US1567346A

US1567346A - Garage

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Publication number: US1567346A
Application number: US653874A
Authority: US
Inventors: Murray C Tunison; Samuel J Nunn
Original assignee: Nunn & Tunison
Current assignee: Nunn & Tunison
Priority date: 1923-07-26
Filing date: 1923-07-26
Publication date: 1925-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 1942-12-29

Description

M, C. TUNlSON ET AL.

GARAGE Filed July 26 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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Application filed m 2c, 1923. Serial n. 653,874.

To all-whom it may concern."

Be it known. that we, MURRAY C. TUNISON and SAMunL J. NUNN, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Los Angel'es', county of Los Angeles, in the State of California, have invented a new/and useful Garage, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to a garage in which automobiles may be stored on aplurality of floors, and relates more parti'c'ularlyto garages of this type in which the insertion and removal of the automobiles is'efi'ected. with the aid of an elevator mounted in a fixed shaft and cooperating with horizontally movable trucks operating on each floor,-

An object of the invention is to provide a garage of the characterdescribed in which the automobiles may be quickly ,turned or positioned so as to enable them to be inmrted or removed from their/ respective stalls in the most expeditiousmanner without necessitating a large turning area. or requiring the use of the power pf theautnmobile.

The invention possesses othe objects and features of advantage, some 0 which, with the foregoing, will be set/forth in the following description of the referred form of ourinvention which i illustrated in thedrawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is. to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the showing made by the said drawings and description, as we may adopt variations of the pre erred form within the scope of our invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a garage constructed in accordance with our invention. 1

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the garage.

Figure 3 is a floor plan of a portion of the garage.

Brlefly expressed the garage in its pres,- ent form comprises a plurality of floors each of which is provided with a row of stalls at o posite sides of a horizontal lon itudinaly extending passage. At one e 05 the passages is an elevator which is mounts in a fixed shaft and is adapted for raising and lowering the automobiles from one floor to another. Each floor is provided with a truck which operates in the associated passage between the stalls zind is adapted to receive the automobile from the elevator and carry it to its stall or vice versa. on each truck and preferably on the elevator are revoluble platforms which enable the automobiles to be fpositioned in their stalls in a manner most avorable for the removal or withdrawal without requiring large turning areas. The floors of the revoluble platforms as well as the floors of the stalls are inclined so that the automobiles may be moved from the elevator to the trucks and from the latter-to the stalls by gravity. Removal of the automobiles from their stalls to the trucks and from the trucks to the elevators is efi'ected by power-operated towing means carried on the platforms.

A detailed description follows:

The arage comprises a rectangular structure 2 aving a suitable number of floors3 each of which is provided with a longitudinal corridor or passage 4 extending substantially from the front end of the building to-the rear thereof. At each side of the.

passage is a row of stalls 6 the latter being preferably, but not necessarily, divided from each otherby suitable partitions or other visible separating means. Arranged at the of the adjacent stalls of the oprosite rows of stalls, is a verticalshaft 7 in which is Mounted rovided with a truck.

,forward end of the building and mediately whether said stall is at-one side or'the other of the passage, the forward end of the automobile may invariably face the passage,

' gravity.

, bile may then be removed through the en- 7 as is the requirement in many municipalities. This feature of our invention 1s also advantageous in that it makes it practical to withdraw the automobiles from their stalls and place them upon the trucks by the use of a towin device as will be explained more fully hereinafter.

The flooring of the stalls is sloped downwardfrom the passage, and the tracks13 on which the automobile rests when positioned on the trucks, is inclined similarly. In this manner as shown in Figure 2 the automobiles can bemoved from the truck into the stalls without the use of any power save Preferably carried on the turntables is a towing device 14 comprising a motor actuated drum 15 on which is wound a cable 16 having at its outer end a suitable tool such as a hook for ready attachment to the automobile. Owing'to the fact thatthe rear end of the automobile usually has no readily accessible portion to which-the cable may be attached,the fact that the automoe bikes are caused when positioned'in' the stall to face forward, enables the operator to attach the cable to the front axle of the auto mobile, which in all makes is readily accessible. To thus withdraw the automobile from its stall it is merely necessar to position the truck opposite the stall: revolve the turntable so that the lower ends of the tracks lie adjacent the stall, secure the cable to the axle, until the automobile rests entirely upon the tracks of the turntable. To then remove the automobile from the building, the truck is moved to the elevator and the automobile is transferred to the elevator and lowered thereon to the ground floor. The automotrance and exit openin 21 preferably providedin the front wal 22 of the arage In order that the automobile may e discharged through opening 21 at the most desirable angle, a turntable 23 may be also provided on the elevator. The turntable 23 is provided with inclined tracks 24 and towing means 25 similar to that on the trucks,

therebyenabling the operator to move the automobile on or off t e elevator without using the ower ofthe automobile.

The true s are preferably power driven so that they may be readily moved to and from the elevator.

1. In a garage, a plurality of floors each and thenerotate the tow drumenace and DOwer Operated means exclus ve of the auton'lobile for drawing an automobile on one of said platforms.

2. [n a garage, a plurality of floors each having a row of stalls at different sides of a passage, a truck associated with each floor and movable horizontally in the passage, an elevator adapted to cooperate with each truck, power operated means to move an automobile on one of said last two mentioned elements and rcvolublc platforms mounted on said trucks.

3-. In a garage, a plurality of floors each havzug a row of stalls at opposite sides of a passage and provided with flooring sloping downwardly from said passage, an elevator communicating with said passage, trucks associated with the respective floors andmovable horizontally in saidvpassage from the elevator to the 'other end thereof, and a revoluble platform on said trucks inclined at an angle substantially corresponding to the slope of said flooring.

4 In a garage, a plurality of floors each having a. row of stallsat opposite sides of a passage and provided with flooring sloping downwardly from said passage, trucks associated with the respective floors and movable horizontally from one end of said passa e to the other, revoluble platforms on said trucks having inclined tracks, and means carried on said platform for drawing an automobile from one of said stalls to and upon said truck. a

5. In a garage a plurality of floors each having a row of iztalls at opposite sides of a, "'passa an elevator communicating with each oor passage, a truck movable horizontally in each passage, revoluble platforms on the elevators and trucks, and power-oper ated means carried on said platforms for drawing an automobile thereon.

6. In a garage, a plurality of floors each having a rowof stalls at opposite sides of a. horizontally extending passage and provided with flooring sloping downwardly from said passage, an elevator communicating with one end of each of said passages, a truck arranged in each passage and mov- 'able from'the elevator to the other end of the passage, rovoluble platforms on the elevator and trucks and provided with tracks sloped similar to said flooring, and means carried on said elevator and trucks for drawin an automobile thereupon.

l. In a garage, a plurality of floors each having arow of stalls at opposite sides of a ,horizontally extending passage and pro vided with flooring sloping from said passage, an olcvahn' connmmicziting with one vnd of each of said passages and positioned uwdiaicly of the :uhacent stalls of the 0ppo-site rows, a truck arranged in each passage and movable from the elevator to the othe end of the passage, revolubleplatforms on the elevatorend trucks and provided with tracks sloped similar to said fioorin and power-operated means carried on sai platforms for drawing an autoniobile thereupon.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Oakland.

SAMUEL J. m. MURRAY 0. TUNISON.