JPH0657998A - Lift type automatic parking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To protect a car from potential damage and drop when a car or its loadage exceeds a specified value. CONSTITUTION:A lift base E consists of a lift fork 1 and a lift fork fixing member 2. A car length sensor 7 a car width sensor 8 are laid out around a lift space on the ground surface. The sensors 7 and 8 are mounted at an elevation slightly higher than the height of a car which rides on the lift base E. Therefore, when the lift base E is lifted from the ground with a car loaded on the base, if the car length or the car width of the car exceeds a specified value, the excess portion will be detected by the car length sensor 7 or the car width sensor 8. The lifting operation of the lift base E is halted immediately according to detection signals transmitted from the detectors 7 and 8 while the operational failure will be announced by way of sound or lighting. Then, the lift base E will be returned to the ground surface.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator car parking machine for loading and unloading an automobile after the automobile is loaded on an elevator at a loading position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been an elevator car parking machine of this type in which a wheel stopper is installed in front of an elevator on the ground surface. I was positioning the car.

[0003]

However, in the above conventional elevator car parking machine, the vehicle is only positioned by the wheel stoppers, and the vehicle length or width of the vehicle exceeds the regulation of the parking machine. It is inconvenient for the parking manager or the driver to pay special attention when the luggage loaded in the trunk or the like is projected outward.
Also, if the vehicle length or width exceeds the regulation of the parking machine and the vehicle or its load is protruding from the lifting space of the elevator, if the elevator is raised or lowered in that state, An object may come into contact with the upper layer or the lower layer of the parking machine side, which may damage the vehicle or cause it to fall off the elevator.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to prevent damage or dropout of an automobile when the automobile or its load exceeds a regulation. It is to provide an elevator car parking machine capable of carrying out lifting.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a lifting type for loading and unloading a vehicle after the vehicle is loaded on a platform located at a loading position. In a car parking machine, a vehicle length sensor and a vehicle width sensor that detect that the vehicle length or the vehicle width of the vehicle exceeds a prescribed value are installed around the ascending / descending space at the boarding position, and the elevator platform The purpose of the invention is to stop the elevator table during the ascending / descending operation according to the detecting operation of at least one of the sensors when the sensor is moved up or down by the height.

The notifying means may be driven in accordance with the detection operation of at least one of the vehicle length sensor and the vehicle width sensor. Further, the elevating platform may be returned to the riding position in accordance with the detection operation of at least one of the vehicle length sensor and the vehicle width sensor.

[0007]

When the elevating platform is raised or lowered by the height of the vehicle, at least one of the vehicle length sensor and the vehicle width sensor installed around the elevator space at the boarding position. With the detection operation, the lifting platform stops during the lifting operation. As a result, even if the vehicle or its load exceeds the regulation and sticks out of the lift, the vehicle is prevented from being damaged or dropped.

Further, by driving the notifying means in accordance with the detection operation of the sensor, it is possible to promptly notify the parking machine manager, the driver, etc. of the detection of the sensor. Furthermore, by returning the elevator to the boarding position according to the detection operation of the sensor, the operation for the return operation is unnecessary, and the parking manager or driver can return the elevator to the boarding position after returning the elevator. And repair the excess.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the lifting type automobile parking machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2, a plurality of lifting hawks 1 are attached to a pair of lifting hawk fixing members 2. The pair of the lifting hawk 1 and the lifting hawk fixing member 2 simultaneously move up and down in the same phase, and the lifting hawk 1 and the lifting hawk fixing member 2 constitute a lifting platform E. Four elevating guide rails 3 extending in the vertical direction are arranged at both ends of each elevating hawk fixing member 2, and the elevating operation of the elevating hawk fixing member 2 is guided by the elevating guide rails 3. ing. Wires 4 are attached to the upper portions of both ends of the lifting hawk fixing member 2, and the lifting platform E can be raised and lowered by winding or lowering the wires 4 by a motor M on the upper portion of the parking machine.

The traverse trolley 5 is arranged on each floor above ground or underground except the boarding position (in this embodiment, the ground surface), and when the elevator E is raised or lowered, the elevator hawk 1 of the elevator E is lifted.
It has a plurality of forks 5a that can cross each other. or,
The transverse storage trolley 5 is movable in the lateral direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1) along the transverse roller frame 6 and laterally moves between the storage space of the lift E and the vehicle storage room adjacent thereto.

Further, a vehicle length sensor 7 for detecting that the vehicle length or the vehicle width of the vehicle exceeds the regulation around the elevating space (four elevating guide rails 3) on the ground surface. A vehicle width sensor 8 is arranged. As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle length sensor 7 and the vehicle width sensor 8 are mounted on the ground surface at a position slightly higher than the height of the vehicle that can be loaded into the elevator E, and the sensors 7 and 8 are mounted on the vehicle. The sensing range is a space higher than the vehicle height.

Therefore, when the elevator E is raised from the ground surface while the vehicle is in the vehicle, the vehicle length or width of the vehicle exceeds the regulation, or part of the luggage put in the trunk is protruding. If so, the excess portion and the protruding portion are detected by the vehicle length sensor 7 or the vehicle width sensor 8 described above. Then, the detection signal from the vehicle length sensor 7 or the vehicle width sensor 8 is input to a control device (not shown), and the control device immediately stops the lifting operation of the lift E. That is, if there is a portion that exceeds the regulation in either the vehicle length direction or the vehicle width direction of the automobile, the raising operation of the lifting platform E is stopped before the portion collides with the frame or the like on the parking machine side. , Damage to automobiles and their loads will be prevented.

In addition, in the parking machine according to the present embodiment, when the vehicle length sensor 7 or the vehicle width sensor 8 detects the protrusion of the automobile or its load, it is activated by sound or lighting (informing means). Elevator E that stopped and notified the abnormality
Is lowered to the ground surface to be restored. Therefore, the parking manager or the driver can early identify the abnormality (protrusion of the automobile or its load) by sound or lighting. In addition, when an abnormality occurs, the lift E automatically returns to the ground level, so there is no need to operate a button or the like for the return operation, and the parking manager or driver repairs the excess part of the car that has returned to the ground level After that, the elevator E is raised again to park the vehicle in a predetermined storage room.

Next, another embodiment in which an automobile is parked in an underground storage room will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle length sensor 7 and the vehicle width sensor 8 are mounted at a position lower than the ground surface, and the sensors 7, 8 have a sensing range in a space area lower than the ground surface. . Therefore, when the elevator E is lowered from the ground surface while the vehicle is in the vehicle, if the vehicle length or the vehicle width of the vehicle exceeds the regulation, the excess portion may cause the vehicle length detector 7, Alternatively, as detected by the vehicle width sensor 8, the control device immediately stops the lowering operation of the lifting platform E. Then, an abnormality is notified by sound or lighting, and the lifting platform E is raised to the ground surface and returned. After that, the vehicle is inspected and modified, and the elevator E is lowered again and parked in a predetermined storage room.

Further, in the embodiment of the parking machine which raises and lowers the automobile by using the pallet as the lift E, the vehicle length sensor 7 and the vehicle width sensor 8 are installed as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, vehicle length detectors 7 are installed on both left and right walls of the parking machine, and among the several elevators E on the ground surface, the vehicle of an automobile that has entered one of the elevators E. If the length or the vehicle width exceeds the regulation, the lifting of the elevator platform E is immediately stopped as in the above-described embodiments. Then, the abnormality is notified by sound or lighting, and the lift E is lowered to the ground surface and returned.

In each of the above embodiments, while the hawk or pallet of the elevator E equipped with the automobile passes the position of the vehicle length sensor 7 or the vehicle width sensor 8, the control device causes the sensor 7, The detection signal of 8 is not detected. Therefore, when the hawks or pallets of the lift E are passing, neither the lifting operation of the lift E nor the notification by sound, lighting, or the like is performed.

[0018]

According to the present invention, when an automobile or its load exceeds the regulation, the excess portion is detected by at least one of the vehicle length sensor and the vehicle width sensor to raise and lower the elevator. By immediately stopping the operation, it is possible to prevent the automobile from being damaged or dropped. As a result, there is an excellent effect that a safe operation can always be performed.

Further, by driving the notifying means in accordance with the detection operation of the sensor, the parking machine manager or the driver can early identify an abnormality that the vehicle or its load exceeds the regulation. .

Further, by returning the elevator to the boarding position in accordance with the detecting operation of the sensor, it is possible to save the trouble of the parking machine manager and the driver for the returning operation and improve the operability. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an elevator car parking machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hawk type lift.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an underground retractable parking machine in another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a pallet lift type parking machine in another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Lifting hawk, 2 ... Lifting hawk fixing member, 3 ... Lifting guide rail, 7 ... Vehicle length detector, 8 ... Vehicle width detector, E ... Lifting platform.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An elevator car parking machine in which a vehicle is loaded into an elevator (E) at a loading position, and then the elevator (E) is elevated to load and unload the automobile. A vehicle length sensor (7) and a vehicle width sensor (8) for detecting that the vehicle width exceeds the regulation are installed around the ascending / descending space at the boarding position, and the elevator (E) is provided.
When the vehicle moves up or down by the height of the vehicle, the elevator (E) that is moving up and down is stopped in accordance with the detection operation of at least one of the sensors (7, 8). An elevator car parking machine characterized by the above. 2. The elevating type vehicle parking system according to claim 1, wherein the informing means is driven in accordance with a detection operation of at least one of the vehicle length sensor (7) and the vehicle width sensor (8). Machine. 3. The elevator (E) is returned to the loading position in accordance with the detection operation of at least one of the vehicle length sensor (7) and the vehicle width sensor (8). The elevator car parking machine according to 1 or 2.