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Mechanical automobile parking facility

  • US 6,109,853 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1991
  • Issued: 08/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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