Patent ID: 9446901
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B65G,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A component storage system, comprising: pallets for storing electronic components; and a storage device adapted to include and vertically store the pallets over a plurality of tiers in such a manner that each of the pallets can be loaded and unloaded to and from the storage device in a horizontal first direction, the storage device including: the storage unit is configured by a plurality of screw shafts that extend parallel to each other in the vertical direction, the screw shafts having thread grooves which serve as the storage sections; each of the pallets is provided with a dish-shaped section having a rectangular shape in a plan view and having a peripheral wall section, and has a pair of flange sections extending outward from respective opposite sides of the peripheral wall section in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and tilting and extending along inclined surfaces of the thread grooves so as to be supported by the inclined surfaces; the pallets are supported by the screw shafts through insertion of the flange sections of the pallets into the thread grooves; and the first lifting and lowering mechanism causes the screw shafts to rotate about axes thereof to thereby move the pallets in the vertical direction along the thread grooves.