JPH0419166Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a mechanical parking system that prevents the vehicle from entering the cage even if a protruding object on the side of the vehicle (for example, a door mirror) comes into contact with the cage frame when the vehicle enters the cage. This invention relates to a cage for mounting on a vehicle that is intended to prevent damage to protruding objects.

(Prior art) Conventionally, a large number of vehicle loading cages are circulated in a vertical direction to store vehicles, and vehicles are loaded into and out of the cages at a vehicle entry area in front of the entrance/exit. "type parking device" is known. In this type of parking device, the cage generally consists of a vehicle chassis and a pair of front and rear gate-shaped cage frames with the lower ends of the left and right legs attached to the front and rear left and right sides of the chassis, respectively, in the vehicle entry direction. It's summery.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Incidentally, in order to minimize the installation space of the parking device, the width of the cage frame is set to the necessary minimum width that allows a vehicle to pass through. Moreover,
In recent years, vehicles equipped with door mirrors that protrude from the sides of the vehicle have become popular, and the width of the cage frame of these door mirror cars has only a small margin. Therefore, when a vehicle enters the gate-shaped cage frame and gets onto the cage chassis,
Accidents in which the door mirror comes into contact with the left or right leg of the cage frame are increasing. Of course, door mirrors are generally mounted so that they can be swung or folded with cushioning properties in the front and rear directions, so there is little risk of major damage to the door mirrors due to the above-mentioned contact. If you get scratched or
It is inevitable that the paint film on the cage frame will peel off and adhere to the door mirrors, causing discomfort to the users of the parking device.

The purpose of this invention is to improve the cage frame, which is an existing member, in order to prevent damage to the door mirror, etc., even if a protruding object on the side of the vehicle, such as a door mirror, comes into contact with the cage frame. be.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a cage for mounting on a vehicle with a flexible protective member at least at the intermediate portions of the left and right legs of the cage frame on the side where the vehicle gets in. Installed.

That is, this invention provides a cage for mounting on a vehicle, which consists of a vehicle chassis and a pair of front and rear gate-shaped cage frames with the lower ends of the left and right legs attached to the front and rear left and right sides of the chassis, respectively, in the direction in which the vehicle enters the vehicle. In the parking device equipped with the above-mentioned parking device, a flexible protection member is provided at least between the left and right legs of the cage frame on the side where the vehicle gets into, to protect the side protrusion when it comes into contact with the side protrusion of the vehicle. It is characterized by being fixedly installed.

(Function) The cage for mounting on a vehicle according to the present invention has a flexible protective member attached at least to the intermediate portions of the left and right legs of the cage frame on the side where the vehicle gets into the vehicle. Even if the side protrusion comes into contact with the cage frame, the door mirror, etc. will not be in direct contact with the rigid cage frame, but will be in contact with the flexible protection member, and there is a risk of damaging the door mirror, etc. There isn't. Further, since the protection member is attached to the cage frame of the vehicle mounting cage, the side protrusion of the vehicle can be easily and inexpensively protected using the existing cage.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a building, in which an entry/exit entrance 2 is opened in the rear wall 1a of the above ground part, and a vertical circulation type parking device 3 of a bottom entry type is installed inside. The parking device 3 has upper sprockets (not shown) arranged two each on the upper and lower sides.
and lower sprocket (not shown).
An endless book chain (not shown) is stretched, and a number of vehicle W loading cages 5 are suspended in a chain by a hanging member 4 pivotally connected to the endless chain, and a drive source is connected to an upper sprocket. (not shown) so that the groups of cages 5 are moved in a circular manner.

The cage 5 has two concave wheel entry paths 6 on the left and right sides.
The lower ends of left and right legs 7a1, 7a2, 7b1, and 7b2 are fixed to the left and right sides of the front and rear ends of the chassis 6, respectively, and the lower ends of the left and right legs are fixed to each other as they move upward. Gate-shaped front and rear cage frames 7a and 7b tilted so as to separate from each other in the front and back
, brackets 8a and 8b fixed at the upper center of the front and rear cage frames 7a and 7b, and the brackets 8a and 8b.
a, 8b horizontally in the front-rear direction, and includes a suspension shaft 9 whose front-rear projecting end portions are pivotally connected to the distal end portions of the hanging members 4 corresponding to the front and rear.

A protective member 10 is attached to the outer surface of the intermediate portion of the left and right legs 7b1 and 7a2 in the rear cage frame 7b on the side of the entrance 2, and is preferably made of a flexible synthetic resin material. As shown in FIG.
0a is integrally molded, and a portion in the circumferential direction is vertically split to form a split portion 10b. The protection member 10 has an inner diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the cage frame 7b when the split portion 10b is in its natural state when it is closed. It is fitted in the middle part. By doing this, the protective member 1
0 has left and right legs 7b1, 7 due to its own elasticity.
It wraps tightly around b2 and is fixed, so there is no risk of it falling off.

For example, when entering the warehouse, the driver operates the empty cage 5 using a control panel (not shown) provided outside the entry/exit entrance 2. As a result, the group of cages 5 moves in circulation, and when the desired empty cage 5 reaches the bottom of the circulation path facing the entrance 2 and stops,
The chassis 6 of the cage 5 slightly fits into the pit P dug into the ground floor F, and the upper surfaces of the wheel entry paths 6a and 6b are flush with the ground floor F, and the rear edge is close to the ground floor F. . Then, after the opening/closing door (not shown) of the entrance/exit 2 opens, the driver gets on the vehicle W and enters the building 1 through the entrance/exit 2 by driving forward.
Furthermore, it passes between the rear cage frames 7b (indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1), gets into the cage 5, and stops at a predetermined position on the chassis 6.

When the vehicle W enters the warehouse, the door mirror W1
In the case of a so-called "door mirror car" equipped with a door mirror, the distance between the left and right door mirrors W1, W1 is close to the inner width interval of the left and right legs 7b1, 7b2 of the rear cage frame 7b, so the path of forward driving is on the left. If the door mirror W1 is shifted to the right, the door mirror W1 may come into contact with either the left or right leg 7b1 or 7b2. However, even if the door mirror W1 makes contact, it will not directly contact the left and right legs 7b1 and 7b2, which are rigid bodies, but will only contact the protective member 10 made of flexible resin and bend the protrusion 10a. , door mirror W
1 itself is not likely to be damaged. If the door mirror W1 comes into contact with the protection member 10 in this way, the driver senses this and moves the vehicle W slightly backwards to correct the course, and then drives the vehicle W forward again.
1 and W1 pass between the rear cage frames 7b so as not to contact the left and right protection members 10, and stop at a predetermined position on the chassis 6 as described above.

Then, the driver gets off the vehicle and exits through the entry/exit entrance 2. Thereafter, the opening/closing door is closed and the entrance/exit 2 is closed, completing the warehousing.

On the other hand, when leaving the garage, the driver drives the vehicle W in reverse to exit the cage 5, but if the reverse path at the time of leaving the garage is misaligned to the left or right, the door mirror W1 of the door mirror car is There is a risk of coming into contact with. However, even in that case, damage to the door mirror W1 due to the contact is avoided, and the door mirror W1 can be moved back and forth repeatedly in the same way as when entering the garage, passing through the rear cage frame 7b and exiting the cage 5.

In the above-described embodiment, the protective member 10 has an annular projection 10a, but it may have other projection shapes such as a flocked projection, a spiral projection, a vertically elongated projection, or the like, as shown in FIG. The vertical cross section of the protective member 100 is divided vertically into a waveform portion 100.
You may also include a.

Further, the protective member 10 has a split portion 10b inserted therein, and the split portion 10b is pushed out to be attached to the left and right legs 7b1 and 7b2. Right leg 7b1, 7b2
It is also possible to wrap them together and fix them together by screwing, gluing, or the like.

Further, it is preferable that the protective member 10 has a color scheme that is aesthetically pleasing and stands out from the color of the cage frames 7a and 7b.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the entrance/exit 2 is shown as one location, but an entrance/exit is also provided on the front wall of the building 1 opposite to the entrance/exit 2, with one opening exclusively for warehousing and the other exclusively for exiting. In the case of the so-called "passing method,"
Both the left and right legs 7 of the rear cage frames 7a and 7b
Attach a total of 4 protection members to a1, 7a2, 7b1, and 7b2.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, the cage for mounting the parking device on a vehicle according to the invention has a flexible protective member attached to at least the middle part of the left and right legs of the gate-shaped cage frame on the entrance/exit side. Even if a side protruding object such as a door mirror of the vehicle accidentally comes into contact with the cage frame when entering or exiting the garage, it will only contact the flexible protective member, not directly with the rigid left and right legs of the cage frame. There is no risk of damage to door mirrors, etc. Therefore, even a novice driver can enter and exit the garage with confidence, and the addition of a simple and inexpensive protective member provides great effects such as ensuring vehicle safety and providing a sense of security to the driver.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entrance and exit area of a vertical circulation parking system that employs the vehicle mounting cage of the present invention;
The figure is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view taken in the direction of the - arrow in Figure 1, and Figure 3.
The figure is a longitudinal sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing another embodiment of the protective member. 2...Enter/exit entrance, 3...Vertical circulation parking device,
5...Cage, 6...Car chassis, 7a, 7b...Front
Rear cage frame, 10...protective member, W...vehicle, W
1...Door mirror.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The chassis and the front/rear left side of the chassis in the vehicle entry direction.
In a parking device equipped with a vehicle mounting cage consisting of a pair of front and rear gate-shaped cage frames with the lower ends of the left and right legs attached to the right side, at least the left and right legs of the cage frame on the side where the vehicle gets into the vehicle. A cage for mounting a parking device on a vehicle, characterized in that a flexible protection member is fixedly attached to the intermediate portion to protect the side protrusion of the vehicle when the side protrusion comes into contact with the side protrusion.