WO2010114080A1 - Mechanical bicycle parking facility - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a mechanical bicycle parking facility which can load and unload a plurality of bicycles at once and can load and unload bicycles efficiently even in the peak hour by providing a plurality of bicycle parking mechanisms. A mechanical bicycle parking facility comprises a cylindrical garage (1), loading and unloading ports (2A, 2B) for loading and unloading bicycles, storage sections (3) provided in the garage (1) radially and in multi-stages vertically, and bicycle parking mechanisms (4A, 4B) for carrying a bicycle between the loading and unloading ports (2A, 2B) and the storage sections (3), wherein the bicycle parking mechanisms (4A, 4B) comprise guide rails (5A, 5B) provided vertically in the garage (1) and rotatable about the axis of the garage (1), elevating and lowering bodies (6A, 6B) which can move up and down along the guide rails (5A, 5B), and transfer devices (7A, 7B) provided on the elevating and lowering bodies (6A, 6B). The bicycle parking mechanisms (4A, 4B) are arranged point symmetrically to the axis of the garage (1) so that the transfer devices (7A, 7B) transfer the bicycles in the directions parallel to each other at intervals, and that the front wheels of the bicycles transferred by the transfer devices (7A, 7B) to the elevating and lowering bodies (6A, 6B) face each other.

Description

Mechanical bicycle parking facilities

This invention relates to a mechanical bicycle parking facility, and in particular, to a mechanical bicycle parking facility capable of loading and unloading a plurality of bicycles at a time.

An example of a conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility is disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-62750). Hereinafter, this conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility will be described with reference to the drawings.

6 is a vertical sectional view showing a conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. It is a side view which shows a bicycle parking machine mechanism.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility includes a cylindrical hangar 21 made of a cylindrical concrete frame constructed underground, and a bicycle provided on the ground portion of the hangar 21. A loading / unloading port 22 for loading / unloading, a plurality of storage units 23 provided radially in the upper and lower stages of the storage 21, and a bicycle parking machine for transporting a bicycle between the storage / release port 22 and a predetermined storage unit 23 And a mechanism 24. The hangar 21 may be constructed underground as in this example or constructed on the ground.

As shown in FIG. 9, the bicycle parking mechanism 24 includes a gate-shaped guide rail 25 provided perpendicularly to the center of the hangar 21, a lifting body 26 that can be lifted and lowered along the guide rail 25, and a lifting body. 26 and a transfer device 27 provided in 26.

The guide rail 25 can be rotated around the axis of the hangar 21 by a driving machine 28 (see FIG. 6). The elevating body 26 has a guide plate 29 having a V-shaped cross section on which a bicycle can be placed. The transfer device 27 has a function of pulling the bicycle from the loading / unloading port 22 and the storage unit 23 and pushing out the bicycle to the loading / unloading port 22 and the storage unit 23. The transfer device 27 has a pair of clamp plates 30 that clamp the front wheels of the bicycle. The clamp plate 30 sandwiches the front axle from both sides of the bicycle by a clamp plate drive 31. The clamp plate driver 31 is connected to an endless belt 33 that is stretched between a pair of pulleys 32. When the pulley 32 is driven to rotate by a drive machine (not shown), the endless belt 33 circulates between the pulleys 32. As the endless belt 33 circulates, the clamp plate driver 31 moves in the horizontal direction along the guide plate 29, and the bicycle sandwiched between the clamp plates 30 also moves.

A guide plate 34 having a V-shaped cross section similar to the guide plate 29 is disposed on the extension line of the guide plate 29 of the elevating body 26 at the bicycle delivery place outside the entrance / exit 22. The guide plate 34 is slightly lower than the ground. The user sets the bicycle on the guide plate 34 that is one step down from the ground. The guide plate 34 is slightly tilted so that the rear wheel side of the bicycle faces down. A portion of the guide plate 34 corresponding to the rear wheel of the bicycle is provided with a counter plate 35 for positioning the rear wheel. When the user sets the bicycle on the guide plate 34 with reference to the rear wheel, the rear wheel of the bicycle is sandwiched by the rear wheel drop hole 34a provided in the guide plate 34, so that the bicycle becomes independent.

The entrance / exit 22 is provided between the guide plate 29 of the elevating body 26 and the guide plate 34 at the bicycle delivery position. When the transfer device 27 holds the front wheel of the bicycle and pulls the bicycle from the bicycle delivery position onto the lift body 26 at the time of warehousing, the bicycle transfers from the guide plate 34 at the bicycle delivery position to the guide plate 29 of the lift body 6. At the time of delivery, the bicycle is transferred from the guide plate 29 of the lifting body 26 to the guide plate 34 at the bicycle delivery position, contrary to the time of entry.

According to the conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility configured as described above, bicycles are loaded and unloaded in the following manner.

First, in order to store the bicycle, as shown in FIG. 9, the bicycle is set on the guide plate 34 of the entrance / exit 22 and the entry button is pushed. When the warehousing button is pressed, the IC reader automatically and instantly reads the IC tag previously attached to the bicycle, and the warehousing operation is started. That is, the loading / unloading port 22 is opened, and thereafter, the transfer device 27 moves forward to clamp the front wheel of the bicycle. Next, the bicycle is drawn onto the guide plate 29 of the lifting body 26 by the transfer device 27. Thus, when the bicycle is put on the lifting body 26, the entrance / exit 22 is closed. Thereafter, the bicycle descends while rotating to the position of the predetermined storage portion 23 along the guide rail 25 together with the lifting body 26. After descending, the bicycle is automatically stored in the predetermined storage unit 23 from the rear wheel side by the transfer device 27.

Note that the bicycle exit operation is automatically performed by the reverse operation of the entry.

JP 2008-62750 A

According to the above-described conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility, a large number of bicycles can be stored in a limited space, and since all are automated, the bicycle can be loaded and unloaded in a short time. Have.

However, there were the following problems. Since the hangar 21 is equipped with only one lifting body 26, only one bicycle could be loaded and unloaded at a time. Therefore, it takes a long time for loading and unloading when a loading / unloading instruction is continuously given during loading and unloading peaks such as during morning and evening rush hours.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanical bicycle parking facility capable of loading and unloading a plurality of bicycles at a time and efficiently loading and unloading bicycles even at the peak of loading and unloading.

The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and is characterized by the following.

The first invention includes a cylindrical hangar, a loading / unloading port for loading / unloading a bicycle, a storage unit provided radially in multiple stages in the hangar, and a bicycle between the loading / unloading port and the storage unit. A bicycle parking mechanism that transports between the guide rail, and the bicycle parking mechanism is vertically provided in the hangar and is rotatable about the axis of the hangar, and can be moved up and down along the guide rail. A mechanical bicycle parking facility provided with a lifting and lowering body and a transfer device provided on the lifting body, wherein a plurality of the loading / unloading ports and a plurality of bicycle parking machine mechanisms are provided. Have.

According to a second invention, in the first invention, the two parking machine mechanisms are provided, and the one parking machine mechanism and the other parking machine mechanism are point-symmetric about the axis of the hangar. And the transfer device of the one bicycle parking machine mechanism and the other bicycle parking machine mechanism are arranged so that the transfer directions of the bicycles are parallel to each other with a gap therebetween, and the transfer device Thus, the front wheels of the bicycle transferred to the lifting body are arranged so as to face each other.

According to a third invention, in the first invention, two parking machine mechanisms are provided, the guide rails of one parking machine mechanism and the other parking machine mechanism are common, and the guide rail is Provided along the axis of the hangar, and the one bicycle parking mechanism and the other bicycle parking mechanism are arranged in a row so that the transfer direction of the bicycle by the transfer device is along the radial direction of the hangar. And the front wheels of the bicycle transferred to the lifting body by the transfer device are arranged so as to face each other.

According to the present invention, by providing a plurality of bicycle parking machine mechanisms, it is possible to efficiently store and unload a bicycle even at the peak of loading and unloading.

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a mechanical bicycle parking facility of the present invention. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line BB in FIG. 4 is a view in the direction of arrow C in FIG. FIG. 5 is a horizontal sectional view showing another mechanical bicycle parking facility of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing a conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 8 is a view taken along line B-B in FIG. FIG. 9 is a side view showing the bicycle parking mechanism.

An embodiment of the mechanical bicycle parking facility of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a vertical sectional view showing the mechanical bicycle parking equipment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 2 is a view in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 1.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical hangar made of a cylindrical concrete frame constructed underground, and 2 </ b> A and 2 </ b> B are entry / exit ports for taking in and out a bicycle provided on the ground portion of the hangar 1. is there. The entry / exit ports 2A and 2B are provided to face each other and correspond to each of two bicycle parking machine mechanisms described later. Reference numeral 3 denotes a plurality of storage units provided in a vertical and multistage manner in the hangar 1, and 4A and 4B are two bicycles for transporting a bicycle between the entrance / exit 2 and a predetermined storage unit 3. It is a mechanical mechanism. The hangar 1 is constructed underground in this example, but may be constructed on the ground.

As shown in FIG. 2, one parking machine mechanism 4A and the other parking machine mechanism 4B are arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of the hangar 1, and one parking machine mechanism 4A and the other Bicycle transfer directions by the transfer device described later of the bicycle parking mechanism 4B are arranged so that the transfer directions of the bicycle are parallel with a certain interval, and the front wheels of the bicycle transferred to the lifting body described later by the transfer device are mutually connected. It is arranged to face each other.

Since the two parking machine mechanisms 4A and 4B are arranged as described above, the storage unit 3 is not arranged radially around the axis of the hangar 1 as shown in FIG. The tip of the storage part 3 is inclined clockwise by a predetermined angle in one direction. As a result, the guide plates 9A and 9B of the bicycle parking machine mechanisms 4A and 4B and the storage portion 3 are aligned on a straight line.

As shown in FIG. 4, one bicycle parking mechanism 4A includes a guide rail 5A, an elevating body 6A that can be moved up and down along the guide rail 5A, and a transfer device 7A provided on the elevating body 6A. Yes. The other parking machine mechanism 4B includes a lifting body 6B that can be lifted and lowered along the guide rail 5B, and a transfer device 7B provided on the lifting body 6B, similarly to the one parking machine mechanism 4A.

The guide rails 5A and 5B are vertically provided at equal intervals on both sides of the axis of the hangar 1, and are integrally formed around the axis of the hangar 1 by the drive unit 8 (see FIG. 1) together with the lifting bodies 6A and 6B. It can be rotated.

The elevating body 6A has a guide plate 9A having a V-shaped cross section on which a bicycle can be placed. The transfer device 7 </ b> A has a function of pulling the bicycle from the loading / unloading port 2 </ b> A and the storage unit 3 and pushing out the bicycle to the loading / unloading port 2 </ b> A and the storage unit 3. Similarly to the lifting body 6A, the lifting body 6B has a guide plate 9B having a V-shaped cross section on which the bicycle can be placed. The transfer device 7B pulls the bicycle from the loading / unloading port 2B and the storage unit 3 and It has a function of pushing out to the exit 2B and the storage unit 3. The elevating body 6A and the elevating body 6B can be moved up and down independently along the guide rails 5A and 5B.

The transfer device 7A has a pair of clamp plates 10A for clamping the front wheel of the bicycle. The clamp plate 10A sandwiches the axle of the front wheel from both sides of the bicycle by the clamp plate driver 11A. Similarly, the transfer device 7B has a pair of clamp plates 10B that sandwich the axles of the front wheels from both sides of the bicycle by the clamp plate driver 11B.

The clamp plate driver 11A is configured in the same manner as in the conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility described above. That is, the clamp plate driver 11A is connected to an endless belt 13 that is stretched between a pair of pulleys 12, as shown in FIG. When the pulley 12 is rotationally driven by a driving machine (not shown), the endless belt 13 circulates between the pulleys 12. As the endless belt 13 circulates, the clamp plate driver 11A moves in the horizontal direction along the guide plate 9A, and the bicycle sandwiched between the clamp plates 10A also moves. The clamp plate driver 11B is the same as the clamp plate driver 11A.

As shown in FIG. 4, a guide plate 14A having a V-shaped cross section similar to the guide plate 9A is disposed on the extension line of the guide plate 9A of the lifting body 6A at the bicycle delivery place outside the entrance / exit 2A. Yes. A guide plate 14B having a V-shaped cross section similar to that of the guide plate 9A is also arranged on the extension line of the lifting body 6B guide plate 9B at the bicycle delivery place outside the entrance / exit 2B. The guide plates 14A and 14B are slightly lower than the ground. When the user sets the bicycle on the guide plates 14A and 14B that are lowered by one step from the ground, the bicycle becomes independent in the same manner as in the conventional mechanical bicycle parking facility.

The entrance / exit 2A, 2B is provided between the guide plates 9A, 9B of the elevating bodies 6A, 6B and the guide plate 14 at the bicycle delivery position. When the transfer device 7A, 7B holds the front wheel of the bicycle and pulls the bicycle from the bicycle delivery position onto the lifting body 6A, 6B at the time of warehousing, the bicycle moves from the guide plate 14A, 14B at the bicycle delivery position to the lifting body 6A, Transfer to 6B guide plates 9A, 9B. At the time of delivery, the bicycle is transferred from the guide plates 9A and 9B of the lifting bodies 6A and 6B to the guide plates 14A and 14B at the bicycle delivery position, contrary to the time of entry.

According to the mechanical parking facility of the present invention configured as described above, bicycles are loaded and unloaded in the following manner.

First, in order to store one bicycle from the entrance / exit 2A, the following procedure is performed. A user sets a bicycle on the guide plate 14A of the entrance / exit 2A and presses the entry button. When the warehousing button is pressed, the IC reader automatically and instantly reads the IC tag previously attached to the bicycle, and the warehousing operation is started. That is, the loading / unloading port 2A is opened, and thereafter, the transfer device 7A moves forward and clamps the front wheel of the bicycle. Next, the bicycle is drawn onto the guide plate 9A of the lifting body 6A by the transfer device 7A.

Thus, when the bicycle is put on the lifting body 6A, the entrance / exit 2A is closed. Thereafter, the bicycle descends while rotating to the position of the predetermined storage unit 3 along the guide rail 5A together with the elevating body 6A. After descending, the bicycle is automatically stored in the predetermined storage unit 3 from the rear wheel side by the transfer device 7A.

Note that the bicycle exit operation is automatically performed by the reverse operation of the entry.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, in order to receive two bicycles A and B from the entrance / exit 2A and 2B at the same time, the following is performed. The user sets the bicycle A on the guide plate 14A of the entrance / exit 2A and presses the entry button. When the warehousing button is pressed, the IC reader automatically and instantly reads the IC tag previously attached to the bicycle A, and the warehousing operation is started. That is, the loading / unloading port 2A is opened, and thereafter, the transfer device 7A moves forward and clamps the front wheel of the bicycle A. Next, the bicycle A is drawn onto the guide plate 9A of the elevating body 6A by the transfer device 7A.

By the end of this operation, when another user sets the bicycle B on the guide plate 14B of the entrance / exit 2B and presses the entry button, the transfer device is the same as in the case of the bicycle A from the entrance / exit 2A. The bicycle B is drawn onto the guide plate 9B of the lifting body 6B by 7B.

When the operation of drawing the bicycle B onto the guide plate 9B of the elevating body 6B is completed, the elevating body 6A and the elevating body 6B rotate individually together with the guide rails 5A, 5B to individually reach the predetermined height of the storage unit 3 respectively. Descends along the guide rails 5A and 5B. At this time, positioning in the turning direction is performed with priority given to one of the lifting bodies. When priority is given to the lifting body A, the bicycle A of the prioritized lifting body A is stored in the predetermined storage unit 3 by the transfer device 7A, and then the lifting body is again directed toward the predetermined storage unit 3 of the bicycle B. 6A and the lifting / lowering body 6B turn together with the guide rails 5A and 5B without changing at least the position of the lifting / lowering body 6B in the height direction, and store the bicycle B in the predetermined storage portion 3 by the transfer device 7B. As a priority method of the lifting body, there is a method of giving priority to a lifting body with a small descending distance in the height direction, a method of giving priority to a lifting body with a small turning angle, or a method of giving priority to a lifting body that has received a warehousing instruction first. However, other methods can be set.

In addition, when the predetermined storage portions 3 of the bicycle A and the bicycle B are on the diagonal, the positioning in the turning direction can be performed once, so that the storage can be performed in a shorter time. Further, when the height position is the same, the bicycle A And bicycle B can be simultaneously stored in the respective predetermined storage units 3.

Further, at the time of warehousing, for example, when there is an empty space in the storage unit 3 in the direction directly below the loading / unloading port 2A and can be stored in the storage unit 3 without turning the elevating body 6A, after the bicycle A has been retracted Even if it exists, until the elevator 6A is lowered as it is and the bicycle A is stored in the storage unit 3 in the direction directly below the loading / unloading port 2A, the loading instruction of the bicycle B from the loading / unloading port 2B is accepted. This operation is the same when there is an empty space in the storage unit 3 in the direction directly below the entrance / exit 2B.

The unloading operation is performed by the reverse operation of the above-described loading operation, and the bicycles A and B stored in the storage unit 3 are discharged to the loading / unloading ports 2A and 2B, respectively. In other words, if the exit command is applied to the bicycle A and the exit command is applied to the bicycle B before the pull-in of the bicycle A to the lift 6A is completed, the pull-out of the bicycle B to the lift 6B is completed. The lifts 6A and 6B of the platform enter into the unloading operation at the same time, and the bicycles A and B are pushed out onto the guide rails 14A and 14B of the respective loading / unloading ports 2A and 2B.

In addition, when the entry and exit of two bicycles A and B overlap, that is, when the exit button of the other bicycle is pressed while one bicycle is entering, the other bicycle is exiting. In addition, when the storage button of the other bicycle is pressed, the two lifting bodies 6A and 6B can be operated at the same time so that the bicycle can be efficiently stored and taken out.

The above is a case where the two parking machine mechanisms 4A, 4B are arranged in parallel with the lifting bodies 6A, 6B. As shown in FIG. 5, one parking machine mechanism 4A and the other parking machine mechanism 4A, 6B are arranged. The guide rail 5 of the wheel machine mechanism 4B is shared, the guide rail 5 is provided along the axis of the hangar 1, and one parking machine mechanism 4A and the other parking machine mechanism 4B are transferred by the transfer devices 7A and 7B. Arranged in a row so that the transfer direction of the bicycle is along the radial direction of the hangar 1 and the front wheels of the bicycle transferred to the lifting bodies 6A, 6B by the transfer devices 7A, 7B are opposed to each other. Also good.

In this case, the storage unit 3 is arranged radially around the axis of the hangar 1.

The operation when entering and leaving the bicycle is the same as in the case of FIG. 2 described above.

In addition, in this invention, as shown in FIG.2 and FIG.5, since the entrance / exit 2A, 2B is distribute | arranged diagonally, since the movement of the user from the other side can be seen, it is safe also in this point .

According to the present invention, since bicycles can be efficiently stored / extracted, the number of storage units per hangar can be increased without reducing the storage / processing time of bicycles. The hangar also has the effect of being able to construct a high-capacity mechanical bicycle parking facility.

The operation has been described with the lifting body 6A corresponding to the loading / unloading port 2A and the lifting body 6B corresponding to the loading / unloading port 2B. However, the lifting body 6A corresponds to the loading / unloading port 2B and the lifting body 6B corresponds to the loading / unloading port 2A. There is no problem.

1: Hangar 2A, 2B: Entrance / exit port 3: Storage section 4A, 4B: Bicycle parking mechanism 5, 5A, 5B: Guide rail 6A, 6B: Lifting body 7A, 7B: Transfer device 8: Driver 9A, 9B : Guide plate 10A, 10B: Clamp plate 11A, 11B: Clamp plate drive mechanism 12: Pulley 13: Endless belt 14A, 14B: Guide plate 21: Storage box 22: Entrance / exit port 23: Storage unit 24: Parking mechanism 25: Guide rail 26: Lifting body 27: Transfer device 28: Drive device 29: Guide plate 30: Clamp plate 31: Clamp plate drive mechanism 32: Pulley 33: Endless belt 34: Guide plate 34a: Rear wheel drop hole 35: Address plate

Claims (3)

Cylindrical hangar, loading / unloading port for loading / unloading bicycle, storage unit provided radially in upper and lower stages in the hangar, and bicycle parking for transporting bicycle between the loading / unloading port and the storage unit A mechanical mechanism, and the bicycle parking mechanism is vertically provided in the hangar, and is capable of rotating around the axis of the hangar; a lifting body that can be lifted and lowered along the guide rail; In the mechanical bicycle parking equipment provided with a transfer device provided in the lifting body,
A mechanical bicycle parking facility, wherein a plurality of the entrance / exit ports and the bicycle parking machine mechanism are provided. Two parking machine mechanisms are provided, and one parking machine mechanism and the other parking machine mechanism are arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of the hangar, and the one parking machine mechanism And the bicycle transfer direction by the transfer device of the other bicycle parking machine mechanism is arranged so as to be parallel to each other with an interval, and further, the front wheel of the bicycle transferred to the lift by the transfer device is The mechanical bicycle parking facility according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical bicycle parking facility is arranged to face each other. Two parking machine mechanisms are provided, the guide rails of one parking machine mechanism and the other parking machine mechanism are common, and the guide rails are provided along the axis of the hangar, One bicycle parking machine mechanism and the other bicycle parking machine mechanism are arranged in a row so that the transfer direction of the bicycle by the transfer device is along the radial direction of the hangar, and the transfer device The mechanical bicycle parking facility according to claim 1, wherein the front wheels of the bicycle transferred to the lifting body are arranged so as to face each other.

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