SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC STORAGE AND WITHDRAWAL OF PRODUCTS WITH SECURITY RESTRICTIONS

摘要

A system for automatic storage and withdrawal of products, including a storage facility with a plurality of storage locations arranged in rows and columns. A picking arrangement is selectively movable between the plurality of storage locations and a delivery location to pick one or more products contained in selected storage locations and deliver the product(s) to the delivery location according to a selected order. A computer is provided to control movement of the movable picking arrangement according to an order sequence. A number of adjacent storage locations are enclosed in an armored module having armored back, side, and top walls and a front access opening closed by a movable closure which is normally closed and which is selectively opened when the picking arrangement is to pick one or more products contained in any one of the adjacent storage locations within the armored module.

主权项

1. A system for automatic storage and withdrawal of products, particularly pharmaceutical products, comprising a storage facility with a plurality of storage locations arranged in rows and columns and at least one delivery location, picking means being selectively movable between any one of the plurality of storage locations and the at least one delivery location so as to pick one or more products contained in one or more selected storage locations and deliver said one or more products to the delivery location according to a selected order, computer means being provided to control the movement of said movable picking means according to an order sequence available to the computer means, said plurality of storage locations comprising a number of adjacent storage locations enclosed in an armored module having an armored back wall, armored side walls, an armored top wall and an access front opening closed by a movable closure which is normally closed and which is selectively opened just when the picking means are to pick one or more products contained in any one of said number of adjacent storage locations within the armored module.