JP6688674B2 - Fork parking with berth and how to get in and out - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fork parking with a berth that uses a comb cage and a method of loading and unloading the same.

Fork parking is a mechanical parking device that uses a comb cage that mounts and lowers a car, and a comb tray that mounts and stores a car on a storage shelf.
Such fork parking is disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, for example.

JP, 2011-106124, A JP, 2005-248668, A

The conventional fork parking uses a comb cage and a comb tray having tooth portions at different positions so as not to interfere with each other at the same position, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-242242.
Further, the comb cage mounts the wheels of the car on its teeth to raise and lower the hoistway, and the comb tray mounts the wheels of the car on its teeth and traverses between the storage rack and the hoistway.

In the above-described conventional fork parking, the driver drives the vehicle, loads the vehicle onto the comb-shaped cage located at the cage elevating part (for example, the lowest end of the hoistway) at the time of warehousing, and keeps the same position at the time of unloading. Remove the car from the top of the comb cage.
However, the comb cage has four corners suspended by wires (or chains). Further, since the comb cage moves up and down the hoistway, the width and the length of the comb cage are as small as possible. For this reason, in the conventional fork parking, the inside and outside of the parking lot is narrow because it is surrounded by shelves, wires (or chains), etc., and there is a feeling of pressure when entering and leaving the parking lot.

In order to solve this problem, in Patent Document 2, a loading / unloading berth including two rows of front and rear belt conveyors that reach the cage elevating unit, and a vehicle transfer device that transfers a vehicle between the belt conveyor and the comb cage. Equipped with.
However, the vehicle transfer device needs to convey the vehicle on the belt conveyor onto the comb cage without interfering with the comb cage, which complicates the structure and method.
Furthermore, in the conventional fork parking, it has been demanded to further shorten the loading / unloading time.

  The present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned problems. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a fork parking with a berth and a method for loading and unloading the fork with a berth, in which a driver can drive a car to easily enter and leave the vehicle, and can shorten the loading and unloading time. Especially.

According to the present invention, a comb cage that moves up and down the hoistway, a plurality of storage shelves provided along the hoistway, and a vehicle that can be horizontally moved by mounting a vehicle between the hoistway and each storage shelf. A storage device having a plurality of comb-shaped trays;
A berth having a loading / unloading position where the vehicle is loaded and unloaded, which is provided outside the hoistway,
A storage tray having a shape that does not interfere with each other in the same plane as the comb cage,
An upper and lower tray moving device that horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray between the loading / unloading position in the berth and the transfer position in the hoistway,
A fork parking with a berth is provided, which is provided in the storage device and the berth, and includes a pair of tray elevating shelves that elevate and lower the storage tray between the upper stage and the lower stage of the tray moving device.

  The tray elevating / lowering shelf includes a plurality of traversing rollers that support both longitudinal ends of the loading / unloading tray so as to be horizontally movable in the width direction, a roller driving device that rotationally drives the traversing rollers, and a roller that raises and lowers the traversing rollers. And a lifting device.

  The tray moving device rotationally drives a plurality of traverse rollers that support both longitudinal ends of the storage tray so as to be horizontally movable in the width direction between the storage position and the replacement position described above. A roller driving device.

  Adjacent to the loading / unloading tray that is provided in the berth and is located at the loading / unloading position, it is possible to move up and down between the loading / unloading height at which the vehicle is loaded / unloaded and the withdrawal height located below the loading / unloading tray. Equipped with a lift floor.

  An elevating and lowering device is provided below the loading / unloading position and is capable of vertically moving and horizontally swinging the loading / unloading tray located in the loading / unloading position.

  The tray moving device is provided at a lower portion, an intermediate portion, or an upper portion of the storage device.

A plurality of the storage devices arranged side by side in the width direction,
And one or more of the berths provided outside or in the middle of the plurality of storage devices.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a method of loading and unloading the fork parking with a berth as described above,
(A) The vehicle is loaded onto the loading / unloading tray located at the loading / unloading position in the berth,
(B) The tray moving device on the upper stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray on which the vehicle is loaded from the loading / unloading position to the previously described replacement position on the upper level,
(C) A method of loading and unloading a fork parking with a berth is provided, in which the comb cage of the storage device is lifted from below the vehicle to transfer the vehicle from the loading and unloading tray to the comb cage.

The tray elevating shelf in the storage device lowers the empty loading / unloading tray from the preceding rewriting position of the upper stage to the preceding rewriting position of the lower stage,
The tray moving device in the lower stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray from the previously described replacement position in the lower stage to the standby position in the lower stage,
The tray elevating shelf in the berth raises the empty loading / unloading tray from the standby position on the lower stage to the standby position on the upper stage.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a method of loading and unloading the fork parking with a berth as described above,
(A) Lower the comb cage of the storage device on which the car to be delivered is placed, and transfer the car from the comb cage to the loading / unloading tray located at the above-mentioned replacement position in the upper row,
(B) The tray moving device on the upper stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray on which the vehicle is placed from the replacement position on the upper stage to the loading / unloading position in the berth,
(C) A loading / unloading method of a fork parking with a berth is provided, in which the vehicle is loaded from the loading / unloading position.

The tray elevating shelf in the berth lowers the empty loading / unloading tray from an upper standby position to a lower standby position,
The tray moving device in the lower stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray from the standby position in the lower stage to the previously described replacement position in the lower stage,
The tray raising / lowering rack in the storage device raises the empty loading / unloading tray from the lower rewriting position to the upper rewriting position.

According to the above apparatus and method of the present invention, the berth is provided outside the hoistway of the storage device, and the tray moving device mounts the vehicle between the loading / unloading position in the berth and the transfer position in the hoistway. Move the loading / unloading tray horizontally.
Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide a shelf or the like around the entry / exit position in the berth, the driver can easily drive the vehicle in and out at the entry / exit position where the feeling of pressure is small.

  Further, since the upper and lower tray moving devices and the pair of tray lifting shelves are provided, the horizontal movement of the loading / unloading tray on which the vehicle is placed in the upper stage and the horizontal movement of the empty loading / unloading tray in the lower stage are continuously performed in parallel. You can As a result, the waiting time at the loading / unloading position and the transfer position can be significantly shortened, and the loading / unloading time can be shortened.

It is a 1st embodiment figure of fork parking with a berth by the present invention. It is an AA arrow line view of FIG. It is a BB arrow line view of FIG. It is an operation explanatory view of a roller lifting device. It is a CC arrow line view of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of a raising / lowering turning device. It is explanatory drawing of the warehousing method using the raising / lowering turning device. It is a 2nd embodiment figure of fork parking with a berth according to the present invention. It is an explanatory view of a boarding position where a car enters and leaves. It is a 3rd embodiment figure of fork parking with a berth by the present invention. It is a 4th embodiment figure of fork parking with a berth by the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the warehousing method of a vehicle. It is explanatory drawing of the leaving method of a vehicle.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the common part is denoted by the same reference numeral, and the duplicated description will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of a fork parking 100 with a berth according to the present invention.
In this figure, a fork parking 100 with a berth of the present invention includes a storage device 10, a berth 20, a loading / unloading tray 30, upper and lower tray moving devices 40A and 40B, and a pair of tray lifting shelves 50A and 50B.

The storage device 10 includes a comb cage 12, a plurality of storage shelves 14, and a plurality of comb trays 16.
For example, the comb cage 12 has four corners suspended by wires (or chains) to move up and down the hoistway 2.
A plurality of storage shelves 14 are provided along the hoistway 2, preferably on both sides.
The plurality of comb-shaped trays 16 are configured to be horizontally movable by mounting the vehicle 1 between the hoistway 2 and the storage shelves 14.

FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG.
In this figure, 3 is a building, 4 is a guide rail, 5 is a pillar of the building 3, 6 is a horizontal beam, and 7 is a rail support that supports the guide rail 4.

  In FIG. 2, shelf support members 13a are horizontally provided at both longitudinal ends of the left and right storage shelves 14. Further, a plurality of transverse rollers 15 are attached to the shelf support member 13a at the same height at intervals in the width direction and rotatable about an axis.

  Further, in this figure, a central support member 13b is horizontally provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the hoistway 2 at the same height as the shelf support member 13a. Further, a plurality of transverse rollers 15 are attached to the central support member 13b at the same height at intervals in the width direction and rotatable about an axis.

  Further, the shelf support member 13a and the central support member 13b each have a roller drive device (not shown) that rotationally drives the traverse roller 15 attached thereto.

In FIG. 2, the comb cage 12 and the comb tray 16 have tooth portions 12a and 16a at different positions so as not to interfere with each other at the same position.
In the comb cage 12, the wheels 1a of the car 1 are placed on its teeth 12a to move up and down the hoistway 2, and the comb tray 16 is mounted on the storage rack 14 with the wheels 1a of the car 1 placed on its teeth 16a. And the hoistway 2 are traversed.

  With the above-described configuration, by rotating the traverse roller 15, the comb-shaped tray 16 on which the vehicle 1 is placed on the tooth portion 16a can be traversed between the storage shelf 14 and the hoistway 2.

In addition, in any stage, in the state where the comb tray 16 is made to traverse to the center of the hoistway 2, the comb cage 12 and the teeth 12a of the comb tray 16 do not interfere with each other, and the comb cage 12 is The hoistway 2 can be raised and lowered.
Therefore, when the comb cage 12 on which the car 1 is placed descends from the top to the bottom, the car 1 can be remounted on the comb tray 16 located in the center of the hoistway 2. On the contrary, the comb cage 12 is lifted from the bottom to the top so that the car 1 can be replaced from the comb tray 16 on which the car 1 is placed to the comb cage 12.

  In FIG. 1, the berth 20 has a position in the width direction (hereinafter referred to as “stocking / unloading position X”) which is provided outside the hoistway 2 and into / from which the vehicle 1 enters and exits. Hereinafter, the height at which the vehicle 1 moves in and out at the loading / unloading position X (supporting height of the wheels 1a) is referred to as “incoming / outgoing height H”.

In this example, the berth 20 is provided adjacent to the right side of the storage device 10 in the drawing.
Note that a part of the berth 20 may be located inside the storage device 10 as long as it is located outside the hoistway 2.
It is preferable that the width, depth, and height of the berth 20 are set sufficiently large so that the driver does not feel a sense of pressure and can easily move in and out of the vehicle 1 by driving the vehicle 1.

The loading / unloading tray 30 has a shape that does not interfere with each other on the same plane as the comb cage 12 of the storage device 10. That is, the loading / unloading tray 30 has tooth portions 31a (see FIG. 3) whose positions are different from the tooth portions 12a of the comb cage 12 so as not to interfere with the comb cage 12 at the same position.
The loading / unloading tray 30 is preferably the same as the comb tray 16 of the storage device 10, but may be different as long as they do not interfere with each other in the same plane as the comb cage 12.

  The upper and lower tray moving devices 40A, 40B are configured to horizontally move the loading / unloading tray 30 between the loading / unloading position X in the berth and the transfer positions Ya, Yb in the hoistway.

Hereinafter, the upper surface heights (supporting heights of the wheels 1a) of the upper and lower storage trays 30 by the upper and lower tray moving devices 40A and 40B will be referred to as traverse heights Ha and Hb.
The difference between the traversing heights Ha and Hb is preferably set as small as possible as long as the loading / unloading trays 30 can traverse without interference with each other.
The transfer positions Ya and Yb in the hoistway correspond to the intersections of the traverse heights Ha and Hb and the center line of the hoistway 2.
In this example, the entry / exit height H at which the vehicle 1 enters and exits matches the transverse height Ha.
Further, the present invention is not limited to this example, and the transverse height Ha may be set higher than the loading / unloading height H.

With this configuration, the upper tray moving device 40A can freely move the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed horizontally regardless of the position of the loading / unloading tray 30 in the lower stage.
Further, the tray moving device 40B in the lower stage can freely move the empty loading / unloading tray 30 horizontally regardless of the position of the loading / unloading tray 30 in the upper stage. The “empty loading / unloading tray 30” means the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is not placed.

FIG. 3 is a view on arrow B-B in FIG. 1.
In this figure, 8 is a berth building, and 9 is a berth pillar of the berth building 8.
Further, in FIGS. 1 and 3, the upper and lower tray moving devices 40A and 40B have a plurality of traverse rollers 42 and a roller driving device 44.

Roller support members 46 are horizontally provided at both longitudinal ends (upper and lower ends in FIG. 3) of the storage device 10 and the berth 20. In FIG. 1, the roller support member 46 is divided into a support member 46a at the loading / unloading position X, a support member 46b at the transfer positions Ya and Yb, and support members 46c and 46d between them, and the loading / unloading is provided between them. There is a gap through which the tray 30 can pass horizontally.
The present invention is not limited to this structure, and a part or all of the support members 46a, 46b, 46c, 46d may be integrally formed. Further, the upper and lower support members 46a, 46b, 46c, 46d may be integrally formed.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, a plurality of traversing rollers 42 are rotatable on the roller supporting member 46 (supporting members 46a, 46b, 46c, 46d) at the same height in the width direction and with an axis center. Is attached to. The plurality of traverse rollers 42 support both longitudinal end portions of the upper and lower storage trays 30 at the traverse heights Ha and Hb so as to be horizontally movable in the width direction.

  The traverse roller 42 and the roller support member 46 are preferably the same as the traverse roller 15 and the shelf support member 13a of the storage device 10, but may be different.

The roller driving device 44 rotationally drives the plurality of transverse rollers 42. Note that all of the plurality of traverse rollers 42 do not have to be drive rollers.
It is preferable that the roller driving device 44 can independently rotate and drive the plurality of traverse rollers 42 attached to the supporting members 46a, 46b, 46c, 46d for each supporting member.

1 and 3, a pair of tray elevating shelves 50A and 50B are provided in the storage device and the berth, and elevate the empty loading / unloading tray 30 between the upper and lower stages of the tray moving devices 40A and 40B. To do.
The tray elevating shelves 50A and 50B have a plurality of traverse rollers 52, a roller driving device 54, and a roller elevating device 56.

In this example, the tray elevating shelf 50A in the storage device is provided at the left end of FIG. 1 adjacent to the transfer positions Ya and Yb. The tray elevating shelf 50B in the berth is provided on the right side of FIG. 1 adjacent to the loading / unloading position X.
Roller support members 58 are horizontally provided at both longitudinal ends (upper and lower ends in FIG. 3) of the tray elevating shelves 50A and 50B.
A plurality of transverse rollers 52 are attached to the roller support member 58 at the same height at intervals in the width direction and rotatable about an axis.
The roller driving device 54 rotationally drives the plurality of transverse rollers 52.

  The traversing roller 52, the roller driving device 54, and the roller supporting member 58 are preferably the same as the traversing roller 42 and the roller driving device 44 of the tray moving devices 40A and 40B, but they may be different.

The roller elevating device 56 elevates and lowers the plurality of traversing rollers 52 while keeping the horizontal position.
The roller elevating / lowering device 56 is, for example, an elevating / lowering guide (not shown) for guiding the elevating / lowering of the roller supporting member 58 while holding it horizontally, and elevating / lowering the traverse roller 52, the roller driving device 54, and the roller supporting member 58. A mechanism (not shown) is provided.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the roller elevating device 56.
In this figure, (A) and (B) are examples in which the pair of roller support members 58 at both ends in the longitudinal direction are moved up and down.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the tray moving devices 40A and 40B and the tray elevating shelf 50A lower the empty loading / unloading tray 30 between the upper transfer position Ya and the lower transfer position Yb. Or it can be raised.
Similarly, the tray moving devices 40A and 40B and the tray elevating shelf 50B can lower or raise the empty loading / unloading tray 30 between the upper standby position and the lower standby position.
Here, the "standby position" is, for example, the upper stage or the lower stage of the tray elevating shelves 50A, 50B. However, the standby position may be another position, for example, an arbitrary intermediate position between the tray moving devices 40A and 40B.

In FIG. 4, (C) to (E) are examples in which two pairs of upper and lower roller support members 58 at both ends in the longitudinal direction are moved up and down in conjunction with each other. As shown in this figure, the roller support members 58 at both ends in the longitudinal direction are not limited to one pair, and may be a plurality of pairs (two or more pairs).
As shown in FIGS. 4 (C) to 4 (E), two pairs of roller supporting members 58 may be provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and the roller supporting members 58 may be integrally moved up and down. With this configuration, the empty loading / unloading tray 30 is moved up and down between the upper loading position Ya and the lower loading position Yb, and the empty loading / unloading tray 30 is moved between the upper standby position and the lower standby position. The raising and lowering can be performed in a shorter time.

  1 and 3, the fork parking 100 with a berth of the present invention further includes an elevating door 60, elevating floors 62A and 62B, and an auxiliary fixed floor 65.

Between the storage device 10 and the berth 20, there is provided an opening 18 through which the upper and lower storage trays 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed can pass.
The elevating door 60 has a size capable of fully closing the opening 18, and is configured to fully open the opening 18 when ascending and fully close the opening 18 when descending. With this configuration, when the driver drives the vehicle 1 to enter the berth 20 and exits from the berth 20, the opening 18 is fully closed to reliably prevent access to the inside of the storage device 10. can do.
In addition, although the number of the lift doors 60 is one in this example, it may be two or more.

In FIG. 3, the lifting floors 62A and 62B are provided in the berth, are adjacent to the left and right sides of the loading / unloading tray 30 located at the loading / unloading position X, and are between the support members 46c positioned vertically in the figure, and the rollers. Located between the support members 58, respectively.
Further, in this example, the lifting floors 62A and 62B have tooth portions 64a whose positions are different from the tooth portions 31a of the loading / unloading tray 30, and a closing plate 64b that closes the gaps of the other loading / unloading trays 30.
The teeth 64a and the closing plate 64b are fixed to the right and left sides of the lifting floors 62A and 62B, respectively, so that they can move up and down together with the lifting floors 62A and 62B.

The elevating floors 62A and 62B are provided between a loading / unloading height H at which the vehicle 1 is loaded and unloaded and an evacuation height L located below the loading / unloading tray 30 above and below when there is no upper or lower loading / unloading tray 30. It is configured to be able to move up and down.
The upper and lower floors 62A and 62B are located at substantially the same height as the loading / unloading height H at the loading / unloading height H. Further, the upper surfaces of the lifting floors 62A and 62B are located below the lower surfaces of the upper and lower loading / unloading trays 30 that horizontally move at the retracted height L.
When the vehicle 1 is not placed on the upper and lower storage trays 30A and 30B, the lift floors 62A and 62B may stand by at the storage height H or higher. With this configuration, it is possible to shorten the moving time to move to the loading / unloading height H.

  The auxiliary fixed floors 65 are provided at both longitudinal end portions (upper and lower end portions in FIG. 3) of the berth 20 and close the gap between the elevating floors 62A and 62B and the berth building 8. The upper surface of the auxiliary fixed floor 65 is located at substantially the same height as the loading / unloading height H.

  With the above-described configuration, when the driver drives the vehicle 1 to enter the berth 20 from the outside and when the berth 20 exits the berth 20, the area around the loading / unloading tray 30 located at the loading / unloading position X (front, rear, left, right) It is possible to form a floor surface having substantially the same height as the upper surface of the loading / unloading tray 30. As a result, it is possible to facilitate the loading and unloading of the vehicle 1 and the easy entry and exit of people in the berth 20.

Further, when the upper and lower loading / unloading trays 30 are not present, by lowering the lifting floor 62A, it is possible to reliably prevent interference between the horizontally moving upper loading / unloading tray 30 and the lifting floor 62A.
In this example, the lifting floor 62B located at the right end in FIG. 1 may be fixed and configured in the same manner as the fixed floor 66 described later as long as it does not interfere with the raising / lowering loading / unloading tray 30.

FIG. 5 is a view taken along the line CC of FIG.
As shown in this figure, the end horizontal members 32 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the loading / unloading tray 30 are constituted by L-shaped members, and only the plate-shaped rails (or the upper surface of the single flange of the ladle steel) protruding from both ends are provided. It is preferable that the roller is mounted on the traverse roller 42.
The end horizontal member 32 is not limited to the L-shaped member, and other horizontal members such as a U-shaped member may be used.

  Further, as shown in this figure, it is preferable to set the upper surface of the end horizontal member 32 at a position lower than the loading / unloading height H. With this configuration, the interference between the end horizontal member 32 and the auxiliary fixed floor 65 is avoided, and the upper and lower floors of the auxiliary fixed floor 65 and the elevating floors 62A and 62B are set to the loading / unloading height H, and the surface clearance therebetween is maintained. Can be made smaller.

In FIG. 1, the fork parking 100 with a berth of the present invention further includes a control device 90.
The control device 90 is a computer (PC) or a programmable logic controller (PLC) having an operation panel, and controls each of the above-described components based on a command signal from the operation panel.

According to the above-described device of the present invention, the berth 20 is provided outside the hoistway 2 of the storage device 10, and the tray moving device 40A allows the storage position X in the berth and the transfer position Ya in the hoistway. The loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed is horizontally moved between the two.
Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide a shelf or the like around the loading / unloading position X in the berth, the driver can easily drive the vehicle 1 to load / unload the vehicle at the loading / unloading position X with less pressure.

  Further, since the upper and lower tray moving devices 40A and 40B and the pair of tray lifting shelves 50A and 50B are provided, horizontal movement of the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed in the upper stage and empty loading / unloading tray 30 in the lower stage. Horizontal movement can be performed continuously in parallel. As a result, the waiting time at the loading / unloading position X and the transfer position Ya can be significantly shortened, and the loading / unloading time can be shortened.

  In FIG. 1, the fork parking 100 with a berth of the present invention further includes a lifting / lowering turning device 70.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the up-and-down turning device 70. In this figure, (A) is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 5, (B) is a side view of (A) of FIG. 6, and (C) is a schematic view during vertical turning.
In this example, the lifting / lowering device 70 includes a horizontal turning device 74 and a lifting device 76.

  In FIG. 6A, the horizontal turning device 74 includes, for example, a turntable 72 (turntable) and a turning drive device 73. The turning drive device 73 includes, for example, a ring gear fixed to the rotary base 72 and a motor that rotationally drives a pinion gear meshing with the ring gear.

In FIG. 6A, the elevating device 76 includes, for example, an elevating frame 77, an elevating ball screw 78, a ball nut 79, a synchronous sprocket (not shown), and a thrust bearing (not shown).
A horizontal turning device 74 is fixed to the upper part of the elevating frame 77, and is attached to the pit bottom below the loading / unloading position X so as to be vertically movable. In this example, ball nuts 79 are fixed to the four corners of the lifting frame 77. Also, four lifting ball screws 78 that are screwed with the ball nut 79 extend vertically, and the lower ends of each are fixed to the bottom surface of the pit through thrust bearings.
A synchronous sprocket (not shown) is attached to each lifting ball screw 78, and a chain (not shown) that meshes with the sprocket allows the four lifting ball screws 78 to rotate in synchronization. . Further, a drive motor (not shown) for driving the chain or the synchronous sprocket is provided.

As described above, the raising / lowering turning device 70 is provided below the loading / unloading position X, and is configured to vertically move and horizontally turn the loading / unloading tray 30 located in the loading / unloading position X. In this example, the lifting / lowering turning device 70 has a turntable 72 located inside the plan view shape of the loading / unloading tray 30.
As shown in FIGS. 6 (B) and 6 (C), the elevating and lowering device 70 allows the upper surface of the turntable 72 to be positioned between the turning height H1 above the loading / unloading height H and the loading / unloading tray 30. It is configured so that it can be raised and lowered and horizontally turned.

  With this configuration, as shown in FIG. 6C, by raising the turntable 72, the loading / unloading tray 30 is placed on the turntable 72, and the loading / unloading tray 30 is raised to the swivel height H1. It can be horizontally swung in the raised position. As a result, the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed can be horizontally swung without interference with other components (the tray moving devices 40A and 40B, the lifting door 60, the lifting floors 62A and 62B, and the auxiliary fixed floor 65). You can

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a loading / unloading method using the lifting / lowering turning device 70.
In this figure, (A) shows 180 ° rotation and (B) shows 90 ° rotation.

In FIG. 7, (A) shows a rotation of 180 °, and (B) shows a rotation of 90 °.
In FIG. 7 (A), after the vehicle 1 has entered the loading / unloading tray 30 forward, immediately before or immediately before the loading or unloading, the turntable 72 is raised to a turning height H1 above the loading / unloading height H to The rotary table 72 on which 1 is placed is rotated 180 °. Then, the turntable 72 can be lowered to the loading / unloading height H, and the vehicle 1 can be loaded from the loading / unloading tray 30 by the front advancement.

  Further, by providing the loading and unloading ports in front of and behind the berth 20, the vehicle 1 is loaded onto the loading and unloading tray 30 by the front approaching yard, and then the vehicle is loaded on the loading and unloading tray 30 by the front approaching yard in FIG. 6 (A). 1 can be issued. In this case, the raising / lowering turning device 70 is located below the loading / unloading tray 30 and does not need to be operated.

  In FIG. 7 (B), a loading / unloading port is provided in the width direction of the berth 20, and at the time of loading and unloading, the rotary table 72 is raised to a swivel height H1 which is higher than the loading / unloading height H, and the rotary table 72 is moved to 90 ° The car 1 can be loaded and unloaded from the loading / unloading port in the width direction by rotating it.

  FIG. 8 is a second embodiment of the fork parking with berth 100 according to the present invention.

  In this example, the tray elevating shelf 50B in the berth is provided adjacent to the left side of the loading / unloading position X. The structure of the tray elevating shelf 50B is the same as that of the first embodiment. In this case, the roller support member 58 of the tray elevating shelf 50B also functions as the support member 46c of the first embodiment.

Further, in FIG. 8, the lifting floor 62B of the first embodiment is omitted, and a fixed floor 66 is provided adjacent to the right side of the loading / unloading tray 30 located at the loading / unloading position X. The fixed floor 66 preferably has the above-described tooth portion 64a and the closing plate 64b.
The upper surface of the fixed floor 66 is located substantially at the same height as the upper surface (the loading / unloading height H) of the loading / unloading tray 30. The teeth 64a of the fixed floor 66 are preferably lower than the loading / unloading height H (preferably 2 to 5 mm) in order to reduce the resistance when the loading / unloading tray 30 is traversed.
If necessary, the fixed floor 66 may be configured to be lifted and lowered similarly to the lift floor 62A.
Other configurations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

Also according to the configuration of the second embodiment described above, since it is not necessary to provide a shelf or the like around the entry / exit position X in the berth, the driver drives the vehicle 1 at the entry / exit position X with less pressure. You can easily enter and leave.
Further, the horizontal movement of the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed in the upper stage and the horizontal movement of the empty loading / unloading tray 30 in the lower stage can be continuously performed in parallel. As a result, the waiting time at the loading / unloading position X and the transfer position Ya can be significantly shortened, and the loading / unloading time can be shortened.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a boarding position where the vehicle 1 enters and leaves. It should be noted that the up-and-down turning device 70 is not shown.
In this figure, (A) shows lower loading, (B) shows intermediate loading, and (C) shows upper loading. In this example, the tray moving devices 40 </ b> A and 40 </ b> B are provided in the lower portion, the middle portion, or the upper portion of the storage device 10.
The first embodiment and the second embodiment described above correspond to the lower boarding in FIG.

In the lower loading of FIG. 9A, transfer positions Ya and Yb, tray moving devices 40A and 40B, and tray lifting shelves 50A and 50B are provided at the lower end of the storage device 10.
In the intermediate loading of FIG. 9B, the transfer positions Ya and Yb, the tray moving devices 40A and 40B, and the tray lifting shelves 50A and 50B are provided at the intermediate height of the storage device 10.
In the upper loading of FIG. 9C, the transfer positions Ya and Yb, the tray moving devices 40A and 40B, and the tray lifting shelves 50A and 50B are provided at the upper end of the storage device 10.
That is, the fork parking 100 with the berth of the present invention is not limited to the lower loading, and may be the intermediate loading or the upper loading.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a fork parking 100 with a berth according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, the elevation / rotation device 70 is omitted.

10, a fork parking 100 with a berth according to the present invention is provided on a plurality (two in this example) of storage devices 10 arranged side by side in the width direction, and on the outside (right side in the drawing) of the plurality of storage devices 10. And a single berth 20.
The number of storage devices 10 is not limited to two, and may be three or more. Further, the berth 20 is not limited to one, and two or more berths 20 may be provided on both left and right sides. Further, the tray elevating shelves 50A and 50B may be provided at both ends.
Further, the boarding position where the car 1 enters and leaves is not limited to the lower boarding, and may be the middle boarding or the upper boarding.

  With the configuration of FIG. 10, it is possible to shorten the loading and unloading time and significantly increase the number of vehicles 1 stored.

  FIG. 11 is a fourth embodiment of the fork parking with berth 100 according to the present invention. In this figure, the elevation / rotation device 70 is omitted.

11, a fork parking 100 with a berth according to the present invention is provided inside a plurality (two in this example) of storage devices 10 arranged side by side in the width direction, and inside the plurality of storage devices 10 (intermediate in the drawing). And a single berth 20.
The number of storage devices 10 is not limited to two, and may be three or more. Further, the berth 20 is not limited to one, and two or more berths may be provided.
Further, the boarding position where the car 1 enters and leaves is not limited to the lower boarding, and may be the middle boarding or the upper boarding.

  With the configuration of FIG. 11, it is possible to shorten the loading / unloading time and significantly increase the number of vehicles 1 stored.

FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 are explanatory views of a method of loading and unloading the fork parking 100 with a berth according to the present invention. The following description is based on the fork parking 100 with a berth according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1.
The fork parking 100 with a berth according to the present invention executes the following loading / unloading method based on a command signal from the operation panel by the control device 90.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a method of storing the vehicle 1.
In FIG. 12A, the car 1 is loaded onto the loading / unloading tray 30 located at the loading / unloading position X in the berth.
Next, in FIG. 12 (B), the tray moving device 40A on the upper stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is loaded from the loading / unloading position X to the upper transfer position Ya. At this point, the comb cage 12 is located below the transfer position Ya.
Next, in FIG. 12C, the comb cage 12 of the storage device 10 is lifted from below the vehicle 1 to transfer the car 1 from the loading / unloading tray 30 to the comb cage 12.

The comb-shaped cage 12 on which the vehicle 1 is mounted is raised above the storage rack 14 to be stored, and then the comb-shaped tray 16 of the storage rack 14 is made to traverse to the center of the hoistway 2. After that, the comb cage 12 on which the car 1 is placed descends from above to replace the car 1 on the comb tray 16 located in the center of the hoistway 2.
Next, the comb-shaped tray 16 on which the car 1 is placed is made to traverse to the storage shelf 14, and the storage of the car 1 in the storage shelf 14 is completed.

After the vehicle 1 is transferred to the comb cage 12, as shown in FIGS. 12C and 12D, the tray lifting rack 50A in the storage device moves the upper transfer position Ya to the lower transfer position Yb. The empty loading / unloading tray 30 is lowered.
In FIG. 12 (A), in parallel, the lower tray moving device 40B horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray 30 from the lower transfer position Yb to the lower standby position.
In FIG. 12B, in parallel, the empty loading / unloading tray 30 is raised from the lower standby position to the upper standby position by the tray elevating shelf 50B in the berth.

By repeating the above-described FIG. 12 (A) to FIG. 12 (D), the waiting time at the loading / unloading position X and the transfer position Ya can be significantly shortened, and the vehicles 1 can be loaded continuously.
When the vehicle 1 is to be unloaded after it has been loaded, the empty loading / unloading tray 30 is allowed to stand by at the transfer position Ya, the tray lifting shelf 50A, or the intermediate position up to the lifting door 60 of the upper tray moving device 40A. May be.
With this configuration, in particular, in a continuous loading / unloading state in which shipping is performed after loading, the moving time of the empty loading / unloading tray 30 and the waiting time at the transfer position can be significantly reduced.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a method for leaving the vehicle 1.
In FIG. 13 (A), after the comb tray 16 on which the car 1 is placed is traversed to the center of the hoistway 2, the comb cage 12 is lifted from below the car 1 to comb the car 1 from the comb tray 16. Transfer to the mold cage 12. After this replacement, the empty comb-shaped tray 16 is returned to the storage shelf 14.
Next, in FIG. 13B, the comb cage 12 on which the car 1 to be delivered is placed is lowered to transfer the car 1 from the comb cage 12 to the loading / unloading tray 30 located at the upper transfer position Ya.
Next, in FIG. 13C, the tray moving device 40A on the upper stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is loaded from the upper transfer position Ya to the loading / unloading position X in the berth.
Next, in FIG. 13D, the car 1 is unloaded from the entry / exit position X.

Further, in parallel, in FIG. 13A, the empty loading / unloading tray 30 is lowered from the standby position on the upper stage to the standby position on the lower stage by the tray elevating shelf 50B in the berth.
In FIG. 13B, the lower tray moving device 40B horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray 30 from the lower standby position to the lower transfer position Yb.
Further, in FIGS. 13C and 13D, the empty loading / unloading tray 30 is raised from the lower transfer position Yb to the upper transfer position Ya by the tray lift shelf 50A in the storage device.

  By repeating the above-described FIG. 13 (A) to FIG. 13 (D), the waiting time at the loading / unloading position X and the transfer position Ya can be significantly shortened, and the vehicle 1 can be continuously loaded.

  The number of trays 30 that are moved by the lower tray moving device 40B is not limited to one, and may be two or more. Further, at the time of loading and unloading, it is not necessary to synchronize the upper and lower tray moving devices 40A and 40B and the pair of tray elevating shelves 50A and 50B, and they may be operated at any timing.

  Further, in the above description, the fork parking with berth 100 according to the first embodiment of FIG. 1 has been described, but the same applies to other embodiments.

According to the above-described method of the present invention, the fork parking 100 with a berth is provided with the berth 20 outside the hoistway 2 of the storage device 10, and the tray moving device 40A allows the loading / unloading position X in the berth and the hoistway. The loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is loaded is horizontally moved to and from the transfer position Ya.
Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide a shelf or the like around the loading / unloading position X in the berth, the driver can easily drive the vehicle 1 to load / unload the vehicle at the loading / unloading position X with less pressure.

  Further, since the upper and lower tray moving devices 40A and 40B and the pair of tray lifting shelves 50A and 50B are provided, horizontal movement of the loading / unloading tray 30 on which the vehicle 1 is placed in the upper stage and empty loading / unloading tray 30 in the lower stage. Horizontal movement can be performed continuously in parallel. As a result, the waiting time at the loading / unloading position X and the transfer position Ya can be significantly shortened, and the loading / unloading time can be shortened.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

H loading / unloading height, H1 turning height, Ha, Hb traverse height, L retracting height,
X loading / unloading position, Ya, Yb transfer position, 1 car, 1a wheel, 2 hoistway,
3 buildings, 4 guide rails, 5 columns, 6 horizontal beams, 7 rail supports,
8 berth buildings, 9 berth columns, 10 storage devices, 12 comb cages,
12a tooth part, 13a shelf support member, 13b central support member, 14 storage shelf,
15 traverse rollers, 16 comb tray, 16a teeth, 18 openings,
20 berths, 30 loading / unloading trays, 31a teeth, 32 end horizontal members,
40A, 40B tray moving device, 42 traverse rollers, 44 roller drive device,
46 roller support members, 46a, 46b, 46c, 46d support members,
50A, 50B tray elevating shelf, 52 traverse rollers, 54 roller drive device,
56 roller lifting device, 58 roller support member, 60 lifting door,
62A, 62B lifting floor, 64a teeth, 64b closing plate, 65 auxiliary fixed floor,
66 fixed floor, 70 up-and-down turning device, 72 turntable,
73 turning drive device, 74 horizontal turning device, 76 lifting device,
77 lifting frame, 78 lifting ball screw, 79 ball nut,
90 control unit, 100 fork parking with berth

Claims (11)

A comb cage for moving up and down the hoistway, a plurality of storage shelves provided along the hoistway, and a plurality of comb trays for horizontally moving a car between the hoistway and each storage shelf. And a storage device having
A berth having a loading / unloading position where the vehicle is loaded and unloaded, which is provided outside the hoistway,
A storage tray having a shape that does not interfere with each other in the same plane as the comb cage,
An upper and lower tray moving device that horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray between the loading / unloading position in the berth and the transfer position in the hoistway,
A fork parking with a berth, comprising: a pair of tray elevating shelves provided inside the storage device and in the berth, for elevating the loading / unloading tray between an upper stage and a lower stage of the tray moving device.   The tray elevating shelf includes a plurality of traversing rollers that support both longitudinal ends of the loading / unloading tray so as to be horizontally movable in the width direction, a roller driving device that rotationally drives the traversing rollers, and rollers that elevate and lower the traversing rollers. The fork parking with a berth according to claim 1, further comprising a lifting device.   The tray moving device rotationally drives a plurality of traverse rollers that support both longitudinal ends of the storage tray so as to be horizontally movable in the width direction between the storage position and the replacement position described above. The fork parking with a berth according to claim 1, further comprising a roller driving device.   Adjacent to the loading / unloading tray that is provided in the berth and is located at the loading / unloading position, it is possible to move up and down between the loading / unloading height at which the vehicle is loaded / unloaded and the withdrawal height located below the loading / unloading tray. The fork parking with a berth according to claim 1, wherein the fork parking includes a different lifting floor.   The fork parking with a berth according to claim 1, further comprising: a lifting / lowering turning device provided below the loading / unloading position and capable of lifting / lowering and horizontally turning the loading / unloading tray located in the loading / unloading position.   The fork parking with berth according to claim 1, wherein the tray moving device is provided at a lower portion, an intermediate portion, or an upper portion of the storage device. A plurality of the storage devices arranged side by side in the width direction,
The fork parking with a berth according to claim 1, further comprising one or a plurality of the berths provided outside or in the middle of the plurality of storage devices. The method of loading and unloading a fork parking lot with a berth according to claim 1,
(A) The vehicle is loaded onto the loading / unloading tray located at the loading / unloading position in the berth,
(B) The tray moving device on the upper stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray on which the vehicle is loaded from the loading / unloading position to the previously described replacement position on the upper level,
(C) A method of loading and unloading a fork parking with a berth, in which the comb cage of the storage device is lifted from below the vehicle to transfer the vehicle from the loading and unloading tray to the comb cage. The tray elevating shelf in the storage device lowers the empty loading / unloading tray from the preceding rewriting position of the upper stage to the preceding rewriting position of the lower stage,
The tray moving device in the lower stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray from the previously described replacement position in the lower stage to the standby position in the lower stage,
The loading / unloading method of the fork parking with berth according to claim 8, wherein the empty loading / unloading tray is raised from the standby position in the lower stage to the standby position in the upper stage by the tray lifting rack in the berth. The method of loading and unloading a fork parking lot with a berth according to claim 1,
(A) Lower the comb cage of the storage device on which the car to be delivered is placed, and transfer the car from the comb cage to the loading / unloading tray located at the above-mentioned replacement position in the upper row,
(B) The tray moving device on the upper stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray on which the vehicle is placed from the replacement position on the upper stage to the loading / unloading position in the berth,
(C) A loading / unloading method of a fork parking with a berth, in which the vehicle is loaded from the loading / unloading position. The tray elevating shelf in the berth lowers the empty loading / unloading tray from an upper standby position to a lower standby position,
The tray moving device in the lower stage horizontally moves the loading / unloading tray from the standby position in the lower stage to the previously described replacement position in the lower stage,
The loading / unloading method of the fork parking with a berth according to claim 10, wherein the empty loading / unloading tray is raised from the pre-replacement position in the lower stage to the pre-replacement position in the upper stage by the tray elevating shelf in the storage device.

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