US 12,304,736 B2
Three-dimensional, modular system for moving standard elements within a three-dimensional structure of the grid type
Samuel Perez, Paris (FR); and Jonathan Levy, Paris (FR)
Assigned to GALAM ROBOTICS, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/622,108
Filed by GALAM ROBOTICS, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068108
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/260639, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907047 (FR), filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242668 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1373 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular system for the displacement of storage items wherein said system includes a plurality of adjacent modules and at least one cell able to be displaced through the modular structure from a module to an adjacent module, a module including a frame of rectangular parallelepipedal shape including bars assembled together, at least one from among the modules and cells including at least one actuator and the other from among the modules and cells including complementary indentations, one from among the actuators and indentations being attached to the bars of the frame, the other from among the actuators and indentations being attached to the cell, the actuators and indentations being configured to cooperate in such a way as to translate a cell located at least partly in one module toward an adjacent module, the system further including a central controller, configured to drive the actuators and manage the displacement of the cell through the system, and wherein an actuator includes a driving element configured to engage with the indentations, and a clutching device configured to retract the driving element into a declutched position in which the driving element is at a distance from the indentations such that the driving element does not interact with the indentations.