Warehousing system with turntable having opposed article receiving stations thereon

摘要

An improved warehousing system whereby orders of material may be rapidly and efficiently filled and conveyed to a point of use or distribution. The system includes at least one elongated conveyor for moving material in a predetermined direction and an elongated walkway on at least one side of the conveyor in immediate adjacency thereto. A plurality of turntables, each having at least two angularly spaced material receiving stations are disposed immediately adjacent the walkway oppositely of the conveyor and are pivotally mounted so that a selected one of the material receiving stations may be disposed to face the walkway. A material loading area is located on a side of the turntables opposite from the walkway so that when the selected one of the material receiving stations is facing the walkway such that a person may retrieve material from the selected station and place the same on the conveyor, the other of the material receiving stations on the turntable is facing the loading area for replenishment if needed.