Article distribution and storage system

• US 3,262,584 A
• Filed: 05/25/1964
• Issued: 07/26/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Green, John F., John T. Hayford, William H. Hayford Jr
• Original Assignee: Green, John F., John T. Hayford, William H. Hayford Jr
• Inventors: Hayford, William H. Jr., Hayford, John T., Green, John F.
• Application Number:
  US04/369,697
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• US Class Current: 414/792
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 1/04 mechanical
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 414/116 including control for pattern of group

Claims

1. AN ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SYSTEM FOR HANDLING ARTICLES OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE SUPPLIED TO IT FROM AN INPUT ZONE AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PLAN, DISTRIBUTING, STORING AND DELIVERING DESIRED QUANTITIES OF THE ARTICLES TO STORAGE AREAS AND TO AN OUTPUT ZONE COMPRISING:

MEANS FOR DELIVERING A PLURALITY OF TYPES OF ARICLES FROM THE INPUT ZONE TO THE SYSTEM;

MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE ROUTING OF THE PLURALITY OF TYPES OF ARTICLES DELIVERED TO THE SYSTEM FROM THE INPUT ZONE IN A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATIVE WAYS;

A DENSE STORAGE AREA;

A PALLET STORAGE AREA;

AT LEAST ONE PALLETIZING STATION;

AT LEAST ONE TIER FORMING STATION;

AT LEAST ONE UNSCRAMBLING STATION FOR UNSCRAMBLING TIER LOTS OF THE ARTICLES INTO CASE LOTS;

MEANS ACTUATED BY THE CONTROLLING MEANS FOR FORMING TIERS OF ARTICLES OF A PREDETERMINED CONSTITUTION AT THE TIER FORMING STATION;

MEANS FOR MOVING THE FORMED TIERS OF ARTICLES OF A PALLET TO FORM A PALLET LOAD;

MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE PALLET LOADS TO THE PALLET STORAGE AREA;

MEANS ACTUATED BY THE CONTROLLING MEANS FOR DELIVERING PREDETERMINED TYPES AND NUMBERS OF ARTICLES FROM THE INPUT ZONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO THE OUTPUT ZONE;