CN101553416A - Warehouse storage system - Google Patents

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CN101553416A
CN101553416A CNA2007800351913A CN200780035191A CN101553416A CN 101553416 A CN101553416 A CN 101553416A CN A2007800351913 A CNA2007800351913 A CN A2007800351913A CN 200780035191 A CN200780035191 A CN 200780035191A CN 101553416 A CN101553416 A CN 101553416A
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查尔斯·E.·贝内迪克特
布赖恩·G.·普法伊费尔
克里斯蒂安·A.·耶茨
斯科特·K.·布莱登
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A system and method for the safe storage of items wherein a storage structure is provided having a first section in which storage units are stored in vertically oriented cells with each storage unit being stacked one upon another and wherein at least one transfer vehicle is provided for selectively engaging and conveying the storage units along an overhead grid track system between the first section and a second section wherein the at least one transfer vehicle may be used to either lift or lower a storage unit and move the storage unit to and from a storage position in one of the vertical storage cells of the first section of the storage structure.

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Warehouse storage system
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of warehouse storage system, wherein one or more overhead transfer units are handled memory cell, need not to use existing hoisting crane or fork lift and need be used to handle and/or the inner passage of treatment facility makes under the situation of maximum storage space by eliminating, this overhead transfer units can raise or improve memory cell and the operation store unit makes between its storage that enters vertical direction or vertical stacking.
Background technology
Concerning many individuals and company, storage space all is a problem usually.No matter be the individual who lives in the little unit, city of for example apartment and flats and condominium, still live in the individual who for example is used for the littler house after the retirement, or produce the company of a large amount of paper and file, all need storage solution.As a result of, offsite storage facilities is more and more general.
Existing storing mechanism typically comprises a plurality of independent memory cell between for example garage that formed by for example fixed sturcture in one deck building, tier building or warehouse, room, storing.These mechanisms are built to allowing by gateway inlet addressed location.In order to use mechanism, the client must be transported to the gateway inlet by the article that track, corridor, stair, elevator etc. will be stored.As a result of, the client need lease trailer, truck, lorry or other self-propelled vehicle usually and transport the article that will store in mechanism.In addition, the client must ask for help when packing or load the article that will store.
Another shortcoming of existing storing mechanism is " dead band ".Owing to need the device of the gateway inlet of storage unit access, storing mechanism has many that taken by passage, track and corridor rather than " dead bands " that are used to store.
In order to attempt to alleviate some problems relevant with existing offsite storage facilities, the storage of having researched and developed other form comprises the storage container that is delivered to client's appointed positions.The article loading that the client will store then is in these freight containers, and freight container is carried and stores into offs normal in the mechanism.Therefore though such memory system has been eliminated with the article that will store and has been transported to the relevant trouble of storing mechanism, these systems still suffer the problem in " dead band " and not with maximum storage space.Be loaded, obtain from Customer Location at storage container, and be transported to after the mechanism of offing normal, for example using, the heavy wares of fork truck, hoisting crane, self-propelled vehicle etc. moves to storage area with freight container.Use these heavy waress to need a large amount of " dead band " of passage for example to make it possible to the mobile storage freight container.
Because existing memory system and mechanism suffer " dead band " problem, need make the memory system of maximum storage space.
Summary of the invention
The quantity that the present invention relates to a kind of zone by reducing passage, corridor and other non-storage space makes the warehouse storage system of maximum storage space.This warehouse storage system comprises a plurality of memory cell of being handled by one or more overhead transfer units.Need not to use under the situation of existing hoisting crane or fork lift, can raise memory cell and operation store unit of this overhead transfer units makes between its storage that enters vertical direction or vertical stacking, thereby need be used to handle and/or the inner passage of treatment facility makes maximum storage space by eliminating.Thereby warehouse storage system of the present invention uses the independent storage container of X-Y-Z storage matrix storage, and wherein X is that left and right directions, Y are that fore-and-aft direction and Z are above-below directions.
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Fig. 1 is the transparent view according to first embodiment of the warehouse storing mechanism of teaching of the present invention, and it has illustrated from the vertical stacking bottom of memory cell and has obtained memory cell;
Fig. 2-the 19th further specifies the transparent view of the warehouse storing mechanism of the Fig. 1 that obtains processing;
Figure 20 is one a transparent view in the delivery unit of the present invention, this delivery unit is hung in the cross part of suspension type track, delivery unit can optionally move on X and Y both direction along this suspension type track, and this transparent view has also illustrated one the hanging box that is used for engaging and fixing with cooperatively interacting memory cell of the present invention when memory cell is mobile in memory system of the present invention and storing mechanism;
Figure 21 is the birds-eye view of the delivery unit of Figure 20, the section of rack that the suspension type guide track system that shows and install on the drive pinion of delivery unit is associated;
Figure 22 is the fragmentary cross-sectional view by the cross part of suspension type track of the present invention, shows one lateral plan in the roller external member (roller assembly) that supports delivery unit of the present invention;
Figure 23 is the part birds-eye view of Figure 22, shows the cross part of suspension type track of the present invention and supports in the roller external member of delivery unit of the present invention one;
Figure 24 is one a upward view from the roller external member of the present invention of guide rail upper support delivery unit;
Figure 25 is the birds-eye view of optional embodiment of the delivery unit of Figure 12, shows the fragment part of the suspension type guide track system of installing on the rubber driving wheel of delivery unit;
Figure 26 is the top view of delivery unit with Figure 12 of gudgeon;
Figure 27 is the lateral plan of the delivery unit of Figure 18; With
Figure 28 is the top view similar with Figure 18.
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The warehouse storing mechanism and the method that the present invention relates to be used for safety and make maximum storage space efficiently.Mechanism of the present invention is designed and is configured to allow the memory cell of storage maximum quantity in given warehouse space, and can also easily visit when needing the capacity of these memory cell.Depot activity described herein is the structure of complete closed normally, and each structure has lateral wall and the top that the stored memory cell of protection is not subjected to the influence of outside weather condition, in order to be easy to describe memory system, will to push up here and excise and wall shift is removed.
Below first embodiment of warehouse storing mechanism will be described with particular reference to Fig. 1-19.In this embodiment, depot activity comprises the structure 20 in similar big warehouse, the structure 20 in similar big warehouse comprises the inside 21 by solid ground 22 supports, thereby can improve or build up solid ground 22 and can easily unload the article of storing to the article of truck or the storage of other self-propelled vehicle loading or from truck or other self-propelled vehicle with respect to vicinity road surface 23.This road surface can be track or parking area.
In a preferred embodiment, warehouse structure 20 comprises several row 24 at interval.Row 24 have at interval formed by 25 grids of forming between a plurality of storages, thereby each memory cell 28 can be stored with the stacked relationship that is perpendicular to one another.The delegation of this grid and row are always opened, to allow obtaining memory cell from the storage location of memory cell 28.
Row 24 have the cross-sectional plane that one or more the vertical guide lug by the right angle that leads usually each other forms, thereby make memory cell 28 and its can guide to engage.Although each row can have identical cross-sectional plane, interior row 24A preferably has the cross-sectional plane of "+" shape to form four guide channels.Side row 24B has the cross-sectional plane that is about T shape that is used to form two relative guide channels, and angle row 24C has the flange that is used to form single or L shaped guide channel.This guidance feature will be guaranteed just unexpectedly not damaged in operated memory cell 28.
Equally in a preferred embodiment, warehouse structure 20 is included in a plurality of horizontal beams 26 that vertically extend and be parallel to usually solid ground 22 between the row 24.When memory cell 28 during in the storage location, horizontal beam 26 supports memory cell 28.Shown in Fig. 1-19, horizontal beam 26 distance of certain intervals on solid ground 22 supports memory cell 28, to form can berth their assembly area 27 of self-propelled vehicle of client.Preferably contiguous road surface 23, these assembly areas 27.
Each memory cell 28 all is the osed top with top, the end and four sidewalls, freight container straight line, box-like usually, piles up thereby can easily memory cell 28 be perpendicular to one another.One in end wall or the sidewall is openable, so that the in-to-in visit of memory cell 28 to be provided.Alternatively, can on one or more end walls or sidewall, provide opening or door, to allow shifting out article to memory cell 28 increase article or from memory cell 28.In addition, memory cell 28 can be made by any durable material, for example is the combination in any of plastics, metal, timber, synthetic material or these materials.In addition, memory cell 28 can be material reinforced by other, particularly when needs are stored big and heavy article.Equally preferably, thus on the osed top storage unit walls, provide enough opening to provide ventilation to allow air to flow to memory cell.
Memory cell 28 is designed to be handled by overhead transfer units 40, as describing in detail among Figure 19-28, in two such unit shown in Fig. 1-19.Each support comprises main body, this main body comprises by supporting or pilot hanger shafts 43 supports in its four angles each rectangle steelframe 42 in the illustrated embodiment, supports or pilot hanger shafts 43 extends upward and open slot 44 by providing suspension type rail system 45 from steelframe 42.Rail system is formed by the steel box girder 46 of a plurality of hollows, the steel box girder 46 of hollow or soldered or be fixed on the girder steel or roof " I " beam of structure 20, thus make being directed downwards of open slot 44.Rail system can be directly with delivery unit 40 and is optionally being extended on 25 the periphery between mode each storage at grid of alignment on 25 between storage, thereby memory cell 28 is placed between storage 25 or from 25 improving memory cell 28 between storage.Form load-bearing flange 47 at the opposite side of groove, supporting track roller support 48 movably on load-bearing flange 47.Each pilot hanger shafts 43 quilt therefrom heart are fixed on the roller support of separation.
The box girder 46 that forms rail system 45 comprises general each other rectangular longitudinal extension part 46A and transverse part 46B.The roller support is included in the higher and low load-carrying rolling ball group 49 and 50 of guide support in the box girder 46 respectively, the weight of wherein low load-carrying rolling ball group 50 carrying delivery units 40 and memory cell 28.Alternatively, roller support (roller carriage) can only comprise that low load-carrying rolling ball group 50 is used for guide support in box girder 46.Each support also comprises two pairs of wheels 51 and 52, and wherein wheels 51 engage the flange 47 of longitudinal part 46A, the flange 47 of wheels 52 46B of engage lateral portion.
The low surface of each orbit portion 46A/B all has tooth bar 54, and by tooth bar 54, the transmission pinion gearing 55A and the 55B of the transmission external member of delivery unit 40 carryings are in netted joint.With particular reference to Figure 21, each delivery unit 40 comprises that eight are transmitted pinion gearing 55A/55B, has two in every side of the steelframe 42 that engages with tooth bar 54 and transmits pinion gearing 55A/55B.Figure 21 is the birds-eye view of delivery unit 40, shows four tooth-strip parts 46 installing on the pinion gearing 55A/55B transmitting, and wherein two tooth-strip parts 46 are the 46A of longitudinal rack portion, and two tooth-strip parts 46 are transverse part 46B.Two drive motors 58 are installed on the delivery unit 40 with the output that links to each other by power divider 59, and power divider 59 transmissions first take-off (propeller) shaft 60, the first transmission shafts 60 are by four gear case 62 drive pinion driving device 55A.Second transmission output shaft 64 extends to from gear case 62 and transmits pinion gearing 55B.In this way, two drive motors 58 are with identical speed all transmission pinion gearing 55A/55B of transmission balancedly.Gear case 62 controls are made that can only carry out transmission to one of pinion gearing 55A or 55B in any one time exports, thereby when only providing power, delivery unit 40 is moved to its front end wise from the back of structure 20, and when only providing power, delivery unit 40 its opposite side of a side direction from structure 20 is laterally moved along rail system 46 to pinion gearing 55B along rail system 46 to pinion gearing 55A.
In optional embodiment shown in Figure 25, delivery unit 40 can adopt rubber driving wheel 70 to replace gear 54 and transmit pinion gearing 55A/55B.Figure 25 is the birds-eye view of delivery unit, shows four gear track portions 46 of installing on rubber driving wheel 70, and wherein two gear track portions 46 are the 46A of long rails portion, and two gear track portions 46 are transverse part 46B.Drive motor 72 is connected in each rubber driving wheel 70.Main encoder 72ML control drive motor 72 above one in drive motor 72 is along a 46A of long rails portion transmission, and another main encoder 72MT control drive motor 72 above in the drive motor 72 is along a 46B of cross track portion transmission.Master controller 70ML and 70MT control on other drive motor 72 from coder 72S.In this way, the orbit portion 46A transmission longitudinally of main encoder 72ML control drive motor 72, control drive motor 72 make its along rail system 46 from structure 20 front rearwards end wise move delivery unit 40 and vice versa.Similarly, main encoder 72MT control drive motor 72 is along the 46B of cross track portion transmission, along rail system 46 delivery unit 40 moved by side to opposite side and vice versa from one of structure 20.
Delivery unit 40 is designed to promote and reduce memory cell 28 of the present invention.In order to realize promoting and reduce, two lift motors 67 are installed on the delivery unit 40.Output from these motors is connected to many to reel 66 by power divider 65.Cable 69 as shown in figure 20 relies on reels 66 to reduce the end that is fixed to lifting frame 90, and lifting frame 90 is as selectively locking the spreader beam that engages by angle lock 92 with the top of a memory cell 28.When the memory cell 28 below lifting frame 90 is reduced to, by activating motor 67, lifting frame 90 will engage the periphery, top of memory cell 28, then, automatically unclamp angle lock 92 with joint memory cell 28, thereby memory cell 28 can be brought up to the position of next-door neighbour's delivery unit 40 as shown in Figure 1.In this position, can move delivery unit 40 along orbit portion 46A and 46B, memory cell 28 is moved between storage desired in the grid 25 top.In addition, shown in Figure 26-28, can be by gudgeon 80 rotation memory cell 28.After memory cell 28 is positioned between expectation storage on 25, reduce memory cell 28 and be laid on the floor of the structure 20 on the horizontal beam 26 up to it, perhaps be positioned on the following memory cell 28.
In the operation of the warehouse storage system of first embodiment of the invention, can make memory cell 28 be seated the work area, thereby the client can be with article loading in memory cell 28 or from memory cell 28 unload items.Preferably, the work area is positioned at structure 20.In addition, the work area is a plurality of rooms of osed top with air-conditioning, comes loading or unloading memory cell 28 thereby make each client can have reserved area.Alternatively, the work area can be an open area, for example sails the zone or the zone of berthing into, thereby truck or other self-propelled vehicle can enter the work area.In another embodiment, the work area can be the zone except that structure 20, for example client's residence.
When the client after loading or unloading to memory cell 28 is finished in the work area, memory cell 28 is moved to assembly area 27.In case memory cell 28 is seated assembly area 27, overhead transfer units 40 is operated on memory cell 28, and the lifting frame 90 of overhead transfer units 40 is lowered on the memory cell 28.In case lifting frame 90 connects memory cell 28, operator's (preferably using remote control equipment) begins to promote lifting frame 90, is memory cell 28 then, up to they be positioned at delivery unit 40 under.In this position, memory cell 28 is moved between the predetermined storage of the building or the inside 21 of structure 20 25.Then, the operator is reduced to lifting frame 90 and memory cell 28 position of storage.
When need be when the memory cell under being stored in stacked memory cell 28 is obtained article, as shown in Figure 1, one in the delivery unit 40 be moved between suitable storage on 25.Reduce lifting frame 90 and automatically lock the memory cell 28 of the top up to it.The unit of the top be enhanced delivery unit 40 main body under, as shown in Figure 2 the empty row and column of delivery unit 40 along grid moved then.As shown in Figure 3 memory cell 28 is fallen into then between empty storage.Shown in Fig. 4-18, continue this processing and raise between storage up to memory cell 28 with expectation.Promoting and reducing in the process of memory cell 28, row 25A, 25B and 25C guide memory cell 28 on one's own initiative.In addition, can rotate memory cell 28 by gudgeon 80, thereby the opening of memory cell 28 can be towards the direction of expectation.Alternatively, can be by the rotation of the rotating disk on the floor that is positioned at work area memory cell 28.At last, the memory cell of expecting 28 is reduced to assembly area 27,27 can move to the work area that is used for loading or unloading with memory cell 28 in the assembly area.
As mentioned above, shown in Fig. 1-19, the enclose inside portion 21 of warehouse structure 20 can be divided between storage.In optional embodiment, the inside 21 of building 20 can be open, similar big hole capital after selling all securities storehouse with structure of the memory cell 28 that allows graphic vertical stacking layout.In this respect, each memory cell 28 comprises the higher and low rectangular frame components by angle plumb post bonded assembly.Framework is by making memory cell keep stable heavy steel pipe etc. to make when memory cell is piled up each other.For further stability is provided, the higher and low angle of memory cell 28 all has the male and female coupler of pairing, thereby memory cell 28 can not move each other.
System of the present invention can manually or by using a computer be operated by the operator or the operators of mechanism.Alternatively, can automatically control this system.Mode with example, when the client concludes contract about storage, client's personal code or barcode card be can give, can this personal code or barcode card be imported with the control terminal that the addressable place of memory cell 28 27 region adjacents that improve from the assembly area is placed.The computer system of control terminal and authentication-access number or bar code links to each other.When checking, the give a signal of computing machine in the delivery unit 40 of the memory cell 28 with the just size that is movable to assembly area 27 reduces memory cell 28.When the client after the loading or unloading of memory cell 28 is finished in the work area, next automatically activate hoisting crane memory cell 28 27 risen to the position that is positioned at the tight below of delivery unit 40 from the assembly area.Delivery unit 40 from computing machine receive stored position information and automatically move to presumptive area in the storing mechanism or storage between 25, memory cell 28 is reduced go into predetermined storage location then.
Similarly, when the client wants when memory cell 28 is obtained article, by importing his or her Code Number or by using barcode card, controller and computing machine communicate.Computing machine is communicated by letter with one or more delivery units 40, and delivery unit 40 moves between suitable storage 25.Further, delivery unit 40 can at first move one or more memory cell 28 to obtain the visit to the memory cell 28 of expectation.After the memory cell 28 with expectation is fixed to lifting frame 90, memory cell 28 is risen to the below of delivery unit 40.Then, delivery unit 40 move to assembly area 27 the top the position and reduce memory cell 28.
Such automatic system can adopt individual PIN number and combined with access code and/or barcode card so that extra safety to be provided.Automatic system not only provides the safety storing of memory cell and visit, also allow at any time stores or obtain article from memory cell, thereby the system that makes is fit to each client fully.
In addition, in another optional embodiment, warehouse storage system of the present invention also comprises the device that is used to discern each memory cell.This means of identification can comprise radio-frequency recognition system or bar code system.For example, each memory cell 28 comprises RFID tag, and warehouse structure 20 is equipped with various radio frequency reader.Correspondingly, reader can from identification label obtain with warehouse 20 the relevant data in position of each memory cell 28.Reader is forwarded to this information that computing machine is used for analyzing and storage then.
The description of having carried out the invention described above is illustrating principle of the present invention, but these describe the specific embodiment that the present invention is not limited to explanation.Following claim and be equal to all included embodiment and limit scope of the present invention.

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1. a suspension type warehouse storage system is used for selectivity and improves memory cell, cell stores is obtained memory cell in storing mechanism and from storing mechanism, and described memory system comprises:
Storage organization comprises:
Be used for first one of storing storage units; With
Be close to described first one at least one second one;
The suspension type rail system comprises:
The parallel orbit at the double-type interval of in described first and second ones of described storage organization, extending;
At least one that is installed on the described suspension type rail system has the delivery unit of power, makes in its X-Y plane on described first one of described storage organization laterally to move and the X above described second one of described storage organization or at least one in the Y direction move; And
A plurality of memory cell, each memory cell is formed for supporting the framework that is stored in the article in the memory cell; Wherein
Described at least one delivery unit comprises and is used for the hoisting device that selectivity engages described memory cell, each described framework is constructed to allow article to be loaded onto described memory cell or from described memory cell unload items, but and described memory cell vertical stacking each other, thereby described at least one delivery unit can by along the operation of described suspension type rail system a reduction in the described memory cell is entered among described second one of the described storage organization that will be loaded article, and memory cell is improved described first one that then the memory cell that improves is transported to described storage organization from described second one, wherein described memory cell is reduced to and is stored the position, and wherein can in described first one of described storage organization, optionally operate described memory cell obtaining visit, thereby and wherein by selected memory cell being improved from the position of storage then with described first described second one and subsequently selected memory cell is reduced and enter described second one and can unload the article of storing the memory cell and realize obtaining article in described first one that is stored in described storage organization of being transported to described storage organization of selected memory cell from described storage organization to described memory cell.
2. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1, wherein said storage organization further comprises the row at a plurality of intervals, the row at described interval are usually perpendicular to the ground surface of storing mechanism, and described row limit between described a plurality of vertical storage of described storage organization and described second one.
3. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 2, the row at wherein said interval comprise guidance device, described guidance device is used for guiding described memory cell when memory cell is promoted with respect to ground surface and reduces.
4. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 3, wherein said guidance device comprises the flange that is used to engage described memory cell, described flange forms the ditch in the row of described interval.
5. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1, wherein said storage organization further comprises at least one horizontal support that has the interval with the ground surface of storing mechanism, and described at least one horizontal beam supports described memory cell in the time of in described memory cell is stored between described vertical storage.
6. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 5 further comprises the described second one assembly area that is positioned at the following of described horizontal support and contiguous described storage organization.
7. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1 further comprises the described second one assembly area that is close to described storage organization.
8. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1, wherein the described framework of each described memory cell comprises the higher and low element by vertical frame element bonded assembly, can loaded with articles between described higher and low element, thereby can being perpendicular to one another, described memory cell piles up.
9. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 8, wherein the described framework of each described memory cell is opened at least one end usually, thereby allows to described memory cell loaded with articles or from described memory cell unload items.
10. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 8, thus wherein at least one described memory cell protects the article of storage not to be damaged by wall portion base closed.
11. comprising, suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1, the described hoisting device of wherein said at least one delivery unit be used to engage a described memory cell lifting frame and the cable that is used for described lifting frame is promoted and reduces with respect to described at least one delivery unit.
12. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 11, wherein said at least one delivery unit comprises the slewing arrangement that is used for supporting rotatably described hoisting device.
13. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1, wherein said a plurality of memory cell comprise the memory cell of the different size of the article that are used to hold different size.
14. suspension type warehouse storage system according to claim 1, further comprise control setup, be used for electric control automatically with respect to described storage organization described first one for described memory cell storage and/or obtain, described control setup comprises the electronics package that is used for recognition memory cell and is used to activate described at least one delivery unit with suitably to the cell stores of identification or the active device that obtains from the memory cell of identification.
15. one kind is used for the method for article storage at shielded storage organization; described shielded storage organization has first one and second one; the memory cell of having stored article in described first one is perpendicular to one another and piles up; described first one of described second vicinity; can be in described second one to the memory cell loaded with articles or from the memory cell unload items; and wherein use at least one means of conveyance in storage organization, optionally to promote; reduce and the operation store unit; described means of conveyance can move and comprises the lifting external member with one the device that is used for engaging memory cell along suspension type grid rail system, and described method comprises step:
A. move described at least one delivery unit along suspension type grid rail system, be located within second one of storage organization, and the memory cell of delivery unit carrying is reduced enter in second one then;
B. article are moved in the memory cell of reduction and improve memory cell;
C. improve memory cell so that the interval of described memory cell and described at least one means of conveyance is nearer;
D. along described at least one means of conveyance of suspension type grid rail system operation so that the predetermined storage area of means of conveyance in described first one of described storage organization above;
E. the described memory cell reduction after will storing enters in the predetermined storage area and discharges described memory cell;
F. by moving described at least one means of conveyance along suspension type grid rail system and make means of conveyance be positioned at the top of predetermined storage area, thereby and reduce described lifting external member and obtain article in the memory cell to engage described memory cell;
G. improve described engaged memory cell, described at least one means of conveyance is moved to described second one of described storage organization along suspension type grid rail system then; With
H. described memory cell is reduced in described second one that enters described storage organization and from described memory cell and shift out article.
16. method according to claim 15 further comprises the step of guiding described memory cell when promoting and reducing described memory cell on one's own initiative.
17. method according to claim 15, thus further comprise described memory cell is moved to the assembly area can be to the memory cell loaded with articles or from the step of memory cell unload items.
18. method according to claim 15, further comprise step: the electricity visit is used to control the control electronics and the electric acquisition request predetermined storage unit that move of at least one means of conveyance, obtain when request receiving, described at least one means of conveyance automatically obtains memory cell of being asked and the position that the memory cell of obtaining is forwarded to request.
19. method according to claim 18, further comprise step: will be used for electricity and discern the remote reader that the means of identification of each memory cell is positioned on the memory cell and is provided for communicating by letter with described means of identification, thereby easily determine the position of each memory cell.
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