Abstract: Examples provide a height adjustable tray including a service surface for moving one or more items from a first height near the top of a display case down to a lower height within reach of a user in a seated position or otherwise unable to reach a top surface of the display case. The tray is connected to a set of one or more support arms. A gearing mechanism moves the set of support arms along a range of motion to lower the tray from the first height near the top of the display case to a position in front of the display case at a second height. The tray remains in a horizontal orientation substantially parallel to the floor or ground surface as the tray moves through the range of motion. An operating mechanism controls movement of the tray along the range of motion.

Abstract: A system and method for storage and retrieval are provided. The system includes a multi-level storage structure, and mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote, container, or object. This system and method can be used in order-fulfillment applications in which one or more workstations accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a put location, and an input/output interface induct material into the system and discharge fulfilled orders from the system. The mobile robots are further configured to move from level to level in the multi-level storage structure via inclined or vertical tracks without requiring a vertical lift or vertical conveyor.

Abstract: A dispensing device, comprising a container, one or more support members mechanically coupled to one or more of the lateral walls, a base which has one or more supporting arms and a cover element mechanically coupled to one or more of the supporting arms to remain fixed while said container rotates around said rotation axis. The container includes a storage portion defined by a circumferential wall and two or more lateral walls with a dispensing opening defined in the circumferential wall. The supporting arm(s) support rotation of the container from a closed state to an open state and vice versa. The rotation is held around a rotation axis defined by a location of the support member(s). The cover element covers the dispensing opening when the container is rotated into the closed state and does not cover the dispensing opening when the container is rotated into the open state.

Abstract: A cantilever carousel system for efficiently storing multiple print cylinders while providing a common access point for loading and unloading the print cylinders. The cantilever carousel system generally includes an external frame structure defining an internal cavity and a shell connected to the external frame structure to surround the cavity, wherein the shell includes at least one access opening extending therethrough. An internal frame structure is positioned within the cavity and a vertically oriented carousel is supported by the internal frame structure. A drive assembly is mechanically connected to the carousel, wherein the drive assembly circulates the carousel and a plurality of cantilever mandrels are supported by the carousel and circulate with the carousel. A plurality of print cylinders are removably received by the plurality of cantilever mandrels through the access opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating device (1) for receiving and handling goods or products, where the device (1) comprises a number of holding devices (5) designed for receiving storage devices (4), where the holding devices (5) are rotatable about a central axis in the rotating device by means of a common drive arrangement, with the result that at least one holding device (5) with a received storage device (4) is made available to an operator, while at least one other holding device (5) is made available for receiving a storage device (4).

Abstract: A storage and retrieval system includes a continuous track and a plurality of individual storage units stacked in multiple columns or rows. Each storage unit is engaged with the track for selective movement along the track. Each storage unit includes two sets of wheels, a first set of wheels for engaging the continuous track, and a second set of wheels for engaging support rails disposed above an upper rail of first and second tracks of the continuous track, so as to support the storage unit as the storage unit passes gaps in the upper rail due to intermediate vertical rails extending downwardly intermediate ends thereof.

Abstract: An inventory control system includes a storage module having a continuous track and a plurality of individual storage units stacked in multiple columns or rows. Each storage unit is engaged with the track for selective movement along the track. An inventory control unit is associated with the storage module and has a user interface, a processor, a memory, and a mechanism for inputting object information, including storage unit placement. The processor receives the object information from the inputting mechanism, and stores the object information in the memory for user access therefrom via the user interface.

Abstract: A storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of individual storage units stacked in multiple columns. Each storage unit includes wheels which engage a track for selective movement along the track. Vertical and horizontal actuators are used to move the storage units in sequence. Preferably, the actuators are power-driven, and control circuitry is used to coordinate the movement of the actuators.

Abstract: A disclosed storage apparatus comprises a cupboard body and a lifting arrangement. The lifting arrangement is mounted on a wall or other fixture and selectively moves the cupboard body between a raised position adjacent the wall or fixture and a lowered position outward from the wall or fixture. Shelves are arranged in the storage cupboard to remain at a constant alignment irrespective of the alignment of the cupboard body.

Abstract: A rotary filing cabinet with a wardrobe has a cabinet housing with at least a front opening. A rotor is mounted for rotational movement within the housing about a vertical axis. A vertical dividing panel of the rotor has at one side a plurality of filing shelves and at an opposite side a plurality of compartments forming the wardrobe.

Abstract: An organizer (10) for a plurality of sets of fastener sockets (S) includes a receptacle (12) rotatable relative to a shroud (44) in the preferred form of an arcuate wall concentric to the axis (A) of the receptacle (12). The receptacle (12) is rotatable to a presentation position where a plurality of holders (16) are aligned with an opening (45) in the shroud (44). The sockets (S) are slideably received in a first direction along linear paths in the holders (16) without an interfitting relation and in the preferred form in chambers formed in the receptacle (12). Each of the side walls (18) of the chambers includes inner ends (22) which are located at different spacings from the axis (A) so that the individual sockets (S) have an equal extent from the axis (A) and includes outer ends (20). Some of the chambers are located in raised areas (15) so that the outer ends (20) have different spacing than the outer ends (20) of other chambers according to the particular sockets (S) being received in the chamber.

Abstract: A hair curler set for heating a plurality of hair curling rollers includes an electric heater assembly. The set includes a housing having a rotatable shaft mounted therewithin. The longitudinal axis of the rotatable shaft is disposed substantially horizontally. The heater assembly comprises a generally circular disc and is mounted on the rotatable shaft at substantially the longitudinal mid-point thereof. A pair of mounting members are spaced at either end of the shaft. Each mounting member has a surface facing towards an opposed surface of the heater assembly. A plurality of rollers are mounted between the opposed surfaces of the mounting members and the heater assembly in a generally circular array.

Abstract: A house for parking bicycles so that bicycles can be placed separately in a circular storage area. The bicycles are positioned radially with the rear ends of the bicycles being directed toward the center axis of the house. The storage area of the house is provided with fixed walls and a door thus providing a closed room with at least one door. The floor of the area is sloped toward the center axis and is shaped as a double floor of which the inner floor is rotatable. The storage area is divided into stalls for placing the bicycle.

Abstract: A rotational cadaver system is disclosed which incorporates a rotational storage rack. The rotational storage rack includes a first and second shaft and two wheels mounted thereto. The shaft is rotationally mounted on a plurality of legs. A number of branches are radially secured to each wheel and arms are pivotally secured to each branch. The arms include means for receiving a tray upon which a cadaver may be placed. The trays includes means for engagement with mechanical placement and retrieval means. The tray also include means for securing them to various types of autopsy tables. A motor is also provided for turning the shaft varying the position of the cadavers. A method is also disclosed for utilizing the system in conjunction with the performance of an autopsy.

Abstract: In a vertical carousel storage and retrieval unit and the like, a restricted multi-compartment tote is used in conjunction with a height control such as a plurality of blocking rail. The tote is step-shaped and extends into the full depth of the unit. The blocking rail system allows sliding doors to be moved to one or more intermediate positions between fully open and fully closed positions in order to provide restricted authorized access to each of the compartments in sequential order from the first compartment at the front of the tote to the last compartment at the rear of the tote.

Abstract: A freezer includes an enclosed housing with cooling apparatus and a rotatable drive wheel mounted on one side wall within the housing. A plurality of support members are mounted on the drive wheel for rotation therewith. Food containers are selectively mounted to the support members to rotate with the drive wheel within the freezer housing. An operable door in the front panel of the housing provides access to the food containers, and a switch disengages the rotation of the drive wheel so as to permit dispensing of food product from a container.

Abstract: An upper endless rail has a downwardly opened guide channel, and a lower endless rail has an upwardly opened guide channel. A plurality of circulatory frames are mounted for movement along and between the upper and lower endless rails. Each circulatory frame has a plurality of casters mounted at a lower side portion thereof and positioned in the guide channel of the lower endless rail and further has a plurality of upper guide rollers mounted at an upper side portion thereof for contacting with and rolling on a side face or faces of and in the guide channel of the upper endless rail. Each caster includes a support roller for rolling on an inner bottom face of the guide channel of the lower endless rail and a lower guide roller for contacting with and rolling on an inner side face or faces of the guide channel.

Abstract: A carrousel tool box having a cabinet, a carrousel of trays mounted for rotation within the cabinet, and a shaft attached to the carrousel along the axis of rotation of the carrousel of trays and extending outwardly through the cabinet, with a locking crank for turning the shaft. The locking crank includes an arm attached to the shaft, a handle pivotally mounted to the end of the arm, a fulcrum on the arm, a spring-biased locking pin which engages with openings in a plate on the cabinet, and a lever pivoted on the fulcrum and operated by the handle for causing the locking pin to lock or unlock the rotation of the carrousel in response to movement of the handle from a locking position to a cranking position. The arm has guides for constraining the lever to sit on the fulcrum and for limiting the movement of the lever. The tool box has various drawers and a lid with side slots which slidably and pivotally hinge on a pair of hinge posts on the sides of the cabinet.

Abstract: A plurality of parallel racks are rotatably mounted about a common central axle, wherein the axle includes a matrix of right and left supports, the supports each include "L" shaped legs spaced apart ninety degrees relative to the central shaft, with each forward terminal end thereof mounting a positioning cone receivable within a recess within each end wall of each rack member of the support rack apparatus. A step motor is provided to effect ninety degree step rotation of the rack structure.

Abstract: A free-standing shelf type cabinet for the storage of articles is constructed of an enclosed cabinet having a polygonal cross-section and on which at least one access door is provided. Within the cabinet, a plurality of shelves are mounted in a ferris wheel relation enabling the shelves to be progressively displaced to and past the access opening. A detent cooperates with the rotational support for the shelves enabling any selected shelf to be positionably retained at the access opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a portable cabinet for dispensing medication and more particularly, to a medication dispenser in which a plurality of different medication dosages are contained in separate compartments with the dispenser being properly marked to indicate which dosages are to be given to which patients and the times at which they are to be given. The apparatus includes a portable cabinet having a plurality of vertically arranged and spaced apart trays disposed within the cabinet, with each of the trays including a plurality of compartments for receiving the medication dosages. The trays are individually rotatably mounted within the cabinet.

Abstract: A curved guide for paternoster-type document carriers of the type wherein at least one carrier is connected by a support arm rotatably articulated on each front side to an endlessly moving chain, said carrier being conducted by means of a bent lever attached to the front side of each carrier in an inverted V-shaped position with the aid of guide rollers provided at the lever ends and running in slotted guideways which intersect at the two deflection points, wherein the improvement comprises a pair of pivotally mounted and automatically settable or reversible point levers at the guideway intersection. The point levers close the respective entrance and exit of one slotted guideway from the other slotted guideway with the sides of the point levers forming a continuous slotted guideway bridging the entrance and exit of the other slotted guideway. The point levers are coupled by an endless chain.

Abstract: The cradle selector controls of a motorized rotary-type file comprise a row f simple, momentary-type pushbutton switches located in a small housing mounted so as to slide along the rear edge of the operator's shelf. The control housing is connected to the file where all other controls are located by an electrical cable, whereby the selector controls can be readily moved back and forth with the operator.