[54] APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DELIVERING SALE UNITS
[75] Inventors: Siegfried Humm,
Schoental-Westernhausen; Gabor
Palosi, Oehringen-Biittelbronn; Karl
Weidner, Ingelfingen, all of Fed.
Rep. of Germany
[73] Assignee: Adolf Wurth GmbH & Co. KG, Fed. Rep. of Germany
[21] Appl. No.: 802,890
[22] Filed: Dec. 6,1991
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Dec. 7, 1990 [DE] Fed. Rep. of Germany .... 4039166
[51] Int. CI.* G06F 15/20
[52] U.S. CI 364/479; 221/7;
221/12; 221/83; 340/825.35
[58] Field of Search 364/478, 479; 221/2,
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Primary Examiner—Joseph Ruggiero
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Quarles & Brady
[57] ABSTRACT
The apparatus is provided for delivering assembly and machining expendable materials or tools. It comprises an internal continuous lift mechanism with different compartment rows arranged in rotary manner to move past a removal door row. An inputting keyboard for the positioning of the particular compartment row in front of the removal door row also controls the unlocking of door in the door row associated with the selected compartment.
The delivery unit is connected by means of a long-range transmission means to a data processing unit, which records the removal of materials and optionally initiates reloading, billing, etc.
