CA2022524A1 - Automobile vehicles stack parking system - Google Patents
Automobile vehicles stack parking systemInfo
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
- E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
- E04H6/08—Garages for many vehicles
- E04H6/12—Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles
- E04H6/18—Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
- E04H6/22—Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport, i.e. cars being permanently parked on palettes
- E04H6/225—Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport, i.e. cars being permanently parked on palettes without transverse movement of the parking palette after leaving the transfer means
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
- E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
- E04H6/08—Garages for many vehicles
- E04H6/12—Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles
- E04H6/18—Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
There is disclosed a parking system apparatus which enables vertical stacking of vehicles within vertical towers having a plurality of parking levels therein. The system further includes a vehicle hoist and positioning device which is movable from a first vehicle loading position, spaced from the tower to a second vehicle parking position within the tower. The hoist and positioning device cooperate together to facilitate elevation and positioning of the vehicle within parking area in the tower.
There is disclosed a parking system apparatus which enables vertical stacking of vehicles within vertical towers having a plurality of parking levels therein. The system further includes a vehicle hoist and positioning device which is movable from a first vehicle loading position, spaced from the tower to a second vehicle parking position within the tower. The hoist and positioning device cooperate together to facilitate elevation and positioning of the vehicle within parking area in the tower.
Description
AUTOMOBILE VEHICLES STACK PARKING SYSTEM
The ever growing number of automobiles in any developed country have corresponded almost always to an also ever growing headache; not only for the drivers themselves, but also to respective authorities, ~hen either of them are confronted with the parking problem.
The exiguity of space in the generality of buildings, and the little available area in the places exclusively dedicated to autoparks in face of the above referred automobile sales boon, leads to the imperious necessity of finding some solutions that permit to make more profitable, not only the free areas but also the volumes therein.
The present invention relates to a system for parking automobile vehicles by stacking them, which is characterized by the fact that the stacking units are put into practice by means of one or two fixed structures constituting one or two silo~, respectively associate to a metallic movable structure, and also by the fact that it permits to make the parking of a great number of vehicles in reduced areas with considerable vertical span.
The parking system proposed by this invention, and as a consequence the stacking units corresponding to its practical execution can be used in either underground parking lots or in :'' , ' ~- ' ' 2Q2252~
those located above ground level or also in those of mixed architecture.
According to one aspect of this invention, thre is provided an automobile vehicle stack parking system constituted by a fixed structure which can be essentially made of metal or precast strengthened concrete and rest upon reinforced concrete foundations having a modular construction type, and that can contain one or more vertical parking silos, with a number of places that varies in function of the available vertical span, either underground or at ground level or even mixed, characterized by the fact that it is equipped with one or two movable structures containing sets of stacking forks that move themselves vertically, and that possess the freedom of horizontal motion, all these movements being executed by the action of hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, and because it possesses security means applied to the fluid conducting systems for the case of any leak or rupture thus assuring the immobili~ation of the system.
According to a one aspect of the present invention there is provided a vehicle parking system comprising: at least one stationary parking tower, the tower having a plurality of parking levels, the levels including at least one parking area adapted to receive a vehicle; at least one vehicle positioning means operatively associated with the tower, the positioning means being movable from a first vehicle loading position spaced from the tower to a second vehicle parking position within the stationary tower; a vehicle hoisting means for hoisting the 202252~
vehicle from ground level to at least one area of the tower, the hoisting means being operatively associated with the vehicle positioning means; and actuation means for actuating the vehicle positioning means and the vehicle hoisting means whereby when the vehicle is located on the hoisting means and positioned within at least one area of the tower with the positioning means.
According to another aspect of the present invention, all the parking places inside the towers may, in one embodiment, be provided with a removable palette which may be received by the hoisting means. The palettes include fluid collecting zones in order to avoid the same from dripping on a vehicle parked below.
In addition, the palettes can include means to frictionally contact the tires of a vehicle e.g. a textured surface, and as well may include guidance aids, for example markings, etc. to ensure that the vehicle is well centered upon the palette. The palette may further be provided with guidance rails to guide the wheels of the vehicle, and with stop shoulders that make it pos-sible to indicate when the car has reached the desired centered position upon the palette.
As will be understood, in private or public parking lots that dispose of great areas and enough vertical span, the use of the units in accordance with the present invention will permit to multiply the number of vehicles that can be parked on them.
The structures of the stacking units can be constructed ': ' ~ , ' , 202252~
for a variable number of vehicles and for vehicles of several dlmenslons .
The arrangement of the several stacking units inside the available area can vary from case to case, in accordance with local requirements and conveniences, and with the side through which the entrance and exit of vehicles must be made.
A feature of the movable structure of each one of the stacking units is for its reception of a vehicle, its installation in an empty place, its extraction from said place and its devolution to the client.
The movable structure may present two types of apparatus one that has support at the top and at the base of the fixed structure, and the other which is suspended only from the upper part of the fixed structure, without any inferior supporting means, thus avoiding the inferior support wheels as well as the problems inherent to the maintenance of respective courses exempt from detritus if there are any. So a supported movable structure and a suspended movable structure are herein considered.
The fixed structures for the stacking units of the present invention can be made of metal or precast strengthened concrete, and they can rest upon steel concrete foundations with adequate dimensions for the characteristics of the ground where 2022~2~
they are to be implanted. When the fixed structures are metallic, they are constituted by modules in order to make transportation, assembling or transfer to another place easier.
The modular conception and construction allow for the settling in lateral mechanical gemination with the advantage of making assembling and reducing of the common uprights easier.
In the case that the stacking units are provided with the two silos each one of said silos can present the same number of places.
The movable structure corresponding to the fixed structure with one sole silo makes the horizontal approaching and withdrawing movements to and from the fixed structure in a perfectly balanced way under the action of two hydraulic or pneumatic jacks fixed upon the upper part of the fixed structure, and two jacks of the same type mounted upon the lower part of said structure or only two jacks upon the lower part, the action of said jacks being controlled from a position where multi-purpose electronic control devices are provided.
All the parking places inside the fixed structure of the present invention may or may not be provided with a removable palette. Usually these palettes have oil drop collecting zones in order to avoid that said oil drops will pour upon the vehicle that is parked below, the palettes having also, usually, great - 6 _ 2~225~
adherence zones for the vehicles tires to settle on, and near each one of the tops thereon there is a flexible pole or other auxiliary devices in order to permit that the vehicle be well centered upon the palette.
Another possibility of the present invention is that the palette be provided with guidance rails to guide the vehicle wheels and with stop shoulders so as to indicate that the car has reached the correct position.
Also in accordance with one feature these vehicles are position detecting electronic devices that signal acoustically and by way of lights indicate any eventual deviation even when referring to the exaggerate dimensions of the vehicle and/or its exterior bulk.
The section of the profiles used to build each one of the stacking units, and obviously their dimensions are a function of the type of vehicle to each they are appointed to and of the number of vehicles to be stacked.
The hydraulic and electronic controls for the units can be individual or collective, i.e., placed on a sole control panel for each parking lot and if justified, having inclusively recourse to the utilization of closed circuit television, not only as a control auxiliary but also as a security/surveillance means. The electronic control unit for the several steps 2~22~2~
necessary to the parking operation memorizes the number of vacant or filled places inside the silo.
The above referred electronic unit works in association with periferic devices to be defined by the entity that manages the parking lot. Those periferic devices will constitute some means for the stocking of data such as: starting date/hour of the parking operation, position occupied by the vehicle inside the silo, identification of the silo, etc.
The magnetic or punched card which the client receives when giving out his vehicle to the parking unit functions, as can be understood, as a personal and untransmissible ticket for the withdrawing of his vehicle.
r If wished an automatic collection system can be introduced that can function with currency or credit cards.
The elements that constitute the hydraulic system are protected against overload and bursting of tubes, said protection assuring the immobilization of the system till an eventual manual operation if that is considered necessary.
The parking units can also be provided with an equipment that allows removal of the vehicles from the silos in case of an interruption in the electric power supplying, in which case the electronic equipment does conserve intact its data - 8 _ 2~22~2~
records for a rather wide period of time.
The stacking forks which are part of the movable structures and that carry upon them tha palette with the automobile vehicle on it, get up and down by the action of some jacks or hydraulic or pneumatic winches fixed thereon and silently moving.
As has been referred the stacking units can have one or two silos. In the first case the movable structures have only one silo at one of its sides, and in the second case they have two silos, one at each side.
When the stacking units are located at both sides of the movable structure, this one, as it is double, is provided with stacking forks at both sides as can be well understood, and there are hydraulic jacks or winches controlling the ascension and descent of the forks for each side.
The movable structures with their single or double set of forks move themselves horizontally, getting near and/or getting away to/and from the stacking units, under the action of devices that are as well hydraulic or pneumatic.
All the above referred movements are dampered at the start by the introduction of a slope for acceleration and deceleration electronically controlled in the action of the - 9 21~22~52~
electrovalves responsible for the regulation of the flow supplied to the several hydraulic or pneumatic organs.
The various drawing of this application show stacking system comprising a silo with six places, several ways to dispose this type of unit, a system with two silos for six or more places, disposed one at each side of the movable structure and two of the ways to erect the unit in accordance with the available vertical span above pavement's level.
Having thus generally described the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred embodiments and in which:
Fig. 1 is a whole side view of a unit of the vehicles stack parking system constituted by a silo for six vehicles and a supported movable structure;
Fig. 2 is a top plan view corresponding to Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a palette;
Fig. 4 is a rear view of the fixed structure of a unit as per Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is a front view of the movable structure of an unit as per Fig. 1;
Fig.6 is a front view of a unit of the vehicles stack parking system comprising a double silo for fourteen vehicles, and a suspended movable structure;
Fig. 7 is a front view of the suspended movable structure of a unit as per Fig. 6;
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Fig. 8 is a plan view corresponding to the view of Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 is a side view of a stacking unit with two silos, one at each of the sides of the supported movable structure;
Fig. 10 is a simplified representation of a stacking unit of the type shown in Fig. 9, with all the places located above pavement's level.
Fig. 11 is a simplified representation of a stacking unit of the type shown in Fig. 9 with four of the 12 places located under the level of the pavement; and Figs. 12, 13 and 14 are a plan view of three different ways for the disposition of the stacking units comprising a silo in accordance with the available area existing for that effect.
The various drawing of this application show stacking system comprising a silo with six places, several ways to dispose this type of unit, a system with two silos for six or more places, disposed one at each side of the movable structure and two of the ways to erect the unit in accordance with the available vertical span above pavement's level.
In its general lines, the stacking unit that is constituted by only one silo (Figures 1,2,4 and 5) compxises a fixed structure (1) (which is metallic in the example shown) and a supported movable metallic structure (2).
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The horizontal movement of the supported movable structure (2) is effected in a perfectly balanced way either in one sense (3) or (4).
The stacking forks (8) that function inside the supported movable structure (2) are activated by means of double effect jacks (9) anchored to the profiled elements (10) connected to said structure, and acting upon the straight plane bar (11) that interconnects and anchors said forks.
The control of the stacking unit is made from a position (12). Considering that in the resting situation the supported movable structure (2) is, for instance, with its forks (8) located under the palette (5) which has upon it the vehicle parked during the last parking operation, the command for a new parking operation determines the removal of structure (2) from structure (1), the descent or ascent of forks (8) to the level of the nearest vacant place, the : approaching movement of movable structure (2) to the fixed structure (1), a slight uprising of the vacant palette by forks (8), the removal of movable structure (2) from fixed structure (1), and descent of said forks with the palette put on them in order to receive the new vehicle, the ascent of the forks with said new vehicle upon the palette till slightly above the lateral (6) and intermediary (7) profiled support elements where they put the vehicle upon.
In a general way the stacking unit constituted by a ~1~22~2~
double silo (Fig. 6), comprises a fixed structure (13) (which is metallic in the example shown), and a suspended movable structure (14).
The horizontal movement of suspended structure (14) is effected in a perfectly balanced and stable way, either in one sense or another by action of hydraulic actuators (15) (Fig. 7) extremely noiseless.
Stacking forXs (16) that function inside suspended movable structure (~4) are activated by means of hydraulic winches (17) anchored to said structure's upright (18), which winches move inside vertical plane bars (19) (Fig. 7) that constitute suspended movable structure's (14) legs.
Suspended movable structure (14) presents an adequate form due to the fact of being suspended from upper part (20) of fixed structure (13) of the type rolling cantilever bridge and of being intended to support important loads, and has the liberty of horizontal motion that allows the closing in and removal movements of said movable structure relative to each one of the two silos that constitute a double silo.
Another advantage of the present invention due to the use of suspended movable structure is that the upper places (A) having some protection rails allow not only parking of high box vehicles, but also to profit from a space that :' .. ..
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otherwise would be only occupied by the hydraulic winches.
The stacking units with two silos A and B each one of them located at one different side o~ supported movable structure (Fig. 9), comprise fixed structures (21~ constituted by six places in each silo, and in each of the places there is the profiled supporting element for the corresponding palette (5).
Movable structure (22) is rectangular in shape and presents at each of its corners a profiled element (23) that corresponds to the upper and lower parts of fixed structures (21) of the two silos by means of wheels (24) which in conjunction with wheels (25) make possible the closing in and removing motions of supported movable structure (22~ relative to both silos.
Support movable structure (22) comprises stacking forks (26) provided with distinct controlling and signalizing means.
Let us see now how the utilization of the units in the case of two silos units are processed as afore described.
When there is one or more vacant places inside any one of both silos of the parking unit, a green light located in a convenient place will light informing the user of this fact. In this case, the fence (not represented) that limits .
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the admission and exit of vehicles is raised and under one of the sets of forks (26) there is a palette which is appointed to receive the vehicle to be parked.
The user drives his vehicle over the palette, brakes it, changes its gears, and after that gets out of the vehicle and depresses the button that starts the parking operation.
When said button is depressed the photoelectric cells do the readings pertaining to the dimensions of the vehicle and/or its load, and if these do not exceed the maximum values allowed for the vacant place, the above mentioned fence lowers and the forks (26) raise to that place and stop, according to the fact that the place where the palette pertains to is located either in silo A or silo B.
If we admit that the used palette pertains to an empty place in silo A the movable structure (22) then closes in to this silo, passes with the palette occupied by the vehicle slightly over the profiled supporting elements (not visible upon the figure), stops to permit the slight descent of forks (26) to deposit the palette with the vehicle on it over the referred profiled supporting elements.
Once the parking operation of the vehicle is executed, the movable structure (22) extracts a new palette by means of forks (26) and puts it at ground level for the next parking operation.
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When a parking operation is in course of execution, the fence of the stacking unit maintains itself lowered, i.e., in the position it did take before the forks started their raising motion, and that to avoid the entrance of a vehicle or person that would be harassed by the motion of structure (22) or of forks (26) themselves. Thus the fence will only raise when a new palette has been put at ground level, and any or all motion of the system has ceased.
If the photoelectric cells verify that the dimensions and/or the load of the vehicle to be parked are superior to those admissible by the system, control is blocked, and a strong acoustical signal is heard and a luminous signal is lit averting the user that he must withdraw his vehicle.
The withdrawal of the vehicle is made by executing in reverse order the operations referred when its first positioning over the palette took place.
Figures 10 and 11 are examples of two possible ways of installation for the example of Fig. 9, where one verifies the existence of the 12 places located above ground level and that of 4 of 12 places that are located under pavement's level in the unit respectively. This solution with the silos being partially under pavements's level can happen too in the case of silos located at one side of the movable structure only.
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Figures 12, 13 and 14 are examples of dispositions that can be adopted for several stacking units. For example, accepting that each one of the units shown have a six place silos too, one would have for these examples total capacities of 30(5x6), 48(8x6) and 60(10x6) places, constituting thus an excellent profit of respective areas and vertical span.
It is important to mention that either in the case of stacking units with just one silo or with two silos located one at each side of the movable structure, the connection of a unit to the ones laterally adjacent to it is made by means of screwing or, in a preferred embodiment, by the use of same lateral upright, which permits an excellent utilization of material and the easy transportation of the structures for each of the units to the assembling place.
The ever growing number of automobiles in any developed country have corresponded almost always to an also ever growing headache; not only for the drivers themselves, but also to respective authorities, ~hen either of them are confronted with the parking problem.
The exiguity of space in the generality of buildings, and the little available area in the places exclusively dedicated to autoparks in face of the above referred automobile sales boon, leads to the imperious necessity of finding some solutions that permit to make more profitable, not only the free areas but also the volumes therein.
The present invention relates to a system for parking automobile vehicles by stacking them, which is characterized by the fact that the stacking units are put into practice by means of one or two fixed structures constituting one or two silo~, respectively associate to a metallic movable structure, and also by the fact that it permits to make the parking of a great number of vehicles in reduced areas with considerable vertical span.
The parking system proposed by this invention, and as a consequence the stacking units corresponding to its practical execution can be used in either underground parking lots or in :'' , ' ~- ' ' 2Q2252~
those located above ground level or also in those of mixed architecture.
According to one aspect of this invention, thre is provided an automobile vehicle stack parking system constituted by a fixed structure which can be essentially made of metal or precast strengthened concrete and rest upon reinforced concrete foundations having a modular construction type, and that can contain one or more vertical parking silos, with a number of places that varies in function of the available vertical span, either underground or at ground level or even mixed, characterized by the fact that it is equipped with one or two movable structures containing sets of stacking forks that move themselves vertically, and that possess the freedom of horizontal motion, all these movements being executed by the action of hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, and because it possesses security means applied to the fluid conducting systems for the case of any leak or rupture thus assuring the immobili~ation of the system.
According to a one aspect of the present invention there is provided a vehicle parking system comprising: at least one stationary parking tower, the tower having a plurality of parking levels, the levels including at least one parking area adapted to receive a vehicle; at least one vehicle positioning means operatively associated with the tower, the positioning means being movable from a first vehicle loading position spaced from the tower to a second vehicle parking position within the stationary tower; a vehicle hoisting means for hoisting the 202252~
vehicle from ground level to at least one area of the tower, the hoisting means being operatively associated with the vehicle positioning means; and actuation means for actuating the vehicle positioning means and the vehicle hoisting means whereby when the vehicle is located on the hoisting means and positioned within at least one area of the tower with the positioning means.
According to another aspect of the present invention, all the parking places inside the towers may, in one embodiment, be provided with a removable palette which may be received by the hoisting means. The palettes include fluid collecting zones in order to avoid the same from dripping on a vehicle parked below.
In addition, the palettes can include means to frictionally contact the tires of a vehicle e.g. a textured surface, and as well may include guidance aids, for example markings, etc. to ensure that the vehicle is well centered upon the palette. The palette may further be provided with guidance rails to guide the wheels of the vehicle, and with stop shoulders that make it pos-sible to indicate when the car has reached the desired centered position upon the palette.
As will be understood, in private or public parking lots that dispose of great areas and enough vertical span, the use of the units in accordance with the present invention will permit to multiply the number of vehicles that can be parked on them.
The structures of the stacking units can be constructed ': ' ~ , ' , 202252~
for a variable number of vehicles and for vehicles of several dlmenslons .
The arrangement of the several stacking units inside the available area can vary from case to case, in accordance with local requirements and conveniences, and with the side through which the entrance and exit of vehicles must be made.
A feature of the movable structure of each one of the stacking units is for its reception of a vehicle, its installation in an empty place, its extraction from said place and its devolution to the client.
The movable structure may present two types of apparatus one that has support at the top and at the base of the fixed structure, and the other which is suspended only from the upper part of the fixed structure, without any inferior supporting means, thus avoiding the inferior support wheels as well as the problems inherent to the maintenance of respective courses exempt from detritus if there are any. So a supported movable structure and a suspended movable structure are herein considered.
The fixed structures for the stacking units of the present invention can be made of metal or precast strengthened concrete, and they can rest upon steel concrete foundations with adequate dimensions for the characteristics of the ground where 2022~2~
they are to be implanted. When the fixed structures are metallic, they are constituted by modules in order to make transportation, assembling or transfer to another place easier.
The modular conception and construction allow for the settling in lateral mechanical gemination with the advantage of making assembling and reducing of the common uprights easier.
In the case that the stacking units are provided with the two silos each one of said silos can present the same number of places.
The movable structure corresponding to the fixed structure with one sole silo makes the horizontal approaching and withdrawing movements to and from the fixed structure in a perfectly balanced way under the action of two hydraulic or pneumatic jacks fixed upon the upper part of the fixed structure, and two jacks of the same type mounted upon the lower part of said structure or only two jacks upon the lower part, the action of said jacks being controlled from a position where multi-purpose electronic control devices are provided.
All the parking places inside the fixed structure of the present invention may or may not be provided with a removable palette. Usually these palettes have oil drop collecting zones in order to avoid that said oil drops will pour upon the vehicle that is parked below, the palettes having also, usually, great - 6 _ 2~225~
adherence zones for the vehicles tires to settle on, and near each one of the tops thereon there is a flexible pole or other auxiliary devices in order to permit that the vehicle be well centered upon the palette.
Another possibility of the present invention is that the palette be provided with guidance rails to guide the vehicle wheels and with stop shoulders so as to indicate that the car has reached the correct position.
Also in accordance with one feature these vehicles are position detecting electronic devices that signal acoustically and by way of lights indicate any eventual deviation even when referring to the exaggerate dimensions of the vehicle and/or its exterior bulk.
The section of the profiles used to build each one of the stacking units, and obviously their dimensions are a function of the type of vehicle to each they are appointed to and of the number of vehicles to be stacked.
The hydraulic and electronic controls for the units can be individual or collective, i.e., placed on a sole control panel for each parking lot and if justified, having inclusively recourse to the utilization of closed circuit television, not only as a control auxiliary but also as a security/surveillance means. The electronic control unit for the several steps 2~22~2~
necessary to the parking operation memorizes the number of vacant or filled places inside the silo.
The above referred electronic unit works in association with periferic devices to be defined by the entity that manages the parking lot. Those periferic devices will constitute some means for the stocking of data such as: starting date/hour of the parking operation, position occupied by the vehicle inside the silo, identification of the silo, etc.
The magnetic or punched card which the client receives when giving out his vehicle to the parking unit functions, as can be understood, as a personal and untransmissible ticket for the withdrawing of his vehicle.
r If wished an automatic collection system can be introduced that can function with currency or credit cards.
The elements that constitute the hydraulic system are protected against overload and bursting of tubes, said protection assuring the immobilization of the system till an eventual manual operation if that is considered necessary.
The parking units can also be provided with an equipment that allows removal of the vehicles from the silos in case of an interruption in the electric power supplying, in which case the electronic equipment does conserve intact its data - 8 _ 2~22~2~
records for a rather wide period of time.
The stacking forks which are part of the movable structures and that carry upon them tha palette with the automobile vehicle on it, get up and down by the action of some jacks or hydraulic or pneumatic winches fixed thereon and silently moving.
As has been referred the stacking units can have one or two silos. In the first case the movable structures have only one silo at one of its sides, and in the second case they have two silos, one at each side.
When the stacking units are located at both sides of the movable structure, this one, as it is double, is provided with stacking forks at both sides as can be well understood, and there are hydraulic jacks or winches controlling the ascension and descent of the forks for each side.
The movable structures with their single or double set of forks move themselves horizontally, getting near and/or getting away to/and from the stacking units, under the action of devices that are as well hydraulic or pneumatic.
All the above referred movements are dampered at the start by the introduction of a slope for acceleration and deceleration electronically controlled in the action of the - 9 21~22~52~
electrovalves responsible for the regulation of the flow supplied to the several hydraulic or pneumatic organs.
The various drawing of this application show stacking system comprising a silo with six places, several ways to dispose this type of unit, a system with two silos for six or more places, disposed one at each side of the movable structure and two of the ways to erect the unit in accordance with the available vertical span above pavement's level.
Having thus generally described the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred embodiments and in which:
Fig. 1 is a whole side view of a unit of the vehicles stack parking system constituted by a silo for six vehicles and a supported movable structure;
Fig. 2 is a top plan view corresponding to Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a palette;
Fig. 4 is a rear view of the fixed structure of a unit as per Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is a front view of the movable structure of an unit as per Fig. 1;
Fig.6 is a front view of a unit of the vehicles stack parking system comprising a double silo for fourteen vehicles, and a suspended movable structure;
Fig. 7 is a front view of the suspended movable structure of a unit as per Fig. 6;
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Fig. 8 is a plan view corresponding to the view of Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 is a side view of a stacking unit with two silos, one at each of the sides of the supported movable structure;
Fig. 10 is a simplified representation of a stacking unit of the type shown in Fig. 9, with all the places located above pavement's level.
Fig. 11 is a simplified representation of a stacking unit of the type shown in Fig. 9 with four of the 12 places located under the level of the pavement; and Figs. 12, 13 and 14 are a plan view of three different ways for the disposition of the stacking units comprising a silo in accordance with the available area existing for that effect.
The various drawing of this application show stacking system comprising a silo with six places, several ways to dispose this type of unit, a system with two silos for six or more places, disposed one at each side of the movable structure and two of the ways to erect the unit in accordance with the available vertical span above pavement's level.
In its general lines, the stacking unit that is constituted by only one silo (Figures 1,2,4 and 5) compxises a fixed structure (1) (which is metallic in the example shown) and a supported movable metallic structure (2).
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The horizontal movement of the supported movable structure (2) is effected in a perfectly balanced way either in one sense (3) or (4).
The stacking forks (8) that function inside the supported movable structure (2) are activated by means of double effect jacks (9) anchored to the profiled elements (10) connected to said structure, and acting upon the straight plane bar (11) that interconnects and anchors said forks.
The control of the stacking unit is made from a position (12). Considering that in the resting situation the supported movable structure (2) is, for instance, with its forks (8) located under the palette (5) which has upon it the vehicle parked during the last parking operation, the command for a new parking operation determines the removal of structure (2) from structure (1), the descent or ascent of forks (8) to the level of the nearest vacant place, the : approaching movement of movable structure (2) to the fixed structure (1), a slight uprising of the vacant palette by forks (8), the removal of movable structure (2) from fixed structure (1), and descent of said forks with the palette put on them in order to receive the new vehicle, the ascent of the forks with said new vehicle upon the palette till slightly above the lateral (6) and intermediary (7) profiled support elements where they put the vehicle upon.
In a general way the stacking unit constituted by a ~1~22~2~
double silo (Fig. 6), comprises a fixed structure (13) (which is metallic in the example shown), and a suspended movable structure (14).
The horizontal movement of suspended structure (14) is effected in a perfectly balanced and stable way, either in one sense or another by action of hydraulic actuators (15) (Fig. 7) extremely noiseless.
Stacking forXs (16) that function inside suspended movable structure (~4) are activated by means of hydraulic winches (17) anchored to said structure's upright (18), which winches move inside vertical plane bars (19) (Fig. 7) that constitute suspended movable structure's (14) legs.
Suspended movable structure (14) presents an adequate form due to the fact of being suspended from upper part (20) of fixed structure (13) of the type rolling cantilever bridge and of being intended to support important loads, and has the liberty of horizontal motion that allows the closing in and removal movements of said movable structure relative to each one of the two silos that constitute a double silo.
Another advantage of the present invention due to the use of suspended movable structure is that the upper places (A) having some protection rails allow not only parking of high box vehicles, but also to profit from a space that :' .. ..
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otherwise would be only occupied by the hydraulic winches.
The stacking units with two silos A and B each one of them located at one different side o~ supported movable structure (Fig. 9), comprise fixed structures (21~ constituted by six places in each silo, and in each of the places there is the profiled supporting element for the corresponding palette (5).
Movable structure (22) is rectangular in shape and presents at each of its corners a profiled element (23) that corresponds to the upper and lower parts of fixed structures (21) of the two silos by means of wheels (24) which in conjunction with wheels (25) make possible the closing in and removing motions of supported movable structure (22~ relative to both silos.
Support movable structure (22) comprises stacking forks (26) provided with distinct controlling and signalizing means.
Let us see now how the utilization of the units in the case of two silos units are processed as afore described.
When there is one or more vacant places inside any one of both silos of the parking unit, a green light located in a convenient place will light informing the user of this fact. In this case, the fence (not represented) that limits .
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the admission and exit of vehicles is raised and under one of the sets of forks (26) there is a palette which is appointed to receive the vehicle to be parked.
The user drives his vehicle over the palette, brakes it, changes its gears, and after that gets out of the vehicle and depresses the button that starts the parking operation.
When said button is depressed the photoelectric cells do the readings pertaining to the dimensions of the vehicle and/or its load, and if these do not exceed the maximum values allowed for the vacant place, the above mentioned fence lowers and the forks (26) raise to that place and stop, according to the fact that the place where the palette pertains to is located either in silo A or silo B.
If we admit that the used palette pertains to an empty place in silo A the movable structure (22) then closes in to this silo, passes with the palette occupied by the vehicle slightly over the profiled supporting elements (not visible upon the figure), stops to permit the slight descent of forks (26) to deposit the palette with the vehicle on it over the referred profiled supporting elements.
Once the parking operation of the vehicle is executed, the movable structure (22) extracts a new palette by means of forks (26) and puts it at ground level for the next parking operation.
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When a parking operation is in course of execution, the fence of the stacking unit maintains itself lowered, i.e., in the position it did take before the forks started their raising motion, and that to avoid the entrance of a vehicle or person that would be harassed by the motion of structure (22) or of forks (26) themselves. Thus the fence will only raise when a new palette has been put at ground level, and any or all motion of the system has ceased.
If the photoelectric cells verify that the dimensions and/or the load of the vehicle to be parked are superior to those admissible by the system, control is blocked, and a strong acoustical signal is heard and a luminous signal is lit averting the user that he must withdraw his vehicle.
The withdrawal of the vehicle is made by executing in reverse order the operations referred when its first positioning over the palette took place.
Figures 10 and 11 are examples of two possible ways of installation for the example of Fig. 9, where one verifies the existence of the 12 places located above ground level and that of 4 of 12 places that are located under pavement's level in the unit respectively. This solution with the silos being partially under pavements's level can happen too in the case of silos located at one side of the movable structure only.
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Figures 12, 13 and 14 are examples of dispositions that can be adopted for several stacking units. For example, accepting that each one of the units shown have a six place silos too, one would have for these examples total capacities of 30(5x6), 48(8x6) and 60(10x6) places, constituting thus an excellent profit of respective areas and vertical span.
It is important to mention that either in the case of stacking units with just one silo or with two silos located one at each side of the movable structure, the connection of a unit to the ones laterally adjacent to it is made by means of screwing or, in a preferred embodiment, by the use of same lateral upright, which permits an excellent utilization of material and the easy transportation of the structures for each of the units to the assembling place.
Claims (14)
1. Automobile vehicle stack parking system constituted by a fixed structure which can be essentially made of metal or precast strengthened concrete and rest upon reinforced concrete foundations having a modular construction type, and that can contain one or more vertical parking silos, with a number of places that varies in function of the available vertical span, either underground or at ground level or even mixed, characterized by the fact that it is equipped with one or two movable structures containing sets of stacking forks that move themselves vertically, and that possess the freedom of horizontal motion, all these movements being executed by the action of hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, and because it possesses security means applied to the fluid conducting systems for the case of any leak or rupture thus assuring the immobilization of the system.
2. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, characterized by the fact that it is equipped with a movable structure, with a generally rectangular form that presents at each of it's corners a profiled element corresponding to the upper and lower parts of the fixed structures of both silos by means of guided ball bearings upon which they rest, and have the liberty of horizontal motion, allowing the approach and/or removal to and from said silos.
3. Automobile vehicles parking system as per claim 1 characterized by the fact that it is equipped with a movable structure with the general shape of an inverted "U", that moves itself horizontally supported solely on the upper part of the fixed structure, being suspended without any inferior supporting means, and because it contains all the mechanisms of actuation in movement centralized upon its upper part.
4. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the facts that the movable structures are equipped with sets of stacking forks that will be two, one at each side of the movable structure if it is an application in double silo, and that move themselves vertically by the action of hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, carrying the vehicles to/from the empty box and/or to the access zone.
5. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that in these movable structures the entrance and/or exit of vehicles can be done by either side for which reason some means are foreseen in order to make easier the correct positioning of the vehicles, either if the entrance is made through one side or the other.
6. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, where the sectioning of material and building details of each stacking system structures is subordinate to the number of places that the available vertical span allows to adopt and to the dimensions and weight of vehicles it is intended to park in each silo, characterized by the fact that the connection between the fixed metallic structures of a unit and the adjacent units when present is made by mechanical tightening and that its modular construction permits the lateral mechanical gemination of units set side by side by means of uprights common for each two systems.
7. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that the movements of the structures are dampered at starting and stopping by the introduction of an acceleration slope with electronic control in the action of electrovalves responsible for the hydraulic/pneumatic organs.
8. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that the control of the necessary steps for each parking operation and devolution of vehicles is assured by an electronic unit that memorizes the number of empty or occupied places and their position inside the silos.
9. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that it possesses one or two protection bars according to the fact that the entrance of vehicles is made through one or both sides of it, and said protection bars are closed whenever the movable structure is in motion or absent from the entrance of vehicles level, said bars being controlled by an electronic circuit based on the use of photoelectric cells and respective luminous and acoustical periferic devices, which devices not only cooperate for the correct positioning of the vehicle but also permit to measure all its dimensions and compare them with the measures allowed and available inside the system, and the last stage of each silo can receive a vehicle of greater dimensions then the dimensions of the vehicles occupying the other stages although inside some limits.
10. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that the disposition of the several stacking units to be set, can vary in accordance with the available area, local where through the vehicles accede to the parking lot, and eventually to other relevant local conditions.
11. Automobile vehicles parking system as per claim 1, characterized by the fact that the palettes are usually provided with oil drop collecting zones to avoid that said oil drips over the under parked vehicles, great adherence zones for the seating and guidance of vehicles' tires, and two flexible poles and/or other means placed at each top of the palette in order to help the user put his vehicle dully centered.
12. Automobile vehicle parking system as per claim 1, 2 or 3, which permits parking in rather reduced area, either in private or public parking lots, a great number of vehicles, characterized by the fact that said number only depends on the available vertical span over and/or under ground level, on the number of places it is possible to locate in the area chosen for the parking lot.
13. A vehicle parking system comprising:
at least one first stationary parking tower, said tower having a plurality of parking levels, said levels including at least one parking area adapted to receive a vehicle;
at least one vehicle positioning means operatively associated with said tower, said positioning means being movable from a first vehicle loading position spaced from said tower to a second vehicle parking position within said first stationary tower;
a vehicle hoisting means for hoisting said vehicle from ground level to said at least one area of said tower, said hoisting means being operatively associated with said vehicle positioning means; and actuation means for actuating said vehicle positioning means and said vehicle hoisting means whereby when said vehicle is located on said hoisting means and positioned within said at least one area of said tower with said posi- tioning means.
at least one first stationary parking tower, said tower having a plurality of parking levels, said levels including at least one parking area adapted to receive a vehicle;
at least one vehicle positioning means operatively associated with said tower, said positioning means being movable from a first vehicle loading position spaced from said tower to a second vehicle parking position within said first stationary tower;
a vehicle hoisting means for hoisting said vehicle from ground level to said at least one area of said tower, said hoisting means being operatively associated with said vehicle positioning means; and actuation means for actuating said vehicle positioning means and said vehicle hoisting means whereby when said vehicle is located on said hoisting means and positioned within said at least one area of said tower with said posi- tioning means.
14. The vehicle parking system as defined in claim 1, wherein said positioning means comprises a pair of spaced apart interconnected U-shaped frames, each of said frames having upper and lower projecting arms, said arms adapted for reception within openings of said tower, said openings registering in alignment with said arms of said positioning means.
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