US1717545A

US1717545A - System of storing motor road vehicles

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Publication number: US1717545A
Application number: US309284A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bell William Ivor
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-10-12
Filing date: 1928-09-29
Publication date: 1929-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 1946-06-18

Description

June 18, 1929. w, L 1,717,545

SYSTEM OF STORING MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES Filed Sept. 29, 1928 Patented June 18, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENTQOF'FICE.

WILLIAM IVOR BELL, OF CHELSEA, LONDON, .ENGLAND.

SYSTEM 015" STORING MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES.

Application filed September 29, 1928, Serial No.

adapted to contain or hold any predeter- V mined number of units to be stored arranged either side by side or in any, other suitable and convenient manner. platforms are capable of being moved over the floor space in a predetermined direction and coacting with them are a plurality of travelling trucksarranged to traverse the floor space at right angles to the direction in which the travelling platforms move.

The platforms and trucks areall of one height which register with the surrounding floor level so as to present a floor which is level throughoutwith the exception of the track for the truck at the time being used, and at one end of the platforms is an alley way in. which the trucks rest when out of use said space having an entrance at one end and an exit at the other end, the floor spaces between the tracks for the trucks in the alley way being on the same levelas I the floors of the trucks and platforms.

In order that the invention may be fully understood it will now be more particularly. described with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows by way of example a lay out for a garage for road vehicles in which 6 travelling platforms and 41- trucks are employed.

The platforms 1 are each of such a width as will take the desired number of pairs of cars side byside. If this number is say four each platform will accommodate eight cars. The platforms are adapted to run on rail tracks 2 which are arranged in parallel relation to one another and to the common alley way 3. At right angles to the platform tracks 2 are tracks 4 for the travelling trucks 5 said tracks being at a distance apart equal to substantially half the width of the platforms so that when all the platforms are as far as they will go in one directionshown in the accompanying drawing to the left-the truck 5 on the extreme right hand track 4 can traverse the length of the adjacent platforms on one side thereof. The width of the alley way These 309,284, and in Great Britain October 12, 1927."

3 is sufiiciently wide to allow the trucks 5t be placed clearof thetrack of the adjacent I travelling platforms. Alongside the end or outside tracks for the trucks a limited num ber of fixed platforms or spaces 6 may be provided. p I

Both the platforms and the trucks may be moved by anyfsuitable means either manually or power operated.

If desired the trucks canbe arranged to tilt to facilitate running the cars off them on to the platform. a

It will be understood thatthe floors of the platforms, the trucks, and the parts of the alley way between the tracks for the trucks are of the same height, and that any number of platforms and/or trucks may be,

employed in any given floor space. J

If the store or garage is on the ground floor and the, position of; the building will allow it auxiliary doors may be provided'to facilitate access to the trucks and/or the platforms. v a

It will be seen that. this system has the great, advantage that, if the floor space is only partly filled thevehicles may be driven,

into and out of their storage positions without the use of the trucksorwithout any movement of the platforms.

This system also lends itself to the lock-up system as each space on the platforms may be provided with a lock-up cage.

WhatI claim is 1. 'In a storage system, a building,"a plurality of parallel tracks arranged on the available floor space of said building, a plurality of parallel tracks arranged at right angles to the first named tracks, platforms arranged to travel on the first named tracks, trucks arranged to travel on the second named tracks, and a common alley way arranged parallel, with the first named tracks, the general arrangement being such that the whole of the available floor space less the space required for one track and the conimon alley way is employed for storagepurposes.

2. In a storage system, a building,a plurality of parallel tracks arranged on the available floor space of said building, a plu- I rality of parallel tracks arranged at right angles to and crossing the first named tracks,

a group of platforms arranged to travel on p the first named tracks, a plurality of trucks arranged to travel on the second named tracks, and a common alley way arranged parallel with the first named tracks, the general arrangement being such that the storage receptacles occupy the WllC lQ of the available floor space less the, space requiredfor one track and the common alley way.

3. Ina storage system, a building, a plurality of parallel tracks arranged on the available floor spaceof said building, a plurality of parallel tracks arranged at right angles to and crossing the first named tracks, a group of platforms arranged to "travel on,

, the first named tracks, a plurality of trucks arranged to travel on the second named tracks, a plurality or" fixed storage receptacles arranged parallel with the second named tracks, and a. common alley Way arranged parallel With the first'named tracks, the general arrangement being such that the stor age receptacles occupy the who'le of the available floor space less the space required for one track and the commonalley Way.

4. In a storage system, a building, a plurality'ot parllel tracks arranged on the available fioor space of said building,a plurality of parallel tracks arranged atright angles to and crossing thefirst named tracks,

a group of platforms arranged to travel on the first named tracks, a plurality of storage receptacles on each of said platforms, a plurality of trucks arranged to travel on the second name-d tracks, and a common alley way arranged parallel with the first named tracks, the general arrangementbeing such that the storage receptacles occupy the Whole otthe available floor space less the space Way.

second named tracks, a plurality of fixedstorage receptacles arranged parallel with the second named tracks, and a common alley Way arranged parallel With the lirst'named tracks, the general arrangement being such that the storage receptaclesoccupy the Whole of the available floor space less the space required for one track and the common alley 6. In a garage for storage vehicles, the combination of a plurality of travelling platforms each adapted to hold a plurality of vehicles, a plurality of travelling trucks each adapted to hold a single vehicle, said platforms and trucks being adapted and arranged to be capable of movement relative to each other, tracks arranged at right angles toone another on which such platforms and trucks move in such a manner that the trucks can deliver cars on to any desired platform and on to any desired part of any .of said platforms.

W LLIAM IVOR BELL.