High through-put materials handling system and method
CA 1136072 A · Owner: Eaton-Kenway Inc. · Inventors: Desprez, Barry L.; Allred, James K.; Strayhorn, Clarence E.
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Input loads (70, 72, 74 etc.) e.g. palletized motor cars are queued prior to displacement onto a continuous conveyor (54) serviced by a plurality of storage and retrieval machines (40) associated one with each of the aisles of a high rise storage array (20), there being a pick-up (80) and a deposit (32) station for pallets associated with each aisle. The queued loads are metered onto the conveyor (54) on a far to near aisle correspondence basis and are simultaneously exchanged for output loads at each of the aisle locations. The method includes compensation for circumstances where outputs exceed inputs and where inputs exceed outputs by empty pallet management and allows for maximum …
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- Granted November 23, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 23, 1999.
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