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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Autostore Technology As, Nedre Vats, NO;
Ingvar Hognaland, Nedre Vats, NO;
Ivar Fjeldheim, Haugesund, NO;
Trond Austrheim, Etne, NO;
Øystein Gjerdevik, Nedre Vats, NO;
Autostore Technology AS, Nedre Vats, NO;
Abstract
A storage system for storing product items includes a grid structure, a number of storage bins configured to be stored in vertical compartments in the grid structure, and a picking and/or supply station. Each storage bin is configured to contain at least one product item. The storage system further includes a conveyor system configured to convey a storage bin from a first position to a second position and further to a third position, where the conveyor system includes a first, tillable conveyor configured to convey the storage bin from the first position to the third position via the second position.