JP2946009B2 - Car vertical transport device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vertical transport device of a mechanical parking facility in which a car is placed on a pallet and transported in a vertical direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-15076.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5 (1993), a three-dimensional leg having a three-dimensional storage portion for storing a car is erected, and a carriage for transporting the car is provided on each floor, while a cage for transporting the vehicle in a vertical direction with a rope. It is a known technique to arrange a vertical conveying device in a shape of a letter, transport the vehicle to the delivery position of each floor by the vertical conveying device, and then transport the vehicle to the storage unit by a transport cart on each floor. is there.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned publication, the vehicle can be delivered on the floor where the vertical transport device is stopped, but on the other floor, the vertical transport device completes the delivery of the vehicle. Therefore, it is necessary to wait until the user moves to the floor, which causes a loss time. For this reason, there is a problem that it is extremely inconvenient in use in places where it takes time to enter and exit the car, especially in a place where entry and exit of the car are concentrated at a certain time.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide means for simultaneously transferring vehicles on each floor in a vertical transportation device for vehicles arranged in a mechanical parking facility or the like. In this way, it is possible to shorten the time required for entering and leaving a car.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the means of the present invention is provided in a parking facility having a plurality of parking floors, and a vehicle is placed on a pallet.
The present invention is directed to a vertical transportation device for a vehicle that is moved in a vertical direction.

Then, a plurality of vertical moving devices driven to move in the vertical direction in synchronization with each other, and a plurality of vertical moving devices are provided at a predetermined pitch in each of the vertical moving devices, and engage with an engaging member of a pallet on which a car is mounted. A locking member for supporting the pallet in a substantially horizontal position in combination with a lateral movement supporting device provided at a fixed position corresponding to the vehicle transfer position on each floor for supporting the pallet so as to be movable horizontally; An advancing / retreating drive means for advancing and retracting the supporting device between a protruding position for supporting the pallet and a retracting position which does not interfere with the pallet and the vertical moving device is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when the pallet passes, the lateral movement supporting device is at the retracted position, and when the pallet is moved horizontally, the lateral moving supporting device is at the projecting position. An advancing / retreating control means for controlling the advancing / retreating driving means to position the apparatus is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the pallet according to the first aspect, wherein the lateral movement supporting device includes a plurality of rollers rotatable around a horizontal axis while the vehicle is supported. In addition, a belt-like member serving as a running surface is provided for the roller.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or the third aspect of the present invention, the lowermost lateral movement support device is fixed at a position where it does not interfere with the vertical movement device.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the invention according to the first or second aspect, wherein the vertical moving device is a circulating device in which the moving direction is limited to one direction.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle and the pallet are moved in the vertical direction in a state where the pallet locking member is engaged with the locking member attached to each vertical moving device of the vertical transport device. It is transported in the vertical direction by the transport device.
Then, on the floor where the lateral movement support device is in the supported state, the pallet is supported by the lateral movement support device so as to be able to move horizontally, so that it is possible to transfer vehicles on multiple floors almost simultaneously as necessary, The time required for loading and unloading is greatly reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the forward / backward control means switches the lateral movement support device between the projecting position for supporting the vehicle and the retracting position for passing the pallet or the like, depending on whether or not the vehicle is delivered. In addition, the horizontal movement and passage of the pallet are smoothly performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the lateral movement supporting device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention comprises a plurality of rollers,
Since the pallet is provided with a belt-like member serving as a running surface for the rollers, the pallet can be accurately transferred to a predetermined position on each parking floor by a simple mechanism.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the lowermost lateral movement support device is fixed without interfering with the vertical movement device, the overall configuration is ensured while ensuring the smooth operation of the vertical conveyance device. Become simple.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the moving direction of the vertical conveying device is limited to one direction and is used only for descending or ascending, the vertical conveying device for only descending and ascending is parked. By installing each one in the equipment, even if the car loading and unloading is concentrated at the same time,
Congestion will be eliminated.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a part of a parking facility according to an embodiment of the present invention. The parking facility is provided with a transfer section for loading and transferring a car 1 on the top floor, and a car on each floor below the transfer section. There is a space to store And, two lifters A1 and A2 (only the first lifter A1 is shown in the figure) as two vertical transfer devices for transferring the vehicle 1 in a vertical direction from the transfer section on the top floor to each floor. , On which the car 1 is placed, is loaded from the delivery unit on the top floor to the first lifter A1 dedicated to lowering and conveyed downward, and the car 1 is lowered from the lifter A1 on the parking floor having an empty space. While being transferred to a storage unit or the like and transferred to a storage unit to store it in a predetermined position, when the stored vehicle 1 is taken out, a second lifter A2 dedicated to ascending is used to return the vehicle 1 to the vehicle transfer unit on the top floor. Has been made. And
The delivery unit on the top floor and the delivery unit on each parking floor are provided with a traversing device B including a conveyor or the like for traversing the vehicle 1 between the lifters A1 and A2.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the first lifter A1 of the parking facility in detail. Although not shown, the structure of the second lifter A2 is basically the same except that the moving direction is different. In the first lifter A1, P1, P2,
... are rectangular plate-shaped pallets for mounting the car 1, C1 to C
Reference numeral 4 denotes first to fourth chain devices as vertical moving devices according to the present invention provided at four corners of the lifter A1. Each of the chain devices C1 to C4 has the same configuration, and each of the sprockets 2, 2 arranged vertically and a chain 3 wound and circulated between the sprockets 2, 2 respectively.
Upward hook-shaped locking members 4 a, 4, which are arranged at predetermined intervals (here, determined according to the interval between parking floors) on each chain 3 and protrude in the axle direction of the vehicle 1.
b,... At the four corners of each of the pallets P1, there are provided substantially L-shaped engaging members 5, 5,... Which protrude downward in the axle direction of the vehicle and extend downward. ,... Are the first to fourth chain devices C1 to C4.
Locking members (for example, 4a,
4a,...) From above, the pallet P1 is horizontally supported between the chain devices C1 to C4.

The first and second chain devices C1,
Each sprocket 2, 2 above C2 and each sprocket 2, 2 above the third and fourth chain devices C3, C4 are integrally connected via a shaft member 8, respectively.
The upper pair of shaft members 8, 8 are connected so as to rotate at a constant speed and in opposite directions via drive transmission sprockets 6, 6, a drive transmission chain 7, and gears. That is, when one upper shaft member 8 is rotationally driven by a single geared motor GM, the other shaft member 8 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction in synchronization therewith, and is placed between the chain devices C1 to C4. The pallet P1 is moved downward while maintaining the horizontal state of the pallet P1.

On the other hand, each floor of the parking facility has a pallet P1.
, Which are lateral movement supporting devices for horizontally supporting the image forming apparatus, are provided.
Each of the receiving roller mechanisms 10a includes a plurality of rollers 11, 11,... Rotatable around a horizontal axis while supporting the vehicle 1.
Each of the receiving roller mechanisms 10a includes a support frame 12 for each of the rollers 11, 11,... And a lever 13, 13 having a distal end connected to the support frame 12 and a proximal end connected to a horizontal shaft 14. It is provided swingably around 14. On the other hand, on the lower surface of each pallet P <b> 1, there are provided two belt-shaped protrusions 15, 15 which serve as running surfaces for the rollers 11. For example, when the levers 13 and 13 rotate counterclockwise in the drawing to be in a horizontal state (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1) in the receiving roller mechanism 10a on the left side of the top floor shown in FIG. .., 11,.
5 is in contact with the cylindrical surfaces of the rollers 11, 11,.
The pallet P1 is placed on the receiving roller mechanism 10a. On the other hand, when the levers 13 and 13 are rotated clockwise in the figure and the receiving roller mechanism 10a is in the vertical state (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in the figure), the retracted position does not interfere with the pallet and the chain device C2. The reciprocating drive of the receiving roller mechanism 10 is performed by a reciprocating driving means such as a motor and a gear mechanism (not shown). Further, when the pallets P1, P2,. When the mechanisms 10a, 10b,... Are at the protruding positions and the pallets P1, P2,... Are not placed, the receiving roller mechanisms 10a, 10b,. The controller constitutes the forward / backward control means according to the invention of claim 5.

Each of the receiving roller mechanisms 10d, 10d arranged on the lowest floor is connected to each chain device C1.
C4 are not disposed so as not to interfere with C4. In other words, it is impossible for the pallet to move further downward from the lowest floor while mounted on the lifter.

Next, the operation of the lifter A1 according to this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 2, on the top floor, a pallet P1 is lifted from a delivery unit via a traverse device B to a lifter A1.
The receiving roller mechanisms 10a, 10a on the top floor are at the protruding positions where the vehicle 1 can be supported. On the other hand, the receiving roller mechanisms 10b, 10b on the next floor are in the retracted position, and the car 1 is not delivered on this floor. In addition, each of the receiving roller mechanisms 10c, 1 on the first and second floors
0c and 10d, 10d are all in the protruding position,
This is a state immediately before supporting the pallets P3 and P4. In this state, the lifter A1 is stopped with the lifter A1 moved slightly downward, and the pallets P3, P4 are supported on the receiving roller mechanisms 10c, 10c and 10d, 10d, respectively. Then, the loading of the pallet P1 on the lifter A1 and the transfer of the pallets P3 and P4 to the parking floor by the respective lateral feeders B are performed simultaneously.

As described above, since the simultaneous delivery of the car 1 on each floor is possible, the time required for the car 1 to enter and leave the car is greatly reduced, and the car entry and exit such as the time to go to work and the time to return home are concentrated. Even at times, congestion can be eliminated.

In particular, as in the above embodiment, a receiving roller mechanism 10 is provided as a lateral movement supporting apparatus for supporting the car 1 so as to be able to move horizontally on the chain devices C1 to C4. By providing a belt-like member that becomes a running surface of the roller 11, the pallet P
1 can be accurately moved horizontally to a predetermined position on each parking floor. However, the lateral movement support device may be a belt-shaped member or the like.

Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the lowermost receiving roller mechanisms 10d, 10d are fixed at positions where they do not interfere with the lifter, so that smooth operation of the lifter is not hindered and the structure is further simplified. Can be achieved.

Further, by limiting the moving direction of the lifter to one direction, the lifter can be used only for lowering or for ascending only. By installing one such dedicated lifter in the parking facility, Even when the entry and exit of the car 1 are concentrated at the same time, the delivery of the car 1 can be performed smoothly without causing confusion.

In the above embodiment, the vertical moving device is the chain device C1 to C4. However, the vertical moving device of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and may be a rope, a belt, or the like. Good. When the moving direction is limited to one direction, it is necessary to use a circulating device. However, when the moving device is moved up and down, it is not always necessary to circulate.

Further, the vertical transport device of the present invention can be applied not only to transport to each parking floor in a parking facility having a parking shelf or the like at each parking floor, but also to vertical transport in a parking shelf itself.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, as a configuration of a vertical transport device for a vehicle configured to transport a vehicle on a pallet in a vertical direction, the vehicle is synchronously moved in a vertical direction. A plurality of vertical moving devices are provided with a locking member for supporting the pallet at a substantially horizontal position at a predetermined pitch, while the pallet is horizontally movable at a fixed position corresponding to the vehicle delivery position on the parking floor. A lateral movement support device is provided, and the lateral movement support device is moved back and forth between a protruding position for supporting the pallet and a retreat position which does not interfere with the pallet and the vertical movement device. The delivery can be performed at substantially the same time, and the time required for entering and leaving the vehicle can be greatly reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the lateral movement support device is switched between the protruding position and the retreat position by the advance / retreat control means depending on whether or not the vehicle has been delivered. , Cars and pallets can be smoothly moved and passed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the lateral movement supporting device according to the first or second aspect of the present invention comprises a plurality of rollers, and the pallet is provided with a belt-like member which becomes a running surface for the rollers. Therefore, the pallet can be accurately transferred to a predetermined position on each parking floor.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, in the first or third aspect of the invention, the lowermost lateral movement supporting device is fixed without interfering with the vertical movement device. The overall configuration can be simplified while ensuring smooth operation.

According to the invention of claim 5, claim 1 or 2
In the invention of the above, since the moving direction of the vertical transport device is limited to one direction of descending or ascending, one vertical transport device exclusively for lowering and ascending is installed in each of the parking facilities, so that the entrance and exit of the vehicle can be performed. Are concentrated at the same time,
Congestion can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a lifter portion of a multistory parking facility according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a part of the structure of the multi-story parking facility according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Sprocket 3 Chain 4 Locking member 5 Engaging member 6 Sprocket 7 Drive transmission chain 8 Shaft member 10 Receiving roller mechanism (lateral movement support device) 11 Roller 12 Support frame 13 Lever 14 Horizontal shaft 15 Band-shaped protrusion A Lifter (Vertical transfer device) B Side feed device C Chain device (Vertical transfer device)

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vertical transportation device for a vehicle, which is arranged in a parking facility having a plurality of parking floors, and is configured to place a vehicle on a pallet and move the vehicle vertically. A plurality of vertical moving devices that are driven to move in the directions, provided at a predetermined pitch on each of the vertical moving devices, and engaged with an engaging member of a pallet on which a car is mounted to move the pallet to a substantially horizontal position. A locking member for supporting, a lateral movement supporting device provided at a fixed position corresponding to a vehicle transfer position on each floor, for supporting the pallet so as to be able to move horizontally, and a protruding position for supporting the pallet for the lateral moving support device And a reciprocating drive means for reciprocating between a pallet and a retreat position which does not interfere with the vertical moving device. 2. The vertical transportation device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lateral movement supporting device is moved to a retreat position when the pallet passes, and the lateral movement supporting device is moved to a protruding position when the pallet is moved horizontally. A vertical transport device for a vehicle, comprising forward / backward control means for controlling the means. 3. The vertical transportation device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lateral movement support device includes a plurality of rollers that are rotatable around a horizontal axis while the vehicle is supported. A vertical transport device for a vehicle, wherein a belt-like member serving as a running surface is provided for a roller. 4. The vehicle vertical transport device according to claim 1, wherein the lowermost lateral movement supporting device is fixed at a position not interfering with the vertical movement device. Transport device. 5. The vertical transportation device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vertical movement device is a circulation device in which a movement direction is limited to one direction.