JPH0711203B2 - Horizontal circulating parking equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an improvement of a horizontal circulation type parking facility for loading and unloading a vehicle by circulating transfer of a vehicle in a horizontal plane of a pallet.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a horizontal circulation type parking facility, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the above vertical direction of a circulation path f formed by a rectangular shape with horizontal transfer paths c, c and vertical transfer paths d, d. A lift b is installed on the side of the transfer path d, and a horizontal circulation parking for loading and unloading vehicles by the lifting operation of the lift b and the circulation operation of the main pallets a, a, ... A device provided with a device g is known. Further, since there is an idle space on the side of the lift b of the parking device g, this idle space is effectively used as the auxiliary parking space e.

In the horizontal circulation type parking facility as described above, the circulation path f
For loading and unloading of each main pallet a, a horizontal horizontal movement (transportation in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 6) and a vertical transport (transportation in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 6) of each horizontal pallet are carried out, and the rectangular horizontal movement is performed. The loading / unloading operation of each main pallet a on the lift b by the circulation operation and the lifting / lowering operation of the pallet a by the lift b are performed in combination. In addition, when loading and unloading the auxiliary parking space e, the auxiliary pallet a ′ is provided between the auxiliary parking space e and the lift b along the U-shaped path Z (path shown by the dotted line in FIG. 6).
Is carried out by transferring.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional horizontal circulation type parking facility,
When entering or leaving the auxiliary parking space e, the auxiliary pallet a '
Since the paper is transferred along the U-shaped path Z, there is a problem that the transfer distance becomes long, it takes time to change the direction, and a long time is required for loading and unloading.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to shorten the transfer distance of the auxiliary pallet and to promptly perform the transfer operation so that the auxiliary pallet can be moved in and out of the auxiliary parking space in a short time. There is something to do. Furthermore, the main pallet and the auxiliary pallet should be compatible with each other to improve the efficiency of storage.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a main pallet, which is formed in a rectangular shape with a horizontal transfer path and a vertical transfer path and is loaded with a vehicle, in a horizontal motion and a vertical motion. A circulation path that circulates and transfers in a horizontal plane by alternate movements, and a vertical pallet side of the circulation path that is vertically movable, and that transfers a main pallet carrying a vehicle between a loading / unloading port and the circulation path. For the horizontal circulation parking equipment equipped with the delivery means, the following solutions were taken.

That is, the solution means of the present invention is, on the side of the first delivery means, an auxiliary parking space for accommodating an auxiliary pallet set to the same size as the main pallet so as to be transferred to the circulation path, and a vehicle loaded. Second auxiliary delivery means is provided which linearly horizontally moves the auxiliary pallet between the auxiliary parking space and the first delivery means. Then, the receiving vehicle is loaded onto the empty pallet that has left the auxiliary parking space, and the auxiliary pallet is moved to the circulation path. It is characterized in that the vehicle is put out from the circulation path while waiting in a parking space.

(Operation) With the above configuration, in the present invention, the loading and unloading of the horizontal circulation type parking facility to and from the circulation path is performed by the rectangular horizontal circulation operation of the main pallet and the main pallet by the rectangular horizontal circulation operation, similarly to the conventional one. Loading and unloading the first transfer means to and from the first transfer means.
It is performed in combination with the raising and lowering operation of the main pallet by the delivery means.

On the other hand, loading and unloading into and from the auxiliary parking space is performed by moving the auxiliary pallet linearly horizontally by the second delivery means without detouring between the auxiliary parking space and the first delivery means.

For this reason, the transfer distance of the auxiliary pallet is shortened, time-consuming direction changes are not required, and loading / unloading to / from the auxiliary parking space is performed in a much shorter time than the conventional one.

Further, the auxiliary pallet is set to the same size as the main pallet so that the auxiliary pallet can be transferred to the circulation path, and the receiving vehicle is loaded on the empty pallet that has been emptied from the auxiliary parking space and the auxiliary pallet is moved to the circulation path. From moving to
The main pallet does not have to be called from the circulation path one by one for the purpose of warehousing, and the warehousing vehicle is quickly warehoused without waiting for the main pallet.

In addition, at the time of warehousing, the unloading vehicle is loaded on the auxiliary pallet and once placed in the auxiliary parking space so that the unloading vehicle exits from the circulation path. The vehicle does not have to stand by at the entry / exit port, and the entry vehicle is quickly entered without waiting for the exit vehicle to complete the exit.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described based on drawing.

FIG. 1 shows a horizontal circulation type parking facility according to an embodiment of the present invention. Only one horizontal circulation type parking device 1 is installed in the parking equipment, and the parking device 1 includes a circulation path 13 formed in a rectangular shape by horizontal transfer paths 3 and 3 and vertical transfer paths 4 and 4. , And a main pallet 9, 9 ... With a vehicle (not shown) loaded therein is laid in a horizontal plane by alternate movement of the traverse path 13 in the X direction of FIG. 1 and the Y direction of FIG. It is designed to be circulated and transported.

The main pallets 9 are all set to have the same size. When the main pallets 9 have the same shape as described above, it is common practice to form the main pallets 9 in accordance with the size of a large vehicle having a large shape so that a large vehicle to a small vehicle can be loaded. The parking device 1
Atypical vehicles are mixed and stored in the circulation path 13. In this case, it is natural that the space above the parking device 1 has a sufficient height so as not to interfere with a large vehicle, and it is necessary for one parking device 1 to secure this height sufficiently. Since it is a single layer only, it does not have to worry about the height of the parking space in the vertical direction for space saving as in the case of a multi-layer, so that it can be easily implemented.

On the side of the vertical transfer path 4 of the circulation path 13 (on the right side of FIG. 1), the first pallet 9 for transferring the main pallet 9 loaded with the vehicle between the loading / unloading port (not shown) and the circulation path 13 is provided. A lift 2 as means is installed so as to be able to move up and down, and as shown in FIG. 2, the lift 2 has a fork 7 which is supported by two columns 6, 6 standing on the floor so as to be able to move up and down. On the upper surface of the fork 7, traverse rails (rails in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 2) 7a, 7 are provided.
A and vertical rails (rails in the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 2) 7b, 7b are laid at right angles to each other in two rows.

Two traverse rails 8 are laid on the floor of each transverse transfer passage 3 of the circulation passage 13, and each main pallet 9 has four traverse wheels 9b, 9b provided on the lower surface of the base plate 9a. … The above traverse rail
It is configured to be placed on 8, 8 and laterally fed (transported in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 2) by a lateral transport device (not shown). In addition, a connector 9c is provided on each end face of each main pallet 9 described above.
4 are provided in total, and two adjacent main pallets 9 and 9 are releasably connected to each other via the respective couplers 9c.

A main vertical transfer device 10 is provided in each vertical transfer path 4 of the circulation path 13. The main vertical transfer device 10 is for vertically feeding (transferring in the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 2) each main pallet 9, and two drive chain wheels 10a, 10a rotatably arranged on the floor surface. Driven chain wheels 10b, 10b, two chains 10c, 10c looped around the chain wheels 10a, 10b, a main drive unit 10e for driving both the drive chain wheels 10a, 10a, and the traverse rails. It is composed of four movable traverse rails 10d laid so as to be aligned with 8.

An auxiliary parking space 5 is provided on the side of the lift 2, and the auxiliary parking space 5 accommodates an auxiliary pallet 11 having the same size as that of the main pallet 9 so as to be transferred to the circulation path 13. It is done like this. The auxiliary pallet 11 is vertically fed (in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 2) by mounting four traverse wheels 11b, 11b, ... Provided on the lower surface of the base plate 11a on traverse rails 5a, 5a described later. It is designed to be transported).

Further, an auxiliary vertical transfer device 12 as a second delivery means is installed on the side of the lift 2 on the auxiliary parking space 5 side, and the auxiliary vertical transfer device 12 is as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4. , Two vertical rails 5a, 5a laid on the floor,
Two drive chain wheels 12a, 12a rotatably arranged on the floor surface, two driven chain wheels 12b, 12b, two chains 12c, 12c looped around the chain wheels 12a, 12b, and Both drive chain wheels 12a, 1
It is configured by an auxiliary drive device 12f that drives 2a.

In addition, two connecting hooks 1 are attached to both the chains 12c and 12c.
A movable plate 12d having 2e and 12e is attached, and both of the connecting hooks 12e and 12e are adapted to be detachably engaged with a connector 11c provided on one end side of the lower surface of the auxiliary pallet 11. There is.

Then, the auxiliary pallet 11 on which the vehicle is loaded is linearly horizontally moved between the auxiliary parking space 5 and the lift 2 by the auxiliary vertical transfer device 12 and transferred.

Further, the receiving vehicle is loaded on the auxiliary pallet 11 that has been emptied from the auxiliary parking space 5
While moving 11 to the circulation path 13, at the time of warehousing, a warehousing vehicle is loaded on the auxiliary pallet 11 and temporarily waits in the auxiliary parking space 5 to unload the unloading vehicle from the circulation path 13.

Next, a case where a vehicle is put in or taken out of the horizontal circulation type parking facility configured as described above will be described.

First, in order to leave the vehicle parked on the main pallet 9 in the horizontal transfer path 3 on the lower side of the circulation path 13 in FIG.
The horizontal transfer device and the main vertical transfer device 10 of the
The main pallets 9 in 13 are circulated horizontally one by one in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Next, the target main pallet 9
Comes to the front of the lift 2, all the main pallets 9, 9 ... Of the circulation path 13 are laterally fed in the direction of the lift 2 and the target main pallet 9 is loaded on the traverse rails 7a, 7a of the fork 7. After that, the fork 7 is raised (or lowered) to the entry / exit port and the vehicle is exited. The parking of the vehicle parked in the horizontal transfer path 3 on the upper side of the circulation path 13 in FIG. 1 is carried out by changing the rectangular horizontal circulation operation in the clockwise direction in FIG. Can be stored by performing the reverse operation to the above-mentioned storage.

On the other hand, in order to leave the vehicle on the auxiliary pallet 11 in the auxiliary parking space 5, the auxiliary vertical transfer device 12 is operated to linearly move the auxiliary pallet 11 to the lift 2 side by the connecting hooks 12e and 12e. Vertical feed directly to the auxiliary pallet 11
Is loaded on the vertical rails 7b, 7b of the fork 7, and then the fork 7 is raised (or lowered) to the entrance / exit opening and the vehicle is exited. It should be noted that the storage in the auxiliary parking space 5 can be performed by performing the operation reverse to that of the above-mentioned storage.

Therefore, the moving distance of the auxiliary pallet 11 can be shortened, and it is not necessary to change the direction of the auxiliary pallet 11, which makes it possible to greatly reduce the time required for loading and unloading the auxiliary pallet 5.

In addition, the auxiliary pallet 11 can be delivered from the auxiliary parking space 5
When the vehicle becomes empty, the receiving vehicle is loaded on the empty auxiliary pallet 11 at the loading / unloading port, and the fork 7 is lowered (raised) to the side of the circulation path 13 to move the auxiliary pallet 11 to the circulation path 13, Can be stored in the circulation path 13. In addition,
In the auxiliary parking space 5, the main pallet 9 from the circulation path 13 side
Should be replenished as the auxiliary pallet 11.

From this, it is not necessary to call the main pallet 9 from the circulation path 13 one by one for warehousing, and the warehousing vehicle can be quickly loaded without waiting for the main pallet 9 and the efficiency of warehousing can be improved.

Further, when the circulation path 13 is in the leaving operation at the time of warehousing, the warehousing vehicle is loaded on the auxiliary pallet 11 at the loading / unloading port, and the fork 7 is lowered (raised) to the side of the auxiliary vertical transfer device 12 to perform the above-mentioned auxiliary operation. Hold the pallet 11 in the auxiliary parking space 5 once,
In this standby state, after the main pallet 9 is loaded on the traverse rails 7a, 7a of the fork 7 from the circulation path 13, the fork 7 can be raised (or lowered) to the loading / unloading port to exit the delivery vehicle. .

From this, it is not necessary to wait the incoming vehicle at the entry / exit port until the outgoing vehicle exits from the circulation path 13, and the incoming vehicle can be quickly entered without waiting for completion of the exit of the outgoing vehicle. You can improve efficiency.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, since only one parking device 1 is installed, there is no restriction on the vertical height of the parking space as compared with the case where a large number of parking devices are installed. This type of vehicle can be stored. At this time, it is necessary to set the size of the main pallet 9 to a size capable of loading a large vehicle, and the auxiliary pallet 11 is set to have the same size as the main pallet 9, so that the auxiliary parking space 5 is Can store vehicles of all types, from large vehicles to small vehicles.

In the above embodiment, the auxiliary parking space 5 is the lift 2
However, as another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, auxiliary parking spaces 5 may be provided on both sides of the lift 2. As a result, it is possible to further effectively use the idle space.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the main pallet, which is provided so as to be able to ascend and descend on the side of the vertical transfer path of the circulation path and receives the vehicle, is received between the loading / unloading port and the circulation path. An auxiliary parking space accommodating an auxiliary pallet set to the same size as the main pallet and an auxiliary pallet loaded with a vehicle are provided between the auxiliary parking space and the first transfer means on the side of the first transferring means. A second delivery means for linearly horizontally moving and delivering is provided. Therefore, the transfer of the auxiliary pallet between the auxiliary parking space and the first delivery means can be quickly performed by the linear transfer, and the warehousing can be performed in an extremely short time.

Further, the auxiliary pallet is set to the same size as the main pallet so that it can be transferred to the circulation path, and the receiving vehicle is loaded onto the empty pallet that has been emptied from the auxiliary parking space and the auxiliary pallet is transferred to the circulation path. Since the vehicle is transferred, the receiving vehicle can be quickly and efficiently stored without waiting for the main pallet. Further, at the time of warehousing, the warehousing vehicle is loaded on the auxiliary pallet and temporarily waits in the auxiliary parking space to unload the unloading vehicle from the circulation path. Can be made.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a plan view of a horizontal circulation type parking facility, FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing a main part around an auxiliary parking space, and FIG. Is II in Figure 2
FIG. 4 is a side view in the direction of arrow I, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a horizontal circulation type parking facility in another embodiment. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a conventional example of a horizontal circulation parking facility. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Parking device, 2 ... Lift (1st delivery means), 3 ... Horizontal transfer path, 4 ... Vertical transfer path, 5 ... Auxiliary parking space, 9 ... Main pallet, 11 ... Auxiliary pallet, 12 ... Auxiliary vertical transfer device ( Second delivery means), 13 ... Circulation path.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Keizo Yamane 1-1, Shinmeiwa-cho, Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo Shinmeiwa Industry Co., Ltd. Industrial Machinery Division (56) References: 63-48838 )

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A horizontal transfer path and a vertical transfer path are formed into a rectangular shape,
A circulation path for circulating and transferring the main pallet carrying a vehicle in a horizontal plane by an alternating operation of a traverse operation and a longitudinal operation, and a main pallet with a vehicle installed so as to be vertically movable to the side of the longitudinal transfer path of the circulation path. A horizontal circulation type parking facility comprising a first delivery means for delivering between an entrance / exit opening and the circulation path, wherein a side of the first delivery means is provided so that it can be transferred to the circulation path. A second auxiliary parking space that accommodates an auxiliary pallet set to the same size as the main pallet and a second auxiliary pallet in which a vehicle is loaded are linearly horizontally moved between the first auxiliary transfer means and the second transfer means. A delivery means is provided, and the receiving vehicle is loaded onto the empty pallet that has been emptied from the auxiliary parking space and the auxiliary pallet is transferred to the circulation path. Horizontal circulation type parking, characterized by being adapted to unloading the goods issue vehicles from to wait the circulation path at once auxiliary parking space and stacked.