Therefore, it is a principal object and purpose of the present invention to provide
a system whereby the desired inventory items are brought to the extractor mechanism as opposed to having the solid shelves where the extractor mechanism must gothe shelf. Combining a single extractor mechanism with a number of independently operating systems to bring the inventory items to the extractor will multiply the speed capabilities of the system.
It is a further object and purpose of the present invention to provide anautomatic storage and retrieval system whereby a vacuum pump is utilized to insert containerized inventory items in storage or extract containerized inventory items fromstorage.