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US11787634B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/04
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In accordance with one or more aspects of the disclosed embodiment, a lift includes at least one load handling device configured so as to reciprocate along a lift axis, the load handling device including a frame forming a payload section with a payload support surface having a common elevation configured to hold one or more pickfaces at the common elevation of the payload support surface, at least one transfer arm movably mounted to the frame, and a drive section connected to the load handling device and being configured to move the load handling device along the lift axis, wherein the one or more pickfaces carried in unison by the payload support surface of the at least one load handling device, define an order sequence of pickfaces on the at least one load handling device according to a predetermined case out order sequence of mixed cases.
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