Mechanical automobile parking facility
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1. A mechanical vehicle parking facility, comprising:
- a parking structure having at least one parking level, the parking level having an aisle extending in a first, longitudinal direction and having opposite sides, and a plurality of parking spaces extending along opposite sides of the aisle;
a running rail extending along each side of the aisle;
each parking space having opposite ends, and having a slide rail at each end of the space extending in a second direction transverse to said longitudinal direction;
a plurality of vehicle parking pallets, each parking pallet being capable of having a vehicle driven onto it and having support means for supporting a vehicle thereon;
a driving unit capable of supporting a parking pallet with a vehicle thereon;
the driving unit being movable on said running rails along said aisle;
the driving unit including hydraulic telescopic cylinders for moving a parking pallet in a direction transverse to said first direction from the driving unit into an adjacent parking space on said slide rails, and in a reverse direction fromsaid parking space onto said driving unit;
said slide rails supporting a parking pallet and vehicle in a respective parking space;
the driving unit having a lifting platform assembly for supporting a parking pallet, the lifting platform assembly including locking means for locking the parking pallet onto the driving unit, and a lifting device for lifting the platform assembly with the parking pallet and vehicle thereon;
the parking structure having an entrance position for entry of vehicles into the facility;
a turntable arranged above the entrance position of said structure, the turntable including a rotary drive device for rotating the turntable; and
the turntable having an opening for receiving a parking pallet with a vehicle thereon in response to the pallet being raised by the lifting device, and a releasable locking device for releasably locking the parking pallet in said opening, whereby the parking pallet and vehicle can be rotated into a selected orientation for driving into or out of the parking facility.
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A mechanical automobile parking facility with auto parking pallets, in which a vehicle is driven onto an auto parking pallet which is moved with the vehicle thereon to a predetermined space inside the facility. In order to guarantee reliable and abrasion free parking, a driving unit on rails is included whereby the driving unit with the auto parking pallet lying thereon, proceeds along a parking aisle and the auto parking pallet is pushed sideways from the driving unit by telescopic cylinders over glide rails into a free parking space, or conversely the auto parking pallet is taken from there onto the driving unit.
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1. A mechanical vehicle parking facility, comprising:
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a parking structure having at least one parking level, the parking level having an aisle extending in a first, longitudinal direction and having opposite sides, and a plurality of parking spaces extending along opposite sides of the aisle; a running rail extending along each side of the aisle; each parking space having opposite ends, and having a slide rail at each end of the space extending in a second direction transverse to said longitudinal direction; a plurality of vehicle parking pallets, each parking pallet being capable of having a vehicle driven onto it and having support means for supporting a vehicle thereon; a driving unit capable of supporting a parking pallet with a vehicle thereon; the driving unit being movable on said running rails along said aisle; the driving unit including hydraulic telescopic cylinders for moving a parking pallet in a direction transverse to said first direction from the driving unit into an adjacent parking space on said slide rails, and in a reverse direction from said parking space onto said driving unit; said slide rails supporting a parking pallet and vehicle in a respective parking space; the driving unit having a lifting platform assembly for supporting a parking pallet, the lifting platform assembly including locking means for locking the parking pallet onto the driving unit, and a lifting device for lifting the platform assembly with the parking pallet and vehicle thereon; the parking structure having an entrance position for entry of vehicles into the facility; a turntable arranged above the entrance position of said structure, the turntable including a rotary drive device for rotating the turntable; and the turntable having an opening for receiving a parking pallet with a vehicle thereon in response to the pallet being raised by the lifting device, and a releasable locking device for releasably locking the parking pallet in said opening, whereby the parking pallet and vehicle can be rotated into a selected orientation for driving into or out of the parking facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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