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Storage arrangement and storage receptacle with storage arrangement

US6478524B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 2000
Grant dateNov 12, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/0425
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a storage arrangement (15) and a storage receptacle (10) for objects (1), wherein the storage arrangement (15) has a storage device (14) with at least one storage shaft (14.1, 14.2) containing several storage spaces (13) arranged on top of each other, and a delivery device (34) for the short-term reception of the objects (1). The storage arrangement (15) furthermore has a transport device (16) with an object carrier (36), and has a vertical displacement device (40), a horizontal rotating device (38) and a horizontal displacement device (42) for displacing the object carrier (36) between the delivery device (34) and the storage spaces (13). The objects always take up the same angle in respect to the vertical line, wherein a base surface of the objects is preferably horizontally oriented. The storage receptacle (10) consists of a storage cabinet (12) and an integrated storage arrangement (15). The storage cabinet has a lock window opening, whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of an object (1). The delivery device (34) is located outside the storage cabinet (12).

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