Remote storage system
OwnerAdrian Min Yan LEEinventor
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Abstract
A remote storage system for items includes contact areas at different locations for the collection of the items individually, a storage area for secure storage of the items received from the contact areas, and transportation vehicles for receiving and offloading the items at the contact areas and one or more conveying vehicles for transporting the items to and from the storage area, wherein the transportation vehicles circulate between the contact areas so that each of the contact areas exists for a discrete time period dependent on the arrival of a transportation vehicle.
Claims24
A remote storage system for items, comprising of a plurality of contact areas at different locations for the collection of the items individually, a storage area for secure storage of the items received from the plurality of contact areas, and one or more transportation vehicles for receiving and offloading the items at the plurality of contact areas and one or more conveying vehicles for transporting the items to and from the storage area, wherein the one or more transportation vehicles circulate between the plurality of contact areas so that each of the plurality of contact areas exists for a discrete time period dependent on the arrival of a transportation vehicle.
A remote storage system for items, comprising of a temporary contact area for the collection of the items individually, a storage area for secure storage of the items received from the contact area and one or more transportation vehicles for receiving and offloading the items at the temporary contact area and transporting them to and from the storage area, wherein the temporary nature of the contact area is defined by the movements of the transportation vehicles.
A method of storing items comprising:
- establishing a plurality of contact areas in different locations for a discrete time period dependent upon the movements of a transportation vehicle that circulates between contact points, a staging area and a storage area;
- receiving items for storage from the contact areas in the transportation vehicle;
- transporting the accumulated items together in the transportation vehicle to the staging area;
- receiving a plurality of said items at the staging area;
- and transporting said items in bulk from the staging area to the storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.