Automated high-raised parking system
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorShigekazu Takaoka
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Abstract
An automated high-raised parking system includes a parking rack structure having a plurality of racks disposed one above another for parking an automobile, an entrance/exit section for allowing entrance and exit of the automobile and a lift-translator device for transporting the automobile between the entrance/exit section to the racks. The lift-translator device includes a lift table vertically movable along a lift passage extending along a side of the parking rack structure and communicating with the entrance/exit section. In this system, the invention provides a shielding member for shielding an upward view from the entrance/exit section up through the lift passage when the lift table is positioned at the entrance/exit section for entrance or exit of the automobile.
Claims17
An automated high-raised parking system for parking automobiles comprising:
- a parking rack structure including a plurality of racks disposed one above another for parking an automobile, wherein each said rack includes a receiver frame for receiving ends of a pallet for mounting the automobile;
- an entrance/exit section for allowing entrance and exit of the automobile;
- a lift-translator device for transporting the automobile between said entrance/exit section to said racks, said lift-translator device including a lift table vertically movable along a lift passage extending along a side of said parking rack structure and communicating with said entrance/exit section;
- a shielding means for shielding an upward view through said lift passage from said entrance/exit section when said lift table is positioned at said entrance/exit section for entrance or exit of the automobile, wherein said shielding means includes at least one shielding member disposed at a position above said entrance/exit section, said shielding member being capable of selectively moving between a closed state wherein said shielding member projects into said lift passage to prevent said upward view and an open state wherein said shielding member is withdrawn from said lift passage to allow passage of said lift table through said lift passage, said shielding means further including an opening-closure control means for selectively moving said shielding member between said opened state and said closed state in accordance with a lifting movement of said table;
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- an auxiliary shielding member fixedly attached to a rear face of one of said parking racks which is positioned immediately above said entrance/exit section so as to shield said upward view from said entrance/exit section to said parking rack structure.
An automated high-raised parking system as defined in claim 11, wherein said pallet includes, at an inner position of said tire passage thereof, an inner derailment-prevention guide projecting upwards relative to said tire passage, while said floor face includes an inner derailment-prevention member extending continuously with said inner derailment-prevention guide of said pallet when placed on said floor face, an end of an upper face of said inner derailment-prevention member which end is positioned adjacent said pallet being provided with a height substantially equal to a height of an upper face of said inner derailment-prevention guide, and said end of said upper face of said inner derailment-prevention member being provided with such an inclination that said end gradually approaches said floor face in a direction extending away from said pallet.
An automated high-raised parking system comprising:
- a parking rack structure including a plurality of racks disposed one above another for parking an automobile, wherein each said rack includes a receiver frame for receiving ends of a pallet for mounting the automobile;
- an entrance/exit section for allowing entrance and exit of the automobile;
- a life-translator device for transporting the automobile between said entrance/exit section to said racks, said lift-translator device including a lift table vertically movable along a lift passage extending along a side of said parking rack structure and communicating with said entrance/exit section;
- a shielding means for shielding an upward view through said lift passage from said entrance/exit section when said lift table is positioned at said entrance/exit section for entrance or exit of the automobile, wherein said shielding means includes a shielding member liftable with said lift table;
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- an auxiliary shielding member fixedly attached to a rear face of one of said parking racks which is positioned immediately above said entrance/exit section so as to shield said upward view from said entrance/exit section to said parking rack structure;
- wherein said pallet which is capable of mounting the automobile is constructed so as to be disposed and supported on a floor face of said entrance/exit section, and a tire guide member is provided on said floor face extending continuously with a tire passage of said pallet which is mounted and supported on said floor face, an end of an upper face of said tire guide member which end being positioned adjacent said pallet has a height substantially equal to a height of an upper face of said tire passage, and said end of said upper face of said tire guide member being provided with such an inclination that said end gradually approaches said floor in a direction extending away from said pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.