Automatic warehouse and control method thereof
US8851818B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/065
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic warehouse includes a rack including vertically arranged shelves and traveling vehicles each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the shelves. The automatic warehouse includes stations receiving an article to be stored on and an article unloaded from the rack, elevators each mediating traffic of articles between the corresponding station and at least one of the traveling vehicles, and a shelf assigning unit assigning, to each of the stations, one or more of the shelves to which the station has priority of use over the rest of the stations.
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