Apparatus for transferring cargoes
US5839872A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66F9/141
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A transporter movable perpendicularly to a transfer path along one or more shelving racks containing shelves, a cargo transfer apparatus is mounted from the transporter, and has a cargo platform for receiving cargo transferred therefrom and thereto along a horizontal transfer path between the platform and a shelf, a traverser disposed along at least one side of the transfer path and having a retracted position along said cargo platform and being extendable from its retracted position to and into the shelf, a first drive for reciprocating the traverser along the transfer path, a pair of transfer arms for pushing cargo toward and away from the cargo platform, and a second drive for moving the transfer arms between their resting positions and their active positions.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.