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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5423503 | Plate-like member conveying apparatus A plate-like member conveying apparatus includes five holding arms arranged parallel to each other in one direction and capable of supporting wafers, a link mechanism for connecting said holding arms to each other and for, when at least one holding arm is... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5333983 | Rack arrangement Rack arrangement designed for installation in, for example, a warehouse or a factory for storage of loads. A pair of stationary racks having a plurality of vertically and/or laterally partitioned storage spaces are arranged in spaced parallel relation. A ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5273244 | Plate-like member conveying apparatus A plate-like members conveying apparatus includes a rotating shaft and five support arms for supporting semiconductor wafers. The arms are vertically stacked at equal intervals and parallel to each other. The middle arm is fixed between two intermediate a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5211296 | Device and process for the storage of products A device and process for the storage of products in a frame and for the removal from the frame of products stored therein. A frame is provided with guides for guiding supports for the products over a distance in a direction perpendicular to the direction ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5183162 | Mobile mount system A mount system for a bicycle or other object of similar characteristics is disclosed. A bicycle is secured in a mount that is attached to a motor-driven band within a track. The mounted bicycle is moved along the track when the motor drives the band.... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5111573 | Device and method of exchanging tools A device for exchanging tools for use with a spindle has a tool holding device having a plurality of tool holding members disposed at predetermined intervals. Each tool holding member is supported for movement in its axial direction and is axially driven ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5105759 | Process to change the relative positions of a plurality of aligned elements and device for using this process A plurality of injector elements are mounted on a frame and within a nozzle above a subjacent support for depositing a layer of pulverulent product on the support. In order to change the predetermined spacing of the injectors, they are selectively connect... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5027958 | Electrically operated single cord clothesline The invention relates to an electrically operated single cord clothesline comprising near and distant reel assemblies both attachable to a clothesline supporting structure. The cord encloses individually insulated electric wires, and the near reel assembl... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5013983 | Self leveling dispenser A self-leveling dispenser provides a rack supporting a stack of trays within a frame. A reversible motor drivably connected to spiral shafts mounted at the corners of the frame rotates the shafts to provide upward or downward movement of the rack, which i... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5007351 | Mobile carriage with center drive A mobile storage system includes mobile carriages that roll on rails embedded in a building floor. The carriages are driven along the rails by at least two flanged wheels that engage a grooved rail. The flanged wheels are preferably mounted in parallel ch... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4945629 | Vertical carrousel A vertical carrousel, which serves in particular to store upper and lower tools for a bending machine, and has a loading and unloading opening in the front wall of its housing, is provided with an additional loading and unloading opening in the region of ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4936735 | Integrated modular portable mail tray delivery system and components A mail delivery system including, a plurality of portable trays each tray having a bottom, an open top, at least two rigid oppositely disposed sides affixed to the bottom, at least one open side, a gate member to open and close the open side. Separators r... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4934767 | Semiconductor wafer carrier input/output drawer Plastic cassettes carrying semiconductor wafers are loaded into and/or unloaded from an extended open drawer. The drawer is retractable to a closed position in a frame where the cassettes may be removed from or returned to the drawer by a programmable ele... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4919275 | Self leveling dispenser A self-leveling dispenser provides a rack supporting a stack of trays within a frame. A reversible motor drivably connected to spiral shafts mounted at the corners of the frame rotates the shafts to provide upward or downward movement of the rack, which i... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4772176 | Handling of palletized goods in a warehouse or the like A warehouse contains a fixed number of pallet-carrying primary modules (7) arranged in a rectangular block (8) and further arranged in side-by-side parallel longitudinal rows. A working row (A) provides an exposed front side (9) adjacent a worker's statio... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4722657 | Process and apparatus for transporting and storing bobbins, especially for removing them from automatic spinning machines or the like In apparatus for transporting and storing bobbins, especially for removing them from automatic spinning machines, the bobbins are received and collected in an inclined collecting chute from a conveyor belt, are then brought into a horizontal arrangement a... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4658493 | Tool storing apparatus A tool storing apparatus is disclosed. It includes a frame. The frame is provided with guide means. The guide means is movably provided with a plurality of tool racks in the shape of a band plate. The tool racks are provided with a plurality of tool pocke... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4656728 | Tool storing and feeding apparatus A tool storing and feeding apparatus is disclosed. It includes a plurality of tool racks in the shape of a band plate designed to be movable. The tool racks are provided with a plurality of tool pockets arranged in their longitudinal direction. An interme... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4654954 | Machine tools A tool handling system for tools 5 of the type having a machining portion and a common base portion 9 (e.g. an international taper) for being engaged by the drive spindle of a workhead, said system being adapted for storing said tools and for moving a sel... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4514892 | Machine tool A machine tool having a gate-type construction and provided with a tool magazine (11). The tool magazine (11) is mounted between a pair of support portions (3a) of a gate-shaped column (3) and above a work support table (2). The tool magazine (11) is comp... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4467924 | Movable aisle storage system A movable aisle storage system is provided having rail and panel connector units which perform the dual functions of forming the rails and interconnecting the deck panels of the system track and deck assembly. Each connector unit has a substantially cylin... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4441617 | Storage structure comprising movable racks A storage structure comprises several storage racks the majority of which are movable between two end positions in order to form a passageway between two adjacent storage racks. An elongate locking device, for example a safety chain, is arranged between e... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4412772 | Shiftable article storage device A shiftable article storage device having a plurality of shiftable article storage units each adapted for mounting articles to be stored thereon and provided with a driving source. The article storage units are put together with no interval between each o... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4329928 | Reciprocable storage racks A reciprocable storage rack is provided having vertically movable rack frames with shelves on opposite sides of a main frame whose length is substantially twice that of the rack frames and is mounted in a well below a working surface, the well depth being... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4307922 | Movable storage system A movable storage system having a plurality of storage units disposed side-by-side and movable relative to each other to selectively open access paths between selected pairs of units. In response to operation of enabling and selection switches, a new aisl... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4216866 | Apparatus for racking sheet materials This invention relates to an apparatus for racking sheet materials characterized by an open-sided generally box-like rack having opposed sets of horizontally-disposed guiderails arranged in stacked relation one above the other to define tray tracks along ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4192362 | Paint mixing table An incrementally positionable reciprocating conveyor mounted tray serially positions each of a plurality of containers beneath a dispensing unit for dispensing a predetermined material and quantity thereof into each of the containers.... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4168006 | Foldable supporter of clothes-drying bars A foldable supporter of clothes-drying bars provided with an arrangement whereby the supporter can be withdrawn into its folded state to under the shelter of roof in response to the reception of rain drops on the rain-drop receiver, thereby avoiding the t... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4123126 | Compact shelving apparatus Compact shelving consisting of a cluster of elongated, upstanding stacks of shelves juxtaposed side by side are accessible by mounting each elongated stack on an elongated carriage having rear rollers guided in elongated floor tracks coextensive in length... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4073383 | Device for displaying carpet patterns or the like The specification describes a device adapted to rotate in both directions about a vertical axis for displaying patterns or carpets or rugs. The patterns are carried on telescoping rings which can be moved vertically between a position in which substantial... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3973504 | Power and free conveyor system A power and free conveyor system comprising a power track, a conveyor movable along the power track, a carrier track, a plurality of carriers movable along the carrier track and interengaging members between the coveyor and the carriers. At least one modu... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3940174 | Poultry trailer A trailer mounted poultry storage rack including a plurality of spaced vertically extending support posts. Each support post slidably mounting a series of collars thereon. Each collar in turn supports a pair of laterally extending support arms. The collar... | 02/24/1976 |
