JPH04285273A - Parking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To construct a parking device in any one of sites having various shape. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of cages 15 each of which can store therein a vehicle are provided on a floor surface 12a of a parking floor 12. A travel rail 16 is provided to a ceiling 12b along the cages 15. Further, hoists 17 for lifting up and conveying the cages 15 are movably arranged on the rail 16.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking system, and more particularly to a parking system that can be constructed regardless of the shape of the site.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of parking devices, such as a flat reciprocating type and a circulating type, have been known. As shown in FIG. 6, the planar reciprocating parking device reciprocates a vehicle transport trolley 3 along a travel path 2 at each parking floor 1, and moves the vehicle between it and a predetermined parking shelf 4 as appropriate. It is for handing over and receiving. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the circulation parking device circulates pallets 7, 7... for placing vehicles between the upper tier 8 and the lower tier 9, and allows vehicles to be taken in and out from the entrance 10 as appropriate. .

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In recent years, it has become difficult to secure a desired site shape due to the effects of soaring land prices, and it has become necessary to construct a parking device within a site with a limited shape. There is. However, in the conventional parking device, its basic shape is determined in advance, and it is difficult to construct it on a site with a shape different from the shape of the floor surface. In other words, in the flat reciprocating parking device, the driving path 2 is linearly provided almost in the center of the parking floor 1, and a plurality of parking shelves 4, 4... are arranged next to this, so that the floor surface of the parking floor 1 The shape is inevitably square, and it is difficult to expand or change it to other shapes. Further, even in the case of a circulation type parking device, since a plurality of pallets 7, 7, . . . are arranged side by side in the upper tier 8 and the lower tier 9, respectively, the applicable lot shape is limited to a square shape.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a parking device that can be constructed on sites of various shapes without being limited by the shape of the site.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the parking device of the present invention is provided with a plurality of cages capable of accommodating each vehicle on the floor of a parking floor, and a ceiling A traveling rail is provided along the cage, and a hoist is provided on the rail so as to be able to lift and transport the cage.

[0006]

[Function] By installing multiple cages that can accommodate vehicles on the floor of the parking floor, and installing a movable hoist that can lift and transport the cages above the cages, the space above the parking floor can be used to transport vehicles. The lower space can be used as a parking space. In this way, by arranging the parking space and the transportation space vertically in parallel with each other, the floor shape of the parking floor can be determined in units of accommodation area for one vehicle, that is, in units of cages.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an underground parking system which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 indicates an entrance/exit floor on the ground or the like where vehicles are taken in and out. Further, reference numeral 12 denotes a parking floor for accommodating vehicles, which is formed at the lower level of the entrance/exit floor 11, that is, underground. The entrance/exit floor 11 and the parking floor 12 are communicated with each other through elevating spaces 13a and 14a of the incoming/outgoing elevator 13 and the outgoing elevator 14, respectively. In these elevating spaces 13a and 14a, elevating platforms 13 are provided, respectively.
b, 14b are provided so as to be movable up and down. Both lifting platforms 13
A vehicle conveyance device 50, which will be described later, is provided on the upper portions of b and 14b, respectively. Correspondingly, each elevator 1
A vehicle transport device is also provided on the floor of the entrance/exit floor 11 adjacent to 3, 14, so that vehicles can be received and delivered between the floor of the entrance/exit floor 11 and the elevator platforms 13b, 14b. It has become.

Now, on the parking floor 12, the floor surface 1
A substantially basket-shaped cage 15 that can accommodate one vehicle is disposed on the top of the cage 2a.
Multiple pieces are installed. On the other hand, the ceiling 12 of the parking floor 12
A running rail 16 is provided at b in correspondence with the arrangement position of the cage 15, and a plurality of hoists 17, 17, . . . are suspended from the rail 16 so as to be able to run freely. The hoist 17 is used to lift and transport the cage 15, and also to lower and install it at a predetermined position as appropriate. For this reason,
In the upper space 18 of the parking floor 12, the cage 15 is lifted and transported by a hoist 17, and the transported cage 15 is accommodated in the lower space 19. Note that the branching and merging portions of the traveling rails 16 (section B in FIG. 1(b)) are provided with a replacement mechanism 20 as shown in FIG. It's getting wet.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the hoist 17. This hoist 17 includes a main body 21 that is movably provided on the traveling rail 16, a hoist (not shown) built in the main body 21, and a hoist connected to the hoist via a wire 22. The hoist 23 is provided with a hoist 23, and the hoist 23 can be raised and lowered by driving a hoist. Hanging tool 2
3 further includes two sets of opening/closing hooks 24 from the bottom surface thereof.
24 are provided in a protruding manner, and each opening/closing hook 24 is opened/closed by a motor (not shown) or the like.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the cage 15. The cage 15 includes a flat bottom plate 31 and pillars 32, 32, .
and a top plate 33 attached to the top of these supports 32. Further, a convex portion 34 is integrally provided on the upper part of the top plate 33, and fitting grooves 35 are formed on both sides of the convex portion 34, into which the opening/closing hooks 24 of the hoist 17 can be respectively fitted. There is. Furthermore, a vehicle transport device 40 is provided on the top surface of the bottom plate 31.

The vehicle conveyance device 40 is comprised of a pair of front and rear slat conveyors 41, 41 on which the front and rear wheels of a vehicle are placed, respectively. Each slat conveyor 41 further includes a pedestal 42, a plurality of rollers 43 arranged in parallel at intervals on the pedestal 42, and these rollers 43, 43...
It is provided with a belt 44 wound endlessly in between. And rollers 43, 4 on one end side of both conveyors 41, 41
The three members are connected by a rod 45, and a pinion 46 is fitted and fixed at a predetermined position on the outer circumference of the rod 45.

FIG. 5 shows a vehicle transport device 50 provided on the elevators 13b, 14b of the elevators 13, 14. This conveyance device 50 has almost the same structure as the above-mentioned conveyance device 40, but is further equipped with a motor (not shown), and a belt 54 is driven to circulate through rollers 53 by this motor. Further, the driving force of this motor is transmitted to the transport device 40 side, and both transport devices 40, 5
It is equipped with a locking/disengaging mechanism 57 that can simultaneously drive the two wheels.

The engagement/disengagement mechanism 57 includes a holder 58 rotatably supported by a rod 55 connecting both conveyors 51 and 51 of the conveying device 50, and a holder 58 rotatably provided at one end of the holder 58. The arm 60 is connected to the other end of the holder 58 and supported in a reciprocating manner by the pedestal 52, and a cylinder 61 causes the arm 60 to reciprocate using hydraulic pressure or the like.

For this reason, when the vehicle conveyance devices 40 and 50 are arranged adjacent to each other and the cylinder 61 is driven backward as shown in FIG. 5(b), the arm 60 moves to the right and the holder 58 55 in the counterclockwise direction, and the pinion 59 meshes with the pinion 46 on the vehicle transfer device 40 side. At this time, since the pinion 59 is rotating in the opposite direction to the pinion 56, the pinion 46 rotates in the same direction as the pinion 56, and thereby the belts 44, 54 of both conveyance devices 40, 50 are driven to circulate in the same direction. Ru.

Next, the operation of the underground parking system having the above structure will be explained in detail.

When parking a vehicle, first, as shown in FIG.
3, and have the driver get off the vehicle there. Next, the vehicle transport devices 50 on the entrance/exit floor 11 and the elevator platform 13b are driven to move the vehicle laterally and transfer it onto the elevator platform 13b.

When the vehicle is transferred onto the platform 13b, the platform 13b is lowered to the parking floor 12, and the hoist 17 is placed at the parking floor 12 at the stop position of the platform 13b.
to wait. At this time, since the hoist 17 has already hoisted and held the empty cage 15, the hoist 17 then waits for the elevator platform 13b to stop adjacent to this cage 15, and then lifts the vehicle transfer device 50 on the elevator platform 13b. Engagement/disengagement mechanism 57
Activate. Then, as already explained with reference to FIG. 5, the driving force of the transport device 50 is transmitted to the transport device 40 on the cage 15 side, and these devices 40 and 50 are simultaneously driven to rotate. As a result, the vehicle on the transport device 50 is moved laterally and transferred onto the transport device 40.

When the vehicle is transferred into the cage 15 in this way, the hoist 17 is then run along the traveling rail 16 to move it to a predetermined position (the original position where the cage 15 was).
to stop. Then, the hoist 17 is driven downward to lower the hoist 23 along with the cage 15 (see Fig. 3).
Then, open the opening/closing hook 24 of the hanging tool 23 to release the cage 1.
Separate 5. As a result, the cage 15 is installed on the floor surface 12a of the parking floor 12, and the vehicle is accommodated in this state.

[0020] Furthermore, when leaving a vehicle, the hoist 17 is run to the top of the vehicle to be taken out and then stopped. Then, the hoist is driven downward to lower the hanging tool 23, and the opening/closing hook 24 is closed and fitted to the upper part of the cage 15. Thereafter, the hoist is driven upward to lift the cage 15 together with the vehicle.

Next, the hoist 17 is run along the traveling rail 16 and stopped in front of the delivery elevator 14. At this time, the elevator platform 14b has already descended and the cage 1
It is waiting next to 5. Therefore, next, as in the case of storage, the vehicle transport device 50 on the lifting platform 14b and the vehicle transporting device 40 in the cage 15 are coupled and driven to transfer the vehicle from inside the cage 15 onto the lifting platform 14b. .

When the vehicle is thus transferred onto the platform 14b, the platform 14b is raised to the access floor 11 and stopped, and the vehicle transport device 50 on the platform 11 and the platform 14b is driven. , the vehicle is brought out onto the floor of the entrance/exit floor 11.

As described above, according to this embodiment, parking floor 1
A plurality of cages 15, 15, .
7 is suspended, the lower space 19 of the parking floor 12 can be used as a space for accommodating the cage 15, and the upper space 18 can be used as a space for transporting it. For this reason, the space for transportation and the space for parking will be arranged vertically side by side instead of horizontally as in the past.
The shape of the floor surface 12a of No. 2 can be determined in units of parking area per vehicle, that is, in units of cages 15. Therefore, the parking device can be constructed to accommodate even complex-shaped premises.

Moreover, in the parking apparatus of this example, the parking position of each vehicle and the movement path of the hoist 17 can be designed in chronological order based on the site shape. In other words, parking floor 1
By arranging the cage 15 on the floor surface 12a of No. 2 according to the shape of the site, it is possible to easily install the traveling rail 16 in accordance with the shape of the site. , can be easily constructed.

In the above embodiment, only one parking level 12 is shown, but a plurality of levels may be provided. Further, in the above embodiment, a pair of slat conveyors 41, 51 were used as the vehicle transport devices 40, 50 provided in the entrance/exit floor 11, the elevator platforms 13b, 14b, and the cage 15. Other materials may be used as long as they can be used.

[0026]

[Effects of the Invention] In summary, according to the present invention, a cage capable of accommodating vehicles is provided on the floor of the parking floor, and a traveling rail is provided on the ceiling, and a hoist is provided on this rail so that it can freely travel. , parking devices can be constructed to accommodate sites of various shapes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an underground parking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a front cross-sectional view, and (b) is a plan cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in (a).

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a replacement mechanism applied to one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a hoist applied to one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a cage applied to one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle transport device provided on an elevator platform according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional flat reciprocating parking device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional circulation parking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

12 Parking floor 12a Floor surface 12b Ceiling 13 Incoming elevator 14 Departing elevator 15 Cage 16 Traveling rail 17 Hoist 18 Upper space 19 Lower space

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A plurality of cages each capable of accommodating a vehicle are arranged on the floor of a parking floor, and running rails are provided on the ceiling along the cages, and the cages are suspended on the rails. A parking device characterized by being provided with a hoist that can be moved freely.