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Process for managing stores and device for carrying it out

US5175690A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1989
Grant dateDec 29, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G1/1371
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for managing stores, in which objects are stored, removed and arranged. Said objects are stored not in accordance with an indexed classification but as a function of their dimensions and of the storage volumes available in the store and, at each instant, their location as well as the location and dimensions of the storage volumes still available are recorded. Said process is advantageously carried out for managing a library, videotheque, discotheque, archives, . . . . The present invention also relates to a device for carrying out said process.

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