LOAD HANDLING EQUIPMENT

• US 3,833,140 A
• Filed: 07/10/1970
• Issued: 09/03/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert R. Young, Robert W. Medland
• Original Assignee: Robert R. Young, Robert W. Medland
• Inventors: Medland, Robert W., Young, Robert R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Spar, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson, R. B.
• Application Number:
  US05/051,564
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 214/658,730 294/81R,81SF
• US Class Current: 414/626
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 1/0414 provided with satellite cars adapted to travel in storage racks
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 19/002 Container cranes B66C19/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07 Floor-to-roof stacking devices, e.g. "stacker cranes", "retrievers"

Abstract

Equipment for transferring large heavy containers and similar loads among the compartments of a vertical array of compartments and a separate transfer station and more particularly to a crane for inserting such containers into the compartments and depositing the same therein or for picking up the containers within the compartments and removing the same therefrom.

Claims

1. In a crane for handling a load having spaced pickup means thereon, an elevatable support, means for raising and lowering the support, means mounting the support for movement to and from juxtaposed relationship to a load, a carriage comprising a frame having opposing sides and ends, a pair of movable beams extending transversely of the frame and mounted on the sides thereof for adjustment toward and away from each other into a variety of spaced positions corresponding to various sizes of loads, means for moving the beams into various spaced positions, fluid actuated means on each of the beams for raising and lowering the beams with respect to the frame, articulated conduit means mounted on the beams and connected to said fluid actuating means for supplying fluid to said actuating means in the various positions of said beams, said articulated conduit means including coupling means on the beams connected to said fluid actuated means and a plurality of elongated rigid conduits disposed generally in the plane of said frame and being connected to each other and to said coupling means by swivel joints whereby said conduits pivot relative to each other about said swivel joints during said adjustment of the beams into their various positions, means mounting the carriage on the support for horizontal travel therealong, and lift means mounted on the movable beams of the carriage for establishing connection with a load when the support and load are juxtaposed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 including a pluarlity of spaced stop means mounted along the sides of the frame for movement between stop positions in the path of travel of the beams and retracted positions out of said path, and means for selectively moving said stop means between stop and retracted positions.