Patent ID: 7128521
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: B65G,B66F

Abstract:
1. Method for transferring storage units between a rack stage of a rack bay and a vertically or horizontally movable loading platform by means of telescopic arms extending parallel to a feed direction of the storage units, said loading platform having a first and second conveyor arranged one after another and defining a conveyor path along which the storage units can be moved by the first and second conveyor, each of said telescopic arms having a central driver arranged in a middle region thereof and the end drivers arranged on distal end regions and is displaceable between a retracted position along said conveyor path and an extended position inside the rack stage, said drivers being movable between an operating position and a non-operating position, the method comprising the steps of: (a) pushing the storage units out of the rack stage onto the loading platform by: (b) pushing the storage units from the loading platform into the rack stage by: