Storage and retrieval system, and station for a storage and retrieval system

A storage and retrieval system for containers, comprising:

• a lattice structure having a plurality of lattice cells, each lattice cell defining a storage column of a container storage structure arranged below the lattice structure, the storage columns being designed to receive a vertical stack of containers in each case, and the lattice structure defining longitudinal transport paths in a longitudinal direction and horizontal transport paths in a horizontal direction, and
• at least one transport vehicle for containers designed to travel along the longitudinal transport paths and/or horizontal transport paths,
• wherein a container can be moved along a shaft of a station assigned to the lattice structure by way of a gripper assigned to the transport vehicle or the lattice structure, to create an access to at least one container, and/or along a storage column, substantially in the direction of a lower end of the shaft or of the storage column, coming from a transport vehicle, or in the opposite direction toward the transport vehicle, and wherein a guide device for a guided vertical movement of the gripper outside the shaft or the storage column is assigned to the gripper, the shaft, and/or the storage column, and
• wherein:
• (a) the guide device has at least one guide element which protrudes upward from the gripper, for guiding cooperation with an inner region or structural element of the shaft or of the storage column and/or with an upper closure element of the transport vehicle and/or gripper, and in that the at least one guide element projects upward at least in the uppermost position of the gripper beyond an upper end of the transport vehicle or the closure element, or terminates flush with the upper end or the closure element, and/or
• (b) the guide device has at least one guide element which can be moved downwards from a lower end of the shaft or from at least one support of the shaft, for guiding cooperation with the gripper and/or the container.