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

Claim 0:
1. 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; and
a container transport apparatus,
wherein the container transport apparatus 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
wherein the container transport apparatus transports the container pick-up apparatus from a position corresponding to the pick-up position to a position corresponding to the picking section.