Commodity storage apparatus permitting ready supplement of commodities
AssigneeSanden Corporation
InventorsTooru Kanbe, Nariaki Kojima
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Abstract
In a commodity storage apparatus having a shelf (12) for housing commodities, the shelf is supported by a fixedly installed apparatus frame (11) so as to be movable between a forward position and a backward position. Responsive to movement of the shelf between the forward and the backward positions, an attitude control arrangement controls an attitude of the shelf in a predetermined plane extending in a forward and rearward direction and a vertical direction. It is preferable that a rear end portion of the shelf moves between a relatively higher position and a relatively lower position in accordance with the movement of the shelf.
Claims10
A commodity storage apparatus for storing commodities, comprising:
- an apparatus frame fixedly installed;
- a shelf supported by said apparatus frame for housing said commodities, said shelf having a front end portion and a rear end portion and being movable between a forward position and a backward position;
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- attitude control means connected to said apparatus frame and said shelf and responsive to movement of said shelf between said forward and said backward positions for controlling an attitude of said shelf in a predetermined plane extending in a forward and rearward direction and a vertical direction, said attitude control means comprising:
- front guiding means coupled to said apparatus frame and said shelf for guiding said front end portion of the shelf in said forward and rearward direction in accordance with said movement of the shelf;
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- rear guiding means coupled to said apparatus frame and said shelf for guiding said rear end portion of the shelf so that said rear end portion moves between a relatively higher position and a relatively lower position in accordance with said movement of the shelf, said front guiding means comprising:
- a slide member coupled to said apparatus frame to be movable in said forward and rearward direction;
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- pivotal support means connected to said shelf and said slide member for pivotally supporting said front end portion of the shelf on said slide member.
A commodity storage apparatus comprising:
- a shelf for housing commodities in a back and forth alignment relation;
- an apparatus frame supporting said shelf in a forwardly inclined relation, said shelf being drawable in a forward direction of said apparatus frame;
- attitude control means connected to said shelf and said apparatus frame and responsive to movement of said shelf in said forward direction for controlling an attitude of said shelf in such a manner that a rear end of said shelf is descended when said shelf is moved in a forward direction and that said rear end of the shelf is ascended when said shelf is moved in a backward direction;
- a slide member supported movably in said forward and said backward directions, a front end of said shelf being pivotally engaged with a front end of said slide member, and
- rear guiding means movably coupled to said apparatus frame for guiding said rear end of the shelf, said rear guiding means having at least a rear end portion which is inclined downwardly in said forward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.