JPH08338150A - Mechanical parking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve efficiency by constituting a mechanical type parking device out of storing shelves, a running carriage provided with an elevatable pallet transferring device, a berth for goining in/out of a shed additionally provided to the storing shelves, and a pallet storing deviance provided under the berth. CONSTITUTION: An automobile 13 is put on a pallet in a berth 14, under the condition in which a plurality of pallets 12 are stored in a pallet storing device 15 and a part of storing shelves 11. Next, the loaded pallet 12a is transferred to a running carriage 5, it is run to the target shelf 11 and stored therein. Next, meanwhile, the device 15 puts one pallet 12 on a pallet receiving device, cooperating with an elevator device 16, and the pallet is in stand-by state. In the case of no pallet 12 in the device 15, the pallets 12 in the shelves are transferred to the device 15 by the carriage 5. At delivery, the pallet 12a is received from the fixed shelf 1 with the carriage 5, carried to the berth 14, and delivered to the device 15 for goinig out of a shed. When a fixed number of pallets 12 are accumulated in the device 15, they are carried to the shelves by the carriage 5. Hereby complicated replacement of pallet is dissolved, and a time for going in/out of a shed can be shortened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanical parking apparatus, and more particularly to a mechanical parking apparatus using a traveling carriage and a pallet equipped with a pallet transfer device capable of moving up and down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 6 and 7 show a conventional elevator.
6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the elevator / sliding system parking device, and FIG. 7 is a plan view thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a parking device, and a building 50 thereof is constructed by partially arranging it underground and most of it erected on the ground. 33 is a cage hoistway provided in the building 50,
On both sides of the cage hoistway 33, storage shelves 11 and storage shelves 11a are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction at predetermined intervals. A cage hoisting device 34 is provided above the building 50. The cage 32 is the cage hoisting device 3
4 is suspended by a wire 24 wound around it so that it can be raised and lowered. A traveling rail 36 and a pallet transfer carriage 35 are arranged in the cage 32.
Travels on a traveling rail 36 laid on the cage 32, and between the storage entrance 21 and the intended storage shelf 1
1. The pallet 12 and the actual vehicle pallet 12a are transferred to and from the storage rack 11a. The pallet 12 has each storage shelf 11 and storage shelf 11 except for any one storage shelf 11.
It is placed in advance on a. And the remaining one
One pallet 12 is placed in the entry / exit port 21 for the incoming car. Reference numeral 46 is a door disposed between the loading / unloading port 21 and the cage hoistway 33.

In the elevator / sliding type parking apparatus described above, the cage 32 provided in the cage hoistway 33 is waiting in advance in front of the loading / unloading opening 21 when the vehicle is loaded. Then, the car 13 that has arrived is in the exit / entrance port 2
1 rides on the pallet 12 placed on the vehicle 1, and when the driver gets off the vehicle 13, the door 46 provided between the cage 32 and the loading / unloading port 21 opens, and the pallet 12
a is transferred to the pallet transfer carriage 35 on the cage 32. When the automobile 13 is transferred to the pallet transfer carriage 35, the cage hoisting device 34 is operated to move the cage 32 up and down to stop in front of the intended storage shelf 11, and the pallet transfer carriage 35 stores it in the storage shelf 11. To do. When storing in the storage shelf 11a, the cage 32 is moved up and down and temporarily stopped in front of the storage shelf 11 on the target floor. Next, the pallet transfer truck 35 is laid on the cage 32 and the traveling rail 36 is laid.
It travels up and moves to the target storage rack 11a, and the pallet transfer cart 35 stores the actual vehicle pallet 12a in the target storage rack 11a. Then, the cage 32 receives the pallets 12 from the predetermined storage shelves 11 and the storage shelves 11a, transports them to the loading / unloading port 21, transfers them, and waits, in preparation for the next vehicle 13 to be loaded.

On the other hand, when a request for leaving the vehicle 13 is made while waiting for the incoming vehicle 13,
The cage 32 is placed on the pallet 12 which is placed at the loading / unloading port 21.
Pallet 1 which was prepared and received
2 is once returned to the original storage shelf 11 and storage shelf 11a,
The vehicle 13 to be delivered is received from the storage shelves 11 and 11 a, transported to the storage / delivery port 21, and then delivered. When the warehousing is completed, the pallet 12 is placed on the warehousing / unloading port 21 as it is, and the pallet 12 stands by in preparation for the automobile 13 coming next.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned elevator / sliding type parking apparatus, a pallet is placed on each of the other storage shelves except one of the storage shelves, and the remaining one of the storage shelves. When an empty pallet is placed on the loading / unloading port when a pallet is placed on the loading / unloading port, if an outgoing request is issued, the empty pallet on the loading / unloading port is returned to the storage shelf, and then the shipping vehicle Is received from the storage shelf and conveyed to the entrance / exit. As described above, there is a problem in that the pallet cannot be smoothly replaced depending on the loading / unloading situation of the vehicle.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems. That is, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanical parking apparatus that enables smooth pallet replacement and shortens the time required for loading and unloading automobiles.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, between a plurality of storage shelves for storing automobiles and the storage shelves traveling along the front surface of the storage shelves. A traveling mobile trolley provided with a pallet transfer device capable of moving up and down for delivering an automobile, at least one vehicle loading / unloading berth provided at a predetermined location of the storage shelf, and a vehicle berth under the loading / unloading berth. And a pallet storage device for storing a plurality of automobile pallets.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a berth for loading and unloading and a pallet storage device for transporting automobiles disposed below the berth.
It is provided separately at predetermined positions on both sides of the traveling path of the traveling mobile vehicle, one of which is used to store the vehicle and the other is used to store the vehicle.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a pallet storage device for transporting automobiles is provided with a pallet elevating device for placing and elevating a plurality of pallets in a stacked state, and a pallet elevating device that can be retracted above the pallet elevating device. And a pallet receiving device for delivering the uppermost pallet on the pallet elevating device to the loading / unloading berth, and stacking and unpacking the pallets.

[0010]

According to the present invention, all of the pallets are divided into a plurality of pallet groups which are stacked and placed on several places of the pallet storage device and the storage shelves arranged below the storage berth. I'll do it. When warehousing, while the traveling mobile trolley is storing the actual vehicle pallets received from the berth for warehousing, the berth for warehousing uses a pallet storage device to store multiple pallet groups in preparation for the next warehousing. Unpack and supply pallets one by one to the receiving berth. When the pallet storage device runs out of pallets, the traveling mobile trolley receives a plurality of stacked pallets from a predetermined storage rack, conveys them to the pallet storage device, and places them on the pallet lifting device. On the other hand, when unloading, the traveling trolley transfers the actual vehicle pallet received from the predetermined storage rack to the berth for unloading, and an empty pallet is placed on the lower side of the berth for unloading each time the vehicle leaves the berth. Hand over to the storage device. In the pallet storage device, a plurality of pallets are stacked and stacked, and when a predetermined number of pallets are stacked, they are transported by a traveling mobile trolley and stored in a predetermined storage rack so that they can be prepared for the next car delivery. Therefore, when loading and unloading, it is not necessary to transfer pallets between the loading and unloading berth and each storage shelf each time, and multiple pallets are piled up as a unit. It can be carried out smoothly, and therefore, the entry and exit time of the vehicle can be shortened.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the same reference numerals are used for the members common to the conventional ones, and the description thereof will be omitted. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a pallet storage device. And FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the traveling mobile vehicle.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a parking device constructed underground, and the parking device 1 is provided with a carriage running path 3. A traveling rail 4 is laid on the carriage traveling path 3, on which a traveling traveling carriage 5 is driven by a traveling drive device 7 to drive traveling wheels 6 to travel. This traveling mobile vehicle 5 has
An elevating device 8 having a pallet transfer device 9 for transferring a pallet by rotating the arm 9a is arranged to be vertically movable by a chain 20 wound around a hoisting device 10.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a storage rack for storing the automobile 13, and the storage shelves 11 are arranged on both sides of the carriage traveling path 3 in multiple stages in the vertical direction at predetermined intervals. Reference numeral 14 is a receiving side berth provided at the vehicle entrance 22 and 14a is a leaving side berth provided at the vehicle exit 23. Below the berth 14 and the berth 14a, a pallet storage device 15 having an upper and lower pallet receiving device 17 having a pallet receiving roller 17a at its tip and a pallet elevating device 16 is disposed. This pallet storage device 15 includes a plurality of pallets 1
It is possible to stack the two pallets, or to separate the pallets 12 that are stacked and stored one by one, so-called pallet stacking and stacking. 18 is a door arranged at the entrance 22 and 19 is a berth 14, 1.
It is a door arranged between 4a and the traveling mobile carriage 5. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the berths 14 and 14a are
However, similar to the storage rack 11, they are arranged on both sides of the truck running path 3, one for storing and the other for discharging, but one berth can also serve as storage. Further, if the number of pallets 12 to be stacked is about 5, which is equivalent to the weight of one automobile, it is not necessary to make the storage rack 11 for storing the pallets 12 particularly strong.

Next, the operation based on the embodiment will be described. First, in the situation where no automobile 13 is stored in the parking device 1, a plurality of pallets 12 are stored in the pallet storage device 15 and some places of the storage shelf 11 so that a plurality of pallets 12 are stored. For example, a car 6 having 40 parking devices 1
In the case of storing the pallets, 5 pallets 12 are stored on the pallet storage device 15, and the other 35 pallets 12 are stacked 5 sheets each and placed on 7 storage shelves 11. store. When the vehicle 6 to be parked arrives, the door 18 (which is normally open while the parking device is in use) provided at the entrance 22 of the parking device 1 is opened to stand by in the berth 14 in advance. Pallet 1
Car 13 is placed on top of 2, and the driver gets out of car 13. After confirming that the driver has left the car 13,
The door 19 provided between the berth 14 and the traveling mobile trolley 5 is opened, and the traveling mobile trolley 5 waiting on the side of the berth 14
Then, the arm 9a of the pallet transfer device 9 is rotated to transfer the actual vehicle pallet 12a. Then, it travels on the traveling rail 4 and stops in front of the intended storage rack 11, and the arm 9a of the pallet transfer device 9 is rotated to transfer the actual vehicle pallet 12a and store it in the storage rack 11.

On the other hand, in the pallet storage device 15, while the traveling mobile trolley 5 is traveling to store the automobile 13 in the intended storage rack 11, the pallet storage device 15 is used for the next incoming automobile 6. The pallet raising / lowering device 16 and the pallet receiving device 17 arranged on the pallet 15 are operated to raise a plurality of stacked pallets 12 and one pallet 12 is placed on the pallet receiving device 17 to stand by.

A plurality of stacked pallets 12
To take out only one pallet 12 from the
The protruding pallet receiving device 17 is retracted to a position where the pallet 12 can pass, and the pallet lifting device 1
Raise 6 When the uppermost pallet 12 slightly passes the position of the pallet receiving device 17, the elevation of the pallet elevating device 16 is stopped and the pallet receiving device 17 is projected. Subsequently, the pallet elevating device 16 is slightly lowered to deposit only one pallet 12 in the pallet receiving device 17, and the pallet elevating device 16 is further lowered to be separated from the other pallets 12 and taken out. Also, the pallet storage device 1
When the pallet 12 is lost in the pallet 5, a plurality of pallets 12 which are stacked and stored in advance at a predetermined location of the storage rack 11 are transferred to the traveling mobile trolley 5 by the pallet transfer device 9, and the pallet storage device 15 Pallet lifting device 16 that is transported to
Place on top. Then, it stands by for the next incoming car 6.

Next, when the automobile 13 is to be unloaded from the storage rack 11 of the parking device 1, the traveling carriage 5 is stopped in front of the storage rack 11 in which the automobile 13 to be unloaded is stored, and the pallet is moved. Real vehicle pallet 12 by mounting device 9
receive a. Continue to convey to the front of berth 14,
The pallet transfer device 9 transfers the actual vehicle pallet 12a to the upper pallet receiving device 17 which is freely retractable and arranged in the pallet storage device 15 below the berth 14a, and the automobile 13 is unloaded.

The pallet 12 after being unloaded is one pallet 1 out of the plurality of stacked pallets 12 described above.
Contrary to the case where only 2 is taken out, first, the pallet raising / lowering device 16 of the pallet storage device 15 is raised slightly above the position of the upper pallet receiving device 17 to receive the pallet 12 from the upper pallet receiving device 17. Next, the protruding upper pallet receiving device 17 is retracted to a position where the pallet 12 can pass, and the pallet elevating device 16 is lowered. When the five cars 13 are unloaded, the pallet storage device 15 stacks five pallets 12 by repeating these unloading operations. Therefore, five pallets 12 stacked are transported by the traveling mobile carriage 5 and stored in a predetermined storage rack 11.

As described above, while the traveling mobile trolley 5 is traveling to store the automobile 13 or perform the unloading work, the berth 14 for unloading and the berth 14a for unloading are for the next vehicle to be loaded and unloaded. Since the pallet 12 is put on standby on the upper pallet receiving device 17 or is placed on the pallet elevating device 16 and is lowered, the loading and unloading of the automobile can be smoothly performed.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the traveling movement is provided with a large number of storage shelves for storing automobiles and a pallet transfer device capable of moving up and down between the storage shelves. Since it has a trolley, an automobile loading / unloading berth, and a pallet storage device that is arranged below the loading / unloading berth and stores a plurality of automobile pallets, it is possible to replace complicated pallets. Lost. Therefore, since the pallets can be replaced smoothly, the warehousing time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a pallet storage device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a traveling mobile vehicle.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional elevator slide-type parking device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parking device 2 Floor 3 Truck traveling path 4 Traveling rail 5 Traveling traveling vehicle 6 Traveling wheel 7 Traveling drive device 8 Lifting device 9 Pallet transfer device 9a Arm 10 Hoisting device 11 Storage shelf 12 Pallet 12a Actual vehicle pallet 13 Car 14 Storage side Berth 14a Delivery side berth 15 Pallet storage device 16 Pallet lifting device 17 Pallet receiving device 17a Pallet receiving roller 18 Door installed at the loading / unloading port 19 Door installed between the berth and the traveling carriage 20 Chain 21 Incoming / outgoing port 22 Inlet port 23 Outlet port 24 Wire

Front page continued (72) Inventor Takeo Tahara 6-4 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Akashi-cho Office

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A traveling mobile trolley comprising a plurality of storage shelves for storing automobiles, and a pallet transfer device capable of moving up and down along the front surface of the storage shelves to transfer the automobiles to and from the storage shelves. And at least one vehicle loading / unloading berth provided at a predetermined location of the storage rack, and a pallet storage device disposed below the loading / unloading berth and storing a plurality of vehicle pallets. A mechanical parking device having. 2. A berth for loading and unloading and a pallet storage device for transporting automobiles arranged below the berth are separately provided at predetermined positions on both sides of a traveling path of a traveling mobile trolley, one of which is an automobile. 2. The mechanical parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said warehousing of said vehicle is carried out so that the other of said vehicles unloads. 3. A pallet storage device for transporting automobiles, comprising: a pallet elevating device for mounting and elevating a plurality of pallets in a stacked state; and a pallet elevating device disposed above and below the pallet elevating device. A pallet receiving device that transfers the uppermost pallet to the loading and unloading berth,
The mechanical parking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical parking apparatus comprises stacking and unstacking pallets.