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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1988
Eddy Forest Products, Ltd., Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
An accumulation and storage system, preferably for palletized loads, utilizes a SAILRAIL (trade mark) air support system for guiding and supporting an elongated deck during reciprocal movement thereof. Alongside each edge of the deck is a pallet lifting/lowering mechanism which uses an elongated inflatable tube, such as a fire hose, to raise or lower an inverted U-shaped lifting member. When the lifting members are raised a pallet can be placed thereon and the deck can reciprocate therebelow. When the lifting members are lowered the pallet rests on the deck and can be moved along the system to a subsequent position where it is raised clear of the deck so that the deck can return to pick up another pallet at the input station. Logic controls can be used to operate the system quickly, efficiently and automatically.