Load transport system for automated warehousing
US5333982A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/0492
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cargo transport system for automated warehousing, wherein there are guide rail structures each mounted from an opposing shelving face structure of two rows of storage shelves extending substantially parallel to each other and present opposing shelving face structures toward one another, each of the guide rail structures including a guide rail with sides, at least one or more power supply conductors, or control signal conductors, or both power supply conductors and control signal conductors disposed substantially parallel to each other and arranged along the side of at least one guide rail, a cargo carrier adapted to roll over the guide rails, and collector attached from the load carrier for maintaining substantially constant electrically conducting contact with the power supply conductors and the control signals conductors for respectively powering and controlling the movement of the cargo carrier.
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