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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Knapp Ag, Hart bei Graz, AT;
Wolfgang Puntigam, Hart bei Graz, AT;
Franz Mathi, Hart bei Graz, AT;
Christoph Gailberger, Hart bei Graz, AT;
Knapp AG, Hart bei Graz, AT;
Abstract
A method of storing or retrieving storage aids with a shuttle in a rack of an automated storage system, the rack including several rack supports placed on a ground and several storage levels including storage spaces, includes moving underneath the rack with the shuttle; a vertical ascent of the shuttle on adjacent rack supports; storing the storage aid from the shuttle into the storage space or retrieving the storage aid from the storage space onto the shuttle; and a vertical descent of the shuttle characterized by: moving out of the rack and/or moving in under the rack on the ground with a direction of travel along the longitudinal axis of the shuttle; rotating the shuttle by 90 degrees; coupling the shuttle by approaching only two of the adjacent rack supports, with the longitudinal axis of the shuttle positioned in parallel to a rack front.