“Terris wheel” in automated warehouse

A five-story aiUomated ferris wheel, controlled by an electronic memory unit, picks up merchandise at a receiving dock and distributes it to the proper floors and stations in a unicjue warehouse in New York City. 1 his ferris wheel is one feature of a system of mechanical devices arid automatic electronic coirtrols that receives merchandise from oer 2,000 suppliers, directs its flow through the warehouse and out to 208 stores acioss the coiurtry, shipping an average of 150,000 units a day, with accuracy and speed.