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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W Stallard, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
John P Conner, Grandville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Qube, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414276 ; 414286 ; 414399 ; 211151 ;
Abstract
A pickface conveyor including two or three load storage stations and including a trolley movably positioned on an inclined track. A first load support is shiftable vertically about an over center linkage to facilitate the transfer of loads from the first load support to a second load support. The first load support can be positioned at the first station with the second load support comprising the trolley, or the first load support can be mounted on the trolley with the second load support comprising the second station.