Compact storing and retrieving apparatus particularly useful for aircraft
AssigneeFuselage Engineering Services Ltd.
InventorDavid Luria
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Abstract
A portable container for receiving a plurality of article holders of the same size and external configuration, comprising: a plurality of outer walls defining a portable enclosure of a size and configuration to receive a plurality of the article holders in a two-dimensional matrix constituted of a plurality of longitudinally extending columns and transversely extending rows; a longitudinal shifting assembly within the enclosure for shifting a column of the article holders in the longitudinal direction; and a transverse shifting assembly within the enclosure for shifting a row of the article holders in the transverse direction.
Claims15
A portable container of a size for receiving a plurality of article holders of the same size and external configuration and for facilitating their loading and unloading with respect to shipping containers, comprising:
- a plurality of outer walls including a bottom wall defining a portable enclosure of a size and configuration to receive said plurality of article holders in a two-dimensional matrix constituted of a plurality of longitudinally extending columns and transversely extending rows;
- a longitudinal shifting assembly within said enclosure for each of said columns and acting on the article holders on the opposite ends of the respective column for simultaneously shifting the article holders of the respective column in the longitudinal direction on said bottom wall;
- and a transverse shifting assembly within said enclosure for the first row of the matrix, and another transverse shifting assembly within said enclosure for the last row of the matrix, said transverse shifting assemblies being engageable with an article holder in said first and last rows, respectively, for shifting them in the transverse direction on said bottom wall.
A portable container of a size for receiving a plurality of article holders of the same size and external configuration and for facilitating their loading and unloading with respect to shipping vehicles, comprising:
- a plurality of outer walls including a bottom wall defining a portable enclosure of a size and configuration to receive said plurality of article holders in at least one longitudinal column;
- a longitudinal shifting assembly within said enclosure for shifting the article holders in the longitudinal direction on said bottom wall;
- and a lift assembly within said enclosure at one position therein for lifting out of said enclosure an article holder in said one position;
- said longitudinal shifting assembly including retainer members enagageable with the outer surfaces of the article holders on the opposite ends of the column for simultaneously shifting all the article holders of the column in the longitudinal direction on said bottom wall towards said lift assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.