Method and apparatus for retrieving units from a storage system

    公开(公告)号:US11273980B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16083723

    申请日:2017-03-10

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04

    摘要: A storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern includes a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. A load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load handling device includes a container receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container receiving space. The load handling device includes a mechanism for enabling lateral movement of the device in one of two transverse directions by enabling either a first or second set of wheels to selectively engage the first or second set of rails or tracks.

    Robotic container handling device and method

    公开(公告)号:US10752440B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US15555907

    申请日:2016-04-15

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04 B65G63/00 B65G57/03

    摘要: A system and method for handling shipping containers is described. The container handling system includes a crane, the crane having crane load handling devices. The container handling system includes a conveyance device, the conveyance device including transversal load handling devices. The system provides storage and sortation for storing the containers in a series of stacks disposed beneath a grid, the grid having a series of load handling devices operable thereon. The crane load handling device removes a container from a ship, transports it to transversal load handling device operable on a conveyor. The container is moved on the conveyor to a transfer point where it is collected by a robotic load handling device for transport to the storage and sortation area.

    ROBOTIC CONTAINER HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180050869A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-22

    申请号:US15555907

    申请日:2016-04-15

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04 B65G63/00 B65G1/06

    摘要: A system and method for handling shipping containers is described. The container handling system includes a crane, the crane having crane load handling devices. The container handling system includes a conveyance device, the conveyance device including transversal load handling devices. The system provides storage and sortation for storing the containers in a series of stacks disposed beneath a grid, the grid having a series of load handling devices operable thereon. The crane load handling device removes a container from a ship, transports it to transversal load handling device operable on a conveyor. The container is moved on the conveyor to a transfer point where it is collected by a robotic load handling device for transport to the storage and sortation area.

    Method and apparatus for retrieving units from a storage system

    公开(公告)号:US11858737B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17505949

    申请日:2021-10-20

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04

    CPC分类号: B65G1/0464

    摘要: A storage system and a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in the storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of rails arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern has a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of a single grid space. The load handling device can move laterally on the rails above the stacks and includes a container receiving space located above the rails in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container receiving space. The load handling device also includes a mechanism for enabling lateral movement of the device in one of two transverse directions by enabling either a first or second set of wheels to selectively engage the first or second set of rails.

    Robotic parking device and handling method

    公开(公告)号:US10766698B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15566535

    申请日:2016-04-15

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04 B65G57/03 E04H6/18

    摘要: A robotic parking device is described. The device includes a number of stacks of containers as shown in FIG. 3, the stacks being positioned within a frame structure including uprights and a horizontal grid disposed above the stacks, the grid having substantially perpendicular rails on which load handling devices can run. Cars or vehicles are positioned in containers that are moved in to and out of the stacks by the robotic handling devices running on the grid. The cars are put in to the grid at entry points that may be positioned at points under the stacks.