FIELD: automated systems.
SUBSTANCE: area of application: round-the-clock trade in a wide product range. The substance of the invention consists in an automated store being comprised of a room with round-the-clock access of the supplier (courier)/buyer (courier), wherein said room has a warehouse area with several temperature modules with different temperature modes and a product reception/delivery area, wherein at least one imaging apparatus in form of a touch screen for controlling the product reception/delivery process by the obtained unique access code or barcode and at least one product reception/delivery window with a product loading/delivery mechanism and a conveyor belt for product delivery, as well as at least one product (order) payment tool and at least one video camera are installed, wherein a computer hardware and software control unit with a communication tool, at least one rack with product storage cells and an automatic mechanism for product movement from the product reception/delivery window to a specified cell for storage of this product, as well as an alarm system, are located in the warehouse area, wherein the store also contains at least one reading apparatus in form of a scanner, wherein each of the reading apparatuses is installed at each product reception/delivery window, a set of special cases for storing products for suppliers of products to the store, wherein a certain type of product with a specified identical storage temperature and shelf life is placed in each of the cases, a stacker crane as an automatic product moving mechanism delivering a product case from the selected cells to the product delivery conveyor belt, and also performs delivery of a special product case from the conveyor belt to the selected product cell, and also contains at least one tool for controlling the weight of the received and the delivered products made in form of a strain sensor, a robot manipulator configured to remove the required amount of the product from each product case selected by the stacker crane and to generate an order for the buyer according to the products paid by said buyer.
EFFECT: expanded operational possibilities of an automated store through provided round-the-clock and automated delivery of products to the store from suppliers and provided automated and round-the-clock purchase of products directly in the store.
13 cl, 5 dwg
