Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – With traffic-guiding feature
Reexamination Certificate
1997-05-30
2001-04-10
Stephan, Beth A. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
With traffic-guiding feature
C414S261000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06212832
ABSTRACT:
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic, mechanical vehicle parking garage built as a silo structure under ground or above the ground. It has features of high efficiency in saving space and of low cost in construction, installation and maintenance.
The disadvantages of prior mechanical parking garages are mainly of two kinds. First, it has been noted that the more complicated a design, the greater possibility of mechanical malfunction in the existing inventions for automatic mechanical parking garages. Second, the principle objective of saving space is hardly obtained by the prior inventions. It would be found out that, calculating the whole construction area, few of them could make a parking space less than 25 square meters for each vehicle. Other disadvantages such as high cost for production, construction, installation and maintenance prevent the existing inventions from being practically used. All these disadvantages of the prior inventions weaken their trust in the users' mind as well as in the business market for automatic mechanical parking garages.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The principle objective of this invention is to provide a silo structure of a vehicle parking system, which overcomes some of the disadvantages in prior inventions, by offering high efficiency in saving space, high mechanical reliability and low cost in production, installation and maintenance.
This presented silo structure of a vehicle parking system occupies no more than ten meters in height and eighteen meters in diameter; however, more than sixty vehicles could be parked in its maximum capacity. Twelve sector-shaped parking spaces on each parking floor are separated radially by partitions at 30° angle intervals. This construction design uses less than twenty square meters for each vehicle. An elevator carrier in the shaft transfers the pallet with a vehicle from the rectangular entrance/exit opening to each parking floor. A rotary base rotating 360° around the central axis can be positioned to each sector-shaped parking space.
A conveyer platform utilizing a single piece of chain transferring device transfers the pallet with vehicles into or out of the sector-shaped parking spaces.
Four beams are separated at 90° intervals to support the elevator carrier, which extend into the adjacent place between two parking spaces. These beams slide along the guide rails which are mounted on the columns to ensure the stability and horizontal movement of the elevator carrier.
A cantilever body with a single piece of chain transferring device stretches out to press a hook-type lock device located in the dent place of each parking space. The lock device is utilized to keep the pallet still in the parking place. In the meantime, the cantilever body can have the pallet to be transferred further into a parking space, clear of the shaft space.
The features of this invention are simple mechanical movement to gain the reliability and lower the cost for construction.
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Gao Zhuangmei
Gao Zhuangmei
Stephan Beth A.
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