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Patent No.:

US 10035651 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

May. 15, 2017

Storage systems and methods for retrieving units from a storage system

Applicant:

Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;

Inventors:

Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo, Welwyn, GB;

Robert Rolf Stadie, Eversley, GB;

Christopher Richard James Brett, St Albans, GB;

Matthew Robert Whelan, Luton, GB;

Assignee:

OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED, Hatfield, GB;

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Kyle O Logan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method suitable for storing multiple product lines in an automated warehouse environment are disclosed. The storage system includes a frame containing a plurality of stacks of containers, a first handling device capable of lifting a plurality of containers from a stack in a single operation, and a second independently moveable handling device capable of lifting a single container and moving the container laterally. The first and second handling devices can work together to remove a target container quickly and with minimum use of resources.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lindbo, Lars Sverker Ture. (2018). Storage systems and methods for retrieving units from a storage system (U.S. Patent No. 10035651). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10035651

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