Automated supply method and automated robot-assisted warehouse
OwnerJean-Pierre Solignacinventor
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Abstract
The robotised automated warehouse (20) including: at least two horizontal fixed supports (28) for holding in position a plurality of bins (21), each horizontal fixed support being at a height referred to as “fixed support”; at least one conveyor (27) configured to support at least one bin in horizontal movement, each conveyor being positioned at a conveying height different from each fixed support height, at least one conveyor being positioned between two horizontal fixed supports; and at least one mobile carriage (23) equipped with a picking head (39) and a motor (34, 38) for moving the picking head, configured to pick up a bin on a bin support, move it vertically up to a conveying height and mechanically connect the moved bin to the conveyor placed at this conveying height.
Claims10
A Robotised automated warehouse, comprising:
- at least two horizontal fixed supports for holding in position a plurality of bins comprising products to be delivered, each horizontal fixed support being at a height referred to as “fixed support”;
- at least one conveyor configured to support at least one bin in horizontal movement, each conveyor being positioned at a conveying height different from each fixed support height, the at least one conveyor being positioned between the at least two horizontal fixed supports;
- and
- at least one mobile carriage equipped with a picking head and a motor for moving the picking head, configured to pick up a single bin on a bin support, move it vertically up to the conveying height and mechanically connect the moved bin to the conveyor placed at the conveying height
- and which comprises at least two horizontal conveyors and, between two successive conveyors, two fixed supports, each horizontal conveyor being encased, above and below, by two of the fixed supports.
A method for supplying products present in bins, in a warehouse which comprises:
- at least two horizontal fixed supports for holding in position a plurality of bins, each horizontal fixed support being at a height referred to as “fixed support”;
- at least one conveyor configured to support at least one bin in horizontal movement, each conveyor being positioned at a conveying height different from each fixed support height, the at least one conveyor being positioned between the at least two horizontal fixed supports;
- and
- at least one mobile carriage equipped with a picking head and a motor for moving the picking head,
- and which comprises at least two horizontal conveyors and, between two successive conveyors, two fixed supports, each horizontal conveyor being encased, above and below, by two of the fixed supports,
- which method is further comprises, carried out by the mobile carriage:
- a step of picking up a single bin on a bin support;
- a step of moving the picked-up bin vertically, up to the conveying height;
- and
- a step of mechanical linkage between the bin and the conveyor placed at the conveying height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.