Parking facility and method for operating same

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a parking facility for vehicles, having parking platforms which are arranged so as to be movable in at least two parking levels arranged above one another and in at least two parking grids arranged next to one another. At least one of the parking grids is a lifting grid in which the parking platforms are vertically movable via a vertical drive. At least one of the parking grids is a transverse grid in which the parking platforms are driven and/or mounted so as not to be vertically movable. The parking platforms are mounted so as to be horizontally movable on tracks of the parking levels and are driven via a transverse drive so as to be movable horizontally into the or at least one of the lifting grids.

1 . A parking facility for vehicles, with parking platforms which are arranged movably in at least two parking levels (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) arranged one above the other and at least two parking grids (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 ) arranged next to one another, wherein at least one of the parking grids (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 ) is a lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) in which the parking platforms are movable vertically via a vertical drive, wherein at least one of the parking grids (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 ) is a transverse grid (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) in which the parking platforms are not driven and/or mounted vertically movably, and wherein the parking platforms are mounted horizontally movably on tracks of the parking levels (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) and are driven movably via a transverse drive horizontally into the lifting grid or at least one of the lifting grids (R 2 , R 4 ). 
     
     
         2 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the parking platforms are mounted so that they can roll on tracks of the parking levels (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ). 
     
     
         3 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the tracks take the form of rails and the parking platforms have rollers which run on the rails. 
     
     
         4 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the tracks in the parking grids which take the form of lifting grids are designed as openable, in such a way that they are movably mounted in such a way that they can be moved out of the vertical projection of a parking platform moving vertically through the lifting grid. 
     
     
         5 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein drivers via which the parking platforms are coupled horizontally movably are formed between the transverse drive of a parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) and the parking platforms in this parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ). 
     
     
         6 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the drivers are arranged on one or more driver carriages which are mounted horizontally displaceably and are driven via the transverse drive. 
     
     
         7 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the driver carriage or carriages have a horizontally extending toothed rack and is or are displaceably driven by a drive pinion of the transverse drive. 
     
     
         8 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least two adjacently arranged parking platforms of a parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) are driven, with coupled movement, via the transverse drive. 
     
     
         9 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the transverse drive is configured in such a way that a parking platform in a parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) is displaceably driven only by a single parking grid (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 ). 
     
     
         10 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the vertical drive in a lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) has only one or only two drive motors. 
     
     
         11 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the transverse drive has in each transverse grid (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) exactly one drive motor per parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ). 
     
     
         12 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the parking levels (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) is a drive-in level which is configured in such a way that a vehicle can be driven onto a parking platform positioned in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) at the drive-in level. 
     
     
         13 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the drive-in level is configured in such a way that a vehicle cannot drive onto at least one, of the parking platforms positioned in the transverse grid (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) at the drive-in level. 
     
     
         14 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the parking platforms have coupling devices, to which the vertical drive is coupled in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) for the purpose of vertical transport. 
     
     
         15 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the vertical drive in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) has four circulating cables or chains which in each case have a driver for one of four corners of one of the parking platforms. 
     
     
         16 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the four circulating cables or chains in each case have at least one driver per parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ). 
     
     
         17 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the parking facility has a maximum number of parking platforms or the exact number of parking platforms such that one of the parking grids (R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 ) can be completely cleared of parking platforms. 
     
     
         18 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the parking platforms have a fixed assigned parking level. 
     
     
         19 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a defined vehicle is assigned in each case to the parking platforms and the respective parking platform has wheel stops customized for the defined vehicle. 
     
     
         20 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the transverse grids (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) and lifting grids (R 2 , R 4 ) are arranged alternately next to one another. 
     
     
         21 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein always exactly one transverse grid (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) is arranged between two lifting grids (R 2 , R 4 ). 
     
     
         22 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the parking facility has exactly one row of parking spaces (Z 1 ). 
     
     
         23 . The parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the lifting grids (R 2 , R 4 ) and transverse grids (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) have at least two rows of parking spaces (Z 1 , Z 2 ) arranged behind each other, and at least one of the parking platforms of the front row of parking spaces (Z 1 ) is a transfer platform via which a vehicle can be moved from the drive-in level into the rear row of parking spaces (Z 2 ), and vice versa, wherein the transfer platform is not freed as a parking space. 
     
     
         24 . A method for operating a parking facility as claimed in  claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
 a) Requesting one of the parking platforms at a parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) of the lifting grid or one of the lifting grids (R 2 , R 4 );   b) Checking whether the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) is free of the other parking platforms, and if not, clearing the whole lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) of the other parking platforms by horizontally moving these parking platforms from the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) into adjacent transverse grids (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ); and   c) After step b) or at the same time as step b): checking whether the requested parking platform is already situated in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ), and if not, moving the requested parking platform out of an adjacent transverse grid (R 1 , R 3 , R 5 ) into the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ); and   d) Checking whether the requested parking platform is already situated in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) at the parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) at which the requested parking platform is requested, and if not, moving the requested parking platform vertically in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) to the parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) at which the requested parking platform is requested.   
     
     
         25 . The method as claimed in  claim 24 , further comprising the following steps:
 Freeing of access to the requested parking platform if this parking platform is situated in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) at the parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) at which the requested parking platform is requested.   
     
     
         26 . The method as claimed in  claim 25 , further comprising the following steps:
 Blocking of the access to the requested parking platform after it has been freed;   Checking whether the requested platform is situated at the original parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ) and, if not, moving the requested parking platform vertically back into the original parking level (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ).   
     
     
         27 . The method as claimed in  claim 24 , further comprising the following steps:
 -Opening tracks in the lifting grid (R 2 , R 4 ) on which the parking platforms ( 10 - 29 ) are mounted so that they can roll in the parking levels (E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , E 5 ), before step d).