Modular storage rack
US7810656B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/06
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A modular flow through or push back storage rack system has a transfer assembly with a plurality of modular carriage units located in a warehouse storage bay. The carriage units are arranged in side-by-side pairs. Each side-by-side pair of carriages defines a space between the carriages. Further, the side-by-side pairs of carriages are arranged in end-to-end alignment. Each carriage is preferably provided as an endless loop link track. An inter-carriage transport unit extends between a space between one side-by-side pair of carriage units and another space between an adjacent pair of side-by-side carriage units. Each of the carriage units and the transport unit may be supported by a cross beam. The transport unit preferably extends between adjacent cross beams of adjacent pairs of carriages. The transfer assembly maintains the storage units at a substantially level plane and may modulate a transfer speed of the storage units between adjacent carriages.
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