Automated warehouse storage and retrieval system
US10518974B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/0407
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automated warehouse storage and retrieval system may comprise at least an aisle, and each of two sides of the aisle has a shelf. A rail is laid along the aisle to enable at least an automated vehicle to move thereon. The automated vehicle has a platform, and a top surface thereof comprises at least a working station and at least a pick-and-place unit. Each of two lateral sides of the platform has two openings separated by a desired distance, and each of the openings has a climbing unit installed therein. The climbing units are configured to synchronously protrude from or move back in the openings. A side of the shelf faced to the rail has a plurality of vertical supporting members arranged in parallel, and each two adjacent supporting members are separated by the distance same as the two climbing units on the same lateral side of the platform.
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