JPS63588B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a garage used for a bicycle storage device, and an object of the present invention is to provide a garage that has a simple structure and is highly efficient in storing bicycles.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 2 denotes a parking lot main body, and a large number of entrance/exit gates 4 are formed in front of the main body of the parking lot, each of which is provided with a magnetic card insertion slot. A handle guide 6 is provided above each of the entrance/exit gates 4. As shown in FIG. 5, the handle guide 6 is formed with a pair of vertical side walls 6a, 6b and roller support planes 6c, 6d. 8 in Figures 9 and 13,
Reference numerals 10, 12, and 14 are pillars erected on the main body, to which an elevating body 16 is attached via rollers 18 so as to be movable up and down. One end of a wire rope 24 is connected to the brackets 20 and 22 fixed to the elevating body 16, and the other end of the wire rope 24 is connected to the output shaft of a motor 26 fixed to the upper part of the main body 2, as shown in FIG. The rope 24 is wound around a rope pulley fixed to the rope 24, and a weight 28 is connected to the other end of the rope 24. 30 is a horizontal rail which is one of the components of the elevating body 16, and a roller support plane 30 is attached to this.
a, 30b and stopper surfaces 30c, 30d are formed. Sprocket wheels 32 and 34 are rotatably supported at both ends of the horizontal rail 30, respectively. Reference numeral 36 denotes a motor fixed to a substantially intermediate portion of the horizontal rail 30 via a bracket, and an endless chain is connected between a sprocket wheel 38 fixed to the output shaft of this motor and the sprocket wheels 32 and 34. 40 is crossed. A large number of substantially triangular engaging pieces 42 are attached to both sides of the chain 40, and a pair of the engaging pieces 42 fit into the recessed portion 44.
is formed. The elevating body 16 is connected to the gate 4
It is arranged for each.

Next, the configuration of the garage 48 for storing the bicycles 46 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The garage 48 has a space for storing the bicycle 46,
The bicycle guide rail 50 is the main component. One end of the rail 50 is rotatably supported by a shaft 52 on the support 14 in a plane perpendicular to the floor surface, and a screw jack 54 is supported at the other end of the rail 50.
The lower ends of the screws 56 are rotatably connected. The bicycle guide rail 50 includes a vertical wall 50a,
50b, roller support planes 50c, 50d, and guide end surfaces 50e, 50f (see FIG. 14).
58 and 60 are guide plates erected on the main body 2;
The outer wall surfaces of the vertical walls 50a, 50b are slidably abutted on this. Above the guide rail 50, a plurality of bicycle guide rails 50' are arranged at predetermined intervals and have a structure similar to that described above.
4. It is installed between the screws 56. The main body of the screw jack 54 is fixed to the main body 2. 62 is a shaft rotatably supported on the top wall of the main body 2, and belt pulleys 64, 66 are attached to this shaft.
is fixed, the pulley 64 is connected by a belt to a pulley fixed to the output shaft of a motor 68 fixed to the top wall of the main body 2, and the pulley 66 is connected to a pulley 70 fixed to the input shaft of the screw jack 54. Connected by a belt. The screw jack 54 is configured such that when the input shaft rotates, a worm gear inside the jack main body rotates, and the screw 56 moves up and down. The inclination conversion mechanism consisting of a screw jack 54 and a screw 56 shown in FIG. 14 is also provided on other bicycle guide rails provided in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction for each entrance/exit gate 4. Reference numeral 74 designates a handle post of the bicycle 46, on which a cylindrical body 76 is installed, and rollers 78, 80 are provided at both ends of the cylindrical body 76.
is rotatably supported. rollers 78, 80
Position regulation plates 82 and 84 are formed inside the. FIG. 18 is an explanatory block diagram of the present device, and 90 in the figure is a control device, which is constituted by a computer. 92 is a magnetic card reader;
A detector 94 is provided on the handle guide 6. A detector 96 is provided on the horizontal rail 30. 98 is a detector, and the pillar 14
It is located in Reference numeral 100 denotes a stopper device, which is composed of a pair of solenoids.As shown in FIG. 16, the solenoids 102 and 104 are disposed near the left end of the bicycle guide rail 50 in FIG. 2, and the stoppers 106 and 108 protrudes from the inner wall surface of the guide rail 50.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, a case where the bicycle 46 is stored in a garage will be described.

The user inserts the magnetic card into the card slot provided in the gate 4, which is illuminated by a blue lamp. Next, the user moves the rollers 78 and 80 provided on the top of the bicycle 46 to the gate 4 with the blue lamp on.
into the handle guide 6 of the roller 78,
80 is placed on the support planes 6c, 6d of the guide 6. In addition, in the warehousing preparation state, the horizontal rail 30 waits at a lowered predetermined position, and one end of the horizontal rail 30 closely opposes one end of the guide 6, and each support plane 6
c, 6d and 30a, 30b are set to the same level. In addition, the guide rail 50 is shown in FIG.
It is set to slope down to the right. Said guide 6
When the rollers 78 and 80 are pushed in, the detector 94 is activated and the motor 36 is driven in the forward rotation direction. Driven by the motor 36, the chain 40 rotates between the sprocket wheels 32 and 34 in the counterclockwise direction of rotation of the hour hand in FIG. In this state, when the user pushes the bicycle further into the guide 6, as shown in FIG.
It engages with the recessed portion 44 . With this, bicycle 4
6 moves to the right of the horizontal rail 30 in FIG. 2 in conjunction with the chain 40. After pushing the bicycle 46 in the direction of the horizontal rail 30, the user takes out the magnetic card and completes the warehousing operation. When the bicycle 46 moves to a predetermined position in the center of the horizontal rail 30 by movement of the chain 40, a detector 96 provided on the horizontal rail 30 is activated and the drive of the motor 36 is stopped.

Next, the bicycle guide rail 50 that accommodates the bicycle 46 is selected by the control device 90 (computer), and a selection command is sent to the motor 26.
Now, a case will be described in which the guide rail 50 on the first floor is selected. In this case, a drive signal is sent to the motor 26, the output shaft of the motor 26 rotates, and the elevating body 16 ascends along the columns 8, 10, 12, and 14. At this time, the bicycle 46 rises from the floor and is suspended from the horizontal rail 30. When the support planes 30a and 30b of the horizontal rail 30 coincide with the support planes 50c and 50d of the guide rail 50 on the first floor as shown in FIG.
6 stops. Next, the motor 36 is driven by a command from the computer 90, the chain 40 is moved, and the bicycle 46 is moved along the horizontal rail 30 in the right direction in FIG. The cylindrical body 76 is sent toward the right end of the horizontal rail 30 in FIG.
The engagement with the engagement piece 42 is released. roller 78,
80 is the support plane 50c, 50d of the guide rail
When the bicycle 46 moves to the right side of the guide rail 50, the bicycle 46 moves to the right side of the guide rail 50 in the right direction in FIG. The rollers 78 and 80 move along the guide rail 50 until they are stopped by the stopper 112 (see FIG. 4). Next, the guide rail 5 is
The bicycle 46 that has shifted to the guide rail 5
The vehicle collides with the rear of a bicycle 46 that is already suspended from the bicycle 46 and stops. In this way, the bicycles 46 are suspended one after another on the guide rail 50 on the first floor, and when the guide rail 50 is full, the guide rail 50
The stoppers 106 and 108 of the stopper device 100 located near the left end in FIG. 2 of FIG. 0 protrude. Bicycle 46 on guide rail 50' on the second floor and above
The same operation as above is also used when storing the item in a hanging manner. When the guide rails 50, 50' on all floors are filled, the motor 68 is driven by a command from the computer 90, and the screw 56 is raised by a predetermined amount. As a result, the guide rails 50, 5
0' rotates around the support shafts 52, 52', and the rails 50, 50' are inclined downward to the left in FIG. The guide rails 50, 50' are now ready for exit.
This is indicated by the departure OK lamp installed at the gate 4 corresponding to 0'.

Next, a case where the user takes out the bicycle from the garage will be explained.

First, the user goes to Gate 4, where the exit OK light is on, and inserts the magnetic card into the card slot. The card signal is sent to the computer 90 by the reader 92, and according to the command of the computer 90, the card signal is sent to the guide rail 5 on the top floor of the gate 4.
The stopper device 10 provided on the left side of 0'
0's stoppers 106 and 108 momentarily retract, and the bicycle 4 on the left end of the top floor guide rail 50' is
6 is released from the left direction lock, and the bicycle on the right side is locked at the left end of the guide rail 50'. The bicycle that has been unlocked above is on rail 5.
Due to the inclination of 0', it moves by itself to the left of the rail 50'. The motor 2 is controlled by the command of the computer 90.
6 is driven, the horizontal rail 30 waits at a position connected to the rail 50' on the top floor, and the motor 36 starts to drive in reverse rotation. The cylindrical body 76 of the bicycle 46 which has been released from the locked state is wound up by the engagement piece 42 and held in the recessed part 44, and the chain 4
0 moves to the center of the horizontal rail 30. When the bicycle 46 moves to the center of the horizontal rail 30, the detector 96 is activated and the drive of the motor 36 is stopped. Next, the motor 26 is driven by a command from the computer 90, the wire rope 24 is moved, and the elevating body 16 descends along the supports 8, 10, 12, and 14 while suspending the bicycle 46. When the bicycle 46 is placed on the floor, the detector 98 is activated, and based on this, the driving of the motor 26 is stopped and the downward movement of the horizontal rail 30 is stopped.
Next, the motor 36 is driven by a command from the computer 90, and the chain 40 is connected to the sprocket wheels 32, 34.
2 in the direction of rotation of the hour hand on the top of Figure 2, and the bicycle 4
6 is pushed out of gate 4. bicycle 46
When the cylindrical body 76 is released from the holding state of the recessed part 44, a detector (not shown) is activated, and based on this, the driving of the motor 36 is stopped. Next, the user pulls out the bicycle 46 from the gate 4 and removes the magnetic card from the insertion slot. In this way, the bicycles on the upper floors are taken out one after another, and the operations of the necessary devices are controlled by the computer.

The configuration in which the bicycle is suspended on the horizontal rail 30 or the guide rail 50 so that the bicycle can travel freely is not limited to that shown in the above embodiment. As shown in FIG. 17, a roller support plane 120a is formed on the rail 120, and a bicycle handle post 7 is formed on the support plane.
4 may be placed. In this case, the action of the cylindrical body that engages with the chain may be caused by the rollers 124, 126 themselves, or the chain may be provided with a chuck device such as an electromagnet, and the handle post 122 may be gripped by the chuck device. It may be configured as follows.

Furthermore, as is clear from the above explanation, the motor 6
8 and the screw jack 54 constitute an inclination conversion mechanism that converts the inclination of the bicycle guide rail, and the motor 36, the horizontal rail 30, the chain 40, and the engagement piece 4
2 and the cylindrical body 76 and rollers 78 and 80 on the bicycle side.
constitutes a bicycle gripping and feeding mechanism, and the motor 26, wire rope 24, and elevating body 16 constitute a bicycle elevating mechanism.

As described above, the present invention is configured so that the bicycle in the garage is moved by self-propulsion due to its own weight, so a passage for workers is provided in the garage as in the case where the bicycle is moved manually. There is no need to provide one, the space for the passage can be omitted, the parking efficiency per unit area can be increased, and the power cost can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show preferred embodiments of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an overall external view, Fig. 2 is a side view, Fig. 3 is a front view of the garage, Fig. 4 is a side view, and Fig. 5: 6 is a front view of the inclination conversion mechanism, FIG. 7 is a side view of the elevating mechanism, FIG. 8 is a side view of the bicycle gripping and feeding mechanism, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of the same. Figure 10 is the same, a partial side view, Figure 11 is the same, a partial front view, Figure 12 is the same, a partial side view, Figure 13 is the same, a partial side view,
A side view, Figure 14 is a front view of the tilt conversion mechanism, and Figure 1 is a front view of the tilt conversion mechanism.
Fig. 5 is a partial side view of the same, Fig. 16 is a front view of the stopper device, Fig. 17 is a front view showing another embodiment of the bicycle handle post suspension mechanism, and Fig. 18 is an electrical diagram of the device. FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram. 2...Parking lot body, 4...Gate, 6...Handle guide, 6c, 6d...Support plane, 16...
Lifting body, 26...Motor, 30...Horizontal rail, 3
0a, 30b...roller support plane, 36...motor, 40...chain, 42...engaging piece, 44...
Recessed part, 46... Bicycle, 48... Garage, 50...
...Bicycle guide rail, 54...Screw you jack, 56...Screw you, 50c, 50d...
Roller support plane, 64, 66...Pulley, 68...
...Motor, 70...Pulley, 74...Handle post, 76...Cylindrical body, 78, 80...Roller,
90...control device, 94,96,98...detector, 100...stopper device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Bicycle guide rails 50, 5 made of linear long members extending in a direction substantially horizontal to the floor surface
0' are arranged in the vertical direction, each of the bicycle guide rails 50, 50' is supported so as to be tiltable within a predetermined angle with respect to the floor surface, and the bicycle guide rails 50, 50' are supported over the entire longitudinal length of the bicycle guide rails 50, 50'. Then, roller support planes 50c and 50d are formed to support the rollers 78 and 80 attached to the upper part of the bicycle so that they can run freely, and the rollers 78 and 80 are placed on the roller support planes 50c and 50d to bring the bicycle into a floating state. A slope converting mechanism is provided on the bicycle guide rails 50, 50' so as to be movably suspended on the bicycle guide rails 50, 50', and for setting the slope of the bicycle guide rails 50, 50' to a desired slope between downward and upward slopes. A garage for use in a bicycle storage device, characterized in that the drive device for the tilt conversion mechanism is connected to a control device 90.