Patents by Inventor Max A. Buehler

Max A. Buehler 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).

  • Shelf storage system
    Patent number: 3982639
    Abstract: A shelf storage system comprises a plurality of shelves on which are supported a plurality of mobile storage and transport units. Each unit comprises a first part consisting of a four sided frame in which rollers are housed with their axes of rotation above the frame and a second part which is adapted for carrying the goods to be stored and is detachably supported on the first part. The second part may be any one of a large variety of forms chosen in dependence upon the goods which are to be stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: Weelpal, A.G.
    Inventors: Hans Rudolf Haldimann, Max Buehler, Patrick R. Brown
  • Installation for loading a road vehicle with loading units
    Patent number: 3961714
    Abstract: An installation for loading a road vehicle, such as a lorry or a truck with goods stacked on loading units or pallets for delivery at a warehouse exit down an inclined rail track comprising a loading platform on a ramp at the end of a track arranged to receive loading units on more than one track and a conveying means to convey clusters of the loading units into the road vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Weelpal AG
    Inventor: Max Buehler
  • Rail trackway fitted with braking devices
    Patent number: 3952839
    Abstract: A rail trackway fitted with braking devices which are arranged along predetermined intervals and comprise elastically deformable braking bodies adapted for use in warehouses and at loading stations for transshipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Weelpal, A. G.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Brown, Max A. Buehler