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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig F Sleep, Bangor, PA (US);
Stanley K Gutekunst, Nazareth, PA (US);
Assignee:
SI Handling Systems, Inc., Easton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104 50 ; 104 48 ; 104166 ;
Abstract
A driverless shuttle vehicle transfers driverless vehicles between first and second parallel tracks. The shuttle vehicle has a track thereon adapted to be aligned with each of the first and second tracks. A motor adjacent each end of the first and second tracks is adapted to selectively move the shuttle vehicle track horizontally toward the end of its associated track for loading and unloading of a driverless vehicle.