Modular automatic warehouse for storing industrial products

A modular automatic warehouse for storing products and articles to be stored, comprising:

• at least one module having a parallelepiped shape and being constituted by two opposed elements having a parallelepiped shape, each element being delimited by respective vertical uprights, said two elements being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance defining a substantially open compartment, each of said opposed elements having a pair of structural sides in the internal part of which a plurality of horizontal seats or guides is defined for supporting a plurality of drawers containing said products and articles to be stored;
• wherein:
• at least one elevator is positioned inside of said compartment, the at least one elevator being driven vertically by motors for transferring a drawer in correspondence of a pair of horizontal seats or guides of at least one of said two opposed elements;
• a mechanism is provided to transfer horizontally a drawer in a first direction from the at least one elevator to the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements, or to transfer horizontally in said first direction a drawer from the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements to the at least one elevator;
• said at least one elevator is provided with a mechanism configured for transferring horizontally a drawer along a second direction that is orthogonal with said first direction toward and from another elevator belonging to another module positioned adjacent to said at least one module;
• and
• the mechanism configured for transferring horizontally a drawer towards and from another adjacent elevator belonging to another adjacent module is mounted on-board of a lift shelf of the at least one elevator and comprises a frame inside of which motorized rollers, a belt, a chain, and/or cogwheels are arranged.

A modular automatic warehouse for storing products and articles to be stored, comprising:

• at least one module having a parallelepiped shape and being constituted by two opposed elements having a parallelepiped shape, each element being delimited by respective vertical uprights, said two elements being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance defining a substantially open compartment, each of said opposed elements having a pair of structural sides in the internal part of which a plurality of horizontal seats or guides is defined for supporting a plurality of drawers containing said products and articles to be stored;
• wherein:
• at least one elevator is positioned inside of said compartment, the at least one elevator being driven vertically by motors for transferring a drawer in correspondence of a pair of horizontal seats or guides of at least one of said two opposed elements;
• a mechanism is provided to transfer horizontally a drawer in a first direction from the at least one elevator to the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements, or to transfer horizontally in said first direction a drawer from the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements to the at least one elevator;
• said at least one elevator is provided with a mechanism configured for transferring horizontally a drawer along a second direction that is orthogonal with said first direction toward and from another elevator belonging to another module positioned adjacent to said at least one module;
• said mechanism configured for transferring horizontally a drawer towards and from another adjacent elevator belonging to another adjacent module comprises a plurality of motorized rollers, each of said rollers projecting from an opening of a plurality of openings provided in a lift shelf of the at least one elevator, to allow the translation of the drawer from one elevator to another elevator placed at the same level on an adjacent module;
• and
• the mechanism to transfer horizontally a drawer in a first direction from the at least one elevator to the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements, or to transfer horizontally in said first direction a drawer from the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements to the at least one elevator comprises a drawer collection mechanism, and wherein the elevator further comprises load bearing spherical elements that project through openings in the lift shelf and which are configured to support a drawer in free movement for being displaced inside and/or outside of the seats or guides while the rollers are in a non-operative condition.

A modular automatic warehouse for storing products and articles to be stored, comprising:

• at least one module having a parallelepiped shape and being constituted by two opposed elements having a parallelepiped shape, each element being delimited by respective vertical uprights, said two elements being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance defining a substantially open compartment, each of said opposed elements having a pair of structural sides in the internal part of which a plurality of horizontal seats or guides is defined for supporting a plurality of drawers containing said products and articles to be stored;
• wherein:
• at least one elevator is positioned inside of said compartment, the at least one elevator being driven vertically by motors for transferring a drawer in correspondence of a pair of horizontal seats or guides of at least one of said two opposed elements;
• a mechanism is provided to transfer horizontally a drawer in a first direction from the at least one elevator to the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements, or to transfer horizontally in said first direction a drawer from the seats or guides of one of the two opposed elements to the at least one elevator;
• said at least one elevator is provided with a mechanism configured for transferring horizontally a drawer along a second direction that is orthogonal with said first direction toward and from another elevator belonging to another module positioned adjacent to said at least one module;
• and
• the at least one elevator comprises a lift shelf provided with both a plurality of openings adapted to be intercepted by an exchange device comprising respective rollers which face the inside of the elevator and that exceed the horizontal surface of the lift shelf in height when the elevator is lowered, and a plurality of movable rollers mounted on-board the elevator.

A modular automatic warehouse for storing products and articles to be stored, said warehouse, comprising:

• at least one module, said at least one module comprising two opposed elements having a parallelepiped shape, each element being delimited by respective vertical uprights, each of said opposed elements having a pair of structural sides defining a plurality of substantially horizontal seats or guides for the introduction and/or extraction of a respective plurality of shelves or drawers adapted to contain said articles to be stored;
• wherein
• said opposed elements are separated by a compartment inside of which at least one lift operates,
• the lift being vertically slidable and arranged on movement means activated by motorization units able to translate said at least one lift from a lowered position to a raised position in order to move to a location of said drawers;
• the at least one module has a parallelepiped shape delimited by said vertical uprights;
• and
• said at least one module further comprises a means for translating at least one at a time of said drawers towards further similar adjacent modules in turn provided with a means for translating the drawers to be displaced, and wherein said means acts inside said compartment which is open at least in the translation direction from one module to the other module.