ROVER INTERFACE OF STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

• Main Authors: THOMAS G PERRY, JOHN F KEATING, RUSSELL G BARBOUR, RICK K DORVAL, TODD E KEPPLE, EDWARD A MACDONALD, PREDRAG PUSKAREVIC, MELANIE ZIEGLER, TAYLOR A APGAR, JOHN MATTHEWS, WILLIAM JOHNSON JR, THOMAS A SCHAEFER, LAWRENCE A MARGAGLIANO, FORREST BUZAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.05.2019
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

To provide an automatic charging system for an autonomous rover.SOLUTION: A storage and retrieval system 100 includes a charger 130C that charges the power source of an autonomous rover 110 at any right time. The charger 130C is provided at any right position inside the storage and retrieval system 100 such as one or more lift modules 150A, 150B, and a selection route 130A and a tranport deck 130B of a storage structure 130. And the charger 130C is also provided at any transport stations 160, 170 with the material and the autonomous rover 110, or at any other place of the storage and retrieval system 100 where the autonomous rover can be positioned.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】自律型ローバーのための自動充電システムを提供する。【解決手段】保管および取出システム１００は、自律型ローバー１１０の電源を任意の適切なときに充電するための充電器１３０Ｃを備え、前記充電器１３０Ｃは、１または複数のリフトモジュール１５０Ａ、１５０Ｂ、保管構造１３０の選別通路１３０Ａおよび移送デッキ１３０Ｂなどの保管および取出システム１００内の任意の適切な位置、材料と自律型ローバー１１０との任意の移送ステーション１６０、１７０、若しくは自律型ローバーが配置され得る保管および取出システム１００の任意の他の適切な場所に配置される。【選択図】図１