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US 2025/0353679 A1Published application
High-density automated storage and retrieval system having pseudo-continuous motion
AssigneeCarnegie Mellon University
InventorsHERMAN HERMAN, GABRIEL GOLDMAN
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a high-density storage system comprising a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a plurality of rows for storing a plurality of coupled totes and one or more carriers located on opposite ends of each layer, each carrier being multiple rows wide, each carrier capable of retrieving totes from a row in the layer, depositing a tote into a row or oral in a layer and shifting totes from one row to another within the layer.
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A storage structure comprising:
- a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a plurality of rows for storing a plurality of totes;
- one or more carriers located on opposite ends of each layer, each carrier being multiple rows wide, each carrier comprising:
- two or more constant velocity drive mechanisms, one corresponding to each of the multiple rows;
- two or more acceleration drive mechanisms, one corresponding to each of the multiple rows;
- and
- a side shift drive mechanism.
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A storage structure comprising:
- a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a plurality of rows for storing a plurality of totes;
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- a plurality of totes disposed within the plurality of rows;
- wherein two or more totes within a single row are coupled together.
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A storage structure comprising:
- a plurality of layers, each layer comprising a plurality of rows for storing a plurality of totes;
- one or more carriers located on opposite ends of each layer, each carrier being multiple rows wide;
- a first set of one or more sloped ramps accessible by the one or more carriers for moving totes retrieved by the carriers to a lower level within the storage structure;
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- a second set of one or more sloped ramps accessible by the one or more carriers for receiving totes from a higher level within the storage structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.