Patent attributes
A system for providing uninterrupted delivery of industrial parts to a production line or facility, the system defining a loading side and an operating side, a lift mechanism configured to move a lift frame, when in an elevated position, between the loading side and the operating side, a controller for controlling the lift mechanism, a first and second carriages movable between a lowered position and the elevated position, a first sensor that detects a carriage is a loading/unloading position at the loading side, and a second sensor that detects when a carriage is positioned in a loading/unloading position at the operator side, and the controller is further configured to move the second carriage between the loading side and the operator side when the first carriage is in the elevated position, and the controller is responsive to an input from the second sensor indicating a breach condition.
