Program console coupling for an automatic warehouse system

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AN AUTOMATIC WAREHOUSING SYSTEM HAVING A LOAD HANDLING CARRIER FOR DELIVERING AND PICKING UP LOADS AT A PLURALITY OF LOAD STORAGE LOCATIONS ARRANGED IN A RACK HAVING BAYS SPACED HORIZONTALLY ALONG AN AISLE AND AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN EACH BAY; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY TO A SELCTED STORAGE LOCATION AND INTO AND OUT OF THE RACK TO DEPOSIT AND PICK UP LOADS; GUIDE MEANS FOR SAID CARRIER; MEANS DEFINING A HOME POSITION FROM WHICH SAID CARRIER STARTS AND TO WHICH SAID CARRIER RETURNS; ELECTRIC POWER MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CARRIER; CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIER AND CONNECTED TO SAID POWER MEANS AND INCLUDING MEANS AT A POSITION ON SAID CARRIER FOR RECEIVING COMMAND MESSAGES AND SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINING MOVEMENTS OF SAID CARRIER TO A SELECTED STORAGE LOCATION THROUGH ACTUATION OF SAID POWER MEANS; COMMAND TRANSMITTING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBER MOUNTED AT ONE OF SAID POSITIONS AND A CONTACT COMPLETING MEMBER MOUNTED AT THE OTHER OF SAID POSITIONS AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AND IN COACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID CONTACT MEMBER ONLY WHEN SAID CARRIER IS AT SAID HOME POSITION.