Patent ID: 11939163
Assignee: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. An article accommodation facility comprising:
an article container that contains one or more types of articles;
a container accommodation member comprising an accommodation compartment capable of accommodating the article container on a plurality of levels in a vertical direction, the accommodation compartment having an opening for putting the article container into and taking out the article container from the accommodation compartment, the opening being formed in a side face of the accommodation compartment;
an accommodation member transport apparatus that transports the container accommodation member between a storage portion in which the container accommodation member is stored and a pick-up position;
a container pick-up apparatus that takes out the article container from the container accommodation member through the opening at the pick-up position;
a container transport apparatus that transports the article container taken out from the container accommodation member by the container pick-up apparatus to a picking section where the article container is subjected to a picking operation; and
a storage rack in which a plurality of said storage portions are formed,
wherein the container transport apparatus comprises a raising/lowering stage that is installed at a position corresponding to the pick-up position and that can be raised and lowered,
wherein the container pick-up apparatus is provided in the container transport apparatus and comprises a transfer machine that transfers the article container between any one of the levels in the accommodation compartment and the raising/lowering stage,
wherein the picking section is installed at a position corresponding to the container pick-up apparatus, and
wherein the transfer machine also transfers the article container between the raising/lowering stage and the picking section.