查看更多>>摘要:From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents obtained the followingquote: “The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the presentdisclosure and may not constitute prior art.“The systematic storage, handling and the transport of load carriers, such as for example boxes,packages or pallets, is important in various fields. In addition to the logistics, this also includes theproduction, for example automobile production. In this context, gravity feed racks, among other things,are used. The load carriers move in the gravity feed racks on a slightly inclined track, due to gravity, froman acceptance side to a discharge side. According to the FIFO (First In, First Out) principle, the loadcarrier which has been added first to the acceptance side may also be removed again first on the dischargeside. Simple variations of the track, which is generally configured as a roller track, have only one stationaryretaining device on the discharge side which inhibits the load carriers from moving forward and falling offthe gravity feed rack. In addition, variations are also known in which a movable retaining device releasesthe load carrier furthest to the front on the discharge side when this load carrier is to be accepted by apick-up rack. Systems having a retaining device or, respectively, separating device, which serves to holdback the following load carrier from the load carrier furthest to the front until the load carrier furthest tothe front has been removed, are also known. These systems, however, are generally provided for manual operation and are not designed for a fully automatic process. There is also no possibility of driving up tothe gravity feed rack on the discharge side in order to accept the load carrier.