GB2255971A - Article handling apparatus - Google Patents

Article handling apparatus

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GB2255971A
GB2255971A GB9206528A GB9206528A GB2255971A GB 2255971 A GB2255971 A GB 2255971A GB 9206528 A GB9206528 A GB 9206528A GB 9206528 A GB9206528 A GB 9206528A GB 2255971 A GB2255971 A GB 2255971A
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customer
garment
hanger
storage location
garments
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GB9206528A
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GB9206528D0 (en
GB2255971B (en
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John David Edwards
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Priority claimed from GB898922344A external-priority patent/GB8922344D0/en
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Publication of GB2255971A publication Critical patent/GB2255971A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/0457—Storage devices mechanical with suspended load carriers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/14—Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
    • A47G25/1442—Handling hangers, e.g. stacking, dispensing

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Discharge Of Articles From Conveyors (AREA)
  • Intermediate Stations On Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

Apparatus for handling garments automatically in the dry-cleaning and laundry fields and which can deliver a garment or garments to a customer in response to an authorised requesting operation. The garments are hung on wire or similar hangers (6) as used in the dry-cleaning industry and each hanger carrying a garment is located on a rack (7) at a discrete identifiable storage location (8) from which it can be conveyed by conveying means (3) to a customer upon receipt of data associating the customer with that storage location. The rack (7) comprises an elongate structure having an open region defined by two spaced members or walls (7a) and including means e.g. notches, defining the discrete identifiable storage locations (8), such that the hanging loop of a wire garment hanger (6) can be located in any one of said storage locations with the upper part of said loop bridging said open region. Each hanger can be removed from its storage location by a pick up member (4) on the conveyor means (3) entering the open region and engaging directly under the hanging loop of the hanger (6) and lifting it up and away from said storage location (8). The conveyor means (3) then conveys the garment to a customer at a reception area.
GB9206528A 1989-10-04 1992-03-25 Article handling apparatus Expired - Fee Related GB2255971B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9206528A GB2255971B (en) 1989-10-04 1992-03-25 Article handling apparatus

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB898922344A GB8922344D0 (en) 1989-10-04 1989-10-04 Article handling apparatus
PCT/GB1990/001524 WO1991004931A1 (en) 1989-10-04 1990-10-04 Article handling apparatus
GB9206528A GB2255971B (en) 1989-10-04 1992-03-25 Article handling apparatus

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GB9206528D0 GB9206528D0 (en) 1992-08-12
GB2255971A true GB2255971A (en) 1992-11-25
GB2255971B GB2255971B (en) 1993-12-01

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Cited By (3)

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US20120001047A1 (en) * 2008-07-31 2012-01-05 Erich Spichtig Hanging Storage on Storage Spacers Located Above Each Other
GB2504449B (en) * 2012-05-28 2016-09-21 Hangerglide Ltd Item hanging system
US10001768B2 (en) 2016-09-01 2018-06-19 Locus Robotics Corp. Item storage array for mobile base in robot assisted order-fulfillment operations

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AT516612B1 (en) 2015-10-06 2016-07-15 Tgw Mechanics Gmbh Automated storage system and method for storing hanging garments in this storage system
CN108278007A (en) * 2018-03-08 2018-07-13 岭南师范学院 A kind of novel intelligent cloakroom and its application method

Citations (3)

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US3415385A (en) * 1966-06-27 1968-12-10 Rosse Fox Company Automatic garment handling machine
US4717305A (en) * 1986-09-08 1988-01-05 Edwards John D Self-service apparatus
DE3735607C1 (en) * 1987-10-21 1989-05-18 Psb Foerderanlagen Storage and retrieval device for feeding clothes storage installations

Patent Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3415385A (en) * 1966-06-27 1968-12-10 Rosse Fox Company Automatic garment handling machine
US4717305A (en) * 1986-09-08 1988-01-05 Edwards John D Self-service apparatus
DE3735607C1 (en) * 1987-10-21 1989-05-18 Psb Foerderanlagen Storage and retrieval device for feeding clothes storage installations

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20120001047A1 (en) * 2008-07-31 2012-01-05 Erich Spichtig Hanging Storage on Storage Spacers Located Above Each Other
GB2504449B (en) * 2012-05-28 2016-09-21 Hangerglide Ltd Item hanging system
US10001768B2 (en) 2016-09-01 2018-06-19 Locus Robotics Corp. Item storage array for mobile base in robot assisted order-fulfillment operations

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GB2255971B (en) 1993-12-01

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19941004