Retail supply system
OwnerWalter Winklerinventor
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Abstract
An automatic system for replenishing display shelves in retail businesses. The display shelves each including a shelf board having a conveyor belt circulating around the respective shelf board. Each of the display shelves further including a stop bar and a removable fall-off guard at respective front and rear sides of the display shelves to prevent goods from falling off the display shelves and, wherein, the display shelf is designed to cooperate with a shelf-stocking vehicle such that the fall-off guard is automatically opened when the display shelves are refilled by the shelf-stocking vehicle.
Claims18
1-67. (canceled)
A shelf-stocking vehicle for transporting goods, especially a plurality of different individual pieces to a shelf comprising:
- a transport surface for receiving the goods;
- movement means for moving the vehicle;
- and
- drive means for driving the movement means or the vehicle,
- wherein the vehicle is equipped such that it can automatically move along a predetermined route, and the transport surface can be aligned two-dimensionally along two directions of spatial coordinates relative to the shelf,
- wherein, assigned to the transport surface, are handling means for the goods placeable on the transport surface, wherein, with the aid of the handling means, the goods can be propelled parallel to the transport surface towards the shelf and vice-versa, and
- wherein the shelf-stocking vehicle comprises a frame, which is formed into parts with an upper part and a lower part, wherein the upper part comprises the movement means and drive means, while the lower part has the transport surface and the handling means, and wherein the upper and lower parts are arranged so as to be movable relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.