Automated multistorey parking building

A multistory parking apparatus comprising:

• A multistory parking building consisting of columns, longitudinal and transverse elements for partitioning of the building into boxes for parking vehicles, lanes for horizontal vehicle distribution, and elevator pits;
• longitudinal guides in each lane and transverse guides in each box, said longitudinal guides being perpendicular to said transverse guides;
• elevators located in said elevator pits and having longitudinal and transverse guides which align, respectively, with said longitudinal guides of each lane and said transverse guides of each box at appropriate levels;
• a platform located in each box, said platform having at least one guide track for vehicle wheels and two wheel fixing means located in said at least one guide track for preventing movement of vehicle wheels;
• and shuttle means for moving said platforms, said shuttle means comprising:
• two frames one of which is fitted with longitudinal wheel means for moving said shuttle in said longitudinal guides of each lane and another of which is fitted with transverse wheel means for moving said shuttle in said transverse guides of each box, said frames being joined by jack means for lowering said transverse wheel means into engagement with said transverse guides and thus raising said longitudinal wheel means out of engagement with said longitudinal guides or raising said transverse wheel means out of engagment with said transverse guides thus lowering said longitudinal wheel means into engagement with said longitudinal guides thus enabling said shuttle means to travel along said transverse or said longitudinal guides.