Vehicle servicing system

• US 3,938,621 A
• Filed: 06/06/1973
• Issued: 02/17/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John Hafner, Rudolph Hafner
• Original Assignee: John Hafner, Rudolph Hafner
• Inventors: Bobbitt, William C. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weakley, Harold W.
• Application Number:
  US05/367,454
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 137/234.6, 137/172, 184/1.5, 52/169, 52/174, 4/10, 4/146, 49/33
• US Class Current: 184/1.5
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 5/06 Pits or building structures for inspection or services
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/00 Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/3006 Liquids separated from liquid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/3802 With vehicle guide or support, e.g., service station

Abstract

A vehicle servicing system for permitting operators to service and maintain their vehicles. The system includes a housing having an upper and lower level. A vehicle is positioned on the upper level over a slideably moveable door. The operator then decends to the lower level and inserts monies into a moveable door mechanism. Actuation of the door mechanism slides the moveable door away, thus providing the operator access to the underside of the vehicle for a specific length of time. The operator may service the vehicle during the time access is provided. An automatic timing mechanism actuates the moveable door mechanism to close the door after the alloted time is used. Specific embodiments of the servicing system provide mechanisms for draining oil from the vehicles during service.

Claims

1. A vehicle servicing system comprising:

a. vehicle housing means having an upper level and a lower level, said lower level having a first floor member vertically displaced from and passing substantially parallel to a horizontal plane of said upper level, said first floor member being grated to permit passage of oil therethrough, said lower level further having a second floor member under said lower level first floor member adapted to transport said oil passing through said grated first floor member to a drain tank, said second floor member being inclined downwardly with respect to said first floor member, said second floor member being connected to said drain tank positioned below said second floor member at an area being substantially maximally displaced from said grated first floor member;

b. means for positioning at least one vehicle in a predetermined location within said upper level of said vehicle housing means;

c. removeable door means between said upper and lower levels of said vehicle housing means, said door means being located under said vehicle when said vehicle is in said predetermined location, said door means being removeable from under said vehicle responsive to an operator'"'"'s control for servicing said vehicle from said lower level of said vehicle housing means;

d. means for draining oil from said vehicle within said vehicle housing means, said oil being drained from said vehicle to be collected in said drain tank through gravity assist; and

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e. a moveable drain pan being positionally locatable under said vehicle, said drain pan being operatively connected to said drain tank to permit oil passage thereto through gravity assist, said moveable drain pan further including conduit means passing substantially in a vertical manner from said drain pan on one end to said grated floor member on a second end for transporting said oil from said vehicle through said conduit, said grated floor member and into said drain tank.

2. The vehicle servicing system as recited in claim 1 including funnel wall means mounted below said grated floor member, said funnel wall means being operatively connected on opposing ends to said drain tank and said grated floor member for directing said oil passing through said grated floor member to said drain tank.