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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Muneharu Miyashita, Inuyama, JP;
Masuo Shimura, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Yazaki Industrial Chemical Co Ltd., Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211 592 ; 211175 ; 10814712 ; 108180 ; 221242 ; 221289 ; 221295 ;
Abstract
A gravity-feed flow rack apparatus for multiple articles with rack modules arranged vertically. The rack apparatus include main module, front and rear auxiliary modules having article conveyance skid rails, insert joint for joining said modules, tiltable stopper means for serially advancing articles on said module, and control means performing control of desired operation condition of the rack apparatus. The rack apparatus may be a constructionally changeable in desired number and spaces of the rack modules in which flexible change is desired.