Patent ID: 6655532
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A vertical installation system comprising:two vertical installation structures arranged parallel to each other on opposite sides of an alley and each extending in a longitudinal direction, each of said two vertical installation structures comprising: placing stages on which information processing apparatuses are to be installed, and supporting members supporting said placing stages so that said placing stages are vertically arranged on respective levels; and a moving structure capable of moving horizontally in the longitudinal direction of said vertical installation structures inside said alley, said moving structure comprising: stages on each of which at least one information processing apparatus is to be placed, said stages corresponding to all said placing stages on each respective level of said vertical installation structures, and prop supporting members supporting said stages so that said stages are vertically arranged and each of said stages is level with a corresponding one of said placing stages of said vertical installation structures, wherein said stages and said placing stages are positioned to enable the transfer of the information processing apparatus from each of said stages of said moving structure to a corresponding one of said placing stages of said vertical installation structures, the vertical installation structures remaining stationary relative to the moving structure, a distance between the moving structure and each vertical installation structure being less than a width of said stage of said moving structure, as measured in a latitudinal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the information processing apparatus can be transferred by sliding the information processing apparatus from each of said stages of said moving structure to the corresponding one of said placing stages in the latitudinal direction.