3D Rotating Bicycle Storage Tower With Automated Ferry Parking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Urban areas face challenges in efficiently utilizing limited ground space for parking, with traditional methods being costly and inefficient, particularly for bicycle storage.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional rotating intelligent storage compartment with a hollow cylinder tower body, featuring a central garage, layered placement plates, loop tracks with ferry parking spaces, and a clamping mechanism for automatic bicycle storage and retrieval, utilizing sensors and motors for unmanned operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If traditional ground parking methods are used, then bicycle storage is simple and accessible, but ground space is wasted and parking costs are high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional ground parking to three-dimensional vertical storage by stacking multiple placement plates at different heights around a central pillar, thereby utilizing vertical space to reduce ground footprint while maintaining storage capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The system nests multiple storage components within a compact tower structure, where placement plates, loop tracks, and clamping mechanisms are integrated concentrically around the central pillar, achieving high-density storage in a small footprint
2Productivity
If manual bicycle handling is used, then operation is simple, but time consumption increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service operation where users interact with a control panel to initiate storage or retrieval, and the automated clamping mechanisms and loop tracks independently complete the bicycle handling process without requiring manual manipulation throughout
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with an automated control system that uses sensors to detect bicycle presence and motors to drive the loop tracks and clamping mechanisms, thereby improving efficiency while reducing the complexity of manual operation
3Productivity
If automated clamping mechanisms are deployed, then storage efficiency improves, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping mechanism is divided into modular components including clamping arms, driving portions, and sensor units that can be manufactured separately and assembled into the tower structure, thereby improving automated storage efficiency while reducing overall manufacturing complexity through standardized modular production
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables efficient automatic storage and retrieval of bicycles, saving space and time, while allowing for convenient operation and reducing the need for manual handling.
Implementation Method 1
a rack is laid in the loop track, and the connection driving portion is provided with a gear meshed with the rack, so that the drive motor drives the gear to rotate, and the gear moves on the rack
Implementation Method 2
a rack is laid in the loop track, and the connection driving portion is provided with a gear meshed with the rack
Implementation Method 3
side walls on both sides of the bicycle clamping slot being connected to the connection driving portion through a bearing; when the connection driving portion passes the top arc transition segment and the bottom arc transition segment, the bicycle clamping slot rotates around the bearing
Implementation Method 4
each connection driving portion is provided with a drive motor that drives the connection driving portion to move within the loop track
Data Source
AI summary
A three-dimensional rotating intelligent storage compartment is provided in the present invention, which includes a tower body, a center of the tower body being provided with a central garage for storing bicycles, the central garage including a central pillar. A plurality of layers of placement plates are arranged around the central pillar, and each layer of the placement plates is equally divided into a plurality of independent storage spaces by a longitudinal partitioning plate. A longitudinal edge on one side of the longitudinal partitioning plate is fixed to the central pillar; each storage space is provided with a clamping mechanism for clamping bicycle. An inner wall of the tower body is longitudinally provided with a plurality of loop tracks, each loop track is provided with a plurality of ferry parking spaces, which are movable within the loop track, is capable of clamping bicycle in a standing position and capable of pushing bicycle to the placement plate. The present invention can operate conveniently, and can save footprint area of bicycles.