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Rotatable platter storage and retrieval system

  • US 5,337,920 A
  • Filed: 04/21/1993
  • Issued: 08/16/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A storage and retrieval unit comprising:

  • (a) A plurality of support members, each said support member having a generally circular perimeter, said plurality of support members comprising at least one main support member and a plurality of nested support members, said nested support members being of a plurality of sizes and being smaller than said main support member, each said nested support member being rotatably mounted on a larger said support member such that the perimeter of said nested support member is adjacent to the perimeter of the support member on which it is mounted and where at least several of said nested support members are smaller than a larger nested support member and are co-mounted on said larger nested support member in such a way that all are approximately circumscribed by the perimeter of said larger nested support member on which they are mounted;

    (b) a multiplicity of storage means for storing articles, said storage means supported by said support members, said storage means being positioned so that a part of each said storage means is adjacent to the perimeter of the support member by which said storage means is supported;

    (c) a main support member support means for supporting said main support members, each said main support member being rotatably mounted on said main support member support means;

    (d) at least one serving position at which articles are stored or retrieved, said serving position located adjacent to the perimeter of said main support members.

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