A container accessing station is disclosed for use in an automated storage and retrieval grid. The station includes an access opening to allow human or robotic access to the contents of a storage container, a base opening, and a lifting device. The lifting device is configured to retrieve the storage container from a first level below the base opening, lift it through the base opening, and position it at a second level for access via the access opening. The lifting device comprises a lifting frame for releasable connection to the storage container and a lift mechanism designed to move the lifting frame between the first and second levels.
CONTAINER ACCESSING STATION WITH LIFTING DEVICE
2025-06-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |