Material or article handling – Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element...
Reexamination Certificate
2009-03-30
2011-11-01
Underwood, Donald (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element...
C414S331100, C414S331110
Reexamination Certificate
active
08047755
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a plate material stocker facility with a simplified pallet loading and unloading mechanism. The plate material stocker facility includes a plate material stocker4in which pallets9each allowing a plate material to be stacked thereon are stored, and a pallet slide device2. The plate material stocker4has a plurality of pallet support portions10arranged in stages in a vertical direction, the pallet support portions slidably moving the respective pallets9in a front-back direction, and supporting the respective pallets9and switchably moving the pallets9between a first position4aand a second position4b, and a plurality of posts11, 12supporting the pallet support portions10. A gap is present between the adjacent pallet support portions10. The posts12located at a rear end are arranged inside respective lateral ends of the pallet support portions10. The pallet slider device2has a slider30that is movable in a direction parallel to a slide direction of each of the pallets9, and pallet abutting portions33attached to the slider30and coming into abutting contact with the pallet9. The pallet abutting portions33come into abutting contact with the abutting target portions18of the pallet9at positions outside, in a lateral direction, the respective posts12.
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Murata Machinery Ltd.
Underwood Donald
Westerman Hattori Daniels & Adrian LLP
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