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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Yoshitaka Inui, Shiga, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to reduce the number of shelves for supporting articles in an article storage system for storage of articles such as containers. The storage system includes a shelf for supporting a container having an engaging means formed at an upper portion thereof. The storage system also includes a loader/unloader for loading the container on and unloading it from the shelf . The shelf includes a deck formed on the upper side thereof, on which the container can be placed. The shelf also includes a pair of right and left engaging parts formed on the lower side thereof for engaging with the engaging means of the container to hold the container hanging from the shelf . The engaging means and the pair of engaging parts can engage with and disengage from each other in the directions in which the container can be loaded and unloaded.