Automated material handling system with motorized transfer vehicles
US7101139B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66B9/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A material handling system for use in storing and moving goods within multi-level storage warehouses, ocean going vessels and the like wherein storage areas are provided on at least one of the levels and wherein goods are automatically transferred to and from the storage areas and between the various levels by self-propelled load transfer vehicles. The load transfer vehicles move across the surface of the various levels and deliver are also movable within open vertical trunks between the levels to thereby move goods to any desired area.
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