# US 12,180,002 B2 · Storage rack

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- Number: US 12,180,002 B2
- Document ID: US12180002B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/035,322
- Filed: 2021-09-27
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-12
- Assignees: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Applicants: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Inventors: Yasuhisa Ito
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180002B2

## CPC

- B65G 1/0457: {with suspended load carriers}
- B65G 1/02: Storage devices (furniture A47B; shop fittings A47F)
- H10P 72/10: using carriers specially adapted therefor, e.g. front opening unified pods [FOUP]
- B65G 2201/0297: Wafer cassette
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- H10P: GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

The storage rack includes two base frames suspended from the ceiling, and two beam members bridged over the base frames and included in a loading portion on which a container is placed. A kinematic pin configured to position the container, a nozzle configured to supply fluid into the container, a distribution pipe configured to send the fluid to the nozzle, and a regulator provided to the distribution pipe configured to adjust the fluid are attached to one of the beam members.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A storage rack comprising:
at least two base frames suspended from a ceiling; and
at least two beam members bridged over the base frames and included in a loading portion on which a container is placed, wherein
a positioning pin configured to position a container, a nozzle configured to supply fluid into the container, a pipe configured to send the fluid to the nozzle, and a regulator provided in the pipe and configured to regulate the fluid are attached to at least one beam member of the beam members.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The storage rack according to claim 1, wherein the at least one beam member is a member having a C-shaped cross section or a L-shaped cross section, and the nozzle is attached to an inner surface side of the at least one beam member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The storage rack according to claim 1, wherein, out of three positioning pins disposed on the loading portion, the one or two positioning pins are provided in another beam member different from the at least one beam member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The storage rack according to claim 1, wherein the at least one beam member has three flat portions included in a C-shaped cross-section or two flat portions included in an L-shaped cross-section, and the surface of one flat portion of the flat portions is included in the loading portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The storage rack according to claim 2, wherein, out of three positioning pins disposed on the loading portion, the one or two positioning pins are provided in another beam member different from the at least one beam member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The storage rack according to claim 2, wherein the at least one beam member has three flat portions included in a C-shaped cross-section or two flat portions included in an L-shaped cross-section, and the surface of one flat portion of the flat portions is included in the loading portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The storage rack according to claim 3, wherein the at least one beam member has three flat portions included in a C-shaped cross-section or two flat portions included in an L-shaped cross-section, and the surface of one flat portion of the flat portions is included in the loading portion.