Device for receiving glass sheets from at least one production line for further transportation into a storage housing or a coating installation, having a) a linearly movable, vertically installed main lifting column with a lifting rack which is vertically movable thereon, b) a horizontal drive of the lifting rack, c) at least one sensor which is mounted on a prong of the lifting rack and which serves for detecting the occupancy of the lifting rack with a glass sheet, characterized d) in that there is provided at least one sensor which is mounted on the prong of the lifting rack and which serves for detecting the ability of the intended storage place for the glass sheet to be occupied, e) in that there is provided at least one sensor which is mounted on the prong of the lifting rack and which serves for detecting damage in the glass sheet, f) in that a further sensor for detecting the ability of the intended storage place to be occupied and/or a further sensor for detecting the occupancy of the lifting rack is additionally mounted on another prong of the lifting rack, wherein both oppositely positioned sensors have different detection angles and/or different sensitivity characteristics, g) in that the sensors (14, 15, 20) work on the basis of ultrasound effects and/or light effects, and their signals are processed by way of control technology, h) in that a netting which is rolled up in a netting container in the region of the cross-member is able to be stretched between the prongs of the lifting rack by means of a rope drive, i) in that the position and the type and, if appropriate, the speed of the glass sheet to be received are detected by means of sensors and processed by way of control technology. a) a linearly movable, vertically installed main lifting column with a lifting rack which is vertically movable thereon, b) a horizontal drive of the lifting rack, c) at least one sensor which is mounted on a prong of the lifting rack and which serves for detecting the occupancy of the lifting rack with a glass sheet, characterized d) in that there is provided at least one sensor which is mounted on the prong of the lifting rack and which serves for detecting the ability of the intended storage place for the glass sheet to be occupied, e) in that there is provided at least one sensor which is mounted on the prong of the lifting rack and which serves for detecting damage in the glass sheet, f) in that a further sensor for detecting the ability of the intended storage place to be occupied and/or a further sensor for detecting the occupancy of the lifting rack is additionally mounted on another prong of the lifting rack, wherein both oppositely positioned sensors have different detection angles and/or different sensitivity characteristics, g) in that the sensors (14, 15, 20) work on the basis of ultrasound effects and/or light effects, and their signals are processed by way of control technology, h) in that a netting which is rolled up in a netting container in the region of the cross-member is able to be stretched between the prongs of the lifting rack by means of a rope drive, i) in that the position and the type and, if appropriate, the speed of the glass sheet to be received are detected by means of sensors and processed by way of control technology.