Apparatus for moving transport containers between a container stack and a container rack

Abstract

An apparatus for moving transport containers (1) between a container stack (4) and a container rack (22) comprises a lifting device (2) that can be adjusted to a transport container (1) transversely to a lifting direction (H). For the apparatus to have a compact structure and reliably moves transport containers between a container stack and a container rack, irrespective of the fill level of said rack, and to be preferably suitable for manipulators of industrial robots, the lifting device (2) comprises a guide for moving the transport container (1) transversely to the lifting direction (H), and a sliding device (3), which is detachably translationally rigidly connectable to the transport container (1), is provided for moving the transport container (1) in the guide (19) between a lifting position and a position for being introduced into the rack.

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