there is no warehousing request, it is determined that the pallet 16 is placed in any one of the lifts 9 and 13. It is judged (S12). Further, it is determined whether or not the electric vehicle E is mounted on the charging pallet 16 disposed on the lifts 9 and 13 (S13), and the electric vehicle E is mounted as shown in FIG. When the electric vehicle E has a charge request (S14), a rearrangement command is issued (S15). As this command, a traverse command of 1 pitch (for one pallet) is issued in the upper and lower layers opposite directions so that the charging pallet 16 on the lift moves to the traversing paths 2 and 3, as shown in FIG. 12 (b). Thus, the charging pallet 16 is moved to the transverse paths 2 and 3.

  In addition, in this example, an odd number of pallets are arranged on each layer traversing path 2, 3, and one pallet 15, 16 is arranged on each of the left and right lifts 9, 13, and the standard pallet 15 and the charging pallet 16 are alternately arranged, so that in the above-described standby state when the warehousing is off, the charging pallet 16 on the lifts 9 and 13 can be simultaneously transferred to the power transmission path 20 by traversing one pitch in the opposite direction of the upper and lower layers. It is possible to charge by moving to the traversing roads 2, 3.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an arrangement example of the charging pallet and the standard pallet in the three-layer box-type circulating parking apparatus. With this configuration, the charging pallet 16 on the lift is moved to the transverse paths 2 and 3 as described above. When moving, the charging pallet 16 is moved to the transverse paths 2 and 3 by box-type circulation between the upper and middle layers or box-type circulation between the middle and lower layers. The number of layers in the box-type circulation type may be any number of layers such as 3, 4 and 5 as long as it is 2 layers or more.・ Movement is performed by box-type circulation between lower layers.

  FIG. 14 is an operation flowchart of the switch at the end of each layer traversing path when all the pallets of the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are charging pallets. FIGS. 15 (a) to 15 (e) are FIGS. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. These drawings show the operation of the end switch 24 of each layer traversing path 2, 3 when the entire pallet is the charging pallet 16 in the above embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 14, it is first determined whether or not the horizontal movement of the charging pallet 16 is started (S21). If the horizontal movement is started as shown in FIG. , 5 to the traversing paths 2 and 3 is determined (S22). When the movement is from the hoistways 4 and 5 to the traversing paths 2 and 3, it is detected whether or not the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 at the end of the traversing path has passed through the insulating portion 21 of the power transmission path 20. (S23). FIG. 15 (b) shows the way of passing. From this state, when the collector 51 completes passing through the insulating portion 21 and enters the intermediate power transmission path portion 23, a switch opening command is issued (S24), and FIG. As shown in (c), the end switch 24 is opened, and the power transmission to the end transmission path section 22 is stopped.

  Thereafter, it is detected whether or not the current collector 51 of the moving charging pallet 16 has completely entered the power transmission path 20 (S25). From the state immediately before the current collector 51 intrudes as shown in FIG. In the middle of the intrusion shown in (d), when the intrusion is completed, a switch closing command is issued (S26), and the end switch 24 is closed as shown in FIG. 15 (e) to transmit power to the end transmission path section 22. Is restored.

  On the other hand, in the above (S22), when the charging pallet 16 is not moved from the hoistways 4 and 5 to the traversing paths 2 and 3, it is determined that the charging pallet 16 is moved from the traversing paths 2 and 3 to the hoistways 4 and 5, and the switch An open command is issued (S27), the end switch 24 is opened as in FIG. 15C, and the power transmission to the end transmission path section 22 is stopped. Thereafter, it is detected whether or not the current collector 51 of the moving charging pallet 16 has been detached from the power transmission path 20 (S28), and the separation completion state shown in FIG. 15 (c) is changed from the state shown in FIG. 15 (d). Then, a switch close command is issued (S26), the end switch 24 is closed as shown in FIG. 15 (b), and the power transmission to the end power transmission path unit 22 is restored.

  As described above, when all the pallets 15 and 16 are used as the charging pallet 16, the above-described control may be performed when the entire charging pallet 16 is moved. This control may be performed only when the charging pallet 16 on which the electric vehicle E having a charging request is mounted is moved.

  As described above, according to the box-type circulation parking device 1, not only in the standby state at the time of entering and leaving the warehouse, but also in the circulation movement of the pallet group, it is stored in the transverse paths 2 and 3 (circulation path). It is possible to automatically charge the electric vehicle E mounted on all the charging pallets 16.

  Further, in the example in which the standard pallet 15 and the charging pallet 16 are alternately arranged as described above, the charging pallet 16 may be placed on the lifts 9 and 13 that cannot be charged in a standby state when the entry / exit is off. By performing a traversing operation in the opposite direction of one pitch on the upper and lower two-level traversing paths 2 and 3, all the charging pallets 16 are arranged on the traversing paths 2 and 3 and charging of the electric vehicle E being stored is possible. It becomes.

  Further, when the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 enters and leaves the power transmission path 20, power transmission to the end power transmission path section 22 is stopped, thereby making a pair of the current collector 51 and each power transmission path conductor. Even if the contact timing with 56 is shifted due to various circumstances (for example, mounting error or solid manufacturing error), arc discharge may cause noise disturbance to peripheral electrical / electronic devices or malfunction of the switch. However, it is possible to smoothly move the charging pallet 16 and charge the electric vehicle E stored in the transverse paths 2 and 3 (circulation path).

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a transverse path, a moving unit, and a power transmission path of the circular circulation parking apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, only an outline is shown. The same components as those in the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. As shown in FIG. 16, in the circular circulation parking apparatus 91, an upper layer traversing path 94 (circulation path) and a lower layer traversing path 95 (circulation path) excluding the left moving unit 92 and the right moving unit 93 are connected to the pallet 15. , 16 is a storage portion of the power transmission path 20 is laid only on these transverse passages 94 and 95. The power transmission path 20 is provided in a pallet storage portion from one end to the other end of the traversing paths 94, 95, and has an insulating portion with a length that allows at least one collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 to be disposed at both ends. An end power transmission path portion 22 divided by 21 is provided. The end transmission path section 22 and the intermediate transmission path section 23 that are divided into three by the insulating section 21 are each provided with a switch (not shown) as in the first embodiment. Since the other configuration is the same as that of the power transmission path 20 in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Also in such a circular circulation parking apparatus 91, the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 is transferred to the power transmission path 20 of the transverse paths 94, 95 in the transverse paths 94, 95, similarly to the box-type circulation parking apparatus 1 described above. It is possible to automatically charge the electric vehicles mounted on all the charging pallets 16 stored in these traversing paths 94 and 95 by contacting them. Further, even if the charging pallet 16 is arranged on the left and right moving parts 92 and 93, the charging pallet 16 is arranged on the traversing paths 94 and 95 by being circulated by one pitch and mounted on the charging pallet 16. It is possible to charge an electric vehicle. Furthermore, when the end switch 24 (FIGS. 9 and 10) is controlled as described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10 when the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 enters and leaves the power transmission path 20, the current collector 51 can be controlled. Can be circulated so as not to cause arc discharge between the power transmission path conductors 56 (FIG. 6), and the charging pallet 16 can be smoothly moved to charge the electric vehicle being stored in the transverse paths 94 and 95. be able to.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a transverse path, a moving unit, and a power transmission path of the horizontal circulation parking apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those in the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. As shown in FIG. 17, in the horizontal circulation parking apparatus 101, a power transmission path is connected to a transverse path 104 (circulation path), which is a pallet storage part, excluding the entry / exit section 102 and the vertical transfer mechanisms 103 (moving sections) at both ends. 20 is laid. The power transmission path 20 is also provided with an end power transmission path section 22 and an intermediate power transmission path section 23 that are divided by an insulating section 21 so that at least one collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 can be arranged. The power transmission path sections 22 and 23 divided into three by the insulating section 21 are each provided with a switch (not shown) as in the first embodiment. Other configurations such as the current collector 51 in contact with the power transmission path 20 are the same as the configurations in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  In such a horizontal circulation parking apparatus 101, as in the case of the box-type circulation parking apparatus 1, the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 is brought into contact with the power transmission path 20 of the transverse path 104 in the transverse path 104. It is possible to automatically charge the electric vehicle E mounted on all the charging pallets 16 stored in the traversing path 104. Further, when the end switch 24 (FIGS. 9 and 10) is controlled as described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10 when the current collector 51 of the charging pallet 16 enters and leaves the power transmission path 20, the current collector 51 is controlled. Can be circulated so as not to cause arc discharge between the transmission line conductor 56 (FIG. 6), and the charging pallet 16 can be smoothly moved to charge the electric vehicle E stored in the transverse path 104. Can do.

  In addition, the circulation type parking apparatuses 1, 91, 101 in the above embodiment are merely examples. For example, even in the case of a circulation parking apparatus such as a “direct entry type” box-type circulation type and a horizontal circulation type, the same operation is performed. It can be effective, as in “box-type circulation”, the vertical direction of the left and right parts in the vertical plane and the horizontal direction of the upper and lower parts, as in “horizontal circulation”, the left and right parts in the horizontal plane The vertical direction of the front and the horizontal direction of the front / rear, such as a structure that involves a sudden change in the direction of movement of the pallet, or a circulation path that pulls the pallet away from the circulation path during loading / unloading work or is incorporated into the circulation path Even in a circulation type parking apparatus having a pallet delivery between the above and the present invention, the above-described effects can be achieved by applying the present invention, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The invention is the embodiment described above. The present invention is not limited to.

  The circulation type parking apparatus having a charging function according to the present invention can be used for a circulation type parking apparatus that stores an electric vehicle in a pallet that is circulated and stored.

1 is an overall schematic front view of a box-type circulation parking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the II-II arrow shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a part III shown in FIG. 2. It is the IV-IV arrow front view shown in FIG. It is an expansion perspective view of the electric power feeding relay stand shown in FIG. It is a VI-VI arrow enlarged side view shown in FIG. It is a control block diagram in the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the switch in each layer traverse road edge part of the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. (a)-(d) is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of a charging pallet moving from a hoistway to a traverse way in the action | operation flowchart shown in FIG. (a)-(d) is operation | movement explanatory drawing when a charge pallet moves to a hoistway from a transverse path in the operation | movement flowchart shown in FIG. It is a charging pallet rearrangement flowchart of the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. (a), (b) is operation | movement explanatory drawing corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the charge pallet and a standard pallet in a three-layer box-type circulation parking apparatus. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the switch of each layer traverse road edge in case all the pallets of the box-type circulation parking apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are charging pallets. (a)-(e) is operation | movement explanatory drawing corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the transverse path of the circular circulation type parking apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention, a moving part, and a power transmission path. It is a top view which shows a transverse path and a moving part, and a power transmission path of the horizontal circulation type parking apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Box-type circulation parking device
2 Upper traverse (circulation)
3 Lower tramway (circulation path)
4 hoistway (moving part)
5 hoistway (moving part)
9 Pallet loading / unloading / circulation lift 13 Circulation lift 15 Standard pallet 16 Charging pallet 17 Power supply relay stand 18 Power supply line 20 Power transmission path 21 Insulation section 22 End power transmission path section 23 Intermediate power transmission path section 24 End switch 25 Intermediate switch Device 26 External AC power source 35 Operation control panel 51 Current collector 52 Vertical shaft 53 Arm 54 Current collecting means 55 Tension spring 56 Conductor 57 Outlet 58 Charging cable 59 Plug 60 Insulation coating material 61 Insulation coating material opening part 62 Guide and cover 70 Control Device 78 Pallet display unit 79 Single circle lamp 80 Double circle lamp 83 “Charge request” button 91 Circular circulation parking device 92 Moving unit 93 Moving unit 94 Upper layer traversing path (circulation path)
95 Lower tramway (circulation path)
101 Horizontal circulation parking device 102 Entry / exit part 103 Vertical transfer mechanism (moving part)
104 Traverse (circulation)

Claims (5)

A circulation type parking apparatus having a transverse passage Ru is rampant in the horizontal direction and stores the pallet for mounting the electric vehicle, and a moving portion that moves the pallet from the transverse passage at the both ends of the transverse passage,
The pallet includes a charging pallet having a charging relay function for charging an installed electric vehicle, and a standard pallet not having the charging relay function ,
The transverse passage is configured to have a transmission path laid along the storage portion of the pallet in the transverse passage, provided with a length that can be arranged in the odd number pallet,
The charging pallet includes a power supply line for charging the mounted electric vehicle, and a current collecting means for supplying power to the power supply line in contact with the power transmission path ,
The circulation type parking apparatus having a charging function, wherein the pallet is alternately arranged with the standard pallet and the charging pallet . The power transmission path has an end power transmission path section obtained by dividing a length capable of arranging at least one current collecting means of the charging pallet by an insulating section,
The circulating parking device with a charging function according to claim 1, wherein each of the end power transmission path portions includes a switch. A parking management method for a circulating parking apparatus having a charging function according to claim 1 or 2 ,
Judging the connection between the electric vehicle mounted on the charging pallet and the power supply line as a charging request,
A parking management method for a circulation type parking apparatus, wherein the charging pallet is moved to the traverse road and charged from the power transmission path when the electric vehicle enters the warehousing operation. A parking management method for a circulating parking apparatus having a charging function according to claim 2 ,
Judging the connection between the electric vehicle mounted on the charging pallet and the power supply line as a charging request,
Parking management method of circulating parking system, characterized in that the when moving between the mobile portion of the charging pallet and the transverse passage and to stop the power transmission to said end transmission path unit. If the charging pallet equipped with an electric vehicle with the charge request is located in addition to the transverse passage, according to claim 3 or 4 and to charge by moving the said charging pallet to traverse path free time goods movements Parking management method for recirculating parking equipment.

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