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Chain store and process for unloading it

US6808355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2002
Grant dateOct 26, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G47/5122
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A chain store comprising a plurality of intermittently movable gondolas which serve for receiving products to be stored and are suspended and fastened on at least one articulated chain running vertically over a plurality of deflection rollers, and a plurality of shelves which serve for receiving the products, and at least one unloading station which is arranged on an upward- or downward-moving outer side of the chain store and has transfer means for ejecting the products onto a horizontal discharge belt leading away from the unloading side, wherein the transfer means has two ejectors for simultaneously ejecting products from in each case two shelves one on top of the other, wherein a storage plate which is fastened with its end facing away from the gondola train to a retaining apparatus and is pivotable from a horizontal into a skew position inclined toward the discharge belt and is displaceable away from the gondola train is provided above the discharge belt, wherein the storage plate has rake-like or comb-like teeth extending toward the gondola train, wherein furthermore a vertical product stop having rake-like or comb-like teeth extending upward is provided and wherein the trans…

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