Material or article handling – Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a... – Including one or more movable sites
Patent
1994-03-11
1995-09-12
Olszewski, Robert P.
Material or article handling
Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a...
Including one or more movable sites
414234, 414239, 414264, 187221, E04H 612
Patent
active
054492610
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a motor vehicle parking installation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Motor vehicle parking installations are known comprising a load-bearing structure divided into units or "cells" of suitable dimensions for containing a motor vehicle, and a transfer device movable relative to said structure in order to convey motor vehicle from an entry position to any of these cells and vice versa in the sense of taking it from any one of these on termination of the parking period and moving it to an exit position. This exit position can coincide with or be different from the entry position.
Installations of this type have already been developed in the most varied forms using the most varied operating principles for solving the individual technical problems which arise, and which generally relate to the configuration of the available space, its development above and/or below the ground, the handling system etc. Some of these installations are described for example in EP-A1-0 214 048, FR-A-1 450 015, DE-A1-2 058 404, EP-A2-0 152 789, EP-A1-0 041 241, EP-A2-0 220 594, EP-A1-0 351 374, EP-A2-0 143 139, EP-A1-0 275 004, WO 86/03246, WO 86/04107, WO 88/08476, WO 89/01557 and WO 90/10132, and differ from each other by their structural form, their vehicle handling system, their control and safety systems, the parking management criteria and a large variety of details relating to one or other of the specific technical problems which have to be confronted in any particular case.
DE-B-1.684.789 relates to a storage system for motor vehicles or other goods, in which support platforms are provided on a plurality of storeys, and an elevator is provided for conveying the support platforms to and from the storeys, the elevator being provided with drive means for moving the support platforms from the elevator to the storeys and vice versa.
FR-A-1.450.015 describes a parking installation comprising a plurality of superimposed cells placed on both the sides of a central passage orthogonal to the direction of introduction of the vehicle into the cells.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a motor vehicle parking installation which combines simple and economical construction with very high operational reliability.
A further object of the invention is to provide a parking installation the structure of which is extremely flexible on the basis of the available space, in that with regard to its configuration it can extend above and/or below the ground, with regard to its vehicle arrangement these can be side by side or aligned, and with regard to its entry and exit positions these can either coincide or be separate and can be situated in any position relative to the structure in accordance with the relationship between .the communication paths of the installation and the external roadways..
These and further objects which will be apparent from the ensuing description are attained according to the invention by a motor vehicle parking installation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a first embodiment of an installation according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof on the line II--II of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side view thereof on the line III--III of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a detailed plan view of the movable platform and its vertical structure;
FIG. 5 is a partial side view of said vertical structure;
FIG. 6 is a cross-section through the movable platform, on which a tray is mounted;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial vertical section through the platform on the line VII--VII of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a schematic partly sectional detailed enlarged view, taken in the same view as FIG. 6, of a longitudinal actuator mounted on the tray transporting platform, and of the member for connecting a tray to a cell;
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a different configuration of the installation according to the invention;
FIG. 10 is a front
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Olszewski Robert P.
Reichard Dean A.
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