JPH0446032Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention stores the vehicle by moving a large number of vehicle mounting cages in a circular motion in the vertical direction, and then extracts the chassis upward from the lower cage member at the lowest part. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a multi-story parking facility in which the vehicle platform is rotated so that the vehicle mounted on the vehicle platform is directed toward the entrance/exit.

(Conventional technology and its problems) For example, the above-mentioned multi-story parking facility is
One disclosed in Publication No. 170670 is known. In this type of multi-level parking facility, a vehicle platform is mounted on the cage lower frame of each cage so as to be removable upwards, and a vehicle platform lifting and turning device is installed in a pit dug in the lowest floor. This vehicle platform lifting and rotating device includes a traveling vehicle, a lifting frame mounted on the traveling vehicle so that it can be raised and lowered, a slewing frame that is horizontally rotatably supported on the raising and lowering frame, and a truck/cage frame installed on the traveling truck. It consists of a positioning and fixing mechanism, etc. This positioning and fixing mechanism consists of a pedestal that protrudes outward and upward from the traveling carriage, an actuating cylinder installed horizontally on the pedestal, a horizontal moving plate attached to a telescoping rod of the actuating cylinder, and a pedestal protruding from the horizontal moving plate. It consists of a driven roller, an L-shaped positioning member vertically disposed on the lower surface of the cage lower frame, and the like. However, in the above-mentioned parking equipment, before the elevating frame is raised, the operating cylinder of the positioning and fixing mechanism is activated to extend the rod to advance the driven roller, and the driven roller is inserted into the horizontal plate of the L-shaped positioning member. The cage frame is fitted into a V-shaped groove formed in the cage frame, and the relative positioning of the cart and the cage frame is determined.

Therefore, in the above-mentioned parking equipment, the mechanism for positioning and fixing the trolley/cage frame requires an operating cylinder as a special drive source, resulting in a very large, complicated and expensive structure. Since the operation of lifting the chassis by the swing frame and turning the chassis by the swing frame is sequentially performed, the time required for lifting and turning the chassis becomes long, and the control for linking these operations becomes complicated.

(Means for solving the problem) The multi-level parking facility of the present invention has a large number of vehicle mounting cages that are moved vertically in circulation to store vehicles. A multi-level parking facility in which a vehicle lifting and rotating device is installed in a pit dug in the lowest floor, and includes a lifting frame and a turning frame horizontally rotatably supported on the lifting frame,
A plurality of vertical guide holding members each having a vertical guide groove whose upper part is widened toward the end formed by two vertical plates at the front and rear whose upper parts are curved back and forth are provided on the lifting frame, and rods supported horizontally on the left and right sides. The cage frame fixing mechanism is characterized in that a cage frame fixing groove is provided in which a guided member made of material is fixed to the cage lower frame, and the cage frame fixing mechanism does not require a special drive source and has an extremely simple and inexpensive structure. Furthermore, the lifting power of the elevating frame is used to fix the cage frame, and the cage frame is fixed during the lifting operation, thereby reducing the time required for lifting and turning the vehicle platform, and solving the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional car frame.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. For convenience of explanation, the left and right in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be referred to as "front" and "rear", and the top and bottom of the page in FIG. 2 will be referred to as "right" and "left".

Reference numeral 10 denotes a vertical circulation type parking facility with bottom access as a multi-level parking facility installed in building 11, with upper sprockets (not shown) arranged for two each on the upper and lower sides.
Two endless chains 13, front and rear, are stretched by the lower sprocket 12, and a large number of vehicle W mounting cages 15 are suspended in a chain by a hanging member 14 pivotally connected to the endless chains 13, and linked to the upper sprocket. The group of cages 15 is moved in a circular manner by a driving source (not shown), and a vehicle entry place P is set at the bottom of the circulation route of the group of cages 15.
An entrance/exit E is opened in the rear wall 11a of the above-ground part of the building 11 facing the building 11. Incidentally, the entry/exit entrance E can be closed by an opening/closing door (not shown).

The cage 15 has a suspension shaft 16 whose front and rear ends are pivotally connected to the tips of the two suspension members 14 corresponding to the front and rear, and which extends horizontally in the front and rear direction.
front and rear brackets 17a and 17b whose central upper portions are fixed to the front and rear of the frame and which extend horizontally in the left and right directions;
Gate-shaped front and rear cage frames 18 fixed to a and 17b
a, 18b, and the front and rear cage frames 18a, 18b.
Cage lower member 19 connecting the lower ends of the left and right legs, respectively
a, 19b, and a vehicle chassis 20 which is elongated in the longitudinal direction and is mounted and engaged with the cage lower members 19a, 19b so as to be removable upwards. 20a is a stopper member fixedly installed vertically on the front and rear lower surfaces of the chassis 20,
It protrudes downward and inside the cage lower members 19a and 19b, and prevents the vehicle platform 20 from moving in the front-rear direction.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a pit dug in the ground floor F directly below the vehicle entry place P, and a vehicle platform lifting and turning device 22 is installed inside the pit 21. The vehicle platform lifting and rotating device 22 includes a pair of front and rear trucks 23 that are movable in the left and right directions on the floor of the pit 21, and a vertically extending cylinder body 24 that is installed on the left and right portions of both trucks 23 and that can be telescopically fitted. An elevating frame 25 fixed to the elevating cylinder body 24, a revolving frame 26 rotatably supported around the vertical axis M at the center of the elevating frame 25, and a cage frame fixing member fixed to the front and rear of the elevating frame 25. Abutment plates 26a are fixedly provided on the upper surface of the four corners of the rotating frame 26 to abut and position the holed plate 20b fixed to the lower surface of the vehicle chassis 20 when the vehicle is raised. For example, the rear mechanism of each cage frame fixing mechanism 27 will be described with reference to FIG. , 28b, a horizontal member 28c is installed horizontally in the left and right directions between the ends of the horizontal member 28c, and _the left and right _ends of the horizontal member 28c are bent rearward to provide vertical guide and holding members 29a, 29b is erected. The vertical guide and holding members 29a and 29b each include front and rear two vertical plates 29a ₁ , 29a ₂ , 29b ₁ , 2
A vertical guide groove S is formed by _9b2 , and the upper part of each vertical plate is curved outward in the front-rear direction. 30a and 30b are the vertical guide holding members 29;
a, 29b, the cage lower member 19a,
19b, each of which is a guided member protruding from the lower surface of the left and right sides, and includes a pair of left and right horizontal brackets 30a ₁ , 30a ₁ , 30b ₁ , 30b ₁ extending horizontally in the front-rear direction, and the tips of the left and right horizontal brackets. Round bars 30a ₂ and 30b ₂ supported horizontally between the parts, and the round bars 30
It consists of stopper pins 30a ₃ and 30b ₃ protruding in the front-rear direction toward the left and right inner sides, respectively, of a 2 and 30b ₂ , and when the elevating frame ₂₅ is raised, a round bar 30a is inserted into each guide groove S of the vertical guide holding members 29a and 29b. ₂ ,
30b ₂ is fitted and engaged to restrict movement in the front-back direction, and stopper pins 30a ₃ and 30b ₃ come close to the right and left sides of the vertical guide holding members 29a and 29b, respectively, and restrict movement in the left-right direction. It is designed to do the following.

Next, the effect will be explained. Now, when the cage 15 carrying the vehicle W with its back to the entrance E when leaving the garage stops at the vehicle entry area P, the left and right wheel entry surfaces 20c of the chassis 20 are flush with the ground floor F. Become. Then, the vehicle platform lifting and turning device 22 performs the following sequential operations.

(1) First, the truck 23 is adjusted to move in the left-right direction so that the vertical axis M of the rotating frame 26 and the center M' of the cage 15 coincide.

(2) As the elevating tube body 24 extends, the elevating frame 25, the rotating frame 26, and the cage frame fixing mechanism 27 rise together.

(3) At the intermediate stage of this rise, each round bar 30a ₂ , 3
0b ₂ fits into each guide groove S of the vertical guide holding members 29a and 29b and is guided in the vertical direction, and together with the stopper pins 30a ₃ and 30b ₃ , the cage frame 18
a, 18b are restricted from moving in the front-rear direction and left-right direction with respect to the elevating frame 25.

(4) At the final stage of the ascent, the abutting plate 2 of the rotating frame 26 is moved while maintaining the vertical guiding and holding effect.
6a collides with the holed plate 20b on the lower surface of the vehicle chassis 20, positions the two by fitting pins together, and lifts the chassis 20 and the vehicle W.

(5) With this chassis lifting operation, the chassis 20 lifts the cage lower member 19a of the front and rear cage frames 18a, 18b,
It separates upward from 19b, and when it completely separates, the above-mentioned upward movement stops (the state shown in FIG. 3).

(6) Subsequently, the turning frame 26 turns 180 degrees, and thereby the chassis 20 and the like also turn 180 degrees, and the vehicle W changes direction so that the front part faces the entrance E.

(7) Finally, by shortening the elevating tube body 24, the elevating frame 25, the rotating frame 26, and the chassis 2
0. The mounted vehicle W and the cage frame fixing mechanism 27 are lowered together.

(8) In this lowering, the order is reversed, that is, the chassis 20 is placed on the cage lower members 19a, 19b, then the rotating frame 26 is released downward from the chassis 20, and finally the round bars 30a ₂ , 30b ₂ is guide groove S
The lifting frame 25 is separated vertically from the
reaches the original position and stops descending.

(9) This completes a series of sequential operations for changing the direction of the vehicle by the chassis lifting and turning device 22, and the driver gets into the vehicle W and drives forward to exit the cage 15 through the entrance E.

In addition to the above-described embodiments, the present invention can also be modified as described below.

() In the cage frame fixing mechanism 27 described above, the round bars 30a ₂ and 30b ₂ may be rotatable;
Also, the left and right side horizontal brackets 30a ₁ , 30
b ₁ may be deleted and the round bars 30a ₂ and 30b ₂ can be supported in a cantilever manner, or the stopper pins 30a ₃ and 30b ₃ may be deleted and the horizontal brackets 30a ₁ and 30b ₁ also serve as stoppers.

() The vehicle platform lifting and turning device 22 is connected to the cage 1.
Assuming that the stop position of the cage 5 shifts in the left-right direction, the entire body can be moved left and right by the trolley 23. However, if there is virtually no error in the stop position of the cage 15 due to the circulation movement control of the cage 15 group, this chassis The lifting and turning device 22 may be fixedly installed on the floor of the pit 21.

() The vehicle chassis lifting and turning device 22
In the above description, the vehicle platform 20 is lifted and turned by 180 degrees, but if the entrances E are formed on the left and right sides of the building 11, the chassis 20 is lifted and turned by 90 degrees.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, when using the multi-story parking facility of the invention, the cage frame fixing mechanism is constructed using two vertical plates, the front and the rear, whose upper parts are curved back and forth. A plurality of vertical guide holding members each having a guide groove formed therein are provided on the lifting frame, and guided members made of horizontally supported bars are fixed to the lower frame of the cage, and the lifting movement of the lifting frame is utilized. Since the vertical guide holding member and the guided member are engaged with each other by the vertical guide holding member, the cage frame fixing mechanism does not require a special drive source, resulting in a very simple and inexpensive structure. is incorporated into the lifting and lowering operation of the lifting frame, which can shorten the time required to lift and turn the vehicle platform, which has many excellent effects, such as shortening the time taken to enter and exit the warehouse.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

All drawings show examples of the present invention.
Figure 1 is a side view of the entrance/exit area of a vertical circulation type parking facility adopted as a multi-story parking facility, Figure 2 is an explanatory view of the operation equivalent to Figure 1 showing the vehicle platform lifted state, and Figure 3 is the ~ of Figure 2. FIG. In the figure, 15 is a cage, 16 is a suspension shaft, 18a is a front cage frame, 18b is a rear cage frame, 20 is a chassis,
22 is a vehicle platform lifting and turning device, 27 is a cage frame fixing mechanism, and W is a vehicle.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A cage for mounting multiple vehicles is moved vertically in circulation to store vehicles, and a vehicle platform is placed on the cage bottom member of each cage so that it can be removed upwards, and an elevating frame is installed in a pit dug in the bottom floor. In a multi-story parking facility in which a vehicle lifting and rotating device is installed, which has a rotating frame that can be horizontally rotated on the lifting frame, the upper part is widened towards the end by two vertical plates at the front and rear whose upper parts are turned back and forth. A plurality of vertical guide holding members each having a vertical guide groove formed therein are provided on the elevating frame, and guided members made of horizontally supported bars are fixed to the lower frame of the cage. A multi-story parking facility characterized by the provision of machine grooves.