A WAREHOUSE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF ARTICLES

摘要

A warehouse system comprising several storage racks (11-19) each comprising a number of compartments (2) arranged above each other and beside each other, and a unit (7) which is movable along said compartments (2) and which comprises a mechanism which is capable of moving a container (9) from the unit (7) into a compartment (2) and from a compartment (2) onto the unit (7). The unit (7) can be moved over the storage racks (11-19) from a space (3-6) located between two storage racks to another space (3-6) located between two storage racks. A conveyor (22, 23) is provided, which conveyor is positioned beside the unit (7) in the uppermost position of said unit (7) and which can be moved over the storage racks (11-19) together with the unit (7).