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US 10,766,700 B2Granted
Modular and configurable pick/put wall
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorsChristopher M. Engel, Hazem N. Nashif, Joseph B. Nentwig, Lance Reese, William J Godschalk
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Abstract
A modular order fullment system uses a number of inexpensive mobile apparatuses such as containers with horizontally accessible bins that are brought to a stationary frame that supports a pick-to-light system to direct a human or robotic operator to pick from or put to receptacles in the mobile apparatus.
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An order fulfillment system, comprising:
- a receiving apparatus comprising a front frame having a pair of vertical supports that receives one or more horizontal bars having an array of node locations located proximate to one or more openings;
- a mobile apparatus, wherein the mobile apparatus having at least one receptacle is positionable behind the front frame of the receiving apparatus so as to align an opening of the receptacle for holding articles with one of the array of node locations such that the receptacle located behind the front frame is accessible for article retrieval by passing through the one or more openings of the front frame of the receiving apparatus;
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- a light order fulfillment system comprising more than one article indicating module, wherein each module is mounted to a respective node location on the one or more horizontal bars of the receiving apparatus and configured to selectively illuminate the receptacles of the mobile apparatus docked behind the receiving apparatus.
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An order fulfillment system, comprising:
- a receiving apparatus comprising a front frame having a pair of vertical supports that receives one or more horizontal bars defining one or more openings;
- an array of node locations located on the one or more horizontal bars proximate to the one or more openings;
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- a light order fulfillment system comprising more than one article indicating module, wherein each module is mounted to a respective node location on the one or more horizontal bars of the receiving apparatus,
- wherein the receiving apparatus is configured to receive a mobile apparatus positionable behind the front frame so as to align an opening of a receptacle for holding articles with one of the array of node locations such that the receptacle located behind the front frame is accessible for article retrieval by passing through the one or more openings of the front frame of the receiving apparatus,
- wherein the light order fulfillment system is configured to selectively illuminate the receptacles of the mobile apparatus docked behind the receiving apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.