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公开(公告)号:US20230137545A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17911829
申请日:2021-03-16
发明人: Trond Austrheim
摘要: A delivery vehicle operates on a two-dimensional rail system with rails extending in a first direction and a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The delivery vehicle includes a vehicle body; two sets of wheels connected to the vehicle body for engagement with the underlying rail system and for moving the delivery vehicle in the first and second directions; a container carrier for supporting a container from below, wherein the container carrier comprises a first conveyor; a conveyor drive shaft for driving the first conveyor; and at least one drive coupling. The at least one drive coupling includes a connection interface accessible from an outer side portion of the vehicle body. The drive coupling is rotatably connected to a motor drive shaft such that when the motor drive shaft is rotated the drive coupling and the connection interface are rotated.
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公开(公告)号:US20230125328A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-27
申请号:US17908774
申请日:2021-03-03
摘要: A grid framework structure includes: first and second sets of parallel rails or tracks forming a grid pattern with grid spaces. The grid is supported by a set of uprights to form vertical storage locations beneath the grid for containers to be stacked. A load handling device includes: a lifting assembly having a sling assembly arranged to support, raise and lower a load, the sling assembly having: a sling extending between a support mountable to a body of the load handling device and a gripper plate for supporting the load. First and second ends of the sling are attached to first and second hoist drums.
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公开(公告)号:US11629015B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US17229596
申请日:2021-04-13
申请人: SYMBOTIC LLC
发明人: Michael Cyrulik , Robert Sullivan
摘要: A maintenance access system for a storage and retrieval system having a storage and retrieval space and automated transport vehicles disposed in the space. The system includes at least one maintenance access control unit associated with a portion of the space, at least one barrier in the space and defining a boundary of the portion of the space and configured to substantially prevent the passage of the vehicles past the at least one barrier, and a controller connected to the control unit, the controller being configured to receive a signal from the at least one control unit for isolating the portion of the space associated with the at least one control unit, where the controller in response to the signal closes the at least one barrier isolating the portion of the space and effects the removal from or shutting down of vehicles within the portion of the space.
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公开(公告)号:US20230112249A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-13
申请号:US18045209
申请日:2022-10-10
摘要: A system for picking items from a containerised storage system is described. The items are stored in storage bins in stacks within a framework comprising a grid system disposed above the stacks of bins. Robotic devices are disposed on the grid, the devices acting so as to pick containers from the stacks of bins. The storage system is provided with at least one picking device for picking items from bins and depositing them directly in delivery containers DT.
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公开(公告)号:US11608228B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-21
申请号:US16934657
申请日:2020-07-21
申请人: Symbotic LLC
发明人: John Lert , Stephen Toebes , Robert Sullivan , Foster D. Hinshaw , Nathan Ulrich , Eric Peters
摘要: A warehouse storage and retrieval system including an array of multilevel storage racks having at least one transfer deck, picking isles and storage areas disposed along picking isles, the storage areas being configured to hold differing loads, and a controller including a management module configured to variably size the storage areas of the array of multilevel storage rack modules and assign each of the variably sized storage areas to a corresponding one of the differing loads, wherein the storage and retrieval system is arranged to transport the differing loads for placement in the variably sized storage areas assigned by the controller.
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公开(公告)号:US11608227B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-21
申请号:US16479715
申请日:2018-02-21
发明人: Shay Cohen , Guy Blotnik , Nadav Laor , Asaf Kaufman , Bar Cohen
摘要: A direction switching module for lift robots using a pair of pinions coupled to a rack for propelling vertically and horizontally according to the track's orientation, is disclosed. In a linear motion mode both pinions rotate in the same velocity. In a direction switching mode, when changing from vertical to horizontal motion mode and vise versa, the module is capable of propelling one pinion on a vertical track and its counterpart on a horizontal track, simultaneously, each pinion in a different velocity. A bogie propelled by two pairs of said module is also disclosed, and a controller configured to drive both pinions in same velocity during linear motion and each pinion in a separate appropriate velocity during the direction switching mode. A method for turning a pinion-driven lift-robot in an intersection of rails and a controller for controlling the linear motion modes and the direction switching modes of the lift robot are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11597597B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US16614175
申请日:2018-05-16
摘要: The present invention relates to automated storage and retrieval system comprising: a track system comprising a first set of parallel tracks arranged in a horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and a second set of parallel tracks arranged in the horizontal plane and extending in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, which first and second sets of tracks form a grid pattern in the horizontal plane comprising a plurality of adjacent grid cells, each comprising a grid opening defined by a pair of adjacent tracks of the first set of tracks and a pair of adjacent tracks of the second set of tracks; a plurality of stacks of storage containers arranged in storage columns located beneath the track system, wherein each storage column is located vertically below a grid opening; a plurality of container handling vehicles for lifting and moving storage containers stacked in the stacks, the container handling vehicles being configured to move laterally on the track system above the storage columns to access the storage containers via the grid openings, wherein each of the plurality of container handling vehicles has a footprint with a horizontal extension which is equal to or less than the horizontal extension of a grid cell and comprises: a wheel assembly for guiding the container handling vehicle along the track system and a container-receiving storage space arranged within the footprint of the container handling vehicle for accommodating a storage container. Each container handling vehicle comprises a protruding section which extends horizontally beyond the footprint of the container handling vehicle and, when the container handling vehicle is positioned above a grid cell, into a neighbouring grid cell.
The present invention also relates to a container handling vehicle for such an automated storage and retrieval system.-
公开(公告)号:US20230064130A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17812363
申请日:2022-07-13
申请人: Azenta, Inc
发明人: Robert T. Caveney , Frank Hunt , Lingchen Sun , Julian D. Warhurst , Bruce S. Zandi , Anthony C. Bonora
IPC分类号: B65G1/04 , F25D3/11 , B65G1/06 , B65G1/10 , F25D3/10 , F25D21/02 , F25D21/04 , F25D25/02 , F25D29/00
摘要: An automated cryogenic storage system includes a freezer and an automation system to provide automated transfer of samples to and from the freezer. The freezer includes a bearing and a drive shaft though the freezer, the drive shaft being coupled to a rack carrier inside the freezer and adapted to be coupled to a motor. The automation module includes a rack puller that is automatically positioned above an access port of the freezer. The rack puller engages with a sample rack within the freezer, and elevates the rack into an insulating sleeve external to the freezer. From the insulating sleeve, samples can be added to and removed from the sample rack before it is returned to the freezer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230057925A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-23
申请号:US17938512
申请日:2022-10-06
发明人: Trond Austrheim
摘要: A storage system includes a storage grid structure having a top rail grid upon which container handling vehicles work to store and retrieve storage containers in and from storage columns beneath the top rail grid. The storage system includes multiple transfer rails forming a horizontal transfer rail grid arranged at a level below the top rail grid. At least one transport vehicle operates on the transfer rail grid. The storage system includes a picking/stocking station for picking/stocking items between a storage container and a packaging box, and an unloading/loading assembly for unloading/loading packaging boxes containing such items. The transport vehicle is arranged to move upon the transfer rail grid in two perpendicular directions and comprises a carrier platform. The transfer rail grid is arranged to allow access for the transport vehicle to transport one or more packaging boxes at a time between the picking/stocking station and the unloading/loading assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20230031172A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-02
申请号:US17536178
申请日:2021-11-29
发明人: XUEHAI CUI , GANG LIU
摘要: The present invention relates to the technical field of vertical automatic storage cabinets and provides a vertical automatic storage cabinet that comprises: a cabinet body; storage racks; a grasping structure and a conveying structure. In the present vertical automatic storage cabinet, at least two storage racks are provided to be spaced apart in the height direction of the cabinet body, and the grasping structure is located in the area between the two storage racks. When in use, the storage boxes on both the upper and lower sides can be taken off the mounting rack, then can be transferred to the conveying structure, and the storage boxes can be conveyed to the outside of the cabinet body.
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