US3335511A - Rug storage and display apparatus - Google Patents

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US3335511A
US3335511A US431424A US43142465A US3335511A US 3335511 A US3335511 A US 3335511A US 431424 A US431424 A US 431424A US 43142465 A US43142465 A US 43142465A US 3335511 A US3335511 A US 3335511A
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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
    • B65G9/00—Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
    • B65G9/008—Rails or switches
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/16—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials
    • A47F7/166—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials with mechanical or electrical handling means
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65G9/00—Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
    • B65G9/004—Loading or unloading arrangements

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  • An apparatus for storing, displaying and returning to storage of rugs in hanging position includes a main rail hung from overhead hanging means, a plurality of storage rails also hung from the same hanging means and arran-ged parallelly to each other, each rail leading into the main rail which is at an angle to the parallel rails.
  • the apparatus is provided with ⁇ rollers which ride on the rails.
  • Hanger means depend from the rollers for suspending the rugs in vertical position for display and storage purposes.
  • the apparatus is further provided with switching means and with means for lowering to the floor and then re-raising a rug which is being displayed.
  • This invention relates to apparatus for handling large objects, such as rugs, and particularly to apparatus for both storing and displayin-g such rugs.
  • an object of the present invention to provide apparatus which makes possible the side-by-side comparison of diiterent rugs.
  • apparatus comprising a plurality of hanger arrangements engaging a corresponding number of storage rails.
  • These storage rails are arranged side-by-side, -generally parallel to each other, and all of them lead from the same side into a main rail which is positioned at an angle to said rails opposite one end of said rails.
  • the connections between the storage rails and the main rail can be established by aps in a manner somewhat akin to railroad switches.
  • One or more lifting and lowering stations may be connected to the main rail. These consist of rail-sections suspended from cables which can be wound on motordriven pulleys. By means of this arrangement the rugs can rst be viewed as they hang side-by-side along the main rail, after which they can be lowered to the ground.
  • each switch may be provided with a handle for opening the switch.
  • an actuating mechanism similar to a snapaction switch may be used in place of the handle. This presupposes that the rugs are withdrawn from storage in a predetermined sequence. Specically, if the storage rails lead into the main rail from left to right, then the ru-gs must also be drawn from left to right from the storage rails onto the display rails. Should it be desired to display the rugs in arbitrary sequence and still return each one 3,335,511 Patented Aug'. 15, 1967 ICC to its particular storage rail, then an additional switch operating handle is still required.
  • FIGURE l shows in somewhat diagrammatic form an embodiment of the invention viewed from above, i.e. from the direction of the ceiling;
  • FIGURE 2 is an elevation of the ⁇ apparatus of FIG. 1;
  • FIGURE 3 shows the guide rail in cross-section and also shows the hanger in its relation to the rail
  • FIGURES 4m and 4b show, partly in cross-section, an elevation and a bottom view, respectively, of a switch arrangement for the apparatus of FIGURE l;
  • FIGURE 5 shows a bottom view of an alternative form of switch arrangement, together with 'a hanger mechanism cooperating with this switch arrangement;
  • FIGURE 6 shows a view of the apparatus of FIGURE 5 as seen from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5 and with the hanger mechanism in a diiIerent position relative to the switch.
  • support rails 2 are anchored to ceiling 1.
  • Main rail 3 and storage rails 4 are all attached to support rails 2.
  • Extending beyond the end of main rail 3 are short rail sections 6a and 6b. These are suspended, respectively, from cables 7a, 7b and 7c, 7d.
  • the gaps between the various rail sections are kept so narrow that the carrier rollers, or wheels 5 (see FIG. 3) bridge these gaps without d-iil'iculty. If it is desired to have the sections 6a and 6b appreciably separated from each other, a bridging rail section may be inserted between them.
  • suspension cables are rolled upon, and unrolled from corresponding pairs of pulleys 10 and 11, driven by motors 8 and 9, respectively.
  • rug 12 is suspended from a hanger 13 consisting of an inverted U-shaped channel by means of rug pins, one of which is shown at 14.
  • the channel 13 hangs from the carrier rollers 5 by a suspension rod 15.
  • the hanger arrangement shown in FIG. 3 may be employed to suspend all of the rugs 12a through 12g illustrated by way of example in FIGURES 1 Iand 2, it being understood that separate hangers 13, with adequate numbers of rollers 5 and pins 14, are used for the different rugs.
  • FIGS. 4a and 4b A typical switch 16 provided at the junction between each storage rail and the main rail is shown in detail in FIGS. 4a and 4b, to which reference may now -be had.
  • the guide slot 4a in the bottom of the storage rail 4 merges with the guide slot 3a in the bottom of the main rail 3 at the storage-rail, main-rail junction.
  • a pointed iiap 16, -pivotable on a vertical shaft 16e at its broad end, is positioned directly below their junction.
  • This flap 16 is placed in such a way as to form a barrier across the guide slot 4a when in the upper of its vtwo possible positions shown in FIG. 4b, and a barrier across slot 3a, when in the lower of said possible positions. Stop members 16b and 16s ⁇ limit the pivotal excursions of the pointed end of flap 16.
  • a spring 16d engaging both rail 3 and ilap 16 normally urges this flap into engagement with stop 16b, thereby normally closing off guide slot 4a, and the storage rail containing that guide slot.
  • a rug 12 when hanging in its storage rail, is retained therein and prevented from sliding into the main rail.
  • the Hap 16 yields and opens the passage to the main rail, after which it returns to its original position under the pressure of spring 16d.
  • rugs To make rugs available for customer selection, certain desired ones can be withdrawn from storage and pulled onto the main rail 3, where they hang side-by-side, in full view. To demonstrate their eiect on the iioor 17, the desired rugs are pulled onto rail sections 6a and 6b. By pushing buttons 18, motors 8 and 9 are activated and the rugs are lowered to the oor.
  • FIGURES and 6 there is again illustrated a typical junction between a storage rail, designated by reference numeral 21, and the main or display rail, designated by reference numeral 22 in these figures.
  • a switch rail 23 is mounted for pivotal motion about shaft 24, so that it can assume either the position shown in solid lines in FIG. 5, or that shown in dot-dash lines in the same gure.
  • Arm 25a of lever linkage 25 is attached to switch rail 23.
  • Another arm 25b of linkage 25 is pivotally attached to one end of lever 26, whose other end is subjected to pressure fromI coil spring 27.
  • a roller 25d is mounted on linkage pivot 25C.
  • each rug will normally be suspended from several support members 29. That one of these support members for any given rug which is the first to leave the storage rail (and also the last to reenter the storage rail) is provided with a protrusion 29a at the same level as roller 25d. This protrusion is shown in both FIGURES 5 and 6.
  • each rug after being displayed, may be returned to its properstorage rail, care should be taken that, in an arrangement in which the movement out of the storage rails is from left to right, the rug hanging farthest to the left is pulled out first, after which those progressively further to the right are pulled out. In ⁇ restoring the rugs the one pulled out last must then be restored first.
  • Apparatus for storing, displaying and returning to storage of rugs in hanging position comprising a main rail hung from overhead hanging means,
  • a plurality lof storage rails also hung from said hanging means, said storage rails being arranged substantially parallelly and side-by-side to each other and each leading into said main rail from the same side with said main rail being positioned at an angle to said rails opposite one end of said rails,
  • rollers engaging said rails for movement of rugs between said storage and main rails
  • hanger means depending from said rollers for suspend ing rugs in vertical position for storage and display, said main rail, rollers and hanger means cooperating to permit movement of stored rugs hanging from said hanger means from a storage area to display area and back to the storage area.
  • the apparatus of claim 1 further comprising switch means at the junction between each said storage rail and said main rail, said switch means being operable to alternately close said storage rail oit from said main rail and establish an open path between said last-named rails, and means yieldingly urging said switch means to close said storage rail oi from said main rail when said rollers means are on the storage rail, t-o open and hold open said path when said rollers move from said storage rail onto said main rail and to reclose said storage rail off from' said main rail when said rollers move from said main rail onto said storage rail.
  • the apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a handle for manually operating said switch means.
  • the apparatus of claim 1 further comprising switch means at the junction between each said storage rail and said main rail, said switch means being operable to alternately close said storage rail oit from said main rail and establish an open path between said last-named rails, and snap-action means for operating said switch means to open and hold open said path when said rollers move from said storage rail onto said main rail and to reclose said storage rail off from said main rail when said rollers move from said main rail onto said storage rail.
  • the apparatus of claim 1 further comprising lifting and lowering stations positioned at least at one end of said main rail.
  • each said station comprises a rail section, cables from which said rail section is suspended, and motor driven pulleys for reeling up said cables.
  • Apparatus for storing, displaying and returning to storage of rugs in hanging position comprising a main rail hung from a ceiling, a plurality of storage rails also hung from said ceiling arranged parallel to each other side-by-side and all leading into said main rail from the same side, said main rail being opposite one end of said side rails, rollers engaging said rails for movement of rugs between said storage and main rails, hanger means for suspending rugs from said rollers, switch means at the junction between each said storage rail and said main rail, said s-witch means being operable to alternately close said storage rail off from said main rail and establish an open path between said last-named rails, means yieldingly urging said switch means to close said storage rail from said main -rail when said roller means are on the storage rail, to open and hold open said path when said rollers move from said storage rail onto said main rail and to reclose said storage rail oit from said main rail when said rollers move from said main rail onto said storage rail, and switch operating means for operating
  • Apparatus for storing, displaying and returning to storage of rugs in hanging position comprising a main rail hung from a ceiling, a plurality of storage rails also hung from said ceiling arranged parallei to each other side-by-side and all leading into said main rail from the s ame side, said main rail being opposite one end of said side rails, rollers engaging said rails for movement of rugs between said storage and main rails, hanger means for suspending rugs from said rollers, switch means at the junction Ibetween each storage rail and said main rail, said switch means being operable to alternately close said storage rail oit from said main rail and establish an open path between said last-named rails, switch operating means for operating said switch means to open and hold open said path when said rollers move from said storage rail onto said main rail and to reclose said storage rail o from said main rail when said rollers move from said main rail onto said storage rails, said switch means comprising a member pivotable by said switch operating means to block and unblock said path between said storage

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