Patent ID: 6648572
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A magazine for storing and transferring panel-like products, comprising:a plurality of frames which are inclined and arranged side by side in a parking area, carriage structures arranged at a base of each of said frames, each carriage structure comprising wheels a plurality of first rails provided in the parking area, means for slideably mounting said carriage structures on said first rails, so as to allow a horizontal movement of each carriage structure parallel to a plane of arrangement of said frames, a transfer structure provided at a side of said plurality of frames, a shuttle comprised by said transfer structure a plurality of second rails which allow to receive at least one of said carriage structures and to convey said at least one of said carriage structures at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the respective frames, first motorized means for producing a translational motion of the frames on said shuttle, third rails rigidly coupled to the ground; second motorized means for producing a translational motion of said shuffle on said third rails which are rigidly coupled to the ground, the first rails of the parking area, the second rails and the third rails on which the shuttle moves being [-shaped or I-shaped so as to contain the wheels of the carriage structures that move therein and prevent the frames from tipping.