A gripping device 100 for being suspended from a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in stacks in a grid storage structure, the gripping device comprising: a frame 102 including an upper frame member 104 and a lower frame member 106, the upper and lower frame members being vertically spaced and horizontally extending, the upper frame member being coupled to the lower frame member such that the upper and lower frame members are moveable vertically towards and away from each other; a gripper assembly mounted to the frame and configured to releasably grip a container from the stacks, the gripper assembly being moveable between a gripping configuration for gripping the container and a release configuration for releasing the container; wherein relative movement of the upper and lower frame members vertically towards or away from each other is configured to move the gripper assembly between the gripping configuration and the release configuration.
Gripping device
2023-04-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English