Patent ID: 9725238
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A system for storing and picking storage units in an automated manner, comprising: a rack arrangement having a plurality of racks, wherein each of the racks comprises several rack planes arranged on top of each other which in turn respectively include a plurality of storage locations arranged side by side, wherein a rack aisle is defined between first and second ones of the racks, and wherein the racks end at respective front sides which are disposed in a plane perpendicular to the racks; a plurality of rack-bound vehicles each configured to travel in the rack aisle for storing and retrieving the storage units into and from the storage locations in a transversal direction of the racks, wherein each of the vehicles respectively comprises: a chassis; at least one travel drive; and at least one vehicle load-handling device; wherein several ones of the vehicles are provided in the rack aisle such that each of the rack planes is operated by the at least one vehicle load-handling device of one of the vehicles; at least one rack-integrated lifter integrated within a respective rack inwardly of the front side of the rack, the rack-integrated lifter including a lifter load-handling device, wherein the lifter load-handling device of the rack-integrated lifter is configured to transfer the storage units between a rack-integrated handing-over location, which is assigned to the at least one rack-integrated lifter, and at least one rack-integrated buffer location, wherein the at least one rack-integrated buffer location is arranged only vertically beneath, or only vertically above, the handing-over location; at least one conveyor system comprising a feeding/discharging conveyor, the at least one conveyor system protruding into the rack aisle by means of the feeding/discharging conveyor being arranged to couple to the handing-over location and which conveys to-be-stored storage units towards the handing-over location and conveys to-be-retrieved storage units away from the handing-over location; and at least one first transverse-transferring device which is arranged and configured to exchange the storage units between the feeding/discharging conveyor and the handing-over location.