Automated warehouse system

An automated warehouse system that stores loads in a plurality of storage areas formed from a plurality of support pillars that extend in the vertical direction and a plurality of beams that extend in the horizontal direction, that transfers the loads to the plurality of storage areas, and that transfers the loads from the plurality of storage areas, the system comprising:

• a vertical guide rail that is disposed on a support pillar of the plurality of support pillars;
• a horizontal guide rail that is disposed on a beam of the plurality of beams;
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• a movable platform having a frame body that has a vertical frame and a horizontal frame, at least part of the frame body having a rectangular shape that is the same as a shape of at least part of at least one of said storage areas, and a guide roller that engages the vertical guide rail that is disposed adjacent the vertical frame or the horizontal guide rail that is disposed adjacent the horizontal frame,
• wherein the guide roller is movable along an edge of the frame body in the horizontal direction to a corner portion of the frame body;
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• wherein, when the movable platform is moved in the horizontal direction to transfer the loads into or out of the movable platform, the guide roller is located at a center region of the edge of the frame body in the horizontal direction, and when the movable platform is moved in the vertical direction to transfer the loads into or out of the movable platform, the guide roller is located at the corner portion of the frame body.

An automated warehouse system that stores loads in a plurality of storage areas formed from a plurality of support pillars that extend in the vertical direction and a plurality of beams that extend in the horizontal direction, that transfers the loads to the plurality of storage areas, and that transfers the loads from the plurality of storage areas, the system comprising:

• a vertical guide rail that is disposed on a support pillar of the plurality of support pillars;
• a horizontal guide rail that is disposed on a beam of the plurality of beams;
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• a movable platform having a frame body that has a vertical frame and a horizontal frame, at least part of the frame body having a rectangular shape that is the same as a shape of at least part of at least one of said storage areas, and a guide roller that engages the vertical guide rail that is disposed adjacent the vertical frame or the horizontal guide rail that is disposed adjacent the horizontal frame,
• wherein the guide roller is movable along an edge of the frame body in the horizontal direction to a corner portion of the frame body,
• wherein, when the movable platform is moved in the horizontal direction to transfer the loads into or out of the movable platform, the guide roller is located at a center region of the edge of the frame body in the horizontal direction, and when the movable platform is moved in the vertical direction to transfer the loads into or out of the movable platform, the guide roller is located at the corner portion of the frame body, and
• wherein the guide roller includes a first guide roller and a second guide roller, where a movement distance of the first guide roller from the center region of the edge of the frame body to the corner portion of the frame body and a movement distance of the second guide roller from a center region of another edge of the frame body in the horizontal direction to a corner portion of the frame body are different.