【正文】 Alternative system embodiments of the present invention can have as few as two levels, and as many as eight or more levels. When a pallet arrives at a desired level, its elevator automatically stops at just the right position. An FLA in the elevator car rotates toward the inside of the storage module. The pallet carried by the FLA is extended out just over a pair of pallet supports spaced as wide as the pallet. The forks on the FLA are set close enough together so they can move horizontally between the pallet supports. The bottom outside edges of the pallet are kept elevated slightly above the pallet supports so the fork extension and pallet load can operate without dragging. Once the forks are in proper position, a lifting mechanism in the elevator lowers the pallet onto the pallet supports to unload the FLA. The FLA can then be retracted back into the elevator. The loading elevator then returns to the level where supplies are ing in to pick up its next pallet. As the elevator is moving between levels, the FLA simultaneously pivots to get ready for the next pickup from the outside. Back at the level where the previous pallet was unloaded, a row cart carried on top of an aisle cart moves between the pallet supports that the pallet is resting on and stops precisely under the pallet. A lifting device on the row cart elevates the pallet from the pair of supports it was resting on. Such lifting device is included in the row cart, and a screwtype jacking device connected to a pair of pivoting arms has provided good results. This structure liftsandlowers the pallet from underneath. In alternative embodiments of the present invention, hydraulic and/or electric stepping motors can be used as the lifting mechanism. Once the pallet load has been lifted off the pallet supports by the row cart, a drive unit in the aisle cart can then transport the row cart and its load down the aisle to any designated row. The row cart then disembarks to travel on a selected row. The row selected is determined by software in a puter system that controls the entire storage module. Sensors are included to help determine the exact locations of the carts on the aisles and rows. The row carts are controlled by the application software via the aisle carts. The row carts are preferably powered by storage batteries that recharge when they are docked on the respective aisle carts. Each aisle cart is powered by an electrical power strip that runs along the side of the aisle tracks. Such electrical power strip also provides a connection of the aisle carts to the puter system. Row carts move perpendicular to the direction of the aisle carts onrow tracks. In one embodiment of the present invention, row tracks were placed on opposite sides of the aisles and were long enough to store four pallets, e. g., in four positions. The depth of rows is determined by the number ofsame palletsthat are being supplied to the module. For example, if the normal inventory of a particular product in the system is normally only three units, then each row should be designed or stocked no deeper that three pallets. If there are large numbers of a particular product, a logistical advantage can be realized by distributing the product inventory throughout the module system. More carts can be used at the same time to move such product inand out of the module. In cases where there are fifty to one hundred pallets of the same product in a module, four palletdeep rows made for good distribution of the product. Accessibility is thereby improved. A particular location along a row is aposition. Positions must be loaded in sequence, e. g., starting with the position furthest from the aisle. Each position is filled sequentially until the whole row is full. Such physical arrangement makes the position closest to the aisle the last to be loaded and the first that must be unloaded. A loaded row cart is instructed by the puter system to find a designated position. The lifting device on the row cart retracts, unloading the pallet onto a statictype racking system with rails spaced wide enough apart to allow the row cart to run in between it. The unloaded row cart returns to dock on the aisle cart for a next assignment and battery recharging. An inventory control software system is preferably included to keep track of where the pallets are. Such puter system will know to go to a particular level, aisle, row, and position for the desired pallet. An aisle cart at the proper level in the system is sent to the row in which the desired pallet is located. If other pallets are in the way, the positions must also be sequentially unloaded. That means starting with the position closest to the aisle, and working out away from the aisle. The row cart approaches with its lifting device lowered. Once positioned under the desired pallet, the lifting device is activated and the pallet is lifted off the supports it was stored on. In this scenario, the elevator would function the same as the two elevator system but, have twice as manymovesto make, thus, creating a heavier duty cycle for the single elevator concept. The moves would be the same as for two elevators, the duties just bined into one elevator.附 錄Ⅱ中文翻譯自動化倉儲系統(tǒng)和方法米切爾，八河（美國）本發(fā)明涉及自動存儲和檢索系統(tǒng)（AS / RS）是在自動化倉儲系統(tǒng)和方法的背景下的發(fā)明領域發(fā)明的，更特別是材料處理和訪問存儲在大型多層倉庫的建筑物自動化系統(tǒng)托盤材料。本設計用回轉(zhuǎn)擺缸的優(yōu)點有低壓動作平穩(wěn)，壽命長輸出力矩大，重量輕，無給油，能裝載各種檢測開關。整個運動是由傳動機構(gòu)的電動機提供，通過減速器和鏈傳動兩級減速，帶動傳動軸轉(zhuǎn)動，然后由驅(qū)動機構(gòu)的輸送鏈傳動帶動所有箱斗做回轉(zhuǎn)運動。與機械手和輸送裝置配合起來使用，實現(xiàn)零件等物品的自動化管理。根據(jù)每個滾筒所需功率和鏈輪轉(zhuǎn)速由圖 確定鏈條型號為滾子鏈08A。 QGH系列擺動氣缸第5章 輸送裝置設計輸送物體距離：5；輸送寬度：400；被輸送物體最大尺寸：；被輸送物體最大質(zhì)量：10KG輸送速度：； 輸送機構(gòu)采用鏈傳動傳遞動力給主動滾筒，主動滾筒通過輸送帶和從動滾筒連接，中間通過一定數(shù)量的支撐滾筒使零件傳遞平穩(wěn)。求得 =，取1mm。一般來說，需要克服工件重力所產(chǎn)生的靜載荷以及工件運動狀態(tài)變化的慣性力產(chǎn)生的載荷，以便工件保持可靠的夾緊狀態(tài)。123 。同樣的方法，做出每一個鏈節(jié)處導向支臂的位置（）。導向支臂與軸固定連接，保證導向支臂與箱斗的角度不變。鍵的截面尺寸由鍵所在軸段的直徑 d由標準中選定，鍵的長度由輪轂的寬度確定，查文獻[19] 表315得，