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WAREHOUSE STORAGE SYSTEM

  • US 20080075569A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2007
  • Published: 03/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An overhead warehouse storage system for selectively elevating storage units, storing the storage units within a storage facility and retrieving the storage units from the storage facility, the storage system comprising a storage structure including a first section for storing the storage units and at least one second section adjacent said first section, an overhead track system including pairs of spaced and parallel tracks that extend within said first and second sections of said storage structure, at least one powered transfer unit mounted to said overhead track system so as to be movable transversely in an X-Y plane above said first section of said storage structure and along at least one of an X or Y direction over said second section of said storage structure, a plurality of storage units each defining a frame for supporting items stored within the storage unit, said at least one transfer unit including hoist means for selectively engaging said storage units, each of said frames being constructed to permit items to be loaded into or from said storage units, and said storage units being vertically stackable one above another, whereby said at least one transfer unit can be maneuvered along said overhead track system so as to lower one of said storage units into said second section of said storage structure to be loaded with items and elevate the storage unit from said second section and thereafter convey the elevated storage unit to said first section of said storage structure wherein the storage unit is lowered into a stored position and wherein said storage units can be selectively maneuvered within said first section of said storage structure to obtain access to said storage units and wherein retrieving items stored in said first section of said storage structure is accomplished by elevating a selected storage unit from a stored position and thereafter conveying the selected storage unit from said first section of said storage structure to said second section of said storage structure and subsequently lowering the selected storage unit into said second section such that items stored in the storage unit can be unloaded.

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