Load transport system for automated warehousing

A cargo transport system for automated warehousing comprising guide rail structures each mounted from an opposing shelving face structure of two rows of storage shelves extending substantially parallel to each other and presenting opposing shelving face structures toward one another, each of said guide rail structures including a guide rail with top surfaces and opposing sides, at least one or more power supply conductors, or control signal conductors, or both power supply conductors and control signal conductors disposed substantially parallel to each other and arranged along the side of at least one guide rail, a cargo carrier adapted to roll over said guide rails and occupy a position thereon, and collector means attached from said cargo carrier for maintaining substantially constant electrically conducting contact with said power supply conductors and said control signals conductors for respectively powering and controlling the movement of said cargo carrier, the cargo carrier having front and rear supporting wheels mounted on each side of the cargo carrier, said supporting wheels being adapted to run on a respective guide rail of each opposing shelving face structure, a main body of a linear motor each mounted from each side of said cargo carrier, a plurality of lateral balancing guide rollers for maintaining said position of the cargo carrier relative to the guide rail, each of the main bodies of said linear motors being arranged on a side of said cargo carrier between respective front and rear supporting wheels close to the top surfaces of the guide rails, said top surfaces of the guide rails serving as secondary conductors for the linear motors, said lateral balancing guide rollers being arranged in pairs and being pivoted from said cargo carrier and being adapted to contact a guide rail on its opposing sides.