An automated parking garage. The garage comprises a multi-floor building having a plurality of vehicle storage racks in a storage area for storing a loaded pallet or an unloaded pallet. An entrance-level floor of the building includes an entry/exit station (EES) on for receiving a vehicle, the EES having an exterior entrance through which the vehicle is driven and, an opposing interior entrance that provides access to the storage area and through which the loaded pallet is transported, the loaded pallet and unloaded pallet adapted to be positioned at floor level in the EES. The garage includes a pallet stacking station for storing the unloaded pallet, the pallet stacking station located over a shuttle aisle that extends under the EES. A pallet shuttle that traverses the shuttle aisle to a first position under the EES for handling the unloaded pallet in the EES, and to a second position under the pallet stacking station for stacking the unloaded pallet. The garage also includes a transport system for transporting the loaded pallet in the storage area.
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of the following U.S. patent applications: Ser. No. 09/364,934 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND STORING PALLETS IN AN AUTOMATED PARKING STRUCTURE" filed Jul. 30, 1999 now Abandoned; and Ser. No. 09/790,460 entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND STORING PALLETS IN AN AUTOMATED PARKING STRUCTURE" filed Feb. 22, 2001 now abandoned, which is a Divisional of the abovementioned Ser. No. 09/364,934, filed Jul. 30, 1998, now abandoned, the contents of both that are herein incorporated by reference.
A multilevel vertical general aviation hangar, comprising a traffic inflow/outflow path and a pallet stack subsystem. There is also a pallet turntable located with the path. A pallet shuttle moves the pallet and contained vehicle from the turntable to a lift. The lift moves the pallet and vehicle to a predetermined location within a storage structure.
