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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Monotony.ai, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Samuel M. Felton, Belmont, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Wilson J. Mefford, Somerville, MA (US);
Stuart E. Schechter, Newton, MA (US);
Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);
Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US);
MONOTONY.AI, INC., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
An autonomous racking system for use with a mobile delivery vehicle includes an array of flow racks configured to receive thereon a plurality of containers each of which associated with a single customer and a plurality of pushers configured to push each one of the containers past a front end of the array. An elevator abuts the front end of the array to receive one or more containers from at least one of the array and a vehicle side access portal, and to deliver one or more containers to one or more of the plurality of flow racks from the portal. The elevator comprises a plurality of loading pushers configured to push a container off of the movable carriage and onto the array. A controller is operable communication with a plurality of pusher drives, an elevator drive motor, and one or more elevator position sensors.