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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Gebhardt Foerdertechnik Gmbh, Sinsheim, DE;
Marco Gebhardt, Sinsheim, DE;
Joerg Eder, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Gebhardt Foerdertechnik GmbH, Sinsheim, DE;
Abstract
A storage and retrieval system for containers that can be moved along a shaft of a station by way of a gripper. A guide device for guided vertical movement of the gripper is designed such that (a) the guide device has at least one guide element which protrudes upward from the gripper, for guiding cooperation with the shaft or a storage column and/or with an upper closure element of a transport vehicle and/or gripper, and projects upward at least in the uppermost position of the gripper beyond an upper end of the transport vehicle or the closure element, or terminates flush with the upper end or the closure element, and/or (b) the guide device has at least one guide element which can be moved downwards from a lower end of the shaft or from at least one support of the shaft, for guiding cooperation with the gripper and/or the container.