US 6,478,524 B1Granted

Storage arrangement and storage receptacle with storage arrangement

AssigneeLiconic AG

InventorCosmas Malin

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Abstract

The invention relates to a storage arrangement (15) and a storage receptacle (10) for objects (1), wherein the storage arrangement (15) has a storage device (14) with at least one storage shaft (14.1, 14.2) containing several storage spaces (13) arranged on top of each other, and a delivery device (34) for the short-term reception of the objects (1). The storage arrangement (15) furthermore has a transport device (16) with an object carrier (36), and has a vertical displacement device (40), a horizontal rotating device (38) and a horizontal displacement device (42) for displacing the object carrier (36) between the delivery device (34) and the storage spaces (13). The objects always take up the same angle in respect to the vertical line, wherein a base surface of the objects is preferably horizontally oriented. The storage receptacle (10) consists of a storage cabinet (12) and an integrated storage arrangement (15). The storage cabinet has a lock window opening, whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of an object (1). The delivery device (34) is located outside the storage cabinet (12).

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Dependent claims

A climate controlled cabinet for storing a plurality of objects comprising:

a front wall and a back wall,
a climate generator,
at least one lock window opening closed by means of a lock window in said back wall of the cabinet, and a storage arrangement for storing and handling the objects in the cabinet, said storage arrangement comprising:
a) a storage device with
a1) exactly two storage shafts non-rotationally mounted inside the climate controlled cabinet, wherein each storage shaft comprises:
a11) several storage spaces arranged on top of each other for receiving an object each,
a12) a vertical center plane and
a12) an opening for inlet and outlet, wherein said storage shafts are arranged around a vertical axis in such a way that their vertical center planes intersect in the vertical axis, and wherein the openings for inlet and outlet of the storage shafts are facing the vertical axis, and
a2) a delivery device comprising a transfer platform arranged outside the cabinet in an area of the lock window opening for temporarily receiving the objects prior to or after storage, and
b) a transport device positioned between said lock window and said storage shafts, said transport device having an object carrier and said object carrier comprising a carrier plate having a support surface for receiving one object, which transport device has
b1) a vertical displacement device for displacing the object carrier along said vertical axis over the height of the storage device and for bringing the object carrier to a transfer level for each of the storage spaces or for the delivery device,
b2) a horizontal rotating device for pivoting the object carrier around said vertical axis and for aligning it with one of the storage spaces or the delivery device, and
b3) a horizontal displacement device for displacing the object carrier between an inner transport position, where the object carrier is vertically displaceable and horizontally pivotal, and an outer transport position, where the object carrier is arranged during a transfer of the objects between the object carrier and one of the storage spaces or the delivery device,
wherein said storage shafts are arranged in opposite halves of said cabinet.

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A climate controlled cabinet for storing a plurality of objects comprising:

a front wall and a back wall,
a climate generator,
exactly storage shafts non-rotationally mounted inside the cabinet, wherein each storage shaft comprises
several storage spaces arranged on top of each other for receiving an object each
a vertical center plane and
an opening for inlet and outlet,
wherein said storage shafts are arranged around a vertical axis in such a way that their vertical center planes intersect in the vertical axis, and wherein the openings for inlet and outlet of the storage shafts are facing the vertical axis,
a lock window opening closed by means of a lock window in said back wall,
a door in said front wall for forming a transport path for said storage shafts when said door is open,
a delivery device comprising a transfer platform arranged outside the cabinet at said lock window opening for temporarily receiving the objects prior to or after storage, and
a transport device with an object carrier comprising a carrier plate having a supporting surface for receiving one object, which transport device has
a) a vertical displacement device for displacing the object carrier along said vertical axis over the height of said storage shafts and for bringing the object carrier to a transfer level for each of the storage spaces or the delivery device,
b) a horizontal rotating device for pivoting the object carrier around said vertical axis and for aligning it with one of the storage spaces or the delivery device, and
c) a horizontal displacement device for displacing the object carrier between an inner transport position, where the object carrier is vertically displaceable and horizontally pivotal, and an outer transport position, where the object carrier is arranged during a transfer of the objects between the object carrier and one of the storage spaces or the delivery device, and
wherein said storage shafts are arranged symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry, and said plane of symmetry intersects said front and back walls and extends through said door, said vertical axis, said lock window and said delivery device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.