JPS6023235B2 - Bicycle lifting mechanism for bicycle storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bicycle lifting mechanism for a bicycle storage device, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a bicycle lifting mechanism that is simple in structure and reliable in operation.

The configuration of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. Reference numeral 2 denotes the main body of the parking lot, in front of which there are formed a large number (20) entry/exit gates 4, each of which is provided with a fuel entry port.

A handle guide 6 is provided above each of the entrance/exit gates 4, and a tire guide 8 is provided below each of them. The tire guide 8 has a bicycle mounting surface 8a.
and a pair of parallel side walls 8b, 8c.
b and 8c face each other in parallel with an interval slightly wider than the width of the tire 12 of the bicycle 10. The handle guide 6 is
It is constituted by a frame body having a U-shaped cross section, and both side walls of the frame slidably receive a cover 12 provided at the handle joint portion of the bicycle 10 and a top portion 13 of the cargo platform, and extend the frame body in a linear direction. It is designed to be able to guide you. Reference numeral 14 denotes a vehicle entry detection and stopper disposed on the guide path of the tire guide 8, and is attached to the bottom wall of the rail member of the tire guide 8 so as to be able to rise and fall.
4 is connected to a sensing switch (not shown).

Next, a bicycle gripping and feeding mechanism that grips a bicycle and transports it a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the tire guide and a bicycle elevation control mechanism (lift) will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8.

Reference numerals 22 and 23a denote a pair of pillars having both ends fixed to the side wall of the main body 2, and a cursor 24 is slidably attached to the pillars 22 and 22a.

One end of a wire rope 26 is connected to the cursor 24, and the other end of the wire rope 26 is connected to a rope pulley 30 fixed to the output shaft of a motor 28 fixed to the upper part of the main body 2. Reference numeral 32 denotes a rail installed at the cursor 24, a pair of sprocket wheels 34 are rotatably supported near one end of the rail, and a pair of sprocket wheels 36 are rotatably supported near the other end of the rail. a pair of foils 3
A sprocket wheel 38 is connected to the support shaft 4.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a motor fixedly attached to the cursor 24, and a chain 42 is stretched between a sprocket wheel fixed to the output shaft of the motor and the sprocket wheel 38.

A pair of endless conveyance (carry-in) chains 44 is stretched between the pair of sprocket wheels 34 and the pair of sprocket wheels 36, and the chains 42 have a plurality of links composing them. Chucks 62 and 54 shown in FIG. 12 are attached. The chucks 52 and 54 each include iron pieces 46 and 48, and an electromagnet 50 fixed between the iron pieces 46 and 48. 56 is an insulating plate fixed between the iron pieces 46 and 48, and a brush 58 that is electrically connected to the coil of the electromagnet 50 is protruded from this plate.

Reference numeral 60 denotes a plate-shaped member provided along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal rail 32, and a strip member 62 is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the plate-shaped member 60 along the longitudinal direction.
An electric wire 64 connected to the electric wire is stretched between the electric wires 4 and 36.

The brush 58 is disposed at a position where it can come into contact with the electric wire 64. The bicycle gripping and feeding mechanism and the bicycle lifting/lowering control mechanism are provided in each of the tire guides 8, located directly above them. 66 is a garage, in which a tire guide 78 and a handle guide 86 are provided.

100 is a hydraulic cylinder whose piston rod is connected to the lower side of the frame of the garage 66.

In this embodiment, the garage 66 has a total of 25 vehicles arranged in five rows in the horizontal direction and five rows in the vertical direction. A stopper mechanism 104 is provided on the tire guide 78 at the front end of the garage 66, and has a stopper that can be raised or lowered.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, a case where a bicycle is stored in a garage will be explained.

■ , The user rode the bicycle 1
0 into the groove of the tire guide rail 8 of the gate 4 with the blue lamp 169 on, and place the bicycle in a predetermined position.

In this embodiment, a dedicated bicycle based on the Shintar system is used. Next, push the bicycle 10 and push the cover 12 on the top of the bicycle into the handle guide 61. As a result, the cover 12 is pressed by the cam protruding from the bottom surface of the handle guide 6, and this pressing force allows the bicycle handlebar to become free. Next, the user folds the handlebar of the bicycle 10. At the same time as the handlebar folds, the bicycle 10
The interlock between the rear wheel 18 and the rear wheel of the bicycle 10 is cut off. Next, the user inserts the magnetic card into the card slot,
Set the bevel 18 of the bicycle 10 to the highest position.

At this time, the signal on the magnetic card is read by a reader, and entry information is input into the computer. When the bicycle 10 is pushed inward by a predetermined amount, the bicycle 10 detects entry and knocks down the stopper 14, turns on the sensing switch, and raises the stopper 16. Furthermore, when the bicycle 10 is pushed in the direction of the horizontal rail 32, whether or not the right bevel 18 of the bicycle 10 is set at the highest position is checked by the bevel position regulating stopper 16. If the right bevel 18 is not set at the highest position, the bevel 18 will be stopped by the stopper 16 and the bicycle 10 will not be able to move in the direction of the horizontal rail 32. When the bicycle 10 is pushed a predetermined amount below the horizontal rail 32, the cover 12 of the bicycle 10 pushes the chuck 52, which is waiting at position A in FIG. 6, to the right. After pushing the bicycle 10 under the rotary wheel 32, the user takes out the magnetic card and completes the entry process. bicycle 1
When the chuck 52 is pushed by the cover 12 of the bicycle 1 and its brush 58 comes into contact with the electric wire 64, the electromagnet 50 is energized at the position where the chuck 52 is attached.
The front suction part 170 provided at the handle joint portion of the chuck 52 is suction-coupled with the electromagnet 50' of the chuck 52. Next, the motor 40 is driven by the controller, the sprocket 34 rotates, the handle chuck 52 moves to the right in FIG. 6 in conjunction with the chain 44, and the bicycle 10 moves toward the tire guide 8.
It stops when it moves to a predetermined position A4 in the end direction. When the bicycle 10 moves automatically along the tire guide 8 to the right in FIG.
4 reaches the B3 position, the electromagnet of the chuck 54 is energized, and the attraction portion 13 provided above the loading platform is attracted and coupled to the chuck 54 by magnetic force. The chuck 54 moves to the B4 position when the chuck 52 moves to the position B4. Next, the computer selects a garage in which the bicycle 10 is to be stored, and a selection command is sent to the motor 28. Now, a case will be explained in which the garage 66 on the first floor is selected. In this case, a drive signal is not sent to the motor 28, but a drive signal to the four motors is sent from the computer, the output shaft of the motor 40 rotates, and the subrocket 34 moves to the thirteenth subrocket.
The hour hand rotates in the counterclockwise direction in the diagram. The rotation of the sprocket 34 causes the bicycle 10 to move to the right in FIG. First, the front wheel of the bicycle 10 is moved to the garage 66 by the drive of the motor 40.
For example, drive into the tire guide 78 and insert iron into it,
When the chuck 52 reaches the A5 position, the brush 58 is detached from the electric wire 64, the grip of the bicycle 10 by the chuck 52 is released, and the bicycle 10 is also sent to the right in FIG. 5 by the chuck 54. When the gripping state of the chuck 52 against the suction part 170' is released, the bicycle 1
The cover 12 of No. 0 is held on a handle guide 86 in the garage and is fitted with iron. - Moreover, when the bicycle 10 is sent into the garage 66 by the rotation of the chain 44, the rear tire of the bicycle 10 enters the tire guide 78, and the chuck 54 is moved to the ear position. When the brush reaches the electric wire 64, the fixation between the chuck 54 and the suction part 13 is released, and the bicycle is moved to the river or the garage 6.
It becomes a free state at the entrance of 6. At that time, Garage 99
The tire guide 78 in the garage 66 is tilted at a predetermined angle in the direction of rotation of the hour hand and in the downward direction with the support centering on the center.
The bicycle 10 that has moved to the handle guide 86 moves toward the back of the garage 66 due to its own weight, guided by the tire guide 78 and the handle guide 86, and when the front wheel of the bicycle 10 collides with the stopper of the garage 66, the bicycle 10 stops. self-propulsion will stop. As a result of the above-described operation, the bicycle that has entered the tire guide 78 of the garage 66 collides with the stand of the bicycle in front and comes to a stop. In this way, bicycles are sequentially stored on the tire guide 78 of the garage 66, and when the tire guide 78 is full, the stopper of the stopper mechanism 104 is projected from the entrance part of the tire guide 78 according to a command from the computer. During the above-mentioned bicycle storage work, the yellow lamp 174 of the gate 4 corresponding to the tire guide 78 lights up. Next, a case will be described in which a bicycle is stored in the garage 66 on the second floor.

When the bicycle 10 moves to the inspection rule 32 in the above-described manner, the computer selects a garage on the second floor or above, sends a drive signal to the motor 28, rotates the output shaft of the motor 28, and moves the cursor 24 to the post. Rising along 22, 22a,
The bicycle is pulled up in conjunction with the rise of the machine rail 32 and floats from the tire guide 8 on the first floor.

When the lower end of the bicycle 10 is located on the extension of the tire guide of the garage 66 on the second floor, the driving of the motor 28 is stopped. Next, the motor 40 is driven by a command from the computer, and the bicycle 10 is moved onto the tire guide 78 of the garage 66 on the second floor in the manner described above, and is moved to the innermost end of the tire guide 78 by self-propulsion due to its own weight. It will be stored. In this way, when all of the garages 66 from the 4th floor to the 1st floor are filled, the hydraulic cylinder 100 is driven by a command from the computer, and the upper right end of the garage 66 in FIG. The axis and the center are tilted backwards in the counterclockwise rotational direction of the hour hand in FIG. The preparation for leaving the garage 66 is now complete.
This is displayed by the departure OK lamp 176 provided at the gate 4 corresponding to the garage 66. Next, a case in which the user takes out the bicycle will be explained. First, the user goes to Gate 4 where the departure OK lamp 176 is on,
Insert the magnetic card into the card slot.

The signal from the card is sent to the computer, and the stopper of the stopper mechanism 104 of the tire guide in the garage 66 on the top floor of the gate 4 is retracted in accordance with the computer's command, and the bicycle on the tire guide on the fourth floor is moved by its own weight to the top of the figure 1. , self-propelled to the left. The horizontal rail 32 is placed on standby at the top floor and the chuck 54 is set at the B position in advance according to instructions from the computer. When the stopper mechanism 104 is released, the bicycle 10 moves on its own to the left in FIG.
The protruding portion provided on the suction portion 13 of No. 0 pushes the chuck 54 from the B5 position to the B6 position. This causes chuck 5
When the electromagnet 4 is energized, the attraction portion 13 at the rear of the bicycle is gripped by the chuck 54. Next, the motor 40 is driven, and the sprocket 34 rotates in the hour hand rotation direction in FIG. 6, and the chuck 54 is moved leftward along the horizontal rail 32 in FIG. grip the bicycle 10 and move it to position B4, where the motor 40' stops. In the process of the bicycle 10 being pulled out directly below the horizontal rail 32, when the chuck 52 reaches the A6 position, the suction part 170 is gripped by the chuck 52 just before the bicycle's front wheel comes off from the tire guide. Ru. When the suction parts 170 and 13 are suctioned by the chucks 52 and 54 and the entire bicycle 10 is moved directly under the rail 32,
Next, the motor 28 is driven by a command from the computer, the pulley 30 is rotated, the wire rope 22 is moved, and the horizontal rail 32 is lowered along the columns 22, 2a. When the bicycle is placed on the tire guide 8 on the first floor, the driving of the motor 28 is stopped and the downward movement of the machine rail 32 is stopped. The horizontal rail 32 stops on the first floor and waits for a computer-generated departure instruction using a magnetic card. When instructed to depart,
The motor 40 is driven by a command from the computer, and the sprocket 34 rotates in the direction of rotation of the hour hand in the upper part of FIG.
moves to the upper left in FIG. 6, and in this process the chuck 54
, 52 reach the A position, the grip of the bicycle 10 by the chucks 54 and 52 is released, and the bicycle 10 is moved to the gate 4.
protrude outward. Next, the user enters Bicycle 1 from Gate 4.
0 and remove the magnetic card from the insertion slot.
The user unfolds the handlebars of the bicycle 10 to its original position and locks them in this position. As soon as the handlebars 120 and 122 are widened, the bicycle automatically becomes ready for use. In this way, the bicycles on the upper floor are unloaded one after another, and the operation of each device necessary for this process is controlled by a computer. As described above, in the present invention, since the bicycle is gripped in parallel by a pair of fog magnets, the bicycle can be moved parallel to the garage, and the bicycle can be smoothly transferred to the garage.

Furthermore, since the bicycle is gripped by the lifting mechanism in a parallel state, the vertical width of the bicycle can be reduced, and the height of the garage that accommodates the bicycle can be reduced. Therefore, there is an effect that the garage can be made into a transitional structure with high efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show preferred embodiments of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a side view, Figure 2 is a front view, Figure 3 is an external view, Figure 4 is an external view, Figure 5 is a side view, and Figure 6 is a side view. The figure is a side view, Figure 4 is an external view, and Figure 8 is a side view.
The figure is an external view. 2...Parking lot body, 4...Enter/exit gate, 6...
・Handle guide, 8...tire guide, 10...bicycle,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12... Cover, 14... Sensing switch operation bevel, 22, 22a... Pillar, 24... Cursor, 26
...Wire rope, 28 motor, 30...Rope pulley, 3
2... Machine rail, 40... Motor, 50... Electromagnet, 52, 54... Chuck, 58... Brush, 34...
Electric wire, 66...garage. Diagram Boat Diagram N Vertical Boat Diagram Boat Diagram Mountain Boat Diagram Boat Diagram To Boat Diagram 〇Ship

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A column, a cursor attached to the column so that it can be raised and lowered, a horizontal rail fixed to the cursor so as to be positioned at right angles to the column, and a cursor attached to both ends of the rail so as to be rotatable. a pair of sprockets, a chain spanning the sprockets, and a chain attached to the chain,
a pair of electromagnets for gripping the bicycle in parallel in a predetermined position; a first drive device for raising and lowering the cursor along the strut; and a first drive device coupled to at least one of the sprocket wheels. 1. A bicycle lifting mechanism for a bicycle storage device, comprising: a second driving device; and means for releasing the bicycle-gripping state of the pair of electromagnets at a predetermined position.