Patent ID: 9340355
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. Storage device for the storage of articles and/or retrieving articles from storage, comprising a frame having a first series of mutually parallel elongated storage sections, positioned in a column set-up, that extend between a first end and a second end of the frame, furthermore comprising a number of holders for the articles, wherein the storage sections are provided with holder supports on which a number of the holders can be supported for storage of the articles, wherein at the first end and the second end of the frame first and second platforms, respectively, have been arranged which each are adapted for accommodating at least one holder, and first movement means for moving said platforms from the one storage section to another storage section, wherein the device is provided with second movement means for in a main direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the storage section in question, horizontally moving at least one holder from the first platform at the first end of the frame to the holder supports of a selected storage section while moving one or more holders from the selected storage section to the second platform at the second end of the frame, and vice versa, wherein the second movement means comprise first and second confining devices movable in the main direction and active at the first end and the second end, respectively, for gathering the holders present on the first platform and/or the holders present on the second platform and the holders situated in line therewith present in the selected storage section against each other in a contiguous series and keeping them so, during a joint movement, as a series, in said main direction, of the one or more holders from the one platform to the selected storage section, the holders on the selected storage section and the one or more holders from the selected storage section to the other platform, and vice versa, wherein the first and second confining devices are arranged for engagement of both holders situated at the outer ends of the said series during the said movement thereof, wherein the second movement means comprise a first servomotor and a second servomotor for respectively moving the first and second confining devices towards each other and into engagement with both holders situated at the outer ends of said series, for moving the confining devices simultaneously in the same series direction and for respectively moving the first and second confining devices away from each other, wherein the second movement means comprise a control unit for control of the first servomotor and the second servomotor which are active on the first confining device and active on the second confining device, respectively, in a mutually adjusted manner and wherein the control unit is configured to maintain engagement of the first and second confining devices with both holders situated at the outer ends of the said series during the said movement thereof.