Patent ID: 9315320
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. An automated warehouse system that stores loads in a plurality of storage areas formed from a plurality of support pillars that extend in the vertical direction and a plurality of beams that extend in the horizontal direction, that transfers the loads to the plurality of storage areas, and that transfers the loads from the plurality of storage areas, the system comprising: a vertical guide rail that is disposed on a support pillar of the plurality of support pillars; a horizontal guide rail that is disposed on a beam of the plurality of beams; and a movable platform having a frame body that has a vertical frame and a horizontal frame, at least part of the frame body having a rectangular shape that is the same as a shape of at least part of at least one of said storage areas, and a guide roller that engages the vertical guide rail that is disposed adjacent the vertical frame or the horizontal guide rail that is disposed adjacent the horizontal frame, the guide roller being movable with respect to the movable platform in a direction that is perpendicular to the vertical guide rail and the horizontal guide rail.