Appeal No. 2002-0074 Page 5
Application No. 08/800,758
be selectively moved individually or in groups so as to reposition the loading and
unloading space between any two of the racks.
Figure 2 of Devening is a side elevational view of one row of racks employed in
the system. Devening describes the method of assembling one row of shelving racks
(column 3, lines 39-68) as follows:
the guide blocks 20 of a first endmost rack are assembled to a pair of guide rails
25. This involves slipping the two endmost guide blocks 20 at one end of a rack
13 over one guide rail and slipping the two guide blocks 20 on the opposite end
of the rack 13 over a second guide rail 25. Locking collars 30 are then placed
over the guide rails 25 on opposite sides of the rack with the locking collars
resting against the outer edge of each of the four guide blocks mounted in the
upper ends of the four corner posts of this first shelf. The locking screws 31 of
those four locking collars are then fixed to the shafts. The caster brakes 19
associated with the casters on the lower end of this first or endmost shelving
rack are then locked to the floor so as to prevent movement of the endmost rack
relative to the floor.
All but the other end rack of the row of racks are then mounted over the
guide rails 25 of the row of racks 14. This involves sliding two end guide blocks
of each rack over one of the guide rails 25 until all of the guide blocks of all of the
racks in the row are located over the rails, except for the second endmost rack.
Before this second endmost rack is connected to the guide rails 25, a pair of
collars 30 are fitted over the shafts 25. The guide blocks 20 of the endmost rack
are then fitted over the guide rails 25, and end collars 30 are then positioned
over the ends of the rails 25. The locking collars 30 associated with this second
endmost rack are then fixed to the guide rails by the set screws 31.
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