Shelf de-stacker

Abstract

An automatic destacking device for loading and unloading containers from a rack, the destacking device including an unloading/loading unit including: a vertical frame having a pair of laterally spaced upright supports; a plurality of shelves vertically spaced between the upright supports, each shelf being configured to support a container thereon, wherein each shelf provides a storage level for the containers such that the shelves provide an array of vertically stacked storage levels for the containers, each shelf being vertically moveable to a different height position along the frame so as to move a container supported on the shelf up or down the storage levels.

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