A system for providing uninterrupted delivery of industrial parts to a production line or facility, the system defining a loading side and an operating side, a lift mechanism configured to move a lift frame, when in an elevated position, between the loading side and the operating side, a controller for controlling the lift mechanism, a first and second carriages movable between a lowered position and the elevated position, a first sensor that detects a carriage is a loading/unloading position at the loading side, and a second sensor that detects when a carriage is positioned in a loading/unloading position at the operator side, and the controller is further configured to move the second carriage between the loading side and the operator side when the first carriage is in the elevated position, and the controller is responsive to an input from the second sensor indicating a breach condition.


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    Title :

    Cart loader/unloader and a switcher system and improvements therein


    Contributors:
    SCARTH IAN (author) / DAWSON SHAWN (author)

    Publication date :

    2024-09-03


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last



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