Stackable tote and method therefor
AssigneeSymbotic LLC
InventorsMarc Ducharme, Patrick Donaghey, Christian Simon
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Abstract
A stackable tote for an automated storage and retrieval system. The stackable tote includes a tote casement of a general frustum shape with walls forming a void within the tote casement. A top of the tote casement surrounding the void has an upper rim, bounding an opening of the void, the upper rim having a flat surface for contacting and supporting another tote received by automation. A relief channel is formed in the upper rim forming an escapement space for an end of arm tool of a robot automatically stacking the other tote with the stackable tote to form a stack with a standard height on a standard pallet.
Claims22
A stackable tote for an automated storage and retrieval system, the stackable tote comprising:
- a tote casement of a general frustum shape with walls forming a void within the tote casement;
- a top of the tote casement surrounding the void has an upper rim, bounding an opening of the void, the upper rim having a flat surface for contacting and supporting another tote received by automation;
- and
- a relief channel formed in the upper rim forming an escapement space for an end of arm tool of a robot automatically stacking the other tote with the stackable tote to form a stack with a standard height on a standard pallet.
A method for stacking totes in an automated storage and retrieval system, the method comprising:
- providing a stackable tote having:
- a tote casement of a general frustum shape with walls forming a void within the tote casement,
- a top of the tote casement surrounding the void has an upper rim, bounding an opening of the void, the upper rim having a flat surface for contacting and supporting another tote, and
- a relief channel formed in the upper rim;
- and
- automatically stacking, with an end of arm tool of a robot, another tote with the stackable tote so as to form a stack with a standard height on a standard pallet, where the other tote is seated on the flat surface so that the flat surface contacts and supports the other tote;
- wherein the relief channel formed in the upper rim forms an escapement space for the end of arm tool of the robot automatically stacking the other tote with the stackable tote.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.