What is claimed is:
1. A patient table comprising:
a lower base;
an upper base;
at least one lift arm extending upwardly from the lower base and holding the upper base vertically above the lower base; and
an elongated patient support pallet secured on one longitudinally extending side to the upper base and having an opposite longitudinally extending side substantially overhanging the lower base, and wherein the pallet is made of radiolucent material.
2. An X-ray system including a patient table according to claim 1, and further comprising a C-shaped arm supporting at a first end an X-ray source for projecting a beam of X-rays to an X-ray detector on an opposite, second end of the C-shaped arm, wherein the C-shaped arm can be moved longitudinally along the patient pallet of the table while one of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is positioned over the pallet and the other of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is positioned under the pallet.
3. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the pallet has an X-ray transparency equivalent to less than one millimeter of aluminum.
4. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the lower base is supported by caster assemblies.
5. A patient table according to claim 4, wherein each caster assembly includes a manually operated foot brake and steering lock.
6. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the lower base, the lift arm and the upper base are made of steel.
7. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the lift arm has a fixed height.
8. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the lift arm has an adjustable height.
9. A patient table according to claim 8, wherein the lift arm comprises a telescoping hydraulic cylinder.
10. A patient table according to claim 8, including two of the lift arms, wherein the lift arms are pivotally connected to the upper base.
11. A patient table according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the lift arms is pivotally connected to the lower base.
12. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the lower base is generally C-shaped and includes opposing laterally extending end portions connected by a longitudinally extending central portion, wherein the longitudinally extending portion is offset laterally from a longitudinally extending center line of the table.
13. A patient table according to claim 12, including two of the lift arms.
14. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the pallet is made of carbon fiber.
15. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the pallet is made of carbon fiber surrounding a foam core.
16. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the table has a height of about 28 inches.
17. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein the upper base has a length equal to about 38 inches and a width equal to about 6 inches, while the pallet has a length equal to about 80 inches and a width equal to about 30 inches.
18. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein a length of the upper base is less than a length of the pallet.
19. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein a width of the upper base is less than a width of the pallet.
20. A patient table according to claim 1, wherein opposing ends of the pallet each extend at least 20 inches longitudinally from the upper base, and the opposite longitudinally extending side of the pallet extends at least 20 inches laterally from the upper base.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A storage system (1) comprising a storage region (2, 3), for storing storage articles (4) in at least one storage location (5), an access region (16) , which is at a separate location from the storage region (2, 3) and is intended for access to the storage articles located in the access region, a conveying means (11), for transporting the storage articles between the storage location and the access region, and a conveying shaft (10), in which the conveying means (11) is accommodated such that it can be moved back and forth in a conveying direction and which is arranged between the storage region and the access region, as seen in the conveying direction, characterized by an access control system (19) which is assigned to the access region and has a barrier (20) which is designed as an essentially horizontal platform and, in dependence on an access authorization code of a user, can be transferred, at least in certain parts, from a blocking state, in which access to the storage articles is blocked, into a release state, in which access to the storage articles is released, wherein the barrier (20) has a plurality of sub-barriers (23) which can each be transferred, in dependence on the access authorization code, from a release state into a blocking state and by means of which, in the blocking state, in each case part of the access region (16) is blocked.
2. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the barrier (20), for release of the access region (16), is retained in a moveable manner on the storage system (1).
3. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein one said sub-barrier (23) is assigned in each case to one compartment (9) of a storage article carrier (6) in the access region (16).
4. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1 having at least one said storage article carrier (6) provided with at least one compartment (9), wherein the size of the compartment (9) corresponds to the size of the subregion closed by one said sub-barrier (23) or to a whole-numbered multiple of this size.
5. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sub-barriers (23) are of essentially flap-like design.
6. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage system (1) has a second access region (30), into which the storage articles (4) can be conveyed by the conveying means (11) during operation.
7. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the storage articles (4) are retained in the second access region (30) essentially without the action of the access control system (19).
8. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 7, wherein the barrier (20) is arranged between a first access position (15) and a second access position (32).
9. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage system (1) has a size-detection means which can detect the size of the storage articles (4), and in that the storage articles (4) in the access region (16) are arranged in a size-dependent access position (15).
10. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage locations (5) are arranged in a stationary manner in the storage region.
11. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage region (2, 3) is formed by mutually opposite rack columns, between which the conveying shaft (10) is arranged.
12. The storage system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage articles (4) in the access region (16) are retained between the barrier (20) and the user.
13. The storage system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said storage system has a second access region (30) into which the storage articles can be conveyed by the conveying means (11) during operation, the storage articles (4) in the second access region (30) being retained between the barrier (20) and the user.
14. The storage system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said barrier (20) is designed as an essentially horizontal platform.
15. A storage system (1) comprising a storage region (2, 3), for storing storage articles (4) in at least one storage location (5), an access region (16), which is at a separate location from the storage region (2, 3) and is intended for access to the storage articles located in the access region, a conveying means (11), for transporting the storage articles between the storage location and the access region and a conveying shaft (10), in which the conveying means (11) is accommodated such that it can be moved back and forth in a conveying direction and which is arranged between the storage region and the access region, as seen in the conveying direction, characterized by an access control system (19) which is assigned to the access region and has a barrier (20) which is designed as an essentially horizontal platform and in dependence on an access authorization code of a user, can be transferred at least in certain parts, from a blocking state, in which access to the storage articles is blocked, into a release state, in which access to the storage articles is released, wherein the storage system (1) has a second access region (30), into which the storage articles (4) can be conveyed by the conveying means (11) during operation, wherein the storage articles (4) in the second access region (30) are retained between the barrier (20) and the user.
16. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the barrier (20) is arranged between a first access position (15) and a second access position (32).
17. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the storage system has an inner barrier (29b), which is arranged between the second access region (30) and the storage region.
18. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 17, wherein the storage system (1) has an outer baffler (29a), which is arranged between the user and the second access region (30).
19. The storage system (1) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the storage system (1) has an outer barrier (29a), which is arranged between the user and the second access region (30).
20. An access control system (19) for installing in a storage system (1), having a storing region (2, 3), for storing storage articles (4) in at least one storage location (5), having an access region (16), which is at a separate location from the storage region (2, 3) and is intended for access to the storage articles (4) located in the access region, and having a conveying means (11), for transporting the storage articles (4) between the storage location (5) and the access position (15, 32), the access control system (19), in the installed state, being arranged between a user and the storage articles (4) in the access region and having a barrier (20) which can be transferred from a blocking state, in which access to the storage articles (4) is blocked, into a release state, in which access to the storage articles (4) is released, wherein the barrier (20) has a plurality of sub-barriers (23) which can each be transferred, in dependence on an access authorization code of the user, from a release state into a blocking state and by means of which, in the blocking state, in each case part of the access region (16) is blocked.
21. The access control system as claimed in claim 20, wherein said barrier (20) is designed as an essentially horizontal platform.