JPH0552051A - Parking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently accommodate many vehicles in a limited space without extending the cycle time required for a vehicle to go in or out. CONSTITUTION:A vehicle 1 is mounted on the slat conveyor (shifting device) 6 of a cage 7 supported by a conveying bogie 9, the conveying bogie 9 is lowered by a linear motor 13 through a lift space 3 and guided to a traverse space 4, and the conveying bogie 9 is stopped beside a vacant parking shelf 17. The vehicle 1 is shifted and accommodated from the slat conveyor 6 of the cage 7 of the conveying bogie 9 to the slat conveyor (shifting device) 18 of the parking shelf 17. When the attitude of the conveying bogie 9 is changed from the vertical state to the horizontal state while the conveying bogie 9 is moved from the lift space 3 to the traverse space 4, the cage 7 is relatively swayed in response to it, and the horizontal state of the cage 7 is maintained. The conveying bogie 9 is moved by the linear motor 13, thus the conveying bogie 9 can be moved at a high speed and can be quickly accelerated or decelerated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, the number of passenger cars owned in Japan is increasing and the shortage of parking lots is one of the serious social problems.

On the other hand, since land prices in areas requiring parking lots have soared and the number of vacant lots available for parking lots has decreased, it has become difficult to construct a parking lot using the land in a flat manner. ing.

Against this background, the development of a mechanical parking device that can effectively utilize the space three-dimensionally is in progress.

The mechanical parking device is a device for transporting and parking a vehicle by using a mechanical device instead of self-propelled the vehicle. Conventionally, tower parking, Convey parking and the like are known.

[0006]

However, in the conventional parking apparatus of the type that circulates the connected pallets such as tower parking and Convey parking, the driving device for circulating the pallets has a limited capacity, and therefore it is currently desired. Large-scale parking system (100-200)
It was not possible to realize (accommodation of the stand).

Further, when considering a large-scale mechanical parking device, the larger the size of the parking device is, the longer the cycle time required for loading and unloading of the vehicle becomes, and the effective use of the parking device cannot be achieved. There was also a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a large-scale parking device capable of efficiently storing a large number of vehicles in a limited space without increasing the cycle time required for loading and unloading the vehicles. It is intended to be provided.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a substantially L-shaped carrying space formed by a vertically elevating space and a horizontally extending transverse space connected to the elevating space.
A transfer carriage configured to swingably support a cage equipped with a transfer device capable of transferring a vehicle to a floor surface and movable in the transfer space by a linear motor, and transfer of the cage to an upper portion. A parking device comprising a transfer device capable of transferring a vehicle to and from the device, and a plurality of parking shelves provided horizontally in a row in a lateral direction of the transverse space. is there.

[0010]

When the vehicle is loaded, the vehicle is loaded on the transfer device of the cage supported by the carrier, and the carrier is moved up and down by the linear motor to guide it to the transverse space. Place it next to an empty parking rack and stop. Then, the vehicle is transferred from the cage transfer device of the carrier vehicle to the transfer device of the parking rack and accommodated therein. Incidentally, even when the posture of the carrier truck shifts from the vertical state to the horizontal state when moving from the ascending / descending space to the transverse space, the cage relatively swings correspondingly and the horizontal state of the cage is maintained. Be done.

When the vehicle accommodated in each parking rack is to be unloaded, the above-mentioned operation is performed in reverse.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a parking device of the present invention, showing an example in which the parking device is provided underground.

In the figure, 1 is a vehicle, 2 is a loading / unloading section provided on the ground for loading / unloading the vehicle 1, and below the loading / unloading section 2 is formed an elevating space 3 extending vertically. A transverse space 4 extending in the horizontal direction is connected to a lower portion of the elevating space 3, and the elevating space 3 and the traversing space 4 form a conveying space 5 having a substantially L-shaped side surface.

In the transfer space 5, left and right wheels of the vehicle 1 are loaded and a cage 7 having a slat conveyor (transfer device) 6 on the floor for moving the vehicle 1 in the front-rear direction is L-shaped. A transport carriage 9 mounted so as to be swingable via a support arm 8 that is bent in the direction is arranged so as to be movable along the substantially L-shape of the transport space 5.

That is, the carrier vehicle 9 has a vertically elevating guide portion 10a provided in the ascending / descending space 3 and a horizontally extending transverse guide portion 10b provided in the transverse space 4. A primary coil 11 guided by a guide rail 10 including an arc-shaped corner guide portion 10c connecting the lower end of the elevating guide portion 10a to one end of the transverse guide portion 10b, and provided along the guide rail 10.
And a linear motor 1 constituted by a secondary conductor 12 provided on the carriage 9 so as to face the primary coil 11.
It can be raised and lowered by 3.

Further, the carrier truck 9 is provided with a mechanical brake 14 (see FIG. 3) for sandwiching the guide rail 10 and fixing the carrier truck 9 to the guide rail 10 as required.

Further, the swinging motion of the cage 7 with respect to the support arm 8 is illustrated so that the cage 7 is kept in a horizontal state in accordance with the posture of the carrier 9 when the corner guide portion 10c of the guide rail 10 is moved. It is possible to swing relatively via a gear mechanism.

Further, as shown in FIG.
A slat conveyor 16 for moving the vehicle 1 in the front-rear direction and transferring it onto the slat conveyor 6 of the cage 7 attached to the carrier 9 on the ground surface adjacent to the loading / unloading port 15.
Is provided.

Further, a drive device 19 for driving a slat conveyor (transfer device) 18 of a parking shelf 17 described later is provided at a required position of the carrier vehicle 9.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the transverse space 4
Parking spaces 20 extending along the transverse space 4 are provided on both sides of the parking space 20.
Is formed, and at a position corresponding to the height position of the transport carriage 9 when moving in the transverse space 4 in the parking space 20, the vehicle 1 is provided above the slat conveyor 6 of the transport carriage 9. A large number of parking shelves 17 each having a slat conveyer (transfer device) 18 capable of transferring are continuously provided along the transverse guide portion 10b of the guide rail 10.

Here, the slat conveyor 18 of the parking rack 17 is not provided with a drive source, and the output shaft 21 of the drive device 19 of the transport carriage 9 which can be retracted and retracted is provided at a required position of the parking rack. It is adapted to be connected to the transmission unit 22 and driven.

When the vehicle 1 is loaded, the vehicle 1 is stopped on the slat conveyor 16 near the loading / unloading port 15 and the driver is dropped off here.

Next, the slat conveyor 16 is driven to move the vehicle 1 to the loading / unloading section 2 side.

At this time, in the loading / unloading section 2, the carrier truck 9 is waiting in advance so that the floor position of the cage 7 is adjusted to the ground height, and the slat conveyor 6 of the cage 7 is pulled in the direction in which the vehicle 1 is pulled in. By driving, the vehicle 1 is transferred on the carrier 9 in cooperation with the slat conveyor 16 near the loading / unloading port 15.

When the vehicle 1 is transferred onto the transport carriage 9, the transport carriage 9 is lowered by the linear motor 13 into the ascending / descending space 3 and guided to the traverse space 4, and the transport carriage 9 is empty.
And stop it, and then stop the carriage 9 with the brake 14
It is fixed to the guide rail 10 by.

Next, the output shaft 21 of the drive device 19 of the transport carriage 9 is connected to the torque transmission portion 22 of the slat conveyor 18 of the parking shelf 17 to drive the slat conveyor 18 in the direction in which the vehicle 1 is pulled in, and By driving the slat conveyor 6 of the cage 7 of the carrier truck 9 to move the vehicle 1 toward the parking rack 17 side, the vehicle 1 is transferred from the carrier truck 9 onto the parking rack 17 and accommodated therein.

Even if the carriage 9 moves from the vertical state to the horizontal state when moving from the ascending / descending space 3 to the transverse space 4, the cage 7 relatively swings correspondingly, and The horizontal state of the cage 7 is maintained.

Vehicles 1 housed in the parking shelves 17
When leaving the warehouse, the above operation may be performed in reverse.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the carrier truck 9
Since the linear motor 13 is used to move the
The carriage 9 can be moved at high speed and can be accelerated / decelerated rapidly. Therefore, the parking shelf 17
Even if the number of vehicles 1 is increased horizontally, a large number of vehicles 1 can be efficiently accommodated in a limited space without increasing the cycle time required for loading and unloading the vehicles 1. A parking device can be realized.

The parking device of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be constructed by being combined with a building such as a building constructed above the ground, in addition to being installed underground. It is also possible to provide a platform for the driver to get in and out of the vehicle in the loading / unloading section so that the vehicle can be directly loaded onto the cage of the carrier truck that has been waiting in the loading / unloading section. In addition to adopting a slat conveyor as shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle 1 is mounted on a pallet 24 having a pair of parallel guide rails 23 on its lower surface, and the guide rails 23 of the pallet 24 are guided horizontally by a plurality of guide rollers 25. The vehicle 1 may be transferred together with the pallet 24 by adopting a movable roller conveyor 26.
Needless to say, the vehicle may be moved laterally to be transferred, and various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0032]

According to the above parking apparatus of the present invention, since the carriage is moved by the linear motor, the carriage can be moved at high speed and can be accelerated and decelerated rapidly. Therefore, even if a parking rack is added in the horizontal direction, it is possible to efficiently accommodate a large number of vehicles in a limited space without increasing the cycle time required for loading and unloading the vehicles. The excellent effect that a large-scale parking device can be realized can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view in the direction of arrows III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another example of the transfer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle 3 Lifting Space 4 Traverse Space 5 Transport Space 6 Slat Conveyor (Transfer Device) 7 Cage 9 Transport Cart 13 Linear Motor 17 Parking Shelf 18 Slat Conveyor (Transfer Device)

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Kunihiko Fukae 3-1-15-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Toni Technical Center

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A substantially L-shaped transfer space formed by a vertically extending space and a horizontally extending transverse space connected to the space, and a transfer device capable of transferring a vehicle to a floor surface. And a transfer device configured to support a cage swingably supported by the linear motor so as to be movable in the transfer space by a linear motor, and a transfer device for transferring the vehicle to an upper part of the transfer device for the cage. A parking device comprising: a mounting device; and a plurality of parking shelves arranged horizontally in a lateral direction in the transverse space.