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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1981
Robert D Lichti, Lakewood, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A mechanized rack assembly for the storage of items of virtually any identity makes use of a centrally disposed frame for supporting a multiple number of stacks of vertically spaced trays arranged to travel around the frame. Each stack is jointed to adjacent stacks, the stacks thus forming, in effect, an endless chain, there being a motor for driving the endless chain in a horizontal path around the frame. For movably supporting each stack there is a roller at the base of the stack which travels along tracks at the sides of the frame and travels around a rotating platform at each end. The endless chain is driven in a manner such that it can be halted with any one of the stacks stopped at the end of the frame with trays facing outwardly so that an unloader can remove the stored items from any one or more of the trays on that stack. Frames with their complement of stacks and trays can be stacked one above the other and a multiple number of such composite stacks accommodated side by side in a single warehouse space.