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publication_id: "OT-2026-000001096"
title: "Elevator locking device for a vertical automatic warehouse"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:51.921917Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001096"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
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  - "b65g1/04"
  - "b65g1/06"
  - "b65g1/06"
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# Elevator locking device for a vertical automatic warehouse

## Abstract

An automatic warehouse ( 1 ), comprising: a frame ( 2 ), defining a prismatic-shaped containment volume (V), with a vertical axis (X); an elevator ( 3 ), arranged inside the containment volume (V), comprising a flat bed ( 4 ), movable along a vertical direction; a locking device ( 101 ), interposed between the frame ( 2 ) and the elevator ( 3 ), which is operable between a locking configuration, in which the elevator ( 3 ) is constrained to the frame ( 2 ) with respect to the vertical movements and cannot move vertically, and a release configuration, in which the elevator ( 3 ) can move vertically. The locking device ( 101 ) can be activated on command from a predetermined zone of the frame ( 2 ), which can be positioned with great flexibility, based on any access needs.