Storage and retrieval system
US11254502B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/1376
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automated storage and retrieval system including at least one autonomous transport vehicle, a transfer deck that defines a transport surface for the vehicle, at least one reciprocating lift, a first and second pickface interface station connected to the deck and spaced apart from each other, each station forming a pickface transfer interfacing between the vehicle on the deck and the lift at each station so that a pickface is transferred between the lift and the vehicle at each station, wherein the vehicle is configured to pick a first pickface at the first station, traverse the deck and buffer the first pickface, or at least a portion thereof, at the second station so that the second station has multiple pickfaces buffered on a common support in an order sequence of pickfaces according to a predetermined case out order sequence of mixed case pickfaces.
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