Pickface builder for storage and retrieval systems
US9475649B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/1371
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pickface builder for a storage and retrieval system for storing goods units and having an in-feed conveyor and a picking device, each goods unit holding at least one product package therein, the pickface builder including a frame, a pusher member movably coupled to the frame, and a snugger member movably coupled to the frame, wherein the pickface builder is configured to receive goods units from the in-feed conveyor and the pusher member and snugger member are movable at least in a direction transverse to a direction of goods unit travel on the in-feed conveyor and configured to form the goods units into a pickface picked by the picking device as a unit and having a predetermined reference datum relating the pickface to a placement position of goods units forming the pickface along a storage surface of the storage and retrieval system.
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