Automated substance storage
US8857208B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/133
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A climatic cabinet and storage cabinet that includes an upper zone, a lower zone, storage positions for storing objects in one of the upper and lower zone, and at least one temperature control unit structured and arranged to maintain a temperature in the one of the upper and lower zone different from the other of the upper and lower zone. The cabinet further includes a lock, a horizontal transport mechanism arranged at least in part in the other of the upper and lower zone to move the objects to and from the lock in a direction having a horizontal component, and a vertical transport mechanism structured and arranged to move the objects between the lower zone and the upper zone.
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