Patent ID: 7771152

Claim:
A rack module for storage goods, located in transportation cases, comprising at least one shelf ( 4 , 5 ) having several shelf spaces ( 6 , 9 ) for accepting transportation cases arranged at least one of side-by-side or over top of one another, and at least one storage and retrieval unit ( 3 ), including a lateral displacement drive for movement back and forth between laterally adjacent ones of the shelf spaces, that is connected to a lift beam that is movable up and down for accessing vertically offset ones of the shelf spaces, and having a gripping device ( 18 ) that can be displaced in reference to the storage and retrieval unit for repositioning the transportation cases ( 7 , 8 ), the transportation cases ( 7 ) comprise pallets ( 7 a - 7 h ), at least one lift truck ( 16 , 26 ) is provided on the lift beam for moving under the pallets for repositioning the pallets, the lift truck includes a lifting device ( 20 ) for at least one of raising or lowering one or more of the pallets located on one of the shelf spaces, and the lifting device is actuatable to raise or lower by a gripper of the gripping device ( 18 ) of the storage and retrieval unit ( 3 ) that removably engages a linkage of the lifting device to cause the raising or lowering.