Conveying system
AssigneeOcado Innovation Limited
InventorLawrence SKEEN-SMITH
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Abstract
A conveying system, the conveying system including a conveyor arranged for conveying a storage container; a body shaped to comprise a ramp to enable the storage container to move along a first path and a substantially vertical face forming a stopping surface for stopping the storage container from moving along a second path; wherein the body is moveable between a retracted position to permit movement of the storage container along the first path of the conveyor and a raised position to prevent movement of the storage container along the second path of the conveyor; the second path being directionally opposite to the first path; wherein the body is resiliently biased in the raised position and the bias is overcome by the storage container riding over the ramp.
Claims19
A conveying system, the conveying system comprising:
- a conveyor arranged for conveying a storage container;
- a body shaped to comprise a ramp to enable the storage container to move along a first path and a substantially vertical face forming a stopping surface for stopping the storage container from moving along a second path;
- wherein the body is moveable between a retracted position to permit movement of the storage container along the first path of the conveyor and a raised position to prevent movement of the storage container along the second path of the conveyor;
- the second path being directionally opposite to the first path;
- wherein the body is resiliently biased in the raised position and the bias is overcome by the storage container riding over the ramp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.