A load handling device 110, such as an automated guided vehicle, comprising a body mounted with movement means such as wheels and an item-carrying tray 114 rotatably mounted to the body by support arms which may be moveable to move the tray between retracted (fig 5) and extended positions (Fig 4). In a retracted position tray 114 is positioned within a footprint of the body and when extended away from the body tray 114 may be tipped. Moveable arms comprise bade, intermediate and extending sections 115a, 115b, 116 respectively. Tray 114 may comprise a conveyor (Fig 9) or trap door arrangement (Fig 10). and associated methods of operation and sortation system are also disclosed.
Load handling devices and sortation systems
25.06.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS |