Storage apparatus
AssigneeUltrapark Australia Pty. Ltd.
InventorDavid L. Gilbert
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Abstract
An automated car park (10) is illustrated having a plurality of storage locations (21) arranged on a plurality of levels (42) and transportation means (53) for transporting the cars to or from selected storage locations (21). The transportation means (53) includes a pallet truck (57) which travels along guide rails (32) positioned on either side of an aisle (44) separating opposing rows of storage locations. A pallet dolly (56) supports a pallet (55) upon which a car (54) may be supported and enables a selected pallet to be transferred between storage locations (21) and the pallet truck (57). Lifting means are provided to lift the pallet truck between levels.
Claims10
Storage apparatus comprising:
- a) a plurality of storage areas,
- b) a substantially horizontal path traversing past the storage areas,
- c) a carriage means adapted to move along the path,
- d) transportation means carried by the carriage means and adapted to be moved from a suitably aligned carriage means into and out of a storage area,
- e) an unwheeled pallet adapted to carry an article to be stored and adapted to be supported on the transportation means,
- f) lifting means on the transportation means capable of raising and lowering a pallet on the transportation means so that the pallet may be deposited in a storage area and the transportation means removed from the storage area, and
- g) the storage areas are each defined by a pair of members each having a lower horizontal flange and an upper horizontal flange which extend inwardly into the storage area, the transportation means being adapted to ride on the lower flanges and the lifting means being adapted to lower the pallet onto the upper flanges.
Storage apparatus comprising:
- a) a plurality of storage areas,
- b) a substantially horizontal path traversing past the storage areas,
- c) a carriage means adapted to move along the path,
- d) transportation means carried by the carriage means and adapted to be moved from a suitably aligned carriage means into and out of a storage area,
- e) an unwheeled pallet adapted to carry an article to be stored and adapted to be supported on the transportation means,
- f) lifting means on the transportation means capable of raising and lowering a pallet on the transportation means so that the pallet may be deposited in a storage area and the transportation means removed from the storage area, and
- g) the transportation means is mechanically independent of, and provided with driving means independent of, the carriage means.
Storage apparatus comprising:
- a) a plurality of storage spaces arranged such that a number of storage spaces are disposed on each of a number of separate levels spaced vertically apart,
- b) a substantially horizontal path traversing past the storage spaces on each level,
- c) at least two carriage means each adapted to move along each of the horizontal paths,
- d) transportation means carried by each of the carriage means and each being adapted to be moved from a suitable aligned carriage means into and out of a storage area,
- e) an unwheeled pallet adapted to carry an article to be stored and adapted to be supported on the transportation means,
- f) lifting means on the transportation means capable of raising and lowering a pallet on a transportation means so that the pallet may be deposited in a storage area and the transportation means removed from the storage area,
- g) at least two elevating means adapted to move the carriage means vertically between the respective paths, and
- h) the two elevating means are disposed at either end of the respective paths such that if one carriage means is disabled on a path, other carriage means can access the storage areas on either side of the disabled carriage means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.