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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
David Bruce McCalib, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Bryan Gregory Drake, Seattle, WA (US);
Tak Keung Joseph Lui, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brent Lutz, North Bend, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for a vertically recirculating gantry system operating in parallel with multiple actuators on multiple gantries. A plurality of items are retrieved from a plurality of picking locations via a plurality of actuators disposed on a gantry spanning a width of the plurality of conveyors. The gantry is moved along a track toward a plurality of stowage locations. Individual items are deposited in respective stowage locations via the plurality of actuators as the gantry moves over the stowage locations.