Patent ID: 8731740

Claim:
An automatic warehouse comprising: at least one rack including a plurality of stages; a plurality of guided vehicles disposed at different heights in a vertical direction and arranged to travel along the at least one rack to transport articles; a storage shelf with a hoist disposed in line with the at least one rack and including an intra-shelf conveyor and a plurality of shelf frames configured to vertically pass a transportation surface of the intra-shelf conveyor, the storage shelf being configured to transfer the articles from the intra-shelf conveyor onto the plurality of shelf frames by causing the plurality of shelf frames to pass the transportation surface of the intra-shelf conveyor upward from below; a plurality of guided vehicle travelling paths extending from the at least one rack to the storage shelf; and a controller configured and programmed to cause the plurality of guided vehicles to perform storage of the articles from the plurality of shelf frames into the at least one rack in parallel.