JPH0676558U - Bicycle parking device front wheel catcher - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a front wheel catcher that can securely fix the front wheels of a bicycle by attaching hook members. [Structure] A movable member 2 is attached to a rail member, a hook member is rotatably attached to the rail member, and a part of the hook member comes into contact with a part of the side on which the hook member is not attached, whereby a hook portion of the hook member is provided. 21 is configured to rotate inward to capture the front wheel.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a front wheel catcher attached to a parking device of a motorcycle, particularly a bicycle, and more specifically, the hook member is fixed by pushing the movable member with the front wheel of the bicycle, and the movable member is fixed. The present invention relates to a front wheel catcher in which a hook member is opened by pulling it out to open a front wheel of a bicycle.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Bicycle parking storage facilities include a self-supporting bicycle parking port with a roof supported by stanchions in a parking space leveled with concrete, and a rail member 70 with an open tip as shown in FIG. A parking space 7 in which front wheel support frames 71 are erected on both sides of the end portion, and a type in which a parking space is secured by using a two-tiered structure as shown in FIG. 14 have been proposed. . 14 has a lower parking space 1 and an upper parking table 8 on the upper stage is pivotally and slidably supported on an upper parking storage member 80 having one end attached to a column 3 and the member. And a movable rail member 81. This is because the movable rail member 81 is pulled out from the upper parking storage member 80 and held in an inclined position, the bicycle is pushed up onto the slope-shaped movable rail member 81, and the front and rear wheels of the bicycle are placed on the movable rail member 81 while the movable rail member 81 is being mounted. This is a two-stage parking device in which a bicycle is parked on the upper parking table 8 by holding the end portion of the bicycle and raising it horizontally and inserting it into the upper parking storage member 80. Reference numeral 83 is a handle for inserting and removing the movable rail member 81.

Regarding the movable rail member 81 of the two-stage parking apparatus shown in FIG. 14, the backward movement preventing mechanism 9 shown in FIG. 15 is provided at the front portion thereof. That is, a bottom hole 84 for dropping the rear wheel T3 of the bicycle is opened in the front part of the movable rail member 81, and one end of the catch bar 90 projects from the bottom hole 84 to the other end. A rim abutting member 91 is attached to the tip of the portion so as to be provided in the bottom hole 84 from above the outside of the movable rail member 81, and the center portion of the catch bar 90 is a bearing attached to both side portions of the movable rail member 81. The backward movement preventing mechanism 9 is fixed to a swinging rod 92 that is swingably attached to 86 via a rotating shaft 87 and a spring 93. Then, as shown in FIG. 16, when the rear wheel T3 of the bicycle is dropped into the bottom hole 84, one end of the catch bar 90 is lowered, and along with this, the rim contact member 91 at the other end. Is rotated inward, and the rear wheel T3 is clamped from both sides by the rim contact member 91. Further, in order to release the backward movement preventing mechanism 9, the rear wheel T3 is operated so as to be slightly lifted.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, at the parking port described above, when attempting to park a bicycle, it takes time and effort to set up the stand that the bicycle has on the rear wheels, and there is no regulation between adjacent bicycles. Are irregularly overlapped and become messy, and their arrangement is an extremely difficult task. In the parking space 7 shown in FIG. 13, the bicycle can be parked simply by inserting the wheels of the bicycle into the rail member 70 and supporting the front wheels T1 with the front wheel support frame 71. The position of the rear wheel T3 is different, and the lines of the rear wheels T3 of adjacent bicycles are not aligned, which makes the parking situation messy and difficult to see. Moreover, in any of the above parking storage facilities, when bicycles are parked or unloaded, the handlebars of adjacent bicycles get caught in each other, often causing the problem of overturning other bicycles. Is there.

On the other hand, in the above-described two-stage parking device, the rear wheel T3 of the bicycle is once caught by the backward movement preventing mechanism 9 due to the raising and lowering of the movable rail member 81 and the forward / backward moving in / out operation, but it is easily released. There is a problem of being closed. That is, when the rear wheel T3 of the bicycle is lifted to some extent and comes out of the bottom hole 84, the catch bar 90 is immediately opened, and its function cannot be fulfilled.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a wheel catcher capable of reliably catching a wheel.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, in the present invention, a movable member is attached to a rail member so as to be movable on the rail member, a substantially V-shaped hook member is rotatably attached to the rail member or the movable member, and a part of the hook member is a hook member. A front wheel catcher for a bicycle parking device, which is configured such that the hook portion of the hook member pivots inward by being contacted with a part of the unattached side and is fixed in that state to capture the front wheel. .

Further, the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the hook member is installed opposite to both sides of the rail member or the movable member.

[0009]

[Action]

 The movable member can move in the front-rear direction on the rail member. The front wheel of the bicycle comes into contact with the movable member and pushes the movable member rearward. When a part of the hook member contacts a part of the side where the hook member is not attached, the hook part of the hook member rotates inward and is fixed in that state to capture the front wheel. That is, when the hook member is provided on the rail member side, when the hook member contacts the movable member, the hook portion of the hook member rotates inward to capture the front wheel, and the hook member moves. When it is provided on the member side, the hook portion of the hook member rotates inward and captures the front wheel when it comes into contact with the rail member side. In addition, the state of capturing the front wheels is such that the bicycle remains fixed even if the bicycle is moved slightly forward unless the bicycle is pulled back to the point where the front wheels are captured by the hook rotating inward. Made of On the contrary, when the bicycle is pulled back to the time when the hook is swung inward and the front wheel is captured, the front wheel is released from the hook member and is free, so that it is possible to unload the bicycle.

Since the above operation is automatically performed, no special operation for capturing the front wheels is required.

Further, in the case where the hook members are installed on both sides of the rail member or the movable member so as to face each other, when the front wheel of the bicycle comes into contact with the movable member and pushes the movable member rearward, a part of the hook member is pushed. Contacts the part on the side where the hook member is not attached, the hooks of the hook members on both sides rotate inward and are fixed in that state, and the front wheels and rims are captured from both sides.

[0012]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

The first embodiment of the present invention is shown in a perspective view of FIG. 1, a plan view of FIG. 2, a partial cross-sectional view from a side direction of FIG. 3, an operation state explanatory view of FIG. 4, and a rear direction of FIG. A description will be given using a partial cross-sectional view. The present embodiment relates to a lower parking space 1 corresponding to the conventional parking space shown in FIG. 13 and includes a pair of left and right front wheel support frames 10 provided upright on a rail member 11 with columns 13. The movable member 2 is incorporated in the front wheel support frame 10 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The pair of left and right front wheel support frames 10 has an upper end edge bent inward to form a hat portion 17, a rear end portion continuously provided with a U-shaped frame 12, and a front end portion opened outward and an open end 16. Further, a channel material 14 is additionally provided in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface, and a rear end portion of the channel material 14 is provided with a stopper 15 at a rear end position of the front wheel support frame 10. A stopper 15 is formed in front of the open end 16 of the front wheel support frame 10, and an inner plate 18 having a longitudinal hole 19 in the longitudinal direction is crowned inside the channel member 14. Further, the movable member 2 is provided with a front wheel contact plate 24 at a lower center portion of the U-shaped channel-shaped frame body 20, and two pulleys 25 are respectively provided on both side surfaces of the frame body 20 by rotary shafts 26. A substantially V-shaped hook member having hooks 21 toward the front inside is rotatably attached to the left and right front end portions of the frame body 20 by means of a rotary shaft 23. In the state where the hook portion 21 is opened, the projecting portion 22 that is the base of the hook portion 21 is set to escape to the open end 16 side and project outward from the frame body 20. The movable member 2 is movable in the front-rear direction on the front wheel support frame 10 by inserting the left and right pulleys 25 into the channel material 14 from the slots 19 of the inner plate 18 of the channel material 14 of the front wheel support frame 10. Is attached to.

The state shown in FIG. 2 is a state in which the movable member 2 is located at the front end portion of the front wheel support frame 10, and the protruding portion 22 of the hook 21 has the open end of the front wheel support frame 10. 16 and protrudes outward from the frame body 20. From this state, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front wheel T1 of the bicycle enters the lower parking space 1, and the front wheel T1 contacts the front wheel contact plate 24 of the movable member 2 and then the front wheel contact plate 24. When is pushed backward, the movable member 2 slides on the pulley 25 and moves backward on the front wheel support frame 10, but the protruding portion 22 of the hook portion 21 is pushed by the inner plate 18 of the channel member 14 and the hook is pulled. The part 21 rotates inwardly, and as a result, the hook part 21 captures the front wheel T1 from both sides, and the movable part 2 reaches the rear end to complete parking.

This embodiment is an example in which a substantially V-shaped hook member having the hook portion 21 is provided on the movable member 2 side, and the protruding portion 22 which is a part of the hook member is a rail member. When the inner plate 18 of the front wheel support frame 10 on the side is contacted, the hook portion 21 of the hook member rotates inward to capture the front wheel T1. In addition, unless the front wheel T1 is pulled back until the hook 21 is pulled back to the open end 16 immediately before the hook portion 21 pivots inward and catches the front wheel T1, the front wheel T1 is slightly pulled forward. The protrusion 22 is blocked by the inner plate 18 so that it cannot be opened and remains in a fixed state even if the protrusion 22 is moved in the (outgoing direction). In order to take out the bicycle, if the hook portion 21 rotates inward and is pulled back to a point just before the front wheel T1 is captured, the projecting portion 22 is opened outward at the open end 16 portion, and is substantially V-shaped. Since the hook member is rotated outward by the rotation shaft 23, and the front wheel T1 is released from the hook portion 21 and is free, it is possible to unload the front wheel T1.

In this way, according to the present embodiment, the lines of the rear wheels T3 of adjacent bicycles can be aligned, and a large number of bicycles can be parked in a neat and tidy state. The front wheel T1 can be reliably captured. A spring is built in the rotary shaft 23 of the movable member 2 so as to urge the hook portion 21 side to always rotate outward, or the protruding portion 22 and the open end 16 may be attracted to each other. A device such as embedding a magnet on the outside of 22 is also preferable. As a result, in the state where the protruding portion 22 is not blocked by the inner side plate 18, the substantially V-shaped hook member can be reliably opened.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a partial sectional view taken along the side of FIG. This embodiment has almost the same structure as that of the first embodiment described above, except that a groove 27 for dropping the pulley 25 of the movable member 2 is formed in the front bottom surface portion of the channel material 14, and The roller 28 is mounted in the rail member 11 so that the ground contact portion of the front wheel T1 rides over the roller 28 when the pulley 25 is dropped into the groove 27.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to obtain a feeling that the front wheel T1 is in a fixed position by the action of the groove 27 and the roller 28, and in this state, the front wheel T1 rolls forward (in the shipping direction). It is difficult to do, and the lines of the rear wheels T3 of the adjacent bicycles can be aligned more reliably than in the first embodiment, and it is possible to park a large number of bicycles in a neat and tidy state. It should be noted that, as another configuration example for obtaining the feeling that the front wheel T1 is in a fixed position, it is possible to provide a groove for dropping the front wheel T1 on the bottom surface of the rail member 11.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the side view of FIG. 7, the plan view of FIG. 8, the side view illustrating the operating state of FIG. 9, and the plan view illustrating the operating state of FIG. It demonstrates using. The present embodiment relates to an upper parking table 4 having a configuration similar to the conventional two-stage parking device shown in FIG. 14 described above, and has a lower parking space 1 and a pillar beam horizontally installed by a pillar 3. An upper parking storage member 40 having one end attached to a member, a movable base 5 slidably supported on the member, and a movable rail rotatably supported on the member. And a member 53. The upper parking table 4 has channel members 41 attached to both inner side surfaces of the upper parking storage member 40 having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the movable base 5 is slidable with respect to the upper parking storage member 40. The pulley 52 provided on the front and rear bottom surface of the movable base 5 is fitted into the channel member 41 so as to be pivotally supported. On the other hand, the movable rail member 53 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, a handle 54 is provided at the front end portion, and a pulley 55 is attached to the rear end portion of the movable rail member 53 so that the movable base member 5 in the channel member 41 is provided with front and rear portions. A pulley 55 is fitted between the pulleys 52, 52 and is slidably supported by the upper parking storage member 40.

A rotary shaft 44, which is erected in front of the upper parking storage member 40 and between the channel member 41 and the hat portion 45, has a contact arm 43 on the rear side and a hook portion 42 on the front side. A V-shaped hook member is rotatably attached. A spring is built in the rotation shaft 44, and the contact arm 43 side is always biased so as to rotate inward. Further, an opening 51 is opened at a position corresponding to a portion between the channel member 41 and the hat portion 45 at the rear of both side surface portions of the movable base 5, and a rear end portion thereof constitutes a contact portion 56 described later. Reference numeral 50 is a U-shaped frame provided on the movable base 5 as a front wheel stopper, reference numeral 11 is a rail member of the lower parking space 1, and reference numeral 10 is a front wheel support frame.

In order to park the bicycle on the upper parking table 4, first, the handle 54 is pulled out, the movable rail member 53 is pulled out from the upper parking storage member 40, and the movable rail member 53 is operated to be inclined and held. When the movable rail member 53 is pulled, the pulley 55 hits the pulley 52 in front of the movable base 5, and the movable base 5 is also pulled out in conjunction with it. However, when the pulley 52 stops at the front end of the channel member 41, the movable rail member 53 is pulled. 53 is tilted downward and fixed (see FIG. 7). In this state, the front wheel T1 of the bicycle is rolled on the movable rail member 53 and pushed up on the movable base 5. Then, the handle 54 of the movable rail member 53 is held and lifted until the movable rail member 53 is in a horizontal state, and the movable rail member 53 is operated so as to be inserted into the channel member 41 attached to the upper parking storage member 40. When 53 slides in the channel member 41 and the pulley 56 at the rear end of the movable rail member 53 comes into contact with the pulley 52 on the rear side of the movable base 5, the movable base 5 is pushed, and further the upper parking storage member. The movable base 5 slides with respect to 40, the movable base 5 contacts the extreme end of the upper parking storage member 40, and the parking operation ends. Since the front wheel T1 of the bicycle is first placed on the movable base 5, when the movable rail member 53 is lifted to the horizontal state, the weight of the front wheel T1 is already supported by the upper parking table 4 side. Therefore, it has the feature that it does not require so much force and that even weak children and women can operate it easily.

At this time, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the contact portion 56 at the rear end of the movable base 5 comes into contact with the contact arm 43 of the substantially V-shaped hook member and pushes it open. Therefore, the hook portion 42 side of the substantially V-shaped hook member rotates inward. In this case, the presence of the opening 51 of the movable base 5 allows the hook portion 42 to deeply enter the inside of the movable base 5, and thus the front wheel T1 of the bicycle mounted on the movable base 5 is captured. The contact arm 43 is blocked by the contact portion 56 so that the bicycle cannot be rotated inward even if the bicycle is moved slightly forward (the direction of leaving the bicycle), and the hook portion 42 is not opened and is fixed. Holds. Further, particularly by increasing the dimension of the contact portion 56, the holding section in the fixed state can be increased. This embodiment corresponds to the case where the hook member is provided on the side of the upper parking storage member 40 which is the rail member, and the partial contact arm 43 of the hook member contacts the side of the movable base 5 which is the movable member. This is an embodiment in which the hook portion 42 of the hook member pivots inward to capture the front wheel T1 at this point, which is different from the first and second embodiments. Needless to say, the configuration of the first embodiment can be adopted for the lower parking space 1 of the present embodiment.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a partial sectional view taken along the side of FIG. 11 and a plan view of FIG. This embodiment apparently adopts a configuration similar to that of the above-mentioned third embodiment, but the hook member is provided on the movable base 5 side that is the movable member, and the hook member is the rail member. The difference is that the hook member can be turned inward to catch the front wheel when it comes into contact with the member 40 side. In FIG. 11, the movable rail member 53 is omitted in order to avoid complication of the drawing, but this portion is based on the third embodiment described above.

That is, the opening 51 is opened at a position corresponding to the formation position of the hat portion 45 at the rear of both side surfaces of the movable base 5, and the rotating shaft 62 is attached to the opening 51. A substantially V-shaped hook member is rotatably attached to the opening 62 in the opening 51. The L-shaped metal fitting 6 which is a substantially V-shaped hook member is composed of a long piece hook portion 60 and a short piece contact portion 61. A spring is built in the rotating shaft 62, and the hook portion 60 side is always biased to rotate outward. The upper edge portion of the upper parking storage member 40 is bent inward in the longitudinal direction to form a hat portion 45, but as is apparent from FIG. 12, only the rear end portion is wide. Therefore, a step portion is formed at the boundary between the wide portion and the narrow portion, and the inner edge portion of the wide portion serves as a contact end 46 described later.

When the front wheel T1 of the bicycle is pushed up on the movable base 5 and then the movable rail member 53 is lifted and inserted into the channel member 41, the movable rail member 53 pushes the movable base 5 backward. The movable base 5 comes into contact with the extreme end of the upper parking storage member 40 and the insertion is completed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the contact portion 61 of the L-shaped metal fitting 6 in the opening 51 of the movable base 5 hits the end of the stepped portion of the hat portion 45, and the hook portion 60 side faces inward. It will rotate. When the movable base 5 is pushed further into this state, the contact portion 61 cannot return to its original state due to the presence of the contact end 46 which is the inner edge of the wide portion of the hat portion 45. As a result, the front wheel T1 of the bicycle placed on the movable base 5 is captured by the hook 60, and even if the bicycle is moved a little forward (outward direction), the contact portion 61 blocks the contact end 46. As a result, the hook 60 cannot be rotated inward, the hook 60 is not opened, and the fixed state is maintained.

In the present invention, the shape and material of each part such as a hook member are not particularly limited. A configuration in which a movable member is attached so as to be movable on the rail member is arbitrary, and a configuration in which a substantially V-shaped hook member is rotatably attached to the rail member or the movable member is also arbitrary. Further, in the structure in which the hook members are installed opposite to each other on both sides of the rail member or the movable member, one may be mounted on the rail member side and the other on the movable member side to form a pair. Further, it is optional to set a part of the hook member that contacts a part of the side on which the hook member is not attached, but it is also possible to particularly form a protruding contact part.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, a movable member is attached to a rail member so as to be movable on the rail member, a substantially V-shaped hook member is rotatably attached to the rail member or the movable member, and a part of the hook member is a hook member. The hook part of the hook member pivots inward by being contacted with a part on the side where it is not attached, and it is fixed in that state, and it is a front wheel catcher of the bicycle parking device that catches the front wheel. When the part comes into contact with a part on the side where the hook member is not attached, the hook part of the hook member rotates inward and is fixed in that state to capture the front wheel. As long as the bicycle is not pulled back to the time when the hook is swung inward and the front wheel is captured, the bicycle is kept in a fixed state even if it is moved slightly forward. Moreover, since the above operation is automatically performed, no special operation is required to capture the front wheels.

As a result, according to the present invention, the positions of the rear wheels T3 of the conventional parking space 7 are different, the lines of the rear wheels T3 of adjacent bicycles are not aligned, and the parking situation is messy and difficult to see. It is possible to solve the problem that when the parking of a bicycle is parked, the handles of adjacent bicycles are caught by each other and other bicycles fall over and end up. It is possible to solve the problem with the two-stage parking system that the rear wheel T3 of the bicycle is once caught by the backward movement prevention mechanism but is easily released by a slight movement of the bicycle. The proposed wheel catcher has the effect of being able to reliably capture and fix the front wheels.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a movable member 2 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view from the side direction of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operating state of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view from the back side of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view from the side direction of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a hook member portion of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating an operating state of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a plan view illustrating an operation state of the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view from the side direction of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a partially cutaway plan view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a conventional parking space 7.

FIG. 14 is a side view of an upper parking table 8 of a conventional two-stage parking apparatus.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a backward movement preventing mechanism 9 of the same example.

FIG. 16 is a plan view illustrating an operating state of the backward movement preventing mechanism 9 of the same example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lower parking space 10 Front wheel support frame 11 Rail member 12 U-shaped frame 13 Strut 14 Channel material 15 Stopper 16 Open end 17 Hat part 18 Inner plate 19 Article hole 2 Movable member 20 Frame body 21 Hook part 22 Projection part 23 Rotating shaft 24 Front Wheel Contact Plate 25 Pulley 26 Rotating Shaft 3 Support 4 Upper Parking Table 40 Upper Parking Storage Member 41 Channel Material 42 Hook 43 43 Contact Arm 44 Rotating Shaft 45 Hat 46 Contact End 5 Movable Base 50 U-frame 51 Opening Part 52 Pulley 53 Movable rail member 54 Handle 55 Pulley 56 Abutting part 6 L-shaped metal fitting 60 Hook part 61 Abutting part 62 Rotating shaft 7 Parking space 8 Upper parking table 9 Backward movement prevention mechanism

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A movable member is attached to the rail member so as to be movable on the rail member, and a substantially V-shaped hook member is rotatably attached to the rail member or the movable member, and a part of the hook member is a hook member. A front wheel catcher for a bicycle parking device, wherein the hook portion of the hook member is pivoted inward by being contacted with a part of the unattached side to be fixed in that state so as to catch the front wheel. 2. The front wheel catcher of the bicycle parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hook members are installed opposite to each other on both sides of the rail member or the movable member.