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US 2024/0109728 A1Published application
Platform unit and storage system including the same.
OwnerSami-Akram Mahricheinventor
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Abstract
A platform unit usable to support and move an item, comprising a base; a conveyor mounted to the base and operative for moving the item parallel to the base, the conveyor being pivotable about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicular to the base; and a controller for selectively activating the conveyor and for selectively pivoting the conveyor about the pivot axis. Also, a storage system including many of the platform units.
Claims17
A storage system for handling items, comprising:
- a plurality of platform units, a first subset of the plurality of platform units being provided substantially adjacent and substantially coplanar relative to each other;
- each platform unit including
- a base;
- a conveyor mounted to the base and operative for moving the items parallel to the base, the conveyor being pivotable about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicular to the base;
- and
- a controller for selectively activating the conveyor to move the items and for selectively pivoting the conveyor about the pivot axis;
- whereby the items can be selectively moved between the platform units by moving the items between adjacent ones of the platform units using the conveyors.
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A platform unit usable to support and move items, comprising
- a base;
- a conveyor mounted to the base and operative for moving the items parallel to the base, the conveyor being pivotable about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicular to the base;
- and
- a controller for selectively activating the conveyor and for selectively pivoting the conveyor about the pivot axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.