Registers – Record controlled calculators
Patent
1976-03-02
1978-02-14
Kilgore, Robert M.
Registers
Record controlled calculators
214 164A, B65G 4700, G06K 710
Patent
active
040741206
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for automatically storing and retrieving loads of materials from a high-rise storage warehouse including providing for electronic identification of materials at a remote storage operator station and thereafter activating a CPU to (a) electronically verify the acceptability of the materials, (b) assign a transaction code to the data bit representation of the identification of the load, and (c) select an address in the high-rise storage warehouse for the load. The load is accompanied by the transaction code in machine-readable form and then moved to a pickup station adjacent the high-rise storage warehouse. Proper alignment of the load is then electronically verified and the transaction code is communicated to the CPU to identify which materials are on the pickup station. A storage-retrieval (S/R) machine is dispatched at the command of the CPU to move the load to its CPU-assigned address in the high-rise storage warehouse. In retrieving the goods, a request is entered at the storage operator station and the CPU scans all inventory to identify materials which will match the request. Then the CPU identifies the address in the high-rise storage warehouse of the requested materials and dispatches the S/R machine to retrieve the materials and place the load upon the pickup station.
As soon as a lift truck is available to remove the load, the CPU is asked for a move-ticket which is then printed in man-readable form by the CPU, the move-ticket identifying the pickup and deposit station where the load is located and such other information as may be desirable. When the load is taken from the pickup and deposit station, the load description is deleted from CPU memory automatically.
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Allred James K.
Black Francis B.
Liddell Arlyn G.
Quinn Edward B.
Kenway Incorporated
Kilgore Robert M.
Workman H. Ross
Young J. Winslow
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