BICYCLE PARKING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-cost bicycle parking apparatus of simple and strong structure enabling the lock and unlock in a lock set to be normally closed, by a small actuator of small capacity and controllable from a remote place with no possibility of disassembly, illegal parking and incorrect parking. SOLUTION: This bicycle parking apparatus for a two wheeler provided with a wheel grip means 4 constituted to grip and lock a wheel to a wheel storage part 4C is provided with a pair of locking levers 6A, 6B journaled into a casing 4B of the wheel grip means 4 to lock the wheel in a takeout inhibited state by locking members 17A, 17B with the mutual swinging approach of one ends when accommodating the wheel, and an actuator 10 disposed near the other end side of the locking levers 6A, 6B and operated with prescribed power to enlarge/contract the other end side of the locking levers 6A, 6B. The lock can be locked and unlocked by the small actuator of small capacity, and control from the remote place can be performed. Structure is simple and strong, and cost is low with no possibility of incorrect parking. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO