JPH0718896A - Upright bicycle parking device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide an upright bicycle parking apparatus which has improved space utilization efficiency, simplified structure, and is easy to handle. [Structure] A support pillar 2 is provided with a carrier 3 which is vertically movable, and a front wheel 7 of a bicycle 7 is fitted onto a suspension arm 4 projecting forward of the support pillar 2 from the carrier 3, and a tread surface 8 of the front wheel 7 is moved back and forth. The side faces 11 and 12 of the front wheel 7 are brought into contact with the pair of lower support short side parts 9 and 10, and the left and right side support long side parts 1
The carrier 3 is brought into contact with the carrier 3, and the carrier 3 is driven by the driving means 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an upright bicycle parking apparatus capable of mooring a bicycle efficiently in space.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional flat-type bicycle parking apparatus, bicycles carried into a bicycle parking lot are in a horizontally long upright state in which both front and rear wheels are in contact with the floor or road surface, that is, in a normal running state. It is locked to the holder.

However, in the bicycle-parking system in which the bicycles are moored in a horizontally long upright state in which the front wheels and the rear wheels are aligned in the horizontal direction, the depth of the bicycle parking space must be deep and the bicycles parked. The space above is left unused and the utilization efficiency of the space is not good.

The upright type bicycle parking device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-64388 discloses a vertical bicycle with a pair of left and right suspension arms vertically moving along a support column fixed to a foundation surface. Since a bicycle is rotatably supported by the bicycle, the bicycle is suspended in an upright state along a supporting column, so that space utilization efficiency is improved.

However, the respective pivotal support members are formed in a semi-circular shape and provided in a pair of inner and outer parts, and the inner pivotal support members are engaged with the front wheel axle portion from the lower surface side, while being screwed onto the outer end portion of the front wheel axle portion. Engage the outer pivots from the bottom side with the nuts and insert the tip of the front wheel mounting frame between the inner pivots and the outer pivots. Since the inner pivot body is inserted between and, the structure is complicated and the handling operation in use is relatively complicated.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an upright bicycle parking apparatus which has improved space utilization efficiency, a simplified structure, and easy handling operation.

[0007]

The upright bicycle parking apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the reference numerals in the accompanying drawings.
The support pillar 2 fixed to the foundation surface 1, the carrier 3 mounted on the support pillar 2 so as to be vertically movable, and provided on the carrier 3.
It comprises a suspension arm 4 projecting forward of the support column 2 and a drive means 5 for driving the carrier 3.

The suspending arm 4 includes a pair of front and rear lower supporting short side portions 9 and 10 against which a tread 8 of a front wheel 7 of the bicycle 6 abuts.
The pair of left and right lateral support long side portions 13 and 14 with which the side surfaces 11 and 12 of the front wheel 7 contact each other form an elongated ring shape.

[0009]

[Operation] As shown in FIG. 1, the user operates the front wheel 7 of the bicycle 6.
When the lower arm is fitted to the suspension arm 4, the pair of left and right lateral support long side portions 13 and 14 contact the left and right side surfaces 11 and 12 of the front wheel 7, while the pair of front and rear lower support short side portions 9 and 10 step on the front wheel 7. Abut the surface 8. In this state, the driving means 5 drives the carrier 3 to move the suspension arm 4 upward.
The front wheel 7 of the bicycle 6 is pulled up from the foundation surface 1 in the process of raising the suspension arm 4, and the bicycle 6 rotates in a vertical plane around the axle 15 of the front wheel 7 supported by the suspension arm 4.

At the stage when the suspension arm 4 is raised to the required height, as shown in FIG. 2, the front wheel 7 and the rear wheel 160.
Are attracted to the front side surface of the support column 2. At this stage, the operation of the drive means 5 is stopped, the suspension arm 4 is fixed in the raised position, and the bicycle 6 has the front wheels arranged above and the rear wheels 1
Placed with 6 placed below.

[0011]

In the illustrated embodiment, the foundation surface 1 is composed of a floor surface or a road surface of a bicycle parking lot or a base plate or the like installed on the floor surface or the road surface, and the support pillar 2 is appropriately buried, welded, bolted or the like. It is fixed to the base surface 1 in an upright state by means. Support pillar 2
Is made of a grooved steel material, and a roller 19 is attached to a bearing plate 17 fixed to the upper portion by a horizontal pivot 18. The rear end of the suspension arm 4 is fixed to the front end protrusion 25 of the carrier 3 whose main body is housed in the support column 2.

A guide 26 made of a channel material is connected to the front end of the suspension arm 4 by a horizontal pivot 27, and a stopper 28 fixed to the carrier 3 abuts on the base surface 1 to suspend the suspension arm 4. When the is at the most lowered standby position, the lower end of the guide 26 contacts the foundation surface 1. The front wheel 7 is guided by the guide 26, and the suspension arm 4
Is put down by. The suspension arm 4 is arranged so as to be lowered forward so that the front wheel 7 can be fitted and removed more easily.

In this embodiment, the driving means 5 for the carrier 3 is used.
Has one end fixed to the front end of the carrier 3 and the roller 1
It is composed of a rope 23 wound around 9, a winding roller 22 that winds the other end of the rope 23, and an operation handle 24 that is provided in conjunction with a rotation shaft 21 of the winding roller 22. The bearing plate 20 of the take-up roller 22 is the support column 2
It is fixed to the bottom side of the.

The carrier 3 is vertically moved to a desired position along the support column 2 by rotating the operation handle 24 in the forward and reverse directions to increase or decrease the winding length of the rope 23 around the winding roller 22. After performing the required amount of winding or rewinding, the operation handle 24 is prevented from rotating by an appropriate stopping means such as a ratchet pawl.

The shape and structure of the support column 2, the carrier 3, the suspension arm 4 and the structure of the driving means 5 are not limited to those shown in the drawing, but the suspension arm 4 can be extended and contracted in the longitudinal direction. Alternatively, the driving means 5 may be a chain drive, electric or pneumatic without hydraulic pressure may be used instead of manual operation, and a boosting mechanism such as a gear mechanism or a link mechanism may be added. Further, a roller or the like may be inserted between the carrier 3 and the support column 2 to make the carrier 3 move smoothly.

[0016]

As described above, in the upright type bicycle parking apparatus of the present invention, the carrier 3 is mounted on the support column 2 fixed to the foundation surface 1 so as to be vertically movable, and the hanging arm 4 provided on the carrier 3 is provided. It is the one that protrudes to the front of the support column 2 and that has the suspension arm 4
When the front wheel 7 of the bicycle 6 is fitted onto the vehicle and the carrier 3 is moved upward by the drive means 5, the bicycle 6 rotated in the vertical plane is moored in a vertically long upright state, and the depth of the bicycle parking space is halved. The upper space will be effectively used.

In the upright bicycle parking apparatus of the present invention, the pair of left and right lateral supporting long side portions 13 and 14 of the suspension arm 4 formed in the elongated ring shape has the left and right side surfaces 11 and 12 of the front wheel 7.
On the other hand, since the pair of front and rear lower supporting short side portions 9 and 10 abut on the tread 8 of the front wheel 7, the bicycle 6 can be stably and safely moored and held.

Furthermore, since the shape of the suspension arm 4 is extremely simplified, not only the manufacturing process is simple and inexpensive, but also the bicycle 6 for the suspension arm 4 is manufactured.
The front wheel 7 can also be attached by a very simple operation, and the handling operation is excellent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a left side view of an upright type bicycle parking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a front wheel of a bicycle is fitted onto a lifting arm.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the upright bicycle parking apparatus, showing a state in which the suspension arm is lifted and the bicycle is moored upright.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upright bicycle parking apparatus with the bicycle removed.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3, in which a front wheel is fitted to the suspension arm.

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Foundation Surface 2 Support Pillar 3 Carrier 4 Suspending Arm 5 Driving Means 6 Bicycle 7 Bicycle Front Wheel 8 Front Wheel Treading Surface 9 Suspending Arm Lower Support Short Side Part 10 Suspending Arm Lower Support Short Side Part 11 Front Wheel Left Side 12 Right side of the front wheel 13 Lateral support long side of the suspension arm 14 Lateral support long side of the suspension arm 15 Front wheel axle 16 Bicycle rear wheel 17 Bearing plate 18 Horizontal axis 19 Roller 20 Bearing plate 21 Rotating shaft 22 Winding Roller 23 Rope 24 Operation handle 25 Carrier front end protrusion 26 Guide 27 Horizontal pivot 28 Stopper

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A support pillar 2 fixed to a foundation surface 1, a carrier 3 vertically movable on the support pillar 2, and a suspension arm 4 provided on the carrier 3 and protruding in front of the support pillar 2. And a drive means 5 for driving the carrier 3, and a pair of front and rear lower support short side portions 9 and 10 on which the tread surface 8 of the front wheel 7 of the bicycle 6 contacts the suspension arm 4, and the side surface 1 of the front wheel 7.
A pair of left and right lateral support long side parts 13, 1 with which the 1, 1 12 abut
An upright bicycle parking device constructed in the shape of an elongated ring by 4 and.