Patent · US Expired

Flow rail rack

US4168780A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1978
Grant dateSep 25, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G1/023
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A storage rack structure is disclosed of the gravity feed type having inclined storage racks carried between front and rear vertical standards on which a pallet carrying cases and the like is loaded from the rear for gravity feed to the front wherein the flow rails are hung within a channel of a front facing rail having a back web providing an abutment for stopping the pallet and include a raised abutment at the rear end thereof providing a fulcrum about which the pallet initially impacts and pivots for loading onto the flow rail.

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