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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7317867 | Input buffer management for the playback control for MP3 players Input buffer management of the playback control for MP3 players includes initializing a totalizer to zero, finding a synchronization word of a frame, decoding a header, calculating the size of a main_data field, and decoding the enclosed audio data. If it is determi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287953 | Method for loading and unloading Method for loading and unloading long-distance transportation means (1, 2) and for temporarily storing a standardized cargo (18) in an intermediate storage facility (3) includes a rail-guided hoist (5) with gripper (8). The cargo i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7261509 | Method and system for operating a racking system preferably in a dispatch unit A method for operating a rack system preferably in a dispatch unit (1), with a rack (2) and an associated rack serving device for the storage and retrieval of containers (3), trays or the like to or from the rack. A rack region of the rack (2... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7131810 | Carriage A carriage for transport of a load, for example a load pallet, along a rail pair in a so-called deep racking store, has a carrier arrangement which, in a deactivated transport position, passes under a load resting on the rail pair. The carrier arrangement is dispose... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7094015 | Device for conveying empty rolls A device is used to convey empty rolls that have been removed by at least one roll changer of a web-fed rotary printing press. At least one empty roll receptacle can be displaced between the roll changer, where the empty rolls are held by the receptacle after they a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090457 | Portable lift for installing and uninstalling computer-related equipment into a storage cabinet A portable lift (10) for installing and uninstalling computer-related equipment (12) into a storage cabinet (14) broadly comprises a frame (16) operable to be removably secured to the storage cabinet (14); a trolley (18) for... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6929440 | Method and storage loading system for loading and unloading loads in storage The invention relates to a particularly effective method for loading and unloading loads in a rack storage facility with several rack bays and aisles which are located between the rack bays. According to the method, a load is transported to a front end of a rack bay... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6663334 | Random access storage and retrieval system for microplates, microplate transport and microplate conveyor An apparatus for random access storage and retrieval of a plurality of microplates is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of microplate racks arranged in a stack. Each of the racks is mechanically engaged with a plurality of support columns and e... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6652213 | Automated warehousing system and method An automated warehouse system for a building has elevators for automatically accepting incoming material on pallets. A rotating forklift mounted inside the elevator extends its forks to reach out and bring in the pallets. Once inside, the rotating forklif... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6162003 | Installation for storing objects, especially boats In an installation for the storage of objects, in particular for boats (8), numerous cells (1) are arranged next to and/or above each other for the accommodation of an object, in particular of a boat (8).... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6060992 | Method and apparatus for tracking mobile work-in-process parts A mobile WIP parts tracking system useful in semi-conductor fabrication operations, includes an identifying tag fixed to each of a plurality of parts containers, and a tag reader mounted on the head of a robotic carrier which delivers the containers to an... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6042321 | Automated storage and retrieval system for palletless dairy cases An automated storage system for receiving, storing and returning dairy cases stored without pallets. Specifically, the automated storage system comprises an article transporter which includes a shuttle that deposits and retrieves dairy cases stored in sto... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5967728 | Precision placement storage and retrieval system A rail system and transfer vehicle for a storage retrieval system. The rails are fabricated to include a vehicle support surface that supports a transfer vehicle, a load support surface that supports the skid, tote, vessel, or pallet to be stored, a spaci... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5540532 | Apparatus for marine cargo container handling and storage An apparatus and method for handling and storing marine containers transports containers from below using a shuttle that is movable sideways from an elevating cradle in an elevating transfer vehicle. The shuttle has four lifting devices that engage ISO fi... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5388955 | High-shelf system store for the storage and the removal from the store of roll-shaped material, more particularly paper rolls, having tracks arranged in pairs for storing paper rolls thereupon For the storing of paper rolls in high-shelf system stores and for the gunce of paper roll transporting cars, tracks disposed in pairs are provided which, for the accommodation of great weights, possess an approximately U-shaped cross-sectional configura... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5370492 | Automated stores and novel type of truck making it possible for the products to be positioned in or extracted from the storage zones Automated stores comprising a plurality of superimposed levels (1a, 1b, 1c. .), subdivided into parallel corridors (2a, 2b, 2c. .) on either side of which are arranged rows of racks or cells forming storage zones (3) for the products which are handled by ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5286157 | Method and apparatus for storing paper rolls in a storage shelving A method and device for storing paper rolls in a storage area where the rolls are delivered and stored one above the other in recumbent fashion, and from where they are retrieved for further processing. The storage device includes a separate transport car... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5067871 | Procedure for horizontal storage of paper rolls A procedure to avoid permanent flattening of the roundness of paper rolls. The procedure involves a transport carriage provided with two rotatable supporting shafts and the rolls being rotated through one or more predetermined angles at predetermined inte... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5054986 | Storage and conveyance of heavy articles Heavy articles such as metal coils are transferred to and from storage locations in a storage area by a system of tracks and carriages including non-powered carriages which transport the articles directly and self-propelled carriages which move perpendicu... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5000646 | Device to facilitate the loading of luggages into aircraft holds A device to facilitate the luggages' loading into and the unloading out of aircraft holds consisting of a movable truck which is located in the aircraft hold and receives in succession from the conventional belt elevator the luggages or packages to be con... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4993905 | Apparatus for depositing long pieces of material An apparatus for depositing long pieces of material, such as pipes, rods, etc., in a shelf unit that has a number of receiving spaces for the long pieces of material. The apparatus includes a movable tray-like receptacle that is open at its ends and conve... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4975012 | Mechanized storage facility A mechanized storage facility according to the present invention has a size which enables it to be moved from one place to another. The storage facility includes a box-shaped casing, an elevator device coupled to the casing, a plurality of storage units a... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4971508 | Storage and conveyance of heavy articles In a storage facility for heavy coils or the like, coils are transported to and from stationary rests by a first carriage which include a hydraulic lift. The first carriage is carried by a second carriage which moves perpendicularly to the path of the fir... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4971507 | Storage system for pallets Storage system for pallets, which is constructed from columns connected to one another by longitudinal and transverse girders. Channels for the storage of pallets are obtained in each compartment at different supporting levels. Mounted on the transverse g... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4850783 | Palletizing system for articles A palletizing method for articles by a robot wherein a final stacking pallet is moved as a hand portion of the robot moves, and when an article is loaded on the pallet, the final stacking pallet is made to assume a position in the neighborhood of a positi... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4671728 | Hydraulic system for a mobile transport vehicle that supports and positions a load relative to a docking structure A hydraulic system for a mobile vehicle that supports and positions a load relative to a docking structure, such as a patient relative to a medical diagnostic apparatus. The mobile vehicle includes a wheeled base, a carriage on the base, a hydraulic cylin... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4505630 | Article transfer apparatus Apparatus and methods for transferring articles, such as concrete blocks, from a conveyor to a curing kiln and return comprise a carriage movable along a path leading from the block conveyor to any selected one of a number of curing kilns. The carriage su... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4466765 | Mechanized store A mechanized store includes a plurality of cells for storing containers, disposed side by side in horizontal and vertical rows along at least one passage and open on their sides facing the passage, a transporter-elevator device including a first support s... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4459078 | Conveyor device for a storage plant Conveyor device for a storage plant, comprising a lower truck 23, which in order to receive and store load units is equipped with at least two translation platforms 27, 28 that are operable independently of one another. The lower trucks 23, which are carr... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4395181 | Robot vehicle A vehicle is disclosed for automatically transporting loaded pallets within a plurality of tracks forming a storage rack. The vehicle comprises a main body having a plurality of wheels extending out of the sides thereof. A lift mechanism is mounted on the... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4286911 | Semi-automated warehousing system A semi-automated warehousing system for unitized loads, such as load carrying pallets, which are retained in storage racks arranged in a multiple lane, multiple tier array, is disclosed. The system employs a man operated stacker crane that travels upon a ... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4273494 | Storage rack entry vehicle A storage rack entry vehicle for transporting loads of substantial weight in a warehousing system includes a plurality of wheels spaced from each other in the direction of both the length and the width of the vehicle and which support the vehicle for move... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4265583 | Lift truck for facilitating insertion and removal of horizontal draw-out switchgear unit A lift truck for transporting a movable switchgear unit into a position wherein the unit can be inserted horizontally into an upper-level space within a metal-clad switchgear cubicle comprises horizontally-extending rails along which said unit can be roll... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4252217 | Semi-automated warehousing system A semi-automated warehousing system for unitized loads, such as load carrying pallets, which are retained in storage racks arranged in a multiple lane, multiple tier array is provided. The system employs a man operated stacker crane that travels upon a fi... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4229135 | Storage system including movable pallet racks In a storage system, a plurality of storage racks are provided, the racks being movable to enable selection of passageways therebetween. A carriage is conveyable along the ends of the racks by individual conveyors supported at the rack ends, the carriage ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4063653 | Automatic high shelf store An automatic high shelf storage apparatus especially adapted for storing and transporting heavy metal rods, pipes and sections which are placed into cassettes formed as a sled with runners which slide along longitudinal slideways within blocks of storage ... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4046267 | Warehouse storage system with a multivehicle arrangement having power coupling means In a storage installation, a load carrier drive for propelling a load carrier longitudinally in the aisles between storage frames includes a rotating coupling member driven by the drive for contacting and driving the drive of a transfer car when the load ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4035904 | Automatic article working system An automatic article working system particularly suitable for limited production of a variety of articles. The system comprises a plurality of pallets for loading articles to be worked, each of the pallets being used as a member for conveying the articles... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3973685 | Photoelectric sensing apparatus for pallet storage systems A photoelectric sensing apparatus for a pallet carrying robot vehicle is disclosed. The sensing apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric sensors mounted on the robot vehicle for sensing the location of stored pallets mounted on storage rails in ord... | 08/10/1976 |
