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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1994
Yukihiro Goto, Inuyama, JP;
Yoshihiko Yamada, Inuyama, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A transporter movable perpendicularly to a transfer path along one or more shelving racks containing shelves, a cargo transfer apparatus is mounted from the transporter, and has a cargo platform for receiving cargo transferred therefrom and thereto along a horizontal transfer path between the platform and a shelf, a traverser disposed along at least one side of the transfer path and having a retracted position along said cargo platform and being extendable from its retracted position to and into the shelf, a first drive for reciprocating the traverser along the transfer path, a pair of transfer arms for pushing cargo toward and away from the cargo platform, and a second drive for moving the transfer arms between their resting positions and their active positions.