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US 2025/0320060 A1Published application
Item transfer system and storage and retrieval system
AssigneeOcado Innovation Limited
InventorLeslie WYNN
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Abstract
An item transfer system includes a storage container with a U-shaped insert that is nested within the storage container. The item transfer system includes an item transfer station having a lifting device for vertically moving the insert out of the storage container to a raised position and an item moving device for horizontally moving an item onto and/or off the insert when the insert is in the raised position.
Claims19
An item transfer system comprising:
- a container unit including:
- a storage container having a top opening;
- and
- an insert configured to nest within the storage container, the insert including an insert base and a pair of opposing insert sidewalls extending upwardly from the insert base to define an insert channel having a pair of end openings opposing each other in a horizontal direction for allowing items to enter and exit the insert channel in a horizontal direction;
- and an item transfer station including:
- a lifting device configured to vertically move the insert out of the storage container to a raised position at which the insert base is above the storage container and to vertically move the insert back into the storage container from the raised position;
- and
- an item moving device configured to horizontally move an item onto and/or off the insert base via the end openings when the insert is in the raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.