Storage retrieval system

• US 5,431,493 A
• Filed: 12/03/1993
• Issued: 07/11/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roger C. Larson
• Original Assignee: Lift & Storage Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Larson, Roger
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US08/161,883
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 312/307, 312/134, 312/268, 312/304, 211/105.6, 211/121, 211/122, 414/331, 414/679, 248/200.1, 248/644
• US Class Current: 312/268
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 49/00 Revolving cabinets or racks; Cabinets or racks with revolving parts for show or display A47F3/06, A47F3/10, A47F5/0081, A47F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 1/127 the circuit being confined in a vertical plane

Abstract

A storage system for vertical and horizontal storage of hangered apparel includes first and second chains having inwardly directed pins. Rods for mounting on the pins include a first fixed end have a bore to mount on one pin and a second retractable end having a bore to mount on the second pin. An actuator tube is mounted over the second end of the rod and is affixed to the sliding retractable end by pins extending through slots in the rod. When the actuator tube is slid inwardly, the end is retracted so that the rod can be mounted first on the one pin on the fixed end and then positioned over the second pin. The actuator is then slid outwardly to mount the rod. A spring biases the retractable end outward.

Claims

1. A storage and retrieval system comprising:

a. a storage frame;

b. first and second moving chains mounted on first and second ends of the frame;

c. multiple rod mounting means mounted on the first and second chains; and

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d. a rod for mounting on the rod mounting means including;

(a) a rod body having first and second ends;

(b) first extension means mounted on the first end of the rod for engaging a rod mounting means on the first chain;

(c) second extension means mounted on the second end of the rod for engaging a second rod mounting means on the second chain, said second extension mean being a moveable extension mounted slidably within the rod body having a first inward position where the rod is short enough to fit between the first and second chains, and a second extended position wherein the second extension means will mount on the second rod mounting means of the second chain;

(d) an actuator slide tube mounted slidably over the second end of the rod body;

(e) first and second slots through the rod body adjacent to the second end; and

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(f) attachment means for attaching the actuator sliding tube to the sliding second extension means, the attachment means extending through the first and second slots so that when the actuator tube is slid axially along the rod body the second extension means is moved between the first and second positions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the rod mounting means comprise pins mounted on the chains directed inwardly in the frame, and wherein the first and second extension means on the rod include an internal bore for mounting over the pins.

3. The system of claim 1 or 2, further comprising a spring mounted inside the rod body for biasing the second extension means to its second extended position.