Patent ID: 6234550
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for retrieving and depositing a load, comprising:a pair of elongated guides extending in parallel relationship;a grabbing device having at least two grippers movably guided in a horizontal plane in the elongated guides for traveling in an operating direction into an operative position in which the grippers are positioned on both sides of a load substantially parallel to the sides of the load, each of the grippers having at least one plate-shaped gripping area, with the gripping area of one gripper confronting the gripping area of the other gripper, and with the gripping areas of the grippers extending parallel to one another; anda force-applying means operatively connected to the elongated guides for moving the guides in synchronism relative to one another to thereby urge the grippers against the sides of the load;wherein each gripper has two vertical, plate-shaped bearing surfaces facing away from one another and extending perpendicular to the gripping area of the gripper, said bearing surfaces of one of the grippers and said bearing surfaces of the other one of the grippers confronting one another.