Automatic mechanized system for the storage of objects

Mechanized and automatically arranged installation for the storage of objects in storage cells comprising a floor having a groove, a central managing unit, at least one runway having an axis of symmetry, a plurality of storage cells each having an axis of symmetry and being distributed on sides of the runway, a trolley comprising a frame having a front and a rear and mounted on drivable wheels and having guiding rollers at the front and rear adapted to slide in the groove, driving means for driving said wheels, said trolley also having a gripper for holding and loading or unloading an object on the trolley, each storage cell having a pair of longitudinal fixed racks comprising horizontal, fixed bars, parallel and at a distance from each other and adapted to cooperate with said gripper, said installation further comprising

• said storage cells being longitudinally oriented, forming an angle of at least 30.degree. with said runway, and
• said trolley having a pivot movable between a first position and a second position and also rotatable to pivot the trolley around an intersection point of the symmetry axis of the runway and the symmetry axis of a cell in which the object is to be loaded or unloaded in order to align the guiding rollers along one or the other of the symmetry axes, said first position being in contact with the floor and said second position being out of contact with the floor.