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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 6. 1931

VERTICAL PARKING MACHINE.

Details of an Interesting and Novel Scheme.

[Special Report to the Hongkomy Telegraph.]

Mr. James stated that the use parking facilities for those attend- of the automatic parking machine ing theatres, churches, baseball or effects a remarkable saving in football parks, adultorjuma, otc.;; time. "The average time for merchant garages for the conveni- parking a car, or delivering it," he ence of customers of department sald Is only a minute. The alores, market houses, oil and present design of the machine stations, and other merchandising operaten at a chain speed of 100 establishments; and occupants Seet per minute, se that the garages for tenants of hotels, average time for bringing a cage apartment houses,

clubs, offe etc.

to the driveway level is thirtyuilding is a part of the basi

when A сакс IH called to

seconds;

the driveway level, the machine ness operation of anne companies, automatically selects the shortest such as bus and taxi companies, route. Another thirty seconds is public utilities, electric light, gas consumed in driving the automo-gand telephone companies, bile "on" or

ing the doors and in operat-require parking facilities

for

hoth passenger cars and trucks at "Describing the machine further, [their] service stations. The he said, "The parking machine can automatic parking machine is be operated only when the door ideal for such company garages. or gate in closed. Inside thet "The parking machine is also enclosure for the machine, at the useful freight elevator to driveway level, are two platforms, improve existing elevator type

STUDEBAKER

Stopción Calame but slot machine,

Push a button, turn a key, or to the verfical position in order deposit a coin when you wish to ta rentave it from the luck. This, park and, in less than a minute, a by establishing another elrent, parking pince for いままで carteluses the doors, leaving the

presents itself. Upon your machine ready for use by the neAT return, your parked far auto- tenant.

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first automatic untowabile perlong machim, perfected by engineers of the Westinghurs Blcetare de Manufacturing Company, and mar in operatin at Fest Piltslynigh, Pa, This ric shoes the method of attaching the candles to the endless chain,

Right; Sideriew of the parking machine showing how cats are carried in individual cradlės.

matically is delivered to you in a "Another thrd of operating! Such convenient the parking machine is by push procedure is now possible, for a button control a asethod especiúl- | Automatic parking machine, whichly suitable for use in a publie enables the parking of twenty-

My parige, where the pushbution can fone automobiles on ground beinated in the caster's office. space little larger than that re When a walomer wishes to quired by an dinary

dispa Pange, recently has been develop, fireets him to a vast place.

una! Vd by H. D. James, Consulting!

the done to openes Engineer t Ulas ~ Westin Bestese.

capace, or the eastomer drives glosófone ou teach side of the grade: garages, and as a display muching Petrie Copany,

to the spen

ĐỀ a machine show-persons entering or leaving theeffor showing automobile modela, ihr "varten!", signal, such, an antoniobile will stand on näe 2 "Commodity storage gi, preen light, where a Hyła-my-[them, thus, by openings a contact, teince stonge service for -fruck cradles, one for each ear, uppert Lpecated relay or a track switch (preventing the doors being closed olivers ullers another appli ed between two onijeg chainsjekuses the duers to open the fas long as anyone is within the tion, The only of a truck van be which pass over aprocket wheels!ayatom best suited to the parti enclosure.

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at the top and the bottom groeikur kastallation should be select-precaution; as previously deserib- which can be packed at some con- travel; the chains are driven byjedi; the driver then places the fed, the control for the machine is venient paint and conveyed to the two electric motors, and, by means 'automobile on.the cradle, When arranged so that it cant De driveway level on a machine of

a push-button control for its the driver has topped out of the operated when the driver is insirt this type.

In some Cases the equivalent), any cradle can be enclosure, be operates a lever to the enclosure,

eutire Truck body might be resi brought quickly to the drivewny pet his check, which is stamped level for receiving or decharging with the loration of the ear a parking spaces is 115 feet high-

"Each machine of twenty-fourjin this way." an automobile.

time of parking the len

lever and oveupies a ground aren of 14 **Three general methods, all

bubbles a

for closing which use substantially the same the door and sets up a circuit for feet by 25 feet for an automobile 18 feet lot. When several control but different master dispatching an emply cage to the

installed most of switches, are used for operating driveway level so that the machine

**|them can made for shorter the parking machine," said Mrs yearly to receive the next auto-

Automobiles, this redaring the James, describing the operation molde of this machine.

closed until the driver operates quired gand area and the fir

cosi. When desired, a less or The lever. L feature preventing

greater unter than twenty-four closing of the doors while the cradles may be used; for exch driver is inside the closure. pair of cralles omitted or added "When the driver returns for by steveture is changed eight feet car, he presents the check to in height. The machinum may be spaces are rented for a fixed time in cashier, who pushes the button arranged for loading and unl..

say For a month. Dubade the responoling to the check and ing at either the inttom or garage is a panel having several threes payment or the stars in of the numbered locks.

"Firut, there is the kry sy stere the one uned at The Congung parking garage at our East Pitts- burgh Works, and the ope tasti saited for

where the

garages

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Top Bach By the time the viver reaches According to 3. Jadies Thel parking space, and high for open-li mchine on hielt, bis in benefits aserung from the use ing and sing the door.

parkei, bis parking the automatje parking machine) tenant provided with a key, space is at the driveway at atare, manifold. He described some which, son insert in the lack the dems are open ready for him: for these as follows: For his particular ime, suld in drive ogt. În driving off th The advantages of avings in turned at right auris, dispatches' rule, a rirquit is established for time and pare are evident from the foregoing disensrinn. but that grade to the driveway, and closing the doors, permits the tenant taking bis "The third method, the there are many other i atures of key from that lock and inserting system is the same a. the push mutual benefit it in the door lock. When the key Batton stem except that a code inserted

in the door lock is turns machine is used instead of ed ninety degrees, or sideways, it buttons.

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owner and the customer.

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on the by the

establishes a circuit to automati-coin which opens the door and driver; no attendant need-ligndle. cally open the door as soon as the provides a space for parking his the car. After the car has been cage la level with the driveway, car, As in the pushbutton placed on the machine thero la ne While the driver is

is engaged in method, he takes a check which danger of its being bumped or in- driving his car "on" or "off," the enables him to call his cage to the jured. No one has access to the key remains in the door lock pre-driveway level when he wishes car when it is on the machine yenting anyone else from operals his ran If he overstays his except the presence of the ing the machine while the driver, time should there be time driver. This prevents tampering is inside the enclosure. When limit, he automatically is locked with the ear or removing anything. the automobile has been delven out, and, to get his ear, is re-from it. "on" or "off" and the tenant is quiréd

deposit additional rendy to leave, the key is turned money."

to

RIDE CONTENTEDLY

ON MICHELINS

Distributors:

A. GOEKE & CO. 4th Floor, China Building.

Depot FIAT GARAGE

Tel. 22221.

Tel. 24821.

MICHELEN

The car is not operated under its own power after it is placed on. the machine, fact materially decreasing the fire hazard and eliminating ventilation problems.

"When the driver is ready to take his ear, the machine may be started in his presence, and while waiting for his ear, he has the satisfaction of knowing it

moving.

"Attendantless operation of this muching is possible by having it controlled and supervised from að adjacent office or by using a coin- collecting machine for operating if. The cost of operation is there- fore very low: even when the machine is supervised, it required this attention only at the drive-

lovel. The machine makes only 35 to 40 cerviutions per day. so the wear a very little and no hot bearings develop, maintenace coat thereby being reduced to

negligible amount. The dunl

drive assures continuity of ser vice.

The parking machine occuplex such a small ground space that one or more of these machines readily can be installed in a building used for other purposes should the building be required. for other uses, the machines can be moved to another location."

The automatic parking machine A adaptable for many applica tiona. "Among these, said Mr. James, "are commercial garages'; temporary or vacant-lot parking:

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HROUGHOUT the country, Ford trucks are serving a large number of businesses, under the widest possible variety of conditions. Whether delivering merchandise promptly for smart retail shops, or moving gravel, the Ford truck gives value far in excess of the price. It is a sturdy truck, always ready and able to hurry a load to its destination

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