Patents Examined by Stephen G. Kinin
  • Apparatus for moving articles in a shelf storage unit
    Patent number: 4200421
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous shelf storage unit comprising a shelf, an inclined rail track on which non-driven wheeled carriages can move, with auxiliary equipment for the loading and unloading of the shelf, the rail track having a slight incline for causing a deceleration of wheeled carriages coasting thereon, and momentum-imparting apparatus acting on the wheeled carriages and disposed in the track. The momentum imparting apparatus is activated by the auxiliary devices during removal of a carriage from the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Weelpal A.G.
    Inventor: Hans R. Haldimann