Patent ID: 7316536

Claim:
A storage system ( 1 ) comprising a storage region ( 2 , 3 ), for storing storage articles ( 4 ) in at least one storage location ( 5 ), an access region ( 16 ) , which is at a separate location from the storage region ( 2 , 3 ) and is intended for access to the storage articles located in the access region, a conveying means ( 11 ), for transporting the storage articles between the storage location and the access region, and a conveying shaft ( 10 ), in which the conveying means ( 11 ) is accommodated such that it can be moved back and forth in a conveying direction and which is arranged between the storage region and the access region, as seen in the conveying direction, characterized by an access control system ( 19 ) which is assigned to the access region and has a barrier ( 20 ) which is designed as an essentially horizontal platform and, in dependence on an access authorization code of a user, can be transferred, at least in certain parts, from a blocking state, in which access to the storage articles is blocked, into a release state, in which access to the storage articles is released, wherein the barrier ( 20 ) has a plurality of sub-barriers ( 23 ) which can each be transferred, in dependence on the access authorization code, from a release state into a blocking state and by means of which, in the blocking state, in each case part of the access region ( 16 ) is blocked.