JPH06307113A - Parking unit and parking device using the unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently contain cars into upper and lower two stages by combination of parking units provided with a pair of lifting pallets. CONSTITUTION:Three parking units 1 which can self-travel back and forth and have lifting pallets 7 at the right and left hands and can contain cars 5 at the upper stage so as to longitudinally arrange them at both right and left sides, are arranged back and forth on the path connected to an entrance 35. And the parking units 31 which can tranfer the parking units 1 to both right and left sides are adjacently arranged four by four. In order to contain the parking unit 31 into the lifting pallet 7, the parking unit 1 is shifted back and forth and the parking unit 31 is transfered to the sides. And thereafter, the lifting unit 7 is lowered. In order to contain the parking unit 21 into the lifting unit, a car is directly driven in from the path. A car is contained in the parking unit 1 by lowering the lifting unit 7 and can be contained on the path.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking unit having a pair of lifting pallets, and a parking device capable of efficiently storing a vehicle in two upper and lower stages by combining the units.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of parking devices, and one of them is a parking device having an elevator pallet capable of storing a vehicle in two upper and lower stages. In this type of parking device, the vehicle is stored on the pallet and below the pallet after the pallet is lifted, so that it can be stored in two tiers, but in the state where the vehicle is stored under the pallet, The vehicle on the pallet cannot be unloaded, and the vehicle under the pallet must be unloaded once in order to unload the vehicle on the pallet.

There is also known a device capable of loading and unloading a vehicle on a pallet while the vehicle is stored under the pallet. Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. Sho 63-76156, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho-6
As shown in No. 3-241273, this is the case of an elevating and traversing system equipped with an elevating pallet and a slide pallet, and each elevating pallet is arranged in each parking space connected to the left and right, and one parking space is excluded. When a slide pallet is installed in another parking space and the vehicle is loaded and unloaded at the upper stage, when the vehicle is stored directly below the target lift pallet, move the slide pallet to the side and directly below the target lift pallet. After making the empty space, the elevating pallet is lowered to load and unload the vehicle.

In any of the parking devices of the above-mentioned type, the parking spaces of the vehicles are connected to the left and right so as to face the entrance, so that the vehicles can directly enter the parking spaces. I can't. In terrain with narrow frontage and long depth, a device that can store multiple rows in front and back is desired. As disclosed in JP-A-1-187270 and JP-A-2-24459, there is also known a parking device capable of storing a plurality of rows of vehicles in front and rear. In this type of device, a parking space is placed on one or both sides of the space in which the elevator moves up and down, and in addition to lifting and lowering the elevator, it can be moved back and forth along the lifting space, and slides between the elevator and the parking space. A pallet delivery device is provided, and when a vehicle is loaded or unloaded, the elevator is moved back and forth, then raised to a target floor, and the delivery device delivers the pallet loaded with the vehicle.

According to the present apparatus, even if the parking spaces are connected to each other in the front and rear, the vehicle can be loaded and unloaded, but the elevator can be moved up and down and moved back and forth.
Since the delivery device must be installed in the elevator and parking space, the structure is complicated, and above all, the elevator lifting space must be secured as an empty space, and the lifting space cannot be used as a parking space. It has the drawback of being inefficient.

Besides, as a parking device, an actual Kaihei 2-1
As shown in No. 49065, even if the pallet is self-propelled to the front, rear, left, and right, and the parking spaces are connected in the front, rear, left, and right, by shifting the pallet to the intended parking space in the front, rear, left, and right A crossword puzzle type parking device for leaving the warehouse is also known.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to efficiently store a vehicle by using a parking unit used in a parking device capable of storing the vehicle in front, rear, left and right, and in two upper and lower stages, and a combination of the units. An object of the present invention is to provide a parking device that can

[0008]

The parking unit of the present invention comprises:
A rectangular frame having a space enough to store a plurality of vehicles in parallel in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, a drive device for moving the frame in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, and a plurality of sets arranged in parallel in the frame. It is composed of a lifting pallet that is individually lifted by a lifting mechanism.

The parking device having a combination of the above-mentioned parking units is movable back and forth on the passage leading to the entrance, and the first parking unit having the elevating pallets arranged side by side is arranged side by side and the left and right sides are arranged side by side. A second parking unit, which is movable and has elevating pallets arranged side by side, is arranged on one side or both sides of the first parking unit at least one unit more than the first parking unit, and the second parking units are arranged side by side in front and behind. It is a thing.

According to this device, the vehicle can be stored in the upper stage of the first parking unit and the upper and lower sides of the second parking unit so that the directions thereof are perpendicular to each other. That is,
When storing the vehicle in the upper row of the first parking unit,
The elevator pallet is lowered, the vehicle entering from the entrance is directly loaded onto the pallet, and after the vehicle is loaded, the elevator pallet is raised.

When the vehicle is stored in the lower stage of the second parking unit, the lower stage of the first parking unit is used as the front and rear passages, and the vehicle entering from the entrance is turned left or right through the passage to obtain the desired first passage. It is done by getting into the lower stage of the parking unit of No. 2, and when storing it in the upper stage,
After shifting the first parking unit back and forth to form an empty space on the side of the desired second parking unit, move the desired second parking unit to the empty space and then lower the lifting pallet. This is performed by loading a vehicle that has entered through the entrance onto a pallet, raising the lifting pallet after loading, and returning the second parking unit from the empty space to the original space.

Therefore, in the second parking unit, the vehicle is stored in the lower row in the left-right direction (horizontally) at right angles to the aisle and in the upper row in parallel in the vertical direction along the vehicle entry direction. .

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 3 show a parking unit generally designated by the reference numeral 1, and a beam 3 connecting four columns 2 and upper ends of the columns, and a beam 4 connecting lower ends of columns other than the front side.
And a frame 6 having a space for storing two vehicles 5 arranged side by side in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, and the two elevating pallets 7 are arranged side by side so that they can be raised and lowered by an elevating mechanism.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lifting mechanism has a pair of left and right rotating shafts 8 and 9 on the front and rear (right and left in the drawing) of the beams 3 on both sides, and a rear rotating shaft. 9 is an endless chain 12 hung between a sprocket 10 attached to the shaft and a geared motor 11 fixed on the beam 3.
The geared motor 11 is used as a drive source for rotation in the forward or reverse direction.

The front and rear rotary shafts 8 and 9 also have a pair of sprockets 13 and 14 fixed to a frame-shaped beam 3 whose lower side faces are open at both ends thereof.
An endless chain 15, which is stretched over the wires 3 and 14, uses a geared motor 11 as a drive source in the beam, and is moved forward or backward by the forward or reverse rotation of the geared motor 11. Then, a pair of wire ropes 17, 18 are connected to a connecting fitting 16 for connecting both chains 15, each wire rope 17, 18 is hung on a sheave 19 integral with the sprocket 13, and then is pivotally supported in the front and rear of the beam 3. After being hung on the sheaves 20 and 21, they are connected to the front and rear of the elevating pallet 7. Therefore, the geared motor 1
1 is rotated in the positive direction, the connecting fitting 16 is moved to the position shown in FIGS.
Moving to the right of, the elevating pallet 7 rises, and the rotation of the geared motor 11 in the opposite direction causes the coupling fitting 16 to move.
Moves to the left in the figure, the elevating pallet 7 descends.

A drive shaft 23 is laid horizontally in parallel with a rear beam 4 connecting the lower ends of the columns 2, and the drive shaft 23 includes a geared motor 24 fixed on the beam 4 and a sprocket 25 fixed on the shaft 23. It is configured to be rotationally driven in a forward or reverse direction by using the geared motor 24 as a drive source through an endless chain 26 hung between the wheels, and wheels 27 are fixed to both ends thereof. On the other hand, wheels 28 are individually attached to the left and right front columns 2, respectively. Therefore, the parking unit 1 moves back and forth by the forward or reverse rotation of the geared motor 24.

As the parking unit, there is a type that moves back and forth as well as a type that moves left and right like the parking unit 1 described above. FIG. 6 shows the latter type of parking unit 31 that moves to the left and right. A drive shaft 33, which is rotationally driven by a geared motor 32, is horizontally installed between the front and rear columns 2 on the right side (front side in the figure). The wheels 34 are fixed to both ends of the wheel 33, and the wheels 35 are pivotally attached to the front and rear columns on the left side.

The above-described movement of the parking unit 1 in the front-rear direction or the movement of the parking unit 31 in the left-right direction is performed by using the geared motors 24, 32 as drive sources.
It is designed to rotate by rotating 3 but other mechanism, for example, a pinion that is rotationally driven by a geared motor, and a mechanism that is a rack that is laid before and after and that meshes with the pinion, is connected to the lower end of the column, and the column is It can also be performed by using a hydraulic cylinder or the like that is pushed or moved.

Next, a parking device using the parking units 1 and 31 will be described. The parking device shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 has three parking units 1 which can be moved forward and backward on a central passage leading to the entrance, and which are adjacent to the left and right of the parking unit 1 and which can be moved left and right. 31 is arranged in front of and behind four units. The storage of the vehicle in this device is performed as follows.

When the vehicle is stored under the pallets of the left and right parking units 31, the vehicle entering the central passage from the entrance is turned left or right and stored sideways as shown by the one-dot chain line, and the upper stage of the parking unit 1 is stored. When the vehicle is stored in, the elevator pallet 7 shown in FIGS.
Cars that have gone straight from the entrance are placed sideways as they are and then lifted.

When the vehicle is to be stored in the upper stage of the third parking unit 31c in the left column of the parking units 31, the central second parking unit 1b is moved forward, and an empty space is provided to the right of the parking unit 31c. After forming the above, the parking unit 31c is moved to the center, and then the elevating pallet 7 is lowered, the vehicle is placed in the vertical orientation, and then the vehicle is raised and returned to the original position on the left side.

The unloading of the vehicle is performed by the same procedure as above.

[0023]

The present invention is constructed as described above and has the following effects. According to the parking unit of the first aspect, it is possible to obtain the parking device capable of efficiently storing the vehicle by combining and arranging the parking units of the type that can move back and forth or left and right.

According to the parking apparatus of the second aspect, the vehicle can be stored in the passage directly connected to the entrance without temporarily leaving another vehicle, and the parking efficiency can be effectively used. Is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a parking unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the parking unit.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the parking unit.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a main part of the parking unit.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the parking unit.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of another type of parking unit.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a parking device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 31 ... Parking unit 2 ... Struts 3, 4 ... Beam 5 ... Vehicle 6 ... Frame 7 ... Lifting pallet 8, 9 ... Rotating shafts 11, 24, 32 ...
..Geared motors 15 ... Endless chains 17,18 ... Wire ropes 23,33 ... Drive shafts 27,28,34,
35 ... Wheels

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular frame having a space for storing a plurality of vehicles in parallel in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, a drive device for moving the frame in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, and a plurality of sets arranged in the frame. A parking unit consisting of a lifting pallet that is installed and is supported by a lifting mechanism so that it can be individually lifted. 2. A first parking unit, which is movable back and forth on a passage leading to an entrance, and has elevating pallets arranged side by side, is arranged side by side. A parking device comprising a plurality of second parking units arranged in parallel on one side or both sides of the first parking unit, the number of which is increased by at least one unit from the first parking unit and the front and rear sides are arranged in parallel.