AUTOMATED MULTITIER DEVICE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: frames of racks and stackers of device are embraced by endless tape installed for displacement relative to walls and shelves by means of drive shaft arranged on base for engagement with endless tape of rack and stacker. Mounted on rack and stacker frames are mechanisms with power drive to suspend containers over tape; stacker frame is coupled with drive trucks, upper and lower ones, and frame of each rack is arranged with its vertical walls pointed to each other and is secured on base. Upper drive truck is made in form of spaced in height guide beams with stops on ends freely fitted in supports of uprights and wheels and is furnished with mechanism to displace guide beams relative to supports of wheels installed for engagement with rail tracks arranged on rack frames over their upper contour at different levels. Uprights of upper guide beam are connected with frame and those of lower guide beam, are connected with support circle made in upper part of stacker frame and provided with load bearing support with rollers installed for engagement with guide beams. Lower truck has two rows of self-alignment wheels with interlock mechanism and guide mechanism provided with turnable, adjustable in height support in form of equilateral triangle with wheels placed in its corners and mechanism to turn stacker frame relative to support. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 3 cl, 12 dwg