CA2011527C - Automated multistorey parking building - Google Patents

Automated multistorey parking building

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CA2011527C
CA2011527C CA 2011527 CA2011527A CA2011527C CA 2011527 C CA2011527 C CA 2011527C CA 2011527 CA2011527 CA 2011527 CA 2011527 A CA2011527 A CA 2011527A CA 2011527 C CA2011527 C CA 2011527C
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Lev Galperin
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/08Garages for many vehicles
    • E04H6/12Garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles
    • E04H6/18Garages 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
    • E04H6/22Garages 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

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Abstract

ABSTRACT
The present invention relates generally to structures for a multistorey parking building or parking attachment to an existing building and to devices for automated parking and, more particularly, to steel structures made of modular elements and to devices and platforms for automatic car distribution within a multistorey parking space.

Description

2al~s27 Field ~ the inventi~n The present i~vention relates generally to structures for a nultistorey parking building or parking attach~ent to an ~xisting building and to devices for auto~ated parking and, ~ore particularly, to steel structuxes ~ade of ~cdular ele~ents ~nd to devices and platfor~s for automatic car distribution uithin a multistorey parking space.
Background of the inverltion At present time, parking spaces are in the ~orm of open paved squares, basement storeys o~ buildings or as separate concrete structures where a vehicle is being parked by its driver ~or valet parking). Open parking spaces occupy significant areas o~ alre~dy cro~deti cities. Multistorey concrete parkin~ buildir~s with human parking (by driver or valet~ are bulky, relatively expensive and iner~ective since the area and the height are only partially us~i ~or vehicle place~ent so that the volu~e of a parking building is used up to 35X only. When ~ost parkin~ spaces are occupied, the arriving vehicles are manoeuvring or waiting with runnir~
engine which leads to increased Pollution~ This invention aios at solvin~ parking proble~s in downtowns o~ bi~ cities, at aeroports, theatres, shoppin~ ~al:ls, stadiu~s and universities; at eli~ination o~ street parkir~ in cro~ied areasJ at decre~sing pollution and at providing olean, sare, ineXpensiv~ and ~axt auto~ateci parking spaces.
Preli~inary search did not find any patents proposing structures and devices ~or autooated ~ultistor~ parking buildings.

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~ ~3 ~ ~27 Sl~mnary of tlle in~ention The object of th~ ~Ivention is the structure o~ the ~ultistorey parkir~ buil~in~ and the devices providing its auto~atic operation at all stages o~ parking process. The park~lg building or the parkin~ attach~ent to an existi~
buildir~ is ~anufactured as a steel fra~e in such a way that the volume of the struGture is partitioned into boxes in which vehicles are stationed and horisontal lanes ( corridors ) and vertical lanes ~ with elevators ) ~here devices ( shuttles or trolleys) are ~oving that distribute vehicles into boxes. Due to different sizes of vehicles, there nay be several dif~erent types o$ boxes which provides for better use of the volu~e oE
the parking building. Every box has a plat~orm on which to park a vehicle. Plat~orns with or without vehicles can be ~oved through the building by shuttles moving on special ~uides which serve si~ultaneously as supporting structure of the build W . For better ventilation, boxes are separated vertically by grid deck platir~ or solid floors with holes. Walls of the ~Iderground part of the parking buildin~
ars ~ade o~ c~ncrete and the upper Part can be ~ade with any appropriate materials, with or without windows. Vertical transportation of shuttles or troll~ys i5 provided by special elevators with guides. Guides in elevators and guides in horiz~ntal corridors coincide when elevators stop. ~very plat~orm has two ~uide track5 and the ~eohani~ to preoisely check and ~ix the vehicle on the plat~orm.
The autaDatio parkir~ proce~s is as Pollows. At the entrance, a driver put~ hi~ vehiole wl the plat~or~ set ~n a shuttle uhloh awaits oustomers, leaves the vehicle and pays the ~ee to the autooatic parking-disPcnser uhioh im~ediately gives the driver a code--nu~ber and directs the ' ' ' ` . ' " ' ' -" 2 ~ 2 7 ~huttle with the a vehicle to the v~cant ~ox with that code-nunber. The driver leaves the pre~ises. Upon arrival to the box, the plat~or~ with the ear is ~oved fro~ the shuttle into the box, the vacant shuttle is directed to a vacant box with the platform but without a vehicle,the plat~orm is transferred ont~ the shuttle which returns to the entrance to wait for another custo~er. There are several shuttles in the building;
anong them there is a vacant shuttle for vehicle deliverY and another one with a plat~orm to take a vehicle for parking. I~
the parking is full, then the shuttles st~nd still where they are until a driver arrives to pick up his vehicle. The driver dials his code-nu~ber and pays the balance to the parkin~-dispenser; then the closest shutt,le i5 direoted to the box, ~akes delivery of the vehicle and awaits another custo~er.
All operations are autooatic and cooputerized including the inventory o~ vacant and ocoupied boxes, control of shuttles and elevators and additional services, if any (e.g.,auto~atic car wash~. In case of equipment ~ailure, a technician on duty dslivers a vehicle by ~anual operations.

Brie~ description Or the drawines Fig.1 is a plan view of the Dultistorey auto~atic Parkin~
building according to the e~bodi~ent o~ the present invention;
Fig.2 is a seetion on the line I-I in Fi~.1;
Fig.3 is a ~ection on th~ line II-II in Fig~1;
Fig.4 shows the plat~or~ ~or a parki~g vehicle;
Fig.5 i~ a view on the line III-III in Fi~.4;
Pig.6 is a section on the line IV-IV in Pig.4;
Fi~.7 is a vieu ~ron under the ~huttle;
Fig.~ is a view on the line V-V in Fi~.7;

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~` 2 ~ 2 7 Fi~.~ is a sec-tion on the lme VI-VI m Fig.7;
Fi~.lO is a longitudinal vie~ of the shuttle ~ith the platfor~;
Fig.11 is a ]on~itudinal vie~ o~ the trolley;
Fig.12 is a vie~ on the lme VII-VII in Fig.ll;
~i~ 13 is a transverse vie~ of the shuttle and the platfor~
with roller conveyer ~or ~ovIng the plat~orm to lateral directions;
Fig.14 is a section on the line VIII-VIII in Fig.13.

~QIE~ Shuttles are devices Rhich distribute plat~oros with or without vehicles into or out of boxes and are circulating in lanes (corridors) and on elevators.
Trolleys represent moving platforos that are nor~ally stationed in boxes (Rith or without vehicles) and are circulating in lanes (corridors) and on elevators in order to deliver a vehicle parked on a trolley into a box ~or stora~e and to take it out o~ the box to the exit on request of the driver o~ the vehicle.

~etailed description o~ the pre~erred eobodi~ents An auto~ated ~ultistorey parkin~ building as seen in Figs. 1 to 3 consists o~ steel struotures: coluDn 1, horizontal longitudinal ele~ents 2J horizontal tr~lsverse el0~ents 3, longitudinal guides 4 and transverse 8uides 5 ~e.g.
ohannel~shaped). At interse¢tions o~ guides 4 ~ 5) the vertical parts o~ 8uides 4 are truncated. The said eleuents are assRbbled in such u way that th0 entire vol~Ine o~ the building is partitioned into ~oxes 7 (where vehiole~ are .
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:~ ' , ~ ' -201~ 7 parked~ and lanes (corridors~ M w~ere st~ttles or trollcys are ~OVil~ that distribute va~hicles ~to vao~l~ boxes l~'lours betweerl ~oxes 7 ar~ ~s~lu~aotllrerl as g~;d deck platin~ ~not sho~n on drawings~. Guides 4 and 5 on ~hich shuttles are mov~ represent also elements of supporting structures o~ the ~ultistorey parking building and si~ulteneously serve as a base for installation of the grid deck plating~ Vertically, between floors, shuttles or trolleys with vehicles are moved by elevators 6, which also have guides 4 and 5. All guides of each floor are on the sa~e horizontal level. ~levator 6 ~oving a shuttle or a trolley with a ~ehicle to certain floor of the parking, stops in such position that his guides 4 and 5 coincide with guides 4 and 5 of the ~loor so that shuttle or a trolle~ with a vehicle can move horizontally in two perpen-dicular directions.
In every box 7 there is platform 8 with edges bent up in order not to spill dirt on the top of louer vehicle. Vehicles are put on platfor~s at the entrance by drivers. The platfor~
8 ~see drawings 4 to 6) has tuo guide-tracks 9 of enough width to acconoodate wheels 12 of dif~erent acceptable vehicles.
One or both tracks ~ have a ~echanisn fixing wheels oP a vehicle on the platPorn. For exa~ple, there are two strips 10 ~oved in transverse direction by ~echanis0s 11 (e.g., hydraulio jacks) that fasten wheels 12 in traoks 9. One, two or all Pour wheels o~ a vehicle can be ~ixed. Plat~orn 8 is ~astened on a shuttle 14, e.g., by ~eans o~ studs (pins~ 13.
The shuttle 14 (see drawin~s 7 to ~) has a plate or ~ra~e 14 ~itted with wheel6 15 uith a ~otor 16. The shuttle 14 has also the botton ~ra~e 18 with tr~n~ver~e wheels 17 a~d ~otor 19. The ~ra~e 18 is connected with the ~ra0e 14 o~ the shuttle by jaeks 20 that oh~nee the vertioal position o~

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2~527 transverse ~heels 17. Meohanis~ 21 brings in Dotion si~ultaneously all devices 20 Eor lowering or li~'tin~ wheels 17 Ln o~ler that the sh~ttle 14 could be trans~erred fro~
longitud mal notion along guides 4 onto trans~erse ~otion along guides 5, and also for putting the platform 8 on special suPPortS in a box 7 ~these suPPorts are not shown on Fi~.3 of the box 7). Special holes 22 are for Pixing the platforn 8 on the shuttle 14.
Shuttle 14 (uith plat~orm 8 and a vehicle) in ~otion along the longitudinal guides 4 is sho~n in Fig.10. At a stop near a va~ant box 7, the ~echanis~ 21 starts and hydraulic jacks 20 lower ~heels 17 into ~uides 5, slmultaneously lifting uheels 15; the shuttle 14 ~ovir~ alor~ ~uides 5 enters box 7, leaves on special supports (not shown) the plat~or~ 8 with a vehicle and returns to euides 4 ~or the next operation (next parking or vehicle delivery).
In Pig~11, a version is shown where the plat~orn is fixed per~anently to the shuttle to ~orn a trolley 23 which either re~aines in a box 7 with a vehiole parked thereon or ~oves to the exit (e~trance) to deliver a car and waits there ~or a new vehicle. This solution is di~erent ~ron the previous one in that there are no sh~ttles nor plat~or~s but there are as ~uly trolleys 23 as there are boxes 7, and each trolley has a plat~onn as its integral part and is used Por parking a vehiole into a parking box.
In Fig.12 the tran~ver~e view en the llne VII~-VqI o~ a trolley 23 with a vehicle on longitudinal E~lides 4 is sllown (transverse wheels 17 are not shown).
As a possible version, in Fig.13 Dnd 14, a shuttle 14 is s~K~n ~itted ~ith lon~itudinal wheels 15 only. For noving plat~orn 8 in the transverse direction (arxo~ B or C), ... . . .
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shuttles 14 and bcxes 7 are ritted with roller ccnnoyor~ 25, and plat~or~ 8 has ~uid~s 2~. The platror~ 8 is ~nved in and out o~ boxes 7 by th0 Fe~hanis~ 27, e.~.,hy~r~ulic telescopic shaPt. In ord~r to d~crea~e the suinging Or shuttle 14 m speedy ~o~ion and wh~n Dechani3n Z7 is working, the shuttle 14 is Pittsd with rollers 24 and lan~s (corridors) 7A
are fitted uith guide stryps 28.
Control equipnent i5 not shoon on drawings. The parkin3 process is co~puter-controlled. There is no parsonnel in the parking building and no driver csn enter the parking uhich ~nsures absolute seourity ror the parked vebicles d their contents. In ca~e ar a railure~ the alarn sYete~ callfi a teohnician on duty ror inEpection d repairs. The parkin~
building ie ritt~d ~ith ventilation d rire prev~ntion s~.

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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A multistorey parking apparatus comprising: A
multistorey parking building consisting of columns, longitudinal and transverse elements for partitioning of the building into boxes for parking vehicles, lanes for horizontal vehicle distribution, and elevator pits;
longitudinal guides in each lane and transverse guides in each box, said longitudinal guides being perpendicular to said transverse guides; elevators located in said elevator pits and having longitudinal and transverse guides which align, respectively, with said longitudinal guides of each lane and said transverse guides of each box at appropriate levels; a platform located in each box, said platform having at least one guide track for vehicle wheels and tow wheel fixing means located in said at least one guide track for preventing movement of vehicle wheels; and shuttle means for moving said platforms, said shuttle means comprising: two frames one of which is fitted with longitudinal wheel means for moving said shuttle in said longitudinal guides of each lane and another of which is fitted with transverse wheel means for moving said shuttle in said transverse guides of each box, said frames being joined by jack means for lowering said transverse wheel means into engagement with said transverse guides and thus raising said longitudinal wheel means out of engagement with said longitudinal guides or raising said transverse wheel means out of engagement with said transverse guides thus lowering said longitudinal wheel means into engagement with said longitudinal guides thus enabling said shuttle means to travel along said transverse or said longitudinal guides.
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