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US 5,894,942 AGranted
Gravity feed flow-rack apparatus
AssigneeYazaki Industrial Chemical Co., Ltd.
InventorsMuneharu Miyashita, Masuo Shimura
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Abstract
A gravity-feed flow rack apparatus for multiple articles with rack modules arranged vertically. The rack apparatus include main module, front and rear auxiliary modules having article conveyance skid rails, insert joint for joining said modules, tiltable stopper means for serially advancing articles on said module, and control means performing control of desired operation condition of the rack apparatus. The rack apparatus may be a constructionally changeable in desired number and spaces of the rack modules in which flexible change is desired.
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A gravity-feed flow-rack apparatus for multiple articles, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of rack modules disposed in generally vertical multi-stage relation, each of said rack modules comprising;
- (1) a main module comprising a pair of side frames, said side frames having an upper and a lower section and a column section interposed between said upper and lower section, and having a plurality of main cross beams transversely disposed between said side frames;
- (2) a front auxiliary module comprising a pair of front side frames, said front side frames having ends capable of being inserted into said upper and lower sections of said main modules, and having front cross beams transversely disposed between said front side frames;
- (3) a rear auxiliary module comprising a pair of rear side frames, said rear side frames having ends capable of being inserted into said upper and lower sections of said main modules, and having rear cross beams transversely disposed between said rear side frames;
- (b) article conveyance main skid rails having a plurality of rollers extending substantially the entire length of said main module and in generally parallel relation with said pair of side frames, and front and rear skid rails having a plurality of rollers extending substantially the length between said front auxiliary and main modules, and extending substantially the length between said rear auxiliary and main modules;
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- (c) rack support member is interconnected respectively with said rack modules in a lowest relation with said rack modules in a downwardly and forwardly inclined position.
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A gravity-feed flow-rack apparatus for multiple articles, comprising;
- (a) a plurality of rack modules disposed in generally vertical multi-stage relation, each of said rack modules comprising;
- (1) a main module comprising a pair of side frames, said side frames having an upper and a lower section and a column section interposed between said upper and lower section, and having a plurality of main cross beams transversely disposed between said side frames;
- (2) a front auxiliary module comprising a pair of front side frames, said front side frames having ends capable of being inserted into said upper and lower sections of said main modules, and having a front cross beam transversely disposed between said front side frames;
- (3) a rear auxiliary module comprising a pair of rear side frames, said rear side frames having ends capable of being inserted into said upper and lower sections of said main modules, and having rear cross beams transversely disposed between said rear side frames;
- (b) article conveyance main skid rails having a plurality of rollers extending substantially the entire length of said main module and in generally parallel relation with said pair of side frames, and front and rear skid rails having a plurality of rollers extending substantially the length between said front auxiliary and main modules, and extending substantially the length between said rear auxiliary and main modules;
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- (c) rack support member is interconnected respectively with said rack modules in a downwardly and forwardly inclined position.
- (d) a tiltable stopper means for serially advancing said articles mounted on said main module;
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- (e) a control means for controlling actuation of a hydraulic power cylinder, said hydraulic power cylinder actuates sliding of said auxiliary modules being mounted extendingly longitudinally on said main module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.