GB2287004A

GB2287004A - Car turntable

Info

Publication number: GB2287004A
Application number: GB9404138A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Derek Anthony Harris
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1994-03-04
Filing date: 1994-03-04
Publication date: 1995-09-06
Also published as: GB9404138D0

Abstract

A vehicle turntable comprises a steel plate 1 supported by a central main bearing 4 and wheels 2 bolted to the underside of the plate for rotation through 360 DEG . The turntable is mounted in a concrete liner 6 to be positioned level with the ground. The turntable enables the owner to drive onto his private drive onto the turntable, park the car, engage the handbrake alight from the car insert the metal arm 8 into the hole 12 on the turntable and with a light push turn the turntable with the car on it. Alternatively an electrical motor to turn the turntable may be provided. <IMAGE>

Description

U TURN CAR TURNTABLE THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A CAR TURNTABLE,THERE IS ONE BASIC TURNTABLE IN USE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT,THESE ARE THE TURNTABLES USED IN RAILWAY ENGINE SHUNTING YARDS ENABLING AN ENGINE TO TURN IN 180 DEGREES TO FACE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITHIN ITS OWN LENGTH, THIS TURNTABLE CONSISTS OF A CIRCULAR MACHINE WITH A TRACK ACROSS ITS MIDDLE,WHEN AN ENGINE IS DRIVEN INTO THE CIRCULAR MACHINE BY MEANS OF ITS TRACK THE ENGINE IS STOPPED AND THE CIRCULAR MACHINE TURNS 180 DEGREES,THE OBJECT OF THIS INVENTION IS TO PROVIDE THE SAME FACILITY FOR A PRIVATE CAR PARKED ON A PRIVATE DRIVE ENABLING THE OWNER TO DRIVE IN OFF THE ROAD ONTO HIS PRIVATE DRIVE AND ON TO THE TURNTABLE, BRINGING THE CAR TO A STOP ENGAGING THE HAND BRAKE SECURELY,ALIGHTING FROM THE CAR RETRIEVING A STEEL ROD WITH HANDLE FROM THE BOOT OF THE CAR OR THE GARAGE,INSERTING THE STEEL ROD INTO A HOLE ON THE STEEL TURNTABLE AND WITH A LIGHT PUSH TURN THE TURNTABLE WITH THE CAR ON IT 180 DEGREES ENABLING THE CAR TO BE FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, ENABLING THE OWNER TO DRIVE OFF OF THE DRIVE INTO THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC WITHOUT HAVING TO REVERSE INTO THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC AS THE OWNER HAS SO OFTEN DONE IN THE PAST.

ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION THERE IS PROVIDED A TURNTABLE COMPRISING OF A HEAVY GUAGE STEEL CIRCLE BEING THE MAIN PLATFORM OF THE TURNTABLE ON THE UNDERSIDE AT THE CENTRE OF.THIS HEAVY GUAGE DISC THERE IS A HEAVY DUTY METAL BALLRACE WHICH PROVIDES A MAIN BEARING FOR THE STEEL DISC TO ROTATE.AT THE EDGE OF THE STEEL DISC ON THE UNDERSIDE THERE ARE EIGHT HEAVY DUTY STEEL WHEELS EQUALLY SPACED AROUND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE STEEL TURNTABLE THIS WILL PROVIDE A STABLE PLATFORM FOR THE CAR TO REST ON.THE STEEL CIRCULAR TURNTABLE FUNCTIONS WITHIN A CIRCULAR CONCRETE LINER WITH A STEEL RAIL FOR THE STEEL WHEELS TO RUN ON.THIS TURNTABLE IS DESIGNED TO BE OPERATED MANUALY,OR ANOTHER METHOD OF OPERATING THIS TURNTABLE WOULD BE TO FIT AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TURNTABLE,FITTED WITH GEARED TEETH WITH THE TEETH LOCATED INTO A 360 DEGREES GEARED METAL RING,ENABLING THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TO MOVE THE TURNTABLE,EITHER BY A SWITCH ON THE GARAGE WALL OR A REMOTE CONTROLLED DEVICE LOCATED IN THE CAR OR POSSIBLY A HAND HELD CONTROL.

THE SPECIFIC EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION WILL NOW BE DESCRIBED BY WAY OF EXAMPLE WITH REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS IN WHICH : FIGURE 1 SHOWS A. PERSPECTIVE CUT AWAY VIEW OF THE TURNTABLE AND CONCRETE LINER, 1 RELATES TO THE HEAVY GAUGE STEEL PLATE PLATFORM, NO 2 RELATES TO THE HEAVY DUTY STEEL WHEELS THAT ARE BOLTED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE STEEL PLATE,NO 3 RELATES TO THE METAL HOUSING FOR THE STEEL WHEELS AND ITS BEARINGS,NO 4 RELATES TO THE CENTRAL MAIN BEARING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PLATE AT ITS CENTRE NO 5 RELATES TO THE CENTRE PIVOT HOLDING THE MAIN BEARING NO 4,NO 6 RELATES TO THE CONCRETE LINER CONTAINING THE TURNTABLE,NO 7 RELATES TO A DRAIN PIPE TAKING AWAY RAINFALL AND STOPPING IT FROM FALLING INTO THE MAIN WELL,NO 8 RELATES TO THE DETACHABLE METAL ARM AND HANDLE ENABLING YOU TO TURN THE TURNTABLE ON ITS AXIS,NO 9 RELATES TO THE SIDE VIEW OF A CAR THAT IS AT REST ON THE TURNTABLE IN PERSPECTIVE WITH THE TURNTABLE ITSELF,NO 10 RELATES TO THE SECURING BOLTS ON THE MAIN PIVOT NO 5,NO 11 RELATES TO THE METAL TRACK WHICH THE STEEL WHEELS NO 2 RUN ON IN ITS 360 DEGREE METAL TRACK NO 12 RELATES TO A HOLE PIERCED IN THE HEAVY GAUGE PLATFORM TURNTABLE FOR THE SECURING OF THE METAL ARM AND HANDLE NO 8.

FIGURE 2 ILLUSTRATES AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CAR TURNTABLE LOOKING THROUGH THE STEEL PLATE ENABLING YOU TO SEE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PLATFORM, NO 2 RELATES TO THE EIGHT STEEL WHEELS EQUALLY DIVIDED IN THE 360 DEGREE CIRCLE,NO 3 RELATES TO THE METAL HOUSING AND AND ITS SECURING BOLTS HOUSING THE STEEL WHEEL AND ITS BEARINGS,NO 4 RELATES TO THE CENTRAL MAIN BEARING ON UNDERSIDE OF THE STEEL PLATE TURNTABLE,NO 5 RELATES TO THE CENTRAL PIVOT HOUSING THE MAIN BEARING NO 4, NO 6 RELATES TO THE CIRCULAR CONCRETE LINER SECURING THE TURNTABLE,NO 8 RELATES TO THE METAL ARM AND HANDLE PROJECTING FROM THE STEEL PLATE TURNTABLE,NO 10 RELATES TO THE SECURING BOLTS SECURING THE CENTRAL PIVOT TO THE CONCRETE LINER, NO 11 RELATES TO THE METAL TRACK WHICH THE STEEL WHEELS NO 2 RUN ON,NO 12 RELATES TO THE HOLE IN THE STEEL TURNTABLE FOR THE SECURING OF THE METAL ARM NO 8, FIGURE 3 ILLUSTRATES A CLOSE UP CUT THROUGH VIEW OF THE CENTRAL PIVOT NO 5,NO 1 RELATES TO THE HEAVY GAUGE STEEL PLATE OF THE TURNTABLE,NO 4 RELATES TO THE MAIN BEARING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE STEEL PLATE NO 1 HOUSING THE CENTRAL PIVOT NO 5,NO 10 RELATES TO THE SECURING BOLTS SECURING THE CENTRAL PIVOT TO THE CONCRETE LINER NO 6,NO 6 RELATES TO THE CONCRETE LINER HOUSING THE TURNTABLE.

Claims

A CAR TURNTABLE COMPRISING OF A HEAVY GAUGE STEEL PLATE CUT INTO A 360 DEGREE CIRCLE SUPPORTED ON ITS UNDERNEATH SIDE BY A CENTRAL BEARING PIVOT AND EIGHT STEEL BEARING WHEELS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AROUND A 360 DEGREE CIRCLE LOCATED WITHIN A CONCRETE LINER WITH A 360 DEGREE METAL TRACK FOR THE STEEL BEARING WHEELS TO RUN ON, THE CONCRETE LINER ALLOWS THE STEEL TURNTABLE TO ROTATE WITHIN ITS 360 DEGREE CIRCLE,THE TURNTABLE BEING POSITIONED IN THE GROUND WITH THE TURNTABLE PLATFORM BEING LEVEL WITH THE GROUND ENABLING THE CAR OWNER TO DRIVE ONTO THE TURNTABLE WHICH WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE OWNERS PRIVATE DRIVE AT HIS PRIVATE DWELLING, THE CAR OWNER WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE TURNTABLE SECURE THE HANDBRAKE, ALIGHT FROM THE CAR REDEEM THE HANDLE OF THE TURNTABLE SECURE HANDLE INTO THE TURNTABLE PLATE AND WITH A LIGHT PUSH TURN THE CAR INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SO OWNER CAN DRIVE OUT OF HIS PRIVATE DRIVE INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC SAFELY WITHOUT THE NEED TO REVERSE INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DANGER AND A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT WHICH HAS SO OFTEN BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST.