Storage device for objects, storage station and air-conditioned cabinet

A storage device system comprising:

• (a) a plurality of object carriers each having a floor and sidewalls upstanding therefrom, each object carrier being configured to hold one or more objects;
• (b) an object storage device rotatable around a vertical axis, the object storage device including a cassette having an upstanding planer first side wall spaced apart from an upstanding planer second side wall, partially cut out from the first side wall are a pair of spaced apart elongated first support elements, partially cut out from the second side wall are a pair of spaced apart elongated second support elements, the first support elements and second support elements are each inwardly folded so that an opening extends through the first side wall and the second side wall adjacent to each support element, each of the support elements being disposed in a horizontal plane such that a select object carrier can be selectively supported on the support elements;
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• (c) transport device means for placing the object carriers into the object storage device and for removing the object carriers from the object storage device, the transport device means including a shovel configured to hold the object carriers, the shovel being movable parallel and perpendicular to the vertical axis of the object storage device.

A storage system comprising:

• (a) a plurality of object carriers each having a floor and sidewalls upstanding therefrom, each object carrier being configured to hold one or more objects;
• (b) a climatic test cabinet enclosing a storage volume, the cabinet having a wall with a window opening formed therein, the window opening being configured to pass an object carrier therethrough;
• (c) an object storage device disposed within the storage volume of the climatic test cabinet and rotatable around a vertical axis, the object storage device including a plurality of horizontally disposed vertically spaced apart shelves, each of the shelves having a front edge and a recess inwardly protecting from the front edge, each recess being bounded on all sides by the corresponding shelf except at the corresponding front edge, each recess being configured such that a select one of the plurality of object carriers can be supported on a select one of the plurality of shelves so as to span across the recess formed thereon;
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• (d) transport device means disposed within the climatic test cabinet for moving the object carriers from the window opening into the object storage device and for removing the object carriers from the object storage device to the window opening.

A storage device system comprising:

• (a) a plurality of object carriers, each object carrier being configured to hold one or more objects;
• (b) a climatic test cabinet enclosing a storage volume;
• (c) a rotary table disposed within the test cabinet, the rotary table having a top surface with a plurality of guide elements upwardly projecting therefrom;
• (d) a plurality of cassettes, each cassette comprising a pair of spaced apart side walls with a floor extending therebetween, the floor having a slot formed therein, the slot being configured to receive a corresponding guide element;
• (e) a plurality of vertically spaced apart supports inwardly projecting from each side wall of each of the plurality of cassettes, the supports on opposing sides walls of each cassette being spaced apart in horizontal alignment so as to form a plurality of pairs of opposing supports each having a space formed therebetween, each of the pairs of opposing supports being configured to hold a corresponding object carrier thereon;
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• (f) a non-movable centering element mounted on and upwardly projecting from each support, each centering element having a surface sloping toward the space between the corresponding pair of opposing supports.