JPH0463784A - Parking device for bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To park a bicycle in good appearance even at the narrow porch of a house by arranging an elevetable body in a fixed cylinder, elevatably moving a bicycle fixing means fitted on a suitable position of the elevatable body by a driving means, and elevating and holding a bicycle on a prescribed height. CONSTITUTION:A cylinder 1 is fixedly fitted on the wall of a house with a flange 11. A suitable place of a bicycle is embracedly locked with hook parts 41 on the extreme end of a curved arm 4. An air compressor (foot-operated air compressor) 3 is repeatedly stepped down to feed compressed air into a fixed cylinder l, and a hole part 14 is closed with a valve plate 12a by pressing force of air against an exhaust valve part 12. Hereby, a piston rod 2 in the cylinder l is elevated, and simultaneously the bicycle locked with the curved arm 4 is elevated. At this time, tilting of the piston rod 2 is absorbed with a tilt preventing cylinder 5 used as a guide. Meanwhile, at using the bicycle pressure air in the cylinder 1 is exhausted from the hole part 14, and the piston rod 2 and the bicycle is gradually brought down.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a bicycle parking device for lifting bicycles to a certain height and parking them in an orderly manner so as not to obstruct passageways.

(b) Prior Art Currently, there is no device for parking bicycles in an orderly manner. Therefore, when parking the bicycle, bicycle owners should
With the bicycle standing up on the stand on the rear wheel side,
Vehicles are parked on the side of the road, in the garden of a home, or at the entrance of a house.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Currently, bicycles are parked and stored, for example, on the side of the road in front of a station, at the entrance of a house, or at the entrance of one's room in an apartment or the like.

For example, if a large number of bicycles are parked side by side on the side of a road in front of a station, the road becomes narrower and becomes an obstruction to the passageway. Furthermore, when parking in front of the entrance of a house, the narrow entrance becomes even narrower, making it difficult for residents to enter and exit, and the appearance of the entrance becomes extremely unsightly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bicycle parking device that allows bicycles to be parked in an orderly manner and has a good appearance without narrowing the passageway at the parking position.

(d) Means and operation for solving the problem In order to achieve this object, the bicycle parking device of the present invention has the following configuration.

The bicycle parking device includes a fixed tube, an elevating body disposed within the fixed tube to move up and down, a driving means connected to the fixed tube and moving the elevating body up and down, and fixed to a proper position of the elevating body, It is characterized by comprising a bicycle fixing means for removably fixing the bicycle in a proper position.

In a bicycle parking device having such a configuration, for example, the fixed cylinder is a cylinder, and the elevating body is a piston rod.

Further, as the driving means, a near compressor is used which is connected to a proper position of the cylinder via a hose. Further, the bicycle fixing means is constituted by a curved arm whose base end is fixed to a proper position of the piston rod and has a hook portion at the tip. The hook portion at the tip of the curved arm is hooked and locked to a suitable location on the bicycle, such as a handle post (handlebar support) portion and a saddle post (saddle support) portion. In this state, the near compressor (large foot-operated air compressor) is driven to send compressed air into the fixed cylinder.

As a result, the piston rod inside the cylinder rises, and at the same time, the bicycle secured to the curved arm rises.

Therefore, by raising the bicycle to a certain height (for example, 1.5 m height) and maintaining this height position, even if the bicycle is parked at the entrance of a narrow house, for example, it can be parked in a narrow passageway. You can park your car in an orderly manner without getting in the way. In addition, for example, when the parking location is on the edge of the road in front of the station, one more bicycle can be parked in the space above the raised bicycle, making it possible to park in two levels, making effective use of the parking space. can.

(e) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a specific embodiment of a bicycle parking device according to the present invention.

The bicycle parking device includes a fixed tube 1, an elevating body 2 disposed within the fixed tube 1 to move up and down, a driving means 3 connected to the fixed tube 1 to move the elevating body 2 up and down, and the elevating body 2. The bicycle fixing means 4 is fixed to a proper place on the bicycle and detachably fixes the proper place on the bicycle.

In the embodiment, the fixed cylinder 1 is a rectangular cylinder with an upper opening and a cylindrical interior, and has a flange 11 protruding from its outer periphery. By fixing this flange 11 to, for example, a wall at the entrance of a house with screws, the cylinder 1 is erected and fixed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the end of a hose 3I of a drive means (air compressor) 3, which will be described later, is connected to a connection hole 13 in one end wall of the lower part of the cylinder 1, and a connection hole 1 is connected to the other end wall.
3 is provided with an exhaust valve portion 12 facing each other. This exhaust valve portion 12 includes a shaft 12a that is inserted into the hole 14, and a shaft 12a that is inserted into the hole 14.
and a plate-shaped valve plate 12b whose lower part is fixed to the inner surface of the cylinder 1 with a hinge. Under normal conditions, the exhaust valve section 12 is in a free state, and when compressed air is sent from the hose 31 to the cylinder l, this compressed air blows the valve plate 12.
b is pressed to close the hole 14. When releasing compressed air from the cylinder 1, by pushing the shaft 12a protruding outward from the cylinder 1 into the cylinder 1, the valve plate 12b is tilted inward by the hinge, and the hole 14 is opened. Exhausted.

In the embodiment, a near compressor is used as the driving means 3, and is connected to the lower connecting hole 13 of the cylinder 1 through a hose 31. As this near compressor 3, a known one is used.

For example, it is a so-called large foot-operated air compressor that is a bellows body with a hollow interior, has a through hole (air inlet) opened at a suitable place in the bellows wall, and is equipped with a one-way valve at the connection part with the hose 31. . By stepping on this air brefsa 3 with your foot,
Compressed air is delivered into the cylinder 1 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the elevating body 2 is a piston rod in the embodiment, and the piston portion 21 is fitted into the inner circumferential wall of the cylinder 1 in an airtight manner. The piston part 21 is the third
As shown in the figure, the embodiment is comprised of a so-called U-packet 21a that expands when pressure is applied, and O-rings 21b arranged in stacked stages relative to the U-packet 21a.

This piston loft 2 is positioned so that when the base end of a bicycle fixing means 4 (to be described later) is locked to the upper end of the cylinder 1, the piston portion 21 is stopped above the hose (connection hole 13) 31. . Further, in this state, the upper end of the piston rod 2 slightly protrudes from the upper end of the cylinder 1.

The bicycle fixing means 4 is a bifurcated curved arm whose base end is fixed to the upper part of the piston rod 2 (the upper part which projects upward from the cylinder I) and which projects downward and outward. A hook portion 41 is provided at each tip. The curved arm 4 is set to have a length sufficient to reach, for example, the handle post (handlebar support) and saddle post (saddle support) of the bicycle A. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the hook portion 41 is attached to a curved body ("U" shaped body) 41a that embraces a support portion (for example, a saddle support portion) from below, and an opening of this curved body 41a. and the closed body 4 is biased by a spring toward the opening side.
1b. In a normal state, the opening of the curved body 41a is closed by the closing body 41b. By pressing the closed body 41a inward against the spring and tilting it, the curved body 41a
The opening is set so that it opens. Further, in the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an inclination prevention cylinder 5 which also serves as a guide for the rising piston rod 2 is continuously provided at the upper part of the cylinder 1. This anti-tilt tube 5 that also serves as a guide has the following features:
A slit hole 51 for the curved arm 4 opens in the longitudinal direction.

In the bicycle parking device having such a configuration, the cylinder 1 is fixed to a wall such as an entrance of a house by a flange 11. Now, when parking the bicycle, as shown in FIG. Lock it in a hug-like manner.

The strut portion held in the curved body 41a is a closed body 41b.
This ensures that it is completely attached and will not fall off. In this state, when the user repeatedly steps on the near compressor (foot-operated air compressor) 3, compressed air is sent into the fixed cylinder 1. The compressed air directly hits the exhaust valve part 12, and the valve plate 12a closes the hole part 14 by this pressing force. As a result, the piston rod 2 in the cylinder 1 rises, and at the same time the bicycle A, which is locked to the curved arm 4, rises. The piston loft 2, which has risen to a considerable extent from the upper end of the cylinder 1, may tilt due to the weight of the bicycle A.
This tilting movement is absorbed by the anti-tilt cylinder 5 which also serves as a guide.

In addition, when using the bicycle A, the shaft portion 1 of the exhaust valve portion 12
2b inward of the cylinder 1, the valve plate 1
2a is tilted on a hinge to open the hole 14 (see Part 3). Air pressure within the cylinder 1 is exhausted from the hole 14 to maintain the tilted state of the valve plate 12a. Therefore, the piston loft (bicycle A) 2 gradually descends to its original position. That is, the piston rod 2 descends until the base end of the curved arm 4 comes into contact with the upper end of the cylinder 1.

Therefore, by raising the bicycle A to a certain height (for example, 1.5 m height) and maintaining this height position, even if the parking position is, for example, the entrance of a narrow house, You can park your car in an orderly manner without getting in the way. In addition, for example, when the parking location is on the edge of the road in front of the station, one more bicycle can be parked in the space above the raised bicycle, making it possible to park in two levels, making effective use of the parking space. can.

In the embodiment, an example was shown in which the exhaust valve part 12 was provided at the lower part of the cylinder 1, but in actual practice, the base end of a hose having an exhaust valve element at the tip is connected to the hole part 14, and this hose is may be placed at the top of the cylinder 1. In this case, the exhaust operation can be performed at the top of the cylinder 1, which is safe.

Furthermore, in actual implementation, a locking device may be provided at a suitable position above the fixed cylinder 1, and the hose 31 of the near compressor 3 may be hooked to this locking device, so that the near compressor 3 can be suspended from the fixed cylinder 1. .

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of main parts showing another embodiment of the bicycle parking device.

In the previous embodiment, an example was shown in which the piston rod 2 and the near compressor 3 were used, but in this embodiment, the rack 6 and the pinion 7 that meshes with the rack 6 constitute the bicycle lifting mechanism. .

In the embodiment, the rack 6 is arranged inside the fixed cylinder 1, and the rack 6
A connecting piece 61 is provided protruding from the lower end of the connecting piece 61, and a bicycle tire holder 8 is integrally connected to the tip of this connecting piece 61. The connecting piece 61 projects outward from the cylinder 1 through a slit hole 15 provided in the cylinder 1 . In this example,
Place the bicycle (tire) A on the bicycle tire holder 8.

In this state, by turning an operating arm (not shown) connected to the binion 7 and protruding outward from the fixed tube l, the rack 6 is raised, and the bicycle tire holder 8 and the bicycle are raised. do. Although not shown, the bicycle tire holder is the tool 8.
A fixed arm or the like for fixing the bicycle is provided on the bicycle.

(F) Effects of the Invention In this invention, as described above, the elevating body is provided in the fixed cylinder, and the bicycle fixing means attached to the elevating body is raised and lowered by the driving means, so that the bicycle can be moved to a predetermined height. Since it is possible to raise the vehicle upright and maintain the raised position, even if the vehicle is parked at the entrance of a narrow house, for example, it will not obstruct the passage and the vehicle can be parked with good appearance. In addition, for example, when the parking location is at the edge of the road in front of the station, one more bicycle can be parked in the space above the raised bicycle, making it possible to park in two levels above and below, making effective use of the parking space. It has an excellent effect of achieving the purpose of the invention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an example bicycle parking device;
The figures are a cross-sectional view showing the bicycle parking device of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of main parts of the bicycle parking device of the embodiment, FIG. The figure is a sectional view of main parts showing another embodiment of the bicycle parking device. 1: Fixed tube, 2: Elevating body, 3: Driving means, 4: Bicycle fixing means. Figure ■■ Figure Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A fixed tube, an elevating body disposed within the fixed tube to move up and down, a driving means connected to the fixed tube to raise and lower the elevating body, and a driving means fixed to a suitable position on the elevating body and placed at a suitable position on the bicycle. A bicycle parking device comprising a bicycle fixing means for removably fixing the bicycle.