Relatively Movable Patents (Class 312/201)
  • Patent number: 11491636
    Abstract: A movable workstation comprising at least one work plane; a base assembly, said work plane being supported by said base assembly, said base assembly comprising wheels for resting said movable work station on a floor and for moving said workstation along said floor; wherein said base assembly comprises: a support structure comprising a bearing structure adapted to be rested on the floor and a upright structure connected to, and interposed between, said rest structure and said at least one work plane; at least one container supported to said base assembly; and wherein at least one of the at least one work plane is constrained to said upright structure in a translatable manner with respect to said base assembly according to one plane parallel to said at least one of the at least one work plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: UNIFOR S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Maturo, Alessio Roscini
  • Patent number: 11272773
    Abstract: A combination manicure and pedicure station for performing manicures and pedicures. The combination manicure and pedicure station includes a housing having a top surface, a sidewall forming an enclosed interior volume, and a base. The housing includes at least one drawer slidably mounted within the sidewall thereof. The housing further includes a pedestal mounted to an angled support member, wherein the angled support member is affixed to the top surface. The pedestal includes both a recessed portion that receives a foot and a recessed channel that receives a container therein. The housing further includes a telescopically adjustable stand that is slidably affixed to the sidewall, wherein the stand includes a panel that is hingedly affixed thereto. The panel further includes a cushion member and a recessed channel thereon. Both the top surface of the housing and the panel each include an adjustable light for illuminating an extremity of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Patricia A. Wesley
  • Patent number: 11172760
    Abstract: A hanging storage enclosure includes a main frame, a hanging mechanism, a top slide and a bottom slide. The main frame has a hollow interior having a top side, a bottom side, and an open front end. The hanging mechanism is on the top side. The hanging mechanism is configured to hang the main frame from an object. The top slide is positioned on the top side and the bottom slide is positioned on the bottom side. The top slide is configured to slide in and out of the top side of the main frame for positioning the top side. The bottom slide is configured to slide in and out of the bottom side for positioning the bottom side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jason A. Market, Elizabeth B. Stec Market
  • Patent number: 11104003
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for moving an article based on dense storage, a storage medium, and a dense storage system. The method includes: upon detecting that a target shelf is blocked by at least one blocking shelf, instructing a first self-driven robot to remove the blocking shelf and/or a blocking storage box to make the target shelf not blocked by the blocking shelf or make a target storage box on the target self not blocked by the blocking storage box; instructing the first self-driven robot to carry the blocking shelf and/or the blocking storage box and perform a circular movement along a robot travelling passage; and instructing a second self-driven robot to move the target shelf from its current position to a workstation, or instructing the second self-driven robot to remove the target storage box from the target shelf and move the target storage box to the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Sun, Lei Wang, Ka Ho Fung
  • Patent number: 10980343
    Abstract: A secure storage device contains multiple compartments under a table top. The table top may move laterally to allow authorized users to access storage areas. A drawer in the device may also be accessed by an authorized user. The movement of the table top and drawer is directed by a central computer in communication with a biometric sensor located on the device. The central computer may be programmed to allow different types of access to the device based upon fingerprints or other biometric information from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Bartholomew Boeckenstedt
  • Patent number: 10776526
    Abstract: A mobile data storage system includes a volumetric container of a mobile data center having IT equipment operating therein and an on-board high capacity storage (HCS). A storage compartment is configured within the container and is accessible from an exterior of the container. The storage compartment includes a plurality of individual storage slots each providing a docking port for connecting a removable data storage device (RDSD). At least one RDSD is inserted into a first storage slot of the plurality of storage slots. The RDSD facilitates rapid transfer of data to the MDC from edge data acquisition systems and to a data center facility. A management information handling system (IHS) is communicatively coupled to the HCS and to each docking port. The management IHS is configured to detect insertion of an RDSD into a docking port and coordinate a transfer of data from the RDSD to the HCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin M. Shelnutt, Edmond I. Bailey
  • Patent number: 10641468
    Abstract: A lamp device fixing mechanism adapted to be fixed to a lamp rod is provided. The lamp device fixing mechanism includes a casing, a rotating handle, and a fixing member. The casing is adapted to be partially inserted into the lamp rod. The rotating handle is pivoted to the casing. The fixing member is movably disposed at the casing and moved with the rotating handle. The fixing member moves from a first position to a second position along with rotation of the rotating handle to be fixed to the lamp rod. An illumination device is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Chin Chung
  • Patent number: 10588389
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present specification discloses a multi-component eyelash case for the safe keeping and storage of false eyelashes and/or eyelash extensions. In one embodiment, the eyelash case includes a sleeve, a drawer having eyelash mounts therein and a biasing mechanism whereby the mechanism provides biasing of the drawer into a drawer compartment when elements of the biasing mechanism are brought to within a biasing proximity of each other, thus securing the drawer and preventing its unintended opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Baddie B Lashes, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Ruiz, Emmanuel Santana
  • Patent number: 10542744
    Abstract: A storage rack for storing and retrieving products to be maintained at a desired cryogenic temperature is provided. The storage rack includes an elongate mounting bar carrying a plurality of shelves, and an elongate stop bar that extends generally parallel to the mounting bar. The shelves are independently rotatable relative to the mounting bar towards and away from the stop bar, thereby enabling alignment of all of the shelves when the storage rack is to be stored, and also enabling easy access to each of the individual shelves. A handle projects upwardly and horizontally in a curved configuration from the stop bar and the mounting bar to provide a gripping surface for moving the storage rack. The shelves receive cylindrical vial containers with threadably removable lids to make retrieval and replacement of sample vials quick to perform, thereby avoiding temperature-induced damage to other samples in the storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Fisher BioServices Inc.
    Inventor: Abdul H. Ally
  • Patent number: 10293324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus of manufacturing an aerogel sheet. The apparatus of manufacturing the aerogel sheet includes: a plurality of fixing vessels into which a fiber sheet is inserted; and an impregnation vessels provided with an accommodation part in which the plurality of fixing vessels are stacked in multistage and a silica precursor injection part which injects a silica precursor into the accommodation part to impregnate the silica precursor into the fiber sheet inserted into each of the fixing vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Hon Kim, Je Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10232794
    Abstract: A truck tool box including a box portion with an open upper end and a lid hingedly secured to the box portion which is movable between open and closed position. A tray for small loose items is hingedly secured to the underside of the lid and which is movable between a stowed position adjacent the underside of the lid to a display position when the lid is in its open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ray Moore
  • Patent number: 10194757
    Abstract: The device is a cooling appliance with a cooling chamber that includes a top assembly with a top, rear, and bottom; a rear wall assembly and a bottom assembly. The bottom assembly is supported by vertically adjustable front and rear feet. The front and rear feet include a vertical adjustment mechanism that is accessible from above and are vertically adjustable from above through the bottom assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AHT Cooling Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Resch
  • Patent number: 10123616
    Abstract: A cabinet quick release structure includes an upper sliding rail assembly, a bracket having front and rear positioning blocks, a tray, left and right latch devices and a lower sliding rail assembly arranged so that when dismounting a wooden cabinet from a cabinet housing, a user pulls a latch block of the front positioning block, and then pushes an inner sliding rail of the upper sliding rail assembly backward to move front and rear positioning rods of an inner sliding rail respectively out the front and rear positioning blocks, and then disengages the left and right latch devices from a bottom locating frame of the lower sliding rail assembly. When mounting the wooden cabinet, the front positioning rod of the inner sliding rail is locked by the latch block while the rear positioning rod is located in the rear positioning block and the latch devices engage the bottom locating frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GSLIDE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yung-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 9839319
    Abstract: An adapter for offset stacking of beverage decanters or dispensers in laterally offset relation, and more particularly, configurable for stacking the decanters in a forwardly and/or sidewardly arranged laterally offset relation, to allow dispensing individually from faucets, spigots, or other dispensing apparatus of the decanters without dripping directly onto lower faucets and without interference, and which can also serve as a decanter lid. The adapter can be configured for fore and aft, angular, and/or sideward offsets, and can include pass-through openings for brewing, and other optional features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Newco Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody G. Jacobsen, David L. Brandsma, Joseph P. Webster
  • Patent number: 9686882
    Abstract: A modular data center includes a first alignment component, and a second alignment component. The first alignment component is mounted at a first location on a floor of the modular data center, and is configured to align a cabinet rack within a rack slot of the modular data center. The second alignment component is mounted at a second location on the floor, and is configured be placed in physical communication with the cabinet rack in response to the cabinet rack being fully inserted in the rack slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Mark M. Bailey, Anthony P. Middleton
  • Patent number: 9464841
    Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator including a refrigerator cabinet comprising a storage chamber provided therein, a first drawer provided in the storage chamber, movable forward, a second drawer arranged in front of the first drawer, movable forward and downward, a rail unit configured to support the first drawer and the second drawer and guide the motion of the first and second drawers, and a link unit comprising a shaft coupled to the second drawer, to rotate the second shelf forward and downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ayoung Choo, Taegyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 9351571
    Abstract: A connection assembly is disclosed for an ice maker that includes a base having a rail and a cabinet assembly having a glide. The glide slides onto the rail to removably connect the base and the cabinet assembly while aligning the cabinet assembly vertically and horizontally relative to the base. Preferably, the rail and glide have complementary geometries wherein the base and rail fit together such that the complementary geometries limit the relative vertical and horizontal movement of the rail and the glide to each other. In alternative configurations, the base may have a glide and the cabinet may have a rail. The connection assembly may also include a stop limiting the relative linear movement between the rail and the glide, further assuring proper alignment of the cabinet and the base. The connection assembly may also include a locking mechanism limiting relative linear movement of the base and the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Myers, Curt R. Cayemberg, Dean M. Petersen, Mark P. Giebel
  • Patent number: 9321402
    Abstract: A vehicle storage drawer includes a frame and a housing slidably attached to the frame with a central aperture defining a receptacle. At least one container is selectively engaged with the receptacle. The at least one container is selectively removable from the receptacle when the housing is in an outward position. The container is selectively secured within the receptacle when the housing is in an inward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Marc David Nedelman
  • Patent number: 9265173
    Abstract: A storage device slow descent structure includes a chassis (100) and an elevating element (200). The chassis (100) includes a front load plate (110), a rear load plate (120), and a sliding unit (130). An end portion (132) of the sliding unit (130) is slidably connected to one side of the rear load plate (120). The elevating element (200) includes two linkages (210) respectively having a front end (212) and a rear end (214). The two linkages (210) are respectively connected to the front load plate (110) and the end portion (132). The rear end (214) is pivotally connected to the slide member (134). The front end (212) is pivotally connected to the front load plate (110). A self-weight of the front load plate (110) drives the rear end (214) to slide from one end to the other end of the slide member (134).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AIC INC.
    Inventors: Fu-An Jhang, Ta-Chih Chung
  • Patent number: 9179752
    Abstract: We disclose a cosmetic box inspired by the traditional Asian design. The box comes equipped with electrical apparatus for drying and sterilizing make-up. A fan is mounted within the box. When the drawers are ajar, the fan blows air toward the user's face and hair. When the drawers are removed, the user may insert her hands into the drawer cavity to dry her nail polish. Ultra-violet light bulbs are also mounted within the box. The bulbs assist in the sterilization of nail polish as well as the contents of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventors: In Kyung Kim, Mitchell Won
  • Patent number: 9170043
    Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator including a refrigerator cabinet comprising a storage chamber provided therein, a first drawer provided in the storage chamber, movable forward, a second drawer arranged in front of the first drawer, movable forward and downward, a rail unit configured to support the first drawer and the second drawer and guide the motion of the first and second drawers, and a link unit comprising a shaft coupled to the second drawer, to rotate the second shelf forward and downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ayoung Choo, Taegyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 9038945
    Abstract: An integrated aircraft galley structure includes a service module having a plurality of galley inserts including at least one oven and at least one refrigeration unit. The service module is formed with a plurality of bays sized to receive the plurality of galley inserts, along with a human machine interface for controlling all of the galley inserts. The service module further includes a plurality of galley insert modules for controlling each galley insert, and an insert power and control unit for each galley insert for controlling power to said insert. The entire system is controlled by a galley power and control unit for controlling each of the insert galley power and control units, and an AC distribution unit for distributing power to the insert power and control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Godecker, Grant J. West, Ralph B. Thayer
  • Publication number: 20150076975
    Abstract: A container data center includes one container body and at least one cabinet set that is arranged in the container body in one direction. Each cabinet set includes at least one cabinet, and a direction in which the at least one cabinet is arranged is perpendicular to the direction in which the cabinet set is arranged. Bottoms of all cabinets in each cabinet set are fastened on one shock absorbing platform, and a bottom of the shock absorbing platform is fastened to a bottom of the container body by using multiple shock absorbers. The container data center can reduce an impact of vibration and a shock on a data center pipe in a transportation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yonghui Peng, Feng Ao, Dongli Wang
  • Patent number: 8960455
    Abstract: A mobile industrial rack system which includes a flue spacer, a carriage spacer, and a synchronous motor control that individually and collectively allows the rack system to be used on unleveled surfaces. The industrial rack system is therefore well suited for storage facilities in which it is not possible or not desired to level an otherwise unleveled floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Tourdot, James C. Muth, Brian R. Nemec, Brian P. Bourke, Eric J. Wipperfurth
  • Patent number: 8925777
    Abstract: The storage system includes multiple cabinets within an enclosure mounted in a bed of a truck, such as a pickup truck bed. The cabinets each include rear walls which are hinged together at rear corners thereof to allow the cabinets to pivot relative to each other. An innermost one of a series of cabinets is slidably mounted within the enclosure so that it can slide into and out of the enclosure along with the other cabinets hinged thereto. Each cabinet has doors which can be selectively opened to allow for access into an interior of the cabinets. The cabinets have a storage position where they are contained within the enclosure and a deployed position where they are slid out of the enclosure and pivoted to provide easy access to contents of the cabinets outside of the truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Thaddeus Casucci, Eva Terez Casucci
  • Patent number: 8919576
    Abstract: A system for moving crates in a warehouse, in which crates (C) to be moved are organized in supply modules (M), each made up of a predetermined number of rows each having a predetermined number of crates. The system includes a translator device (1) for rows of crates that brings about the movement of at least one row of crates, so as to create at least one aisle (W) for passing between one row and another of the module, in which it is possible to gain access through a crates manipulator (3), which is able to move along the module and through the aisles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: OTO Melara S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Chiappini, Gianluca Biselli
  • Publication number: 20140346934
    Abstract: An adjustable storage system provides a space efficient system of storage cabinets. The system includes a rectangular base platform with a pair of primary rails running along the length of the base platform. A plurality of primary storage cabinets is slidably engaged with the primary rails. Each of the primary storage cabinets has a pair of doors on one side and a handle on an adjacent side. A secondary rail running above the primary cabinets and parallel to the primary rails supports a plurality of secondary storage cabinets that are each slidably engaged with the secondary rail via a rolling mechanism. A rotating joint in the rolling mechanism allows the secondary cabinets to be rotated about the vertical axis for greater accessibility. The system can also include a counter top attached to a terminal end of the primary rails via a plurality of support beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Flynn
  • Patent number: 8857120
    Abstract: An aisle containment system is provided. The aisle containment system includes a pair of wall beams suspended from a ceiling, a pair of floor tracks positioned beneath the wall beams and secured to a floor, and at least one blanking panel secured to one of the wall beams and one of the floor tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Samuel M. Marrs, Mark Shurhay, William A. Bernard
  • Publication number: 20140139080
    Abstract: A retractable cabinet device has a base, two tracks and a cabinet. The tracks are mounted on the base and each track has a rail slot defined in the track and having a convex top surface. The cabinet is mounted movably on the tracks, selectively extends out or retracts back above the base and has two front wheel assemblies and two rear wheel assemblies. The front wheel assemblies contact the ground. The rear wheel assemblies are rotatably and slidably mounted respectively in the rail slots of the tracks. The retractable cabinet device is arranged in a compact and retracted configuration when idle to occupy less space and therefore facilitates use of indoors space where the retractable cabinet device is placed. Furthermore, the retractable cabinet device is stable and may be positioned in the using extracted or retracted configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: HUI-LAN PAN
  • Publication number: 20140132130
    Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of shelves, an aisle and a plurality of ladders. The plurality of shelves includes a pair of fixed shelves and at least one mobile shelf located between the pair of fixed shelves. The aisle is selectively configured to be located between two of the plurality of shelves. The plurality of ladders are spaced apart from and stored at an end of the at least one mobile shelf for slidable access into the aisle. Each ladder engages with a pair of fixed rails that span at least a length of the fixed shelves. A number of ladders correspond with a number of selectively defined aisles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Mitchell Knoll
  • Patent number: 8616982
    Abstract: A gaming terminal for conducting a wagering game includes a main body having a cabinet door and a top box positioned above the main body. The cabinet door has a closed position and an open position. The top box includes a crown that is moveable from a first position that prohibits access to the top box to a second position that provides access to the top box. The gaming terminal further includes a latching assembly for securing and releasing the crown. The latching assembly is configured to release the crown in response to the cabinet door being in the open position so as to permit movement of the crown from the first position to the second position. The latching assembly is further configured to secure the crown in response to the crown being moved from the second position to the first position when the cabinet door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob C. Greenberg, Bradley D. Cornell
  • Patent number: 8607996
    Abstract: A server cabinet assembly includes a number of chassis arranged on a floor in a row, a sliding rail mounted on the floor, a sliding plate slidably supported on the rail, and a supporting frame to accommodate servers. Each chassis includes a bottom wall defining a pair of sliding slots perpendicular to the sliding rail. The sliding plate defines a pair of slots in a top surface thereof. The supporting frame includes a bottom plate, and a number of rollers mounted to the bottom plate. When the sliding plate is slid along the rail to one of the chassis, and the slots of the sliding plate align with the sliding slots of the one of the chassis, the rollers slide on the slots of the sliding plate and the sliding slots of the chassis to move the supporting frame in or out of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Chi Yang
  • Patent number: 8567883
    Abstract: A rack mechanism includes a sliding rail, a cabinet, three first fixed beams, a guide rail, two rods, and four roller assemblies. The cabinet includes a top portion, which includes a lid defining four holes. The bottom portion slidably connected to the sliding rail. The three first fixed beams parallelly arranged above the top portion. The guide rail is fixed to the first fixed beams. The two rods are arranged under the lid. Each two of the four roller assemblies are respectively connected to the two rods. Each roller assembly includes a shelf and a pulley. One end of the shelf passes through one of the holes to fix the shelf to the rod. The pulley is arranged to the other end of the shelf. The pulley rolls along the guide rails when the bottom portion slides along the sliding rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng-Chung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8556355
    Abstract: An adaptable furniture system includes at least one first article of furniture and at least one second article of furniture. The adaptable furniture system further includes a moving system for moving at least one of the at least one first article of furniture and the at least one second article of furniture, where a forward movement of the at least one second article of furniture is associated with a lowering movement of the at least one first article of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Bertram M. Greenberg
  • Publication number: 20130214654
    Abstract: A server cabinet assembly includes a number of chassis arranged on a floor in a row, a sliding rail mounted on the floor, a sliding plate slidably supported on the rail, and a supporting frame to accommodate servers. Each chassis includes a bottom wall defining a pair of sliding slots perpendicular to the sliding rail. The sliding plate defines a pair of slots in a top surface thereof. The supporting frame includes a bottom plate, and a number of rollers mounted to the bottom plate. When the sliding plate is slid along the rail to one of the chassis, and the slots of the sliding plate align with the sliding slots of the one of the chassis, the rollers slide on the slots of the sliding plate and the sliding slots of the chassis to move the supporting frame in or out of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: FENG-CHI YANG
  • Patent number: 8443990
    Abstract: A mobile industrial rack system which includes a flue spacer, a carriage spacer, and a synchronous motor control that individually and collectively allows the rack system to be used on unleveled surfaces. The industrial rack system is therefore well suited for storage facilities in which it is not possible or not desired to level an otherwise unleveled floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Tourdot, James C. Muth, Brian R. Nemec, Brian P. Bourke, Eric Wipperfurth
  • Patent number: 8387916
    Abstract: A galley including a galley body on a cabin floor for accommodating storage boxes, appliances and at least one service cart; storage boxes for storing goods, and a service cart. The galley body has a plurality of vertical levels that are substantially equidistant from each other, each of the vertical levels divided into a plurality of laterally adjacent compartments whose horizontal and vertical dimensions are equal to an integer multiple of the respective dimensions of a single one of the storage boxes. A transfer table is provided in front of the galley body for access to the compartments. A method includes catering for passengers on an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Baatz, Joyce Tan, Jonathan Short, Robert Henshaw, Mark Londborg, Steve Casey
  • Patent number: 8319603
    Abstract: A control device for a mobile storage system includes a data entry device, such as a numeric keypad. The user enters an access code on the keypad, and the access code is compared against a data table including a list of security levels associated with access codes. If the access code entered is included in the data table, the user is permitted to control the mobile storage system according to the access rights granted by the security level associated with the access code. Each of the access codes and attempted commands entered in the numeric keypad are recorded in an activity log. The activity log is downloadable to a computer for later review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Bourke, Eric J. Wipperfurth, Tim Wawrzynczak
  • Patent number: 8172343
    Abstract: A mobile storage unit for a mobile storage system includes a pair of axially extending wheel units, each of which defines spaced apart end areas and includes a wheel arrangement. A storage unit support structure is interconnected with the wheel units, and includes upright support members and shelf support members. A pair of upright support members are engaged with and supported by the end areas of each wheel unit. A lowermost shelf support member is secured to an end area of one of the wheel units. The lowermost shelf support members are secured to the upright support members and to the end areas of the wheel units. Each end area of each wheel unit includes an upwardly facing engagement surface, and the lowermost shelf support member is secured to the upwardly facing engagement surface. The upright support members are also supported by the upwardly facing engagement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventor: James C. Muth
  • Patent number: 8141962
    Abstract: A robot controlling apparatus ensures that the maintenance work can be property and safety practiced and efficiently uses the space of the housing of the robot controlling apparatus. A robot controlling apparatus is provided with a first housing (1) for accommodating first internal devices (6), a second housing (2) for accommodating second internal devices (7), and a front door (3) supported by a first hinge (4), which is provided on a side of the first housing, being capable of freely opening and closing, wherein a second hinge (5) is provided on the sides of the first and the second housing and the entire first housing is supported by the second hinge being capable of freely opening and closing with respect to the second housing and the accommodating portion (11) extending from a front portion of the second housing under the second front opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohfuchi, Toshitaka Miyazato, Yoshihiro Kusama
  • Patent number: 8081423
    Abstract: An electrical installation has a container which encloses high-voltage components. The electrical installation can be fitted inexpensively and quickly, and at the same time provide sufficient cooling of the high-voltage components. A control room with control elements and/or display elements of the electrical installation and a cool room with a cooling device for at least one of the high-voltage components are disposed in the interior of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcos Pereira, Andreas Zenkner
  • Patent number: 8056988
    Abstract: A cabinet assembly has at least one cabinet. Each cabinet is a frame and has multiple erect bars, a front board, a rear board, a bottom board, a left opening, a right opening, a wheel assembly and an inner chamber. The wheel assembly is mounted on a lower surface of the bottom board and has multiple wheels and a substrate. The wheels are mounted on the lower surface of the bottom board. The substrate is mounted below the bottom board and contacts to the wheels, allows the wheels to slide on the substrate and holds the cabinet. The inner chamber is formed between the front board, the rear board and the bottom board and communicates with the left opening and the right opening. Therefore, users put the objects from both the left opening and the right opening, so the cabinet assembly is very convenient for the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Hui-Lan Pan
  • Patent number: 7992949
    Abstract: A mechanical safety braking device for use with a mobile storage unit forming a part of the mobile storage system. The device includes an actuating member disposed on a mobile storage unit that is operably connected to a braking mechanism engaged with a motive system for the mobile storage unit. When the actuating member is engaged, the mechanical connection between the actuating member and the braking mechanism causes the braking mechanism to slow and ultimately cease the operation of the motive system and consequent movement of the mobile storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Sean R. Krause, Steven M. Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7950331
    Abstract: A narrow slot roller and guide system for high density mobile storage systems having a plurality of storage units. The roller and guide system includes a longitudinally extending axial guide defining a first slot in a floor and a drive rail parallel thereto defining a second slot in the floor. The axial guide includes a roller arrangement adapted to engage a downwardly extending guide member coupled to the carriage of the storage units. The engagement of the roller arrangement and guide member serves as a guide for the storage units as the storage units are moved axially along the axial guide and drive rail. Further, the present invention limits the width of the first and second slots to a very narrow width, e.g. less than one half inch, thereby easily permitting disabled individuals to freely travel across a floor in which the roller and guide system is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Tourdot, Steven L. Janson
  • Publication number: 20110068663
    Abstract: An electric drive mechanism for a body, wherein the body has a plurality of load bearing track engaging wheels that allow the body to move back and forth along a track. An electric motor drives a non-load bearing drive wheel that is attached with respect to the body so that it engages a stationary surface adjacent the body through a drive coupling means between the electric motor and the drive wheel. Actuation of the electric motor causes rotation of the drive wheel which moves the body along the track. Typically a first controller controls the movement of the body in one direction and a second controller controls the movement of the body in the other direction. Other features include a low power warning system, the inoperability of other motors when one is being operated and a disable facility if a motor has not been active for some time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Brian Maurice Parker, George Giles Campbell
  • Patent number: 7845742
    Abstract: The present invention is a mobile storage unit for use within a mobile storage unit system that includes an environmental monitoring system on the storage unit. The monitoring system includes one or more sensors disposed on one or more of the mobile storage units that are configured to sense a particular environmental condition in the environment surrounding the mobile storage unit. The sensors are each operably connected to a controller associated with the mobile storage system that is capable of receiving signals from the sensors and analyzing the signals to determine the presence or absence of the environmental condition to be sensed by the sensors. If the condition is present, the controller can transmit an alert signal to an alarm system or to a separate notification device, such as a telephone or computer terminal, in order to alert an individual or the appropriate authorities to the presence of the hazardous environmental condition in the vicinity of the mobile storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventor: William W. R. Lynt, III
  • Publication number: 20100301715
    Abstract: A household item (12), such as a microwave oven, can be moved from a lowered storage position to a raised usable position. In the storage position the moving surface lid (14) is flat with the surrounding work surface (10) having been lowered by a manual force and held in place by a suitable catch or latching mechanism. The household item can be raised by pushing the housing slightly downwards, thus releasing the housing from its anchored position. A counterweight (15) greater than the weight of the household item is suspended by way of a wire and pulley system (1a, 1b, 1c) that in turn powers the platform and displaces the lid, on which the household item is located, upwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Derolo Limited
    Inventor: Elaine Claire Walker
  • Patent number: 7829838
    Abstract: A mobile storage unit system includes a vehicle guide arrangement that navigates a forklift or other vehicle along aisles formed between mobile storage units. The vehicle guide arrangement allows an operator to identify the aisle containing a desired loading or unloading point and the guide arrangement defines a path of travel for the vehicle along that aisle to ensure that the vehicle has sufficient room to perform the loading and unloading functions. The mobile storage unit system may also include one or more perceptible indicators, such as lamps, that provide the operator a signal when an aisle is fully open and ready to receive the vehicle. A corresponding signal may also be provided to the vehicle guide arrangement so that the vehicle is not navigated along an aisle until the aisle is fully open. This ensures that the vehicle has the space needed to maneuver during the loading and unloading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Haubenschild, Brian R. Nemec, Matthew A. Tourdot, Brian P. Bourke
  • Patent number: 7770903
    Abstract: The present inventions provide self-supporting drawer type storage carts for the storage of pallets or other loads, including heavy and relatively fragile loads, that may be smoothly moved between an open or forward position and a closed or rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Konstant Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony N. Konstant
  • Patent number: 7747209
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a first component having a photosensitive member and a transcribing portion transcribing a toner image formed on the photosensitive member onto a web, and a second component having a web guide portion guiding the web transported to the transcribing portion and a fixing portion fixing the toner image transcribed onto the web, the first component and the second component being able to be connected/divided, the first component is provided with a transcribing portion base supporting the transcribing portion, the second component is provided with a web guide portion base arranged at a position opposed to the transcribing portion base supporting the web guide portion, and an adjusting member for restricting a position of the second component relative to the first component is provided between the transcribing portion base and the web guide portion base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamazaki, Isao Nakajima, Sho Sawahata