US1592926A - Building - Google Patents

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F. E. DHUMY BUILDING Filed March 9, 1925 INVENTOR Fer/70nd Z5. dWU/Y] Patented July 20, .1926.

' UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

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' Application filed mm a, 31m. semi xo.'14,1o5.

This invention relates to buildings and more particularly to storage buildings such as garages ojf the type 'whereinthe several floors are connected by ramps over which vehicles maybe driven from floor to floor, and one of the objects of the iuvention is to improve and simplify the structure of such buildings. I i

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a hori the building taken on the zontal sectional view of line 1 -1 of Fig.2; 3

Fig. 2 avertical section taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1- Fig. 3. a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1

:5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 a vertical section 'taken on the line HofFighandf' Fig. 5 a vertical section taken on the line Referring in detail to the structure shown in the drawing, the outer walls 1 of the building enclose a series ofsuperposed storage floors 2. As shown, the building 1s designed for use as a garageand each floor is-divided into individual storagespaces by partitions or curbings 3.

.The several floors of the-building are con nectedby ramp structures over which motor vehicles may be driven from one floor to another to and from their storage spaces. These ramp structures are located at substantially the center of the building and each structure comprises a main ramp- 4 of, considerable length suspended between each and terminating short of said floors. Connected to the lower end of the rampe is a lower landing 01'' platform 5. This platform is elevated above the lower of the pair of floors, and the landing and the lower end of the r'a-mp 4 aresupported by the said lower floor.

Leading from the lower floor to the lower landing 5 is a relatively short" ramp 6 which extends transy The upper end'of the ramp zontal upper landing 7.

versely tothe direction of the main ramp 4.

4 leads to a hori- This landing is suspended below the upper floor and is of considerable Iength,'-extending transversely from theramp 4 to one of the side walls of I lend of the' landing 7 adjacent the ramp 4 with the upper floor; This ramp 8 extends transve e y b the dirocti'on'ot the "main 8 connects one of the ascent-structures to the end walls The outer end of the landing 7 adjacent the side wall of the building is prouided with a air of storagespaces to receive motor vehicles and located inwardly of said storage spaces, between said spaces and the main ramp connection are a pair of ,short anding 'Z. The landings 5 and 7 may be oppositely extending ramps 9. These ramps extend transversely from the opposite lon itudinal sides of the landing and connect t e landing-with the floor just above it. The landing 7, the ramps 8 and 9 andthe upper end of the main ramp 4 are all suspended .from and supported by the upper floor. The floor is .cut away over the ramps and the landings to provide clearance for the ascending vehicles. Extending along the edges of the ramps and the landings and also around the edges of the openings are suitable guard rails or curbings 10.

The ascent and descent structure described is duplicated between all of the storage floors of the building and said structures are preferably superposed in vertical alincment and parallel to each other. An entrance 11 leads to the ground floor of the building and each floor is laid outrto provide a 'corridor connecting the ramps 6 and '8' which communicate with that floor, and this corridor also leads from the said ramps to the vehicle storage spaces upon .that side of the building. It Wlll be seen therefore that vehicles may be driven over the ramps 6, 4 and 8 and over said corridor spaces, on a substantially spiral path, from the ground floor to upper vfloors of the building. 'Each floor is also laid out to provide a corridor extending in a line with the short ramps 9. This corridor connects the ramps 9 with the storage spaces of the floor 'upon this side of the building. Both corridors extend throughout the length of the building and i the vehicle storagespaces are arranged alon their opposite sides. The storage space 0 each; floor isdivided into two sections by division lines 12 which extend from the ends of the building. Thedivision lines 12 may [be defined by curbing hr by partition w ll;

'ramps 8 and Qdirectly into either of the two corridors and directly to their assigne storage-s aces 1t wll be seen from the foregoing de- .-scription and from the drawings that the ramps and landings are so designed and arranged with' relation to the floors as to pro: ride for the ascent of the vehicles by easy stages and also to conserve storagespace upon the floors. The extended upper landings 7 and the arrangement of the ramps 9 effects a saying in storage space upon each floor. The outer ends of the landings Z are available for storage purposes and the ramps 9 are arranged in the corridors and therefore do not take up storage space.

What I claim is:

1. A building comprising outer walls, a series of superposed floors, aseries of elongated superposed landings of material length each located between a pair of floors, a series of upper ramps each extending longitudinally from an end of one of said landings to the floor above it a series of superposed main ramps each extending downwardly from one oi said landings transversely from the end: thereof to which the upper ramp 'is connected, said main ramp terminating short of the lower floor,

a series of lower ramps each connected to the lower end of the main ramp and extending transversely therefrom in the same direction in plan as the upper ramp, each of said landings being substantially the Width of the main ramp connected to it and 1 formed to provide a storage space located in a position spaced away from themain.

ramp conngction longitudinally of the landing and each floor being. laid out to provide a pair of corridor spaces extendin at opposite sides of the main ramps para cl thereto and communicating with storage spaces along their length, one of said corridors connecting the upper and lower ramps lending to the floor and the other corridor extending transversely into the landing between the main ,ramp and the storage 31. "e on the landing, and a relatively short ramp in said second corridor leading from one side of the landing to the floor above it 2. A garage building comprising outer a series of super each laid out to provid corridors spaced sidcsof a-lon through the l yertical plan d storage"spaces T idor, a series of located along one ntermediate the building an (1 main ramps id central plane-i he building, e son a' pair of minating s h ramp being losaid floors and; terts upper" and; A M ated superposed ries of elong d below one o in s each de said floors a one of said mm d the width of sai s and being an connected ramp tending transver e and across f the outer wa cc thereon at landings each or said central plan corridors to one o viding a sto two series of sup lls andfproi said wa l-1, ramps "exmain. ramps 0p 7 the landings, one

th the floors;

ds or the Th'mil ly below theme leading-vinto the s .t the central plane ne landings ian vly from the the direction of landings wi hove them and immediately a the lower en leading from ramp's to the the ramps 0 corridors upon f both serie location of t g transverse edges of. eac

dor crossed short ramps leadin longitudinal into the corri prising outer storage floors ir of parallel twardly lronro l central vertica V and I storagespaces h corridor, a-se ries located along one termediate the building coin f superposed 3. A garage walls,' a series 0 each laid out to pr corridors spaced on sides of a longitudina through the along both si sed main ramps (1 central plane in length of th located betw terminating lower cnds,--a series per landings eac (1. floors and Conn end of one of said re the .width of the said landin versely from s oneof the corri oviding a s ll, two series 0 ramps extend ramps opposi landings, one se e building, een a pair of said lioors =nnd, hort of them at its upper and ted superposed;

plane opposite lower ends 0 immediately series leading in side of the central casually it Him d to the upper ps and being "snh said connected ramp extending I transl plane and across dors to one of the tor-age space t 512s ramps lamie oppasiie iongiin 7 ng directly inio the corridor crossed by said; landing, said short ramps being laterally connected with storage spaces along the adjacent outer Wall to flan 01? the landings; shor z mg transverse? fwm til enable vehicles to be driven over the sides herezmm FERNAND E.- DHUMYQ or stnmge s nce-s along saici waii' will we

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