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US 5,601,395 AGranted
Organizer system and method for a rotatable storage structure
AssigneeComputer Aided Systems, Inc.
InventorsRobert Lichti, Sr., Clay Bernard, II, Daniel C. Perry, Stanley H. Lukken
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Abstract
A method of using a multi-access storage system including inserting and extracting containers from a conveyor in continuous motion.
Claims7
A method of storing and retrieving loads from a rotational storage carousel having multiple load-accommodating stations, comprising:
- delivering a load to a lift which can carry the load to a position associated with a related load-accommodating station of the storage carousel wherein the load-accommodating stations are mounted for travel about an endless loop having a pair of substantially parallel straight reaches and opposing end portions joining the straight reaches;
- moving the load-accommodating stations about the endless loop;
- directing a load toward the storage carousel in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal extension thereof and inserting the load onto a selected load-accommodating station while the load-accommodating station remains in continuous motion about the endless loop;
- extracting a stored load from a load-accommodating station while the load-accommodating station remains in continuous motion about the endless loop and moving the extracted load away from the storage carousel in a direction substantially parallel to the major longitudinal extension of the storage carousel;
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- synchronizing the operation of said inserting and extracting steps with the movement of the load-accommodating stations to facilitate insertion and extraction of a load onto and from, respectively, of the storage carousel.
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