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(11) | EP 0 504 750 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Automatic silo for automobiles |
| (57) A computerized automatic multistory silo for automobiles comprises a plurality of
parallelepipedal compartments (29) arranged superposed onto each other and opposite
to each other at the two sides of one common service corridor (C) inside which an
elevator (4-9) operates. Means are provided to bring the platform (3) of said elevator
co-planarly in line with an entrance station (1) or an exit station (2) for the vehicles
(A) and with the bottom of the selected compartment, the longer dimension of said
compartments being parallel to the length of said corridor. The elevator platform
(3) and the bottom of each compartment are provided, transversely to their longer
dimension, with conveyors on which the wheels of the vehicle (A) will rest during
the ensilage and de-ensilage steps, said conveyors (T,T1) being of the chain (13)
type and being actuated at the same speed with reversible direction. The ends of the
conveyors in the compartments facing the service corridor (C) and the ends of the
conveyors of said platform are arranged so as to co-operate in comb-like fashion,
whereby the transfer of a vehicle from the platform into a compartment and vice-versa
may be effected quickly by activating said conveyors in the desired direction and
under the control of sensors which de-activate said conveyors when the vehicle (A)
has reached the desired position. |