JPS63300175A - Pallet turning gear in multistoried circulation type parking facility - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention is used in the technical field of multi-level parking facilities, and particularly relates to a pallet turning device in multi-level circulation parking facilities.

(Prior Art) In a multi-layer circulation parking facility that employs a conventional box circulation system, horizontal transfer paths for accommodating automobile loading pallets are formed in multiple layers above and below, and one end of the horizontal transfer path and A first hoistway having a first lift for lifting and lowering pallets is formed at one of the intermediate parts, and a second hoistway having a second lift for lifting and lowering pallets at the other end and either of both ends. A vehicle loading/unloading section was provided at the top of the first vertical link. In order to park the car in the desired parking position, the car is first moved forward onto an empty pallet that is placed on the first lift and is waiting in the parking area. lower to. Next, all pallets in the target layer including this pallet and all pallets in the upper (or lower) layer are placed in a box-shaped circulation path formed by the lateral transfer path of both layers and the first and second lifts. By circulating one pallet at a time along the parking lot, cars were parked at the desired parking position.

Furthermore, in order to take the car out of the warehouse, the pallet was placed on the first lift using the same box circulation operation as described above and raised to the loading/unloading section, and then the car was moved backwards and taken out.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, as mentioned above, in conventional parking facilities, a car that initially enters the parking lot while driving forward must be taken out by driving backward, which is inconvenient for the driver. was there. In addition, Utility Model Publication No. 43-15055 states,
A parking facility is disclosed in which a turntable is provided in the entry/exit section so that cars can be taken out in any direction, but this turntable is suitable for a flat circulation parking facility, and is not suitable for a multi-layer circulation parking facility. There is still room for improvement in terms of application.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pallet turning device in a multi-layer circulation parking facility that allows a vehicle to move in and out by moving forward both when entering and exiting the parking facility.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Means for solving the above-mentioned problems of the present invention is that a plurality of lateral transfer paths for accommodating automobile loading pallets are formed in upper and lower layers, and one end of the lateral transfer paths is provided. A first hoistway having a first lift for lifting and lowering pallets is formed at one of the end portion and the middle portion, and a second hoistway having a second lift for lifting and lowering pallets at the other end and either of both ends. In the multi-layer circulation type parking facility, in which a parking area for automobiles is provided at the top of the first hoistway, a turntable is rotatably provided in the loading/unloading area, and the turntable is provided at the center of the parking area. The part has an air vent through which the pallet can pass, and a pallet relay lifter for raising and lowering the pallet through the air vent, and the pallet relay lifter is provided between the pallet relay lifter and the first lift. The present invention is characterized by delivering and delivering pallets and changing the direction of the pallets.

(Operation) The operation of the above means is that, in order to park a car at the desired parking position, first, an empty pallet is supported by a pallet relay lifter and is exposed from the upper surface of the turntable's air outlet and is waiting. Then, the pallet is lowered by a pallet relay lifter and transferred to the top of the first lift. Thereafter, as in the case of conventional multi-layer circulation parking equipment, this pallet is lowered to the destination layer by the first lift and the car is stored at the destination parking position by a one-box circulation operation. vice versa,
To take the car out of the warehouse, the pallet is placed on the first lift using a box circulation operation and raised to the top.
Transfer onto the pallet relay lifter. Next, this pallet is raised by a pallet relay lifter and exposed from the upper surface of the turntable through the air vent, and after turning the turntable by an angle of 180 degrees to change the direction of the car from front to back, the car can be driven forward. Have it delivered.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 7.

In the multi-layer circulation parking facility 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a horizontal transfer path 3 for accommodating automobile loading pallets 2 is formed, and a first hoistway 4 is formed at one end of the horizontal transfer path 3. At the same time, a second hoistway 5 is formed at the other end, and an automobile loading/unloading section 6 is provided at the top of the first hoistway 4 . The pallet 2 has four wheels 2b on the lower surface of the base plate 2a, and a plurality of wheels 2b are arranged so as to be able to move laterally on the horizontal transfer path 3.At the four corners of the base plate 2a, there are male and female wheels on the sides. Double coupler 2
2 c and 2 d are fixed, and 4 supporting plates 2 e are attached to the bottom surface.
is fixed so as to protrude laterally (see Figures 3 and 4). The male and female connectors 2c, 2d are formed to engage and release by mutual vertical movement, and connect adjacent pallets 2 to each other. The lateral transfer path 3 consists of two upper and lower layers of lateral transfer paths 3a and 3b, and each layer is provided with a lateral transfer device (not shown) for laterally transferring the pallets 2 in each row. Inside the first hoistway 4, a first lift 7 for raising and lowering pallets is installed. In the first lift door, a plurality of support rails 7b are installed between two rows of endless chains 7a that circulate in the vertical direction. A second lift 8 for raising and lowering pallets is also installed inside the second hoistway 5, and the second lift 8 also has a plurality of support rails between two rows of endless chains 8a that circulate in the vertical direction. 8b is installed. The entrance/exit section 6 has an entrance/exit 6b on the wall surface 6a.
is formed, and the pallet turning bag of the present invention is formed on the floor surface 6c! 10
is provided.

Pallet turning bag [10, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, is a turntable 11 and a support device that supports the turntable 11 in a rotatable manner! 12 and turntable 1
A rotating drive bag that rotates 1 [! 13, and a pallet relay lifter 14 provided on the lower surface of the turntable 11. The turntable 11 has a floor plate 11b attached to the upper surface of an annular member 11a having a groove-shaped cross section, and a base plate 2 of a pallet 2 in the center of the floor plate 11b.
A rectangular air outlet 11c through which air can pass is provided.

The support device 12 includes two support roller sections 15 and a guide roller section 16.
A plurality of these are arranged on the floor surface 6C of the loading/unloading section 6. As shown in FIG. 5, the support roller section 15
Two support rollers 15b are rotatably attached to bearings 15a fixed on the turntable 11 (see FIG. 4), and the support rollers 15b rotatably support the lower surface of the annular member 11a of the turntable 11. are doing. As shown in FIG. 6, the guide roller section 16 has a bearing 16a fixed on the floor surface 6c.
A guide roller 16b is rotatably supported by the guide roller 16b, and the guide roller 16b rotatably guides the inner peripheral surface of the annular member 11a of the turntable 11. As shown in FIG. 4, the swing drive device 13 has a speed reducer 13b connected to a swing drive motor 13a provided on the floor surface 6c of the warehouse section 6, and a drive motor mounted on the output shaft of the speed reducer 13b. A chain 13d is wound between the sprocket 13c and the annular member Lla of the turntable 11. chain 13d
The two end portions are separated in opposite directions via the guide sprocket 13e, and are fixed around at least half of the outer circumference of the annular member 11a. 13f is an angle detector for detecting the turning angle of the turntable 11. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 7, the pallet relay lifter 14 has two lifting drive units 17 on both sides of the lower surface of the air outlet 11c of the turntable 11, and two lift drive units 17 on both sides of each lift drive unit 17. Four pallet operating units 19 connected via flexible shafts 18 are provided.

In the elevating drive section 17, a worm speed reducer 17b is connected to an elevating drive motor 17a provided on the lower surface of the floor plate 11b of the turntable 11. flexible shaft], 8 is the shaft portion 18
It has two universal joints 18b at both ends of a, and one universal joint 18b is connected to the output shaft C of the worm reducer 17b. In the pallet operation unit 19, a crank arm 19c is fixedly attached to an output shaft 19b of a worm reducer 19a provided on the lower surface of the floor plate 11b of the turntable 11, and an input shaft 19d of the worm reducer 19a is a flexible shaft. 18 to the other universal joint 18b. The crank arm 19c has an operating pin 19e at its tip.

The worm reducers 19a of the pallet operating section 19 connected to both sides of each lifting drive section 17 are arranged so that their crank arms 19c rotate in opposite directions.
They are attached to the turntable 11 in vertically opposite directions.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below.

The desired parking position for a car (not shown), for example, the parking position I! When stocking A,
In advance, as shown in FIG. 3, the crank arm 19c of the pallet relay lifter 14 is stood upright, and the empty pallet 2 is supported on the operation bin 19e via the support plate 2e. This pallet 2 is exposed on the upper surface of the turntable 11 from the air outlet 11c and is in a standby state. This palette 2
Load a car on top of it while moving forward. Next, the crank arm 19c is rotated by the lifting drive motor 17a to lower the pallet 2, and its wheels 2b are transferred onto the uppermost support rail 7b of the first lift 7. Next, the endless chain 7a is circulated to lower the pallet 2 to the upper layer 3a. At this time, this pallet 2 has a male and female coupler 2c.
, 2d to the pallets 2 at the first end of the upper tier 3a.Then, all the pallets 2 of the upper tier 3a, including the pallets 2 on the first lift 7, and the second lift 8
All the pallets 2 of the lower J13b including the upper pallet 2 are moved one pallet at a time along the box-shaped circulation path formed by the upper and lower layers 3a, 3b and the first and second lifts 7.8. 1. Circulate in the clockwise direction in Figure 1. To explain this box-shaped circulation operation in more detail with reference to FIG. 1, all the pallets 2 in the upper layer 3a are moved one pallet to the right, and at the same time, all the pallets 2 in the lower layer 3b are moved one pallet to the left. As a result, the pallet 2 transferred onto the second lift 8 is lowered to the lower layer 3b, and at the same time, the pallet 2 transferred onto the first lift 7 is raised to the upper layer 3a,
After that, the above operation is repeated.

By such a box-shaped circulation operation, the automobile is moved laterally to the parking position A along with the pallet 2 and is stored.

On the other hand, when taking out a car at parking position fiA, first move the pallet 2 to the support rail of the first lift 7 by a box-shaped circulation operation in the opposite direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 1) from when it was put in the car. 7b. Next, that palette 2
is raised to the top of the first lift 7, the crank arm 19c is rotated by the lifting drive motor 17a of the pallet relay lifter 14, and the pallet 2 is lifted by the operation bin 19c via the support plate 2e. Due to this operation, the automobile on the pallet 2 passes through the air outlet 11c and rises to the upper surface of the turntable 11, but its orientation remains the same as when it entered the warehouse, so it faces backward with respect to the entrance 6b.

Therefore, the pallet rotating device i! The turntable 11 is rotated by an angle of 180° by the drive of the rotation drive motor 13a of ilo through the chain 13d, and after the direction of the front and rear of the vehicle is changed together with the barrel l-2, the vehicle is driven forward to leave the garage.

In this embodiment, the first hoistway 4 and the second hoistway 5 are formed at both ends of the lateral transfer path 3, but in another embodiment, as shown in FIG. A first hoistway 4 is formed in the middle part of the shaft, and two second hoistways 4 are formed at both ends.
A hoistway 5 may also be formed.

(Effects of the Invention) With the above configuration, the present invention provides a turntable in the loading/unloading section and a pallet relay lifter on the turntable, thereby transferring pallets between the pallet relay lifter and the first lift. , and because the pallet is configured to change direction, the vehicle can enter and exit by moving forward both when entering and exiting the warehouse.Therefore, there is an advantage in that entering and exiting the warehouse are safe and easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings illustrate embodiments of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of a multi-level circulation parking facility using a turning device, FIG. 2 is a plan view taken along line ■-■ in FIG. 1, and FIG. The figure is a partially cutaway front view of the pallet rotating device, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the pallet rotating device with the base plate of the turntable shown in FIG. 3 shown in chain lines, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the support rollers. 6 is an enlarged front view of the guide roller section, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an overview of the pallet relay lifter, and FIG. 8 is a multi-layer circulation parking facility using a pallet turning device. FIG. 1...Multi-layer circulation parking facility, 2...Pallet, 3...Horizontal transfer path, 4...First hoistway,
5...Second hoistway, 6...Input/output section, 7...
...1st riff 1-18...2nd lift, 1
0... Pallet rotating device, 11... Turntable, LLC... Air outlet, 14...
Pallet relay lifter. High 1 ■ Figure 3 Figure 6 Figure 5 Figure 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A first hoistway in which a horizontal transfer path for accommodating automobile loading pallets is formed in a plurality of layers above and below, and a first lift for raising and lowering the pallet is provided at either one of an end portion or an intermediate portion of the horizontal transfer path. is formed, and a second hoistway having a second lift for raising and lowering the pallet is formed at the other end and one of both ends, and an automobile loading/unloading section is provided at the top of the first hoistway. In the multi-layer circulation type parking facility, a turntable is rotatably provided in the loading/unloading section, and the turntable has an air vent in the center through which the pallet can pass, and A multi-layer circulation type comprising a pallet relay lifter for raising and lowering the pallet, delivering and receiving the pallet between the pallet relay lifter and the first lift, and changing the direction of the pallet. Pallet turning device in parking equipment.