JPH11350768A - Pallet wheel stopper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To house a vehicle in a minimum space by surely preventing the vehicle on a pallet during transportation in a mechanical parking device from inadvertent movement, and making a wheel-stop position on the pallet variable. SOLUTION: The pallet 11 of a mechanical parking device used to transport and housing for taking in/out a vehicle, two notch holes opened at the front wheel or the rear wheel position of the pallet, two guide rods 13 erected on both sides in each notch hole, and a plurality of round rod materials 14 penetrating loosely both end sides on the two guide rods and disposed in parallel in the orthogonal direction to a vehicle-entering direction in the notch hole at regular intervals are provided. The stopper comprises a rubber cylinder 15 of an elastic material interposed between the round rods in each guide rod, a rod material-holding plate 16 disposed downward of each notch hole and providing a rod material-holding grooves 16a at positions corresponding to the round rods of the surface respectively, and a jack mechanism 17 supporting the reverse face of the rod material-holding plate and vertically moving the rod material-holding plate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pallet wheel stopping device for a mechanical parking device using a pallet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mechanical parking device, various pallet wheel stoppers are installed in order to prevent a car from accidentally moving while the vehicle is being transported by the machine. I have. FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a conventional pallet wheel stopper, and FIG. 13 is a front view showing the pallet wheel stopper. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a rectangular pallet installed in a mechanical parking device, and reference numerals 2a and 2b denote projections provided at positions of a front wheel or a rear wheel on the pallet 1, respectively.

In the conventional pallet wheel stopper, the wheels 4 of the vehicle 3 are held by the projections 2a and 2b on the pallet 1 to prevent the vehicle from moving. However, the conventional pallet wheel stopper is effective in a mechanical multi-story parking device of a system for transporting a vehicle in a vertical direction (for example, a vertical circulation system, an elevator system), but a system for transporting a vehicle in a front-rear direction (for example, However, in the case of the mechanical parking device of the flat reciprocating type, there is a problem that the holding force of the wheel 4 is weak and the car 3 gets over the protrusions 2a and 2b.

Therefore, in order to increase the holding force of the wheel 4, it is necessary to increase the height of the projections 2a, 2b.
The impact due to the step b becomes large, and when the vehicle leaves the parking lot, the user steps over the accelerator pedal, so that there is a problem that the mechanical parking device is difficult to enter and leave.

[0005]

To solve the problem of the conventional pallet wheel stopper, another conventional pallet wheel stopper has been proposed. FIG. 14 is a plan view of another conventional pallet wheel stopper device, FIG. 15 is a front view of the pallet wheel stopper device, FIG. 16 is a front view showing a state of wheel stopper by the pallet wheel stopper device, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a front view showing a space required for storing a wheel stop by the pallet wheel stop device. This pallet wheel stopper device is provided with a concave portion 5 at the position of the front wheel of the pallet 1. The concave portion 5 securely holds the wheel 4 of the car 3 and facilitates the entry and exit of the car 3. is there.

However, in this conventional pallet wheel stopper, the front wheel position of the wheel 4 of the car 3 on the pallet 1 is fixed at a fixed position. As shown in FIG. 13, the space L required to store all types of vehicles 3 is longer than the actual length of the vehicle 3 because of the variety of vehicles such as long vehicles and rear vehicles. However, there is a problem that the mechanical parking device becomes large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and reliably prevents a car on a pallet from inadvertently moving while the car is being conveyed in a mechanical parking device. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pallet wheel stopper device that can store a vehicle in a minimum space by changing the position of the front wheels on the pallet.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pallet wheel stopper device provided at a front wheel or a rear wheel position of a pallet of a mechanical parking device used for transporting and storing a car entrance / exit. The vehicle has a vehicle stopping mechanism in which a front wheel or a rear wheel of the vehicle is sandwiched by a plurality of bars that are spread by the weight of the vehicle.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pallet wheel stopping device, comprising: a pallet of a mechanical parking device used for transporting and storing a car in and out; and two pallets provided at front or rear wheel positions of the pallet. , Two guide members erected in the vehicle traveling direction on both sides in each of the notch holes, and both end sides of each of the two guide members are passed through in a loosely fitted state, and are perpendicular to the vehicle approach direction in the notch holes. A plurality of bars arranged at equal intervals in parallel with the direction, an elastic material interposed between the round bars in each guide member, and arranged below each notch hole,
A bar holding plate provided with bar holding grooves at positions corresponding to these bars on the front surface, and a jack mechanism for supporting the back surface of the bar holding plate and moving the bar holding plate up and down are provided. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pallet wheel stopper device, wherein, of the plurality of bars, two outer bars are fixed to the cutout wall of the pallet by fixing members provided at the ends. Elastic material protection projections are attached to both ends of the remaining bar except for one outer bar.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle stopping mechanism provided at the front wheel or the rear wheel position of the pallet includes a plurality of rods pushed and spread by the weight of the vehicle when the vehicle enters the pallet. Of these, the front wheel or the rear wheel is held so as to be sandwiched between the bar materials at the stop position of the wheel, so that the car can be held on the pallet while transporting the car in the mechanical parking device to be able to securely hold the wheel Inadvertent movement is prevented, and even if the vehicle length is the same, the stop position of the wheels can be appropriately selected for a long car on the front side or a long car on the back side, so that it is necessary to store the car. The space can be minimized, and the space required to store the car needs to be the same as the actual vehicle length, and the mechanical parking lot does not become large.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, two guide members are erected in the vehicle traveling direction on both sides of two notched holes formed at the front wheel or rear wheel positions of the pallet, and each guide member is provided with each guide member. A plurality of bars are penetrated in a loosely fitted state at both ends, and are disposed at substantially equal intervals in parallel in a direction perpendicular to the vehicle traveling direction, and an elastic material is interposed between the bars in each guide member, A bar holding plate that moves up and down by a jack mechanism is arranged below each notch hole, the bar holding plate is raised by the jack mechanism, and each bar is held in each bar holding groove provided on the surface of the bar holding plate. A part of the rods is fitted to hold a plurality of bars at equal intervals, a car enters the pallet in this state, and stops the car at a wheel stop position corresponding to the vehicle type on the plurality of bars, After that, the rod holding plate is lowered by the jack mechanism, Each bar that has lost its holding by the bar holding plate on the bar is compressed by the elastic material and moved in the front-rear direction so that the wheel is securely held at the recess formed below the wheel of the car. This prevents the car from inadvertently moving on the pallet while the car is being conveyed in the mechanical parking device. In addition, even if the vehicle length is the same depending on the vehicle type, the stop position of the wheel is appropriately selected for a long vehicle on the front side and a long vehicle on the rear side, and the position of the drop portion is changed, so that the vehicle is stored. The required space can be minimized, and the space required to store the car needs to be the same as the actual vehicle length, and the mechanical parking device does not become large.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the outer two bars among the plurality of bars are fixed to the notch wall of the pallet by a fixing member provided at an end portion. The wheel is held between the notch end and the bar to avoid the risk of being damaged by the notch end. Also, since elastic material protection projections were attached to both ends of the remaining bar material except for the outer one bar material, when the bar material moved along the guide bar material, the elastic material was compressed more than necessary. Protect the elastic material from being entangled.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of a pallet wheel stopper device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a plan view showing a main part of the pallet wheel stopper, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the pallet wheel stopper, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of wheel stopping by the pallet wheel stopping device, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a series of operations of wheel stopping by the pallet wheel stopping device. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a space required for storing a wheel stop by the pallet wheel stop device. In the figure, 11 is a rectangular pallet installed in a mechanical parking device, 12 is two square notches provided at the front wheel position of the car 3 on the pallet 11, and 13 is a vehicle traveling in each notch 12. These are two guide bars installed in the directions.

A pair of guide rods 13 are inserted into the two guide rods 13 and 13 at both ends in a loosely fitted state, and are disposed at equal intervals in the notch hole 12 in the direction perpendicular to the vehicle entry direction at equal intervals. It is a round bar. Reference numeral 15 denotes a rubber cylinder which is an elastic material inserted between the round bars 13 of the guide bar 13 which is two guide members. This round bar 14 and rubber tube 15
Is provided movably on the guide rod 13, and in the normal state, the two guide rods 13,
13, six round bar members 14 are arranged at substantially equal intervals. Reference numeral 16 denotes a bar holding plate arranged below the notch hole 12, the size of which is slightly smaller than the notch hole 12,
On the surface, semicircular bar holding grooves 16a are provided at positions corresponding to the round bars 13 respectively. Reference numeral 17 denotes a jack mechanism that supports the back surface of the bar holding plate 16 and moves the bar holding plate 16 up and down.

Next, the operation of the pallet wheel stopper according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. (1) The car 3 is placed on the pallet 11 as shown in FIG.
Before the garbage arrives, the jack mechanism 17 is operated to raise the bar holding plate 16, and a part of each round bar 14 is fitted into each bar holding groove 16 a of the bar holding plate 16, and 6. The round bars 14 are held at regular intervals. (2) Next, the six round bars 14 are held by the bar holding plate 16.
In a state where is held at equal intervals, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the car 3 is stored and the car 3 enters the pallet 11,
For example, the car 3 is stopped when the wheel 4 comes to the center round bar 14 among the six round bars 14. In addition,
It is not always necessary to stop at the center round bar 14.

(3) Further, after the occupant gets off the stopped car 3, as shown in FIG.
Is operated to lower the bar holding plate 16. Then, each round bar 14, which has lost its holding by the bar holding groove 16 a of the bar holding plate 16, compresses and crushes the rubber cylinder 15 on the guide rod 13 by the force of pushing down the wheel 4 in the front-rear direction. The car 3 moves, and a drop portion 18 of the wheel 4 is formed at a position below the wheel 4 of the car 3. Since the wheels 4 are securely held by the recesses 18, it is possible to prevent the car from accidentally moving on the pallet 11 while the car 3 is being conveyed by the machine in the mechanical parking device. (4) Also, at the time of unloading, if the car 3 is retracted from the pallet 11 as shown in FIG. 6D, each round bar material 14 forming the drop-in portion 18 is crushed rubber cylinder Due to the elastic force of 15, the guide rod 13 is moved again in the front-rear direction and returns to the original position, and the round bars 14 are again arranged at substantially equal intervals. (5) Then, as shown in (e) of FIG. 6 again, if the bar holding plate 16 is raised by operating the jack mechanism 17, the six round bars 14 are equalized by the bar holding plate 16. It is maintained at the interval and waits for the next car 3 to enter.

In the pallet wheel stopper device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the long wheel 3 on the front side has six pallets 11 provided in the notch holes 12 of the pallet 11 as shown in FIG. The vehicle 3 is stopped at the rear stop position on the round bar 14 in the vehicle traveling direction, and the long rear vehicle is stopped at the front stop position on the six round bars 14 in the vehicle traveling direction. The space L required for storage can be minimized. Therefore, the space L required to store the car 3 is
It is sufficient to take the same length as the actual length of the car 3, and the mechanical parking device does not become large.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 8 shows Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 8, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing the main part of the pallet wheel stopper, and FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state of the wheel stop by a wheel stop device.
In the figure, the same components as those of the first embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the duplicate components will be omitted. In the second embodiment, a coil spring 21 is inserted between the round bars 13 of the guide rod 13 instead of the rubber cylinder 15 of the first embodiment. Normally, each coil spring 21 is in a state where a slight compressive force is applied.

Out of the six round bars 14 arranged in the notch hole 12, two outer round bars 14 are fixed to the notch wall of the pallet 11 by fixing pins 22 provided at the ends. It is connected and fixed, and the movement with respect to the guide rod 13 is locked,
Only the middle four round bars 14 are movable with respect to the guide bar 13. Further, of the six round bars 14, the elastic bar protecting projections 23 are respectively provided on both ends of the remaining five round bars 14 excluding the left round bar 14 in FIG. 8.
Is attached.

The operation of the pallet wheel stopper device according to the second embodiment is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted, and different points will be described. Outer 2
The lock of the movement of the four round bars 14 with respect to the guide rod 13 is such that the wheels 4 are held between the cut ends of the cutout holes 12 and the round bars 14 unless the two outer round bars 14 are locked. This is to avoid the risk of being damaged by the notch when it is done. That is, the outer two round bars 14
Of the wheel 4 between the round bars 14
Is held to avoid the risk of damaging the wheel 4. In addition, the elastic material protection projections 23 are attached to both ends of the five round bars 14, respectively, when the round bars 14 move along the guide bars 13, the coil springs 21 are compressed more than necessary. This is for protecting the coil spring 21 so that the coil spring 21 is not removed.

[0022]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle stop mechanism provided at the front wheel or the rear wheel position of the pallet pushes and spreads by the weight of the vehicle when the vehicle enters the pallet. Of the plurality of bars, the front wheel or the rear wheel is held so as to be sandwiched between the bars at the wheel stop position, so that the vehicle can be transported inside the mechanical parking device to securely hold the wheels. This prevents the car from accidentally moving on the pallet while it is running, and even if the car length is the same, the wheel stop position can be selected appropriately for a long car on the front side or a long car behind. The space required to store the car can be minimized, and the space required to store the car only needs to be about the same as the actual vehicle length, and the mechanical parking lot will not be large. There is no effect.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, two guide members are provided on both sides of two notches formed at the front wheel or rear wheel position of the pallet in the vehicle traveling direction, and each guide member is provided. A plurality of rods are disposed at substantially equal intervals in parallel in the direction perpendicular to the vehicle travel direction by penetrating a plurality of rods in both ends in a loosely fitted state, and an elastic member is interposed between the rods in each guide member. , A bar holding plate that moves up and down by a jack mechanism is disposed below each notch hole, the bar holding plate is raised by the jack mechanism, and each bar is inserted into each bar holding groove provided on the surface of the bar holding plate. A part of the bars is fitted to hold a plurality of bars at equal intervals, then the car enters the pallet, and stops at the wheel stop position that matches the model on the bars. ,
Then, by lowering the bar holding plate by the jack mechanism, each bar that has lost its holding by the bar holding plate on the guide member is compressed by the elastic material and moved in the front-rear direction to the position below the wheel of the car. Since the wheels are reliably held by the formed recesses, there is an effect that the car is prevented from accidentally moving on the pallet while the car is being transported in the mechanical parking device. In addition, even if the vehicle length is the same depending on the vehicle type, the stop position of the wheel is appropriately selected for a long vehicle on the front side and a long vehicle on the rear side, and the position of the drop portion is changed, so that the vehicle is stored The required space can be kept to a minimum, and the space required to store the car only needs to be about the same as the actual vehicle length, and there is an effect that the mechanical parking device does not become large .

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the outer two bars among the plurality of bars are fixed to the notch wall of the pallet by the fixing members provided at the ends, so that the notches are formed. The effect is that the wheel is held between the notch end of the hole and the bar, so that the risk of being damaged by the notch end can be avoided. In addition, since the protrusions for protecting the elastic material are attached to both ends of the remaining bar material except for one outer bar material, when the bar material moves along the guide member, the elastic material is compressed more than necessary. There is an effect that the elastic material is protected from being entangled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a main part of a pallet wheel stopper device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a main part of the pallet wheel stopper device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the pallet wheel stopper device.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the pallet wheel stopping device performs wheel stopping.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a series of operations of wheel stopping by the pallet wheel stopping device.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a space required for storing a wheel stop by the pallet wheel stop device.

FIG. 8 is a plan view illustrating a main part of a pallet wheel stopper device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a main part of the pallet wheel stopper device.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where wheels are stopped by the pallet wheel stopping device.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a conventional pallet wheel stopper.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing the pallet wheel stopper device.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of another conventional pallet wheel stopper device.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the pallet wheel stopper device.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a state where wheels are stopped by the pallet wheel stopping device.

FIG. 17 is a front view showing a space required for storing a wheel stop by the pallet wheel stop device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Pallet 12 Notch hole 13 Guide rod (guide member) 14 Round bar material 15 Rubber cylinder (elastic member) 16 Bar material holding plate 16a Bar material holding groove 17 Jack mechanism

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 19, 1998

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 7

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FIG. 7

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shuichiro Nomura 1-2-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Kokan Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A front wheel of a vehicle which is provided at a front wheel or a rear wheel position of a pallet of a mechanical parking device used for transporting and storing a car entrance and exit by a plurality of bars which are spread by its own weight. Alternatively, a pallet wheel stopper device having a wheel stopper mechanism sandwiching a rear wheel. 2. A pallet of a mechanical parking device used for transporting and storing a car in and out, two notches formed in front and rear wheel positions of the pallet, and vehicles on both sides in each notch. Two guide members erected in the traveling direction, and a plurality of guide members having both ends passed through the two guide members in a loosely fitted state and arranged at equal intervals in the notch holes in a direction perpendicular to the vehicle entry direction and parallel to the vehicle entry direction. A bar material, an elastic material interposed between each round bar material in each guide member, and a bar material holding groove disposed below each notch hole and at a position corresponding to the bar material on the surface. A pallet wheel stopper device, comprising: a bar holding plate provided with a rod; and a jack mechanism for supporting the back surface of the bar holding plate and moving the bar holding plate up and down. 3. An outer two bars of the plurality of bars are fixed to a cut-out wall of a pallet by a fixing member provided at an end portion, and a remaining portion excluding one outer bar is provided. 3. The pallet wheel stopper according to claim 2, wherein elastic member protecting projections are respectively attached to both ends of the bar member.