Patent ID: 7344348

Claim:
A storage and retrieval unit for operating product storage shelving, which has at least one shelf, on which products are arranged and held and from which products can be removed, the storage unit comprising: a vertically-adjustable storage and retrieval unit comprising a driven, horizontal continuous belt for transporting products removed from the shelf, said vertically-adjustable storage and retrieval unit being movable along the product storage shelving; and a centering device for aligning the removed products, said centering device including a lateral product centering element arranged on a side of said continuous belt such that said lateral product centering element is adjacent said continuous belt, said lateral product centering element extending perpendicular along said continuous belt, said lateral product centering element being arranged on at least one longitudinal end of said continuous belt, said lateral product centering element being movable in a direction perpendicular to said continuous belt to laterally align a product removed from said product storage shelving against a lateral longitudinal stop of said continuous belt, said longitudinal stop being fixed to said storage and retrieval unit and extending on a transverse side of said continuous belt, said transverse side being located opposite said lateral product centering element.