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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
C.m.c. S.p.a., Cerbara-Citta' di Castello, IT;
Giuseppe Ponti, Cerbara-Citta' di Castello, IT;
C.M.C. S.p.A., , IT;
Abstract
A storage assembly includes a shelf which has a plurality of planes and a plurality of supports for articles. The storage assembly further includes a sorting station for supplying and/or receiving articles; a transit area interposed between the shelf and the sorting station; a plurality of transport vehicles for transporting articles, each transport vehicle having a housing for receiving one or more articles; A second plurality of guides flank the supports and extend along the planes in order to guide the transport vehicles. A lift is provided for lifting a transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles towards a plane of the plurality of planes, while lowering means are included for lowering the transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles from the plane of the plurality of planes towards the transit area, after the transport vehicle has completely travelled along the plane of the plurality of planes.