US 11,866,259 B2
Multi bin vehicle
Trond Austrheim, Etne (NO); and Jørgen Djuve Heggebø, Olen (NO)
Assigned to Autostore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
Filed by Autostore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,487.
Application 18/160,487 is a continuation of application No. 16/765,563, granted, now 11,591,160, previously published as PCT/EP2018/055275, filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 20171863 (NO), filed on Nov. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166912 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B66F 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/137 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B66F 9/186 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2814/02 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0313 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container-handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system, comprising:
a vehicle body and wheels for moving the vehicle in two perpendicular directions on the grid;
the vehicle body surrounds a cavity within which at least a first lifting device and a second lifting device are positioned adjacent to each other, each lifting device comprising a lifting frame, each lifting device is independently controlled and arranged to lift a storage container from the grid and into the cavity, and
the vehicle comprises at least one vertical frame guiding element arranged inside the cavity, the frame guiding element extending between the lifting devices,
wherein the at least one vertical frame guiding element defines at least portions of a vertically extending corner section providing guidance to an external corner of one of the lifting frames,
wherein the at least one vertical frame guiding element partitions the cavity into two or more storage areas where each storage area has an independent lifting device.