Multi-storied garage

Claim 2

A multi-storied garage comprising an entrance, a lift passage and storage chambers each having a floor, a lift cage shiftable in said lift passage, mobile carts for supporting and carrying motor vehicles received through the entrance of the garage to be stored in said chambers, said cart including supporting wheels and a pair of horizontally disposed depending wheel means for locking said cart in said lift cage and storage chambers, a mobile table mounted in said lift cage for carrying said carts, said table including a pair of guide rails disposed on the upper surface thereof along which the supporting wheels of the carts are adapted to move, spring pressed lever means located on said mobile cart for holding a motor vehicle in a selected position on the cart, spring pressed lever means located on said table for engaging said pair of depending wheel means for holding said cart in a selected position on said table, means for moving said table to selected location within said lift cage and holding it in that position, means for automatically stopping said lift cage carrying the table and the cart mounted thereon at a selected floor level of the garage, means for shifting said cart from said mobile table against the action of said spring pressed lever means on saId mobile table into a selected storage chamber and for shifting said cart from a selected chamber to said mobile table, and spring pressed lever means located in each chamber for engaging said pair of depending wheel means for holding the cart in a selected position on the floor of said chamber.

Claim 3

A multi-storied garage as defined in claim 1, wherein said vehicle holding means comprises a pair of pins projecting upwardly from the cart, a substantially L-shaped lever pivotally carried on each of said pins and having a substantially S-shaped pinch portion and a base portion, anchor means carried by said carts and a tension spring extending between the base portion of each lever and an anchor means whereby the wheels at opposite sides of a vehicle positioned on the cart are pressed by the pinch portions of said levers and thus releasably retained on the cart.

Claim 4

A multi-storied garage as defined in claim 1, wherein said cart holding means comprises a pair of pins carried by said table spaced longitudinally of and equally spaced from the center of said table, a pair of curved levers pivotally carried on each of said pins and extending in opposite directions from each pin, a pair of tension springs each connecting the ends of adjacent levers of said pairs said pair of depending wheel means being engageable by said levers to thereby retard movement of the cart on the table.

Claim 5

A multi-storied garage as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for holding a cart in said selected position in a chamber includes a pin carried by the floor of each chamber, a pair of pinch levers pivotally carried on said pin, said levers crossing each other at said pin, and a tension spring connecting said levers at one end, the opposite ends of said levers being symmetrically shaped substantially like the letter ''''S'''' and terminating in outwardly curved portions, spaced rotatable members carried by and projecting below the cart received between and frictionally engaged by said S-shaped ends of said levers.

Claim 6

A multi-storied garage as defined in claim 4, wherein each storage chamber has on the floor thereof a pair of rails and the cart is supported by wheels which travel along said rails.

Claim 7

A multi-storied garage comprising an entrance, a lift passage and storage chambers each having a floor, a lift cage shiftable in said lift passage, mobile carts for carrying motor vehicles received through the entrance of the garage to be stored in said chambers, a mobile table mounted in said lift cage for carrying said carts, spring pressed means for holding a motor vehicle in a selected position on a cart, spring pressed means for holding said cart in a selected position on said table, means for moving said table to selected locations within said lift cage and holding it in that position, means for automatically stopping said lift cage carrying the table and the cart mounted thereon at a selected floor level of the garage, means for shifting said cart from said table against the action of said spring pressed cart holding means into a selected storage chamber and for shifting said cart from a selected chamber to said table, spring pressed means in each chamber for holding the cart in a selected position on the floor of said chamber, said means for holding a cart in said selected position on the floor of a chamber comprises a pair of spaced supporting members carried by the floor of the chamber, a shaft pivoted to each supporting member to swing in a horizontal plane parallel to the floor, a flange carried by each shaft, a cylinder slidable on each shaft and provided with a flange, a compression spring encircling each cylinder and abutting a cylinder mounted flange and a shaft mounted flange at its opposite ends, a hook member carried by each cylinder,means pivotally connecting said hook members, each hook member having a pair of hook portions projecting laterally at opposite sides of said pivotal connection, stop means on said hook members adapted to abut to limit pivotal movement of said hook memBers, and a locking member projecting below the cart and engageable with cooperating hook portions.

Claim 8

A multi-storied garage comprising an entrance, a lift passage and storage chambers each having a floor, a lift cage shiftable in said lift passage, mobile carts for carrying motor vehicles received through the entrance of the garage to be stored in said chambers, a mobile table mounted in said lift cage for carrying said carts, spring pressed means for holding a motor vehicle in a selected position on a cart, spring pressed means for holding said cart in a selected position on said table, means for moving said table to selected locations within said lift cage and holding it in that position, means for automatically stopping said lift cage carrying the table and the cart mounted thereon at a selected floor level of the garage, means for shifting said cart from said table against the action of said spring pressed cart holding means into a selected storage chamber and for shifting said cart from a selected chamber to said table, spring pressed means in each chamber for holding the cart in a selected position on the floor of said chamber, said means for holding a cart in said selected position on the floor of a chamber comprises a pair of spaced supporting members carried by the floor of the chamber, a shaft pivoted to each supporting member to swing in a horizontal plane parallel to the floor, a flange carried by each shaft, a cylinder slidable on each shaft and provided with a flange, a compression spring encircling each cylinder and abutting a cylinder mounted flange and a shaft mounted flange at its opposite ends, a hook member carried by each cylinder,means pivotally connecting said hook members, each hook member having a pair of hook portions projecting laterally at opposite sides of said pivotal connection, stop means on said hook members adapted to abut to limit pivotal movement of said hook memBers, and a locking member projecting below the cart and engageable with cooperating hook portions.