Gripping device
AssigneeOcado Innovation Limited
InventorRichard Farr
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Abstract
A gripping device for being suspended from a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in stacks in a grid storage structure including a plurality of tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The gripping device including a frame having a top side and a bottom side. The frame has a substantially downwardly extending peripheral wall defining at least one opening through the top side and bottom side of the frame. A gripping mechanism is mounted to the peripheral wall and is configured to releasably grip a container from below the frame.
Claims18
A gripping device for being suspended from a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in stacks in a grid storage structure having a plurality of tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of the containers, the gripping device comprising:
- a frame having a top side and a bottom side, the frame including a substantially downwardly extending peripheral wall defining at least one opening through the top side and bottom side of the frame;
- at least one electrical and/or electronic component occupying a portion of the at least one opening;
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- a gripping mechanism mounted to the peripheral wall and configured to releasably grip a container of the containers stacked in the stacks from below the frame;
- wherein the frame includes a bridge member extending across the frame between two opposing sides of the peripheral wall, and
- wherein the bridge member has a bottom surface that is recessed relative to the bottom of the peripheral wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.