Patent ID: 8075238

Claim:
An arrangement for running a warehouse, in which objects are stored in a plurality of stacks in a storage area, comprising a) a collecting device being movable over the storage area in the warehouse, the collecting device for picking up the objects from the stacks, and a portal robot for moving the collecting device over the storage area, b) an intermediate store on the movable collecting device, the intermediate store arranged in a fixable location above the storage area of the objects to be picked up on the collecting device to accommodate objects to be picked up from the storage area for filling the intermediate store by successively lifting one object or a plurality of objects from directly below the collecting device from various stacks in separate pick-up steps, whereas the intermediate store is arranged in the fixable location above the storage area as the objects are picked up; and c) a gripping device arranged on the collecting device for lifting one object or a plurality of objects from one of the stacks, whereas the gripping device is vertically movable on the collecting device; whereas d) the gripping device is substantially formed by two mutually opposite blades, and whereas e) the blades are only vertically movable with respect to the intermediate store while moving objects to or from the intermediate store such that the intermediate store accommodates the one object or the plurality of objects.