Patents by Inventor Frederic Zoller

Frederic Zoller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated stores and novel type of truck making it possible for the products to be positioned in or extracted from the storage zones
    Patent number: 5370492
    Abstract: Automated stores comprising a plurality of superimposed levels (1a, 1b, 1c. .), subdivided into parallel corridors (2a, 2b, 2c. .) on either side of which are arranged rows of racks or cells forming storage zones (3) for the products which are handled by means of autonomous trucks (4) brought to a predetermined level by at least one lift unit (5). Each storage level (1a, 1b, 1c. .) includes a set of rails forming a plurality of networks (6) pointing along the longitudinal X axis of the stores inside each inter-column space (2a, 2b, 2c) and one network (7) pointing along the transverse Y axis perpendicular to and at the end of the inter-column spaces. The autonomous trucks (4) include two-way forks on which the product to be handled rests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Societe d'Etude en Mecanisation et Automation (CIMAT)
    Inventors: Jean Gleyze, Frederic Zoller