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Elevated garage
Assignee: Nissei Build Kogyo Co Ltd
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Filing: 1989-05-26
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Granted: 1990-06-26
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Expires: 2009-05-26
Abstract
Abstract An elevated garage which includes a vertical framework structure having an entrance, through which cars are introduced; a plurality of parking spaces for accommodating the cars, wherein the packing spaces are piled in vertical one or more rows; an elevator including a lift movable up and down in the framework structure, the lift being adapted to receive a pallet on which the car is placed; an expander provided on the lift, the expander being expandable toward the parking space; a shelf provided in each parking space in such a manner as to be free from the expander, the shelf being adapted to support the pallet; and a rotor for turning the car into an appropriate posture for riding on the pallet.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Morioka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:20
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H6/00; E04H6/08; E04H6/12; E04H6/18; E04H6/22; E04H6/225; E04H6/28; E04H6/282
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
An elevated garage, which comprises: a vertical framework structure having an entrance, through which cars are introduced and having a home position provided at the same height as said entrance; a plurality of parking spaces for accommodating the cars on a pallet, wherein the parking spaces are positioned in one or more columns in the framework structure; an elevator including lift movable up and down in the framework structure, the lift being adapted to receive and to take out said pallet on which the car is placed between said home position and said parking spaces; an expander provided on the lift, the expander being expandable toward the parking space substantially horizontally for delivering a pallet; a shelf provided in each parking space in such a manner as to be free from the expander, the shelf being adapted to support a front and rear portion of said pallet; and a rotor for turning the car into an appropriate posture for riding on said pallet wherein said rotor is located immediately below the elevator at said home position, and including a lifter for lifting up and down the rotor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
An elevated garage, which comprises: a vertical framework structure having an entrance, through which cars are introduced and having a home position provided at the same height as said entrance; a plurality of parking spaces for accommodating the cars on a pallet, wherein the parking spaces are positioned in one or more columns in the framework structure; an elevator including lift movable up and down in the framework structure, the lift being adapted to receive and to take out said pallet on which the car is placed between said home position and said parking spaces; an expander provided on the lift, the expander being expandable toward the parking space substantially horizontally for delivering a pallet; a shelf provided in each parking space in such a manner as to be free from the expander, the shelf being adapted to support a front and rear portion of said pallet; and a rotor for turning the car into an appropriate posture for riding on said pallet wherein said rotor is located immediately below the elevator at said home position, and including a lifter for lifting up and down the rotor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An elevated garage as defined in claim 1, wherein the elevator includes two driving devices which are driven synchronously and a pair of chain trains connecting the lift to the driving devices, and wherein the lift is movable up and down along a pair of guide posts upright in the framework structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
An elevated garage as defined in claim 1, wherein the expander comprises a first member, a second member and a third member, the first member being fixed to the lift, the second member being independently expandable by a driving means engaged therewith, and the third member being connected to the first and second members by means of chains which are connected to said members.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
An elevated garage as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of framework structures are connected to each other and each garage includes an elevator and a rotor, and a passageway covering a pit wherein said rotor is provided so that the car passes over the pit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
87 words
An elevated garage as defined in claim 4, wherein the rotor has a rotary base and the lift has a plurality of tables, each of said tables having a flat top surface and a plurality of legs which are slidable through a frame portion of said lift, wherein the top surfaces of the table and the rotary base form the passageway where the legs move into abutment with the bottom of the pit such that the car applies no weight directly to the frame of said lift.
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