An article automatic storage and retrieval system which includes a continuous track and a continuous article storage carousel supported from the track
. The article storage carousel is movable in a horizontal direction and contains a plurality of horizontally spaced and vertically extending baskets. Each basket has vertically spaced compartments. A motor is included to drive the article storage carousel around the track. An elevator is mounted in a fixed position adjacent to the outside of the track and includes a vertically movable article engager for placement in or withdrawal from a preselected compartment.
An article automatic storage and retrieval system apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said traveling arm and said pair of tracks are centrally located with respect to said carriage, wherein a first plurality of spaced driven rollers are located on oneside of said carriage and on one side of said traveling arm and wherein a second plurality of spaced driven rollers are located on a side of said carriage opposite from said one side thereof and on a side of said traveling arm opposite from said one sidethereof for feeding containers onto and off said carriage, the rotational axis of said driven rollers being transverse with respect to the movement of said traveling arm.
An article automatic storage and retrieval system apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein a first plurality of spaced and freely rotatable rollers are located on said carriage between said pair of tracks and said first plurality of driven rollers andwherein a second plurality of spaced and freely rotatable rollers are located on said carriage between said pair of tracks and said second plurality of driven rollers for supporting one of said containers in the central portion of said carriage, saidfreely rotatable rollers being in axial alignment with the rollers of said first and second pluralities of spaced driven rollers.
