Patent ID: 7210892
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A stacking column for storing articles one beside the other or one on top of the other, comprising pawls which rotate about an axis of rotation from a position of rest into a working position and having a weight axle, respective subsequent pawls being coupled to one another by at least one driver link plate assembly wherein, in order to reduce a pitch of adjacent pawls, the at least one driver link plate assembly comprises a first driver link plate and a second driver link plate, each of the first and second driver link plates having a round hole at a first end and an elongated hole at a second end, and wherein the first driver link plate is disposed on the weight axle with the weight axle extending through the round hole and the second driver link plate is disposed on the weight axle with the weight axle extending through the elongated hole.