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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Ryoichi Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Issei Isaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Katayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage system of the present invention includes a storage area for arranging and storing articles (W), a carrying-in line () for carrying in the articles (W) toward the storage area, and a transfer mechanism () arranged on an upper region of the storage area in order to transfer the articles (W) carried in by the carrying-in line to the storage area. The storage area includes a supporting table () for arranging and supporting a plurality of pallets (P) capable of loading the articles (W), and the transfer mechanism () transfers the articles (W) to the pallets (P) supported on the supporting table (). Since an operation for transferring the articles stored directly on the floor face as before to the pallets is not required, a carrying-out process is simplified and efficiency of storage process of the articles as a whole (carrying-in from the outside, transfer to the storage area, carrying-out to the outside) is improved.