JPH0637176Y2 - Horizontal circulation parking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention is used in the technical field of mechanical parking equipment, and more particularly to a horizontal circulation parking device.

(Prior Art) In a horizontal circulation type parking device, a box-shaped horizontal circulation path is usually configured by alternately connecting a plurality of rows of horizontal transfer paths and vertical transfer paths on the same floor surface. An entrance / exit is provided at one end. A plurality of automobile loading pallets are movably arranged on a horizontal circulation path, and the pallets are circulated and moved with respect to the loading / unloading port to load and unload a vehicle.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional horizontal circulation parking apparatus, each pallet arranged therein is configured to accommodate one vehicle, and most of them are constructed in a building or the like. Since it is provided by using the space on the lower floor of the object, its floor area cannot be expanded.

Therefore, even if the number of parking users increases rapidly, there is an inconvenience that the demand cannot be met.

In view of the above conventional problems, the present invention is to provide a horizontal circulating parking apparatus capable of increasing the accommodation capacity of an automobile without expanding an existing horizontal circulating path.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A means for solving the above problems of the present invention is to provide a horizontal circulation path formed by alternately connecting a plurality of rows of horizontal transfer paths and vertical transfer paths on the same floor surface. A plurality of pallets for loading vehicles, which are movably arranged in the horizontal circulation path and each of which is composed of two stages of an upper parking floor and a lower parking floor, and the height of the upper parking floor of each pallet becomes the same height. And a loading / unloading port arranged to face the vertical transfer path of the horizontal circulation path,
Elevating means arranged in the vertical transfer path for elevating and lowering each pallet so that the lower parking floor of each pallet is at the same height as the loading / unloading port.

(Operation) In the horizontal circulation type parking device of the present invention, when a car is put in and out of the upper parking floor of a predetermined pallet, the horizontal transfer path and the vertical transfer path in the horizontal circulation path are alternately moved, The upper parking floor of the pallet faces the entrance / exit. In such a state, the vehicle is loaded and unloaded from the upper parking floor without driving the elevating means. When moving a car into and out of the lower parking floor of a given pallet, the horizontal transfer path and the vertical transfer path in the horizontal circulation path are alternately moved so that the upper parking floor of the pallet faces the entrance / exit opening. . In such a state, the elevating means is driven and the entire pallet is raised. Then, when the lower parking floor is raised by one step and made to have the same height as the loading / unloading entrance, the vehicle is loaded / unloaded on / from the lower parking floor.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The direction in this description is referred to as the lower side is the front and the upper side is the rear in FIG.

The horizontal circulation type parking device 1 shown in FIG.
Further, the rear horizontal transfer path 3, the left vertical transfer path 4 and the right vertical transfer path 5 are alternately connected on the same floor surface to form a box-shaped horizontal circulation path 6. In the horizontal circulation path 6, a plurality of automobile loading pallets 7, 7 ... Are movably arranged,
Further, a loading / unloading port 8 is provided at one end thereof, for example, in front of the right vertical transfer path 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the pallets 7, 7 ... Is composed of two steps provided on the upper parking floor 7a and the lower parking floor 7b, and the height of the upper parking floor 7a is set to the floor of the entrance / exit gate 8. A guide groove 7c is provided at the bottom of the lower parking floor 7b so as to be adapted to the height of 8a and to engage turning arms 14 and 15 of a lateral transfer means 11, which will be described later. Further, the pallets 7 are laterally moved integrally by the horizontal transfer paths 2 and 3 by a coupler (not shown), and the couplers are separated from each other in the vertical transfer paths 4 and 5, and the pallets 7 are individually moved. It is configured to move vertically.

On the other hand, at a position close to the loading / unloading port 8, for example, a front end position of the right vertical transfer path 5, a lift for adjusting the height of the lower parking floor 7b of the pallet 7 to the height of the floor 8a of the loading / unloading port 8. Means 9 are provided.

The two lateral rails 10, 10, ... And the lateral transfer means 11 are provided in the front lateral transfer path 2 and the rear lateral transfer path 3.
The lateral transfer means 11 is configured by sequentially connecting a lateral feed motor 12, an intermediate shaft 13, a front turning arm 14 and a rear turning arm 15, and the turning motors 12 drive each turning arm.
14,15 swivel in the same direction, guide groove 7c of each pallet 7
Are sequentially engaged with each other so that each pallet 7 can move laterally.

The left-side vertical transfer means 16 forms a pair with a drive shaft 20 that is connected to the left-side vertical feed motor 18 via a chain transmission mechanism 19 and a driven shaft 21 that is provided in parallel with the drive shaft 20 at a distance. Drive side sprockets 22,22 and driven side sprockets 23,23
And the paired endless chains 24, 24 and the both endless chains 24, 24
24, which are erected between the moving rails 25, 25 ... And whose intervals are adapted to the traverse rails 10, 10.

Further, the right vertical transfer means 17 also includes the right vertical feed motor 26, the chain transmission mechanism 27, the drive shaft 28, the driven shaft 29, the drive side sprockets 30 and 30, the driven side sprockets 31 and 31, and the endless end configured as described above. It has chains 32, 32 and moving rails 33, 33.

The elevating means 9 has a lower end portion 35a of an X-link telescopic leg 35 pivotally supported on a base 34, while an upper end portion 35b of the telescopic leg 35 pivots on a base 36 for supporting the bottom surface of the pallet 7. It is worn. 37 is a deck arranged between the loading / unloading port 8 and the right vertical transfer means 17.

The lifting means 9 is arranged on the right side of the right vertical transfer means 17 instead of this example, and the pallet 7 is moved by a forward / backward movable fork or the like.
May be supported from the side.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

Vehicle V currently standing by at position A on the rear lateral transfer path 3
When unloading, the horizontal transfer means 11, the left vertical transfer means 16 and the right vertical transfer means 17 are alternately intermittently driven to drive the pallet 7 on which the automobile V is loaded at the position A.
Performs, for example, a clockwise horizontal circulation operation.

After that, when the pallet 7 arrives at the front end portion of the right vertical transfer path 5, that is, at a position near the loading / unloading port 8, the horizontal transfer means.
11. Stop the left vertical transfer means 16 and the right vertical transfer means 17.

Here, the car V to be unloaded is the upper parking floor 7a of the pallet 7.
In the case where the vehicle is accommodated in, the height of the upper parking floor 7a is matched with the height of the floor 8a of the loading / unloading port 8, so that the parking is carried out in this state.

Further, when the outgoing vehicle V is accommodated in the lower parking floor 7b of the pallet 7, the elevating means 9 is driven to raise the lower parking floor 7b to the height of the floor 8a of the loading / unloading opening 8. After conforming, the goods will be delivered.

(Effects of the Invention) With the above configuration, the present invention can greatly increase the capacity of a vehicle by using the pallet having the upper parking floor and the lower parking floor without expanding the existing horizontal circulation path. Further, since the loading / unloading opening is provided at the same height as the upper parking floor, it is not necessary to raise and lower the pallet when loading / unloading the vehicle to / from the upper parking floor, which is required for loading / unloading the vehicle to / from the upper parking floor. The time can be significantly shortened. Even when loading and unloading the lower parking floor, the pallet only needs to be moved up and down by one level, so the time required for loading and unloading can be shortened. Furthermore, since the lifting stroke of the lifting means can be reduced, the lifting means can be downsized, and the installation space for the parking device can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a main part of a horizontal circulation type parking device, and FIG. 2 is a II-I of FIG.
It is the same side view in the I arrow view. 1 ... Horizontal circulation type parking device 2 ... Front side horizontal transfer path 3 ... Rear side horizontal transfer path 4 ... Left vertical transfer path 5 ... Right vertical transfer path 6 ... Horizontal circulation path, 7 ... Pallet 7a …… Upper parking floor, 7b …… Lower parking floor 8 …… Entry / exit gate, 8a …… Floor 9 …… Elevating means, V …… Car

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A horizontal circulation path formed by alternately connecting a plurality of rows of horizontal transfer paths and vertical transfer paths on the same floor surface, and a horizontal circulation path movably arranged in each of the upper parking floors and A plurality of pallets for loading vehicles, which are configured in two stages of the lower parking floor, and are arranged to face the vertical transfer passage of the horizontal circulation passage so as to have the same height as the height of the upper parking floor in each pallet. A horizontal line comprising a loading / unloading opening and a lifting means arranged in the vertical transfer path to lift and lower each pallet so that the lower parking floor of each pallet is at the same height as the loading / unloading opening. Circular parking device.