# US 12,110,197 B2 · Block stacking arrangement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,197 B2 - Document ID: US12110197B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/115,925 - Filed: 2023-03-01 - Published: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - 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/US12110197B2 ## CPC - B65G 1/0471: {with access from beneath} - B65G 60/00: Simultaneously or alternatively stacking and de-stacking of articles - B25J 3/00: Manipulators of leader-follower type, i.e. both controlling unit and controlled unit perform corresponding spatial movements - B25J 9/162: {Mobile manipulator, movable base with manipulator arm mounted on it} - B25J 9/1682: {Dual arm manipulator; Coordination of several manipulators} - B25J 11/005: {Manipulators for mechanical processing tasks} - B65G 57/302: {added articles being lifted to substantially stationary grippers or holders} - B65G 2814/0311: Other article loading or unloading devices - 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) - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) ## Abstract A block stacking arrangement having multiple container stacking slots and a loading space arranged below the container stacking slots in a direction of gravity, a pass-through opening being arranged between each container stacking slot and the loading space, via which a container can be moved out of the loading space into the container stacking slot or from the container stacking slot into the loading space and which has a holding device. Good flexibility of the block stacking arrangement is achieved at least because at least two pass-through openings have different sizes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A block stacking arrangement comprising: multiple container stacking slots; a loading space arranged below the container stacking slots in a direction of gravity; a pass-through opening arranged between each container stacking slot and the loading space, via which a container is configured to be moved out of the loading space into the container stacking slot or from the container stacking slot into the loading space and which has a holder; wherein at least two pass-through openings have different sizes; a loading vehicle configured to be moved in the loading space; the loading vehicle having a lifter by means of which a container from the loading space is configured to be placed in a container stacking slot or can be removed from the container stacking slot; the lifter being fastened on one side to a chassis of the loading vehicle; the loading vehicle being a first loading vehicle and a second loading vehicle configured to be moved in the loading space synchronously with the first loading vehicle; the lifter of the first loading vehicle being opposite the lifter of the second loading vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The block stacking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein: the pass-through opening of each container stacking slot is matched to a base area of the container stacking slot. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The block stacking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein: the holder has at least two holding pawls diametrically opposed to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The block stacking arrangement according to claim 1, wherein; the first and second loading vehicles have a common controller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The block stacking arrangement according to claim 4, wherein: the controller is configured as a master/slave controller. ### Claim 6 A method for operating a block stacking arrangement having multiple container stacking slots and a loading space arranged below the container stacking slots in a direction of gravity, a pass-through opening being arranged between each container stacking slot and the loading space, said pass-through opening having a holder, wherein at least two pass-through openings are of different sizes, said method comprising: selecting a container stacking slot depending on the size of the container; storing at least one container in the container stacking slot starting from the loading space; removing the at least one container from the container stacking slot into the loading space; the storing and removing of the method are carried out by at least one loading vehicle with a lifter; the lifter being arranged on one side of a chassis of the loading vehicle; and the loading vehicles being moved synchronously at least at times. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein: the at least one loading vehicle actuates the holder. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein: the loading vehicles are controlled by a common controller. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein: the controller operates on the basis of the master/slave principle.