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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
John Mcfarland, Gainsborough Crescent, GB;
John McFarland, Gainsborough Crescent, GB;
Bellheimer Metallwerk GmbH, Bellheim, DE;
Abstract
A circulating storage system () has at least two storage columns () of stored-goods carriers () that are arranged one above another and circulate during operation, at least one horizontal conveyor device () which, during operation, transfers the stored-goods carriers from one storage column to the other storage column, and a vertical conveyor device () which, during operation, can move at least one part of the storage column in a vertical direction. The circulating storage system also has at least one further vertical conveyor device (), for each vertical conveyor device assigned to a storage column, to provide each storage column with the capability of being moved in the vertical direction, independently of the other storage column, by the vertical conveyor device assigned to it.