| 摘要 |
A magazine arranged for the temporary storage of pallets, for example within an industrial locale. The magazine includes a supporting frame-structure (11) having an internal free space (15) for receiving and storing superposed (16). For the purpose of handling the pallets in the magazine, there is provided a U-shaped lifting carriage (21) which can be moved vertically along guides (24) in the supporting frame-structure. Mounted on the lifting carriage are pivotable lifting forks (45), which can be swung between a gripping position and a release position. A guide means (51) is arranged to positively guide the lifting forks (45) into their release position, when the lifting carriage (21) occupies its bottom position. A method for storing and handling pallets in which the pallets are introduced into a magazine according to the above in batches while lying horizontally one upon the other. Prior to introducing each further batch, the pallets present in the magazine are lifted with the aid of the lifting carriage (21), so that the further pallet batch has room beneath the raised pallets. The lifting carriage is then lowered to its bottom posiotion, whereupon all pallets will rest on the lowermost pallet. The pallets are removed from the magazine successively, beginning from the lowermost pallet, all the remaining pallets resting on the aforesaid lowermost pallet being lifted with the aid of the lifting carriage. |
