JPS583864B2 - Automobile group train organization/transportation equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a vehicle group train organization/transport device for organizing and transporting a large number of vehicles into a train.

The present applicant has previously applied for a patent for ``Automobile Group Train Formation and Transportation Device'' (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 57-37059), which is ``constructed by arranging magnetic belt conveyor units at predetermined intervals in a groove inside the running path.'' A plurality of traction carts (hereinafter referred to as carts) which are pulled in synchronization with the rotation of the magnetic belt conveyor unit by attracting a traction magnet to the magnetic belt of the magnetic belt conveyor unit are connected. In a motor vehicle group train formation/transport device, the motor vehicle group train formation/transport device is provided with a connecting bogie configured to form a train of motor vehicle groups on a running road, and the motor vehicle group train is moved in synchronization with the rotation of the belt conveyor unit. A guide girder provided with a fitting part that functions as a guide girder is disposed on each car constituting the above-mentioned connecting carriage, and a guide member that can freely slide along the guide girder and a de-energized or de-energized release electromagnetic coil are provided. Vehicle group train organization and transportation characterized in that each vehicle constituting the vehicle group train is provided with a coupling device having a mechanism for fitting or disengaging coupling pins in the fitting portions of the guide girders by excitation. proposed a device.

However, in the above proposal, by detecting that the coupling pin of the coupling device has come to the position of the coupling slot of each carriage constituting the coupling carriage or in the vicinity thereof, the coupling pin is fixed by de-energizing the release electromagnetic coil. It was necessary to fit it into the coupling slot.

The present invention relates to an improvement of the above proposal, and particularly provides a vehicle group train formation transportation device that does not require detection of coupling slots and can smoothly form trains of a group of vehicles in the device related to the above proposal. It is something to do.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as follows.

1 and 2 are a plan view and a plan view, respectively, of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are an enlarged view and a sectional view taken along the line AA of the above-mentioned device, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the above device.

The configuration will be explained in terms of (I) connected bogie, (■) car group, (■) car traction section, and (■) car group train formation guidance section.

(■) Connecting trolley The connecting trolley is equipped with a magnet 11 that attracts or attracts the exposed portion of the magnetic belt 64 of the magnetic belt conveyor unit 6, which will be described later, and is supported by a support guide wheel 12 on a rail provided inside the running path. It is constructed by connecting a plurality of guided carts 1.

The number of carts 1 constituting the connected cart is determined according to the number of cars in the group of cars to be towed and transported.

The magnet 11 may be either an electromagnet or a permanent magnet.

A guide girder 2 for forcibly guiding the automobile via a coupling device 4, which will be described later, is disposed in the central portion above the underframe 13 of each truck 1.

In addition, this guide girder 2 has a guide groove 21 shaped to cover the guide member 41 of the coupling device 4, and a coupling slot 22 in the bottom plate portion of the groove for supporting and restraining the coupling device 4 to the part. and is provided.

This coupling slot 22 is preferably a blank hole.

The carriages 1 are connected by a carriage coupler 14 which is rotatable on its axis.

(■) Vehicle group A coupling device 4 is disposed at the front portion of each vehicle 3 at a position facing the road surface.

This coupling device 4 is configured by energizing the part of the guide member 41 that forcibly slides and guides the automobile 3 along the guide groove 21 of the guide girder 2 of the bogie 1 and the release electromagnetic coil 42.
The actuator part attracts and supports the coupling pin 43 using the electromagnetic force, and allows the coupling pin 43 to operate freely by bringing it into a de-energized state.

In this case, a coupling device 4 that keeps the release electromagnetic coil 42 in a de-energized state during steady state and energizes it as necessary, a self-holding type coupling device 4 that returns to a de-energized state after a certain period of time even if it is energized, or Any type of coupling device 4 that keeps the release excitation coil 42 in an energized state during normal operation and in a de-energized state when necessary can be used, but from the viewpoint of reducing power consumption, a self-holding type coupling is preferred. Device 4 is preferred.

(■) Car towing section A ground transport device is provided in the vehicle towing section 5.

This ground feeding device itself is known, and is constituted by a magnetic belt conveyor line in which magnetic belt conveyor units 6, which are ground traction devices, are arranged at predetermined intervals in a running path groove.

Here, the magnetic belt conveyor unit 6 includes a drive source 61 composed of an electric motor, a transmission, etc., a drive wheel connected to the drive source 61, an idler wheel, and an endless belt extending between the drive wheels and the idler wheel. It is composed of a magnetic belt 64 that rotates and moves in a circular motion.

On both sides of the ground transport device, a transport track 51 is provided that supports the entire load of a towed motor vehicle train.

A rail 52 is provided inside the transportation path 51, that is, between the ground feeding device and the transportation path 51, for supporting and guiding the load of the connecting truck via its wheels 12.

Therefore, the structure is such that the loads of the connected bogies and the automobile group train are not applied to the magnetic belt conveyor unit 6.

(■) Guidance section for car group train formation Guidance section for car group train formation (hereinafter referred to as guidance section) 7
In this case, a guide running path 71 and an inclined running path 72 are arranged in series, and this inclined running path 72 continues to the transport running path 51.

The road surface of the guide path 71 is higher than the road surface of the transport path 51, and an inclined path 72 with a predetermined gradient is provided between the guide path 71 and the transport path 51.

Further, inside this inclined running path 72, a coupling device 4,
An inclined guiding girder 73 is provided which guides the coupling device 4 in such a way that in particular the protruding coupling pin 43 is guided on a line connecting the centers of each coupling slot 22 of the coupling carriage.

As shown in the figure, the guide girder has a shape that is wide at the entrance and narrows toward the exit.

Particularly near the exit, it is desirable to make the coupling device 4 narrow so that it can be reliably guided from both sides.

The functions and effects of the automobile group train organization transportation system according to one embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration will be described as follows.

With the coupling device 4 of the automobile 3 in a de-energized state, the coupling pin 43
If the motor vehicle 3 is allowed to operate freely and protruded a predetermined length by its own weight and enters the inclined road 72 from the guiding road 71, the motor vehicle 3 will descend along the guiding girder 73 due to its own weight. Then, the protruding coupling pin 43 moves while narrowing the distance from the coupling carriage, and comes into contact with the guide girder 2 of the coupling carriage.

As the automobile 3 further descends, since the coupling pin 43 is in a free state, it moves while sliding on the bottom plate part of the guide groove 21 of the guide girder 2, and the first coupling is completed within one coupling slot interval length. When slot 22 is encountered, the corresponding combined slot 2
It falls into 2 and fits.

As a result, the automobile 3 is also supported and restrained in this position.

In this case, since there is a speed difference between the automobile 3 and the connecting truck, it is desirable that the shape of the coupling slot 22 be a hole with a length sufficient to allow the coupling pin 43 to fit therein.

As a result of the above-mentioned fitting of the coupling pin 43 into the coupling slot 22, the automobile 3 is supported and restrained in this position, but in order to reduce the impact at the time of this fitting, unless there are other circumstances,
The speed difference in the "automobile speed connected bogie speed", that is, the relative speed, is independent of whether it is positive or negative (the moving direction of the connected bogies is positive), and the smaller the absolute value, the better.

In this sense, it is desirable to set the speed at which the vehicle approaches the connected bogie appropriately in comparison with the speed of the connected bogie.
Since the speed of the vehicle is determined by the length of the inclined road 72, the gradient, the frictional resistance, the speed at which the vehicle enters the inclined road, etc., these may be set appropriately.

If the vehicle 3 is allowed to enter the inclined travel path 72 from the guiding travel path 71 at appropriate time intervals in the manner described above, the vehicle 3 that has entered the vehicle towing section 5 will be able to move around each bogie 1 that constitutes the connected bogie. The first car is supported and restrained in the position of the coupling slot 22 of the guide girder 2 disposed in the guide girder 2 at the above-mentioned time intervals, and the car group train according to the length of the connected bogie is moved at the speed of the connected bogie. automatically organized.

The time interval at which the above-mentioned automobiles 3 enter the inclined running path 72 depends on the number of automobiles transported per unit time, the time required for each automobile to be supported and restrained by the connected truck, the distance traveled by the connected truck within that time, etc. It should be set taking into consideration.

Further, the interval at which each vehicle is supported and restrained by the connecting carriage is regulated by the length that is a multiple of the interval between the coupling slots 22 of the connecting carriage.

Then, if the speed of the connected bogies and the length of each car are the same,
The number of cars transported per unit time changes depending on the above interval.

After the car group train moves on the transportation track 51 of the car traction section 5 and arrives at its destination, in order to untie the car group train, the release electromagnetic coil 42 of the coupling device 4 is used.
It is sufficient to set it to the excitation state.

That is, due to the excitation of the release electromagnetic coil 42, the coupling pin 43
is attracted and restrained by the electromagnetic force, and is forcibly removed from the coupling slot 22, and the automobile 3 enters free running as usual, or the engine is started in advance and the engine is driven at the same time as the coupling pin 43 is detached. By doing so, the train formation will be resolved.

In this case, if the coupling device 4 is of a non-energized self-holding type during steady state, it will return to the original non-energized state after a certain period of time, and the coupling pin 43 of the coupling device 4 will also become free, returning to the original state. will return to.

In either case of free running or engine-driven running, if the speed of the connecting bogie is increased when the coupling pin 43 is disengaged, the initial speed of the vehicle can be increased and the predetermined speed can be reached more quickly. I can do it.

This also reduces the increase in fuel consumption, exhaust gas, and noise when each vehicle accelerates.

Note that the coupling pin 43 may be removed sequentially from the leading vehicle to the following vehicle, or may be removed from all vehicles at the same time, but either method is acceptable.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a guide section in front of the automobile towing section, and provides a guide running path, an inclined running path, and a guiding girder in this section, so that the connecting slot of the connecting pin is connected to the guiding section. By making the fitting smooth, it is possible to easily form a train for a group of automobiles, and it can be said to be extremely useful in practical terms.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a plan view and a front view, respectively, of an automobile group train formation transportation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of the bogie portion of the system and its A- A
The cross-sectional view and FIG. 5 are perspective views showing a portion of the device. 1...Dolly, 11...Magnet, 12...
... Support guide ring, 13 ... Underframe, 14 ...
...Bolly coupler, 2...Guide girder, 21...
...Guiding groove, 22...Connection slot, 3
...Automobile, 4...Coupling device, 41.
...Guide member, 42 ... Release electromagnetic coil, 43 ... Connection pin, 5 ... Car towing section, 51 ... Transport travel Road, 52...
... Rail, 6 ... Magnetic belt conveyor unit, 61 ... Drive source, 64 ... Magnetic belt, 7 ... Induction section, 71 ... ... Guidance road, 72... Inclined road, 73...
・Guidance guide girder.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ground feeding device configured by arranging magnetic belt conveyor units at predetermined intervals in a groove inside a running path, and a traction magnet attracted to the magnetic belt of the magnetic belt conveyor unit, A connected trolley in which a plurality of towing trolleys that are towed in synchronization with the rotation of a magnetic belt conveyor unit are connected together, and a guide girder provided with a fitting part that functions as a coupling slot is arranged on top of each towing trolley. and a guide member that is slidable along the guide girder and a function of energizing or de-energizing the release electromagnetic coil to engage or detach the coupling pin from the fitting part, and is installed in each car of the car group train. In the motor vehicle group train forming and transporting device, the motor vehicle group train forming and transporting device is provided with a coupling device configured to form a train of the motor vehicle groups and to transport the motor vehicle groups in synchronization with the rotation of the magnetic belt conveyor unit.
A guiding traveling path located at a higher position than the traveling path and an inclined traveling path connecting the guiding traveling path and the traveling path are provided, and further, a connecting pin of the coupling device is connected to the connecting bogie on the inside of the inclined traveling path. A vehicle group train formation/transport device characterized in that a guide girder for guiding a guide member of a coupling device is provided so as to be on a line connecting the coupling slots of each bogie. 2. The slope and length of the sloped running path and guide girder shall be adjusted so that the relative speed between the vehicle and the connected bogie when the coupling device of the car that enters the sloped running path at a predetermined speed fits into the connected bogie is within the specified range. A vehicle group train formation/transport device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle group train formation/transport device is adapted to be able to fit into a vehicle. 3. A motor vehicle group train formation according to claim 1 or 2, in which the length of the bogie is set such that the distance between the front and rear of the automobiles supported and restrained by the bogie falls within a preset interval range. transport equipment. 4. Claim 1 in which the coupling device is of a self-holding type in which the release electromagnetic coil is constantly in a non-excited state.
2. The motor vehicle group train organization/transportation device according to item 2, item 3, or item 3.