Apparatus for handling and storing elongated articles

摘要

An apparatus for handling and storing elongated articles comprises a plurality of parallel article support members or skids arranged in a horizontal plane to define a storage area having a receiving side from which the skids extend laterally. A plurality of transfer cars are located between the skids beneath the aforesaid horizontal plane. The transfer cars are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the skids and are moved in unison towards or away from the receiving side of the storage area by a common drive. Each transfer car carries a set of article elevating members with each set being adjustable individually between a lowered inoperative position beneath the plane of the skids and a raised operative position protruding thereabove.