WO1999058791A1

WO1999058791A1 - Multistoreyed garage

Info

Publication number: WO1999058791A1
Application number: PCT/GE1999/000005
Authority: WO
Inventors: Archil Ioseliani
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1998-05-12
Filing date: 1999-05-12
Publication date: 1999-11-18
Anticipated expiration: 2000-11-12
Also published as: AU3621799A

Abstract

The garage is designed as a multistoreyed building with car parking floors for keeping the vehicles and a lift (4), which in its turn is equipped with a hoisting device (5), put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle. The device (5) may be designed in the shape of two parallel drums (6, 7) or in the shape of two disks positioned at a certain distance, the axes of rotation of which are vertical or as a kind of belt conveyor.

Description

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Multistoreyed garage

The invention refers to the section of construction,particularly to_ garages.The known garage is designed as multistoreyed building with boxes for keeping vehicles and a hoist; also a garage as additional building for keeping empty boxes and a main building is designed with holes in the wall set with folding roofs in a horizontal plane; having fixing arms positioned perpendicularly to the lid (cover), outside in its bottom, and the boxes are mounted in cantilever manner in the wall holes and are supported by the folded lid (cover). A garage is also well known which is designed as a cylindrical multistoreyed building, with car parking on each floor, arranged along the outer wall.Elevators are mounted at each vertical row of car parking, which is served by a separate lift.The well for the lift balance weights is positioned in the central part. While transporting cars the balance weights are kept on tiered platforms, connected with lifts by a cable - pulley system.

On each floor the platforms for the balance weights are positioned opposite the side boxes.

Disadvantage of the above mentioned garages is a complex design, particularly complex framework, and its large size, additional load of counterweights etc. So that the question of keeping balance weights etc. arises which is connected with much difficulties, the need of constructing an additional building arizes and the large area occupied, complexity of operation and major power costs. The above mentioned disasdvantages are completely eliminated in a garage, designed as multistoried building with boxes on each floor for keeping vehicles, with a lift with mobile platform, which in its turn is equipped with a pusher which in its turn is kinematically liked with a hoisting device. Besides, the pusher (or an engine) is designed as a mechanism which is put in motion by driving wheels of the vehicle or by manual device (pusher) or as a kind of electric engine in which the device which is put in motion by driving wheels of the vehicle is designed as a kind of two paral drums, at least one of which is kinematically linked with the hoist or a hoist put in motion by the driving wheels is designed in the shape of two disks, positioned of a certain distance, the rotating axes of which are on a vertical plane, at least one of which is kinematically linked with the hoist.

The lift is equipped with a limiter for fixing the velicle in stationary state (forward or backward) - 2 - Besides, the lift is equipped with a rotating platform capable of rotating on a horizontal plane with regard to the lift and also it is equipped with a device for changing the slope of the platform to the horizontal plane which is kinematically connected with the hoist. Technical advantage of the invertion is a simple design, high convenience of exploitation, low power inputs and minimal sizes of the garage.

Simplification of the garage is attained by the fact that no additional area and expersive building structures are needed, garage construction is possible on a small area and at any relief conditions or it is possible to annex to any building or construct as a defached building.

The simplification of the garage design and its inhanced convenience of operation is attained by the fact, that the pusher of the lift is designed as a kind of device which is put in motion by driving wheels of the vehicle and the driver can switch the lift without leaving the car with the help of of driving wheels of the vehicle and put the lift in motion and rize to the desired storey, while the provision of the lift with the platform capable of rotating and changing the slope to the horizontal plane allows to stop the vehicle opposite the needed garage and roll it into the desired box of a garage with a switched off engine, ensuring lowered power costs. The invention is accompanied by drawings in which: fig 1. is a general view of the garage fig 2. is a possible configuration of the lifts and garage cells, fig 3,4,5 are pushers put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle. fig 6. kinematic diagram of the hoist. fig 7. is a lifting device which is designed as a gear system Garage 1 is designed as a kind of multistoreyed building with car parking floors for keeping the vehicles, platform 3, lift 4, which in its turn (fig 2) is equipped with device 5, put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle. The device 5, put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle may be designed in the shape of two parallel drums 6,7 (fig 2-3) or in the shape of two disks 8,9 positioned at a certain distance, the axes of rotation of which located are on a vertical plane or as a kind of belt conveyor 10. At the same time, at least one of the drums or one of the disks or one of the pulleys of the belt conveyor is kinematically linked with the hoist. The moving device of the lift may be designed as a kind of manual pusher as a kind of manual hoist 11, or electric engine 12, which are located on platform 3, of lift 4, the platform can rotate with regard to the lift and is equipped with device 13, changing the platform slope to the horizontal plane. These devices may be designed as a kind of a jack or any device ensuring changing of the platform slope with regard to the horizontal plane.

The lift is also equipped with limiting device 14, to avoid the arbitrary forward and backward movement of the vehicle. The limiter may - 3 - be designed as a kind of board for supporting stationary wheels on it or as a kind of barrier for supporting the vehicle itself.

Both, the stationary and rotating platforms of the lift are linked with the hoist, which is designed as a kind of cable-pulley system 15, or as a gear system (fig 7), which is kinematically linked with the engine and at the other end it is linked with the hoist, rotating platform 16 and inclining it against the horizontal plane 13.

The above mentioned kinematic link is effected by gears 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and a switch levers 24, 25, 26, 27. Besides, the lift may be designed as hoist of any shape e.g. as a kind of cantilever along the contact spots with gear wheels (fig 7).

The garage is operated in the following order: after the vehicle has entered lift 4, the driver sets the vehicle with the driving wheels on driving mechanism 5 of the lift. At the rotation of the wheels of the vehicle drums 6,7 rotate, at switching the lever 24 the gears 28,29 and axe 30 start rotation and gears 17,18,19 transmit movement to the cable-pulley system and the lift starts to travel. As car parkings may be arranged in any configuration with regard to the lift (fig 2), at switching lever 27, gears 17,22,23 will rotate at the same time, which in its turn will cause the revolution of axle 33 and the gear fixed to it or disks 16, which will cause platform 3 to rotare.

After platform 3 has been set in the required direction rotation is stopped by adjusting lever 27 in a position which will ensure the switching off of gears 17, 22, 23 and rotation of the platform ceases.

Pushing the vehicle info the box takes place by the vehicle's own motion either by the rotation of drums 6, 7 with driving wheels of the vehicle, which with the help of lever 25 switch on gears 28,29 and rotate axle 30, which rotates gear 17. On pushing lever 26, gears 17, 20, 21 start rotation, which bring in motion the device for inclining platform 13, with regard to the horizontal plane, in our case, jacks. The inclining of the platform will continue untill the slope is enough for rolling (freereplacement) the vehicle from the lift platform into the box. Stopping the increase of the platform slope and returning it to the horizontal plane is effected again by lever 26, which is a reversive process of the above mentioned action. Movement of the lift may be effected as well by manual winch 11 or by electric engine 12, at the use of which the movement will be analogous to the above mentioned.

Kinematically interconnected devices may effect reversive movement Control of the various mechanisms of the lift e.g descent and ascent, rotation etc is possible both from the platform of the lift and from thevehicle and from outside remotely of the platform of the lift, kinematically linked with the above mentioned devices e.g. descent and ascent of the lift is possible directly from the lower floors (ground floor). Besides, the control _ 4 _ levers are mounted (set) so that the driver can control them (adjust) without leaving the car. Descent and ascent of the lift can be effected by means of various devices, manual or electric block and tackle device etc. Ascent and descent of the lift, rotation and inclination of the platform to the horizontal plane is possible by the automated control system whose panel may be mounted both on the lift platform and outside.

Claims

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1. A garage, which is designed as a kind of multistoried building, with boxes for cars arranged by floors, having a lift with a platform, equipped with an engine kinematically linked with a hoist, is distinguished for its engine being designed as a kind of device which is put in motion by driving wheels of a vehicle or by a manual pusher or by an electric pusher (or engine).

2. A garage according to claim 1 is distinguished for its device put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle and is designed as two parallel drums, at least one of which is kinematically attached to the hoist.

3. A garage according to claims 1,2 is distinguished for its device put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle and is designed as two disks placed at a certain distance, whose axes of rotation are on the vertical plane, at least one of the disks is kinematically linked with the hoist.

4. The garage according to claims 1,2,3 is distinguished for its device which is put in motion by the driving wheels of the vehicle, is designed as a kind of belt conveyor, at least one of the pulleys of which is kinematically linked with the hoist.

5. A garage according to claims 1,2,3,4 is distinguished for the platform of the lift, additionally equipped with the limiter in order to exclude any possibility of nonarbitrary backward or forward movement of the vehicle.

6. A garage according to claims 1,2,3,4,5 is distinguished for its lift being equipped with the device for turning the lift platform round.

7. A garage according to claims 1,2,3,4,5,6 is distinguished for its device of the rotation of the lift platform, being kinematically linked with the hoist.

8. A garage according to claims 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 is distinguished for its lift equipped with a device for changing the slope of the lift platform against the horizontal plane.

9. A garage according to claim 8 is distinguished for its device for changing the lift platform slope against the horizontal plane is kinematically linked with the hoist.

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AMENDED CLAIMS

[received by the International Bureau on 20 October 1999 (20.10.99); original claims 1,6,7 and 8 replaced by amended claim 1 original claims

2-5 and 9 cancelled; (1 page)]

Λ garage designed as a mulUstoricd building wilh boxes for ears arranged in floors, having a lift with a plalform, which is provided wilh a drive kinematically connected wilh a hoist, whereas the drive is made as a mechanism capable of driving by means of a ear driving wheels and/or manual drive and/or electric engine, wherein the lift is provided with means kinematically connected with the hoist lυi turning and inclining the platform in respect to the horizontal plane.

STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19

Originally there were 9 claims and after amendment of all claims there is ] claim.

The present claims were drawn up by uniting the claims 1, 6, 7, K of the earlier presented claims, claims 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9 arc canceled.

Λs a novelty of German potent N 915 149 35 of July 8, 1949 and 1006 group is considered a conveyor type hoist driven by driving wheels of a ear, which in our invention is one of the additional means, the same as using a manual drive in the case of switching off the electric power, or in the case of the machine amage, though this patent is not distinguished nether by the inventive step, nor by novelty, if we take into account the rench patent N 615 436 of April 30, 1 26, the novelty of which is the capability of raising the lift by means of car driving wheels inslead of electric power, or capability to generate electric power by means of car driving wheels, which could enable the owner of the garage not to buy the electric power.

The same opinion is repeated in USA patent N 3637 099 of January 25, 1 72, where the inclination of the hoist or placing of the car wheels in the pocket is aimed at better elutehing wilh a lifting device, where the movement of the ear driving wheels helps at least partially the power source to drive the lift.

The similar idea dominates in the French patent N 1466 3922 of January 20. 1967.

In die USA patent N 1 816 053 of July 28, 1931 at placing the garages in the floors for using the space maximally, have decided to incline the cars in respect lo the horizontal plane in order to "sil" the cars on one another, by disposing the bumpers at different, heights, which makes the number of ears in one and the same space maximum.

We want to mark, (hat our invention differs from the above mentioned at least by, that it has a lift wilh a platform, which due lo the capability of turning in respect -8-

to the horizontal plane gives the great maneuverability to the driver at entering the lift and at stopping on the desired floor first turning of the car in the required direction and then moving. Our invention differs from 1JKΛ patent N 1 816 053 by, that in our ease wc consider the ear individual parking boxes, and said patent deals more with the storehouse, where even the possibility of putting the different cars on one another is not excluded and has nothing lo do with the notion of garage and what is more wilh keeping the undamaged.

Imagine what difficulties should be overcome to take out the ear from theie, if 20-30 cars shall be placed on one another, and our ear being somewhere in the middle. The economy of space (in such an unacceptable way) shall cost us very expensive in the point of view of time and undamaged keeping of the car.

The novelty of our invention is, that inclination of the lift platform in respect to the horizontal plane enables lo move the car without switching the engine from the eai lift into the required garage, or from the garage, or the road without a driver.

Fiυiπ the point of view of applicability our invention gives a lot oi possibilities at building (he land and underground structures so, that it does not exclude the unique jjossibilily of using any relie er building the garage behind the existing buildings.