Container storage facility
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Abe, Tadahiro Yoshimoto
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Abstract
A container storage facility includes a storage rack having a plurality of storage sections as storage section groups, a gas supply device configured to supply a cleaning gas to the storage sections via a branch-type supply pipe, a transport apparatus configured to transport containers to the storage sections, and a control unit configured to control operations of the transport apparatus. When a plurality of containers are to be stored in the storage sections, the control unit controls the operations of the transport apparatus so as to transport the containers of the same type to the storage sections that belong to the same storage section group.
Claims5
A container storage facility comprising:
- a storage rack having a plurality of storage sections in a state of being segmented into a plurality of storage section groups;
- a gas supply device configured to supply a cleaning gas to the storage sections for each of the storage section groups;
- a transport apparatus configured to transport containers to the storage sections;
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- a control unit comprising an information acquiring device, wherein the control unit is configured to control operation of the transport apparatus,
- wherein the control unit is configured such that the information acquiring device determines a value of ventilation resistance of the containers when the cleaning gas flows through the containers, and wherein the control unit categorizes the containers into a plurality of types according to the value of the ventilation resistance determined by the information acquiring device, and
- wherein the control unit is configured such that when a plurality of containers are to be stored in the storage sections, the control unit controls the operation of the transport apparatus so as to transport containers of the same type to the storage sections that belong to the same storage section group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.