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Parking lot exit control means

  • US 4,101,235 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1977
  • Issued: 07/18/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Traffic control means to control the movement of automobiles into and out of defined areas, the traffic control means including an elongate lane with inlet and outlet ends and a top surface, said lane having one end opening into said area and its other end opening outside said area, an elongate barrier in and extending transverse the lane between the ends thereof, said barrier including an elongate rotatable shaft positioned below the surface of the lane, in a normal rotative position a plurality of tire piercing spikes secured to the shaft in longitudinally spaced relationship and normally projecting upwardly therefrom and upwardly from the surface of the lane;

  • electric powered operating means at one end of the shaft to rotate the shaft to and from an actuated position where said spikes project horizontally therefrom and occur below said surface, and control means to cause the operating means to sequentially rotate the shaft from its normal to its actuated position and from its actuated position to its normal position and including a control circuit with a primary actuating switching means at the upstream end of the lane and connected in the circuit to cause the operating means to rotate the shaft from its normal to its actuated position and a secondary actuating switching means in the outlet end portion of the lane and connected in the circuit to cause the operating means to rotate the shaft from its actuated to its normal position.

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