PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article retrieval and report system capable of easily specifying a container retrieved among a plurality of containers stored on a shelf even when any luminescent indicator or cell is not provided in a container itself to store an article.;SOLUTION: The article retrieval and report system comprises a container 13 to store an article, a storage shelf having a shelf part to arrange the container 13 in the horizontal direction and store it thereon and having an outlet/inlet of the container on the front side of the shelf part, and a reporting means to report the storage part on the shelf part of the container stored on the storage shelf. The reporting means comprises a lamp 15 provided corresponding to the container storage position of the shelf part, and a driving means to selectively light each lamp. The container 13 has a lens part 23 to guide the light from a light emission means corresponding to the storage part to the surface of the container 13 located at the outlet/inlet of the storage shelf 10 when stored on the shelf part.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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