# US 12,006,147 B2 · Block storage arrangement

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- Number: US 12,006,147 B2
- Document ID: US12006147B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/115,932
- Filed: 2023-03-01
- Published: 2023-09-07
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2022-03-03
- Assignees: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicants: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Michael Becker; Jörg Cavelius; Timm Morawietz; Markus Liebhaber
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006147B2

## CPC

- B65G 1/0471: {with access from beneath}
- B65G 1/0414: {provided with satellite cars adapted to travel in storage racks}
- B65G 1/0421: {with control for stacker crane operations}
- B65G 1/14: Stack holders or separators
- B65G 57/30: by adding to the bottom of the stack
- B65G 57/302: {added articles being lifted to substantially stationary grippers or holders}
- B65G 59/06: De-stacking from the bottom of the stack
- B65G 2201/0235: Containers
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

A block storage arrangement that includes a plurality of container stacking spaces, a loading space arranged below the container stacking spaces, and at least one loading vehicle which is movable in the loading space and has a lifting arrangement, with which containers can be loaded from below into a container stacking space and can be removed from below from the container stacking space. It would be desirable to enable a high productivity of the block storage arrangement. For this purpose, the lifting arrangement includes at least two lifting units that can be actuated independently of one another.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A block storage arrangement comprising:
a plurality of container stacking spaces;
a loading space arranged below the container stacking spaces; and
at least one loading vehicle configured to be moved in the loading space and having at least two lifters that are configured to be operated independently of one another, each of the at least two lifters with which containers are configured to be loaded from below into a container stacking space and can be removed from below from the container stacking space;
a container holder arranged between each container stacking space and a loading space;
wherein the loading vehicle for each lifter has an actuator acting on the container holder; and
wherein each actuator has at least one beam which is configured to move in a direction from the loading space to a container stacking space, the beam having two actuators arranged at a distance from one another.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising:
a controller connected to the lifters; and
the controller comprises a synchronizer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 1, wherein:
the beam has a top side and a bottom side; and
a distance between the top side and the bottom side changes over the length of the beam.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 1, wherein:
each actuator is arranged on an end wall element of the loading vehicle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 1, wherein:
each container stacking space has a center axis, and each of the lifters has a center point in a plane perpendicular to a direction of gravity; and
a distance between the center points of the lifters corresponds to a distance between the center axes.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 1, wherein:
each lifter has a container receiving space that is rectangular in plan view and has a longitudinal side and a transverse side, which is shorter than the longitudinal side; and
the longitudinal sides of adjacent lifters are arranged adjacent to one another.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 6, wherein:
a frame is arranged between the loading space and the container stacking spaces; and
adjacent container receiving spaces are at a distance from one another, which is at least as large as a thickness of the frame on the longitudinal sides.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The block storage arrangement according to claim 6, wherein:
a plurality of additional containers are arranged in the container stacking spaces; and
the container receiving spaces are of a height corresponding to a height of at least two of the additional containers stacked on top of each other.