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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7597521 | Quadruple vehicle parking system A quadruple parking system configured to store at least four vehicles is provided. The vehicle parking system includes a rigid frame including four vertically upstanding posts, the frame generally defining a rectangular volume; at least three platforms movably dispo... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7334664 | Device for storing goods A device for storing goods, in particular vehicles, the goods being stored on at least one platform and the platform being guided on guides over a traverse path and a guide for traverse being provided. By the cooperation of the safety device arranged on the guide or... | 02/26/2008 |
| 6964322 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing a vehicle lift A vehicle lift control maintains multiple points of a lift system within the same horizontal plane during vertical movement of the lift engagement structure by synchronizing the movement thereof. A vertical trajectory is compared to actual positions to generate a ra... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6607343 | Two-level parking system A parking system (100) including a plurality of lever arms (103, 104, 114, 118, 122) serially and pivotally connected to each other from a nearest lever arm to a furthest lever arm, each lever arm being movable from a first orientation to a second orienta... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6241049 | Apparatus for storing vehicles with multiple support platforms, collapsible supports between platforms, and a torque-reaction arm lift system An apparatus is provided for storing vehicles. A vertical support structure is mechanically coupled to a horizontal support structure. Multiple support platforms are provided, including at least an upper vehicle support platform and a lower vehicle suppor... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6065921 | Apparatus for parking and retrieval of a vehicle The invention includes a device for parking vehicles for supplying and delivering at an entry/exit position, wherein the device is provided with vertically displaceable lifting devices with which one carrying platform at a time is displaceable in vertical... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5896809 | Food processing system with automatic unloading and optional rack-off A food processing method and system, including a continuous cooker/chiller conveyor system (24) for meat products such as hot dogs and the like, is provided with an automatic unloader (36) having a first discharge transfer mode (FIGS. 1 and 2) automatical... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5863171 | Vehicle parking carriages A vehicle transporting arrangement for transporting a vehicle in a parking building automatically from a drive-in module to a parking space (27), wherein the arrangement includes a first carriage (1), a so-called transfer carriage, which can be moved on a... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5839871 | Double-pallet parking garage A double-pallet parking garage for automobiles is disclosed. A ground pallet is carried on a pair of parallel base frames to be horizontally movable between the entrance and parking positions thereof. Guide and support columns stand on both ends of each b... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5743696 | Motor vehicle parking installation A vehicle parking installation is provided having a pair of vertical columns, multiple platforms provided with carriages movable independently of each other along the columns. The carriages are lockable along the columns at predetermined distances which a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5718551 | Automatic mechanized system for the storage of objects Mechanized and fully automatically managed installation for the storage of objects, in particular motor vehicles or containers, including a central managing unit, at least one runway (14) or (16), storage cells (24), (26) distributed on each side of the r... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5678972 | Facility for the space-saving parking of motor vehicles The mechanical facility, according to the invention, for the space-saving parking of motor vehicles has at least one entrance and exit EA and a multiplicity of parking spaces EP, and a multiplicity of stacking carriages SW, which are arranged one beside t... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5622466 | Motor vehicle parking installation A vehicle parking installation is provided having a pair of vertical columns, multiple platforms provided with carriages movable independently of each other along the columns. The carriages are lockable along the columns at predetermined distances which a... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5449261 | Motor vehicle parking installation A reliable motor vehicle parking installation having an economical construction is provided and includes an extremely flexible structure to maximize the available space. Its construction can extend above and/or below the ground. The installation includes ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5383757 | Multi-deck parking structure A multi-deck parking structure includes a plurality of decks for storing pallets constructed to carry vehicles, respectively, an entrance section for receiving and delivering vehicles, and a movable unit for moving upward and downward through a vertical s... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5297918 | Automatic parking device for a multi-deck parking lot An automatic parking device for a multi-deck parking lot for motor vehicles is described. The device includes a carrier to carry a moveable platform from a parking position to a base or from a base to the parking position, and a hydraulic cylinder to move... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5176484 | Multi-storey depot for storing cargo and automobiles A cargo depot for storing palletized cargoes such as passenger cars (97, 98, and 99), in which a car (97) is moved to a designated cell (5) in sequential steps along two or three coordinates through door openings (11, 12) provided in adjacent cells (5) lo... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5069592 | Automated multistorey parking building A multistorey parking apparatus comprising a multistorey parking building with appropriate partitioning, fixing and moving elements characterized in that the said apparatus is capable of automatically, safely and pollution free taking in, distributing and... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5035562 | Tri-level vehicular parking apparatus A tri-level parking apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a frame having a pair of spaced apart vertical stanchions. First and second parking platforms are disposed between the stanchions and can be slidably moved up or down along the stanchions. ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5018925 | Lifting device for a platform for storage of motor vehicles In a lifting device for a platform for storage of motor vehicles wherein the platform is carried by carrying chains which are raised and lowered via driven chain wheels and are guided via deflection pulleys on the platform, in order to simplify the design... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5018926 | Automatic storage and retrieval apparatus Storage and retrieval apparatus and method using pallets for storing vehicles and other loads. A number of storage levels aligned vertically are reached by a pair of lifts in shafts which bracket the levels. A transfer mechanism can push a pallet and auto... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4998856 | Motor vehicle parking installation, forming an automatic individual garage in an urban environment The invention provides a motor vehicle parking installation forming an automatic individual garage in an urban environment. In this installation, the vehicle carrying platform (2) has two longitudinal edges (25) with a V shaped inclined profile cooperatin... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4986714 | Vehicle elevator and conveyor arrangement A vehicle elevator and conveyor arrangement in a parking building of the kind in which the vehicle is intended to be conveyed in the building without the assistance of a driver. The conveyor arrangement includes a so-called transfer carriage which is inte... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4942828 | Carrier platform for the transport of motor vehicles A carrier platform transports motor vehicles to be manufactured through assembly, test and other work stations. The platform remains with the motor vehicle at the assembly, test or other work stations and enables free access to the underside of the floor-... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4869634 | Vehicle parking apparatus A vehicle parking garage has a plurality of storage areas arranged in a vertical column and a passageway beside the column in communication with the storage areas. Each storage area has associated therewith a storage member adapted to receive and contain ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4772172 | Low profile vehicle parking apparatus A low profile vehicle parking apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a base and a pair of upstanding stanchions. A vehicle parking platform is disposed between and movable along the stanchions. An articulated stabilizer bar assembly comprising a r... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4646629 | Sterilizing apparatus The disclosed sterilizing apparatus makes use of mobile cars containing a quantity of packages. The cars are continuously intermittently advanced to a package loading position, to an inlet lock where pressurizing and preheating of the car and its contents... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4337013 | Plant with mobile platforms for parking motor vehicles or the like A plant for storing motor vehicles onto mobile platforms, with a parking area comprising at least one long parking stretch and a service track parallel thereto; a motored travelling wagon, mobile along said service track; a plurality of parking places in ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4209276 | Vehicle parking apparatus In an apparatus for parking vehicles in vertically arranged pairs, there is provided a base frame including two spaced stanchions. Each stanchion includes a generally vertically extending portion secured to the base frame at the lower end thereof, and wit... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4029218 | Two-storied parking apparatus for automobiles A two-storied parking apparatus for automobiles, including a pair of arcuate guide rails having lower ends fixed on the ground and upper ends fixed to the associating upper end portions of a pair of vertical frames which are fixed on the ground at an appr... | 06/14/1977 |
