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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7168905 | Storage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of individual storage units stacked in multiple columns. Each storage unit includes wheels which engage a track for selective movement along the track. Vertical and horizontal actuators are used to move the storage... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6974293 | Material handling assembly A vertical lift system for storage and in particular for parking motor vehicles comprising a multi-level frame comprising a structure extending upward from a base, and a lifting mechanism centrally positioned within the frame and in communication with each level, an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6677548 | Sorting method, sorting installation and sorting system The invention relates to a sorting method for sorting objects, characterised by at least the following sorting steps: a) first sort run, in which objects are input onto parking sections of a first block of parking sections; b) second sort run, in which ob... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6641351 | Parking garage elevator system A system for parking automobiles in a garage which uses a single-drive mechanism to simultaneously move automobile platforms. The automobile platforms reside in contiguous storage towers and are stacked in multiple levels. The automobile platforms simulta... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6345948 | Containerized vehicle storage system A simple and relatively inexpensive containerized vehicle storage system for holding self-parked vehicles. In one embodiment, the system includes a building or housing having an upper level and a lower level, with the lower level being situated below leve... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6059229 | Compact storing and retrieving apparatus particularly useful for aircraft Apparatus for compactly storing and retrieving a plurality of movable devices of the same size and external configuration, particularly containers in an aircraft, includes a support for horizontally supporting the movable devices in the form of a two-dime... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5921739 | Indexing parts tray device A multiple movable parts tray device having a plurality of interengaging trays that are selectively transferred between tray stacks. Engagement and lifting arms are provided that will independently engage and index the tray stacks allowing for simultaneou... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5066187 | Parking system and method of automatically parking motor vehicles A parking system for automatically parking automobiles comprises at least two parking levels (P1, P2) disposed above each other which are served by lifting units (20-23). Each parking level includes parking rows (Z1-Z12) and parking columns (Ra-RK) perpen... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4874280 | Self-service, computer-operated, mechanical-electronic equipment for parking vehicles closely in side by side rows The equipment comprises: a track, fixed to a base, extending endlessly so as to define two longitudinal runways; a plurality of movable elements of support, equidistant one with respect to the other, sliding on the track; a plurality of platforms on which... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4768914 | Storage system A storage system comprises a building structure having an array of contiguous storage spaces on each of at least one level. A plurality of movable storage platforms, on which such cargo as automobiles, shipping containers and the like may be loaded, is av... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4615430 | Precision pallet stacking type storage system for use in clean environment or the like In a storage system suitable for use in clean environments, multiple stacks of pallets on which cassettes or boxes for storing semiconductor wafers or the like are placed, are selectively raised and lowered by ram or lever arrangements, and the topmost an... | 10/07/1986 |
