Patent ID: 7377737
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A storage lift for storing storage goods comprising two shelving columns that are used to support storage goods carriers and are each provided with a plurality of pairs of supporting profiles for storage goods carriers that are arranged one above another and at a distance from one another, at least one of said columns has a loading and removal opening equipped with a grid of lights forming light barriers for detecting the height of the storage goods, and also comprising a vertical conveyor which can be moved up and down in a shaft between the shelving columns, said vertical conveyor being equipped with a horizontal conveyor device which has drivers by means of which the storage goods carrier can be transferred onto the vertical conveyor or removed from the vertical conveyor, characterized in that each storage goods carrier ( 5 ) is provided with at least one faceplate ( 11 ) through which in each case at least one light beam from the grid of lights ( 9 , 10 ) can pass and by means of said faceplate ( 11 ) at least one light beam from the grid of lights ( 9 , 10 ) is masked out when the respective storage goods carrier ( 5 ) assumes a predefined position in the loading and removal opening ( 8 ).