Patents Assigned to Kabushikkaisha Itoki Kosakusho
  • Automatic storage/retrieval apparatus for articles
    Patent number: 5135344
    Abstract: Inner pickers (6) are provided for respective stages of racks (4) of storage areas (2, 3) to be movable on rails (7). Operations of the inner pickers (6) are independently controlled in the respective rack stages by optical communication through optical communication units (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushikkaisha Itoki Kosakusho
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kita, Shigeki Tsuchida, Tetsuji Hamada