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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;
OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED, Herts, GB;
Abstract
A storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern includes a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. A load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load handling device includes a container receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container receiving space. The load handling device includes a mechanism for enabling lateral movement of the device in one of two transverse directions by enabling either a first or second set of wheels to selectively engage the first or second set of rails or tracks.