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Patent No.:

US 10988311 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Gottfried Hendrix, Gemuenden, DE;

Peter Rehbein, Erlabrunn, DE;

Christian Knoll, Stuttgart, DE;

Jens Hofele, Lenningen, DE;

Stefan Junker, Nuremberg, DE;

Thorsten Smetak, Sennfeld, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B66F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0421 (2013.01); B65G 1/0428 (2013.01); B65G 1/0471 (2013.01); B66F 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for automatically handling storage units includes a support frame, at least one lifting unit, a gripper device configured to grip, convey, and discharge at least one storage unit, and at least one height adjustment device to which the gripper device is connected and is configured to be moved in the inner space of the support frame therewith. A storage arrangement which is configured to be charged from below for at least one storage unit is arranged above the gripper device so that the same support frame is configured by the lifting unit to convey and to store, by the storage arrangement, at least one storage unit. A method includes automatic handling of storage units via the device.


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