Patent ID: 6142336
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A storage shelf (1, 2, 3) for items comprising adjacently arranged and superposed storage compartments (5) and a controllable dispensing device for shifting the items out of the storage compartments (5), the dispensing device including slider parts associated to the rows of adjacently arranged storage compartments (5) and movable in parallel to the compartment bottoms thereof, the slider parts cooperating with separately activatable drivers (13) associated to the individual storage compartments (5) of the respective row so as to shift the items out of the respective storage compartments (5) in the activated state of the drivers (13), when the slider parts are moved forwards, the drivers (13), in in their activated state, projecting upwardly from their slider parts movable below the bottoms (7) of the storage compartments (5), through slots (14) in the bottoms (7), while being present below the bottoms (7) in their non-activated state, characterized in that the superposed slider parts formed by beam-like cross members (10) are interconnected to a uniform, rigid, upright frame (25) drivable as a unit and, thus,are movable in common.