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Class 211/122 - Horizontal travel


Subclass of Class 211 - Supports: racks
Definition: Devices having the flexible endless carrier mounted in a
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 08/17/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7775381Device for supporting bottles
In a support device for bottles processed on a bottle filling and closing machine, a substantially elongated body has a bayonet coupling at a bottom part for connecting the device to a rotary conveyor of the machine. An upper lateral portion of the body has gripping...
08/17/2010
7363104Product storage and picking system and method of storing and picking products
A product storage and picking system having a plurality of shelves each with a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and spaced sides. The plurality of shelf units are arranged in first and second side-by-side rows with the shelf units in each of the first and second rows ...
04/22/2008
7312773Illuminated wearable ornament
An electronic ornament that can be worn or attached to or suspended from an object has an LED matrix (21) capable of displaying a user-selected message from a preprogrammed set of graphic symbols or a user-programmed arbitrary pattern or animation. A safety p...
12/25/2007
7182201Wafer carrying apparatus and wafer carrying method
A wafer carrying apparatus 20 for carrying intermediate products comprises: a conveyer 40 for carrying the intermediate products in the carrying direction; and a plurality of platforms 41 arranged in the conveyer 40 along the carrying dir...
02/27/2007
7085621Method of operating a dispensing cabinet
A method of operating a dispensing cabinet to identify the locations where items to be dispensed are located is comprised of a login step in which user information is entered into a processor controlling the dispensing cabinet. The processor unlocks certain doors of...
08/01/2006
6905035Accessory organizer
An apparatus can be used for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other items. The apparatus can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily acce...
06/14/2005
6698854Key organizer
The key organizer has a housing with a first section and a second section which are pivotally connected. First and second drums are rotatably mounted on axles within a cavity of the housing. A first belt is engaged with the first and second drums and has ...
03/02/2004
6431376Storage bin assembly having unitary side and backwall supports
A storage bin assembly has a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a backwall. The assembly includes a first substantially L-shaped support member including the first sidewall and a first portion of the backwall, the first backwall portion being integrall...
08/13/2002
5813547Clothing accessories storage rack
A rotatable shoe rack for visible and readily accessible storage of a plurality of clothing accessories such as shoes, ties, scarves and belts, comprising a pair of opposing base plates, having slotted channels which receive flexible belts that define a p...
09/29/1998
5711431Clip order rack
A clip order rack includes a loop, such as a belt or chain, mounted for free movement along a loop support having at least one straight section therein. Clips for removably holding paper guest checks are spaced along the loop so that a check can be clippe...
01/27/1998
5645173Clothing accessory organizer
An apparatus for organizing articles of clothing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having first and second drums rotatably mounted thereto. A belt is engaged around the first and second drums that has a plurality of first hook members for han...
07/08/1997
5636750Method and apparatus for automatically locating an item in a movable storage system
Items are stored in movable containers having multiple storage locations. The containers can be rows of storage units having shelves and bays in a mobile aisle storage system. The identity and location of each item is stored in a computer. To retrieve a s...
06/10/1997
5634760Inserter/extractor used with carousel of storage bins
An inserter/extractor apparatus for inserting and extracting objects from bins located at different heights in a carousel including a vertical frame and an inserter/extractor carriage that is vertically movable along the frame and has a pair of gripping p...
06/03/1997
5533632Motorized accessory holder and method of using same
A motorized accessory holder (12) includes a body (4) having a lower region defining a circumferential track (14). A belt assembly (6), including a continuous loop belt (28) and support arms (34) extending outwardly from the belt, is housed within the bod...
07/09/1996
5474187Clothing accessory organizer
An apparatus for organizing articles of clothing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having first and second drums rotatably mounted thereto. A belt is engaged around the first and second drums that has a plurality of first hook members for han...
12/12/1995
5330062Light tree display for a horizontal carousel
A programmable, visible display system or "light tree" for indicating loading and picking information to an operator of a storage conveyor of the horizontal carousel type is disclosed. The system includes a vertically extending array of regularly spaced l...
07/19/1994
5305890Circulatory storage apparatus
An upper endless rail has a downwardly opened guide channel, and a lower endless rail has an upwardly opened guide channel. A plurality of circulatory frames are mounted for movement along and between the upper and lower endless rails. Each circulatory fr...
04/26/1994
5285910Rotatable clothing hanger assembly
A clothing hanger assembly includes an upper loop track and a lower loop track and a rack connected therebetween for supporting the upper loop track and the lower loop track. A plurality of hanger units are slidably coupled between the upper loop track an...
02/15/1994
5207335Carousel conveyor with rotatable storage racks
A carousel-type storage and access system provides storage units having first and second storage zones accessible through first and second opposed access faces. Each storage unit is mounted for pivotal movement in an access position to one of two operated...
05/04/1993
5188245Full height carrier for horizontal carousel
A top drive horizontal carousel for a full height carrier including generally horizontal and coextensive upper and lower guides and associated upper and lower support assemblies. The upper and lower support assemblies include a series of guidance points o...
02/23/1993
5072838Tape cartridge storage system
Apparatus for use in the storage and retrieval of tape cartridges is provided and comprises a fixed storage rack having horizontal shelves for holding tape cartridge storage holders, and a plurality of movable storage racks are mounted for rolling movemen...
12/17/1991
5065872Dual access storage and retrieval system
A storage, transportation and retrieval system, and accompanying storage racks, are disclosed for increasing the effective storage capacity of the storage racks, providing simultaneous access to two adjacent storage racks, requiring less call-ups to locat...
11/19/1991
5062536Rotatable hanger assembly
A hanger device includes a base and an upper support coupled together by two posts. A lower track is disposed on the base. The upper support has an upper track disposed in parallel to the lower track. A number of frames each has an upper portion slidably ...
11/05/1991
5024318Conveyor storage apparatus
A selectively operable, continuous-loop conveyor provides support and transporation of containers containing spices or the like to and from a transfer station in which the containers are inserted in or removed from carriers which support them along the co...
06/18/1991
5012919Apparatus for storing piece goods
An apparatus for storing piece goods contains chassis with mounting supports, which are movable along a guideway constituted by two semicircles and two linear portions interconnecting these. The movement takes place in both directions. In order to permit ...
05/07/1991
4984854Jewelry box
A jewelry box is provided which is designed to store jewelry in an easily accessible manner. Horizontally oriented drawers are used for flat storage of smaller items and vertically oriented drawers are provided for hanging of longer pieces. The vertically...
01/15/1991
4968207Attachment accessory for multi-access storage system
A continuously operating unloading and loading system giving access to an automated multi-level storage conveyor makes use of individual containers adapted to be releasably hooked at established stations of an endlessly traveling rack which may be built i...
11/06/1990
4821888Carousel material handling apparatus
The material handling apparatus is disclosed comprising a plurality of storage bins and a continuous pathway. The pathway includes spaced apart linear pathway segments joined by arcuate end segments. The bins are supported on the pathway to move about the...
04/18/1989
4821887Rotatable stock closet
A rotatable stock closet for the storage of articles such as electronic parts, and the like, including a plurality of container conveying units arranged vertically one above another on a frame. Each unit includes outer and inner rails with guide channels ...
04/18/1989
4625874Rotary rack stock
A rotary stock rack in which a plurality of racks having wheels at the underside thereof are connected with one another in endless series by means of connecting links, and the plurality of racks are adapted to reversely travel on an elliptic orbit along t...
12/02/1986
4574962Storage and retrieval system
A storage and retrieval system has a plurality of conveyor sections mounted one above the other on a frame. Each conveyor section can move a tray with a box of articles thereon between a loading station and a picking station automatically according to a k...
03/11/1986
4531789Rotatable stock container closet
A rotatable stock container closet for the storage of articles such as electronic parts, or the like, includes a plurality of container conveying units arranged vertically one on another, each container conveying unit comprising outer and inner rail means...
07/30/1985
4422554Mechanized retrievable horizontal storage rack
A mechanized rack assembly for the storage of items of virtually any identity makes use of a centrally disposed frame for supporting a multiple number of stacks of vertically spaced trays arranged to travel around the frame. Each stack is jointed to adjac...
12/27/1983
4342726Machine for sterilizing foodstuffs in cylindrical containers at normal atmospheric pressure
The machine comprises a longitudinal cage (G) which provides pilgrim step movement, composed of a succession of rectangular and vertical frames (9) connected by their flanks to two pairs of longitudinal longerons (8); the cage furnished with a succession ...
08/03/1982
4338864Assembly line driverless vehicle
A monorail driverless vehicle for use on an assembly line includes a vertically disposed frame having a drive wheel on the upper end of the frame and biased downwardly for contact with a drive shaft. Aligned support wheels on the frame are adapted for con...
07/13/1982
4274195Assembly apparatus, particularly for the assembly of components upon carrier plates
An assembly apparatus which is particularly useful in the manual assembly of circuit carrier plates with electrical components is formed with an upwardly facing working surface having thereon a support member for the carrier plates, with a plurality of re...
06/23/1981
4026395Display case
A display case having a plurality of display trays moving forwardly along a support surface so that articles carried by the trays are visible from above. After the trays have reached the rear of the display case, they are lowered and then moved forwardly ...
05/31/1977
3973504Power 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
 
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