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A storage assembly comprising load carriers which carry the goods to be stored and are vertically stackable in a plurality of vertical piles closely disposed to each other. The assembly includes pile beds having fixedly disposed support members which support the pile of load carriers at a spaced dis

A storage assembly comprising load carriers which carry the goods to be stored and are vertically stackable in a plurality of vertical piles closely disposed to each other. The assembly includes pile beds having fixedly disposed support members which support the pile of load carriers at a spaced distance above the floor of the storage plant. At least one carriage is disposed to move below each vertical pile for insertion of the load carriers in the piles and for removal of them therefrom. Each load carrier includes stationary downwardly extending rest members which cooperate with complementary upwardly extending support members secured on each pile bed. The rest members of the lower load carrier of the pile are arranged to be brought out of and into engagement with the support members of the pile bed by vertical movement of the load carriers, which movement is performed by the carriage. When the rest members of the load carrier and the support members of the pile bed are out of engagement, the pile is laterally displaceable in relation to the pile bed by the carriage so that the rest members, the lateral extension of which is limited, can pass the support members vertically after said lateral displacement for insertion or removal of the lower load carrier of each pile. A computer controls the insertion and removal of the load carriers.

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A method of stacking load carriers in a storage assembly, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of vertically stackable load carriers, pile bed means including vertically disposed uprights having support members fixedly attached to each upright for supporting said load carri

A method of stacking load carriers in a storage assembly, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of vertically stackable load carriers, pile bed means including vertically disposed uprights having support members fixedly attached to each upright for supporting said load carriers, and at least one carriage operative to move below a load carrier supported by the pile bed means, (b) providing each of the load carriers with a plurality of vertically disposed posts interconnected by frame means with each post including upper guide members at its upper end and lower guide members at its bottom end for cooperative engagement with the upper guide members of another load carrier for vertically stacking the load carriers on top of each other, (c) providing rest means attached on each load carrier to engage the support members for supporting the bottommost load carrier at an upwardly spaced distance to allow the disposition of the carriage carrying a load carrier underneath the bottommost load carrier support by the pile bed means, (d) engaging the guide means of the carriage with the lower guide members of a load carrier to be loaded on the bottommost position of a selected pile of load carriers, (e) moving the carriage with the engaged load carrier horizontally to a first position below the selected pile, (f) moving the guide means of the carriage vertically upwardly so that the upper guide members of the load carrier positioned on the carriage cooperatively engage the lower guide members of the bottommost load carrier of the selected pile in order to raise the whole pile of load carriers thereabove, (g) stopping the vertical movement of the guide means of the carriage at an intermediate position and moving the load carriers from the support members of the pile bed means so that the pile of load carriers is vertically movable without interference of the support members, (h) moving the guide means of the carriage vertically upwardly further until the rest means of the load carrier positioned on the carriage have passed the support members of the pile bed means, (i) moving the load carrier back to a position where the rest means of the load carriers are vertically aligned with the support members of the pile bed means, and (j) moving the guide means of the carriage vertically downwardly until the rest means of the bottommost load carrier of the pile cooperatively engage the support members of the pile bed means for supporting the pile of load carriers, and releasing the carriage from the load carrier now loaded.