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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:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul T Shupert, Parkton, MD (US);
Assignee:
St. Onge Company, York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983473 ;
Abstract
A carousel storage conveyor for articles being conveyed along a conveyor unit having rows of shelf units which are spaced apart about a closed loop path and which move through the complete loop to pick up or discharge articles when at the lowermost point in the loop and to store the articles as the shelf units move away from the conveyor unit. The shelf units include spaced apart hangers and the conveyor unit includes recesses which cooperate with the respective hangers and permit the conveyor unit to be moved upwardly for passage of the articles through the hangers or downwardly so that said articles are supported thereby.