CA2461045A1 - Automated storage and retrieval system - Google Patents

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CA2461045A1
CA2461045A1 CA002461045A CA2461045A CA2461045A1 CA 2461045 A1 CA2461045 A1 CA 2461045A1 CA 002461045 A CA002461045 A CA 002461045A CA 2461045 A CA2461045 A CA 2461045A CA 2461045 A1 CA2461045 A1 CA 2461045A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/0407—Storage devices mechanical using stacker cranes
    • B65G1/0435—Storage devices mechanical using stacker cranes with pulling or pushing means on either stacking crane or stacking area

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An automated storage and retrieval system (10) includes two confrontingly opposed, columnar arrays (12, 14) which define a plurality of vertically spaced tray- receiving recesses (20). A platform (28) is vertically displaceable along and between the arrays and carries an extraction device (46) operable for withdrawing a selected tray (80) from an array recess onto the platform, and for inserting a tray supported on the platform into a vacant recess in either array. The extraction device includes a pair of rods (72, 74) carried on and for movement longitudinally along the platform, toward and away from the opposed arrays, about opposed continuous-loop drive belts (48, 50) which lie in substantially vertical planes. The rods are releasably engageable, through rotation of the drive belts, within handles (98) provided at and extending longitudinally outwardly from the opposite ends of each tray to enable withdrawal and insertion of the selected tray.
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