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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1990
Richard F Foulke, Carlisle, MA (US);
Richard J Keohane, Braintree, MA (US);
Proconics International, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for storing articles including walls defining a bin enclosure having an opening for transporting articles therethrough, a support for supporting articles in an article storage region in the enclosure, and a source of pressurized particle-free air to the region to provide a higher pressure in the article storage region than outside of the enclosure. Also disclosed are an energy beam vision system that is carried by a transport system and interfaces with the walls and a controller that controls the transport mechanism in order to properly align the relative positions of the transport mechanism and the enclosure.