A multitrack storage system, includes: a plurality of different sets of tracks having a base and opposing sidewalls wherein each of the tracks constitute a single groove having a predetermined width and having connections for removably connecting the tracks to one another; an adjustable tilting mechanism in contact with the tracks; a bumper at the distal end of each of the sets of tracks; at least two separate storage trains on different tracks with a plurality of wheeled storage containers, with the storage containers nested in the tracks; a train movement mechanism; a proximal end for the plurality of different sets of tracks wherein all of the plurality of different sets of tracks converge at the proximal end at a central terminus. Users may store items in the wheeled storage containers at the central terminus and then move the storage train away for storage.
Multitrack storage system with central terminus
2018-03-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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 / B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen / B65B MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS , Verpackungsmaschinen, -geräte, -vorrichtungen, Verpackungsverfahren für Gegenstände oder Materialien |