JPH0642063Y2 - Vertical circulation parking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a mechanical parking facility, and more particularly to an elevator type and a vertical circulation type parking device.

(Prior Art) In a vertical circulation type parking device installed in a place with a small floor area, a plurality of cages for accommodating a vehicle are swingably arranged at equal intervals between multiple rows of endless drive chains. A vertical circulation parking road is constructed.

On one side of the parking tower that surrounds this vertical circulation parking path, there is a loading / unloading port that allows the vehicle to pass in the front-rear direction.When the vehicle is loaded or unloaded, the driver operates the vehicle to enter or exit the vehicle. From the mouth, get on the pallet of the empty cage waiting at the loading / unloading position at the lower end of the vertical circulation parking road, or the driver operates the car from the pallet of the cage that has been circularly moved to the loading / unloading position and outside the tower. Was embarking on.

However, if the driver does not evacuate from the loading / unloading position to the outside of the tower after entering the garage, or the car is not placed correctly on the pallet, if the endless chain for driving the parking device is accidentally activated, There is a problem in that the driver is in danger and the car comes into contact with and damages the surrounding structures.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, for example, a position for loading and unloading a car (hereinafter referred to as a loading position) for a pallet separated from a cage is separately provided outside the loading / unloading port, while A pit that connects the boarding position and the loading / unloading position is provided, and a traverser for vertically moving the pallet is placed inside the pit, so that the driver can get on and off and the position of the car on the pallet can be vertically circulated. It is also known that it can be done outside the tower, far away from the parking road.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the vertical circulation type parking system and the elevator type parking system as described above, the pit at the loading position remains largely open unless the pallet has entered the loading position. As a result, foreign matter may fall and hinder the vertical movement of the traverser, and workers walking around may feel danger.

In view of such conventional circumstances, the present invention provides a vertical circulation type parking device in which a vehicle is parked in and out of a vertical circulation parking road, and the boarding position outside the parking road is always closed. To provide.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The means for solving the above problems of the present invention is to provide a lower end portion of a vertical circulation parking path in which a plurality of cages, each of which has a pallet for loading an automobile, is detachably supported. The vertical feed means for reciprocating the pallet between the two positions is arranged inside the pit that communicates the loading / unloading position and the loading position outside the loading / unloading position, and the upper end of the pit opening to the loading position The part is provided with an open / close floor that opens and closes the upper end of the pit in synchronization with the vertical movement of the vertical feed means that moves in and out of the boarding position.

(Operation) The operation by the above means is such that the upper end of the pit that opens to the boarding position is closed by the open / close floor that is in synchronization with the vertical movement of the vertical feeding means that exits from the boarding position, or is supported by the vertical feeding means. Closed with a pallet entering position.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The vertical circulation parking apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is provided inside a tower body 2, and a plurality of hangers 4, 4 ... Then, the endless chains 3 for driving are arranged at equal intervals in the length direction. Between each of these facing hangers 4 and 4, cage 5
Is hung and supported by detachably mounting a pallet 6 for loading an automobile V, and a drive means (not shown) such as a motor with a speed reducer and a chain transmission mechanism is connected to the drive endless chains 3, 3. As a result, a single vertical circulation parking road 7 is configured.

At the lower end of the vertical circulation parking road 7, the vehicle V is loaded with the pallet 6
And a position (hereinafter referred to as a loading / unloading position) 8 for loading or unloading only the pallet 6 into or from the cage 5,
Outside the loading / unloading position 8, that is, outside the tower body 2, a pit 10 communicating with a position (hereinafter referred to as a loading position) 9 for loading / unloading the vehicle V with respect to the pallet 6 is located below both positions 8, 9. It is dug down and this pit 10
A vertical feed means 11 for reciprocating the pallet 6 between the two positions 8 and 9 is provided inside.

This vertical feeding means 11 is a self-propelled mechanism 11a such as a cart with a motor.
And an elevating mechanism 11b for moving the pallet 6 up and down to match the heights of the loading / unloading position 8 and the loading position 9, and a turning mechanism 11c for changing the direction of the automobile V stacked on the pallet 6. Is configured as a main part.

An open / close floor 12 is provided at the upper end of the pit 10 that opens to the boarding position 9. This opening / closing floor 12 is for preventing the upper end of the pit 10 from being left open, and is a winding door-shaped floor main body 13 and a base end side of the floor main body 13 which is connected in a windable manner. The take-up shaft 14, drive means 15 connected to the take-up shaft 14, and both sides of the floor main body 13 are supported at the time of winding and rewinding of the floor body 13, so that the pits 10 are arranged at equal intervals on the upper ends of both side walls. Multiple guide rollers 16,16
, And a connecting member 17 for connecting the front end side intermediate portion of the floor main body 13 and the vertical feeding means 11 to each other.

When the floor means 13 of the open / close floor 12 is extended, the driving means 15 reverses or idles to follow the vertical movement of the vertical feed means 11, and when the floor body 13 is shortened, the driving means 15 synchronizes with the vertical movement of the vertical feed means 11. The floor body 13 is then wound up. 18 is an entrance / exit.

The opening / closing floor 12 may be a floor body of a strip instead of this example. The driving means 15 may be replaced with a spring that does not require a driving force, for example, a spring biased in the winding direction.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper end of the pit 10 that is open at the boarding position 9 of the vertical circulation parking device 1 is closed by the floor body 13 of the opening / closing floor 12.

Now, when the vehicle V moved to the loading / unloading position 8 at the lower end of the vertical circulation parking road 7 is to be unloaded, the pallet 6 loaded with this vehicle V is lifted / lowered by the vertical feed means 11 and the lifting mechanism 11b.
After it is lifted up from the cage 5 by the ascending drive of the vehicle, the self-propelled mechanism 11a drives the car V to move slightly above the boarding position 9 together with the pallet 6 (see the chain line position in FIG. 1). . At this time, the floor main body 13 of the open / close floor 12 is wound up, but the upper end of the pit 10 is closed by the pallet 6.

Next, after turning the automobile V together with the pallet 6 by driving the turning mechanism 11c (see FIG. 5), as shown in FIG.
The upper surface of the pallet 6 (car V
(The running surface of the pit 10) is adjusted to the height of the upper edge of the side wall of the pit 10, and the front end of the pallet 6 is moved to the upper end of the front side wall (the left side wall in FIG. 6) of the pit 10 by a slight drive of the self-propelled mechanism 11a. Move closer to the edge. Then, the driver gets in the car V and leaves the car.

The turning mechanism 11c can also be turned at the loading / unloading position.

Thereafter, the empty pallet 6 at the loading position 9 is returned to the cage 5 at the loading / unloading position 8 by the loading drive of the vertical feeding means 11, and the upper end of the pit 10 opening at the loading position 9 is the floor of the opening / closing floor 12. It is blocked by the body 13.

Further, when the vehicle V is loaded, the empty pallet 6 of the cage 5 moved to the loading / unloading position 8 is fed vertically 11.
After the vehicle V is loaded into the empty pallet 6 and the driver gets off the vehicle, the vehicle V is loaded again by the vertical feed means 11 to drive the vehicle V together with the pallet 6 to the cage at the loading / unloading position 8. It is housed in 5.

Also at this time, the upper end of the pit 10 opening to the boarding position 9 is blocked by the floor main body 13 of the opening / closing floor 12 or the vertical feeding means.
It is closed by a pallet 6 supported by 11.

(Effect of the Invention) The present invention opens and closes the pit upper end in synchronization with the vertical movement of the vertical feeding means for supporting the automobile together with the pallet at the upper end of the pit that opens outside the vertical circulation parking road. Since the opening and closing floor is provided, the upper end of the pit that opens to the boarding position is always closed when the vehicle enters or leaves. Therefore, there is an excellent advantage that not only is there a fear that foreign matter may fall down and the anxiety of the operator is eliminated, but there is a feeling of liberation as compared with the case where a protective fence or the like is provided around the upper edge of the opening.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a vertical circulation type parking device, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is FIG. III-III sectional view of the
FIG. 6 to FIG. 6 are views for explaining the operation of the open / close floor when leaving the warehouse. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vertical circulation type parking device, 5 ... Cage 6 ... Pallet, 7 ... Vertical circulation parking road 8 ... Loading / unloading position, 9 ... Boarding position 10 ... Pit, 11 ... Vertical feeding means 12 ... Opening / closing floor, V ... Vehicle

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A loading / unloading position at a lower end portion of a vertical circulation parking road, in which a plurality of cages having detachable pallets for loading automobiles are suspended and supported, and a loading position outside the loading / unloading position are communicated with each other. Inside the pit, vertical feed means for reciprocating the pallet between both positions is arranged, and at the upper end of the pit opening to the boarding position,
A vertical circulating parking apparatus, wherein an open / close floor for opening and closing the upper end of the pit is provided in synchronism with the vertical movement of the vertical feeding means for entering and leaving the boarding position.