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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Daifuku America Corporation, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Akira Okamoto, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kazuya Omori, Chandler, AZ (US);
DAIFUKU AMERICA CORPORATION, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An article storage device is provided for holding a plurality of standardized containers. The standardized containers extend between a bottom surface extending generally horizontally and a top surface spaced from and generally parallel to the bottom surface. The standardized containers further include an opening side perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces and a door flange extending along the opening side and beyond the top surface. The standardized containers further include a lifting flange attached to the top surface for receiving a lifting tool. The standardized containers are disposed in the storage rack with their respective opening sides facing away from an access space for allowing a retrieval transport apparatus to move in a substantially horizontal plane between the access space to engage the lifting flange without being obstructed by the door flange.