Automated parking system for motor vehicles

A parking system for motor vehicles, comprising:

• a plurality of parking spots arranged as a multi-level rack storehouse;
• at least one parking station comprising a parking box for receiving a motor vehicle to be transported to an empty one of the plurality of parking spots;
• at least one unparking station comprising an unparking box for receiving a motor vehicle to be transported thereto from an occupied one of the plurality of parking spots for discharging same;
• and
• means for transporting motor vehicles from the parking box to the plurality of parking spots and from the plurality of parking spots to the unparking box;
• wherein the parking box and the unparking box each includes an arrangement for handling empty pallets on which the motor vehicles are received, each handling arrangement comprising a pallet-receiving device including two pallet supports extending in a longitudinal direction of a motor vehicle and means for moving the two pallet supports toward and away from each other in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, and a displaceable pallet-stacking device for delivering the empty pallets into the parking box and for removing the empty pallets from the unparking box,
• wherein the pallet stacking device comprises lift means, and
• wherein the lift means comprises a rotatable frame.