Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414279000 | Device includes self-powered, track-guided car | 19 |
20080213073 | PORT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS - A port storage and distribution system for facilitating the transfer and/or storage of international shipping containers between container ships and ground transport carriers wherein an overhead grid guide track structure is provide that permits overhead transfer units to selectively engage and convey containers as required between the various ships, carriers and storage area without requiring multiple transfers of containers between different handling equipment. The system provides for container scanning and is either fully automated or partially manually controlled. | 09-04-2008 |
20080260504 | OHT ACCESSIBLE HIGH DENSITY STOCKER AND METHOD - A storage system for items such as substrate carriers includes at least one stocker including a plurality of storage areas each adapted to store at least one storage device. At least one movable support is arranged on the at least one stocker. A control controls movement of the at least one movable support at least between a first position wherein the at least one movable support receives the at least one storage device outside one of the storage areas and a second position wherein the at least one movable support is arranged substantially within the one of the storage areas. | 10-23-2008 |
20100215463 | Carrying Apparatus Capable of Quickly Moving a Positioning Platform Carried by it - A carrying apparatus capable of quickly moving a positioning platform carried by it is provided with a positioning platform at the top thereof and a support base at the bottom thereof. The carrying apparatus is defined with at least one sliding way, and the positioning platform is provided with a plurality of wheels which is in rolling contact with the sliding way of the carrying apparatus, so as to make the positioning platform move in the sliding way of the carrying apparatus quickly. | 08-26-2010 |
20100232916 | LOAD HANDLING DEVICE - A handling device for a resistant load includes a guide track ( | 09-16-2010 |
20110262253 | STAND-ALONE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR FOR A STORAGE AND/OR LOGISTICS PREPARATION WAREHOUSE - The invention relates to a stand-alone shuttle conveyor ( | 10-27-2011 |
20120099953 | SHUTTLE FOR AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE - A warehouse shuttle includes a chassis made up of first and second chassis portions and an article-carrying area between the chassis portions. Pairs of first and second running wheels are provided on the chassis to travel along the runway. One of a pair of arms is mounted to the first chassis portion and the other of the arms is mounted to the second chassis portion and are extendable and retractable to transfer an article between one of the shelves and the article-carrying area. A connector assembly connects the first and second chassis portions and can vary the spacing between the first and second chassis portions thereby varying the spacing between the arms to engage articles of different widths. | 04-26-2012 |
20120177465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING CONTAINERS IN AND RETRIEVING CONTAINERS FROM A STORAGE RACK BY MEANS OF A SATELLITE VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method and system for storing containers ( | 07-12-2012 |
20130129456 | Storage System and Methods - A storage system includes a rack with a plurality of layers, each layer including an aisle and a plurality of rows extending from the aisle defining storage locations for items. A shuttle usable with the rack includes a first cart movable along the aisle and a second cart configured to be carriable by the first cart and to be movable along a row. The second cart is configured to carry an item between the first cart and the storage locations. A conveyor is located on one of the first or second carts to move the item onto or off the first cart. Related methods of storing and/or retrieving items from a rack are also disclosed. A rack system is disclosed and is readily assembled without welding, transferring loading so that the weight of the rack and any item stored therein is supported by the upright elements via support brackets. | 05-23-2013 |
20130209202 | LOAD BEARING DEVICE FOR A RACK RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, RACK RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A load handling device of a storage and retrieval device, which can travel in a longitudinal direction along a storage and retrieval side of a storage rack and can be positioned in front of the storage and retrieval side so that storage goods can be stored and retrieved in a transverse direction, including a loading platform; at least one tine comb comprising a plurality of tines which are substantially oriented along the transverse direction and are distanced to each other so that each of the tines can engage a space between neighbouring cantilever arms of the storage rack for delivering or lifting one or more of the storage goods on the cantilever arms or from the cantilever arms. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209203 | Transelevator for Handling Pallets, Pallet-Removal Device Mounted on Said Transelevator and Goods Storage System - The invention relates to a transelevator ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130216337 | Transelevator for Transporting Loads - Transelevator for transporting loads, comprising two vertical columns that can move in a horizontal plane, with a substantially rectangular cross section, an elevator moving vertically between said columns for moving a load from or to a storage compartment on a shelving unit, transmission means for operating the elevator, and drive means for moving the transelevator horizontally, in which the elevator transmission means and the drive means for lifting and translational movement are supported on one of the vertical columns, such that the main stresses due to the weight of the elevator and the inertia of the translational movement are supported by the main vertical column, the cross section of said main vertical column being greater than the section of the auxiliary vertical column. | 08-22-2013 |
20150291357 | ROBOTIC PICKUP POINT FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - A retail facility for enabling customers to pick up products including perishable items has a storage system for storing containers arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground. The storage system includes a first storage section for storing containers with products at a first temperature and a second storage section for storing containers with products at a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The first storage section is covered with a first thermal insulating cover. A transportation device is configured for moving along one or more horizontal rails arranged above the first storage section. The rails are supported by vertical support elements arranged outside of the first thermal insulating cover. The transportation device is configured for taking one or more containers stored in the storage system and delivering the containers to a selected destination. | 10-15-2015 |
20150380044 | LIBRARY APPARATUS - A library apparatus includes a shutter mechanism including a slide-type shutter configured to open and close the opening and an urging member configured to urge the shutter in a closing direction, and a first locking mechanism configured such that when the running body is stopped at a passing and receiving position of the cartridge, the first locking mechanism permits the shutter in a fully closed state to slide in an opening direction and enables a fully open state of the shutter to be maintained, whereas when the running body is not stopped at the passing and receiving position of the cartridge, the first locking mechanism releases the maintenance of the fully open state of the shutter and prohibits the shutter in the fully closed state from sliding in the opening direction. | 12-31-2015 |
20160016731 | LOADING DESIRED CONTAINER SEQUENCE ONTO BOARD OF CONTAINER CARRIAGE IN STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system having at least first, second and third storage sections, each configured for storing containers in multiple storage cells arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground. Storage cells in each row are arranged in multiple parallel lines extending in a first horizontal direction. Container carriages are moved in the first horizontal direction along parallel paths corresponding to the lines of the storage cells. The container carriage having a frame and a board for carrying containers is configured to position the board at different horizontal levels with respect to the frame. The container carriage is enabled to load containers onto its board in a desired sequence by taking a selected container from a storage cell in one row of the storage section when the board is positioned at one horizontal level, and placing the selected container to a storage sell in another row when the board is positioned at another horizontal level. | 01-21-2016 |
20160060034 | A FRAME STRUCTURE FOR A MULTI-LEVEL CONTAINER HANDLING AND STORAGE FACILITY - A frame structure for a multi-level container handling and storage facility | 03-03-2016 |
20170233187 | TEMPORARY STORAGE SYSTEM, CONVEYANCE SYSTEM USING SAME, AND TEMPORARY STORAGE METHOD | 08-17-2017 |
20180022547 | AUTOMATICALLY CENTERING LOAD SUPPORT FOR SHUTTLE VEHICLES HAVING A VARIABLE RECEIVING WIDTH | 01-25-2018 |
20180022548 | STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL VEHICLE FOR A PALLET STORAGE SYSTEM | 01-25-2018 |
20190144205 | STOCKER | 05-16-2019 |