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Method for shifting goods and apparatus therefor

US5427492A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 1994
Grant dateJun 27, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G1/1376
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for shifting goods in which goods arranged in a predetermined manner within a container having an opening portion are taken out of the container in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods. The method comprising the steps of superposing a goods take-out tool including partitions which are formed in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods on the opening portion of the container, and inverting the superposed container and goods take-out tool. The goods in the container can be taken into the goods take-out tool without changing the arrangement of the storing state of the goods.

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