Method and apparatus for automated storage and retrieval of miniature shelf keeping units
US8444938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2300/0851
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of random-access storage and retrieval of any particular compartmentalized samples from a integral array of storage compartments with an apparatus to wholly excise intact sample-containing compartments and then convey the liberated samples intact in their respective compartments to designated locations of an adapted receiving tray, where they are releaseably locked in place.
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