Parking lot exit control means
First Claim
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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Abstract
An improved parking lot traffic control means comprising an elongate series of tire engaging spikes extending transverse an entering and exit lane; said spikes are carried by an elongate shaft rotatably supported below the surface of the lane to project upwardly therefrom and from the surface of the lane when the shaft is in a normal rotative position; drive means including a reversible electric motor is provided to rotate the shaft to an actuated rotative position where said spikes project horizontally and below the surface of the lane; control means is provided to operate the drive means and includes manually operable actuating switch means at one end of the lane to cause the motor to rotate the shaft from its normal to its actuated position and automobile operated actuating switch means at the other end of the lane to cause the motor to rotate the shaft from its actuated to its normal position.
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10 Claims
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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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