US 12,459,736 B2
Rack system including rack-integrated escape route
Lukas Weber, Wertheim-Bettingen (DE)
Assigned to SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (DE), Giebelstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 18/289,278
Filed by SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (DE), Giebelstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/061255
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/233681, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 111 497.7 (DE), filed on May 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262619 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/0492 (2013.01) [B65G 2207/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rack system comprising:
at least two rack modules directly adjacent to each other in a height direction of the rack system;
wherein the rack modules are formed of two racks, which:
are aligned parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of the rack system and spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction of the rack system for defining a rack aisle between them, and
comprise a plurality of rack compartments, which are directly adjacent to each other;
wherein each of the rack modules comprises, in an area of the rack aisle, a maintenance aisle configured for automatically operating and manually maintaining at least one storage and retrieval device; and
wherein, inside at least one of the racks, a rack-integrated escape channel is provided for connecting the maintenance aisles directly to an outside world of the rack system, and wherein the escape channel is configured to be passed by a maintenance technician, and
wherein the escape channel includes an escape shaft extending in the height direction through the at least one of the racks and connecting to each other the rack modules in the height direction in a compartmentless manner.