PATENT - Automatic Storage and Retrieval of Objects and Associated Method

IT2009TO00141 patent 20090227 "Automatic storage and retrieval of objects and associated method." (Patent N. 1386284 - Livery Flyer)

Presentation: System of automatic storage and retrieval of objects, having a plurality of support beams for the guides and a plurality of trays positioned on the guides in rows and columns perpendicular to each other; the guides are positioned in pairs on at least a first pair of opposite sides of the system and are superimposed on a 'other for each of the sides of the first pair of sides; the system has a first and a second carriage for the removal of trays, positioned on a second pair of opposite sides of the system. Method of extraction of objects from the system comprising the selection of the object to be extracted and a pitch of the identification of 'object between the rows and columns of trays and having a step of extraction with handling a first and a second carriage, positioned on a pair of opposite sides of the matrix and affacciantisi on a respective column of the matrix directly accessible.

Description: System storage of goods that can be placed in a drawer or on a plane, the depth of which is variable. The system takes advantage of the ability to have multiple drawers making them available to the levy on the same plane. This involves a great increase in capacity compared to the volume of the warehouse. This system of storage in planes shifted saves 1/3 of the space than the systems currently known. There is provided a method of operating automatic storage and retrieval system of objects as claimed in claim

Advantages: The automatic storage and retrieval of objects, which expects to be able to extract objects from a warehouse automatically without direct user intervention within the warehouse itself, allows to structure the stock by positioning a plurality of trays each in a Ba matrix in which not all the trays are directly accessible; therefore more matrices can be arranged side by side, resulting in a substantial reduction of the surface that needs to be directly accessible for the removal of desired objects. In fact, even if the object to be extracted from the system was not directly accessible, the algorithm of operation of the system 1 allows the same extraction automatically dell 'object, through the repetition of the extraction method described above. The present invention can be applied some variants. In detail the shape of the tray may be different from that illustrated in FIGS. The output plane can be positioned in the highest part of the auxiliary column; This can be especially helpful if you have the system positioned buried (for example in underground storage) where the convenience of access it is in the highest position of the system. Finally it is clear that, based on the weight of the objects which are to be loaded on the trays, the number of beams and guides within which the trays themselves flow can also be increased.