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1. A vehicle comprising a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment disposed below the passenger compartment and separated from the passenger compartment by a floor structure having a through hole communicating the passenger compartment with the cargo compartment, the vehicle further comprising:
a cargo unit comprising: a housing including a base plate, a sidewall arrangement extending from the base plate and an upper cover and defining an interior cavity, wherein the base plate defines a horizontal plane of the cargo unit and extends perpendicularly to a vertical direction of the cargo unit, and the upper cover includes an access aperture; at least one storage rack arrangement disposed in the cavity and adapted for storing a plurality of objects; a transport arrangement disposed in the cavity and operable for selectively transporting objects between the storage rack arrangement and a predetermined transfer position in the cavity, wherein the transport arrangement comprises a conveying apparatus and a control unit adapted for automatically controlling and operating the conveying apparatus; a mounting means disposed in the cargo compartment and adapted for fixedly or releasably securing the cargo unit in a predetermined operating position inside the cargo compartment, in which the access aperture in the upper cover of the cargo unit is disposed adjacent to and in alignment with the through hole in the floor structure; and a lift apparatus comprising a gripping device suspended from a gripping device mounting means, wherein the lift apparatus is disposed at least partially in the passenger compartment and arranged and adapted such that the lift apparatus is operable to move the gripping device in a direction perpendicular to the floor structure and, when the cargo unit is secured by the mounting means in the operating position, to thereby convey objects in the direction perpendicular to the floor structure from the transfer position in the cargo unit through the access aperture in the upper cover and the through hole in the floor structure between the cargo compartment and the passenger compartment and vice versa, wherein the transport arrangement comprises a horizontal guide means defining a linear horizontal transport path extending perpendicularly to the vertical direction of the cargo unit and supporting the conveying apparatus such that the conveying apparatus is movable in a guided manner along the horizontal transport path, and a horizontal drive means operable for selectively moving the conveying apparatus along the horizontal transport path, wherein the conveying apparatus comprises at least one table unit adapted for supporting an object, a vertical guide means defining a linear vertical transport path extending parallel to the vertical direction of the cargo unit and supporting the at least one table unit such that the at least one table unit is movable in a guided manner along the vertical transport path, and a vertical drive means operable for selectively moving the at least one table unit along the vertical transport path, wherein each of the at least one storage rack arrangement comprises a plurality of rack compartments each adapted for storing an object and having an access opening through which objects are insertable into and removable from the respective rack compartment, wherein the access openings are provided in an access side of the storage rack arrangement extending parallel to the horizontal transport path, wherein the transport arrangement is disposed facing the access side of each of the at least one storage rack arrangement in such a manner that by operating the horizontal and vertical drive means the at least one table unit is selectively movable in front of each of the rack compartments and operable to move an object from the respective rack compartment onto the at least one table unit and support the object on the at least one table unit and to release the object supported on the at least one table unit and move the object from the at least one table unit into the respective rack compartment, and wherein the gripping device can be selectively switched between a gripping state, in which, with respect to the gripping device mounting means, the gripping device is movable along and rotatable about two perpendicular axes each perpendicular to the direction perpendicular to the floor structure, and a lift state, in which the gripping device is locked in a predetermined lift position against movement with respect to the gripping device mounting means. |
