Claims
- 1. A storage rack having a plurality of storage bays, each bay comprising:
- a. a plurality of upright columns including front columns and rear columns;
- b. a plurality of generally horizontally extending vertically spaced shelves within each bay, each said shelf including at least two side beams, a front beam, and a rear beam, each of said side beams having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one of said front and rear portions having a notch extending horizontally therein, at least one of said front and rear beams having a first external lip, said first external lip having notches therein coacting with the notches of said side beams;
- c. at least one of said front and rear beams having a top portion and extending between at least two adjacent bays and having a second external lip terminating in an upturned end wall portion, said second external lip being formed to define a continuous external wire track to establish a path for a wire extending therethrough;
- d. an angle plate mounted to at least one of said front and rear beams, at the top portion thereof, in spaced relation to said upturned end wall portion so as to accommodate a panel therebetween; and
- e. a panel mountable to said front beam and extending along at least a portion thereof, said panel having top and bottom edges, and having means for mounting said panel to said front beam.
- 2. The storage rack of claim 1 wherein said panel further includes at least one of a display and a control switch.
- 3. The storage rack of claim 1 wherein:
- a. the first external lip of at least one of said front and rear beams comprises a horizontal wall and an upturned vertical wall, said upturned vertical wall forming alternating upright generally T-shaped projections and inverted generally T-shaped notches along the length of said vertical wall; and
- b. each of said notches of said side beams defines a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, said horizontal portion engaging said horizontal wall of said first external lip of at least one of said front and rear beams, and said vertical portion engaging said inverted generally T-shaped notches of said upturned vertical wall of said front and rear beams.
- 4. The storage rack of claim 3 wherein roller tracks are disposed between said front and rear beams, said roller tracks having legs engagable with said upright generally T-shaped projections of said front and rear beams.
- 5. The storage rack of claim 3 wherein at least one divider is disposed between said front and rear beams, said divider having legs engagable with said upright generally T-shaped projections of said front and rear beams.
- 6. A storage rack having a plurality of storage bays, each bay comprising:
- a. a plurality of upright columns including front columns and rear columns;
- b. a plurality of generally horizontally extending vertically spaced shelves within each bay, each said shelf including at least two side beams, a front beam, and a rear beam, each of said side beams having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one of said front and rear portions having a notch extending horizontally therein, at least one of said front and rear beams having a first external lip, said first external lip having notches therein coacting with one of the notches of said side beams; and
- c. at least one of said front beams extending between at least two adjacent bays, said front beam having a top portion and a bottom portion, said bottom portion having a second external lip extending therefrom being formed to define a continuous external wire track to establish a path for a wire extending therethrough.
- 7. The storage rack of claim 6 wherein said second external lip further includes an upturned end wall, and said front beam further includes an angle plate mounted to the top portion thereof in spaced relation to said upturned end wall so as to permit mounting of a panel therebetween.
- 8. The storage rack of claim 7 wherein said angle plate is bolted to said front beam.
- 9. The storage rack of claim 7 further including a panel mounted thereto, said panel being disposed between said upturned end wall and said angle plate.
- 10. The storage rack of claim 9 wherein said panel is formed having top and bottom edges and includes at least one channelled slot extending along at least a portion of said panel.
- 11. The storage rack of claim 10 wherein at least one of said upturned end wall and said angle plate has a contoured edge to accommodate the at least one channelled slot of the panel.
- 12. The storage rack of claim 11 wherein said panel has two channelled slots, a first channelled slot being formed adjacent the top edge of the panel and a second channelled slot being formed adjacent the bottom edge of the panel, and said upturned end wall and said angle plate have contoured edges to accommodate the channelled slots of the panel.
- 13. A storage rack having a plurality of storage bays, each bay comprising:
- a. a plurality of upright columns including front columns and rear columns;
- b. a plurality of generally horizontally extending vertically spaced shelves within each bay, each said shelf including at least two side beams, a front beam, and a rear beam, each of said side beams having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one of said front and rear portions having a notch extending horizontally therein, at least one of said front and rear beams having a first external lip comprising a horizontal wall and an upturned vertical wall, said upturned vertical wall forming alternating upright generally T-shaped projections and inverted generally T-shaped notches along the length of said vertical wall;
- c. each of said notches of said side beams defines a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, said horizontal portion engaging said horizontal wall of said first external lip of at least one of said front and rear beams, and said vertical portion engaging said inverted generally T-shaped notches of said upturned vertical wall of said front and rear beams;
- d. at least one of said front and rear beams having a top portion and a bottom portion, and extending between at least two adjacent bays, said at least one of said front and rear beams having a second external lip extending from the bottom portion thereof and terminating in an upturned end wall portion being formed to define a continuous external wire track to establish a path for a wire extending therethrough;
- e. an angle plate mounted to at least one of said front and rear beams at the top portion thereof in spaced relation to said upturned end wall portion to accommodate a panel therebetween, said upturned end wall and said angle plate have contoured edges; and
- f. a panel extending along at least a portion of one of said front and rear beams, said panel having upper and lower channelled slots for engaging the contoured edges of said upturned end wall portion and said angle plate, said panel being formed to accommodate mounting of at least one of a display and a control switch thereon.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/061,214, filed May 13, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,279,430, for STORAGE RACK WITH WIRE TRACK BEAM, assigned commonly herewith.
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