Author: claimsbot

1. A cable lift comprising:
a single compartment or shaft (1) housing a movable cage (2) and apparatus (3) including at least one winch (4) with a cable fixed on a wall (16) in an upper space (1a) of the shaft (1) opposite a side wall of the cage (2) when the cage (2) is fully elevated in the shaft (1);
wherein the upper space (1a) is occupied only by the apparatus (3) during operation of the movable cage (2);
wherein the winch (4) has a traction pulley (4c) with an axis of rotation (4a) parallel to the wall (1b) on which the winch (4) is fixed and a traction pulley (4c) over which the cable travels and extends to travel around at least one drive pulley (5a) on a counterweight (5) for displacement of the cage (2);
wherein the cable (6) has a first end (6a) fixed to the cage (2) and a second end (6b) fixed in the upper space (1a);
wherein the counterweight (5) is always located below the cage (2) during ascent or descent of the cage (2); and
wherein during any displacement of the cage (2), travel of the cable (6) around the drive pulley (5a) results in displacement of the counterweight (5) equal to substantially half the displacement of the cage (2).
2. The lift according to claim 1, comprising a support (7) on which the winch (4) is fixed, wherein the support is fixed to the wall (1b) of the shaft (1), so that the winch (4) is independent of structures which support and guide the cage (2).
3. The lift according to claim 1, wherein the end (6b) of the cable (6) is attached to the support (7) for the winch (4) 80 as to limit the spread of noise from the apparatus (3).
4. The lift according to claim 1, having a hatch (9) allowing access to the upper space (1a) of the shaft (1) inside which the winch (4) is housed.
5. The lift according to claim 1, wherein the axis (4a) of the pulley (4c) is located at a height, with respect to the last floor at which the cage (2) stops, of between sixty centimeters and two meters ten centimeters, so as to allow direct frontal viewing of the winch (4).

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 circulating storage system (1) comprising at least two storage columns (4) of stored-goods carriers (5) that are arranged one above another and circulate during operation, comprising at least one horizontal conveyor device (8, 9) by means of which, during operation, the stored-goods carriers can be transferred from one storage column to the other storage column, and comprising a vertical conveyor device (7) by means of which, during operation, at least part of the storage column can be moved in the vertical direction, wherein at least one further vertical conveyor device (7) is provided, wherein each vertical conveyor device is assigned to a storage column (4), and wherein each storage column can be moved in the vertical direction, independently of the other storage column, by the vertical conveyor device assigned to it.
2. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stored-goods carriers (5) of a storage column (4) are supported substantially in the manner of a stack on a lower stored-goods carrier which is in engagement with the vertical conveyor device (7).
3. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, wherein the vertical conveyor device (7) comprises at least one flexible drive mechanism (18).
4. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the vertical conveyor device (7) comprises two flexible drive mechanisms (18a, 18b) running in opposite directions.
5. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, wherein the stored-goods carriers (5) are provided with a coupling section (31) which can be coupled into the vertical conveyor device (7) during the circulation of the stored-goods carriers (5).
6. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 5, wherein the coupling section (31) is configured as a rack (31) that can be brought into engagement with a chain drive (18).
7. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, wherein the vertical conveyor device (7) is arranged in the lower area of the storage column (4).
8. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, wherein a separately controllable horizontal conveyor device (8, 9) is provided in each case at the upper and at the lower end of a storage column (4).
9. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, wherein the horizontal conveyor device (8, 9) comprises a sliding rail (13) that extends substantially in the horizontal direction and on which a sliding section (39) of the stored-goods carriers (5) is supported in a sliding manner when being transported from one storage column (4) to the other.
10. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 9, wherein the sliding rail (13) of the upper horizontal conveyor device (9) has cutouts (41) in the area of each storage column (4), which cutouts act together with projections (28, 38, 39) on the stored-goods carriers and permit the stored-goods carriers (5) to be removed only at predetermined positions relative to the storage columns (4).
11. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, wherein at least one transfer device (10, 11) is provided for each storage column (4), is arranged between lacuna horizontal conveyor device (8, 9) of this storage column (4) and the vertical conveyor device (7) of this storage column (4) and by means of which the stored-goods carriers (5) can be transferred from the horizontal conveyor device (8, 9) to the vertical conveyor device (7).
12. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 11, wherein each storage column (4) is assigned at least an upper (10) and a lower (11) transfer devices sic.
13. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 11 or 12, wherein the transfer device (10, 11) forms a cam drive (14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 25).
14. The circulating storage system (1) as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cam drive (14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 25) comprises a flexible drive mechanism (14).
15. A construction set for a circulating storage system (1) as claimed in one of the aforementioned claims, which comprises a plurality of substantially identical storage column modules which can be built against one another, in which in each case at least one storage column (4) is accommodated and which are in each case provided with at least one vertical conveyor device (7), and comprises a plurality of horizontal conveyor devices (8, 9) by means of which the storage column modules can be connected to form a circulation.
16. A method of managing a circulating storage system (1) comprising a plurality of stored-goods carriers (5) arranged in storage columns (4), in which one of the stored-goods carriers is brought from a storage column into a predetermined access position by the stored-goods carriers circulating and being transferred from one storage column to another storage column, wherein the storage columns (4) are moved in the vertical direction independently of one another.
17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the weight of the storage column (4) is accommodated substantially by the stored-goods carrier (5) in each case located at the lower end of the storage column.
18. The method as claimed in claim 16 or 17, wherein the storage column is moved in the vertical direction by introducing force to its stored-goods carrier in each case located at the lower end of the storage column.
19. The method as claimed in one of claims 16 to 18, wherein the stored-goods carriers (5) are transported from the horizontal conveyor device (8, 9) to the end of a storage column (4) by a transfer device (10, 11) and are coupled to the storage column.
20. The method as claimed in one of claims 16 to 19, wherein the stored-goods carriers (5) are removed from the horizontal conveyor device (9) by the transfer device (11) and placed on a storage column (4).
21. The method as claimed in one of claims 16 to 20, wherein, in the case of more than two storage columns (4), the circulation is controlled through any desired pair of storage columns.

1. A portable apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body comprising a first main body having therein a plurality of electric parts, and a second main body connected to the first main body to open and close a part of a surface of the first main body;
a radiation member mounted in the second main body; and
a heat transmitter mounted in the first main body to be connected with the electric parts at one side and contacted with the radiation member when the first main body is opened by operating the second main body, and
wherein a driving heat generated by the electric parts is emitted to the outside of the apparatus body by sequentially passing through the heat transmitter and the radiation member.
2. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the radiation member is mounted on a surface of the second main body to be contacted with external air when the first main body is opened.
3. The portable apparatus of claim 2, wherein
the apparatus body comprises a hinge unit pivotably connecting the first and the second main bodies, and
the radiation member and the heat transmitter respectively comprise first and second contact parts contacting each other through pivoting the second main body to open the first main body.
4. The portable apparatus of claim 2, wherein
the apparatus body comprises a slide groove and a slide projection which slidably connect the first and the second main bodies to each other, and
the radiation member and the heat transmitter respectively comprise first and second contact parts contacting each other through sliding the second main body to open the first main body.
5. The portable apparatus of claim 4, wherein the radiation member is connected to the slide groove, and the slide projection is connected to a part of the heat transmitter.
6. The portable apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first contact part is formed as a projection while the second contact part is formed as a groove for receiving the first contact part.
7. The portable apparatus of claim 6, wherein contacting surfaces of the first and the second contact parts, which are contacted with each other by opening the first main body, are curved.
8. The portable apparatus of claim 6, further comprising an auxiliary heat transmitter formed on the contacting surfaces of the first and the second contact parts.
9. The portable apparatus of claim 8, wherein the auxiliary heat transmitter comprises one of a thermal tape and thermal grease.
10. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heat transmitter comprises:
a first heat transmitter connected to the electric parts at one side; and
a second heat transmitter connected to the first heat transmitter at one side and contacted with the radiation member, being exposed to the outside of the first main body, at the other side.
11. The portable apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first and the second heat transmitters are integrally formed with each other.
12. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second main body comprises a first surface being opposed to a user during use of the portable apparatus and a second surface formed on the opposite side to the first surface, and
the radiation member is disposed on the second surface of the second main body.
13. The portable apparatus of claim 12, wherein, except a portion corresponding to the radiation member, the outer surface of the apparatus body is formed of a material having lower thermal conductivity than that of the radiation member.
14. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus body further comprises a resilient member resiliently biasing the second main body in a direction for opening the first main body.

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 method of using a carbon nanotube assembly, comprising:
growing a signal responsive array of nanotubes on a substrate;
receiving an electromagnetic signal by said array of nanotubes grown on said substrate;
biasing at least one of said nanotubes in said array of nanotubes, with a further signal; and
switching said electromagnetic signal received by said carbon nanotubes relative to said array of nanotubes on said substrate.
2. The method of using a carbon nanotube assembly as recited in claim 1, including:
modulating a signal relative to said at least one nanotube.
3. The method of using a carbon nanotube assembly as recited in claim 1, including:
detecting a signal by said at least one of said nanotubes on said substrate.
4. The method of using a carbon nanotube assembly as recited in claim 1, including:
heterodyning a signal on said array of nanotubes.
5. A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube switch comprising:
arranging an array of conductive metallic portions on a receiving substrate; and
arranging a carbon nanotube on at least one of said array of metallic portions on said substrate wherein a signal applied to said substrate is effective to actuate signal conduction through said carbon nanotube.
6. A method of switching a signal with a carbon nanotube switching assembly comprising:
arranging an array of conductive metallic portions on a receiving substrate; and
growing a carbon nanotube on at least one of said array of metallic portions on said substrate wherein a signal applied to said substrate is effective to actuate switching and signal conduction through said carbon nanotube switching assembly.
7. A method of using a carbon nanotube comprising:
growing an electromagnetic signal responsive nanotube array on a substrate;
switching an electromagnetic signal relative to a nanotube on said substrate;
applying an electromagnetic signal to said nanotube on said substrate; and
biasing said nanotube with a further electromagnetic signal.
8. The method of using a carbon nanotube as recited in claim 7, comprising:
modulating a signal relative to said nanotube.
9. The method of using a carbon nanotube as recited in claim 7, comprising:
detecting a signal by said nanotube array.
10. The method of using a carbon nanotube as recited in claim 7, comprising:
heterodyning a signal on said nanotube array.