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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
Exotec Product France, Croix, FR;
Romain Moulin, Lille, FR;
Renaud Heitz, Villeneuve d'Ascq, FR;
EXOTEC PRODUCT FRANCE, Croix, FR;
Abstract
An order picking system including: shelving units delimiting an aisle; and a self-guiding carriage having climbing elements including four sprockets each intended to cooperate with shelves or chains attached to the posts, each of the sprockets being mounted on a support movable with respect to the frame of the carriage between an extended position and a retracted position. The width or length of the carriage is less than the spacing between the posts of the first pair of posts or the second pair of posts, and the movable support is configured such that, in the deployed position, at least a portion of each of the sprockets also protrudes from an edge of the frame facing the aisle.