A horizontal circulation-type parking apparatus (1) comprises a plurality of levels, a pallet (2), a conveyance mechanism (3), a deck plate (4), a bracket (5), an eaves gutter (6), and a drain pipe (7). The plurality of levels form a space for accommodating a vehicle. A vehicle is placed on the pallet (2). The conveyance mechanism (3) moves the pallet (2) in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in each level. The deck plate (4) is disposed between a lower level (11), which is a level positioned relatively low, and an upper level (12), which is a level positioned relatively high. The bracket (5) is disposed on an apparatus frame (14) and supports the deck plate (4). The eaves gutter (6) is disposed along the width direction of the vehicle and receives water flowing from the deck plate (4). The drain pipe (7) drains the water collected in the eaves gutter (6) to the outside.
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In the present invention, a mechanical parking device (1) comprises: a charging device (14) that can charge electric vehicles (X); and a control device (6) that uses the charging equipment (14) to charge the electric vehicles (X). The control device (6) is configured to set a charging schedule including a charging time and a charging order for the electric vehicles (X) when the electric vehicles (X) enter a facility, and to reset and reorganize the charging schedule at a prescribed time.
B60L 53/10 - Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehiclesCharging stations or on-board charging equipment thereforExchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
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ELECTRIC VEHICLE-USE PALLET AND MECHANICAL PARKING DEVICE USING SAME
The present invention is provided with an outlet assembly (20) that has a rectangular shape in plan view, that has an upper surface which is formed flat, and that is embedded in a vehicle mounting surface (12) on which an electric vehicle (EV) sits. The outlet assembly (20) comprises a charging outlet (22), an outlet container (24), and a container upper lid (26). The outlet container (24) has an upper section that is open, is embedded in the vehicle mounting surface, and internally accommodates the charging outlet (22). The container upper lid (26) has an outer peripheral section fixed to the vehicle mounting surface, and covers an upper surface of the outlet container. The container upper lid (26) includes, in an upper surface thereof, an access opening (27) that allows access to the charging outlet (22). The access opening (27) allows passing of a charging plug (6) for supplying power to the electric vehicle (EV), and is set to be smaller than the tire width of a vehicle (V).
A parking lot management device (20A) manages a mechanical parking lot (X) provided with charging equipment (11), and comprises a first setting information storage unit (211A), an identification information acquisition unit (221), and a charging control unit (224A). The first setting information storage unit (211A) stores, with regard to the usage mode of the charging equipment, information about either a rotating charging mode or a constant charging mode set for each user of the mechanical parking lot (X). The identification information acquisition unit (221) acquires identification information of a user of an electric vehicle parked in the mechanical parking lot (X). The charging control unit (224A) specifies information about the charging mode of the user corresponding to the acquired identification information and executes a process for charging the parked electric vehicle in accordance with the specified charging mode.
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from AC mains by converters
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CHARGING SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY FACILITY, AND CHARGING METHOD IN ARTICLE WAREHOUSE
A charging system (2A) mounted to a parking lot system (1A) comprises: a first electrical contact (141) that is installed below a parking space (11) inside a mechanical parking lot (10) and that can be connected to an electric vehicle (X1) to be parked; and a power supply facility (20A) that is installed below the parking space (11). The power supply facility (20A) has a power supply device (21), a second electrical contact (22) installed in the power supply device (21), and a movement mechanism (23). The movement mechanism (23) moves the second electrical contact (22) between a first position in contact with the first electrical contact (141) and a second position spaced away from the first electrical contact (141).
A parking facility management system (1A) comprises: a plurality of parking facility management devices (100A to 400A) respectively managing a plurality of parking facilities (10 to 40) which have a plurality of parking spaces and chargers; and a power supply management device (50A). The plurality of parking facility management devices each have: a first entrance/exit processing unit that determines whether an object can be accommodated or not; a first power supply allocation request unit that transmits, to the power supply management device (50A), a power supply allocation request relating to the object; and a charger control unit that, upon obtaining a power supply allocation permission notification determined in response to the transmission of the power supply allocation request, switches the relevant charger to a power supply available state. The power supply management device (50A) has a power supply allocation determination unit that, upon obtaining the power supply allocation request from a shelter management device, determines whether a power supply allocation for the obtained request is possible or not.
A parking lot management device (20) comprises a vehicle charging capacity storage unit (211), a charge schedule generation unit (221), a vehicle charging capacity updating unit (224), and a charge schedule updating unit (225). The vehicle charging capacity storage unit (211) stores vehicle charging capacity information that indicates, per output power level, the number of vehicles which can be simultaneously charged within a prescribed consumable power amount in a parking lot (X). On the basis of the vehicle charging capacity information, the charge schedule generation unit (221) generates charge schedule information with respect to a plurality of vehicles. Upon receipt of a power demand reduction request, the vehicle charging capacity updating unit (224) updates the vehicle charging capacity information. The charge schedule updating unit (225) uses the updated vehicle charging capacity information and updates the information of a prescribed period in the charge schedule information.
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H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from AC mains by converters
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MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR ARTICLE STORAGE EQUIPMENT AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR ARTICLE STORAGE EQUIPMENT
A management device (20A, 20B) as an article storage equipment management device is connected to a measuring instrument (17) for measuring a current value of power used for a charging process for an electric vehicle parked in a mechanical parking facility (10), and is provided with an operation processing unit (221A, 221B) and a processing content change unit (224A, 224B). The operation processing unit (221A, 221B) determines operation content of a drive device (15) that moves a pallet on which the vehicle is loaded within the mechanical parking facility (10), and processing content of charging equipment (14). The processing content change unit (224A, 224B) changes the operation content of the drive device (15) or the processing content of the charging equipment (14) as determined by the operation processing unit (221A, 221B) when information of the current value acquired from the measuring instrument (17) is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold.
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PARKING AREA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PARKING AREA MANAGEMENT METHOD
A parking area management device (50A) comprises a third communication unit (51) and a third charging management information processing unit (523A). The third communication unit (51) is communicably connected to a charging facility (PA) installed in a parking area (X), is not communicatively connected to a vehicle control device (10) that recognizes the remaining charge of an electric vehicle (C) that is charged by means of the charging facility (PA), and is communicably connected to a vehicle management system (30) that acquires information about the remaining charge of the electric vehicle (C) from the vehicle control device (10) at regular time intervals. The third charging management information processing unit (523A) acquires the information about the remaining charge of the electric vehicle (C) from the vehicle management system (30) during an ongoing process of charging the electric vehicle (C) by means of the charging facility (PA), and stops the ongoing charging process upon sensing that the electric vehicle (C) has reached a full-charge value on the basis of the acquired information.
An operation device (1) for a mechanical parking device (10) is provided with an operation panel (3) via which a user operates an entrance/exit door (21) of a passenger compartment (2) through which a vehicle (C) is entered and exited, and an alternative input means. The operation panel (3) is provided with an input means (32). The input means (32) receives input from the user during confirmation that the passenger compartment (2) is unoccupied and/or during an operation of opening or closing the entrance/exit door (21). When the input means (32) cannot be used normally, the alternative input means receives input from the user during confirmation that the passenger compartment (2) is unoccupied and/or during an operation of opening or closing the entrance/exit door (21).
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PARKING AREA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PARKING AREA MANAGEMENT METHOD
A parking area management device (30) comprises a cable connection information processing unit (352) and a notification processing unit (354). The cable connection information processing unit (352), upon sensing that a first electric vehicle (C1) has entered a parking area (10), acquires information indicating whether the first electric vehicle (C1) and a charger (14) installed in the parking area (10) are connected by a charge cable. The notification processing unit (354), upon determining that the first electric vehicle (C1) and the charger (14) are not connected by the charge cable on the basis of the acquired information, transmits, to a first user terminal (20-1) carried by the user of the first electric vehicle (C1), first notification information indicating that the first electric vehicle (C1) and the charger (14) are not connected by the charge cable.
Provided are an operation method and an operation device (1) for a mechanical parking device (10). The operation method and the operation device (1) comprise an operating panel (3) for a user to operate the opening and closing of an exit/entry door (21) of an ingress/egress chamber (2) a vehicle (C) enters into or exits from. The operating panel (3) comprises an authentication device (31) capable of authenticating the user. The operation method and the operation device are configured to use the authentication device (31) to perform authentication of the user, confirmation of absence of persons in the ingress/egress chamber (2), and operations for opening and closing the exit/entry door (21).
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This parking system comprises a plurality of parking spaces (20), a passenger boarding room (22), and a lift device (24). The parking spaces (20) are, for example, a small-sized parking space (20A) and a large-sized parking space (20B), and are partitioned in the vertical direction by a frame floor for both small pallets (2A) and large pallets (2B). The passenger boarding room (22) is provided above the parking spaces (20), and a floor surface (22a) of said room has a floor surface opening (23) larger than the large pallets (2B). The lift device (24) raises and lowers the pallets (2) between the parking spaces and the passenger boarding room. Furthermore, the passenger boarding room (22) has a movable floor (30) that minimizes the gaps between the inner edges of the floor surface opening (23) and the outer edges of the pallets (2).
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OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION DEVICE FOR MECHANICAL PARKING DEVICE
The present invention provides an operation method and an operation device which are for a mechanical parking device and which make it possible for a user to efficiently and safely operate the mechanical parking device. Provided is an operation method for a mechanical parking device 10 provided with an operation panel 3 with which a user operates opening and closing of an entrance/exit door 21 to a boarding/alighting room 2 which is for parking entry or parking exit of a vehicle C, wherein: the operation panel 3 is provided with an authentication device 31 that authenticates the user and an operation button 32 that is for performing an operation relating to the mechanical parking device 10; and said method comprises an emptiness confirmation step 9 for using the operation button 32 to confirm that no persons are in the boarding/alighting room 2, and an operation/operation authentication step 10 for using the authentication device 31 to simultaneously process an operation that is for closing the entrance/exit door 21 and user authentication that is for authenticating the user.
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TWO/MULTIPLE-STAGE PARKING APPARATUS AND ABSENCE CONFIRMATION METHOD THEREFOR
If the entry or exit of a foreign object is detected by a zone sensor (24), a vehicle compartment (12) in which the foreign object is likely to exist is stored as an attention vehicle compartment (13B). After a user performs a vehicle entry or exit operation, only when there is the attention vehicle compartment (13B) other than a utilization vehicle compartment that is utilized by the user, a pair of camera images (29a, 29b) of the attention vehicle compartment (13B) other than the utilization vehicle compartment are switched and displayed in sequence on a monitor. Furthermore, regardless of the presence or absence of the attention vehicle compartment (13B), a pair of camera images (29a, 29b) of the utilization vehicle compartment (13A) are displayed on the monitor. When absence confirmation buttons (31a, 31b) corresponding to all the camera images (29a, 29b) displayed are operated (ON), a completion signal for an absence confirming operation (c) is output.
This invention achieves easy replacement of a seal member. The rain-guard device for shipping comprises a device body which is configured to cover a hatch opening formed when a sliding hatch cover 11 for opening and closing an upper opening of a hold is opened, a base portion 19 which is provided to the device body and is placed on the sliding hatch cover, and a seal member 81 which includes a base end portion 101 which is formed of an elastic material and is detachably attached to a side surface portion 100 of the base portion and a distal end portion 102 which extends downward from the base end portion and is brought into contact with the sliding hatch cover. The thickness t of the distal end portion of the seal member gradually decreases from the base end side toward the distal end side.
The present invention improves functionality and safety. This rain shield device 20 for shipment comprises: a device body 20A which is configured to cover a hatch opening that is formed when a sliding hatch cover 11 for opening/closing a top opening of a hold is opened; and a lifting and lowering device 20B that is capable of lifting and lowering the device body and that is also capable of traveling.
The present disclosure provides a rain-guard device for a nozzle that can prevent the cargo being loaded aboard from getting wet with rainwater. A nozzle rain-guard device 30 has a nozzle cover 31, which covers an outer periphery of a nozzle 8 of a shiploader 1, and a chute cover, which is provided in a lower end part of the nozzle 8, and covers a chute 22 provided on a hatch opening 13 from above.
This control device for an autonomous vehicle comprises: an area calculation unit (12) that measures the size of an autonomous vehicle serving as an object to be parked and determines an occupied area in a parking area; an information storage unit (14) that stores parking area layout information in advance, and stores vehicle attribute information as vehicle information, said attribute information including the steering angle and the occupied area of the autonomous vehicle serving as the object to be parked; a procedure calculation unit (13) that parks the vehicle on the basis of the vehicle information and the layout information and, when exit instructions are given, computes the shortest travel route to an exit while comparing the occupied area of the vehicle that is to exit and the area of open spaces, on the basis of the vehicle information for the vehicle that is to exit, the layout information, and information on the number of open spaces; and a vehicle control unit (15) that remotely operates the vehicle that is to exit on the basis of the calculated shortest travel route and guides the vehicle that is to exit to the exit.
A rain-guard device for shipping is provided that can restrain water from seeping from an end part of the lid member. A rain-guard device for shipping 20 includes a rail 19, which is placed on a sliding hatch cover 11, an on-board chute 22, which is provided in the rail 19 in a travelable manner, which covers part of a hatch opening 13, and which, furthermore, supplies cargo from a shiploader 1 into the hold 7, and a lid member 23 to cover the rest of the hatch opening 13. The lid member 23 is formed in an arch shape in cross section. A waterproof seal 92 for restraining water from seeping into the lid member 23 is provided at an end part of the lid member 23 opposite to the ship chute 22 among end parts of the lid member 23.
The wind-and-rain guard device for shipping is provided that can restrain wind and rain from seeping in from between the sliding hatch cover and the hatch coaming. The wind-and-rain guard device for shipping 30 includes a water-stop member 31 that closes a gap formed between a sliding hatch cover 11 and a hatch coaming 14 when the sliding hatch cover 11 is lifted from the hatch coaming 14.
The present invention provides a rain-guard device for shipping that can prevent water from seeping into a hatch opening. A rain-guard device for shipping 20, includes a rail 19, which is placed on a sliding hatch cover 11, an on-board chute 22, which is provided in the rail 19 in a travelable manner, which covers part of a hatch opening 13, and which, furthermore, supplies cargo from a shiploader 1 into the hold 7, a lid member 23 to cover the rest of the hatch opening 13, and a water-blocking part 100, which prevents water from seeping into the hatch opening 13, through a gap between the lid member 23 and the sliding hatch cover 11.
This pallet-type lift device (10) comprises: four self-standing support pillars (34) respectively disposed in four corners of a rectangle; a lift frame (36); a support mechanism (38) for supporting the lift frame horizontally on the four support pillars (34) such that the lift frame can be lifted/lowered along the four support pillars; and a driving mechanism (40) for lifting/lowering the lift frame. The lift frame is provided with: a lifting/lowering frame (64) disposed horizontally thereon; a lifting/lowering mechanism (66) for lifting/lowering the lifting/lowering frame; a turning frame on which is placed a pallet (20) disposed horizontally on the lifting/lowering frame; and a turning mechanism (70) for turning the turning frame.
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Provided is a nozzle rain shield device that makes it possible to inhibit rainwater from wetting cargo that is being loaded onto a ship. The nozzle rain shield device 30 is provided with: a nozzle cover 31 covering the outer circumference of a nozzle 8 of a ship loader 1; and a chute cover 32 that is provided to the lower end of the nozzle 8 and that covers a chute 22 arranged in a hatch opening 13 from above.
The present invention comprises: a hydraulic cylinder 41; a hydraulic unit 42; a rail clamp open/close detector 60 that detects the operating state of a rail clamp that grips the rail 4; a travel brake open/close detector 70 that detects the operating state of a travel brake that is provided in the travel drive motor of a track traveling machine; and a travel speed detector 80 that detects the travel speed of the track traveling machine. The present invention further comprises a simple controller 90 that outputs a control signal 90a to the hydraulic unit 42 on the basis of the operating state of the rail clamp detected by the rail clamp open/close detector 60, the operating state of the travel brake detected by the travel brake open/close detector 70, and the travel speed detected by the travel speed detector 80.
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26.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING COAL WASTE WATER
The present invention is provided with: a membrane treatment tank 20 into which a waste water discharged from a machine (a conveyor C) that handles coal or coal ash is introduced; and a porous membrane 22 which filters the waste water, while being arranged within the membrane treatment tank 20. According to the present invention, solid contents in the waste water are concentrated and drawn out therefrom in the form of a slurry, and in cases where the concentration of the solid contents in the slurry drawn out from the waste water is equal to or higher than a threshold value, the slurry is returned to the machine C.
This coal wastewater treatment device is provided with: a membrane treatment tank 20 into which wastewater is introduced that is discharged from a device (conveyor) C for handling coal or coal ash and that has a solids concentration of 20-100 g/L; and a porous membrane 22 which is arranged inside of said membrane treatment tank 20 and which filters wastewater. As the porous membrane 22, either a porous membrane is used that has an average pore diameter of less than or equal to 0.4 μm, or a porous membrane is used that has an average pore diameter of less than or equal to one twentieth of the average particle diameter of the pulverized coal in the wastewater.
Provided are a parking facility and a control method for a parking facility, which are capable of shortening a delivery waiting time without degrading parking efficiency. This parking facility 1 comprises an entrance guide device 3 that guides a machine number of a mechanical parking device 2 during entrance, wherein the entrance guide device 3 includes: a storage unit 31 that stores the delivery history of vehicles; a vehicle identification unit 32 that identifies an entrance target vehicle 4 during the entrance of the vehicle; a calculation unit 33 that calculates, from the delivery history, a predicted delivery time that is predicted for the next entrance target vehicle 4; a processing unit 34 that determines the machine number of the mechanical parking device 2 so that the predicted delivery time of the entrance target vehicle 4 does not overlap the predicted delivery times of vehicles which have been already entered; and an instruction unit 35 that instructs the determined machine number of the mechanical parking device 2 to the entrance target vehicle 4.
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Provided is a rain shield device for ship loading which can prevent or reduce intrusion of water from an end of a lid member. A rain shield device 20 for ship loading includes: a rail 19 disposed on a sliding hatch cover 11; a shipboard chute 22 for delivering cargo from a ship loader 1 into a hold 7, the shipboard chute 22 being provided on the rail 19 in a free-running manner and covering a portion of a hatch opening 13; and a lid member 23 for covering other portions of the hatch opening 13. The lid member 23 is formed in an arched cross-sectional shape. A waterproof seal 92 for preventing or reducing intrusion of water into the lid member 23 is provided at an end of the cover member 23 on the opposite side to the shipboard chute 22.
Provided is a rain protection device for shipping that is capable of suppressing water ingress to the hatch opening side. The rain protection device 20 for shipping comprises: a rail 19 that is disposed on a sliding hatch cover 11; a shipboard chute 22 that is disposed on the rail 19 so as to be able to travel freely, covers a portion of the hatch opening 13, and supplies the load from a ship loader 1 into a hold 7; a lid member 23 that covers the other portion of the hatch opening 13; and a water stop portion 100 that suppresses the water ingress to the hatch opening 13 side through the gap between the lid member 23 and the sliding hatch cover 11.
Provided is a wind-and-rain protection device for shipping which can suppress the intrusion of wind and rain from between a sliding hatch cover and a hatch coaming. A wind-and-rain protection device 30 for shipping comprises a water stop member 31 for blocking a gap formed between a sliding hatch cover 11 and a hatch coaming 14 when the sliding hatch cover 11 is raised from the hatch coaming 14.
The present invention is provided with a brake mechanism 40 including: a pressing frame 50 which is installed to protrude in the horizontal direction perpendicular to a rail 4 between the rail 4 and a lower-part equalizer beam 9c (lower equalizer beam) in a lowermost-stage equalizer device; a hydraulic cylinder 13 which is interposed between both horizontal end sections, of the pressing frame 50, perpendicular to the rail 4 and both side surfaces of the lower-part equalizer beam 9c (lower equalizer beam) in the lowermost-stage equalizer device, and which raises/lowers the pressing frame 50; and a brake pad 12 attached to a lower surface of the pressing frame, wherein the hydraulic cylinder 13 is fixed by means of an elastic member 60 that absorbs bending force acting on a piston rod 13b of the hydraulic cylinder 13.
The present invention comprises: an image capturing device 9 that acquires an image of the inside of a target area A; transmission parts 7, 8 through which the outside can be viewed from the inside of the target area A; and polarizing filters 10a, 10b in a path of light from the transmission parts 7, 8 to the image capturing device 9. A front-side polarizing filter 10a in the image capturing device 9 and a depth-side polarizing filter 10b in the image capturing device 9 are installed so that the polarization directions cross each other. Based on the image acquired by the image capturing device 9, foreign matter F in the target area A is detected.
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DOOR CLOSING CONTROL SYSTEM AND DOOR CLOSING CONTROL METHOD
The invention comprises an indoor sensor (10) that detects a foreign body (F) in a loading-unloading bay, a door periphery sensor (20) that detects a foreign body (F) located around a garage entrance and exit door (3) of the loading-unloading bay (2), a door opening and closing device (30) that opens and closes the garage entrance and exit door (3), and a door control device (40) that controls the door opening and closing device (30). The door control device (40) receives a close command signal (c1) for the garage entrance and exit door (3), and outputs a close operation signal (b1) to the door opening and closing device (30) when no foreign object (F) is detected. After the garage entrance and exit door (3) begins closing operations, detection signals from the indoor sensor and the door periphery sensor are continued to be received. When a foreign object (F) is detected before the garage entrance and exit door is fully closed, an open operation signal (a1) is output to the door opening and closing device (30). After the garage entrance and exit door (3) is fully opened, the above control is repeated.
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This shape deriving device is provided with a region generating unit for generating a work region comprising a plurality of small regions which expand three-dimensionally, a measured data acquiring unit for acquiring, as required, measured data at measuring points on an object, measured using a distance measuring sensor, a data accumulating unit for accumulating, on the basis of the measured data at the measuring points, statistical data relating to the measuring points, in the small region corresponding to the measured data, and a shape deriving unit for deriving the shape of the object on the basis of the statistical data, wherein the data accumulating unit derives a comparison direction on the basis of the statistical data, and the shape deriving unit compares the statistical data between a plurality of small regions aligned in the comparison direction to identify the small regions corresponding to the surface of the object.
The present invention comprises: a lift (3) capable of raising and lowering a pallet (2) upon which a vehicle (1) is loaded; a berth (12) adjacent to the lift (3), on a boarding floor (11); and a pallet conveyance device (13) that movies the pallet (2) horizontally in the width direction between the lift (3) and the berth (12). The pallet (2) has a cross-feed rail (14) that extends horizontally in the width direction, on the lower side thereof at both end sections in the longitudinal direction thereof. The cross-feed rail (14) has a horizontal lower surface (14a) that continues across the entire length of the pallet (2) in the width direction. The pallet conveyance device (13) has a plurality of support rollers (13a) that are positioned at intervals in the width direction and support the horizontal lower surface (14a) of the cross-feed rail (14) in the pallet.
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MECHANICAL PARKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
A plurality of traversing rollers 11 for traversing are provided on both ends of a pallet 10 (or a cage 3 and a storage shelf 12) in the longitudinal direction. Traverse direction distances La and Lb from the traversing rollers 11 to the boundary portion B differ at the front and rear of the vehicle, and the horizontal distance difference ΔL between the distances is equal to or greater than a first threshold value K1. Furthermore, a lifting control device 18 implements "re-leveling R" at the front and rear of the vehicle to correct the pallet support height for the cage 3 by lifting or lowering the cage 3 during traversing. Thus, the pallet 10 can traverse smoothly with the four corners of the cage 3 suspended by a cord member without being affected by the weight difference between the front and rear of the vehicle.
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Provided is an inexpensive rain cover apparatus for shipping, which can cope with a large vessel. The rain cover apparatus for shipping includes: a rail 19 which is disposed on a sliding hatch cover 19; a shipboard chute 22 which is provided on the rail 19 in a travelable manner, covers a part of a hatch port 13, and supplies a cargo from a ship loader 1 into a hold 7; and a lid member 23 that covers the other part of the hatch port 13, wherein the cover member 23 is configured to be disposed at the front and rear, respectively, in the travelling directions of the shipboard chute 22 and to also contract in the travelling directions of the shipboard chute 22.
The invention comprises a berth 10 that is provided on a garage access level GL, a storage device 20 that is provided on a parking level PL, a lift 30 that goes up and down in an elevator shaft 4, and a control device 40 that controls the lift 30. The lift 30 has: an upper drive support unit 32 to support, so as to be able to move horizontally, a vehicle pallet 2a; and a lower drive support unit 34 to support, so as to be able to move horizontally, an empty pallet 2b positioned underneath. For garage entry, the control device 40, on the garage access level GL, moves the vehicle pallet 2a horizontally from the berth 10 to the upper drive support unit 32, lifts the lift 30 by an amount equivalent to a height difference ΔH, and then moves the empty pallet 2b horizontally from the lower drive support unit 34 to the berth 10. Furthermore, for garage entry, the control device 40, on the parking level PL, moves the empty pallet 2b horizontally from the storage device 20 to the lower drive support unit 34, lowers the lift 30 by an amount equivalent to the height difference ΔH, and then moves the vehicle pallet 2a horizontally from the upper drive support unit 32 to the storage device 20.
E04H 6/14 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with endless conveyor chains having load-carrying parts moving vertically, e.g. paternoster lifts
A parking device 10 that transports a pallet 5 on which a vehicle 1 having entered a garage is loaded to a pallet space S on a parking floor, wherein a plurality of pallet spaces S is arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions on the parking floor. The parking device 10 comprises a plurality of pallets 5 provided on the parking floor, and a pallet transport mechanism 16 (17) to transport the pallets 5 between adjacent pallet spaces S. The number of pallets 5 is less than the number of pallet spaces S.
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
This unloading device (100) is provided with: an edge detection unit (152) which detects an edge of a hatch coaming (7) provided in an upper portion of a cargo box (5) of a ship (4); and a model arrangement unit (156) which, on the basis of the detection result by the edge detection unit (152), arranges a 3-dimensional model of at least a portion of the unloading device (100) and a 3-dimensional model of at least a portion of the ship (4). The model arrangement unit (156) can arrange a 3-dimensional model of a vertical transportation mechanism unit (110) that includes a scraping part (112) for scraping cargo (6) inside the cargo box (5), and a 3-dimensional model (410) of the hatch coaming (7). The model arrangement unit (156) can arrange a 3-dimensional model (400) of the scraping part (112) for scraping the cargo (6) inside the cargo box (5), and a 3-dimensional model (420) of the cargo box (5).
An unloading device (100) according to one aspect is provided with: a scraping part (112) for scraping cargo (6) of a cargo box (5); and distance measurement sensors (133-136) that include within the measurement range thereof, each of a traveling direction-side of the scraping part (112) and the opposite side as the traveling direction-side. A display unit (230) can be provided, which displays measurement results from the distance measurement sensors (133, 135) disposed on a side surface on the traveling direction-side of the scraping part (112), and measurement results from the distance measurement sensors (134, 136) disposed on a side surface on the opposite side as the traveling direction-side. An unloading device (100) according to another aspect can be provided with: a main body unit provided with a scraping part (112) inserted into a cargo box (5); distance measurement sensors (130-132) provided in the main body unit and capable of measuring distance in a downward direction; and an edge detection unit (152) which uses a plurality of measurement points measured by the distance measurement sensors (130-132) to detect an upper end edge of a hatch coaming (7) provided in an upper portion of the cargo box (5).
This coordinate system integration method for mapping a sensor coordinate system of an object detecting sensor to a predetermined reference coordinate system includes: a measuring step of using a second measuring device to measure a calibration marker which is mounted on an attachment jig attaching the object detecting sensor to an arm and which defines a sensor coordinate system, and a reference marker which is mounted on the arm and which defines a reference coordinate system; and an integrating step of mapping the sensor coordinate system defined by a calibration marker unit to the reference coordinate system defined by the reference marker, on the basis of the results of the measurements in the measuring step.
G01C 15/00 - Surveying instruments or accessories not provided for in groups
G01B 11/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
G01B 11/26 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for testing the alignment of axes
This unloading device (100) is provided with: a vertical transportation mechanism unit (110) which holds, in a lower end thereof, a scraping part (112) for scraping cargo (6) inside a cargo box (5); and distance measurement sensors (130-132) disposed in the vertical transportation mechanism unit (110) and capable of measuring distance in a downward direction. Three or more of the distance measurement sensors (130-132) can be provided to include at least one distance measurement sensor having a different measurement range from the other distance measurement sensors or having a measurement direction that is not parallel to the measurement directions of the other distance measurement sensors. A display unit (230) can be provided which, on the basis of the measurement results measured by the distance measurement sensors (130-132), displays images indicating at least a portion of the cargo box (5), the vertical transportation mechanism unit (110), and the scraping part (112). The display unit (230) can display as images, a cross-section on which the scraping part (112) is present and a cross-section on which a hatch coaming (7) provided in an upper portion of the cargo box (5) is present.
The present invention is provided with a membrane treatment tank 120 into which wastewater from a machine (conveyor) for handling coal enters, and a porous membrane 130 that is disposed inside the membrane treatment tank 120 and that filters the wastewater. The previous stage of the membrane treatment tank 120 is provided with a settling tank 110 that causes solids contained in the wastewater to settle and guides the top layer of the wastewater to the membrane treatment tank 120. The solids contained in the wastewater naturally settle in the settling tank 110.
This method for water treatment comprises: a recovery step for recovering washing water that has been used for washing a device and that contains flushed-out substances; a membrane filtration step for cleaning the washing water recovered in the recovery step by filtering out and removing the flushed-out substances using a porous membrane; a reuse step for reusing the washing water cleaned in the membrane filtration step; and a regeneration step for washing the porous membrane using a chemical agent when the permeate flow rate of the porous membrane, which has been used to remove the flushed-out substances in the membrane filtration step, becomes equal to or lower than a set value, wherein the porous membrane is a filter obtained by stretching a polytetrafluoroethylene, and the chemical agent is caustic soda.
Provided is an inexpensive rain protection device for lading that can accommodate even large ships. The present invention is equipped with: a shipboard chute 21 placed on a sliding hatch 11 for opening and closing the upper opening 10 of a hold 7, covering one part of a hatch opening 13 which is formed when the sliding hatch 11 opens, and supplying cargo from a ship loader 1 into the hold 7; and lid members 22 placed on the sliding hatch 11 and covering the other parts of the hatch opening 13.
The present invention allows a key to be made available only to an authorized person, without requiring external connection by a network. A key box 1 is provided with a lid 5 in an opening 4 on the front side of a housing 2 having a key accommodation space 3 therein, the lid 5 pivoting around a shaft 6 on the lower end side. The housing 2 includes therein: a cord-like object 9 that has a proximal end side 9a connected to the interior of the housing 2 and has a distal end side 9b at which a key holder 10 for holding a key X is provided; a holding means 7 for holding the lid 5 in a closed state in which the lid 5 covers the opening 4; an opening operation means 8 for releasing the holding of the lid 5 by the holding means 7 to open the lid 5; a signal communication unit 11; a power supply 12; and a controller 13. The housing 2 is provided with a start switch 14. When the start switch 14 is operated and the signal communication unit 11 receives a preset authentication signal from an authentication means carried by a user, the controller 13 issues an opening operation command to the opening operation means 8 to open the lid 5, so that the key X accommodated in the key accommodation space 3 can be taken out to the outside through the opening 4.
A car parking shelf (34) for storing parking pallets for placing a vehicle, and transporting the parking pallets in the cross direction (CD) and the longitudinal direction (LD), the car parking shelf (34) being provided with: conveying wheels (48) disposed at the four corners of a rectangle having two sides parallel to the cross direction (CD) and two sides parallel to the longitudinal direction (LD) of a shelf frame (36); conveying actuators (50) for causing a pair of conveying wheels (48) located on a diagonal of the rectangle from among the conveying wheels (48) to rotate; a pair of first linking bars (54) and a pair of second linking bars (56) for linking the four conveying wheels (48) in a rectangle; and a wheel-orienting mechanism (58) for synchronously orienting the conveying wheels (48). The wheel-orienting mechanism (58) is disposed on the inside of an area (36A), of the shelf frame (36), partitioned by the pair of first linking bars (54) and the pair of second linking bars (56).
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
One end 18a of each of two upper cord-like bodies 18: is attached to a conveyance trolley 12, at both end sections 12a in the longitudinal direction of a hoistway 3 in the planar view as viewed from above; extends upwards; reverses at the top of the hoistway 3; and extends downwards. The other ends 18b extend downwards, adjacent to each other, on the inside of both end sections 12a in the planar view. A counterweight 20 is hung from the pair of other ends 18b of the upper cord-like bodies 18. A lift drive mechanism A drives the conveyance trolley 12 up and down.
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
B66F 7/02 - Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehiclesPlatform lifts with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains
E04H 6/06 - Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars with means for shifting or lifting vehicles
A parking apparatus 10 that enables an automobile 1 to travel on a vehicle passage 2 from the outside and enter a lower parking space 3 is provided with: a pallet 5; and a lift driving device 9. The pallet 5 is moved up and down between the lower parking space 3 and an upper parking space 7 positioned above the lower parking space 3, by the lift driving device 9. When the pallet 5 is positioned in the lower parking space 3, the automobile 1 is allowed to board the pallet 5. The lift driving device 9 is arranged above and on the front side of the lower parking space 3 when a side from the lower parking space 3 toward the vehicle passage 2 is defined as the front side.
A method for lifting/lowering adjustment of a structure, comprising: an initial lifting step, wherein wire ropes from which slack has been removed in a temporary winding step are wound so that a structure is lifted off from the ground and kept in place; a step for adjusting the height positions of the suspension points on both ends of the structure during winding, wherein winch drums carry out winding or unwinding operations so that the height positions of the suspension points of the structure become uniform and the structure is horizontal; a step for correcting the zero point during winding, wherein the height positions of the suspension points of the structure are set as the zero point; a winding step, wherein the winch drums carry out a winding operation at constant speed; a step for monitoring the height of suspension points during winding, wherein, if the displacement difference between the height position of a suspension point set as a reference and the height position of other suspension points deviates from a threshold value during the winding step, winding is temporarily stopped and the process is returned to the step for adjusting the height positions of the suspension points on both ends of the structure during winding; and a step for monitoring load during winding, wherein, if the load acting on each of the winch drums exceeds a stop setting value, winding is temporarily stopped and the height positions of the suspension points are adjusted so that the load is no greater than the stop setting value, after which the process is returned to the step for adjusting the height positions of suspension points on both ends of the structure during winding.
B66C 13/08 - Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or for preventing cable slack for depositing loads in desired attitudes or positions
Provided is a vertical motion-type parking apparatus in which the rotational and horizontal movements of a pallet are combined to enable equipment and maintenance costs to be reduced. The vertical motion-type parking apparatus is provided with the following: a cage vertical motion path (2) in the center of a building; storage racks (6) for vehicles (13), the storage racks having multiple levels of horizontal movement pallet guides (7) that are provided in corners of the cage vertical motion path (2); and a cage (3) that causes a pallet (8) on which the vehicle (13) is placed to move horizontally to transfer the vehicle (13) between storage racks (6). The cage (3) includes a turntable (35) having a pallet vertical motion device (22) and a pallet rotation device (12) and also having an upward facing protrusion (19) in a corner. The pallet (8) is provided with a downward facing groove (10) extending in the lengthwise direction over a required distance. The turntable (35) is provided so as to be vertically moveable between a high position, an intermediate position, and a low position.
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
E04H 6/22 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport
E04H 6/28 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport
This crab trolley crane: has a girder (3) that is provided with traveling drive devices (2), and travels on a travel rail (1); a trolley (6) that is provided with a traversing drive device (5), and travels on a traverse rail (4) on the girder (3); and a hoisting apparatus (8) that is provided to the trolley (6), and raises and lowers a hook block (7). A hoisting and traversing control unit (50), which is involved in raising and lowering the hook block (7) using the hoisting apparatus (8) and the traversing of the trolley (6) using the traversing drive device (5), is mounted on the trolley (6) via a mounting plate (51). This configuration enables the number of signal cables disposed between control devices provided to the girder (3) to be significantly reduced, and enables work involved in connecting the signal cables when setting up the crab trolley crane to greatly simplified.
B66C 17/00 - Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially-horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports
B66C 11/00 - Trolleys or crabs, e.g. operating above runways
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SEISMIC ISOLATION SUPPORT DEVICE FOR TRAVELING CRANE
This seismic isolation support device (100) for a traveling crane is provided with a seismic isolation structure (200) having: a top and bottom flange part (8, 9) which are formed by being separated into a top and bottom portion and which are capable of being connected to one another; and a connection tool (14) for connecting the top and bottom flange parts (8, 9) via an elastic material (13). Contact surfaces (10) which come into contact with one another and which have a contact width in the width direction are formed on the facing surfaces of the top and bottom flange parts (8, 9). Gaps (11, 12) for allowing the flange parts (8, 9) to tilt outward relative to both ends of the contact surfaces (10) in the width direction are formed between the top and bottom flange parts (8, 9). Moreover, elasto-plastic braces (300) for connecting the top and bottom flange parts (8, 9) in the top and bottom are provided.
A seismic isolation support device for a traveling crane which travels on top of a rail (1) and is provided with a traveling device having at least one equalizer beam (4) suspended from the support leg (101) of an upper member (100) by means of a locker pin (3), wherein at least one of the equalizer beams (4) is replaced with a link device (13) having: a pair of links (10, 11) in which one end thereof is suspended from the upper member (100) by means of the locker pin (3) and in which a sliding end (10b, 11b) can slide along the traveling direction of the traveling device; and a stopper means (12) for delimiting the maximum opening angle of the sliding ends (10b, 11b) of the links (10, 11) when applied with the load of the upper member (100).
The present invention pertains to a seismic isolation support device for a traveling crane, wherein a support leg is provided with a traveling device having at least one equalizer beam suspended from an upper member by means of a locker pin. An uplift prevention mechanism (9) is formed on the seismic isolation support device, the uplift prevention mechanism (9) having: a locker pin (5) supported by an upper equalizer beam (4) functioning as the upper member of a middle equalizer beam (6b); and a lifting/lowering hole (17) provided to the middle equalizer beam (6b) so as to be able to move upward and downward relative to the locker pin (5) at a predetermined distance. The uplift prevention mechanism (9) is provided at least to one of the equalizer beams (4, 6a, 6b, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d).
Disclosed is a parking apparatus that parks a vehicle having a power-feed plug receptacle. Unlike conventional parking apparatuses, the disclosed parking apparatus is provided with: a plurality of pallets; an entry/exit space; a plurality of parking spaces; a conveyance apparatus; a transfer apparatus; a connector that electrically connects a first terminal and a second terminal by bringing the terminal surfaces thereof into contact against each other, and electrically disconnects the first terminal and the second terminal by separating the terminal surfaces thereof; a power-feed circuit that electrically connects the power-feed plug receptacle on the vehicle with the aforementioned connector; and a power-source circuit that feeds power from a power source to the aforementioned second terminal. When the transfer apparatus moves one of the pallets horizontally in a transfer direction between one of the parking spaces and the conveyance apparatus, which stops next to the parking space, the first terminal is supported by the pallet and the second terminal is supported in the parking space such that the terminal surfaces face each other horizontally.
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
B60L 11/18 - using power supplied from primary cells, secondary cells, or fuel cells
E04H 6/42 - Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices
Disclosed is a parking apparatus that is compatible with the provision of electricity to an electric vehicle. Unlike conventional parking apparatuses, the disclosed parking apparatus is provided with: an electric motor, the operating mode of which can be changed to a powered mode, a regeneration mode, and a stopped mode; a parking mechanism which is driven by the electric motor and which parks a vehicle by moving said vehicle between an entry/exit space and a parking space; a drive device that receives power from a power source, supplies power to the motor when the motor is in the aforementioned powered mode, and receives and outputs regenerated power when the motor is in the aforementioned regeneration mode; an electrical storage device; a charging device that charges the electrical storage device by supplying said electrical storage device with regenerated power outputted from the drive device; a first power-feed device that feeds, to the electric vehicle, power discharged from the electrical storage device; and a second power-feed device that feeds, to the electric vehicle, power inputted from the power supply.
Provided is a parking device, which as distinct from prior art parking devices, is equipped with the following; a main structural body comprising a plurality of pallets, a storage and retrieval station, and a plurality of parking shelves; and a pallet conveyance apparatus. Each of the aforementioned pallets comprises the following: a pallet body, which is a structural body capable of supporting a vehicle; a relay terminal; and a relay cable capable of relaying fed power from the relay terminal to the vehicle. The aforementioned pallet conveyance apparatus comprises the following: the body of the aforementioned pallet conveyance apparatus; a power feeding terminal; and a power feeding circuit electrically connected to the power feeding terminal. Thus the aforementioned pallet conveyance device is capable of electrically connecting the aforementioned power feeding terminal to the aforementioned relay terminal for one of the aforementioned pallets that is placed on that one of the aforementioned parking shelves which is desired, and the aforementioned power feeding circuit is capable of feeding power via the above-mentioned relay cable to a vehicle mounted on one of the aforementioned pallets. This arrangement intends to provide a parking device suitable for feeding power to vehicles through a simple system.
E04H 6/42 - Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
E04H 6/28 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport
Disclosed is a jib crane control method to find a linear fractional transformation (LFT) expression for a low-dimensional model that takes variation in the rope length of the jib crane's suspended load into consideration and provide feedback control with a gain-scheduled control system using the linear fractional transformation (LFT) expression. The pertinent feedback control command and an operating command from an operating lever are linearly coupled and the ratio between the feedback control command and the operating command is changed so that swaying of the suspended load is limited and the suspended load is moved to the target position even when the rope length of the suspended load varies. It is thereby possible to provide control that follows the operating commands from an operator and to enable positioning of the suspended load with excellent operating feel while controlling vibration of the jib crane. Disclosed are a jib crane control method and device that can eliminate delay in actual operation relative to the operating commands from the operator while controlling vibration of the suspended load and controlling vibration of the mast.
B66C 23/00 - Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory or swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib cranes, derricks or tower cranes
B66C 13/22 - Control systems or devices for electric drives
Disclosed is a novel vehicle parking device that is improved on a conventional vehicle parking device for parking a vehicle. The vehicle parking device comprises a plurality of parking spaces, a movement device capable of moving a vehicle from one of the parking spaces to another parking space, a plurality of relay circuits, which are installed so as to correspond to each of a plurality of vehicles, and which are capable of relaying electricity to each of the plurality of vehicles, and an electricity supply circuit, which supplies electricity to an electricity supply parking space, which is at least one of the plurality of parking spaces, and which is capable of supplying electricity to the vehicle via the relay circuit that is installed so as to correspond to the vehicle that is placed in the electricity supply parking space. The vehicle parking device receives an electricity supply reservation indicating a request for electricity to be supplied to the vehicle on a per vehicle basis, the electrical supply circuit commences supplying electricity via the relay circuit to the vehicle whereof the electricity supply reservation has been received after moving the vehicle from the parking space thereof to the electricity supply parking space, and the electrical supply circuit terminates the electricity supply thereupon when a predetermined condition has been satisfied. The present configuration allows the provision of a vehicle parking device that is suited to supplying electricity to vehicles in a simplified manner.
E04H 6/18 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
E04H 6/42 - Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices
An object moving apparatus for reliably and more stably moving an object by co-operatingly controlling bogies with no concern about fall of the object such as a vehicle differently from cooperative carriage with real-time information exchange between bogies through only radio communication. The object moving apparatus comprises: a leader bogie (A) which has a bogie body (2) capable of traveling in any direction by a travel driver (1) and a lifter (5) fastened to the bogie body (2) through a connecting mechanism (3), disposed on one side in the width direction of an object, or a vehicle (4), and used for lifting up the vehicle (4) and is capable of moving along a given target track and a follower bogie (B) which has a bogie body (2) capable of traveling in any direction and a lifter (5) fastened to the bogie body (2) through a connecting mechanism (3), disposed on the other side in the width direction of the vehicle (4), and used for lifting up the vehicle (4) and is used for moving the vehicle (4) in cooperation with the leader bogie (A) by estimating the move of the leader bogie (A) and following the leader bogie (A).
E04H 6/24 - Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of dollies for horizontal transport
B65G 35/00 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
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