Material or article handling – Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a... – Including one or more movable sites
Patent
1995-02-17
1997-10-21
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a...
Including one or more movable sites
414261, 414286, 414240, 414234, B65G 104
Patent
active
056789726
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
The invention generally relates to a mechanical facility for the space-saving parking of motor vehicles. More specifically, the present invention relates to a parking facility with stackable parking spaces on moveable carriages. The invention strives to improve such installations in order to be able to realize the same in a more cost-effective and space-saving manner.
A parking facility is described in EP 0 143 139 A2. In the case of that facility, a stacking carriage, which can be displaced to the side, is provided, which stacking carriage is formed such that a multiplicity of pairs of pallets, located one beside the other and intended for receiving parked motor vehicles, can be arranged thereon one above the other and/or one beneath the other. By lateral displacement of the stacking carriage, a lifting passage can be produced, in which a lifting unit can travel up and down, which lifting unit can remove individual pallets from the stacking carriage adjacent to the lifting passage, and introduce them into the stacking carriage, and can lift any pallet onto the level of at least one entrance or exit.
This facility has the disadvantage that one lifting passage is necessary over a width corresponding to the width of two parking spaces located one beside the other. Consequently, the density, in relation to the surface area of the facility, of the available parking spaces, is restricted such that, over a surface area corresponding to two parking spaces located one beside the other and the lifting passage necessary therefor, a maximum of two vehicles can be parked in each storey of the facility.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is, then, to increase the density of the parking spaces, with the result that it is possible to park vehicles in an even more space-saving manner.
This object is achieved according to the invention by a facility which is intended for the space-saving parking of motor vehicles.
In this arrangement, a multiplicity of stacking carriages, which are arranged horizontally and longitudinally along the facility in an end-to-end fashion and can be displaced longitudinally, is provided, of which each stacking carriage is formed such that a multiplicity of pairs of pallets, located one beside the other and intended for receiving parked motor vehicles, can be arranged thereon one above the other and/or one beneath the other. By lateral displacement of the stacking carriages, a lifting passage can be produced between any two selected stacking carriages, to which lifting passage a lifting apparatus can travel, which lifting apparatus can receive individual pallets from a stacking carriage adjacent to the lifting passage, and introduce them into said stacking carriages. The lifting apparatus can move any pallet vertically through the lifting passage and lift it onto the level of at least one entrance or exit.
The facility according to the invention is suitable for the parking of motor vehicles in an extremely constricted amount of space, e.g. in built-up areas. In this arrangement, each parking position can be reached directly for loading and unloading by displacing the lifting passage.
In an embodiment, a parking facility is provided which has a plurality of stacking carriages arranged end-to-end in a longitudinally horizontal manner. These stacking carriages are longitudinally moveable to form a lifting passage between a selected two of the stacking carriages or at an end of the facility. A plurality of pallets are removably supportable in vertically spaced, stacked parking positions on the stacking carriages, and each pallet is dimensioned to support a conventionally-sized automobile. The facility has an access level to and from which pallets are delivered. For example, this recess level may extend along a top of the stacking carriages and includes an entrance and exit access for automobiles. A means for moving the pallets is provided, including a pair of lifting carriages are longitudinally horizontally moveable along opposite sides of the stacking carriages, the p
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Bockler Hans
Schutt Dieter
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Werner Frank E.
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