High density storage facility

摘要

A high density storage facility including a plurality of rows of independently movable carriage racks, each row having a plurality of the independently movable carriage racks. Each carriage rack has a height, a length and a width, and defines a plurality of tiers, each tier defining at least one storage slot, the slots extending substantially the length of the carriage racks and being substantially open and accessible for inserting and removing objects into and from the width ends of the carriage racks. The carriage racks are disposed within the floor area and are independently movable along the floor in a direction consistent with the width of the floor area. Preferably, the carriage racks are arranged in the rows within the floor area with the lengthwise sides of the carriage racks being arranged substantially parallel to the lengthwise sides of the floor area.

主权项

1. A high density boat storage facility comprising:
an enclosed floor area having a floor length and a floor width which is less than the floor length; a plurality of movable carriage racks, each carriage rack having a length, a width and a height divided from top to bottom into storage slots, the slots extending the length of the racks and being open and accessible for inserting and removing boats into and from the width ends of the carriage racks, the carriage racks being disposed in rows within the enclosed floor area and including means for rolling the carriage racks along the widthwise direction of the floor area; and a wall disposed substantially parallel to a widthwise side of the floor area and the widths of the carriage racks, the wall including at least one door selectively disposed along a widthwise wall for providing access to the width ends of the carriage racks, the carriage racks being rollably moveable along the width of the enclosed floor area for providing access to the width ends of chosen carriage racks from the door; wherein at least two rows of carriage racks are disposed within the floor area, each row capable, by independent movement of carriage racks in that row, of leaving a portion of the floor area unoccupied to provide an open access aisle which is of a size at least sufficient to provide access through the at least one door and through any successive rows of carriage racks to the width end of each chosen carriage rack upon selective movement along the width of the floor of any carriage rack otherwise occupying floor space between that chosen carriage rack and the at least one door; and wherein the open access aisle is further selected to be of such a size as to accommodate manipulation of the boats within the open access aisle for at least one of insertion of boats into and removal of boats from the storage slots of each chosen carriage rack.