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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Dematic Corp., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
William R. Boer, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
William R. Yates, Caledonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dematic Corp., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/20 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 65/005 (2013.01); G02B 27/20 (2013.01); B65G 2209/04 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fulfilling orders and order fulfillment system includes a mobile assembly cart having a plurality of order assembly positions and a pointer assembly. The pointer assembly generates a beam and directs the beam to at least one of said assembly positions for selectively identifying at least one of the assembly positions for putting an item to or retrieving an order from each identified position. The assembly cart can be positioned with respect to the pointer assembly for the picking or putting and moved away from the pointer assembly after the picking or putting.