Patent ID: 6704613
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A warehouse of several storage levels, suitable for being computer-controlled, that enables the storing and recovering of a barcode-tagged merchandise, comprisinga belt-staircase or moving staircase, connecting all the storage levels and a warehouse intake, the belt-staircase or moving staircase having a landing for each storage level, each landing having a level input divertor or pusher to the storage level, each storage level having a level outlet divertor, a level outlet tag reader, several linear storage belts, a first connection belt to transport the barcode-tagged merchandise from the landing to the linear storage belts, and a second connection belt to transport the barcode-tagged merchandise from the linear storage belts to the landing, the first connection belt having a divertor for each linear storage belt, each linear belt having an initial photoelectric cell, an initial tag reader and a final tag reader.