A fully automatic or semiautomatic parking area

Claim 1

A parking area for vehicles having an entry 2 and an exit 3 comprising a ticket distributor 9 at said entry 2 for dispensing a ticket 12 for allowing the passage of a vehicle 6 into said parking area 1, a ticket checking apparatus 19 at said exit 3 for calculating the fee for the parking time of a vehicle in said parking area 1, a clock mechanism 54, a programming device 56, two period number devices 11, 18 driven with the same speed by said programming device 56, means for delivering continuously the values of said period number devices to said ticket distributor 9 and to said ticket checking device 19, said programming device 56 comprising a plurality of cam disks 46, 47, 48, 49 with contact means 31, 32, 33, 34 arranged on a shaft 51 driven by means of an impulse generator 53 driven by said clock mechanism 54, a plurality of coupling tables 35, 36, 37 corresponding to the days of the week and adapted to be coupled in by means of a setup selector 43, 42 via a switch 38 driven by said clock mechanism 54, said tables 35, 36, 37 having coupling rails 40, 55 for the choice of different calculation rates which are selectively connectable to said driving means of said period number devices 11, 18 via any of said contact means 31, 32, 33, 34 of said cam disks.