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Apparatus for transferring cargoes

US5839872A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1994
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 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.

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