Patent ID: 6332743
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
An elevator type parking system comprising:a main frame having a plurality of vertical columns and horizontal columns forming a hoist way in a center portion of said main frame;a plurality of parking rooms positioned on sides of the hoist way, said hoistway positioned between a plurality of floors;a lift having a front side lift and a rear side lift, each side lift including a rectangular lift frame, a support member horizontally extended from the rectangular lift frame to the center of the hoist way, and a plurality of lift forks fixed to the support member and extended from the support member towards respective parking rooms for moving along the hoist way formed in the main frame;a lift lifting and lowering drive means for lifting and lowering the lift;a pallet installed in each parking room of each of said floors and being horizontally movable with respect to said lift;a pallet actuating means installed on the lift for horizontally moving each pallet from each parking room to and from said hoist way, wherein said pallet actuating means includes a hooking member installed in the lift and horizontally moveable between each parking room and said hoist way, a driving means horizontally moving the hooking member; andan engaging member fixed to each pallet and driven by the pallet actuating means for thereby horizontally moving each pallet, wherein said engaging member is fixed to each pallet and includes a hooking roller to be hooked by said hooking member.