US 12,071,305 B2
Mobile storage system
Trond Austrheim, Etne (NO); Kjetil Velde, Forresfjorden (NO); Synnove Solberg Matre, Sandeid (NO); and Ragnar Stuhaug, Skjold (NO)
Assigned to AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
Appl. No. 17/283,261
Filed by Autostore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/075454
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/074242, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20181309 (NO), filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380339 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65D 88/02 (2006.01); B65D 88/12 (2006.01); B65D 90/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/137 (2013.01) [B65D 88/022 (2013.01); B65D 88/121 (2013.01); B65D 90/0006 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile storage system comprising:
a first mobile container comprising a removable side panel; and
a first automated storage and retrieval system arranged inside the first mobile container,
wherein the first automated storage and retrieval system comprises:
a first storage grid structure having vertical members defining multiple storage columns for storing storage bins on top of each other in vertical stacks, wherein the vertical members are interconnected at their upper ends by a first rail system arranged to guide at least one bin handling vehicle thereon, and
an intermediate element disposed on the first rail system configured to directly connect to a second rail system of a second storage grid structure arranged inside a second mobile container,
wherein the intermediate element is configured to connect the first rail system and the second rail system through the removable side panel,
wherein the intermediate element is configured to convey the bin handling vehicle, whether carrying or not carrying a storage bin, between the first rail system and the second rail system,
the bin handling vehicle being configured to raise storage bins from, and lower storage bins into, the storage columns, and to transport the storage bins above the storage columns.