Unloading Device
AssigneeDeutsche Post AG
InventorRedland Sanders
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Abstract
An unloading device for unloading a tote from a shelf in a warehouse includes at least two arms for grabbing the tote in the shelf, whereby the arms essentially each extend in a horizontal direction and are arranged distant and parallel to each other. The arms are movable in a vertical and/or horizontal direction in respect to a position of the tote in the shelf and in their horizontal distance to each other in respect to the shape of the tote. Additionally, each arm includes a motorized conveyer belt extending along the essential horizontal direction on the arm up to touching a tip of the respective arm for unloading the tote from the shelf.
Claims12
An unloading device for unloading a tote from a shelf in a warehouse,
- the unloading device comprising at least two arms for grabbing the tote in the shelf and
- a roller belt adjoining the at least two arms for dispatching the tote unloaded from the shelf, whereby
- the arms essentially each extend in a horizontal direction and are arranged distant and parallel to each other,
- the arms are movable in a vertical and/or horizontal direction in respect to a position of the tote in the shelf and/or in their horizontal distance to each other in respect to the shape of the tote, and
- each arm comprises a motorized conveyer belt extending along the essential horizontal direction on the arm for unloading the tote from the shelf onto the roller belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.