Patent ID: 7909559

Claim:
A system for feeding store units, comprising: a plurality of rack units that are designed and arranged in a room such that at least one alley is formed, at least one rack feeding device which includes a first traversing means adapted to be moved on rails in the longitudinal direction of the alley; a control unit for controlling the movement of the traversing means; means for determining the position of the traversing means in the alley; a load receiving means hanging on cables beneath the traversing means wherein the load receiving means includes a load carrying platform and a lifting device for lifting and lowering the load carrying platform relative to the load receiving means while maintaining the load carrying platform in a substantially horizontal orientation; wherein said lifting device includes rotation means positioned at a lower portion of the load carrying platform such that a uniform load distribution is imparted to the lifting device by a load carried on the load carrying platform; means for determining the position of the load receiving means relative to the traversing means; means for mechanical connection of the load receiving means with a rack unit of the plurality of rack units; wherein the means for mechanical connection with the rack unit comprises an electric drive with a pinion that drives a gear rod, and wherein the gear rod is arranged and designed such that it extends laterally out of the load receiving means on rotation of the pinion, and wherein the gear rod comprises means at an end of the gear rod for projecting over the load receiving means and engaging with corresponding receiving devices at the rack units; and further wherein the means at the end of the gear rod substantially consists of two truncated conical bodies, the tapered end faces of which are connected with one another via a cylindrical body.