Plural, One Removably Supported On The Other Patents (Class 312/308)
  • Patent number: 11854437
    Abstract: A trading card protection assembly for storing trading cards for autographing includes a plurality of card frames that each receives a trading card to facilitate the trading card to be visible through the card frames. A holding panel is provided that has a receiving slot integrated into the holding panel. A respective one of the card frames is slidable into the receiving slot to facilitate the trading card in the respective card frame to be accessible for being autographed. Additionally, the holding panel has a hole extending through the holding panel to define a grip for gripping by a user to facilitate the trading card in the respective card frame to be autographed. A box is included that has a plurality of card slots for storing the card frames in an upright orientation in the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Justin Brinkerhoff
  • Patent number: 11771300
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes two or more universal rack brackets. The universal rack brackets include a body, a stud on a first end of the body, and a snap fit securing element between the first and second ends of the body forming a protrusion from the body. A rail attachment element has two elongated slots that align with the studs of the universal rack brackets to slidably engage. The rail attachment element further includes a snap fit tab aligned such that sliding the rail attachment element to engage the studs of the universal rack brackets causes the snap fit tab to pass over the snap fit securing element and prevent return movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Logan Chayse Dunaway
  • Patent number: 10138061
    Abstract: An auto-sorting storage/retrieval system includes an identification mechanism, a first pick and place device, a second pick and place device, and a feed and storage equipment including a feed unit and a storage unit respectively disposed at two opposite sides relative to the identification mechanism and respectively movable up and down for enabling the identification mechanism to recognize and sort drill bits. As the auto-sorting storage/retrieval system can run independently without any additional arrangement, it can be freely installed anywhere without particular space limitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TCTM (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Hwang-cheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 9541320
    Abstract: There is provided an ice making method capable of reducing the required number of gyrations of a gyration member used for making ice to have a high level of transparency and determining a point in time at which ice is to be released. The ice making method for making highly transparent ice by revolving a gyration member provided in a tray member in which water is put such that a plurality of dipping members, on which ice is generated or from which generated ice is released, are immersed, wherein a method for driving the gyration member in making ice to be supplied to a user and a method for driving the gyration member in making ice to be used for generating cold water are different in order to reduce the number of gyrations of the gyration member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Kyu Joung, You-Shin Kim, Chul-Sun Dan
  • Patent number: 9382943
    Abstract: Slide assemblies that include at least an inner slide segment and an outer slide segment. Many of the slide assemblies also include an intermediate slide segment interposed between the inner slide segment and the outer slide segment. One or more of the segments can be constructed of an aluminum material, which is extruded into a final cross-sectional shape. A slide assembly can include a combination drop-and-lock and disconnectable inner slide segment. A slide assembly can include a lock closed arrangement having a lock arm that passes through an opening of a mounting rail of the server rack. A slide assembly can also include a self-resetting hands-free disconnect arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Jonathan Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Judge, Gaetano Giovanni Galletti
  • Patent number: 9198310
    Abstract: A system for managing air flow computing devices in a rack includes a stall and filler elements. The stall includes a stall top panel and two side panels spaced apart from one another. The stall accommodates a rack computing system. The filler elements fill gaps between the computing devices of the rack computing systems and the panels of the stalls. An air moving system moves air from the cold aisle through cold-aisle facing air inlets of the computing devices. The filler elements inhibit air moving toward the cold aisle-facing inlets from leaking through gaps between the computing devices of the rack computing systems and the stall panels such that the filler elements inhibit air moving toward inlets in the computing devices from leaking through the gaps between the computing devices in the rack and the stall panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Eichelberg, Andrew Robert Schulz
  • Patent number: 9078518
    Abstract: An extendable and retractable container assembly for recyclable materials which includes a pair of drawer slide structures that are interconnected by a rear cross-member bracket and a front cross-member bracket to retain them in spaced parallel relation with the rear ends of the slide structures being independently adjustably supported by two unique adjusting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Braun
  • Patent number: 8550576
    Abstract: A chassis module for fixing electronic devices includes a fixing chassis unit, a first movable chassis unit and a second movable chassis unit. The fixing chassis unit has a fixing chassis body. The first movable chassis unit is detachably disposed in the fixing chassis body and has a first movable chassis body. One lateral wall of the first movable chassis body and one lateral wall of the fixing chassis body are retainedly mated with each other. The second movable chassis unit is detachably disposed in the fixing chassis body and has a second movable chassis body. One lateral wall of the second movable chassis body and another later wall of the first movable chassis body are retainedly mated with each other, and another lateral wall of the second movable chassis body and another lateral wall of the fixing chassis body are retainedly mated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chuan-Feng Chen, Chin-Pang Hsu, Chin-Yueh Liu
  • Publication number: 20130076216
    Abstract: A stowage bin is provided. The stowage bin includes a support assembly, a bucket including a pivot point, the bucket rotatable about the pivot point between a closed position and an open position, and a translating mechanism coupling the bucket to the support assembly such that when the bucket is rotated between the closed and open positions, the pivot point translates with respect to the support assembly between a first pivot position and a second pivot position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Chad D. Schmitz, Aaron Justus Pederson
  • Publication number: 20120187815
    Abstract: A container is described. The container includes a receptacle, lid, and fastener. The receptacle includes a latch. The lid is coupled to the receptacle and moves between an open and a closed position. The fastener is coupled to the lid and fastens the lid to the receptacle. The fastener includes first, second, third, and fourth portions. The first portion is coupled to the lid and extends along a first axis that is perpendicular to a plane of the lid when the lid is in the closed position. The second portion is coupled to the first portion and extends along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The third portion is coupled to the second portion and extends along an axis that is parallel to the first axis. The fourth portion is coupled to the third portion and includes a contact member that couples to the latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Dean Weber, Christoph Potakowskyj, Johannes Pollhammer
  • Publication number: 20120139402
    Abstract: A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, is provided with a compartment with a basket assembly, which may be configured on a pull-out drawer so as to move into and out of the compartment with the pull-out drawer. The basket assembly includes a first basket component and a second basket component releasably engaged with the first basket component along mating edges of the respective basket components, wherein in an engaged state, the first and second basket components define a singular continuous wall basket. At least one of the first or second basket components is releasable and removable from the pull-out drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Omar Haidar, Bagawathkumar Chellappan, James Bryan Rawson, Mukta Marwah, Jonathan Michael Cepress
  • Patent number: 8186665
    Abstract: A locking device locks or separates a first paper feed tray to a second paper feed tray in a state where the first paper feed tray and the second paper feed tray being arranged in parallel at a storage position of an image forming apparatus. The locking device includes an engaging mechanism that can be set to an interlocked state. When the engaging mechanism is in an interlocked state, and when a drawing tray is drawn out from the storage position, a drawn tray is drawn out after the drawing tray is drawn out for a predetermined distance from the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroshi Akema
  • Patent number: 8157338
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a drawer type door withdrawably disposed on the cabinet, the drawer type door opening and closing the storage space, a lower receiving member connected to the drawer type door, the lower receiving member being withdrawn together with the drawer type door, an upper receiving member withdrawably disposed above the lower receiving member, and a restraint member disposed on the drawer type door, the restraint member being rotated according to a user's selection to selectively restrain the upper receiving member and to allow the upper receiving member to be selectively interlocked with the drawer type door, thereby selectively withdrawing the upper receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Woon Kyu Seo, Jung Yeon Hwang, Han Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 7744173
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with a cabinet having a door that is openable by a user to provide access to a refrigeration compartment. A storage bin is located in the refrigeration compartment and accessible upon the opening of the cabinet door. A mounting system is arranged for the storage bin, supporting the storage bin for movement into and out of the refrigeration compartment. A latch is carried on the cabinet door to be selectively engaged by the user with a latch receiving portion of the storage bin. When the latch is engaged with the latch receiving portion, the storage bin will be pulled out of the refrigerator upon the opening of the cabinet door, and when the latch is disengaged from the latch receiving portion, the storage bin will remain in the refrigeration compartment, unless manually moved by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Weston Maglinger, Martin Shawn Egan, Aidan C. Kunkle, Richard Bruce Mills
  • Patent number: 7669740
    Abstract: A beverage vending machine installation comprising a cabinet and a trolley unit, the cabinet defining a void in which, in use, the trolley unit can be positioned. The cabinet has an opening and at least one door moveable between open and closed positions. A trolley unit comprises at least one beverage vending machine. The trolley unit is moveable relative to the cabinet between an installed position and an uninstalled position. In the installed position the trolley unit is positioned within the void of the cabinet such that at least one door may be closed to allow operation of the vending machine installation. In the uninstalled position, the trolley unit is removed from the cabinet after opening at least one door to allow access to the trolley unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Kevin Saunders, Neil Martin Rogers, Andrew Charles Bentley
  • Patent number: 7370919
    Abstract: A kitchen trash container system that has a tray slidably movable into and out of a kitchen cabinet when waste is placed in a container carried by the tray. A slide mechanism is positioned on the inside walls of the cabinet engaging another cooperating slide mechanism fastened to the top of the container or inside the tray walls or floor. The container top extends over both engaging slides on each side of the container to shield the mechanisms from dust and debris and hide them from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Peter Meier, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Rapier, III
  • Patent number: 6565169
    Abstract: A double crisper drawer for a refrigerator includes a removable supporting structure, a first slidable tray, and a lower crisper drawer. The first slidable tray includes two side walls, a back wall, a front wall and a bottom wall. A first flange is projected outwardly on a top portion of the two side walls and back wall, the first flange being placed respectively on upper guide members located in the removable supporting structure, in order to be slidably moved with a backward and forward movement with respect to the removable supporting structure. The lower crisper drawer is also attached on lower guide members located in the removable supporting structure, the lower crisper being placed below the first slidable tray. The first slidable tray and the lower crisper drawer are independently slidably relative to one another, in relation to the removable supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Comercial Acros WHirpool, S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Arturo Moreno-Olguin, Moisés Sanchez-Guevara, Alfredo Cuevas-Morales, Mario Alberto Chavez-Rosas, José Angel Avalos-Barcenas
  • Patent number: 6491621
    Abstract: A incubator door having a double walled construction where two parallel walls, an inner and an outer wall are spaced apart to form a passageway therebetween. The inner wall is easily removable from the door for cleaning of the interior of the walls by means of a hinge affixed to the outer wall that holds both of the walls together and which has sockets formed therein. The inner wall has tabs at its bottom that fit into the sockets to hold the bottom of the inner door pivotally to the hinge. There is a slot formed in each of the sockets of a sufficient size to allow the thickness of the inner wall to pass through the slot to be removed from the hinge. The other transverse dimension of the tab is larger and does not pass through the slot. Thus, by pivoting the inner wall so that it aligns with the slot, the inner wall can be readily removed from the outer wall. The upper portion of the inner wall is also held from pivoting by a resilient latch that holds the inner wall in position to the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Dykes
  • Patent number: 6382749
    Abstract: A wall-mounted cabinet that is especially adapted for use as a security cabinet in a security system includes the cabinet and the equipment secured by the cabinet in such a manner that the system does not rely on surveillance by security personnel. The cabinet includes a housing with a back support panel securely fastened to a wall of the building that is being monitored. The panel fits around cables used to power or otherwise electrically service the equipment. The housing also has top, bottom and side panels projecting outwardly from the back panel, and shelves are located within the housing defining an upper and lower compartments. Upper and lower doors are mounted on the housing for movement between open and closed positions over the compartments, and locks on the doors secure the doors in their closed positions. Fasteners join the panels of the housing together so that access from the exterior of the cabinet when locked is prevented short of destroying the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Steve A. Stetson
  • Patent number: 5910642
    Abstract: An enclosure having a base and a cover defining a chamber used to hold telecommunications hardware for splicing and/or connecting to a cable can be expanded in volume by removing the cover from the base and mounting a mid layer between the base and the cover. Depending on whether or not the mid layer is configured with a mounting plane, the expanded enclosure will have either a single larger chamber (i.e., mid layer without a mounting plane) or two chambers (i.e., mid layer with a mounting plane). In either case, the enclosure can be expanded in the field without dismounting the base or even disturbing any of the electrical connections housed within the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Bassel H. Daoud
  • Patent number: 5628552
    Abstract: A portable desk drawer that functions both as a conventional drawer and an attache case. The portable desk drawer may be attached to various furniture pieces by a bracket which attaches to the glides, or the portable desk drawer may be used in conjunction with existing drawer glide assemblies. The portable desk drawer may easily be removed from the glides by a rotatably attached handle, and then carried by the user in the same manner as an attache case. The portable desk drawer is comprised of a large front compartment and small rear compartments. A lid covers the large front compartments, and a tray, slidably housed inside the portable desk drawer, covers the small rear compartments during portage. The lid can be slid back and a portion of the lid can be flipped upwardly. The tray is further comprised of smaller compartments which are exposed when the tray lid is retracted. A clip on the interior of the lid of the portable desk drawer may be employed when the lid is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventor: Terry O'Barr
  • Patent number: 5607213
    Abstract: A sliding work platform for a drawer, of the type having upstanding front, rear and side walls, includes a substantially rectangular panel which defines a work surface and has front and rear edges and substantially flat side margins. The flat side margins slidably engage the tops of the upstanding side walls of the drawer to facilitate movement of the platform in the forward and rearward direction relative to the drawer. Support members are integrally coupled close to the rear edge of the panel for slidably engaging upper edges of drawer slides to support the platform rearwardly of the drawer. Downwardly depending flanges are integral with the panel side margins near the front edge of the panel to engage the insides of the drawer walls for limiting front-to-back and lateral movement of the platform relative to the drawer. Lips on the flanges engage beneath folded-over upper ends of the drawer side walls to inhibit vertical movement of the platform relative to the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Slivon, Nick J. Theobald
  • Patent number: 5577823
    Abstract: A lazy susan type pan and carriage assembly wherein the pan is rotatably supported by a carriage is provided. The carriage is also slidably supported beneath an adjustable cantilevered shelf. The pan and carriage may be pulled forward to extend beyond the shelf while the pan, supported by the carriage, may be rotated to allow easy access to the items stored within the pan. The pan is rotatably supported on rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Frank W. Maglinger
  • Patent number: 5443311
    Abstract: A sliding work platform for a drawer includes a flat panel with depending side and rear flanges and a depending tray along the front edge thereof. The drawer side walls are respectively coupled to slide assemblies, each including a runner defining an upwardly opening channel. The platform panel spans the drawer side walls and the side flanges extend down respectively into the channels of the drawer slide runners. The length of the tray is less than the distance between the drawer side walls so that it nests within the drawer. The platform slides forwardly and rearwardly of the drawer between a forward position completely covering the drawer and a rearward position permitting access to the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Alois Kadlecek, Kenneth J. Laver, Jack A. Parise
  • Patent number: 5294194
    Abstract: The present invention is a catch container for retaining debris or other materials wiped from the edge of a work surface. The present invention catch container includes a receptacle structure, a mounting bracket adjustably attached to the receptacle structure, and a sloped surface descending toward the receptacle from the mounting bracket. The present invention catch container is mounted under a work surface so that debris displaced from the work surface lands upon the sloped surface. The sloped surface then guides the debris into the receptacle without slashing or spillage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Inventor: Thomas Lombardo
  • Patent number: 5281020
    Abstract: A base drawer which has been modified to allow non-permanent attachment of an extender to increase the vertical dimension of the drawer. Additional extenders can be stacked one on top of the other, in order to increase the vertical dimension of the drawer to any height desired. In one embodiment, the base drawer has three receptacles along the top edge of its two side walls, and each extender has three matching locking prongs along the lower edge of its two side walls as well as three receptacles along the upper edge of each side wall which allow extenders to be stacked one on top of the other. When one or more extenders are attached to a base drawer (i.e., receptacles and prongs are interlocked), the receptacles and prongs on each side of the resulting stackable drawer assembly are in line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Inventor: Jerome M. Romick
  • Patent number: 5139321
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multiple bin tray assembly having individual medication bins positioned inside a tray which in turn is fitted into a cassette. Each bin can be opened individually from the cassette to minimize accessibility to the remaining bins and thus decrease the risk of accidental dispensing of medication. The cassette with this novel tray assembly can be fitted into a medication cart of standard dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Artromick International, Inc.
    Inventor: Duane I. Beardsley
  • Patent number: 5044059
    Abstract: A storage apparatus (10) for converting a standard drawer (12) into a multiple level drawer having a stationary base tray (24) and a shiftable upper tray (26). The base tray (24) is secured to the front of the drawer (12) and includes laterally extending filler flanges (44, 46) on right and left sides of the base tray (24). The upper tray (26) is detachably secured to a support panel (54). Alternatively, a cutting board (82) can be stored on a support panel (54') instead of the upper tray (26). Roller and track assemblies (30, 32) interconnect the support panel (54) of the upper tray (26) to the base tray (24). The upper tray (26) is shifted until it extends through an opening (76) formed in the rear wall (18) of the drawer (12). The roller and track assembly (30, 32) preferably includes channels (60) secured to the upstanding walls (34, 36 ) of the bottom tray (24) and bearing members (62) secured to the channels (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Inventor: John P. De Giulio
  • Patent number: 4804824
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a drawer the upper surface of which is open is inserted drawably in an outer case on which is mounted a register, and a receptacle case of an upper-lower double structure comprising a money case as an upper stage the upper surface of which is open and a receptacle portion as a lower stage is inserted in the drawer, with an insertion aperture being formed in the front face of the drawer which insertion aperture is in communication with the receptacle portion, whereby slips, gift coupons, etc. which have been inserted from the insertion aperture and received in the receptacle portion can be transferred as they are to a predetermined place together with the cash received in the money case, and the recovery of those slips, gift coupons, etc. can be done easily without a mistake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Saguchi
  • Patent number: 4786785
    Abstract: A cash till, a slip tray and a till lid are positioned in a cash drawer of a point of sale terminal or cash register for use in making change and receiving valuables during operation of the terminal or register by a clerk. At the end of the clerk's shift, the cash till, slip tray and till lid are removed, repositioned relative to each other, and locked together to form a secure container for transportation and storage of the valuables contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Dennis J. Felt
  • Patent number: 4733924
    Abstract: A combination packing case and desk includes a shelf unit adapted to secure a plurality of articles during shipping. A hollow seating member having an open bottom is adapted to be received about the upper portion of the shelf unit to protect the articles therein. An outer casing is provided with an open bottom and is adapted to be received about the shelf unit-seating member assembly in fully enclosed fashion. At the shipping destination, the outer casing comprises a base upon which the shelf unit is supported to form a desk. The seating member may be used in conjunction with the desk for tasks involving the articles shipped in and supported on the shelf unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Inventor: Donald C. Lewis
  • Patent number: 4702535
    Abstract: An electronic equipment drawer assembly which has a readily replaceable faceplate assembly mounted on a printed circuit board which in turn, slides into the drawer. To ensure damage does not occur to the printed circuit board, when the drawer is opened or closed by a force applied to the faceplate, the unit is designed so that such a force is transferred directly to the drawer and not through the printed circuit board to the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventor: Roger A. Beun
  • Patent number: 4588237
    Abstract: A cart on casters is provided for dispensing medication to patients as in a nursing home. The cart is provided with a plurality of drawers, each of which is divided into a plurality of storage areas or compartments. Slide members are mounted on top of the partitions, and are provided with recesses for holding medicine cups and with cross slots for holding patient identification cards. Patient medication cards and blister pack medication cards are stored in an adjacent storage area or compartment in the same order as and in close contiguous relation with the cups and patient cards. Each slide member can be pulled forwardly of its respective drawer for more ready access for dispensing of medication from the cups. An additional dispensing area is provided for medicines that are dispensed as needed including pivotable plastic cups which are turned as soon as the medication has been dispensed so that it is apparent that dispensing has taken place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Inventor: Herbert B. Marder
  • Patent number: 4549664
    Abstract: Kitting parts carousel system (10) as a plurality of carousels (12, 14) each having parts bins (50) therein. Each of the carousels is made of static safe injection moldable synthetic polymer composition material with the bins having a sloping bottom to self-feed parts toward the outer wall (26) and the tops of the bin walls (42, 44) are configured to closely adjoin the bottom of the next above adjacent carousel so that when the carousels are stacked the bins in the lower carousels are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Norman H. Gowan, Stasys Petravicius, Ignacio T. Hernandez, Robert E. Kuhlmann, Donald R. Vande Walle, Jr., Ronald P. Weddell, Joseph M. Gates, Kenneth J. Sitzwohl, Charles D. Sands, Rick A. Gwinn, Milton J. Peterman