Indoor type mechanized storage facility

Claim 1

An indoor-type mechanized storage facility having a size which enables it to be moved from one place to another, which has an opening that opens into the interior of a building, comprising: a box-shaped casing, an elevator device coupled to said casing a plurality of storage units accommodated in said casing, a conveying car that travels within said casing to convey said storage unit between said casing and said elevator device, and a control device for controlling the operation of said conveying car and said elevator device, said casing being disposed in an empty space associated with said building and contains a plurality of storage portions which are aligned with each other and a passageway portion which is formed in front of said plurality of storage portions, said passageway being provided with rails on which said conveying car travels. said storage unit having downwardly extending protrusions on the under surface thereof and a pair of protrusions on the two side surfaces thereof at the corresponding positions, wherein said conveying car includes a travelling device that moves back and forth on said rails, and a transversely conveying device that conveys said storage unit substantially in the horizontal direction or to away from said storage portion, said transversely conveying device having a conveyor that moves back and forth in the direction in which said storage unit is transversely conveyed, and said conveyor having an engaging member that engages with said downwardly extending protrusion of said storage unit through a predetermined rotational angle and thereby draws or pushes said storage unit. wherein said transversely conveying device is a wrapping connector driving device that employs a pair of chains, and wherein said engaging member extends between said chains, and wherein said elevator device includes an elevator tower and a lift which is provided in said elevator tower in such a manner that it can rise and fall, the upper portion of said elevator tower having an opening and the lower portion of said elevator tower communicating with said passageway portion and said lift having supporting members which holds said protrusions provided on said side surfaces of said storage unit from below and lift said storage unit from said conveying car.