# US 2023/0053553 A1 · A lift for automatic storage systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0053553 A1 - Document ID: US20230053553A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/797,484 - Filed: 2021-04-27 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-30 - Assignees: System Logistics S.P.A. - Applicants: System Logistics S.P.A. - Inventors: MASSIMILIANO CAMBONI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053553A1 ## CPC - B65G 1/0435: {with pulling or pushing means on either stacking crane or stacking area} - B65G 1/026: {Racks equipped with a displaceable load carrying surface to facilitate loading or unloading} - B65G 1/0492: {with cars adapted to travel in storage aisles} - 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) ## Abstract A lift for automatic storage systems, comprising: a platform (2), predisposed to support one or more objects on a substantially horizontal rest plane (A); a guide structure (3), predisposed to guide the platform (2) in displacement along a vertical direction; a motor means, predisposed to activate the platform (2) in motion along the guide structure (3). The lift comprises a manipulator (4) associated with the platform (2) and configured to translate an object to be loaded/unloaded from the platform (2), along a horizontal exchange direction (X) in opposed directions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lift for automatic storage systems, comprising: a platform (2), predisposed to support one or more objects on a substantially horizontal rest plane (A); a guide structure (3), predisposed to guide the platform (2) in displacement along a vertical direction; a motor means, predisposed to activate the platform (2) in motion along the guide structure (3); characterized in that it comprises a manipulator (4), associated with the platform (2) and configured to translate an object to be loaded/unloaded from the platform (2), along a horizontal exchange direction (X) in opposed directions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lift according to claim 1, wherein the manipulator (4) comprises at least one body (F) that is movable parallel to the exchange direction (X) between an external position, in which it is able to pick up or release an object placed in a position external to the platform (2), and an internal position, in which it is able to pick up or release an object on board the platform (2). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An automatic storage system comprising a shelving (10), provided with one or more substantially horizontal levels (11), wherein each level (11) comprises at least one exchange area (12) aligned vertically with the exchange areas (12) of the other levels (11), characterized in that it comprises a lift (E) according to claim 1, placed with the guide structure (3) arranged to the side of the exchange areas (12,13) of the levels (11), so that the platform (2) can be arranged aligned along the exchange direction (X) with the exchange areas (12) of each level (11), and so that the manipulator (4) can access the exchange area (12) of the level (11). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The automatic storage system comprising a shelving (10), provided with one or more substantially horizontal levels (11), wherein each level (11) comprises two exchange areas (12,13) aligned along the exchange direction (X) and aligned vertically with the exchange areas (12,13) of the other levels (11), characterized in that it comprises a lift (E) according to claim 1, placed with the guide structure (3) interposed between the exchange areas (12,13) of the levels (11), so that the platform (2) can be arranged between the exchange areas (12,13) of each level (11), and so that the manipulator (4) can access each exchange area (12,13) of the level (11). ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein each level (11) has a horizontal longitudinal direction (Y) with a greater extension, and wherein the exchange direction (X) is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (Y). ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein each level (11) has a horizontal longitudinal direction (Y) with a greater extension, and wherein the exchange direction (X) is parallel to the longitudinal direction (Y). ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, comprising, for each level (11), at least one shuttle (S1), movable along a horizontal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction (Y) and substantially placed at the same height as the level (11), which shuttle comprises a gripping means (M), structured to access a respective exchange area (12,13). ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, comprising, for each level (11), at least two shuttles (S1, S2), movable along parallel directions to the longitudinal direction (Y) and substantially placed at the same height as the level (11) at opposite sides of the level (11), wherein each shuttle (S1, S2) comprises a gripping means (M), structured to access a respective exchange area (12,13). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein the shuttles (S1, S2) are movable along respective aisles (C,D) arranged along opposite sides of the level (11). ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, comprising one or more further shelvings (S), arranged at opposite sides of the shelving (10) and separated from the shelving (10) by the aisles (C,D), wherein each further shelving (S) comprises one or more substantially horizontal levels (Sp). ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, comprising an end shuttle (S3), provided with a gripping means (M) and movable along a direction parallel to the exchange direction (X), wherein the end shuttle (S3) is arranged at an end of the shelvings (S, 10), along a path that enables the shuttle (S3) itself to be positioned along a front or end side of the shelvings (S, 10), including the end zones of the aisles (C,D). ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the end shuttle (S3) is able to exchange an object with the movable shuttles (S1,S2) along the aisles (C,D).