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CONTAINER STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20120219397A1
  • Filed: 09/03/2010
  • Published: 08/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for storing and retrieving containers, the system comprising:

  • a first conveying means operable to move stacks of containers between a loading position and a discharge position;

    a container storage area;

    a container store dispatch conveyor;

    a container store delivery conveyor;

    first transfer means for transferring containers from the container store dispatch conveyor to the first conveying means;

    second transfer means for transferring containers from the first conveying means to the container store delivery conveyor;

    container store storage/retrieval means adapted to move containers from the container storage area to the container store dispatch conveyor and from the container store delivery conveyor to the container storage area; and

    stack destacking means associated with the first conveying means, the stack destacking means capable of destacking full stacks into at least two partial stacks, the stack destacking means positioned to allow containers which have passed through the destacking means to be delivered to the container storage area by the container store delivery conveyor.

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