Automatic production-conveying and warehousing systems

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVEYING INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES FROM A PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT TO A MAGAZINE STORAGE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL MAGAZINES ARRANGED IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ROWS; SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PRODUCTION RELEASE LINES FOR THE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT, A SINGLE CONVEYOR LINE TO WHICH SAID PLURALITY OF RELEASE LINES DELIVER PACKAGES, LINE RELEASE MECHANISM FOR EACH DEPARTMENT RELEASE LINE FOR DEVELOPING A RELEASE SIGNAL, A CODING DEVICE HAVING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID RELEASE SIGNALS FOR DEVELOPING OUTPUT SIGNALS, A PULSE GENERATOR RECEIVING THE OUTPUT SIGNALS OF SAID RELEASE LINE MECHANISM AND HAVING MEANS FOR GENERATING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF OUTPUT IMPULSES PER RELEASE OF EACH OF THE SEVERAL RELEASE LINE MECHANISMS, A DEPARTMENT CODING TAPE, A PUNCHER FOR RECEIVING CODING TAPE AND HAVING MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE CODING DEVICE SIGNALS FOR INDEXING AND PUNCHING CODE PERFORATIONS IN CODE CHANNELS OF THE TAPE, A DEPARTMENT TAPE READER FOR RECEIVING THE TAPE FROM THE PUNCHER, MEANS FOR INDEXING SAID TAPE THROUGH THE READER INDEPENDENTLY OF THE INDEXING THEREOF THROUGH SAID PUNCHER, MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID DEPARTMENT TAPE READER CORRESPONDING TO