Low-temperature storage system

A low-temperature storage system for storing storage objects contained in storage racks at a low temperature, comprising:

• a low-temperature storage chamber accommodating therein a rotary storage shelf for the storage objects contained in the storage racks;
• a moving mechanism having a holding part for carrying a storage rack thereon for loading and unloading the storage objects in the low-temperature storage chamber;
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• a picking stage allowing transfer of a storage object to the storage rack at a picking point and capable of delivering the storage rack to the holding part at a delivery position,
• the moving mechanism including a shuttle member configured to linearly move the holding part in a direction of back and forth movement, which is a direction in which the storage objects in the storage racks are loaded and unloaded to and from the rotary storage shelf,
• the holding part being movable horizontally only in the direction of back and forth movement,
• the holding part being located to have a center axis extending along the direction of back and forth movement without intersecting a rotating shaft of the rotary storage shelf,
• the rotary storage shelf storing the storage racks such that a storage rack brought to a removal position is oriented in a same direction as that of a storage rack placed on the picking stage.