Automobile parking apparatus

An automobile parking apparatus comprising:

• a carriage for transporting automobiles between a deposition and retrieval station and a plurality of storage stations, said carriage being constituted by an inner frame and an outer frame,
• a plurality of wheels on said inner frame carrying said carriage on rails,
• a plurality of motors on said inner frame or driving said wheels, said outer frame being shaped so that it does not overlie said inner frame,
• vertical displacement means for displacing said outer frame vertically with respect to said inner frame,
• automobile support means on said outer frame having comb-like teeth projecting from said outer frame for supporting the wheels of an automobile,
• said deposition and retrieval station and said storage station having automobile support means comprising a plurality of comb-like teeth between which said comb-like teeth of said outer frame automobile support means can pass as said outer frame is raised or lowered, whereby to enable said carriage to deposit an automobile on a fixed rack or to retrieve it therefrom by vertical lowering or raising displacement of said outer frame,
• said inner frame being provided with first wheels having a horizontal axis and second wheels having a vertical axis engaging with guide rails, wherein said first and second wheels of said inner frame are arranged in the region defined by said outer frame,
• said apparatus further including automobile centering means operating to align the longitudinal axis of a automobile with that of said carriage, said automobile centering means having a base frame supporting a front centering carriage and a rear centering carriage independently engageable by the front and rear wheels of an automobile on said centering means, each said centering carriage being independently laterally displaceable with respect to said base frame.