However, movable shelving modules which bear large numbers of objects, such as pharmaceuticals, which easily shift and fall if jolted or jostled must be stable and solid and must minimize the possibility of overturning and shifting the objects stored on the movable modules. For that reason, shelving arrays which employ movable units are attractive alternatives to full-open fixed shelving.

Again, because there are so many pharmaceuticals to stock, the linear shelf space required is very substantial.īecause storage space internally of a store in which a pharmacy is located is typically limited and expensive, the provision of open shelving which is accessible throughout to pharmacists requires more space and more physical movement and travel by pharmacists than is optimal. Because there are so many which must be kept in predetermined arrays, shelving to house and store them must be available. These are typically in small vials or bottles which must be maintained in desired predetermined arrays and arrangements, and must be readily accessible. Pharmacies typically stock thousands of pharmaceuticals for selection and use in dispensing prescriptions. A pharmacy shelving array in accordance with claim 3, and wherein the side of a first shelving unit and the side of the next adjacent shelving unit or end stop each mount a rubber bumper, said bumper being aligned each with the other, whereby as said shelving units come into close proximity, the rubber bumpers engage. Self-priming deceleration means adjacent the side of each shelving unit for engaging a next adjacent shelving unit or end stop for slowing movement of a said movable shelving unit as it moves in the direction thereof along said track means, said deceleration means comprising a cylinder and piston, said piston being adapted to project well beyond the side of said shelving unit for engaging a next adjacent shelving unit or end stop, and wherein said piston terminates at its projecting end in a magnetic member and said next adjacent shelving unit or end stop provides a complementary confronting magnetic member for withdrawing said piston from said cylinder as a said shelving unit moves away from a next adjacent shelving unit or end stop.Ĥ. Guides mounted at the top of each said shelving unit for engaging said guide means and Guide means adjacent said top and parallel to said track means for stabilizing the movable shelving units against tipping A pharmacy shelving array comprising a plurality of side-by-side, open-faced fixed shelving columns and a plurality of side-by-side, track mounted, roller supported movable shelving units parallel to and closely adjacent to said fixed columns Įach said track mounted movable shelving unit having a back, an open front, sides, a top and a bottom, and a plurality of shelves extending between said sides

A pharmacy shelving array in accordance with claim 1, and wherein the side of a first shelving unit and the side of the next adjacent shelving unit or end stop each mount a rubber bumper, said bumper being aligned each with the other, whereby as said shelving units come into close proximity, the rubber bumpers engage.ģ. Guide means adjacent said top and parallel to said track means for stabilizing the movable shelving units against tipping andĪ self-priming deceleration means comprising a cylinder and piston adjacent the side of each shelving unit for engaging a next adjacent shelving unit or end stop for slowing movement of a said movable shelving unit as it moves in the direction thereof along said track means, said piston being adapted to project well beyond the side of said shelving unit for engaging a next adjacent shelving unit or end stop, and wherein said piston terminates at its projecting end in a magnetic member and said next adjacent shelving unit or end stop provides a complementary confronting magnetic member for withdrawing said piston from said cylinder as a said shelving unit moves away from a next adjacent shelving unit or end stop.Ģ. Track means for guiding said roller supported shelving units, said track means lying parallel to the front faces of said open-faced fixed shelving columns and having end stops adjacent the ends of said track means Įach said track mounted movable shelving unit having a back, and open front, sides, a top and a bottom, and a plurality of shelves extending between said sides

A pharmacy shelving array comprising a plurality of side-by-side open-faced fixed shelving columns and a plurality of side-by-side, track mounted, roller supported movable shelving units parallel to and closely adjacent to said fixed columns

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