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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Solystic, Bagneux, FR;
Inventors:
Luc Chirol, Paris, FR;
Emmanuel Miette, Saint Gratien, FR;
Assignee:
SOLYSTIC, Bagneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of handling articles in a logistics center uses an unloading zone for unloading the articles arriving at the center and an article stowage zone where the articles are stored in ordered manner, nesting racks coupled to shuttle robot carts, and also trays placed on lift trolleys coupled to the shuttle robot carts, and at least one vertical tray rack for storing the trays loaded with the articles in superposed manner in the stowage zone. If an article is loaded on a nesting rack in the unloading zone, the shuttle robot cart stores the article with the nesting rack in a lower portion of the tray rack.