EP0625623A1 - Tour de parking - Google Patents

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EP0625623A1
EP0625623A1 EP93810296A EP93810296A EP0625623A1 EP 0625623 A1 EP0625623 A1 EP 0625623A1 EP 93810296 A EP93810296 A EP 93810296A EP 93810296 A EP93810296 A EP 93810296A EP 0625623 A1 EP0625623 A1 EP 0625623A1
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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
    • E04H6/28—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 turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport
    • E04H6/282—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 turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport turntables, rotary elevators or the like on which the cars are not permanently parked
    • 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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  • the invention relates to a parking tower with which the vehicles can be parked effectively.
  • Typical parking lots include a number of layers and a spiral passage communicated with the layers such that the vehicles may be parked in the layers.
  • Such a parking lot occupies a large volume and a large space, the vehicles can not be parked effectively.
  • the land has become short and can not be easily obtained.
  • the present invention has arisen to provide a novel parking tower which occupies a compact space.
  • the objective of the invention is to provide a parking tower with which vehicles can be parked effectively.
  • a parking tower comprises three columns 10, 12 including a middle column 10 formed between the other two side columns 12, the elevator 20 moves upwards and downwards in the middle column 10, each of the two side columns 12 includes a plurality of layers each having three parking units 120 formed therein, a carrier 30 is provided on each of the parking units 120 and movable between the elevator 20 and the parking units 120, best shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; i.e., the elevator 20 is wide enough such that the carrier 30 may move laterally in order to be aligned with the respective parking units 120.
  • a cavity 101 is formed in the bottom portion of the middle column 10 for accommodating the elevator 20 and arranged such that the upper surface of the elevator 20 flushes with the ground when the elevator 20 moves downward to the ground.
  • Each of the parking units 120 includes a plurality of rollers 13 provided therein and arranged in two lines, and at least one stopping means 121 provided therein.
  • a dent 102 is formed in the bottom portion of one of the side columns 12 for receiving the carrier 30, the vehicle to be parked in the parking tower may be directly moved to the carrier 30 received in the dent 102 before the carrier 30 is moved into the elevator 20.
  • a pair of rods 103 are provided in the dent 102, and a number of rollers 104 are disposed on each of the rods 103.
  • the elevator 20 includes four elevating devices 21 provided on the four corner areas and engaged with four beams 11 respectively, a longitudinal movement device 40 movable along the longitudinal direction of the elevator, a lateral movement device 50 movable along the lateral direction of the elevator, a rotating device 60, two retaining devices 70, a driving device 80 and a positioning device 94 provided in each of the parking units 120, another driving device 80 is disposed in the dent 102 (FIG.
  • each of the driving devices 80 includes a motor 81 having a roller or wheel 82 secured to the motor and engaged with the carrier 30 so as to move the carrier 30, and a pair of actuating devices 90 oppositely arranged on the lateral movement device 50 for actuating the positioning devices 94.
  • Each of the four elevating devices 21 includes a block 210 slidably engaged with the respective beams 11, and a brake device 211 engaged with the respective beams 11 for fixing the elevator 20 to the beams 11, and a cable 212 fixed to each of the blocks 210 for elevating and lowering the elevator 20.
  • the brake device 211 can be a magnetic brake which is commercially available and will not be described in further details.
  • the elevator 20 includes a pair of supporting members 22 provided on the side portions, a plurality of bars 23 fixed between the supporting members 22, a track 24 is disposed on and along each of the supporting members 22, and another track 24 is disposed on the middle portion of the bars 23 and arranged in parallel to the other tracks 24.
  • the longitudinal movement device 40 includes a base 41 which includes a plurality of wheels 42 (FIG. 6) provided on the bottom portion thereof for slidably engaging with the tracks 24 such that the base 41 is movable along the supporting members 22 and such that the base 41 may move toward either of the two side columns 12.
  • Each of the wheels 42 includes a flange 420 (FIG. 5) sliding engagement with the side portion of the respective tracks 24.
  • a pulley 43 is secured to each of the elevating devices 21 and arranged opposite to the respective beams 11, three pulleys 44 are secured to each of the supporting members 22, a cable 47 is engaged over the pulleys 43, 44 and includes two ends coupled to the base 41 of the longitudinal movement device 40 by couplers 410, and a motor 45 is disposed beside each of the supporting members 22 and coupled to the respective pulleys 43 such that the longitudinal movement device 40 can be caused to move along the supporting members 22 via the cable 47.
  • a pair of male tracks 48 are disposed on the base 41 and arranged in parallel with each other and arranged perpendicular to the supporting members 22.
  • the lateral movement device 50 includes a slide 51 having a pair of female tracks 52 provided on the bottom portion for slidably engaging with the male tracks 48 such that lateral movement device 50 may move along the tracks 48, 52 and such that the lateral movement device 50 may be aligned with any one of the parking units 120.
  • Two pulleys 54 are secured to the base 41 and close to the respective supporting members 22, and another pulley 54 disposed between the other two pulleys 54, a pulley 550 is secured to a motor 55, and a rope 53 engaged over the pulleys 54, 550 and having two end fixed to the slide 51 by couplers 511 such that the slide 51 can be caused to move along the tracks 48, 52 by the motor 55 via the rope 53.
  • the rotating device 60 includes a ring 61 (FIGS. 5 and 6) fixed on the slide 51 and having a ball bearing 62 disposed on the upper surface thereof, another ring 63 engaged on the bearing 62 such that the ring 63 is rotatably supported on the slide 51, the ring 63 includes a plurality of teeth 630 formed on the outer peripheral portion thereof so as to form a gear wheel, a motor 64 fixed to the slide 51 and includes a pinion 640 secured thereon for engagement with the teeth 630 of the ring 63 in order to rotate the ring 63.
  • a frame 65 is fixed on the ring 63 and includes two lines of rollers 650 provided thereon.
  • the carrier 30 includes a pair of rails 31 provided on the lower portion thereof for sliding engagement with the rollers 650, 13 and 104, and another rail 32 disposed between the rails 31, and includes a lug 71 extended downward therefrom.
  • the actuating devices 90 are oppositely secured to the frame 65 of the rotating device 60 and each includes an ear 91 extended downward from the frame 65, an extension 92 extended outward from each of the ears 91, and a roller 93 secured to each of the extensions 92.
  • each of the retaining devices 70 includes a motor 75 disposed on the slide 51 and the frame 65 respectively, a pinion 750 secured to the motor 75, a rack 74 engaged with the pinion 750 and moved by the motor 75, a retainer 72 slidably engaged in a channel 73 and having a groove 720 formed therein, the rack 74 is extended outward of the channel 73 for engaging with the pinion 750 of the motor 75, the lug 71 of the carrier 30 can be received in the groove 720 of the retaining device 70 disposed on the frame 65 such that the carrier 30 can be retained in place.
  • the pair of driving devices 80 are oppositely disposed on the frame 65 and each includes a motor 81 fixed on the frame 65 and a wheel 82 for engaging with the rail 32 of the carrier 30 so as to drive the carrier 30.
  • the two driving devices 80 cooperate with the driving devices 80 provided in the parking units 120, as shown in FIG. 2, and with the driving device 80 provided in the dent 102, so as to drive the carrier 30 such that the carriers 30 can be caused to move between the elevator 20 and the parking units 120 and between the elevator 20 and the dent 102.
  • Each of the positioning devices 94 includes a lever 940 having a middle portion pivotally coupled to each of the parking units 120 at a pivot axle 941 and having a lower portion engageable with the rollers 93 of the actuating devices 90 and having a connector 942 provided in the upper portion thereof.
  • the positioning device 94 further includes a barrel 96 fixed in each of the parking units 120, a catch 97 slidably engaged in the upper portion of the barrel 96 and having a roller 970 rotatably supported in the upper portion thereof, a pulley 950 rotatably supported in the lower portion of the barrel 96, another pulley 950 rotatably secured to the outer portion of the barrel 96, and a spring 98 engaged in the barrel 96 for biasing the catch 97 upward beyond the barrel 96 to engage in the respective holes 320 of the carrier 30 such that the carrier 30 can be retained in place.
  • a wire 95 includes one end fixed to the connector 942 and the other end engaged over the pulleys 950 and fixed to the catch 97 such that the catch 97 can be pulled inwards against the spring 98 by the wire 95.
  • the wire 95 is pulled outward along the direction as indicated by the arrow as shown in FIG. 10 such that the catch 97 is pulled inwards of the barrel 96 by the wire 95 and such that the catch 97 is disengaged from the hole 320 of the carrier, whereby, the carrier 30 can be moved outward of the parking unit 120.
  • the stopping means 121 may be engaged with the lug 71 of the carrier 30 so as to further retain the carrier 30 in place.
  • the vehicle When a vehicle is to be parked in the parking tower, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle can be moved to a carrier 30 provided on the dent 102, the carrier 30 is moved into the frame 65 of the rotating device 60 by the driving device 80 and is moved upward along the middle column 10 by the elevator 20, the carrier 30 is then moved into one of the parking units 120 when the frame 65 is aligned with the parking unit 120 by the movement devices 40 and 50, such that the carrier 30 and the vehicle can be parked in the parking unit 120.
  • the elevator 20 is moved to the layer where his vehicle is parked, and the frame 65 of the elevator 20 is moved to align with the carrier 30 which carries his vehicle, the catch 97 is caused to move inwards of the barrel 96 when the positioning device 94 is actuated by the actuating device 90 such that the carrier 30 can be moved into the frame 65 by the driving device 80, the elevator 20 and the carrier 30 are then lowered to the ground and moved to the dent 102, such that the user may easily get into the vehicle.
  • a parking tower which has a size double of that shown in FIG. 1; in which every three adjacent columns 10, 12 include a cavity 101 and a dent 102 provided in the ground thereof.
  • every three adjacent columns 10, 12 include a cavity 101 and a dent 102 provided in the ground thereof.
  • there are two groups of three columns in which the right group includes an elevator 20 slidably received in the middle column 10 of the three columns, and the left group includes an elevator 20 slidably received in the right column.
  • the elevator 20 has a smaller size than that shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and has a size substantially identical to that of the carrier 30.
  • Each layer of the parking tower includes a plurality of bars 122 provided therein, and a plurality of balls or ball bearings 124 are provided along each of the bars 122. As shown in FIG.
  • the carrier 30 includes a pair of shafts 33 provided in the bottom portion thereof, a concave and curved surface 330 is formed in each of the shafts 33 for engaging with the balls 124 of the parking units 120, and a number of notches 331 are formed in each of the shafts 33.
  • a number of driving devices 80 are provided in each layer of the parking tower in order to drive the carrier 30 either longitudinally or laterally.
  • the elevator is good for the parking tower as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 and includes a width good enough for carrying one carrier 30, the elevator is similar to that shown in FIG. 3, except that no movement devices 40, 50 are provided.
  • the rotating device 60 is identical to that shown in FIG. 3 except that balls 660 are provided instead of the rollers 650, in which each of the balls 660 is rotatably received in a seat 66.
  • the balls 660 are engaged with the curved surfaces 330 of the carrier, and the driving devices 80 provided in the frame 65 of the rotating device 60 may move the carrier either longitudinally or laterally. It is to be noted that the balls 660 may pass through the notches 331 of the carrier 30 such that the carrier 30 may be moved laterally by the driving devices 80.
  • two platforms 25 are provided on both ends of the elevator and each includes a number of bars 250 provided therein, and two lines of seats 251 and balls 252 are provided on each of the platforms 25 for engaging with the curved surfaces 330 of the shafts 33.
  • FIGS. 14 illustrated is still another type of elevator 20 which includes a frame 65 having two lines of rollers 650 provided therein and arranged in perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the elevator, and the carrier 30 includes a pair of beams 34 provided in the bottom portion thereof and arranged in perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof, the beams 34 are engaging with the rollers 650 such that the carrier 30 can be moved laterally by the driving device 80.
  • the elevator 20 includes a mechanism for moving the carrier laterally only.
  • the parking tower includes two columns of parking units provided on the side portion of the middle column 10 in which the elevator 20 moves up and down, the elevator 20 as shown in FIG. 14 is good for such a parking tower.

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KR100379856B1 (ko) * 1995-04-27 2003-05-23 삼중테크 주식회사 상하좌우이동이가능한차량이송장치
CN103726698A (zh) * 2012-10-11 2014-04-16 深圳中集天达空港设备有限公司 一种升降装置

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CH411312A (de) * 1963-02-28 1966-04-15 Silopark S A Aufzugsvorrichtung
CH440663A (de) * 1964-04-03 1967-07-31 Schuechtermann & Kremer Vorrichtung zum Beparken von Garagen
US3337070A (en) * 1964-08-24 1967-08-22 Guilbert Inc Loading and unloading apparatus for dumb waiters and the like
US3680718A (en) * 1969-09-08 1972-08-01 Miyachi Iron Works Ltd Multi-storied garage
FR2609085A1 (fr) * 1986-12-24 1988-07-01 Nissei Build Kogyo Kk Garage en hauteur pour vehicules automobiles
WO1992006261A1 (fr) * 1990-10-05 1992-04-16 Abs Parksysteme Gmbh Unite de parc de stationnement couvert

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CH411312A (de) * 1963-02-28 1966-04-15 Silopark S A Aufzugsvorrichtung
CH440663A (de) * 1964-04-03 1967-07-31 Schuechtermann & Kremer Vorrichtung zum Beparken von Garagen
US3337070A (en) * 1964-08-24 1967-08-22 Guilbert Inc Loading and unloading apparatus for dumb waiters and the like
US3680718A (en) * 1969-09-08 1972-08-01 Miyachi Iron Works Ltd Multi-storied garage
FR2609085A1 (fr) * 1986-12-24 1988-07-01 Nissei Build Kogyo Kk Garage en hauteur pour vehicules automobiles
WO1992006261A1 (fr) * 1990-10-05 1992-04-16 Abs Parksysteme Gmbh Unite de parc de stationnement couvert

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KR100379856B1 (ko) * 1995-04-27 2003-05-23 삼중테크 주식회사 상하좌우이동이가능한차량이송장치
CN103726698A (zh) * 2012-10-11 2014-04-16 深圳中集天达空港设备有限公司 一种升降装置
CN103726698B (zh) * 2012-10-11 2016-03-30 深圳中集天达空港设备有限公司 一种升降装置

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