Method for picking a package
US9242794B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/0435
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A storage apparatus has an rack of storage bins, a pick head drive unit to drive a pick head to an access location for a selected bin, and a platform drive unit to drive a platform forming part of the pick head into and out of the rack to pick or load packages at a selected bin of the rack. The platform has a cam formation which, in the course of entry of the platform into the rack acting to lift a desired package until the platform reaches a clearance position at which the cam formation clears the package. Subsequent withdrawal of the platform from the rack acts to drag the desired package from the selected bin.
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