| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 414277000 |
Charging or discharging means includes load sustaining surface and device to transfer load, with horizontal component of movement, from or to surface or member
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| 414273000 |
With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions
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| 414281000 |
Charging or discharging means includes elevating device, movable in horizontal direction (e.g., portable, etc.), having load-sustaining surface
| 51 |
| 414268000 |
With means for selectively charging a plurality of receptacles from a single source, or selectively discharging a plurality of receptacles to a single destination
| 10 |
| 414286000 |
With load-supporting pallet | 5 |
| 20080267749 | PALLET TRANSFER SYSTEM - A pallet transfer system capable of smoothly transferring a pallet between a machine tool and a pallet conveying device is provided. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100158648 | Vertical elevator and method for operating a rack by means of the vertical elevator - An order-picking system comprising a storage rack, wherein the rack ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100247275 | AUTOMATED STOWAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - Storage and retrieval systems and methods are provided to automate the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. In one embodiment, the stowage and retrieval system comprises a storage area comprising a plurality of stationary cell modules arranged in a matrix, wherein each cell module comprises at least one motor. The system also comprises a plurality of carriers comprising at least one magnet disposed on an underside of each of the carriers and at least one engagement mechanism disposed on a top side of each of the carriers. The at least one magnet of the carrier is configured to engage the at least one motor of a corresponding cell module, and the at least one motor is configured to move the carrier within the storage area. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110033271 | STORAGE PRODUCT CARRIER FOR ROLLABLE STORAGE PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a storage product carrier ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20140199141 | LIFT MECHANISM - A lift mechanism is provided. The lift mechanism includes a frame having a base, a spine extending from the base and a table, adjustment units configured to permit table adjustments, an attachment mechanism by which the table is attachable to a rack frame and a driving unit configured to drive a load relative to the rack frame. | 07-17-2014 |
| 414276000 |
Inclined members | 5 |
| 20090016864 | Article Storage Facility - The article storage facility comprises an article transporter configured to move along a path via an article transfer location with respect to an article storage rack; an article loader for bringing articles into and taking articles out of the article storage rack, provided to the article storage rack so as to project and retract between a protruding position for article receipt that projects to an outside of the article storage rack, and a retracted position for retracting toward the article storage rack; and a protrusion and retraction operating device provided to the article transporter, for causing the article loader to protrude and retract between the protruding position and the retracted position when the article transporter is at the article transfer location. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090074545 | Materials-handling system using autonomous transfer and transport vehicles - Methods and apparatus for selecting and combining packages in an outbound container by employing autonomous transfer and transport vehicles which move on a network of roadways to carry a plurality of individual cases each containing the same kind of product from a loading station and to a destination station where individual packages are combined in the outbound container. The travel of each vehicle through the roadway network is computer controlled, and each vehicle includes means for automatically loading and unloading packages from predetermined locations on the network. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110142582 | SHIPPING BAY OR SHELF IN A COMMISSIONING UNIT - A shipping bay arrangement ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20130336750 | Store for Tire Casings - Storing vehicle tire casings (4) by providing at least two channels (12) for storing casings, each one having an end stop (22), and a casing conveyor, capable of coming into alignment with any of the channels and containing a platform (32) that can receive a casing. A casing located in the channel is lifted until it is higher than the end stop. The lifting is done by a roller (46), which is mounted in such a way that it can move in the vertical direction in relation to the platform. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20160130083 | Article Transport Facility - An article transport device includes a vertically movable member which is movable along the vertical direction, and a transfer device which is supported by the vertically movable member and is configured to transfer an article to or from any one of transfer target locations. The transfer device includes a support body which receives and supports an article and is projected and retracted between a projected position and a retracted position. And the support body includes a support member which is elastically deformable in the vertical direction, wherein the support body is configured to receive and support an article with the support member. A cushion member is provided to the vertically movable member such that the cushion member is spaced apart upwardly by a set distance from the article which is received and supported by the support member. | 05-12-2016 |
| 414285000 |
Charging or discharging means comprises plural endless conveyors or plural runs of single endless conveyor | 1 |
| 20160009491 | ITEM STORAGE, DISPENSING, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS | 01-14-2016 |
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| 20090003981 | Mobile Sample Storage and Retrieval Unit for a Laboratory Automated Sample Handling Worksystem - A mobile, thermally insulated storage and retrieval unit for housing tube racks on shelves and having an elevator and conveyor for moving racks between shelves and an exterior loading tray. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100028110 | HIGH DENSITY VARIABLE ACCESS STORAGE LIBRARY - A media storage library for storing a plurality of media cartridges is provided. The media storage library includes at least one media transfer mechanism, and a plurality of storage panels for storing media cartridges, including at least a first movable storage panel. The first storage panel is movable from the first position to a second position, and each storage panel of the plurality of movable storage panels includes at least a first access face for the at least one media transfer mechanism to access the media cartridges. An access space is formed between the first movable storage panel and a second storage panel, and the at least one media transfer mechanism is able to access the media cartridges via the access space and the first access face. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100061833 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM - A conveyor system for conveying unit loads, comprising at least one conveyor element, said conveyor element comprising a conveyor for transporting at least two unit loads in a conveying direction, the at least two unit loads being arranged side by side in a direction transverse to the conveying direction and to a storage and retrieval device comprising at least one carrier and a load bearing module, wherein the load bearing module has at least two carriages. A logistics system for storage, retrieval and collation of unit loads, comprising at least a store for storing unit loads, and at least one conveyor system. Moreover, a method of operating a logistics system with at least one storage and retrieval device and/or a conveyor system is disclosed, wherein at the storage and retrieval device and/or the conveyor system at least two unit loads are operated at the same time. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100290873 | INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR INTERFACING WITH SUBSTRATE CONTAINER STORAGE SYSTEMS - A storage system and methods for operating a storage system are disclosed. The storage system includes a storage system assembly positioned at a height that is greater than a height of a tool used for loading and unloading substrates to be processed. The storage system locally stores one or more containers of substrates. The storage system assembly includes a plurality of storage shelves, and each of the plurality of storage shelves have shelf plates with shelf features for supporting a container. Each of the plurality of storage shelves are coupled to a chain to enable horizontal movement and each is further coupled to a rail to enable guiding to one or more positions. A motor is coupled to a drive sprocket for moving the chain, such that each of the plurality of storage shelves move together along the rail to the one or more positions. The rail has at least some sections that are linear and some sections that are nonlinear and the sections are arranged in a loop. Example configurations of the storage system can include one or more of stationary shelves, extended horizontal tracks for hoists, conveyors at the level of the storage system assembly, and a manual loading station. The hoist, with an extended horizontal track can therefore interface with the manual loading station. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110008137 | AUTOMATED THREE DIMENSIONAL WAREHOUSE - Provided is a multistory parking garage comprising first and second laminated racks arranged to face each other in parallel, first and second warehousing stations arranged adjacent to one end side of each of those laminated racks and having waiting conveyors of the same number of stages as that of the shelves of the laminated racks, transfer shuttles interposed between the first and second laminated racks and between the first and second warehousing stations, a lifting system having first and second lifts for transferring cargoes to and from standby conveyors in the first and second warehousing stations, and a conveyor system for transferring cargoes to and from the first and second lifts. At the same level, the conveying direction of the standby conveyors of the first warehousing station and the conveying direction of the standby conveyors of the second warehousing station are opposite to each other. The conveying direction of some of the standby conveyors in the first warehousing station is opposite to the conveying direction of the remaining standby conveyors in the first warehousing station. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110014017 | STORAGE RETRIEVAL MACHINE - A storage retrieval machine comprising an input area, an array of storage locations, an output area, a carriage assembly adapted to hold a product when being transferred to and from the storage locations, and a drive mechanism positioned to move the carriage assembly. The drive mechanism includes a flexible element (e.g., a chain) tensioned between two points and having a plurality of spaced recesses, and a toothed element mounted to the carriage assembly and engaging the flexible element. Preferably, the flexible element is pre-tensioned to a certain percentage of the rated load of the flexible element (e.g., 10%, 20%, 30%, or 40% of the rated load). It is also preferred that the pre-tensioned load on the flexible element is greater than the service load that is anticipated to be applied to the chain during normal operation. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110064547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOADING A PACK STORING DEVICE - A method for loading a pack storing device of an order-picking line with packs, particularly packs of one or a plurality of beverage articles, including providing at least one group of packs, particularly a pallet, especially the at least one group of packs comprising packs at least of a single article, particularly beverage article; and manually loading the pack storing device with at least one pack from the at least one group of packs, particularly a pallet, by one or more operators. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110142581 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR MANUALLY COMMISSIONING INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED PRODUCTS WITH A FLOW SHELF - A method and an apparatus for manual order picking of items in an order-picking installation with a dynamic-storage rack ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110255940 | Cartridge-type-loading transit case system and method for loading electronic racks in a receiver rack - A cartridge-type-loading transit case system and method for loading electronic racks in a receiver rack aligning a front side of the transit case with a modular slot of the receiver rack and sliding a slidable sliding rack out of the transit case into the modular slot by exerting a force from a rear slide of the transit case. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120009047 | AUTOMATIC WAREHOUSE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An automatic warehouse includes a rack including vertically arranged shelves and traveling vehicles each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the shelves. The automatic warehouse includes stations receiving an article to be stored on and an article unloaded from the rack, elevators each mediating traffic of articles between the corresponding station and at least one of the traveling vehicles, and a shelf assigning unit assigning, to each of the stations, one or more of the shelves to which the station has priority of use over the rest of the stations. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120045301 | Scalable stockers with automatic handling buffer - Scalable storage can be achieved with linear array storage of wafers, comprising two linear arrays of storage compartments on opposite walls, with a middle transfer mechanism. Together with a buffer station for automatic material handling system, a scalable bare wafer stocker can provide flexible and uninterrupted services to a fabrication facility. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120070255 | Article Storage Facility - An article storage facility includes a storage rack that includes a plurality of storage units that store articles; a first article transport that includes a first vertically movable body guided by a first vertical guide and a first transit body configured to move along a path defined along the storage rack, the first vertical guide being provided in the first article transport so as to be positioned on one side of a lateral direction of the path; and a second article transport that includes a second vertically movable body guided by a second vertical guide and a second transit body configured to move along the path, the second vertical guide being provided in the second article transport so as to be positioned on the other lateral side of the path. The first transit body and the second transit body are configured so as to be able to pass each other. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120076621 | EFFICIENT MOVES VIA DUAL PICKERS - A storage library is described that includes a shelf system adapted to support a number of tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a tape drive adapted to read and write data to and from tape cartridges. The storage library further possesses a single tape picker device that is adapted to hold two tape cartridges at the same time facilitating an exchange of a first tape cartridge intended to be loaded in the tape drive with a second tape cartridge ready to be removed from the tape drive with a single tape picker device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120093619 | TAPE CARTRIDGE HANDLER - A tape cartridge handler for transmitting a tape cartridge in a tape library. The handler comprises a deck for supporting a tape cartridge thereon; a gripper assembly in translatable engagement with the deck; and at least one arm in rotatable engagement with the gripper assembly, the arm being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the arm and having a catch for engaging an aperture in a tape cartridge. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120148379 | PASS-THROUGH MECHANISM FOR LINEAR TAPE LIBRARY - A pass-through mechanism that couples a first linear tape library string to a second linear tape library string is maintained. A first robotic assembly associated with the first linear tape library string places a tape from the first linear tape library string into the pass-through mechanism. The pass-through mechanism moves the tape to a position where the tape can be removed by a second robotic assembly associated with the second linear tape library string. The second robotic assembly removes the tape from the pass-through mechanism and places the tape into the second linear tape library string. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120163944 | HIGH SPEED INTERFOLDED LOG ACCUMULATOR - A log accumulator comprising a plurality of buckets, a feed arrangement and a transport system and methods are provided. The feed arrangement loads logs onto the buckets. The transport system transports the buckets past the feed arrangement for loading of the buckets. The transport system and the feed arrangement are configured to maintain the feed arrangement in a fixed relative position with one of the buckets for an extended period of time while the feed arrangement loads the one of the buckets. The accumulator may include an unload arrangement that operates to unload logs in substantially the same manner as the feed arrangement. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120251277 | High Density Storage Facility - A high density storage facility including a plurality of rows of independently movable carriage racks, each row having a plurality of the independently movable carriage racks. Each carriage rack has a height, a length and a width, and defines a plurality of tiers, each tier defining at least one storage slot, the slots extending substantially the length of the carriage racks and being substantially open and accessible for inserting and removing objects into and from the width ends of the carriage racks. The carriage racks are disposed within the floor area and are independently movable along the floor in a direction consistent with the width of the floor area. Preferably, the carriage racks are arranged in the rows within the floor area with the lengthwise sides of the carriage racks being arranged substantially parallel to the lengthwise sides of the floor area. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120282067 | RACK-TO-RACK PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EXCHANGER - A rack-to-rack packaged semiconductor device exchanger has a length with a midpoint thereof, and includes an inner portion, a first outer rail and a second outer rail on opposite edges of the inner portion for accepting from opposite ends of the exchanger a first rack and a second rack configured to store packaged semiconductor devices therein. At least a first stopper has a retractable extended position which protrudes from the first outer rail for stopping the first rack or second rack from advancing past a location near the midpoint of the exchanger only from one direction. The first stopper and a second stopper can both be included. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130022429 | AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE - An automated warehouse includes an apparatus main body transfer device. The apparatus main body includes a plurality of stationary shelves arranged horizontally and vertically, and having upper surfaces on which cassettes can be placed. The transfer device transfers the cassette by holding a flange of the cassette. The transfer device includes a vertical rail and a transfer head. The vertical rail includes an upper end adjacent to a supporting surface of a top stationary shelf. The transfer head is a member vertically movable along the vertical rail. The transfer head includes a vertical arm having a length such that the vertical arm can hold the flange of the cassette placed on the top stationary shelf. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130058742 | TRANSFER DEVICE - A transfer device transfers an object stored on one of a plurality of shelf plates of a shelf. The transfer device includes two pillars vertically standing in front of the shelf, an upper rail attached to upper front surfaces of the two pillars so as to tie the two pillars together, a vertical rail provided in a plane including the two pillars and slidably connected to a side surface of the upper rail, a lower rail provided under the vertical rail, attached to lower portions of the two pillars, and connected to the vertical rail in a manner which allows the vertical rail to slide, and a holding unit slidably connected to a side surface of the vertical rail and arranged to detachably hold the object. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130101373 | EFFICIENT MOVES VIA SPARE CHAMBER - A magazine-based data storage library is described that includes plurality of chambers each adapted to hold a magazine, that in turn, is adapted to hold a plurality of tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a tape drive adapted to read and write data to and from tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a vacant chamber that shifts from a first chamber when a recently used magazine is disposed therein to a second chamber when a new magazine is withdrawn there from. The recently used magazine most recently being withdrawn from a different chamber than the first chamber where it is later disposed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130156531 | PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER STORAGE RACK, PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER TRANSFER FACILITY, AND PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER STORING METHOD - A rack includes: a rack main body including a storage space configured to store a plurality of plate-shaped members and a carry-in opening; a plurality of upper supporting portions configured to respectively support upper edge portions of the plurality of plate-shaped members; lower supporting portions respectively provided under the plurality of upper supporting portions and configured to respectively support lower edge portions of the plurality of standing plate-shaped members; and lower edge portion storage portions provided to be each located at an outer side of an end of the upper supporting portion and an end of the lower supporting portion in the arrangement direction and configured to store the lower edge portions of the plate-shaped members, and at least one of the upper supporting portions is configured to be able to support the upper edge portion of the plate-shaped member. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130202392 | Article Transport Facility - An article transport facility includes a first transport conveyer for transporting an article between a first transfer position outside the article storage and a position inside the article storage, and a second transport conveyer for transporting an article between a second transfer position outside the article storage and a position inside the article storage. An article transport vehicle is configured to be capable of transferring an article to or from one of the first transfer position and the second transfer position by vertically moving a grip portion with the article transport vehicle stopped at a transfer stop position in a path defined by a travel rail and is configured to be capable of transferring an article to or from the other of the first transfer position and the second transfer position by slidingly moving the grip portion with the article transport vehicle stopped at the transfer stop position. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130223959 | PICKING METHOD AND SYSTEM - During picking products (P) stored in high-bay racking (R), the products are transported to manual goods-to-person picking stations (M | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130272825 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF PLATE ELEMENTS OF A WAFER BOAT - An apparatus and method determines the location of wafer boat plate elements having a plurality of plate elements arranged substantially parallel to each other. At least three sensors are moved along travel paths perpendicular to the plate elements, wherein at least a first travel path is above, at least a second travel path is below the wafer boat and at third travel path is laterally spaced from the first or second travel paths above or below the wafer boat. During this movement the position of the sensors along a respective travel path is determined continuously, and it is determined, in which position a respective plate element enters the measuring area of a sensor and exits the same. A distance between a sensor and an edge of a plate element is measured and the location of a respective plate element is determined by means of the sensor signals. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130309051 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device includes: a storage member having, in the vertical direction, a plurality of parallel storage sections that are capable of storing plate-like members; and a first lifting and lowering mechanism that causes the plate-like members, stored in the storage member, to move integrally in the vertical direction, while the position of the storage member in the vertical direction is maintained. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140017043 | PLANT CULTIVATION DEVICE - Provided is a plant cultivation device that improves cultivation efficiency and usability. A plant cultivation device comprises: a rack unit provided with cultivation racks on which cultivation units accommodating plants are stored as culture medium units; and a conveying device which moves along a horizontal movement path defined by a guide rail, and performs transport of the culture medium units and loading/unloading of the culture medium units to/from the cultivation racks. Multiple cultivation racks constitute a cultivation rack row, in which the cultivation racks are arranged at multiple levels in an up-down direction. The rack unit comprises: a cultivation storage constituted of multiple cultivation rack rows; and a loading/unloading station having a stock rack row, in which the holding frames of cultivation units not accommodating plants are stored as empty units. The transport device performs loading/unloading of the holding frames to/from the stock rack row. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140056671 | AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE - A clean stocker includes a storage rack storing an article, a load port holding a case and including a loading and unloading space to load and unload the article to and from the held case, a transferring apparatus including a holding space to hold the article and transfer the article between the holding space and the storage rack and between the holding space and the case held in the loading and unloading space, the holding space being kept clean, and a first shield closing the holding space and traveling together with the transferring apparatus. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140072391 | AUTOMATIC STORAGE PLANT - Automatic storage plant ( | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140169917 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF ITEMS - An automated storage system for the temporary storage of items. The system includes at least one conveyor belt, at least one storage room, and a mechanical movement unit for transferring the items from the conveyor belt to the storage room and from the storage room to the conveyor belt. The storage room includes a plurality of removable compartments for containing the items. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140205399 | AUTOMATIC STORAGE RACK - An automatic storage rack is arranged along a route for a stacker crane. The automatic storage rack includes a rack apparatus body, and a plurality of shelves provided in the rack apparatus body. At least one of the shelves includes a base member fixed to the rack apparatus body, a placement member, and a height changing mechanism. The placement member is arranged to have an article placed thereon. The placement member is attached to the base member such that the placement member is movable relative to the placement member. The height changing mechanism is configured to change a height of the placement member relative to the base member when the placement member moves relative to the base member back and forth. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140212247 | Chassis Stacker - A chassis stacker having a first and a second vertical storage rack displaced from one another by a distance wide enough to accommodate a trailer chassis, and connected at a top end by a trolley rail support beam. A trolley is positioned on the trolley rail support beam, said trolley having an elevation system capable of raising and lowering a first and a second stabilizing beam that are suspended from the trolley and guided in their vertical motion by low-friction, storage-rack contact members attached at respective first and second ends of the elevating structure, said contact members in contact with an inner surface of the respective first and second vertical storage racks. A first and a second stabilizing-beam trolley is attached to the, respective, first and second stabilizing beams while a spreader containing a chassis-clamping mechanism extends between and attaches to the first and the second stabilizing beam trolley. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150104277 | PRODUCT CARTRIDGE FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCT - According to the disclosed embodiments, an illustrative product cartridge comprises first and second opposing walls separated by a distance defined by a product to be transported by the cartridge, the first and second walls configured to define a product access aperture to allow ingress and egress of a plurality of instances of the product between the first and second walls. The product cartridge also comprises product engaging members disposed on the first and second walls, the product engaging members configured to slidingly engage and secure the plurality of instances of the product in parallel when inserted into the product access aperture and at a defined spacing between the plurality of instances of the product. A transfer access aperture opposite the product access aperture is configured to allow an external object to substantially simultaneously push each of the plurality of instances of the product out of the product access aperture. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150110587 | ARTICLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM, LIBRARY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE TRANSPORT METHOD - An article transport system includes: a first transport device configured to transport an article within a first article storage area or a second article storage area; a second transport device configured to transport the article between the first article storage area and the second article storage area; an alternative power supplier configured to supply the second transport device with first power output by a first power part in the first transport device; and a power switcher configured to switch a power source for the second transport device from a second power part in the second transport device to the alternative power supplier, based on operation of the first transport device. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150298906 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR STORING OBJECTS OF PLASTIC MATERIAL PROCESSED IN A BOTTLING LINE - A storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160090239 | TEMPORARY STORAGE DEVICE, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, AND TEMPORARY STORAGE METHOD - A temporary storage device transfers an article in different positions to and from an overhead travelling vehicle system and a second transport system, and transfers an article to and from an article transfer position outside the temporary storage device. The temporary storage device includes a local carrier including a hoist, travel rails of the local carrier below a travel rail of the overhead travelling vehicle system, passing directly above an article transfer position, and a slide rack below the travel rails of the local carrier, slidable between a portion directly above the transfer position and a second position in which an article can be transferred to and from the second transport system, the second position being different from the portion directly above the transfer position in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the travel rails of the local carrier in a horizontal plane. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090240 | NEGATIVE SELECT ACCESS MECHANISM - A technique for storage and retrieval of objects is provided. A holding structure is configured to hold the objects, and the objects are stored in the holding structure such that the objects can slide in and out of the holding structure. An elastic mechanism is at the back of the holding structure, and the elastic mechanism pushes the objects toward the front of the holding structure such that the objects are accessible at the front of the holding structure. A selector mechanism is positionable to push the objects that are adjacent to a selected object to be retrieved toward the back of the holding structure, and the selector mechanism exposes a portion of the selected object so that the selected object can be engaged at the exposed portion. A gripper is configured to engage the exposed portion of the selected object and pull the selected object from the holding structure. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160184873 | APPARATUS OF INHALATION TYPE FOR STOCKING WAFER AT CEILING AND INHALING TYPE WAFER STOCKING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Provided is an apparatus of an inhalation type for stocking a wafer at a ceiling and an inhaling type wafer stocking system having the same including a stocking system having a shelf that is fixed to a ceiling and supports a container in which a wafer is present; and an inhalation assembly that is installed in the stocking system so as to correspond to the shelf and is configured so as to inhale gas that leaks from the container. | 06-30-2016 |
