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Book storage and transportation bin

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-09
LIBRAMATION LIBRARY SYST
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[0011] edges of the floor panel being located immediately adjacent the respective side walls to prevent books loaded on the floor panel from passing between the floor panel and the side wall to the base;

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However this cable arrangement has some disadvantages so that potential improvements are available.

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[0037] In FIG. 1 is shown a bin generally indicated at 10 with upstanding side walls 11 and 12, an upstanding rear wall 13 and an upstanding front wall 14. The side walls are connected together at a base generally indicated at 15. The base carries a pair of fixed wheels 16 at the wall 13 and a pair of castor wheels 17 at the wall 14. The side walls are connected together to form a rectangular container with an open top 19 defined by a peripheral rim 20 formed by the top edge of each of the walls. At each of the four corners is provided a bumper element 21 which fastens around the corner onto each of the respective walls at the corner to provide a suitable bumper for engaging obstacles to prevent damage to the walls. The walls may be stiffened with vertical ribs (not shown) to increase strength while allowing a reduction in gauge of the metal walls to reduce weight.

[0038] Each of the walls 11, 12 and 13 is formed from a single upstanding sheet. The wall 14 is defined by an inner she...

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A rectangular bin for storing and transporting books at a sorting station in a library has a base on wheels with four side walls and a horizontal floor panel movable vertically within the bin. An optical sensor is mounted adjacent the upper rim and is controlled by a control unit such that during a filling mode of the bin, the detection of a book interrupting the beam lowers the floor panel so as to allow further filling of the bin up to the height of the optical sensor and during an unloading mode the operation is reversed. A battery pack is located in a cavity in the front wall and when being charged at a loading station the control unit automatically operates the filling mode and when disconnected the control unit automatically operates the unloading mode. The actuator has two pairs of levers and an electrically actuated screw for moving the floor panel with a lower end of the screw housed in a bottom housing hung below the base.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] Automation of library processes has become an important commercial field to reduce the amount of arduous labour necessary for returning books to the required storage location. Automated sorting stations have therefore been provided which receive books automatically which are returned from the public or other authorized person with the sorting station arranged to sort the books into required storage bins. One important part of the sorting and transportation system is the storage bin where the books are dropped from the sorting system and are then carried by the bin to the required locations within the storage facility for return of the books to the required location. The storage bin must allow the books to be stored effectively without dropping from a height sufficient to cause damage and must allow the books to be presented to the user for easy manual removal from the bin for return to the storage location. [0002] On example of a bin of the is gene...

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IPC IPC(8): A47B88/00
CPCB62B2202/64B62B3/005B62B3/003B62B2203/13
Inventor MUSSCHE, FRANKLIN H.
Owner LIBRAMATION LIBRARY SYST
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